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Re: Got Kids? Then Stay Home.

rebecca2112 — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:10:54 -0000

Rude store employees are just the worst!! I just don't understand people like this. Why would an employee (or the OWNER) be so rude...especially to a child. It's just makes me crazy!! Then they'll complain about their business going under because of the "economy", not because you treat people like crap!! UGH!!

Re: Mother of the Year

rebecca2112 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:59:01 -0000

Small world...I used to live near a Festival Foods and used the daycare often when my kids were small. I actually forgot about it! That was a wonderful service...kids were happy and moms were deliriously happy!

Re: Mean Girls, Part One of a Zillion

rebecca2112 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:22:04 -0000

Thanks for the clarification and I get the Pippy Longstocking reference, that's funny!!

Re: Mean Girls, Part One of a Zillion

rebecca2112 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:05:37 -0000

First, let me say Lindsay I love your blog and think you're very funny, but this post really bothered me...for several hours. The comments on the girls hairstyle and appearance as a reason to be immediately skeptical of her being an adequate play date for her daughter seemed absurd and "mean"! It's a playground for heaven's sake, hair does not have to be perfectly pony tailed, with a bow (at 5 or 6 years old especially) at a playground! I also wonder if the girl had knocked off punky's mulch and punky didn't want to play with her, how the situation would have been viewed?

Re: Bruiser 2.0

rebecca2112 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:18:01 -0000

Too cute!! His behavior is kind of reminiscent of my 14 year olds!! LOL

My boys (14 and 11) love to cook...it's a very creative outlet! I do know you were kidding about that. :-)

Re: Big Baby: The Interview

rebecca2112 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:49:57 -0000

Bella....ugh!! Let's just agree to disagree!
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Re: Big Baby: The Interview

rebecca2112 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:47:35 -0000

Well Bella, thinking that the only alternative to acting like a toddler is to get a gallon of whiskey and cigs is pretty narrow minded isn't it?? There are many alternatives you could try...yoga, exercise, socializing, pets, art, travel, volunteering, etc. I don't think what you're doing is good for you or society as a whole. You obviously don't like the criticism but really, if you're going to talk about something like this you need to be ready for it! Best Wishes :-)

Re: Big Baby: The Interview

rebecca2112 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:12:18 -0000

I have to agree with the few brave soles that had the courage to say this is just weird, strange, disturbing and something I don't really want to know about. It seems we live in an age, possibly due to the internet, where every type of behavior needs to be understand, emphasized with and tolerated. Well, I disagree!! I don't wamt to understand it or tolerate it. I realize he's not hurting anyone and does his "baby behavior" in the privacy of his home, but really just grow up already! You can find other ways to relax and escape adulthood without resorting to this. WOW!!

Re: The Very Important Phone Call

rebecca2112 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:11:31 -0000

Lindsey, so funny and so true! The worst time for me was a few years ago when my kids were probably 2, 6, and 9. I was new to a job teaching at a technical college and was talking to my boss on the phone about my new schedule, requirements, etc. I did the universal hand signal to the kids saying "shhhh, I'm on the phone"! All was quite for the first few minutes until suddenly all *ell broke loose and they ALL THREE ran screaming and crying into the kitchen where I was talking (trying to sound professional and intelligent) on the phone. That was beyond embarrassing. Lucky for me my boss had an older daughter and thought my life was hilarious - mini cricket eating lizards and all.

Oh and my daughter did the banana peel wipe out at the grocery store the other day....cracks me up (when they don't get hurt, of course) :-)

Re: The Reader

rebecca2112 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:57:54 -0000

Love hearing her talk - so cute!! Congratulations to you and Punky, that's a very big milestone. Oh and I loved reading "the monster at the end of this book" to my boys (think it got trashed before my daughter ever saw it), they giggled every time we got to the end. :-)

Re: I Guess I'm Not as Good at Cocktail Parties as I Thought

rebecca2112 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:17:46 -0000

I agree, that's very rude! I do have to admit that I've become a little addicted to my blackberry. I mean that red light comes on telling me I have a message and I just need to check it! I would never pick up my phone when someone is in mid sentence and start checking it though, jeez!

A (kind of) similar situation happened to my mother years ago (not with a phone). She was sitting talking with a co-worker and she got up to use the rest room. When she returned that person had just left the party. She never gave an explanation or anything. I know she was pretty hurt at the time.

Re: An Explanation and Some News

rebecca2112 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:23:06 -0000

I get what you mean about feeling like you have to make excuses for choosing to stay home to raise your children. I'm very comfortable with my choices as well but like you, I do find myself explaining those choices to people I hardly know. It's the undertones of resentment that get me or the looks that say..."oh, your one of those women, smirk, smirk". Didn't mean to imply that you think people were hostile, I was reacting to a comment made earlier:-)

Re: An Explanation and Some News

rebecca2112 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:56:47 -0000

I don't find working moms here outwardly hostile toward stay-at-home moms. Although, that being said I do feel dismissed by a certain group of moms that all know each other and work full time. They kind of look at me in my "comfort clothes" with a must be nice kind of face. Maybe it's my imagination, but we've lived in our town for two years now and of my neighbors and kids friends parents, maybe two people know that I was an RN before dropping out of the rat race. I think people feel uncomfortable asking "so, did you have a 'real' job before you quit to raise your children". Could just be I need to toot my own horn more loudly. Anyway, most of these dual income families drive very nice cars and have nicer houses then us. I drive a nice, 5 yr. old SUV and have a nice but average house. Some of the families have mini-mansions and two new expensive vehicles. I do realize that in some cases parents don't have a choice whether to work or not (trust me I've been there), but, many times it's a decision based on personal or monetary fulfillment. So judge not parents and lets stop this discussion already, we all make choices in life!!! Oh and that article was really infuriating.

Re: Death by Kindergarten

rebecca2112 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:56:58 -0000

The advice you received here is great! I thought it was funny that punky said "kindergarten again". My daughter said that a couple of years ago in kindergarten. She was so excited and loved the first few days but the day came when she said "I have to do this every day"!! So funny!

Re: Death by Kindergarten

rebecca2112 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:51:33 -0000

Margie, I too am on child 3, starting second grade! I agree, it totally gets easier, I think because we obsess over every little thing less. I am also much less sensitive to any teacher comments, criticism, etc. Whew!! Thank God!

Re: D.N.A. It's Not What You Think

rebecca2112 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:55:13 -0000

Lindsey, you always bring up things that I think only I deal with. I guess we all are more similar than different. Anyway, there are several people that do this to me and I can't figure it out, do I look like a bit**, do I smell?? I think I have a tendency to be distracted at times so I inadvertently snub people, so maybe it's just my payback. Although, the mom that acts like she's never seen me before in her life, even though she has a child in the same classroom as my daughter, has been introduced to me by a mutual friend and see's me weekly at our daughter's dance class REALLY honks me off!! There I feel better...

Re: A New Preschool Perspective

rebecca2112 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:44:39 -0000

Not every child needs pre-school, but my children definitely benefited from it. For the person that said pre-school is bulls***, that is ludicrous. If my daughter, now 7 and thriving in 2nd grade, had not gone to the 4-year old pre-school before kindergarten, it would have been an absolute nightmare! She was so attached to me that it would have been a very stressful transition to go from no school to full-time kindergarten. Her pre-school focused on getting used to routine, social skills, etc., it was not about learning your abc's and 123's. She is the youngest of three so it's not like she was an only child. Maybe some mom's, myself included, use those couple of hours to do chores, rest, whatever, if the child is benefiting who cares and why criticize.

That being said if the school district does not offer 4-year old pre-school or it is not in the family budget, the parents should not feel like their child will not be able to cope in Kindergarten. It may take the child a little longer to settle in, but after a week or two they'll adjust just like every child. :)

Re: A Post Guaranteed to Make Me EVEN MORE POPULAR at My Daughter's School

rebecca2112 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:01:27 -0000

Our school cut way down on flyers for community programs. Now, they are all on the schools website instead of in their take-home folder. You may want to suggest that? Scholastic is okay except that my kids feel that they have to get a book or they will be left out. The person coming up to your car window in NOT okay, I would be very ticked about that!

Re: The Car Rider Circle of Hell

rebecca2112 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:41:47 -0000

This year (and the next three) I have to pick up three kids at three different schools, plus the two kids I give a ride home each day. Wow, it's going to be a loooong year...:-)

Re: The Car Rider Circle of Hell

rebecca2112 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:36:26 -0000

You hit the nail on the head with this one. I moved to my current town a couple of years ago and started doing the pick up at school routine. I have been so frustrated but thought I was alone. So glad to read this and see that it's not just me. One woman had the nerve to drive by all of the other parents waiting in line for their children and go to the front where she was angled out and blocking the cars when they tried to leave. Finally, at the end of the school year last year the principle had to come outside and tell her to basically get in line and wait like everyone else. So now she's just one of us peons waiting in line. Also, love the parents who, (like you said), leave their car and go in to the school so no one else can get around them. Really makes you wonder if they can't figure out how to get in line and slowly move ahead, pick up their kid and leave, how do they have the brains to raise their children. Hmmmm???

Re: Changes

rebecca2112 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:04:56 -0000

Good luck! I feel your pain. My oldest started high school and my middle child started middle. My youngest is in second grade. It's the natural order of things, kids grow up and leave home, but I'm already thinking about 4 years down the road when my oldest goes to college, that will be hard!

Re: OK, OK. Judge.

rebecca2112 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:47:37 -0000

Hilarious!!

Re: Judge Not

rebecca2112 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:24:29 -0000

No, not really. I'm perfectly confident with my parenting choices (abilities) Lisa. I just think it's better to not judge other people or parents because Karma will get you every time. You don't have to agree with me or like what I'm saying to you either, I don't really care. But I can bet when your kids act out and embarrass you (trust me honey they will) you will remember our little tit for tat! :)

Oh yeah, I think calling Lindsay a lazy parent was a little petty and judgmental (just saying).

Re: Judge Not

rebecca2112 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:27:05 -0000

Well, Lisa I still don't buy the every single time statement. I have very well behaved children also and have been told by strangers in public that they are very well behaved, nice children. But, to say that you took them out every single time is simply not true. Either you have selective memory or you are exaggerating the truth. I admit that when I first read Lindsay's post I thought whoa, letting kids run in a restaurant is asking for trouble for many reasons. But having said that, she explained the situation and it sounds like she did what she felt was best at the time. She's obviously an excellent mom. Two year old children just have bad days, I don't care how clear you make your expectations of them. They just get tired, cranky, hungry, you name it. If you want to go through life being self-righteous and judgmental that's your choice, but it will come back to bite you sometime, somewhere...

Re: Judge Not

rebecca2112 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:48:03 -0000

I have thought the same thing many, many times. The adults in restaurant are often much louder and more obnoxious than the children. But, the second a child makes a loud noise everyone looks to see who it was and what is the parent going to do. Kind of like my in-laws who talk very loud (all of the time). It's okay to listen to their deafening dialogue for hours on end but the second one of the kids make a loud noise they get reprimanded. But I'm not bitter...:)