With the behavior I’ve seen recently in my home by some of my daughter’s friends and watching some of those who are friends of friends, there is a clear lack of parenting that is happening. It made me wonder if there was some type of a “Common Sense Mom franchise” which it appears there is not.
Which then made me think perhaps I should start one. Some of this particular generation has such a lacking in respect and manners that it’s impossible to not acknowledge that their parents have seriously failed in raising their children. Take the “young man” who was here a short time ago, for fun he decided to take a container of old fish stones I was saving for a terrarium and start throwing them at my daughter. Sound like toddler behavior? He’s 14…He seemed shocked when I handed him a broom and a dustpan…
That’s the discussion taking place on this blog. I have to wonder about the parents stating how spying is wrong would feel if some predator convinced their child that they were a friend and then some harm became them. The primary reason to check up on your child’s online activities is not so much because you don’t trust them, it’s because there are adults out there who prey on children.
The internet can be a wonderful thing but it can also bring your children into contact with people that you would never let them connect with in the real world….
When I had a larger kitchen with ample counter space and one of those farmhouse sinks I used to can my own tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, applesauce, and a variety of other items such as home made pickles. It was a lot of work but it did end up being cheaper (once I proved that to my father though he was right if I had to buy the jars all over again it would take a year or so to save) and I thought it tasted better.
Now, it would be difficult, and since the time I stopped I’ve gotten rid of all of my jars, so it would be more expensive the first year. Yet it’s still tempting, if nothing else but for the taste factor and the additional savings that would come later.
Our house is a bit out of the ordinary, in most houses the better television and surround sound system goes in the living room or the family room, in our house it goes in the bedroom. Or at least it did. Now that my husband’s doing the whole “man cave” thing, the better tv has gone down to the “man cave” along with the gaming system and the next smaller one is in the bedroom with the next smaller one in the now less used living room.
The only advantage I have upstairs is I’m the one with the cable box since I am the one that uses the DVR to record programs like City Council and other political shows for my other blog…Else I’d probably see that moved down to the basement too.
Now that I’ve finally learned how to at least use text messaging on a phone as well as how to send pictures and videos, since my new phone does have Mp3 capabilities it has made me start thinking about ipods not just for music. There are quite a few political podcast (and even my weekly radio spot on Troy Neff) that I now can only listen to when I’m at my computer. If I actually used an ipod it would be pretty simple to be able to listen where ever I want…
I don’t normally like remakes at all when it comes songs, this isn’t technically a total remake but I do really like it and it is very true. When you listen to the lyrics it doesn’t count as an uplifting song that makes you feel good, but it does make you think. So, “Where is the Love” was selected as my “music flashback moment.”
At one point in time when my oldest daughter was getting ready to move out west we did consider using a company like Auto Transportation Worldwide to ship her car out west rather than driving it. For us it ended up being a scenario were we decided to make a road trip out of it, however friends that have moved over seas can’t exactly make a road trip out of their travels, unless their car has magical powers like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
So when you do want to take your car with you, shipping your car can be a great option.
It used to be that a simple flea collar would work, I’m not sure if the fleas have gotten hardier or what but every year they become more of a problem. None of my cats go outside, but we have one dog (Quilla) who seems to be a flea magnet. We’ve even purchased the expensive yard spray to kill the fleas in the yard, tried collars, baths, and most of the over the counter flea preparations you can put on a dog. None of them work…which leads me to believe I’m going to have to purchase the very expensive Advantage or one of those types of preparations because our other dog (Echo) has flea allergies and all it takes is one or two fleas on her for her to start scratching herself to the point that she requires medical treatment as well as looses what little fur she has.
I suppose the easiest solution would be to make my one daughter take her dog (Quilla) however, I think I have a better chance of winning the lottery.
When I had my old cell phone no one sold accessories for it, yes, that tells you how old it was. Now that I have a new phone that is no longer a problem and it’s kind of neat to see all of the different types of accessories you can buy for a cell phone. I’ve been looking at the memory cards that the phone uses to be able to upload music and increase the storage. Which means it would be a good time to use some of those Circuit City coupons that I have so that I can save even more. Considering I’ve never even owned an Mp3 player, this could be a fun adventure.
One of my favorite songs by Morris Day and the Time is “Jungle Love” those that know my political blog might have guessed that with the name being “Glass City Jungle” and if you’ve visited my MySpace that’s my MySpace song. I came across this video from a live performance and Morris can still move…
Sure the title isn’t technically correct to ask what you are “going to be” but lots of parents and children dream about what they are “going to be” when they grow up. Sometimes dreams happen before they grow up which is why sites like Gonnabe.com are out there.
I watched the Barbie spoof ad and the satire of a “gold digger brandie” was a cute one that made both myself and my 13 year old laugh. She thought it was funny enough to send off to some of her friends. She’s also at 13 had her share of dreams, right now as an example she wants to grow up to be in an emo band. Next week for her it could change to something else. There are however kids out there that do have acting talent or acting talent potential and parents who are interested in pursing this for their children need to do their homework.
There are reputable companies out there and there are those that are not, so it’s incumbent upon the parent to do their homework. Thanks to the internet it is much easier than before to do some basic research for services like Gonnabe.com which means if people keep telling you that your child “out to be in pictures” maybe that can actually come true.
I don’t use my cell phone that often, and the one I have is several years old. With my oldest daughter moving to California she gave me her old cell phone plan so that I can call her without it costing anything since her plan allows for one person to be “free” and my cell phone plan did not.
This meant I got a new phone since she was due for an upgrade on that plan. I’ve never had a camera phone so I’ve been learning how to do that. I also really never spent that much time text messaging but I have learned how to do that with this new phone as well. Next up is learning how to do the whole adding new ringtones…
It’s been interesting watch my husband slowly move piece after piece of furniture downstairs into the basement to create this whole concept of a “man cave” that he’s dreaming of. I keep trying to remind him that eventually one of the girls is going to move back home and is going to need that as a bedroom space which he seems to ignore as he mentally envisions home theater furniture purchases to make “his” room more of what he wants. Our largest tv has already been moved down there, which considering he already had the living room, since all of my things are upstairs, when he has to start moving things back into the living room? I’ll have to hold off on the “I told you so” as I fear he’d throw something at me.
It never fails that just when I’ve gotten my grand-daughter to fall asleep that seems to be the time when someone will show up to try to sell us vinyl siding which I know is because the house looks as if it could use some new siding or a new paint job. Unfortunately in addition to me having to then get the baby back to sleep after the dogs get done barking, the poor rep is always disappoined to learn that we don’t own the house, we rent…Considering we have been living here almost two years, I think our chances of ending up with eavespouting or new siding is pretty slim.
My husband was sucked in by the trailers shown for the movie The Happening and because he was a fan of some of the previous movies by M. Night Shyamalan. I had a bad feeling about the movie and I don’t normally like to go to opening nights of movies, for the very reason that if the movie really is bad? You get to be the one to tell everyone to skip it after having wasted your own money.
Only bright side is at least we had discount tickets thanks to my son and we didn’t have to pay full price. It wasn’t worth full price…people actually boo’d after the movie was over…Unless of course you are a fan of strange love stories featuring Marky Mark…then you’ll love it.
I don’t like wearing the same piece of jewelry that are made in a manner that chances are you will run into someone wearing the exact same piece as you. It’s one of the reasons I try to always look for handcrafted jewelry since that increases the chances that something I wear will not be worn by others. My only exception to this rule is a bracelet that my mother in law gave my oldest daughter and myself. The three of us wear the same bracelet as a reminder of our connection…
Many people have turned to organic products and natural skin care products as a result of some of the concerns about chemicals and being concerned about the environment. There are a variety of different natural products out there that include hair care products to natural acne treatment that are out there to select from. There are even natural laundry products that create less problems for the environment and are free from harsh chemicals.
Make sure to check prices though, many times just by putting the name “natural” or “organic” on an item the price increases much more than the “unnatural product”.
Interesting article in this week’s Time Magazine that covers why the jury decided he was not guilty of the accusation of having sex with a minor that was video taped. It boiled down to the decision by the prosecution to not have the girl they believed was the one in the film that is now no longer a minor to testify.
I’m probably one of the few who didn’t watch the video when it was making it’s rounds online, it didn’t appeal to me then, and it still doesn’t as something to watch. How I found out he was acquitted was interesting - I was searching for information on the show “The Mole” and I guess Kelly supposedly has a mole that became part of the discussion on identfying him in the video. Hence it came up on my search for the tv show.
One thing I never travel without is books though this last trip the road trip part of the adventure was one that I enjoyed the scenary so much that I did not read any of the books I brought with me. On the plane that was another story though we really didn’t have as much time at the various airports waiting for connecting flights this time, there have also been times where having a good book at the airport helped cut down on the boredom that can happen when you wait. I always take a few different kinds since you never know what kind of a mood you will be in and, sometimes I’ve shared a book with a fellow passenger.
