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daisy


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supergrover wrote:

So here is the good stuff.

Travis, after this semester, is one class away from finishing his doctoral coursework.  Then, on to that little paper. 

He is rocking in his grad position, and I think may be offered a job at the end of the year.  We'll see. 

We are down to one credit card (once my check clears).  One.  I never shared how in debt we were, but back when we got pregnant with Koda, Dr. Phile might have loved to do an intervention.  It was bad.  I just paid off another school loan last month :)

I am only 20 months or so from being a SAHM.  Now that it is near it scared the shiznit out of me.  I say this as my kids are having a screaming match right behind me.



this is really wonderful  - congratulations!!! gl to your dh on the dissertation  - it's a doozy, and dont be surprised if he hits a wall in the 6 mos after he defends - there's a weird dissertation-depression that comes with finishing it.  no clue what that's all about!!



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Jenn, that is so amazing! I'm in awe.

I'm also willing to bet your debt was nowhere as bad as ours is. I can't wait for the house to sell so we can tackle it.

Scary stuff.



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i feel the same way lately. i hate that.
i'm totally feeling like a sucky mom. i dont know how to do a better job.

 


I am really trying to work on it but I feel so emotionally and mentally spent that it is hard.

Charlie is at such a hard age where he knows what he should be doing but relishes in not doing it. Josie is two. 100% two. SHOOT ME. She can be an absolute dream and then turn into a complete monster.

I need to find another way of dealing with them. Does anyone remember the name of the book that Tex posted a while ago. Yelling and screaming and threatening them is not working (I know you're shocked). lol


 

 


could have written all the same.  i am relying on threats way too much.  it's becoming total second nature.  so i did a positive reinforcement game around here involving tokens and whatnot, but after a while it loses it's umph and i'm back to threats.  i hate it.  i have to stop yelling.  seriously.

 



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R told me that i was a lot like mother bear the other day (from little bear) and it was the nicest compliment i've ever received.  now whenever i'm yelling, she is like "that is NOT like mother bear" and i'm like "WELL YOU ARE NOT LIKE LITTLE BEAR RIGHT NOW" - and then yesterday i said "WELL MOTHER BEAR HAS ONE KID WHO LISTENS AND PLAYS OUTSIDE ALL DAY, NO JOB, AND EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH JUST SOUP OVER THERE"  smile.gif

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Sonya wrote:

daisy wrote:

 

 


i feel the same way lately. i hate that.
i'm totally feeling like a sucky mom. i dont know how to do a better job.

 


I am really trying to work on it but I feel so emotionally and mentally spent that it is hard.

Charlie is at such a hard age where he knows what he should be doing but relishes in not doing it. Josie is two. 100% two. SHOOT ME. She can be an absolute dream and then turn into a complete monster.

I need to find another way of dealing with them. Does anyone remember the name of the book that Tex posted a while ago. Yelling and screaming and threatening them is not working (I know you're shocked). lol


 


kids, parent & power struggles?

i haven't gotten it yet as my library doesn't have it and neither did the book store i checked. haven't gotten amazon yet. still in the middle of trying to get diagnoses.

 



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lmao, Kelly.

And really, would you want to look as creepy as Mother Bear? ack.



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lmao, Kelly.

And really, would you want to look as creepy as Mother Bear? ack.



i wore that blue dress to that wedding - i loved how i looked - havent felt that great in a while - and R goes "that's a lot like something mother bear would wear" - wtf??!



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I love Rachel. lmao.

i'm dying over here.



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ok. i have to do something here.

i should try to get one part of my life back into control.

does someone want to come over and we can move boxes to the attic?



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ok girls i'll be back later, going to take R to school.  fever broke yesterday afternoon so she's ok to go, pediatrician clearance and all.  she hasnt been there all week!!!  ttyl!


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trying not to worry too much but starting to get a little wiggy about not having any idea where we're going to live starting around january or february.



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What do you mean, Sara?



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sonya, check your pm

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Sara, I hope everything is ok :(

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Ok. I just moved a bunch of boxes upstairs.

That feels like a start.

Off to do more. And some of my real job.



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hi my girly friends!

the orchard by us is having an apple fest this weekend so we might go to that.  Otherwise there is nothing on the schedule.

Well, I was gone 2 nights last week and when Daddy is watching the little people the house tends to be destroyed - so I will be cleaning a bit.

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KRIS!

I miss you!



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Sonya wrote:

KRIS!

I miss you!



 I know!

I wanna go on a trip and wander the streets with you and chat and eat food!



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I've always said Kate has the ugliest toenails.

DO NOT TELL HER I TOLD YOU!

but she does.  Yesterday I was telling the girl who sits next to me about them.

last night after bath we are getting ready to do beauty parlor.

beauty parlor is where Jake and Kate take turns sitting on the stool while I cut all of their nails.

Kate came into my beauty parlor and we needed to remove toe nail polish as well as trim those little buggers!

So she sits on the beauty parlor chair and I inspect her lovely toenails only to discover ONE IS MISSING ENTIRELY!

Yes, she is completely missing her toenail next to her big toe.

I felt so bad for her.   And I'm trying to determine when it happened.

Earlier in the week when I was putting a pair of her shoes on she cried like something hurt.  I removed it and felt inside and there was nothing that would have been poking her. Now I'm thinking that is when it loosened.

Then last night she was sitting at the dinner table and went to get down and started crying like she was hurt but she wasn't visibly hurt.  I think that is when it fell off.

I'm such a detective!

It isn't bleeding or anything.  It's just pink and fleshy and I feel horrible about it!



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hi kris!!

poor kate cry

 

my kids had these weird triangle shaped toenails on their bigtoes for the longest time. it freaked me out.



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