tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post1213156053868895398..comments2024-03-27T05:30:07.368-04:00Comments on The More, The Messier: Thanks For The MemoriesSuburban Correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-71199720584083593982007-11-07T01:57:00.000-05:002007-11-07T01:57:00.000-05:00This is probably evil but I have absolutely no fee...This is probably evil but I have absolutely no feelings of guilt whatsoever: I hadn't gotten around to changing our clocks back yet by Monday evening (we were gone from Sunday morning until Monday afternoon, had no school Monday). Monday night came and I suddenly had this genius moment. I left my clocks ahead, pushed my kids to bed at the old time, and felt so superior!!! My husband is out of town and they have been fully taking advantage of the fact that I am on postpartum brain and pushing their bedtime to about 2 hours later than they should so this was my payback! It worked so well that I turned my clocks ahead near bedtime again tonight (there are only 2 clocks in the house they look at) and they thought they were getting off with late bedtime again. They were but not as late as they thought they were! I have one daughter that cherishes her bedtime so much that she is in on this little secret and she and I just giggle about it when no one else is in earshot!!!Darlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122515965841287085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-83961512635921279332007-11-05T21:52:00.000-05:002007-11-05T21:52:00.000-05:00Well, at least she lets you knit, right? 'Cuz mine...Well, at least she lets you knit, right? 'Cuz mine thinks it's embarassing...MadMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550335108031470562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-84249801059926601192007-11-05T20:37:00.000-05:002007-11-05T20:37:00.000-05:00hokgardner - but, of course.hokgardner - but, of course.Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-88456680410398839272007-11-05T20:14:00.000-05:002007-11-05T20:14:00.000-05:00I'm on sock #5 right now, and I had to rip out the...I'm on sock #5 right now, and I had to rip out the heel this afternoon. I blame bad instructions, not knitter error.hokgardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971689914882302078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-12392661654963264602007-11-05T18:24:00.000-05:002007-11-05T18:24:00.000-05:00I feel your pain, sister. I feel like the band ge...I feel your pain, sister. I feel like the band geek over at my house and my oldest hasn't even hit thirteen yet (six more lovely months to go). College! They will move out someday and go to college!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086167716210736774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-65070734244225990062007-11-05T15:46:00.000-05:002007-11-05T15:46:00.000-05:00I have no experience raising teenagers....yet. So...I have no experience raising teenagers....yet. So, I will be of no help at all with this post. If you like, you can knit me some barely recognizable socks for Christmas though. :)Valariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778600453227616126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-53100441300977163952007-11-05T15:39:00.000-05:002007-11-05T15:39:00.000-05:00I don't understand why we can't just split the dif...I don't understand why we can't just split the difference at half an hour and leave it alone. I have this theory that no one will take the credit/blame for DST, so no one will move to rescind it. Didn't DST originate under Nixon? The next time someone other than a Republican is in office, maybe the Democrats should move to abolish DST as a matter of policy--you know, abolishing everything the other party did?<BR/><BR/>I don't know, I can't sleep right now anyway. Maybe that's obvious.Barb Matijevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16469997012394334517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-82179718683230499142007-11-05T15:24:00.000-05:002007-11-05T15:24:00.000-05:00The only one I ever came up with was St. Jude - Pa...The only one I ever came up with was St. Jude - Patron Saint of hopeless cases!! And I'm sorry to say that Precious Oldest didn't start reining it in until she was seventeen and a half; but my hand to God it did get better. With Precious Youngest there's less lip, but the passive-aggressive shit? Serenity NOW!Fanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256873494991946979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-54532537295775399532007-11-05T14:21:00.000-05:002007-11-05T14:21:00.000-05:00My 13 year old ALMOST had a slip of the tongue the...My 13 year old ALMOST had a slip of the tongue the other day. She starte to say that I was a cool mom but she caught herself and quickly started backpeddling.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694506024825501859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-46565141983331219512007-11-05T13:49:00.000-05:002007-11-05T13:49:00.000-05:00The time change is definitely a pain for me. I lik...The time change is definitely a pain for me. I like at least some sunlight after work but now it's dark by 5 PM and that 20 minutes of AM light is worthless.Sorniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057350597607764166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-11517697269910317602007-11-05T12:10:00.000-05:002007-11-05T12:10:00.000-05:00Um, may I say that there IS NO reward, not even a ...Um, may I say that there IS NO reward, not even a tiny little glimmer of a reward when trying (because it's all you can do) to raise a teen.<BR/><BR/>Sixteen is going to be lucky to see Sixteen + 1 month. He only has to survive 11 more days, but I doubt he's gonna make it at this point.<BR/><BR/>If 16 1/2 is the magic dividing line, I'm screwed.TSintheChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921083603967329926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-36189773694503340722007-11-05T09:25:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:25:00.000-05:00Bia, if you find that patron saint, let me know. ...Bia, if you find that patron saint, let me know. I'll set up a shrine in my house. Something's gotta work.<BR/><BR/>Amy, I can't stop myself. You'll have to take me off your reader.<BR/><BR/>Mrs. Smith, I've 2 more years until this girl turns 16. Can't you give me some shorter-term hope?Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-56344746449147586132007-11-05T09:17:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:17:00.000-05:00I just love the time change. Sorry, my little one...I just love the time change. Sorry, my little ones sleep in so the time change lets me get some sleep. We were actually on time for church too!! Oh, don't tell me that teens are hard. I haven't even made it to seven yet, and I think it's hard. Man oh man!!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155749395336824191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-2158546375071354852007-11-05T07:56:00.000-05:002007-11-05T07:56:00.000-05:00With my oldest son about to turn 13 I have been ge...With my oldest son about to turn 13 I have been getting glimpses into those teenage years. Sheesh! The future doesn't look very promising. On a further note, I totally agree with you that listening to an ipod when no one else has one is just plain rude! Is there a patron saint for mothers of teens?Maria (also Bia)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915816897999091636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-64476860780247615182007-11-05T07:43:00.000-05:002007-11-05T07:43:00.000-05:00My kids were up by 5:30 for the second day in a ro...My kids were up by 5:30 for the second day in a row. Hello? Whose idea is this, and can HE come take care of the kids until it's a fricking decent hour??<BR/><BR/>I have no experience raising teenagers, and honestly, you're not making me feel better about what lies ahead. Stop it.amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429539000041713324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-50305624574822420342007-11-05T00:47:00.000-05:002007-11-05T00:47:00.000-05:00A miracle happened at the age of 16 1/2. My son re...A miracle happened at the age of 16 1/2. My son remembered that sometimes I am not the enemy. Now we have the occasional late night talk, we have inside jokes that annoy my husband and the other night we spoke in British accents for three hours then dissolved into giggles when we tried to switch to Australian. <BR/><BR/>I think even Benjamin Franklin would agree that the time for DST has passed. For the few years that I had to deal with it, the worst part was trying to convince my young children that they did want to go to bed even though it wasn't quite dark out. Then there was the constant fear of getting it wrong and showing up to work at the wrong time!Mrs. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044255357653198954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-65673440821375917522007-11-05T00:03:00.000-05:002007-11-05T00:03:00.000-05:00I too hate the whole time change thing. With kids...I too hate the whole time change thing. With kids, it makes life THAT much harder. And so today, I got to deal with kids getting up extra early (according to my clock anyway) functioning on little to no sleep, post partum hormones which = crying at every little thing, 6 children who are adjusting to a new baby in the house, 2 older children who can't even get along for 5 seconds - they can't even walk by eachother without a problem - the whole feeling of being stabbed with a knife because my milk has come in (yeah I know TMI, LOL) then bedtime being later than normal due to what the clocks say. Although poor Lana, she was acting up so bad, at 5:45PM she was put to bed, LOL.<BR/>*sigh* this week had better become easier with each passing day!<BR/>~JenniferJenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050466263238656666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-20661919029564159652007-11-04T21:30:00.000-05:002007-11-04T21:30:00.000-05:00I too am undone by the time change. I explained t...I too am undone by the time change. I explained to Military Man today that they shouldn't mess with the time change because my body is such a finely tuned machine I wake up at the same time every morning regardless of what the clock is saying. He had the audacity to laugh at me and murmur something under his breath that sounded suspiciously like anal retentive...but I can't be sure. <BR/><BR/>The teen thing...I wonder about that myself. I hear good reports from others about my children though, so we must have done something right and they must be exhibiting civility outside our home, so there’s something to hang on to!Mary Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923591889426758103noreply@blogger.com