tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post4288778700044653865..comments2024-03-27T05:30:07.368-04:00Comments on The More, The Messier: The Eternal Miscellany of a Cluttered MindSuburban Correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-79086359669521654332008-02-25T21:00:00.000-05:002008-02-25T21:00:00.000-05:00Okay, so what do you do when you've immobilized th...Okay, so what do you do when you've immobilized the child and administered the syringe, but the child knows how to gargle and expel the medicine from the mouth?Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-56120379237356128502008-02-24T00:10:00.000-05:002008-02-24T00:10:00.000-05:00Oh amen, from the mom who has raised five daughter...Oh amen, from the mom who has raised five daughters. Just remember, time wounds all heels!<BR/><BR/>I wish I had been nicer to my folks when I was a teenager. Mom got even; she invoked the Mother's Curse on me.<BR/><BR/>I not only had *one* just like me, I had *three*. The oldest is now a stepmother and considerably humbled. I just smile.<BR/><BR/>I went outside in bare feet to watch and poorly photograph the eclipse. [We had lots of clouds, but it was relatively warm.] The only eclipses that I could see for any length of time had Mitsubishi stamped on them.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07712412874073377368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-48896622716890634412008-02-23T15:18:00.000-05:002008-02-23T15:18:00.000-05:00Coming off seven days of Amoxicillin three times a...Coming off seven days of Amoxicillin three times a day. WTF? What joker prescribes that? <BR/><BR/>I need some moves for handling it solo. He wins every time. And yelling, 'you'll never get better!' probably wasn't the best idea.Manic Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397835927560496425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-86117235622744157622008-02-23T15:09:00.000-05:002008-02-23T15:09:00.000-05:00I'm so jealous you saw the eclipse! I was going to...I'm so jealous you saw the eclipse! I was going to keep my 4 year old up and then it was snowing and, well, apparently you could see it here around 10 which is pretty late for us. Love the syringe post, we have SO been down that path. I may have to put the Beastie quote on my fridge!! LOLJessTrevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000531822628182708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-77896719207198090092008-02-23T15:08:00.000-05:002008-02-23T15:08:00.000-05:00I have a ten year old. Maybe I should just go ahea...I have a ten year old. Maybe I should just go ahead and kill myself right now?Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013834612284846819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-18854116834580264092008-02-23T13:02:00.000-05:002008-02-23T13:02:00.000-05:00The special skills that you have learned and used ...The special skills that you have learned and used over the past 16 years will not be totally wasted. Being a grandma, I draw on those skills alot. I've held grandkids down to give medicine, buckled little ones in 5-point harnesses (actually I had to learn this skill as a grandma - didn't have those things when I raised my kids) and still change poopy diapers. It's amazing that long dormant skills are still of use many years later. Guess it's like falling off a bike.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I found you a while ago from my niece's blog "Naval Gazing".Grandma Cebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16665621260405380537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-67599830045748483872008-02-23T11:22:00.000-05:002008-02-23T11:22:00.000-05:00I watched from inside my bathroom window. I looke...I watched from inside my bathroom window. I looked several times, going back to bed inbetween. I thought it was cool, and if I was still homeschooling, I would've let the kids stay up.annahannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02281538552084271328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-26431324201498188342008-02-23T10:53:00.000-05:002008-02-23T10:53:00.000-05:00My genuine excitement about the eclipse got about ...My genuine excitement about the eclipse got about the same reception at moms' club book group. Meanwhile we had the telescope set up to watch it at home. Now my kids are calculating how old they'll be at the next one. Good stuff.sandy shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617376664356510015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-46261900376429210622008-02-23T09:26:00.000-05:002008-02-23T09:26:00.000-05:00i have done exactly the same thing with the kid an...i have done exactly the same thing with the kid and the syringe. it always reminds me of pilling the cat.<BR/><BR/>and yes, you told the wrong knitters!Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-44361967687796656732008-02-23T08:24:00.000-05:002008-02-23T08:24:00.000-05:00had to laugh at the whole sudafed drama! if aliens...had to laugh at the whole sudafed drama! if aliens wewre watching us, they would think we were torturing our children! lol and those car seats are a nightmare - I totally agree! but you're right - we spend years perfecting these skills only to have them rendered obsolete...maybe we can use them on the grandchildren?!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100344594099646839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-15844123666509323682008-02-23T01:34:00.000-05:002008-02-23T01:34:00.000-05:00This was a great post! I agree with Mary Alice, yo...This was a great post! I agree with Mary Alice, you are on to something about those researchers being surprised. They are obviously not living this life. And I assure you, you can be in your 40's with a mirror that taunts you and preschoolers who think you hang the moon...and who are scared of eclipses because there are "bears and skunks out here" and still be on that suicide watch. Although I, too, look forward to seeing my grandchildren go through the terrible 2's, 3's & 4's!JCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582581376724478366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-46969530067172474872008-02-23T00:31:00.000-05:002008-02-23T00:31:00.000-05:00I would have responded to your eclipse comment. I ...I would have responded to your eclipse comment. I even went outside to see if it was visible here, but it was cloudy. (I love the moon, under any circumstances.)<BR/><BR/>You made me laugh about the researcher. The results of that study are no surprise to me.Jennifer Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239563357592230711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-2961171242349505302008-02-23T00:17:00.000-05:002008-02-23T00:17:00.000-05:00I truly did not want girls because I was so insane...I truly did not want girls because I was so insanely cruel to my mother as a teenager.<BR/><BR/>And now I have two girls. <BR/><BR/>And I am terrified.the mama bird diarieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248352454666306821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-10336373954898690772008-02-23T00:00:00.000-05:002008-02-23T00:00:00.000-05:00When Mr. Farklepants got home from work the night ...When Mr. Farklepants got home from work the night of the eclipse he came bursting through the door, all excited, "come on! come here! come see!" And I said, "you didn't buy a new car did you?" LOL!Tootsie Farklepantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336671002327112885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-16282828845405556792008-02-22T23:52:00.000-05:002008-02-22T23:52:00.000-05:00Cripes. You hit me on about three fronts here, fr...Cripes. You hit me on about three fronts here, from realizing my best skills will no longer be needed, to missing the eclipse, to not missing the imminent adolescence that will fill our house in a few years.<BR/><BR/>Eek.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-20855638123431948162008-02-22T22:44:00.000-05:002008-02-22T22:44:00.000-05:00Well sure, when we middle-aged women finally lose ...Well sure, when we middle-aged women finally lose ALL hope of EVER looking really good again, and the media keeps shoving an unceasing barrage of younger, sturdier, more fertile women at us, WHAT THE HECK DO THEY EXPECT?! And that's not counting the women whose husbands trade them in for younger, sturdier, more fertile models. YA THINK?! (Damn, you mean I can't get by on my charm and good looks anymore? No one told me this was coming!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-88881503924980302622008-02-22T22:42:00.000-05:002008-02-22T22:42:00.000-05:00You will still get to use your skills one more tim...You will still get to use your skills one more time when your children call to ask how to get meds into their own children. And you get to be a "know it all", hang up the phone and know, you do know it all. hehe Then you wont need those skills anymore, your grandkids will call your children not you......probably.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161414902354928622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-12673807038391871872008-02-22T22:15:00.000-05:002008-02-22T22:15:00.000-05:00amy - we might just have to kick you out of the ho...amy - we might just have to kick you out of the home schooling club.<BR/><BR/>kalynne - my husband and I are loving that quote from Beastie. If you and your husband lived near us, we would definitely have to double date.<BR/><BR/>mary alice - I think about it all the time.Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-1516689935450079012008-02-22T21:35:00.000-05:002008-02-22T21:35:00.000-05:00Nah. You just told the wrong knitters, that's all....Nah. You just told the wrong knitters, that's all. :-)<BR/><BR/>Although I did <I>not</I> keep my kids up. (Totality was near midnight! Talk about suicidal...) The next one is only in 2010, and they watched the last one. Plus, it was unbelievably cold out on the deck.amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429539000041713324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-76880893077230406222008-02-22T20:54:00.000-05:002008-02-22T20:54:00.000-05:00And here everyone thinks menopause is the trigger ...And here everyone thinks menopause is the trigger for Prozac prescriptions. It's really the teens.<BR/><BR/>I've got a new coping mechanism idea: nude baby pictures of each of them, posted -- no, not on the fridge! -- on the inside of your medicine cabinet door (so you can see them when reaching for the Prozac, and every time you're in the bathroom, as needed). Whenever they say something smart-alecky, instead of crying, write it in a quote balloon on a sticky-note, and post it over the respective picture.<BR/><BR/>Two-year old Beastie, buck naked except for a New Year's party hat, holding a noisemaker and saying, "Maybe if someone taught me manners instead of shoving them down my throat, I wouldn't be so rude."<BR/><BR/>Try it.Kalynne Pudnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04804224012895512550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-14100197423177143732008-02-22T20:52:00.000-05:002008-02-22T20:52:00.000-05:00I think you are on to something with the researche...I think you are on to something with the researchers there. Military Man looks forward to the day he can quote Bill Cosby when we go visit our grown children and their little off spring....he just can't wait to say, "Having a little trouble are you son?" -and then laugh.Mary Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923591889426758103noreply@blogger.com