Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Is it 4:00 yet?
I came in and had a voice mail from Corin Jr.'s French teacher.
We had given him the benefit of the doubt. He said (and I thought my wife had verified) that he got all the homework caught up. He didn't and he's missed three more assignments.
I'm trying to decide where I want another television in the house. The Nintendo and Playstation will just get put in a box.
As soon as the Mrs. calls, we'll decide whether or not he's just going to turn in his football equipment tonite.
I think he is.
I hate it when that happens.
Let's be real here. His chances of playing on a college team are pretty slim. But, if we pull him from football and from high school he could grow up blaming us for his "missed opportunity."
Interim grades come out this week though. We'll be making some decisions.
I'm catching up after the weekend...
My Mom LOVED Omnis...we had a little red stick shift Omni for awhile. An elderly neighbor with a penchant for mispronouncing words always called it her Omi, so that became its name. It did have the occasionally grumpy day when it didn't want to shift smoothly, but she thought of that as character! It broke her heart when it finally died.
Oh...true story! When I was shopping for MY car a few years back, we went to a used car lot one evening after it was closed, to scope the place out without sales guys bugging us. There was a little red Omni on the lot, so she was wandering around it peering in the windows. Her skirt brushed the bumper and it FELL OFF! It wasn't attached. Scared her for a minute! We set it back on and left, but we got such a laugh out of that - Dad always teased her for loving the junky ol' Omni, but at least it stayed in one piece!
Ugh...yeah, puppy-proofing a house is way different from kid-proofing! My Fiona (I get a kick out of your having a Fiona dog, too!) still isn't past the chewing stage. But her very, very favorite thing to destroy is tissue paper. She can take one Kleenex and spread it in tiny bits throughout the WHOLE HOUSE - leave soggy little pieces stuck to alllll the furniture and all over the floor. It's amazing how much of a mess that makes! My brother took a box of Kleenex down from the shelf where I had it and left it on the couch, so I was reminded of that this weekend...
I guess it's akin to a toddler's ability to spread one Oreo over an entire wall...
Sounds like a good opportunity to teach him about personal accountability.
You and the Mrs. have some tough decisions ahead, I don't envy you. You will be in my prayers about this.
Who was the moron that decided carpeting in bathrooms was a good idea? I wanna know...my bathroom has furry brown carpet, which picks up cat hair like nothing I've ever seen. It's narsty, as my brother would say.
The rest of the house has kind of a late '60's / early '70's thing going - lots of oranges and yellows and greens. Pretty ugly. I REALLY need to work on redecorating this winter. Maybe if I bribe my brothers with cookies and pizza, I can get some help, too!
Her skirt or the bumper? ;-)
Your day (teenagers) will come soon enough (or are you there yet? I keep forgetting).
And just think. I get to do this all over again in another 10 years...
Sounds like my siblings. I know most of them, but not as well as they do. I love Mr. Lunt's cheeseburger song and the Cebu song! And the wacky humor is great...
You and me both! My house dates mid '70's and had the tackiest sunflower wallpaper in the kitchen. I still have the bedroom and bathroom to do...having a hard time picking a color!
Will do, SuziQ! (Hey, that rhymes!)
Keep us updated.
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