DDA Chapter 11

[Tammi67]

4 hours per week? That's crazy! He's in elementary school! I can't believe football is such a huge time commitment!

Plus games Saturday mornings, starting this Saturday. His away games are about and hour drive, plus he has to be there an hour before the game starts, the game is 1.5 hours long, and an hour drive home.....close to 5 hours. It's a good thing I love football, and so far he likes it. We'll see if he chooses to play again next year though.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Mine would do the same thing. And then it would come home and sit. I have a rule that if something sits in the exact same spot for 3 days, that little junky type stuff like happy meal toys,etc., then it goes in the trash. My kids never miss it. Because obviously they have forgotten about it if it hasn't moved in 3 days! Needless to say there is no clutter at my house.

DS will come ask me where things are that he got YEARS ago.
"Mom? Remember that time we went to McDonald's with John and Matt? And John had a blue shirt and he got ketchup on it? Remember that rocket ship I got that day? Where is that?"
And that day was when he was like FOUR, and this conversation was like LAST WEEK.
I made the mistake of going in his closet yesterday. I have never seen so much crap. And he has been opening packages of new stuff without permission. Things I bought to use as gifts or toy drive donations or whatever. I told him he better stop opening things, but he already has such vast amounts of stuff it won't matter if he stops.
He was screeching this weekend because the cat carried off this little plastic Stitch we got in a Happy Meal 3 or 4 years ago. He dug it out of a box in MY bedroom, then he left it on the coffee table! I really need to go through and get rid of LOTS of stuff.

 

[bear74]

Chanon nice stuff

 

[PNO4TE]

Remind me to never volunteer to be in charge of a fish extender exchange again....I am ready to go crazy(er)

Well, you have a week, right?? How many of the people on the cruise are in on this exchange?

 

[PNO4TE]

Carrots, Eggs & Coffee

May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!!

I loved this, Janet! What a nice thing to read tonight.

 

[Tammi67]

I guess it goes without saying that their dad will not help, right?

Enjoy the down time when you get it and pray for a very rainy fall.

Funny you should ask.....

On Tuesday night I called him to ask if he was coming to Nicholas practice. His response was that he would come on Thursday. I said, no I need you to come both Tues and Thurs so when he got there I could take Alyssa home and we could do what needed to be done at home. Surprisingly he agreed. So he would show up around 7, I would leave, and then he would bring Nicholas home. But that only works 2 weeks out of the month because the other 2 weeks he works until 7:30. So when he is available I expect him to be there. But Mondays is on me, mainly because one activity is religion, and it was my decision to put them in it. So I'm not even going to ask for help there.

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

Emma and him will get along perfectly, she is the exact same way!!

DS will come ask me where things are that he got YEARS ago.
"Mom? Remember that time we went to McDonald's with John and Matt? And John had a blue shirt and he got ketchup on it? Remember that rocket ship I got that day? Where is that?"
And that day was when he was like FOUR, and this conversation was like LAST WEEK.
I made the mistake of going in his closet yesterday. I have never seen so much crap. And he has been opening packages of new stuff without permission. Things I bought to use as gifts or toy drive donations or whatever. I told him he better stop opening things, but he already has such vast amounts of stuff it won't matter if he stops.
He was screeching this weekend because the cat carried off this little plastic Stitch we got in a Happy Meal 3 or 4 years ago. He dug it out of a box in MY bedroom, then he left it on the coffee table! I really need to go through and get rid of LOTS of stuff.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Plus games Saturday mornings, starting this Saturday. His away games are about and hour drive, plus he has to be there an hour before the game starts, the game is 1.5 hours long, and an hour drive home.....close to 5 hours. It's a good thing I love football, and so far he likes it. We'll see if he chooses to play again next year though.

Wow. You are the best mom ever!

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

Good, now here's some that he holds up to his end of the bargain.

Did you all have a fun picnic tonight?

Funny you should ask.....

On Tuesday night I called him to ask if he was coming to Nicholas practice. His response was that he would come on Thursday. I said, no I need you to come both Tues and Thurs so when he got there I could take Alyssa home and we could do what needed to be done at home. Surprisingly he agreed. So he would show up around 7, I would leave, and then he would bring Nicholas home. But that only works 2 weeks out of the month because the other 2 weeks he works until 7:30. So when he is available I expect him to be there. But Mondays is on me, mainly because one activity is religion, and it was my decision to put them in it. So I'm not even going to ask for help there.

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

I agree!!

Wow. You are the best mom ever!

 

[Tammi67]

Good, now here's some that he holds up to his end of the bargain.

Did you all have a fun picnic tonight?

Tonight was McD drive-thru. Next week we will start the picnics.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Emma and him will get along perfectly, she is the exact same way!!

What if they grow up and get married? We'll have to go over and dig them out of their house every month or so!

 

[Tammi67]

Wow. You are the best mom ever!

Far from it. More like craziest.

 

[Tammi67]

What if they grow up and get married? We'll have to go over and dig them out of their house every month or so!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Tonight was McD drive-thru. Next week we will start the picnics.

You think so? Really, McD's is not a bad thing.
I take Princess out for fast food once a week.

 

[PNO4TE]

so I have a question....what do I do about a co-worker who refuses to look at me when I talk to him in staff meeting?? I wasn't the only one who noticed today and I refused to continue talking to him (in a nice way..as my friend says I am too nice for my own good sometimes) until he at least acknowledged I was speaking to him.

He is the newest staff member and is a horses patoot in other areas...I think he mainly does it to tick me off and because I am so dang reasonable and I refused to back him up on his very unchristianlike views of what we should be doing as a church.

I am not certain what you can do. I have a husband who almost NEVER looks at people when he is talking. He does not do it on purpose. He is so busy thinking about what he is going to say that he just doesn't look. I tell him over and over that it is rude. But he doesn't seem inclined to do anything about it. When he does that to me, I either tell him to look at me or walk away as if he is not talking to me. I figure my actions are no more rude than his! Good luck with this, Theresa.

 

[Tammi67]

You think so? Really, McD's is not a bad thing.
I take Princess out for fast food once a week.

SSShhhhhhhhhh.......

I have good intentions. But when I have to get all my crap and my lunch, and the kids crap and their lunches, ready to get out the door in the morning, the last thing I am probably going to want to do is pack a picnic for dinner. I'm thinking I will buy some lunchables.

 

[PNO4TE]

I hope it makes it out on time...several people were saying that they believe the cruise I am on won't happen

That would be pretty expensive for Disney, wouldn't it?

 

[Tammi67]

I am not certain what you can do. I have a husband who almost NEVER looks at people when he is talking. He does not do it on purpose. He is so busy thinking about what he is going to say that he just doesn't look. I tell him over and over that it is rude. But he doesn't seem inclined to do anything about it. When he does that to me, I either tell him to look at me or walk away as if he is not talking to me. I figure my actions are no more rude than his! Good luck with this, Theresa.

I think you misread this Elin. Theresa wants him to look at her when SHE is talking.

 

[PNO4TE]

Oh my GOSH. Can I just say that Kyle, despite being SO good with the girls (he really is phenomenal, and I'm sure his field helps a bit ), would never last one day if roles were reversed and I were gone for hours or days on end. I could punch him right about now!

Oh, sweetie... join the Club!