en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/580834 Comments by DebKaye5 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/11/08/mywifewouldneversaythat/#IDComment42632525 LOL LOL LOL LOL! LOL! LOL! I can see you liking the Hostess job :) and you have buddies? Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:21:35 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/11/08/mywifewouldneversaythat/#IDComment42632525 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/10/13/three-tips-to-help-fathers-and-sons/#IDComment38678595 This time with our kids we can't take back and re-do. I've also noticed that when they talk at or to us so much that we feel smothered (it happens!) it's because they miss us and don't feel the closeness and just need a little time and then they're fueled up for awhile. The other day my oldest told me that I was his best friend!! It made me feel good, even though he knows I'm his parent and we still have our issues (since we're not perfect), but there's been real progress. (And this is the son that I wanted out of the house & couldn't live with last year!) Now I need to divide my time among the other 3 teen boys more often. As you know they leave soon enough... (this is the rest of the comment from above - Yes - I talk a lot and I wrote too much to fit into this comment. Maybe that's why I got A's in creative writing and D's in Journalism?) Ha! Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:25:28 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/10/13/three-tips-to-help-fathers-and-sons/#IDComment38678595 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/10/13/three-tips-to-help-fathers-and-sons/#IDComment38678583 He's always been able to talk to me about anything and fortunately I didn't shut him out during those bad times. As he's matured or I have we have a nicer close relationship. He likes to talk to me (a lot) when I want my down time, too. I've been trying not to be as selfish with my time. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:25:12 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/10/13/three-tips-to-help-fathers-and-sons/#IDComment38678583 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/10/13/three-tips-to-help-fathers-and-sons/#IDComment38678528 Cool! I have to say I've done two & three pretty consistently but one is a struggle!One on one time is great! I always loved the dates with my Dad and still do! We've always been close and I think those special times contributed to it. As you know I've had to be both Mom & Dad to my oldest son (teen) and the last few years there has been conflct. They do want you to listen. I also think I know what he is asking or telling me and am ready for an answer to give him and have learned to be quiet and listen. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:23:54 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/10/13/three-tips-to-help-fathers-and-sons/#IDComment38678528 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/09/16/guaranteed-funny-and-i-had-nothing-to-do-with-it/#IDComment34860739 I refuse to listen to it. I saw that movie when I was 10 and it scared me. That music freaks me out! Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:21:25 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/09/16/guaranteed-funny-and-i-had-nothing-to-do-with-it/#IDComment34860739 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/09/05/about-this-baby/#IDComment33522073 Sounds like you're getting ready for Grandpahood - it could happen in a few years!!! Mon, 7 Sep 2009 07:21:29 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/09/05/about-this-baby/#IDComment33522073 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/08/21/the-beginning-of-the-end-again/#IDComment31551678 When I went on my Mission my Dad put a sign on my bed - he said my room was like a Mauseleoum (however you spell it). I was away at college before - but 18 months straight was a long time. It's hard with the first - especially a daughter - as you know. Of course he visited me twice while I was gone :) Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:19:20 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/08/21/the-beginning-of-the-end-again/#IDComment31551678 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/08/18/the-slob-doesnt-live-here/#IDComment31295940 Gerard Butler can do no wrong. You're right! My van is very clean too - thanks to your son! :) Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:00:34 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/08/18/the-slob-doesnt-live-here/#IDComment31295940 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/08/08/dad-still-doesnt-get-it/#IDComment30085642 I also don't get the Farm Animals or Mafia or Gardens or any of those other games on Facebook. The quizzes are fun sometimes - but who has the time or wants to care that their zoo bred a new cougar?? Sat, 8 Aug 2009 22:15:27 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/08/08/dad-still-doesnt-get-it/#IDComment30085642 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/07/26/best-laid-plans-on-deadline/#IDComment28476677 Your wife may not like the "oh crap" word. :) Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:47:16 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/07/26/best-laid-plans-on-deadline/#IDComment28476677 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/07/24/what-an-entrance/#IDComment28312053 No - not jealous - I didn't walk down an aisle. My wedding was sacred. Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:19:57 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/07/24/what-an-entrance/#IDComment28312053 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/07/25/an-hour-with-alter/#IDComment28311954 The only one in our family who attended was my 16 yr old son. He's interested in history. I know he enjoyed it. I do have one correction for you though, please refer to them as "Nazi's" - not German officers. I'm German and I not all German's tortured them - the "Nazi's" did - Hitler's army. Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:18:30 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/07/25/an-hour-with-alter/#IDComment28311954 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/07/24/what-an-entrance/#IDComment28202128 That was really cute - would have been better in a different venue than a chapel in a church though - a little sacriligeous.. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:14:54 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/07/24/what-an-entrance/#IDComment28202128 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/06/21/they-never-told-me/#IDComment24975213 Ditto to the above! When we brought the first ultrasound home (of legs only) of our 1st and only daughter (we already knew it was a girl) - my husband on the way to the parking lot felt that we left her at the hospital.! It's hard to see her grown up now - 18 and living her life :( Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:47:11 +0000 http://mikehenneke.mvourtown.com/2009/06/21/they-never-told-me/#IDComment24975213