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inia has been grounded for lying and sneaking candy (and pop-tarts) into her room and stuffing the wrappers in "hiding" spots. So she has been spending more quality time with us instead of being hoarded up in her room for hours at a time. She even asked if she could go got the store with me. WOW! I think she wanted to go for no other reason than to make sure I didn't forget the fudge pop-tarts that helped get her into trouble in the first place.
We get there and like most kids asked for almost everything that was colorful.
"OOOoo! Can we get this?"
"Do you even know what that is?"
"No!"
"Then put it down and quit touching stuff."
She did fairly good compared to most of the times she has gone with me until she saw this boy she met at her cousins house. She wanted to walk down that isle to see if he noticed her. He glanced but that was about it. I guess she was confused about if he saw her or liked her and it was like she jumped on the annoying train and I was chained to the track. It was question after question after question after question. Then she wanted to show me the Hannah Montana "Bam, Bam, turkey and ham" routine and the MILLION different ways it could be done. (even in slow-mo!) She had whittled my nerves down to almost nothing. I kept my cool and played along until we got outside.
"V. I want to challenge you. I want to see if you can go 30 minutes without asking a question. OK?"
"Sure. I can do that. Easy" she replied with that one eyebrow lowered/one raised smirk on her face. "What do I get if I win?"
"Bwah hah ha ha ha ha!"
We "started over" 7 times in the first 10 minutes. I gave up and asked her to go take a bath. She was in there about 30 minutes and yelled "I won! I won! I told you I could go 30 minutes."
I need a vacation. No seriously, I need a vacation. If you have some you can loan me.... I wish.
inia has been grounded for lying and sneaking candy (and pop-tarts) into her room and stuffing the wrappers in "hiding" spots. So she has been spending more quality time with us instead of being hoarded up in her room for hours at a time. She even asked if she could go got the store with me. WOW! I think she wanted to go for no other reason than to make sure I didn't forget the fudge pop-tarts that helped get her into trouble in the first place.We get there and like most kids asked for almost everything that was colorful.
"OOOoo! Can we get this?"
"Do you even know what that is?"
"No!"
"Then put it down and quit touching stuff."
She did fairly good compared to most of the times she has gone with me until she saw this boy she met at her cousins house. She wanted to walk down that isle to see if he noticed her. He glanced but that was about it. I guess she was confused about if he saw her or liked her and it was like she jumped on the annoying train and I was chained to the track. It was question after question after question after question. Then she wanted to show me the Hannah Montana "Bam, Bam, turkey and ham" routine and the MILLION different ways it could be done. (even in slow-mo!) She had whittled my nerves down to almost nothing. I kept my cool and played along until we got outside.
"V. I want to challenge you. I want to see if you can go 30 minutes without asking a question. OK?"
"Sure. I can do that. Easy" she replied with that one eyebrow lowered/one raised smirk on her face. "What do I get if I win?"
"Bwah hah ha ha ha ha!"
We "started over" 7 times in the first 10 minutes. I gave up and asked her to go take a bath. She was in there about 30 minutes and yelled "I won! I won! I told you I could go 30 minutes."
I need a vacation. No seriously, I need a vacation. If you have some you can loan me.... I wish.
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is she 14? because my 14 y/o son is the same way. plus he has an affinity to spout useless facts randomly. My ears bleed by the time I've spent 30 minutes with him. I love him to pieces, but I can't wait until he goes to bed for the quiet to descend.
Calgon, take me away!
As the mother of a 15 yo that hasn't stopped making noise since leaving the womb:
It doesn't count unless they're LOUD! Like 120 db and working up to challenge a jet engine. Girl drama! Useless information! Third time saying the same thing in 30 minutes! And it seriously never ends. How can someone who's been on the earth only 15 years have that much to say????
Oh Chris, I feel for you.
I so understand. My 15 y/o son has always been a talker. The worst punishment I could give him when he was little was to set him in a chair in a room with people and NOT let him talk. I have to tell him even now that my brain hurts and I need him to stop.
I am a talker, started talking in full sentences before I was one. My Mom knew she was in trouble, and I haven't stopped. However, as I get older I have found I don't like to talk as much... On my last plane ride, I was so peeved at the talkers, I took out my Rosary beads and just prayed, something about that religious act made them stop talking. I am going to wear them next time...
OMG, The Tomboy was the SAME WAY. It was NON STOP. I got so good at tuning her out that she would be saying, "Mom, mom, mom, MOOOOM!" and I wouldn't even hear her unless it was accompanied by a loud crash or the sound of fire igniting (yes that happened).
She would just jabber and jabber about anything. It drove me nuts.
The thing is though, when she got older and reached that miraculous, wondrous thing called "puberty" with all the monthly wonders it brings, she just stopped. And that was worse. Her PMS was so bad that she just sat in her room and cried. For days.
So at least you know she is normal and that everything is okay. It is when she STOPS talking that you will need to worry.
Yeah, it can be annoying as hell, but the alternative can be worse.
And at least you get lots of blog fodder in the meantime!
Ha ha ha!
Okay, so, here is my suggestion. Ask her a question for every question she asks. Stupid things like, Do you think green is better than yellow? When you get up in the morning do you ever feel like a ninja?
She might just think you are totally losing it and then not WANT to talk to you! Huh?! What about that! Or, the opposite could occur. She could think you are so funny, that she might want to do less talking AT you and more talking with you....with YOU in the lead, since she now thinks you are a really funny person!
Worth a shot!
I'm glad to know that my kids aren't the only ones that sneak food into their rooms and "hide" the wrappers.
you realize that many times sneaking and hording food is a sign of psychological distress in a young child, right?
Ooh! Ooh! It's YellowPygmy! I LOVE HER/HIM/IT.
Sugar, you should learn to spell before you start diagnosing children you've never even met. It's "hoarded". HE EVEN SPELLED IT FOR YOU. Seriously, every comment you leave you misspell something and use horrific grammar. I think that's a sign of psychological distress, myself.
Please do continue.
Really? What about ADHD Dr. Pygmy?
Please tell me more. I have much to learn from a wise man such as yourself.
You are really smart and I respect that. NO REALLY I do. *cough*
She wasn't putting her venison rations in her sock drawer to prepare for 2012... or was she?
I am SURE the Millennium people will love to hear about this newfound intelligence you acquired.
p.s. I know you are a female but you lack the one thing that would make you worthy enough to be addressed as a woman. Find somewhere you fit in.
It’s not here... thanks for dropping by anyway. TTFN (Google that if you need to. It's spelled correctly so you can just copy and paste.)
And you take that out every time. deflecting? oh look... a rainbow.
At least you decided to get sober, even if it took a family tragedy to do it.
Now about that therapy for your children... please start it immediately, like yesterday if possible..before things get any more screwed up for them.
I assure you it's not an 'out'. It's me laughing at you because your assumptions about me and my family are hysterical and completely off base. You're one of those armchair psychiatrists that I find so amusing.
I was already sober, baby doll. Again, "recovery", can mean a great, many things. Things you have no way of knowing because I chose not to share them with you.
I suggest YOU get therapy and step away from the lives of internet people you don't know (and obviously dislike). You put far too much time and what passes for 'thought' on your planet into mine and my husband's blog.
Get a hobby. Get a pet. Put your energy into someone or something that needs you. We do not.
@Crystal
I think Old Yeller is amusing.
@Old Yeller
You can come here all you want and post your non-sense. It makes my day. Know that I am laughing at you. Not with you. I feel kinda bad about it though because you are just trying to help right? You are just too funny. Ever think about getting a contract with Comedy Central?
Hope to hear from you again soon. Hell it might even be worth a trip to Indiana just to hang out with you.
Stop by anytime. Maybe you want to sit in on one of our parenting session, or perhaps you want to participate in one of our AA meetings, or NA, or bullshit-A meetings. I think they have those around here too.
I might even be able to find you some rednecks to hang out with, cause now that you are out of the 'hood, and have your children into such a better life experience, you know the whole cursing, hoarding food, threatening to leave the house unescorted late at night, parents who think it is funny that their children are defiant and impolite... Im sure I can find you a nice trailer park where you would feel oh so very comfortable.
@YellowPygmy,
Benjamin Franklin said, "I will speak ill of no man and speak all the good I know of everybody."
Dale Carnegie said, "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. It takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving."
And finally, Thomas Carlyle said, "A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men."
Words to live by and I will.
I'm sure you're legitimately concerned for my children and me and I appreciate it. You can never have too much concern for another. Thank you for that. I wish you nothing but the best.
No thanks honey! You can go to all the meetings you want to. We aren't addicted to anything. I was just going to chill with you but I didn't realize what a bitter hag you were.
I don't think things are gonna work out between us. I will take you up on the redneck thing though. Most of my family could be considered redneck and I may just fit in. Oh, and I have nothing against people that live in trailers. Sorry to hear that those people are so beneath you.
I will call some of the people I know and tell them that because they live in a trailer, they can never be as good as you. Especially Howard, the 67-year-old war vet that fought for your freedom. I'm SURE he'll care. Oh and his neighbors. They have 2 kids under 13 years old that have won state awards in science, are very well mannered, and honor students to boot. (They could probably help you with those little grammatical errors you have trouble with)
Not everyone was born with a silver spoon in his or her mouth. Doesn't make them any less of a human. In fact, YOU make my stomach churn. Can't you be more like Howie? (We call him that to make him feel younger) What have you done to help mankind? What makes you better? Did I miss something?
@Crystal
Dude! How do get to comment before I do? We've gotta talk about this.
Crystal
Since you seem to be able to recognize others for their life accomplishments, why dont you try it on yourself for once.
Since it isnt a value judgment to have dealt with adversity and done better for yourself; perhaps you need to give yourself the same gratitude.
SO instead of bitching about your terrible life and all the bad things that happened to you and using them as excuses.... why not just make yourself a better person and not let those things drag you down anymore? It would be wonderful to read those "cute" stories about your kids and know that they were written by someone who isnt defined by their life circumstances.
You however took for granted the house that you owned because it was in the 'hood. So you put yourself in a dire financial situation to 'get away from those people'.
You however admit to being an alcoholic yet say you can have a drink now and them.
You claim to be traumatized by your life events, yet continue to cling to them as an excuse for everything.
You can point the finger at others yet the first opportunity to deflect that someone might be holding a mirror up to you you yell troll, find an inconsequential point or error to focus all of the attention on and never, never get the point that you are a true blue hypocrite.
Hope the fall from your highhorse doesnt hurt too much. Just enough that it jolts you into reality.
@Old Yeller
You have proved the point that you like being judgmental and want to bring others down to your level. You judge people living in mobile homes and you are judging people you've never met nor know anything about. Your opinions are just that. And your suggestions are way off. (if you only REALLY knew.)You mentioned looking in the mirror. That may be a good idea for you to try. Search yourself and find what it is that you are really unhappy about. If you feel the need to put other people down, that is your right. That's one of the things Howie fought for. Keep putting down war vets, kids living in trailers, and online characters like Crystal. The only thing you are accomplishing here is making yourself look really bad.
I thought you were kidding at first, but realize you are really just that bitter. I feel sorry for you. Instead of going to the weekly AA, NA, BS-A, and trailer trash meetings like you suggested, I think we will just say a prayer for ya. I will pray that God gives you hope and a reason to keep living. I can’t imagine how miserable you must be carrying this burden.
p.s. If kids in the neighborhood are exposing themselves to your little girl, you may not want to move but we wanted to and did. You really have to live here to understand the use of the term “hood.” Bloomington is nothing like Memphis. Come check us out for a while.
One more thing. It is don't, isn't, high [space] horse, doesn't, and have a drink every now and then. You may want to focus on your own flaws before attempting to attack someone where grammar is involved. I personally don’t care, but to someone educated (like Crystal) it really voids anything that you say because it makes you look ignorant.
I wish you the best. God bless and have a great weekend. I hope you take my advice.
I think you and Crystal care more than you think. If you didn't, you would not continue arguing.
I have to wonder if there is not a valid point about deflecting about the grammar, rather than the main point.
Either ignore the troll, or admit that there is some validity, because so much denial just screams that maybe she is touching a nerve.
@willowcreek
I'm sorry you feel that way. I don't recall denying anything. What did I deny? Call me redneck, white trash, alcoholic, druggie, or tyrant. The people that REALLY matter in this world know what and who I am. I have nothing to prove to this woman. She may really think I am redneck. Some people do. I genuinely feel sorry for the woman in all her efforts to knock people off of the high horses she believes them to be on. (anyone else think Crystal puts herself on a high horse?) It does bother me that she comes up with stuff out of nowhere and makes assumptions based on the thoughts in her head. (Offering medical advice for example. She isn’t a doctor but I think that she may actually believe herself to be one.) If it gets to that point I will have my lawyer get involved but as of right now, she is just running off at the mouth. I was tested by Brad Paisley’s people, and never backed down. I guess I seem timid online but always straightforward.
I think it is crazy how uppity she is and how classy she believes herself to be. I just chip away at the block with her. She doesn't get it and I don't think she ever will. LOL.
It is, however, pointless to argue with this character. She is on a mission to badmouth people. I think that may be her mission in life after seeing first hand how much time and effort she puts into it. People THAT determined won’t just go away. She truly is a troll. She trolls around to find Crystal's comments on tons of other sites and makes a point to try and belittle her with her infinite knowledge of our lives. It amuses me. It really does. If she only knew how stupid she looks to people that REALLY know.
I plan on responding to her as much as I can because the more she writes the more stupid she makes herself look. A free service provided by Mr. McKnob.
Trolls = Traffic. Can't bitch about that. It would be different if she were causing damage.
@willowcreek = I never said she didn't touch a nerve. Of course she did...it's easy to touch one when they're fully exposed, as mine have always been.
@yellowpygmy = you and the ladies that you fraternize with at PoP all seem to be from the same school of thought. There is no leap I can make, no effort, no stride or accomplishment that will not be met with derision and criticism from a select group of people who have chosen to believe that I am something that fits into their packaged definition. I closed my comments on my blog because I wouldn't have my thoughts on my brother tainted by bitterness, so you choose to come here and attack us this way. I'm sorry you feel the need to do that.
I live my life the best way I can, by God's rules, and not by man's.
Good luck to you and thanks, again, for the concern.
Medical Advise?
I never gave you medical advise.
Seriously? That is all you can think of? Yeah..... nope, not trying to change the subject at all.
And for the record, I have not once said anything about Crystal's brother. NOT once.
The tragic death of a loved one is no joking matter. That is a real tragedy. One that has real family implications. One you cannot control or avoid. The rest of your family drama however, is squarely within your control.
I truly hope that your children are receiving some support during this time, because the alternative is fairly gruesome.
You NEVER said: “you realize that many times sneaking and hording food is a sign of psychological distress in a young child, right?” and you never mentioned that in your professional opinion my entire family needs a shrink.
I don’t care about your opinions. Now or EVER. Keep following us around and keep on trying to knock us off our high horses. (You are so clueless.) Whatever makes you happy?
Crystal never said you mentioned anything about her brother. If you read, she closed comments because of trolls, like yourself; spreading their unhappiness and negativity places it’s neither welcome nor wanted.
What Is A Troll?
The term derives from "trolling", a style of fishing which involves trailing bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite. The troll posts a message, often in response to an honest question, that is intended to upset, disrupt or simply insult the group.
Usually, it will fail, as the troll rarely bothers to match the tone or style of the group, and usually its ignorance shows.
So, is my family your favorite trolling spot? (That’s rhetorical)
After reading an article on DNFTT, I realized I have made a mistake. This is my last correspondence with you and don’t be surprised if delete your future comments.
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