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When did I Become my Mom? : Sundays In My City - Beach Bums

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:55:50 +0000

I love those pictures. Watching kids be kids at the beach are some of my own favorite memories of watching my daughters grow up. all children do the same things in the face of surf and sand! Thanks for sharing! My recent post Sundays in a Nearby Town (Near my City)

The Mother's Handbook.net : Food Wars, Part 5,349

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:28:43 +0000

It would be so easy for us to spend our entire lives planning, cooking, serving, eating, and cleaning up when it comes to feeding the family. I have a carnivore who only likes frozen peas and doesn't like tomato sauce and a vegetarian who cried when I used to serve lamb, and eats whole tomatoes the way you eat an apple. It feel as if I've given blood already this morning just thinking about what I might possibly serve tonight. I try not to appease and cater, but I know I do in wimpish attempt to avoid teen "tude."

The Mother's Handbook.net : Thou Shalt Steal the Pacifier

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:15:00 +0000

I can't stop thinking how great it would be if I could plug up my daughters every now and then - just when they were REALLY getting on my nerves :)

The Mother's Handbook.net : Medicine Goes Dark

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:24:14 +0000

I love this post and the above comment about women flocking to nunneries. I would have been right there with them - as my baby making years were incredibly challenging health wise. And as far a a chastity belt?I've got two daughters I'd like to sign up :)

The Mother's Handbook.net : And You Wonder Why I'm Hypertensive

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:28:06 +0000

I've been putting up with this policy for years.Every bureaucrat from hell thinks their job is to see how they can trip a student up, instead of dealing with real truancy issues. It also seems pretty irresponsible to be expecting sick students to come to school just because they don't have a doctor's note. It always makes me especially angry and sad for the students who have parents who don't care, or can't afford to run to the doctor every time little Johnny has flu symptoms.

The Mother's Handbook.net : I am a P90X Graduate

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:01:24 +0000

I am incredibly impressed and inspired. I bought the wii active and have been doing it for a month - No huge differences yet and I doubt my cartoon trainer is anything like Tony, but I've been working hard, and shuffle around like a cowboy now. Love the disclaimers - I hate that being watched feeling :)

The Mother's Handbook.net : Ever Wonder Why Pregnant Women Don\'t Fall Over?

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:04:13 +0000

What does it mean that I did fall over constantly while pregnant? My theory is my feet were too small to hold me up :)

The Mother's Handbook.net : If I Hadn\'t Spanked my Kids, They Might be Geniuses

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:09:43 +0000

Interesting post!. I've always had a problem with most of these kind of studies because of causation versus correlation problem - that and I live with a scientist who constantly quips that 95% of statistics aren't inaccurate.

The Mother's Handbook.net : Karma is a Bitch

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:33:28 +0000

I think it's really too bad they don't stick to the same debate issues for the whole year.What a great way to wake up our many comatose young people and help them learn how to think!

The Mother's Handbook.net : The Great Obstetrician of Antiquity

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:11:11 +0000

I'm pretty sure I was delivered by one of this guy's students.

The Mother's Handbook.net : The Apparatus for Facilitating Childbirth by Centrifugal Force

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:31:01 +0000

the patriarchy: forever jealous that they can't make babies.

The Mother's Handbook.net : And the Stupid Award Goes to...

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:06:45 +0000

In around the 7th grade, almost everyone has their head in the sand around here. It's all "not my little girl with Jesus in her heart" yet, "boys will be boys." And what's with this new thing happening where the girls want to be pregnant? My daughter says they post pictures on facebook, showing off their bellies.

The Mother's Handbook.net : The ABCs of Homeschooling, or Why I Have an Ulcer

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:04:31 +0000

I so hear you! As you may know, I send my 8th grader to a charter virtual school. She's pretty motivated - thank goodness, because I don't think me being her teacher would be a good idea for oh so many reasons. She's actually just thrilled to be away from the day to day bs of jumping through stupid hoops to not even learn anything. Both public and private education are in a sorry state overall when it comes to teaching gifted children in our country. Something like a whopping .07% of the budget goes to it. And in our school district the mentality is well lets just accelerate them, which is a cheap solution because it doesn't address different learning styles and differences. The mindset of "no child left behind" and state standards runs totally counter to helping individual children come close to reaching their potential. I'm just glad there was some option for Sparkle. And socialization? It's not like she doesn't get out and have friends. I think in the middle school years, it's way overrated. - the kids are mean as all.