Thread Killers Untied! (no Tker left behind...)

[MagiKitty]

Ok, I'll lighten the mood too....

I almost peed my pants when looking at the mail today. I received an envelope from the NY Lottery. Very daintily I opened it...

CONGRATULATIONS! Here's your check!

For 3.00!

I subscribe so I really never know if I've won anything. But I did! I just wish there were more zeroes involved...

 

[Pikester]

Good Night!

 

[racetrack18kb]

Too bad it wasn't this...

Instead all you got was this...

But you are lucky...I only seem to win the lottery in England even though I have never been there in my life.

 

[racetrack18kb]

Night Pikester!!!!

 

[M&N]

Ok, I'll lighten the mood too....

I almost peed my pants when looking at the mail today. I received an envelope from the NY Lottery. Very daintily I opened it...

CONGRATULATIONS! Here's your check!

For 3.00!

I subscribe so I really never know if I've won anything. But I did! I just wish there were more zeroes involved...

You shouldn't have too much trouble spending it. It won't even buy a gallon of gas. Do you have to claim it on income tax?

 

[M&N]

Hello...anybody still up? No one's light is on...it's too early for bed...

 

[racetrack18kb]

I'm still here. I was posting on the thread about great teacher stories and had to brag about DD7's teacher.

 

[M&N]

Guess I'll

or watch HGTV. I have a hair cut tomorrow...shaggy...Nite...

 

[M&N]

I'm still here...saw your post when mine came up. I'm glad there is a good teacher thread around. They need bragging about too.

My computer is terribly slow tonight. Must be the heat.

 

[racetrack18kb]

I noticed most of the threads on here about teachers are complaining threads...she gives too much homework, not enough homework, and of course the "I can't believe she/he disciplines my child. I don't think my children had a "bad" teacher the way some of these people complain about it. And there are some that I wish could have followed my kids through school.

Have an update on DS. He hasn't been to his mom's for almost 2 weeks and things are looking up here. When he knows he's not going to visit her, he is a different person. We can all talk to each other and work together as a family to keep this house running smoothly. We know enough that we could stop the weekend visits with his mom but we won't because it would hurt him more. What we know isn't anything that can physically hurt him or anything (if it was, we would have stopped the visitation a long time ago) but she could never win custody right now.

When we move, we would like to give him a choice to go with us. I think it would do him good just to move away. Unfortunatly, he has done things that has ruined his reputation here. I know he would choose to live with his mom...heck, it's a free for all there if you know what I mean. But DH and I have talked about it and we will give her at least 6 months notice to change her situation if DS decides he does not want to move. We know when her lease is up on her current apartment (she tells me everything) and if she can't change her situation by then, DS will have to go with us.

 

[M&N]

Have an update on DS. He hasn't been to his mom's for almost 2 weeks and things are looking up here. When he knows he's not going to visit her, he is a different person. We can all talk to each other and work together as a family to keep this house running smoothly. We know enough that we could stop the weekend visits with his mom but we won't because it would hurt him more. What we know isn't anything that can physically hurt him or anything (if it was, we would have stopped the visitation a long time ago) but she could never win custody right now.

When we move, we would like to give him a choice to go with us. I think it would do him good just to move away. Unfortunatly, he has done things that has ruined his reputation here. I know he would choose to live with his mom...heck, it's a free for all there if you know what I mean. But DH and I have talked about it and we will give her at least 6 months notice to change her situation if DS decides he does not want to move. We know when her lease is up on her current apartment (she tells me everything) and if she can't change her situation by then, DS will have to go with us.

It's a tough situation. You know there's a good kid inside there but he just doesn't show it as much as you would like. Just keep being positive with him as long as he is being good. He knows what you expect. It does blow your mind how kids will pick the awful situations and the bad parent. Maybe he would be willing to try FL for a certain amount of time with you to see how he likes it. We can see how screwed up the world is...I cannot imagine what many kids have to go through before they grow up nowdays.

 

[racetrack18kb]

Thought you went to bed and I was all by myself. I was ready to go and kill some more threads tonight.

Yeah, it's hard with DS but we haven't given up. I understand why he would want to live with his mom. She's his friend and doesn't really discipline him. Heck, when he downloades $300.00 of adult movies, she asked if she should punish him. Well, duh!! I know when I was 15, the choice of house where I have basically no rules or consequences or a house where I have rules and my parents are trying to teach me to be an adult, I know what I would choose. I am very big on parental rights and don't really believe in taking a child away from a parent unless really necessary (abuse, etc) but sometimes I wonder if DS would be better off if his mom wasn't in the picture as much. If she was on the same page as us, it would be so much easer to get him straighten out. Would you believe, they have been out of school for a month and she has yet to ask for his report card?

And yes, we are praising him on what he has been doing good. We are slowly giving him his privilages back. But it's slow and I truly miss the way things used to be here.

 

[M&N]

Saw this on Jayski's...interesting...
Chicagoland Lifelock 400 Commercial breakdown:
Total number of commercials: 115
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 53
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 29
Total number of magic tricks: 1
Total number of focuses on Kyle Petty's tie: 1
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 8:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:17 PM
Total minutes: 197
Minutes of race broadcast: 140
Minutes of commercials: 57
Number of missed restarts: 1
Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0

So the ratio of commercial time to broadcast time was 57/140. I wonder what it is for other sports? I wish I could say the broadcast time was quality time about the race but I can't.

 

[M&N]

Hey--You go kill as many threads as you want.

I thought you were gone too.

Unfortunately, giving birth doesn't make you a good mom.

And with those words of wisdom, I am really going to bed.

 

[racetrack18kb]

Did you get to see the race? The coverage was unbelievable and not in a good way either. Yes, they actually cut away from the race to show Larry Mac doing a magic trick!!!.

Just saw your last post.

Have a good night and see you tomorrow!!!

 

[Pikester]

Hello All! Beautiful day here in NH.
I've got my laundry hung out and boy does it smell good! Need to empty the dishwasher but I don't want to!

Plus a few other things that need to be done.

Took the kids out for breakfast this morning. Both kids had 2 eggs sunnyside up, 2 slices of toast and bacon. DS10 also had homefires. They ate almost everything! DS10 had a few homefires left and DS7 had maybe 2 bites of egg left. I guess I have to start feeding them more often. No big plans for the day. Tomorrow though, DS10 has an appt with the Podiatrist and then I plan on taking them to see Wall-E.

Only 5 more days until I get 8hrs of free time for 5 days in a row!

racetrack18kb: I have no idea what it must be like for you and your family to go through what you are going through with DS15 and his Mom. I guess you can look at DS15 being home for two weeks without seeing Mom as a little experiment. Now you know (even though you suspected) that being around her is not emotionally healthy for him. Kids need boundries and when they don't get them it's scary for them; yes, even at 15. It seems like they like not have restrictions but they really want them. Just ask the Super Nanny.

Keep up the good job praising him!

 

[DL55]

Make sure you qualify that...TKers are people.

TKers are the exception to the rule.

Thought you went to bed and I was all by myself. I was ready to go and kill some more threads tonight.

Yeah, it's hard with DS but we haven't given up. I understand why he would want to live with his mom. She's his friend and doesn't really discipline him. Heck, when he downloades $300.00 of adult movies, she asked if she should punish him. Well, duh!! I know when I was 15, the choice of house where I have basically no rules or consequences or a house where I have rules and my parents are trying to teach me to be an adult, I know what I would choose. I am very big on parental rights and don't really believe in taking a child away from a parent unless really necessary (abuse, etc) but sometimes I wonder if DS would be better off if his mom wasn't in the picture as much. If she was on the same page as us, it would be so much easer to get him straighten out. Would you believe, they have been out of school for a month and she has yet to ask for his report card?

And yes, we are praising him on what he has been doing good. We are slowly giving him his privilages back. But it's slow and I truly miss the way things used to be here.

But she needs to be a parent! not his best friend. Just because she gave birth to him doesn't make her a parent. My DD's biological father was never a parent.

 

[DL55]

I forgot to say that I'll be thinking of M&N cousin's BIL and Bopsmom's neighbor. So sad.

 

[M&N]

Hello All! Beautiful day here in NH.
I've got my laundry hung out and boy does it smell good! Need to empty the dishwasher but I don't want to!

Plus a few other things that need to be done.

Took the kids out for breakfast this morning. Both kids had 2 eggs sunnyside up, 2 slices of toast and bacon. DS10 also had homefires. They ate almost everything! DS10 had a few homefires left and DS7 had maybe 2 bites of egg left. I guess I have to start feeding them more often. No big plans for the day. Tomorrow though, DS10 has an appt with the Podiatrist and then I plan on taking them to see Wall-E.

Only 5 more days until I get 8hrs of free time for 5 days in a row!

You did hang up wash...taking the dishes out can wait until they are needed. It was 75 at 9:30 when I went for my hair cut. I had to stop for a slushie on the way home...didn't look for the temp!
You reminded me that I'm glad I'm retired...I would already be at school doing stuff and not having it count for any hours worked.

You should make a ticker for 1st day of school. I know some of my friends have had meetings/inservice days but our start isn't until end of Aug.

I was so surprised when I saw a NASCAR show with Waltrip and Johnson's crew chief and they both said what a wonderful race it was in Chicago. You could have fooled me. I was bored. They said they could go 3 wide and pass. Well, tv sure didn't show us that part of the race---IMO.

 

[MagiKitty]

Afternoon friends! Its gorgeous here also in upstate NY. The sky is the most amazing color of blue. Its just one of those days when you're amazed at His work....

Racetrack...what a difficult situation! I've seen lots of parents being more friends than anything and I agree, its a terrible mistake they're making. You only get one shot to raise a child, and being their friend isn't doing them justice. Of course, you should get along as best you can with them, but foremost, you need to recognize that parent sometimes supercedes friend. Even at my age, I consider my mother and I best friends, but she is foremost my parent, and that means a different kind of love and respect that only a parent can garner.

That being said, in light of the Evils visit, even a bad mother will still be loved termendously by her offspring. My brother is 43, totally knows the mothering he received from his bio-mother and his step-mother, but he still has some respect for his bio-mother. It may not be much, but its still there. Just provide the best home you can for DS, make that his safe haven, and love him to pieces. It will all make sense to him one day.

Pikester, my laundry is out too! There was a thread a few days ago about time "saved" hanging laundry outside, and while the gas savings may not be tremendously significant, every little bit counts. I also like the quiet time while I hang, enjoying the sunshine and the birds. I find it very peaceful--and there's the wonderful time when the hamper is empty and I'm not looking for a place to put away clean laundry!

yeah for Wall-E! It was so cute. You're going to love it.

Mmm...that breakfast sounds good.

M&N...I got a Coke float from Wendy's at lunch. Its one of the perks of summer! No guilt with cold drinks! Hydration is very very important!