tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post1080913670483950743..comments2023-10-22T02:31:42.812-07:00Comments on grit's day: Shut up. You're going.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-57393748095493641682010-03-26T15:49:59.794-07:002010-03-26T15:49:59.794-07:00deb, that is better than 'or i will sell you f...deb, that is better than 'or i will sell you for medical experiments' because we actually have duct tape.<br /><br />combine it with a lovely time down south michelle!<br /><br />hi darth! i would like to say my children are gifted, but i doubt it very much. they are ordinary, difficult, delightful, engaging and irritating, all at once. like most kids, i suspect.<br /><br />hi frog! she has a long way to go for that yet. but better for me than the ballerina stage.<br /><br />mme sg! i tried that taking apart the group bit to please everybody, when in reality you wear your feet off, crush your own heart and please nobody.<br /><br />that would be cool, sharon. i wonder if i could get away with it. i shall try, and see what happens.<br /><br />rachel, you make me feel just and right and all. thank you!Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-13673494707216537122010-03-25T19:45:51.916-07:002010-03-25T19:45:51.916-07:00My dad took us to every flower garden he could fin...My dad took us to every flower garden he could find on every family vacation. We all cried (2 brothers and I) and behaved very badly. To our adult shame, we all love gardening and I find myself taking daughter to flower gardens. She's too young to throw a fit about where we go. I'm sure she will heap tons of it on my head in just revenge some day. Somewhere in the universe my dad is smug with self-righteousness, as he should be.R. Molderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119986754283927453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-28807170274264025442010-03-25T19:19:51.873-07:002010-03-25T19:19:51.873-07:00Or you could try the 'Magical Mystery Tour'...Or you could try the 'Magical Mystery Tour' approach and just not tell them where you are going. I find that works well with my temporary charges as they nearly always want to go to the place you aren't going! <br /><br />But, generally, shut up etc works well albeit with additional fighting/sulking.sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247276433803886670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-80988754593929613332010-03-25T17:33:46.345-07:002010-03-25T17:33:46.345-07:00Yeah...... I've been trying to 'negotiate...Yeah...... I've been trying to 'negotiate' with mine. And I've been 'asking' them 'if' they 'want' to go to this or that. I've had to ring, text or collar people to beg if I can sell this child on that day or that child on this day so that I can take these two or that one to this thing. It is the twisted and soul-breaking path to total madness.<br /><br />I'm going back to my old ways. The true path of SHUT UP YOU'RE GOING. It is not only easier but I now feel guilty that I HAVEN'T forced unwilling children into doing something they didn't want to do whereupon they may enjoy themselves (and god forbid 'learn' something) by accident.<br /><br />What WAS I thinking?MadameSmokinGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369302102195138989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-65717960771833192352010-03-25T14:34:52.852-07:002010-03-25T14:34:52.852-07:00I think you do a fantastic job with your children,...I think you do a fantastic job with your children, a very proud moment indeed.Frog in the Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990222544828204911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-31215823643838059942010-03-25T14:21:02.587-07:002010-03-25T14:21:02.587-07:00i use the universal "cause i said so!" q...i use the universal "cause i said so!" quite a bit, and color it up by adding tidbits like, "cause i am bigger'n you." n other redneck nuggets of wisdom. but then, my youngest's favorite word is "why?" <br /><br />on the other hand, your children sound very clever and dedicated. good job.darth sardonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247659067852638070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-54452188717680230302010-03-25T11:58:47.620-07:002010-03-25T11:58:47.620-07:00Oh that looks like a most excellent day!
(diaris...Oh that looks like a most excellent day! <br /><br />(diarises for next year . . .)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672124413416292432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-755965029915713022010-03-25T08:52:00.241-07:002010-03-25T08:52:00.241-07:00Hey, Shut up, you're going is my mantra, too. ...Hey, <i>Shut up, you're going</i> is my mantra, too. Also, <i>Don't make me get out the duct tape.</i>Green V-Neckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357719409776550322noreply@blogger.com