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Comment on My Kids Aren’t Coming Home from Camp. Yet. by momof4

momof4 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:25:22 +0000

What an awesome commentary, I loved it and completely relate. Good for you, and thank you for sharing.

Comment on The Comeback Kid – The comebacks I wish I had when I needed them by Calandra

Calandra — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:34:49 +0000

The strange thing is that I have just had the same thing happen to me. I don’t know what their problems are but I for one am standing up for myself. I hope you keep up a good fight too!!

Comment on The Comeback Kid – The comebacks I wish I had when I needed them by Jennifer (lano500)

Jennifer (lano500) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:26:08 +0000

I completely agree with you! Those people should just shut up!

Comment on The Comeback Kid – The comebacks I wish I had when I needed them by Niccicola

Niccicola — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:59:54 +0000

Well, we ALL say things like this from time to time. Whether we know we are saying it at the time, maybe just had a bad day, or perhaps that person takes what we say the wrong way and it was totally not meant to take it like that.

Communication!! If you don’t like what someone says, tell them! Even if it’s days later. If people aren’t told what they have done, they will never know that what they are doing is wrong! Nah, let’s just blog about it on the internet to complete strangers.

And men really don’t care about trying on bathing suits or playdates. They probably don’t even care about bookshelves, either. Unless their gay. Then it changes everything!

Comment on Review(ish): Sandlot Sluggers by dawn

dawn — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:54:11 +0000

Hey Nancy!

Thanks for posting this. I am looking for a DSi game for SIX.
Since TeenBoy passed the 8th grade- like by acutally doing the work the past 4 weeks of school- his grandmother is giving him cash and prizes. Yeah like a game show – it would be called ‘Are You Smart Emough to Get Out Of the 8th Grade?’

BratChild now owes me 300.00 for the 3177 texts she sent in the 1st 16 days of the month so all rewards for advancing to the next round in the game of ‘Getting Thru Middle School’as on hold, for now at least.

So back to SIX- he really wants an XBox 360 but I cannot afford one, and we have an XBox from when they frist game out- like 100 years ago. Or maybe we have the original playstation? I KNOW we have an atari system somewhere the kids were using…
I think I’ll get him the Sandlot Sluggers game and I’ll start saving my pennies to get him an XBox 360…
They have them at the used game store right?

Comment on It’s the Away Part of Sleepaway Camp that Gets to Me by dawn

dawn — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:35:24 +0000

Loved this post!
Why? Because it shows not just how much you love your children, but how much you understand their needs… and know that their needs MUST come first.
Even when it means you will suffer the agony of letting your children go… and grow.
My 3 youngest are all only 17 months apart. They are more like triplets than singles in so many ways, now that they are 12, 13 & 14.
They have many of the same friends and do many things together.
They have also all found that they no longer wish to watch TV with Mom and Dad, to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon hanging out at home- unless of course their friends are over. And then they spend the time in their rooms or watching TV and playing video games or playing volleyball in the pool… with their friends, not Mom and Dad.
This is the summer that my babies are leaving the nest- emotionally, if not physically.
Well, and intellectually too, if truth be told. What teen boy or girl actually thinks their parents have a clue?
Apparently, mine don’t either.
Feel free to share your grief… it’s all a part of the process.
It’s just one that really sucks, sometimes.

Comment on I’m A Swinger (on the Trapeze, that is.) by Mariellen Romer

Mariellen Romer — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:07:19 +0000

Me too, new fan. What a totally awesome way to spend a day, trapeze school.

I write to write too – and trying new things.

Thanks for your post on Mom-101 so I found you.

Comment on It’s the Away Part of Sleepaway Camp that Gets to Me by Glugle Gluten-Free

Glugle Gluten-Free — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:39:15 +0000

I feel your pain, but on a smaller scale. Literally. I am sending my almost 2 year-old off to daycare 3 half days a week so he can be social. We have been visiting every morning so he can get used to it. The problem is I’m not going to want to drop him off and leave next time. I don’t and do look forward to the day he goes to sleepaway camp, becomes independent from me and, God-willing, a man of his own, someday.

Good luck!

Comment on I’m A Swinger (on the Trapeze, that is.) by nancyjrab

nancyjrab — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:38:31 +0000

Oh, I think you’re my only fan!!!

Comment on I’m A Swinger (on the Trapeze, that is.) by Glugle Gluten-Free

Glugle Gluten-Free — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:50:31 +0000

I just found your blog from a Mom-101 comment, and I think you are great. Consider me a new fan. I am subscribing to your RSS as soon as I submit this comment.

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