howdy folks---
i don't know where to begin this post-- it doesn't matter really where i begin .. it is gonna be a whine-fest regardless. i prolly shouldn't even write at all.. but i have some splainin to do--
so i spose i will start here:
i woke up this morning-- well, that's a given, right-- cuz if i didn't wake up-- you wouldn't be readin this--
so anyhow-- i do my morning duties of puttin dogs out, checkin on kids, gettin my coffee, all that stuff..
i get on my computer--- and what is the first thing i notice?
ALL my bookmarks are mysteriously GONE! ALL of them.
first thought?
kids!!! -- thing 1 and thing 2 have gotten on my laptop in the night-- and did "something" and deleted-- not only my bookmarks-- but the entire toolbar thing too-- not that i hadn't attempted to get rid of them..so in a way they .. (maybe they) -- did me a favor-- but the google and yahoo toolbars are also-- mysteriously GONE. WTF???
so what do i do-- i suspiciously go thru my history, of course-- i find no evidence of any sites that i didn't go to myself-- BUT i do know enough to know that they could have deleted the sites and they went-- IF in fact they are guilty.
but anyhow-- i am simply baffled about this. any computer gurus know if or how this coulda happened "on it's own? shut down? hmm..
so anyhow-- it's not really that big of a deal-- EXCEPT that i had some blogs linked in my bookmarks-- that i DON"T have in my links on my blog. SO , if you have a blog that i read, and i happen to not visit --- it's because i don't know how to get there. so please let me know .ugh.
i really don't feel up to accusing or arguing with the kids today about something i cannot prove they had a part in ya know. even tho i think they did. it just isn't worth it. we all know computers have a mind of their own. sometimes.
ok-- that's enough for that part.
next-- on the whine list?
yesterday?
it sucked.
not in any kind of bad way. i mean nothing bad happened. it's just that nothing happened -- at all. i slept--and i slept---and i slept.
i woke up a couple times-- only to fall asleep again.. had to be the meds? i don't know. i woke yesterday with a terrible headache-- meds helped--but made me tired-- i didn't have enough sleep anyhow--so knew i'd need a nap-- but man... not to nap all damn day--and night.
so-- the day passed me by-- i accomplished nothing. i did nothing... and because of it-- my ass hurts today!
part of that tho--is due to getting bounced around on the boat friday night tho too. i have kind of a bony ass-- and rough water isn't very kind the next day --- to my butt, i mean. :))
i woke up this morning.. a bit tired, but it only took a cup or two of coffee to help that. for now i feel pretty good.. overall, at least. i have a ton of crap to catch up on... but y'all know me-- i want to go fishin. i hope to find time...and energy for a little of both.
i need a cattle prod to use on my child. anything short of abuse isn't gonna do that girl a bit of good in the motivational department.
anyone remember the drug commercial?
"i learned it from watching you dad!"
ugh.
could it be MY fault that the child won't clean her room..feed her animals, or bring her dirty clothes to the laundry room..rather than throw them in her closet?
someone tell me it is not me. tell me it's a phase-- a ten year long PHASE. :))
even if it's a lie-- i need some moral support here.
i know i'm too easy on her-- but somethin just has to give
or i'm gonna crackup!
ok...
anybody got any cheese for my whine????
i'll take brie, and grapes!!!
happy sunday peoples....be safe today--and have FUN!!
15 comments:
I have a perfect solution for Soulkid. If her clothes are in her closet or on the floor rather than in the laundry they must be ready to wear - right? IT IS NOT your fault that your teenager is lazy, smart mouthed, and rude. I never saw one that didn't go through that stage. Mine included. I begged, worried, and pleaded with them for a couple of years then "gave them the monkey" so to speak. I quit worrying if they had only dirty clothes. I cooked meals and if they didn't like what I cooked - too bad, so sad. If they yelled, I just couldn't hear them until they talked quietly and with respect. If their assigned chores weren't done I'd would do them but it meant that there was no time for their activities and certainly no visitors while I was busy. It was a miracle that their teen years became more of a problem for them than for me. I just don't "take no monkeys" but then I can be a hard nosed smartass. I know it isn't easy, Soul, but don't think for a minute that it's your fault.
I don't know much about computers but I'll ask my oldest son when he comes if those things could happen without help. He should know; he's had years of experience with computers and their idiosyncrasies.
hiya mary---
monkey huh?
i like that--
i've been tryin real hard to pass that monkey over to her-- i haven't cleaned her room for her since we moved here-- in dec-- i don't have to live in there--
me and soulman both have cracked down quite a bit on her--- but it seems that you have been through exactly the same stuff---
she actually did clean today-- i am in awe-- i mean "really" cleaned.. maybe "thing 2" is good motivation for her?
neither of them like to hear
"the lecture." :))
besides-- thing 2 didn't want her to get grounded today
bwahahahahaha
sometimes i do feel the power---
sometimes i don't
hope you have a good day today with the fam...
I will eat cheese and whine with you, and let our words flood the whole Houston! :)
When you feel so lousy, you wanna go get some bad Chinese take out, have carbo overload and take a nap - that's what I do whenever I feel like nuking the world :)
I can't help on the parenting things only have Dogs & Cats and the odd farm animal.
But speaking as a former brat - it would have worked on me.
Waterproof stadium cushion = less achey butt - but you prob'ly know that.
Hope your having a fun long weekend and are out fishin right now.
I just wanted to say hi..I am so happy for you and hubby about the fish. i hope that the long weekend goes well for you all. I have nothing really exiting I know but did want to say hi.........
geesh kids,,, and teens nonetheless... coffee is only 6 and she is starting in on that crap already... time to nip that sh*t in the bud eh????
That sucks about your bookmarks! Maybe you could ask innocently in front of her, like you need some computer help? I hope you get to do some fishing tomorrow. It wouldn't be a holiday without it, right? As far as motivating Soulkid, I always find cash works pretty good. lol
I love Mary's advice. I'm going to take it myself! Mine doesn't get allowance when she doesn't do chores. I can't stand her dirty bathroom, though. And I hate when the clean clothes go down the laundry chute instead of being hung up.
Did you feel better today?
I use the google toolbar which has the bookmarks and everything but I am not signed in, I can't access the bookmarks.
That usually happens after I clear the cache and clean up the temporary files and cookies. Try signing out and signing in to blogger again and see if it reappears.
It's not just you. Both of my kids are lazy and piggy when it comes to their rooms and helping out around here.
I feel like the little red hen most days.
LOL @ Summer, and Mary's advice is right on. She will learn, in spite of herself and you. But those years are hard, I remember them well. It isn't you. And that's all I have to say about that. :)
You go Mary and I agree with Cheryl about the clean laundry being put back out to be washed because they are too lazy to hang their clean clothes up. How do any of us survive kids...honestly? No wonder you feel like sleeping all the time Soul. I would sleep away 18 hours a day if I could gt away with it.
Teenagers are horrible, for the most part. Its not you Soul...they are a whole different species. My daughter's room was where clothes went to die. You couldn't even see her carpeting for the clothes...everywhere. And the real kicker is that half of them were CLEAN! Yep, I washed MANY clean clothes over and over simply because they got tossed back down the laundry chute because they were not put away and on the floor insead. I worked rotating shifts (I rotated every 28 days) when they were teenagers and I really DID need cooperation, which I rarely got. I was a bitch at times. One time I remember coming home to a sink full of dirty dishes after working a VERY STRESSFUL afternoon shift. I was livid!! I grabbed a garbage bag, put all the dishes in there, food on them and all...went into her room and dumped them right on top of her laying in her queen sized bed! BWHA HA HA HA HA
Yep, I can be a bitch all right but she had to get up and do them, PLUS clean up the mess I made on her bed...all after 1 in the morning. How old was she at the time? She was 15 (the rottenest age there is). Did my kids eventually outgrow this? Yes they did but not until they got places of their own.
Sorry Soul, but you're in for a bumpy ride for a few years...then things should smooth out and be pretty good for ya. But just wanted you to know...ITS NOT YOU...its THEM. I used to think they all attended secret meetings for instructions on how to drive their parents mad. My grandson is now giving my daughter grief...its started when he was 15 and I was thinking to myself...Gee, she's getting it back...all the times she made me see RED...she's getting it back. And, believe me, she has already thought it.
It works out in the end...Love, Charlotte
I just got more of the same here: teenagers don't clean. It might sound overly simple, but I'm pretty sure it's cause they don't want to;) Heck, I'm thinking of reverting myself.
I hope you get the bookmarks worked out! Computers can do some weird stuff on their own, but who knows.
I'm with you on the clothes and room thing. My kiddos (except Reilly, my neat freak) drive me nuts. I can't even walk in their rooms without almost hyperventalating. If you figure out a good solution...let me know!
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