My uncluttered post struck a nerve with all y'all - truth be told, I only need a spading fork, a hand rake, and dirt to make me happy. We own way too much.
The Simple Dollar had a great review of a book - You're 50, Now What? and I was super-conscientious about buying anything at yard sales today but when one finds Sarah a bread machine for $2.50 by Welbilt, one's gotta go for it. CW got a bed-in-a-bag UGA set for $10 and I spent $5 on three new lamps for us to replace those that have been casualties of rages and killed in action.
Daniel is on his way over to go swimming with us, Monica's taking my teen girls to her house for a Girl's Afternoon Out and my house looks better than it did yesterday.
Sarah wrote a great post even if she skewered me good making me bust out laughing with her assessment of my choices over the years. Nailed me good.
I spent a quarter for a hardback book for me - Common Sense Leadership and ran into a ton of folks I know such as Tina who was literally holding the hand of her most recent runaway teen. I'd heard a racket up the hill and feared my kids were acting up, glad to find out it was her kids playing on the nearby playground.
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I see your son has gotten his teeth fixed - lol. Love the flower tatoos - what is it about kids and tatoos? Mine think they've won the lottery if they find one (usually from the dentist prize box) since I am avidly ANTI-tatoo around here.
Lisa, I hate tatoos also and I've lost that battle with some grown sons.
I hear that. I have one 22 yo son who has two tats (one home made - gross) and you'd have thought the rest of the household would have gotten the clue that Mama was NOT happy about those at all. Of course, this was after years of me harping about how cheap tatoos look ("oh no mom, they're VERY expensive!" - sigh). So then son #2 turns 18 and two weeks later gets one! He got 12 red and blue stars on his arm to represent each of us in his family - that explanation for my benefit I'm sure. I didn't even think it was real for the first hour after I walked in on him showing it off to his dad and best friends. I kept making jokes about it wearing off and he finally looked at me said, "what are you talking about mom, this is permanent" - sigh again.
My now 8 yo daughter came to live with us at age 3 and was constantly talking about getting tatoos "just like my mom" which was quite amusing to her caseworker. We've been working on her for the past 5 years and she says she would never smoke, drink, do drugs or get tatoos (crossing our fingers she feels the same in 10 years).
I think that was truly their first act of rebellion after age 18 and probably won't be the last since they got away with it without any body parts getting infected and falling off like I warned - lol
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