8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 7

[jonesing]

Serious?? Maybe they quit making them, for the safety of our children....you know, too many kids getting trapped in them? It's amazing to me that we all got to be as old as we are without the government telling us how unsafe things were.

That may be but I've seen several toy chests online at Target...note that most of them aren't available in stores, just online. Mind you, the toy chests we have seen cost about $150-$200!!!!!!!! You may be right about kids getting caught in them...the most common form of toy organization we've seen is either shelves with tilted bins or a bench with large open-top bins undeneath.

 

[captaincrash]

It's really pretty fun to have a boy who likes to be well dressed. Not in a scary way, though...if you get my drift.
But he will ask me what I think is appropriate for a certain situation...I like that.
For his Christmas Choir concert, they had to wear a white shirt, black pants and tie optional. He was one of three to wear the tie, and I heard folks in the audience commenting on how nice it was to see some wearing ties.
Of course, my husband held me down, because I wanted to jump up and say "THAT'S MY SON!"

And I really think that he picked up the desire to look nice because we've done so many cruises.

Thanks, DCL!!

You know what you've got going here.

Your boy is gonna be one that's OK to bring home to hang at the house. IE... if my girls ever brought home a rebel who had no manners or dressed to disturb... then I'm sorry but the deck is gonna be stacked against these folks ... that is... until I get beyond the superficial appearances. <wry chuckles>

So how do you like that... I'll bet you never thought you'd see anything like THIS from ME. A dozen or more posts consecutively with NO images inserted... and just conversation from ... Captain Crash!

<chuckles>​

 

[justmestace]

Ya kno...

... you've struck a chord on something I've begun to notice and mused about. I sense that some kids must have a sort of "catty" environment at home because I tend to drop off my older child right at lunch time - so I stay a few minutes to help her get set and I sort of watch. SOme of the kids have a very catty and critical attitude... or a negative one. WHile a lot of the girls are nice or in some cases observant and ... for lack of other terms... clueless as to what is afoot. My daughter wavers from being clueless to being nice. I have yet to catch her being predatory. Plus I sense that she gets along well with ALL her peers (even the catty ones) and she gets along even better with the older kids. Some of the girls in her peer group were remarking that Julianna was "popular" as if that even mattered... shoot ... my daughter does not know the meaning of the term. She just gets along well.

As such... I am all ears... I guarantee it. And I am looking to raise well adjusted, capable and cordial daughters. I am not ready to tolerate catty nuclear exchanges in school. Life is too short for such trivial nonsense... if possible. <chuckles>

I've found that kids who have older siblings tend to be a bit "naughtier" than those who don't. That's not to say that your younger will be that way, your girls are close in age. I see it more when there's a bigger age difference, it seems the younger kids pick up bad habits much earlier than they normally would. And definitely, if the kids are really ill-behaved, you can often times see that they are reflecting what they see at home.

 

[captaincrash]

That may be but I've seen several toy chests online at Target...note that most of them aren't available in stores, just online. Mind you, the toy chests we have seen cost about $150-$200!!!!!!!! You may be right about kids getting caught in them...the most common form of toy organization we've seen is either shelves with tilted bins or a bench with large open-top bins undeneath.

We don't bother organizing anything... we leave everything in a constant state of chaos. Saves a lot of time and trouble...

<hee heh hee>​

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Yes...and my family...two older brothers and then me, and Jay's family..two boys and a girl....are described perfectly in that book.

As far as my own kids go, they don't really fit the mold as much, but then it was almost like I had one child, and then had two. Because of the age difference, it wasn't really like having three. Make sense?

As you mentioned we fit the mold- except:
In my/my sisters case there was 11yrs between me and the youngest (9 between the other 2 sisters) and so we fit the mold of oldest, youngest -and then the youngest was a PERFECT EXAMPLE of youngest. Figure that one out... I don't know how it worked that way. She should have been like another first born. I guess in some ways she is now, but she certainly wasn't during her childhood. I think it had a lot to do with how she was "raised". KWIM?

As for mine- because of the age differences (although not as extreme as me/my youngest sister) my children fit the first born.... then first born again, then baby mold. I guess in some ways my son fits the mold of a middle child but in many ways he fits the mold of first born too... probably because of the age difference, maybe. Or again maybe because of how we raised him- subconsciously ofcourse.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

I've found that kids who have older siblings tend to be a bit "naughtier" than those who don't. That's not to say that your younger will be that way, your girls are close in age. I see it more when there's a bigger age difference, it seems the younger kids pick up bad habits much earlier than they normally would. And definitely, if the kids are really ill-behaved, you can often times see that they are reflecting what they see at home.

I totally agree.
younger children WILL imitate their older siblings, especially if it's poor behavior they are witnessing. I cannot tell you how many times, when the youngest two were much younger, I'd have to tell the oldest- you see what they are saying/doing/etc. that is exactly like things you do? You taught them that.. quit it already. LOL

 

[jonesing]

Well in addition to Target tomorrow since I didn't make it tonight, guess I'll be visiting TJ Maxx too. I'm considering duffles for my Med cruise but haven't wanted to put up the money. I've got plenty of luggage already.

DW says I have a luggage fetish 'cause I always find my way over to the luggage stores when we're at the mall And the last time we were at Cherry Creek, I spent about 30 minutes in Colorado Luggage oogling the new lines fromTumi and Eagle Creek

 

[justmestace]

I have to laugh, this conversation (Crash) reminded me of when Jordan first started Brownies. She was still singing songs she heard on Radio Disney and I was shocked that some of the girls (age 6) were singing Madonna! I'd never even heard a song by Madonna! But they had older siblings who did......

 

[justmestace]

DW says I have a luggage fetish 'cause I always find my way over to the luggage stores when we're at the mall And the last time we were at Cherry Creek, I spent about 30 minutes in Colorado Luggage oogling the new lines fromTumi and Eagle Creek

Me too! I love the smell of new luggage!

Almost as good as "new car scent".

 

[justmestace]

Now I really am outta here. Goodnight guys and gals!

 

[pyramid2000]

Anyone know the reason for the 100 calorie snack packs...'cause I just ate three of 'em.

It must be to increase revenue

Did you see they have a 100 Cal Coke? It is about a third of the size of a reguar coke can.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Goodnight Stacey!
We're all getting booted out of here soon anyway... so everyone sleep well tonight. Rest up for tomorrow.

 

[captaincrash]

I've found that kids who have older siblings tend to be a bit "naughtier" than those who don't. That's not to say that your younger will be that way, your girls are close in age. I see it more when there's a bigger age difference, it seems the younger kids pick up bad habits much earlier than they normally would. And definitely, if the kids are really ill-behaved, you can often times see that they are reflecting what they see at home.

Ya know what I find truly fasciniating...

... is that you're EXACTLY RIGHT about that. I've been musing for some time now that I catch the younger one in more acts of defiance and mischief then the older one was at the same age. I have responded by being careful to be stern and to guide my spouse to act cosistantly with me. The little one is sly... and seems to seek ... opportunities to expand her "influential sphere".

It is such an interesting challenge to wrangle with the kids as they develope. Its' a mixture of tough love on occasion... and otherwise it is often a lot of flying by the seat of my pants! If ya kno what I mean...

EG... today the younger one was on her back and crying over a decision issue on no consequence. I calmly reminded her that her actions and crying were telling me she was not ready to comunicate with me... so I was going to ignore her cries. And after a while I informed her I had to step away and she could continue by herself (crying) but to feel free to come to me to talk about what we're to do ... ONCE she had control over her body and voice. Until then... her crying was (repeat above). So I returned after a few minutes when I sensed a lull in her crying... I hovered near by and asked if she was ready to talk calmly yet. She was not quite ready... but I only had to repeat my routine a cuple times in rapid order before she settled down.

I am NOT goig to have "crying exchanges" as a routine means of determining how things are done around my home. And I am not ready to break out the electric shock equipment .... yet.

 

[captaincrash]

Now I really am outta here. Goodnight guys and gals!

G' nite... I enjoied our exchanges today and tonite. We still have 17 months to pick up where we left off so... sleep tight and don't let the beddy bugs bite... as my younger one likes to quip!

Say ..... I got the 28,400th posting... yah!

 

[captaincrash]

Do you have any of a mom and teenage son??

Sorry I missed this earlier... I'll work on it for ya and PM ya the link...

<chuckles>​

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Ya know what I find truly fasciniating...

... is that you're EXACTLY RIGHT about that. I've been musing for some time now that I catch the younger one in more acts of defiance and mischief then the older one was at the same age. I have responded by being careful to be stern and to guide my spouse to act cosistantly with me. The little one is sly... and seems to seek ... opportunities to expand her "influential sphere".

It is such an interesting challenge to wrangle with the kids as they develope. Its' a mixture of tough love on occasion... and otherwise it is often a lot of flying by the seat of my pants! If ya kno what I mean...

EG... today the younger one was on her back and crying over a decision issue on no consequence. I calmly reminded her that her actions and crying were telling me she was not ready to comunicate with me... so I was going to ignore her cries. And after a while I informed her I had to step away and she could continue by herself (crying) but to feel free to come to me to talk about what we're to do ... ONCE she had control over her body and voice. Until then... her crying was (repeat above). So I returned after a few minutes when I sensed a lull in her crying... I hovered near by and asked if she was ready to talk calmly yet. She was not quite ready... but I only had to repeat my routine a cuple times in rapid order before she settled down.

I am NOT goig to have "crying exchanges" as a routine means of determining how things are done around my home. And I am not ready to break out the electric shock equipment .... yet.

My youngest behaves in the same way and it's really becoming quite UNbecoming at her age, she's not a baby anymore!
I do the same thing you said, but she's just hardheaded enough to keep on trying it.

 

[pyramid2000]

Your man bra!!!

Oh yeah, Judy is definately back!

 

[captaincrash]

So we get this FRANTIC phone call from our old neighbors across the street on Sunday. "There are people in your house!" huh? We (finally) got an offer on our house, made a counter offer and struck a deal! It's been on the market since late November. I shouldn't complain, other houses in our old neighborhood were on the market long before ours...and still are! Closing is slated for Feb 28.

Anyway, the problem is that now that the house is under contract, NOBODY should be in there!! There shouldn't be any open houses and certainly no other real estate agents should be using the lockbox to get in! ***?!?! We had a $200 gas/electric bill for an EMPTY HOUSE last in December because some

decided to turn the thermostat up to 80 degrees!!!!!!

So now I'm thinking "great, we got squatters or something" (it's happened to my dad). Call our realtor and she's not answering her cell phone Finally get ahold of her assistant and she knows NOTHING about anything.... Meanwhile, our DFriend and neighbor--who is a one-woman Neighborhood Watch--is all set to call a SWAT team on these people!

Today I get a call from both the office manager at the real estate office and our relocation officer...
THEY CLOSED ON THE HOUSE EARLY!!!!!


Evidently the buyers and their bank were ready to go early and contacted Relocation and our realtor. But "early" was Feb 20...but since all the title reports were done and everything was clear, they decided to proceed even earlier (the moment the offer was accepted, Relocation "bought" the house from us) because there was no reason to wait! So what happened was our agent got a call from their agent wanting the keys to the house! Our agent didn't realize that the deal was done until they verified with the title company that yep, transaction is complete, title deed reissued and funding was done in 24 hours...it's a done deal!!!!!

Entertaining....

.... and a happy ending to boot! Congrats!

 

[pyramid2000]

XOP looks just like Ntwine......I have one phrase for the DCL powers that be....

Go make amends with Charles Marshall.....he is the king.........

I was seeing the similarities there....

 

[pyramid2000]

He could of done this:

Now everyone sick your tongue out back at Lorri!