Susan, I know you have to be here for 30 days, so you just have to hang in there for a few more days. Have patience!!

Lovn: So, did you have a birthday celebration for your daughter? Mine will turn 15 next April, so I know how you feel about how did they get to this point so fast!

I have to see if I can take off early today so I can get my son to football practice and get to my daughter's volleyball game. Busy day!

Rennie, DD didn't have a very Happy Birthday. She's really feeling the sting of having parents who "ask too many questions." Earlier in the week she was invited to "party" with a friend after the football game this coming Friday night. Niavely my daughter assumed they would be going to the girl's home with the mother driving them so DD came right home and told me about being invited etc....well yesterday the girl filled her in on the plans. The plans include transportation by senior boys to a neighboring town and staying at someone elses home all together. DD, knowing that I would call the mom for party details, told her friend she wouldn't be able to go. Retelling the story DD had tears in her eyes. I'm proud of her because she didn't get mad at me. She just accepted it. I know I've destined my children to be left out of a lot, but things happened to me when I was young. I plan to keep my children as safe as possible. Thanks for listening.

Diane, Sadly I had no real time to give for her b-day. I sent fun stuff and treats to school, but it was all about football and volleyball practice for my other DD and my DS and getting those two to confirmation on time. We are going to a hotel this weekend in the Dells. It's an annual trip we take with my SIL and her family every year. It's become a habit or tradition for "the ladies" to go to Damon's and celebrate DD's b-day. 15 is just a rough age. She's "too cool" to be driven by dear old mom, but too young to drive herself and so far we haven't approached the subject of her riding in cars with other kids. Most kids who have their license are 11th graders and she doesn't really know any or if she does I don't know it...blah. I'll be glad when she gets her license. She's always been responsible and with her license she can go where she chooses and will hopefully make good choices and be home by curfew! Tonight I'm driving 80 miles for DD's volleyball game and DH is travelling about 20 miles for DS's football game. Younger son is going to a friends after school so he can make it to soccer practice and I think oldest DD will go watch FB unless she has too much homework...crazybusy as my niece would say.
Have a great day all!

Good morning to all. Her we are, September 11th once again. For those of us in and near NYC, this is a very weird day. I still remember it so vividly. But I don't want to dwell on that here, I am sure we will all note the day in our own individual ways.

Anyway, many thanks to Rennie for sharing her experiences with her mother, and for the kind words of support. They are deeply appreciated. It's interesting in a way, I know many other women who are SO CLOSE to their mothers - practically cannot live without them - and I look at them with wonderment and confusion because I am so not there. I'm not jealous at all...I just observe, like an anthropologist, because those types of relationships are so totally foreign to me.

And speaking of mothers, Lovn, I stand up and applaud you...you are giving your daughter the most amazing foundation to stand on, so that she'll go out into the world as a young adult, able to make the right decisions and take care of herself. That really is my big picture...to push the baby bird out of the nest, knowing that I've given him as many tools and resources as I could for him to DO THE RIGHT THING.

On a lighter note...tomorrow night is our high school football team's opening game, at home. Can't wait! It's such a social, lively event and should be quite exciting.

Mets are 3.5 games ahead of the Phillies. By hook or by crook, they're hanging on!

Lets
I do understand what you mean when you see other womans relationships with their mothers. I have always wished I had that kind of relationship.

I have made sure my daughters whole life ( she will be 18 in a couple of weeks ) that she knows how very special and loved she is. Of course we fight, well I yell and she does what she is told as long as I can see her when it comes to chores most of the time lol. That is how it is suppose to be.

I always told myself my daughter was going to be the best parts of me and not the worst. She has been taught and shown from birth she is strong, she is important, she can be anything she wants to be.

Yet, we really can't make choices for our daughters. She is lovely girl that you either really like or don't like at all. She is very opinionated and has no problem with speaking her mind. This is a good thing EXCEPT she has no diplomacy at all lol.

She has had a crush on this boy ( now a young man ) since she was 12. Now at 18 she is going to date him. I don't want the boy anywhere around and time and time again he has shown he is not a good person ( do you know who he reminds me, of Eddie Haskel on Leave it to Beaver ). I only hope A. I am wrong or B she will find this out for herself. It is so strange she turns into a different person when he is around him or even when she talks to him on the phone. My daughter, who is very sure of herself and what she wants out of life apologizes all the time if she upsets him in the slightest way. This is very scary to me.

Here is my lastest hook rug, not including the christmas stuff I am doing. Will have the christmas pics put on in december.

Very nice hook rug! Does the doggie come with it?

Deb
That dog is my beloved Bella. Isn't she just the cutest little thing

I can see why she is so beloved, she is adorable!

Deb
She is the sweetest little dog and just loves me to death. Doesn't want to be away from me for a second. I really feel bad for the lady who had to get rid of her.

Deb
She is the sweetest little dog and just loves me to death. Doesn't want to be away from me for a second. I really feel bad for the lady who had to get rid of her. You can see my old ratty desk chair lol. I love that chair and have no desire to ever get rid of it

Loving the hooked rug, Shy Moment! Sweet doggie too

I HAVE A SIG, EVERYONE! Looks like all my whining and complaining really paid off.

Love the hook rug, Rennie. Sweet little dog, too.

You all have no idea how hard that rug was to do. No, it wasn't working on the rug itself that was hard. It was keeping Bella from dragging the yarn all over the place because she didn't want me to work on the rug, she wanted me to play. She is such a little scamp. Thank you. I enjoy doing them and if the hands are busy they aren't putting food into the mouth lol.

You said it, Shy Moment, I find that when I am crafting I'm not thinking about food. Probably.

Hi Ladies,

This is a tuff week for me. My period started and ended. I have Post Menstral Syndrome. So, I'm emotional, hungry and tired. I am keeping track of my WW points, but all I really want to do is eat eat eat. I have been keeping within my points and only using a few of my flex points each day, but I still seem to be hungry. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing, and I meant NOTHING, that is going to stop me from reaching my goal. I just do not like feeling hungry and having the temptation. Any ideas would be much appreciated.

It's overcast and rainy today. This week isnt supposed to get much better once the remnants of Ike reach us here in Missouri. The weather isnt helping my motivation either.

On an up note. I went to my morning Parent Aide meeting, but the gal I am counseling had to work this morning. Her MIL was there and we chatted for a few minutes. She had this cute little black kitten in the car. I said it was odd that a kitten likes riding in a car. She was taking him to a shelter, because she had hopped in her car the other day and she didnt know it until she got home several hours later...LOL. The kitten looks like my sons cat that he lost to feline luekemia back in March. I called and asked him if he wanted the kitten and it was a go. So he is coming (and bringing my cute little granddaughter with him) to pick up the kitty on sunday.

Well, thanks for listening/reading. Hope to get to know all of you better soon.

Julie =)