She was getting ready to go over to her friend's house for a slumber party.  They live in an apartment with a pool ( Read more... )

Conversation with son ( Read more... )

So we got rid of  dumped  dropped off one kid last night and the other one is getting the same treatment in about half an hour.  Both are going on separate camping trips this weekend.  How did we manage that?  So it's grown-up time tonight.  Yippee!!

It's not that I/we don't love our children.  We adore them.  But SOMETIMES WE NEED A FRICKIN' BREAK ( Read more... )

Since C is off at Girl Scout day camp this week, L and I have all day together.  This morning we went out to breakfast and then he indulged me and agreed to go to the Rose Gardens.  It's a beautiful, beautiful day here and the roses are at their peak.  The roses were really gorgeous.  Portland is known as the City of Roses for a reason.  If you are ( Read more... )

Yippee!  No more homework for a few months.  Plus the weather has taken a turn for the better in the last couple of days and it's finally starting to feel like summer ( Read more... )

I've turned into my mother!!!  Nooooooooo!

I was trying to get my son to clean his room.  It's better than it has been, but it's still pretty messy.  We were arguing about it (a little loudly!) and his argument was why should I (mom) care?  If he closes the door, no one sees it anyway.  Talk about a flashback!!

My mom and I used to have the same ( Read more... )

Here's a conversation with my 14-year-old son at breakfast this morning.  He was reading the comics and there was an article about Tom Jones on the front page of the Living Section.

Son:  Mom, it says that women throw their underwear at him.

Me:  Hmm...

Son:  Why do they throw their underwear at him?

Me:  Probably because they want to have sex with ( Read more... )

My daughter asked me this morning if she could start shaving her legs.  We finally had a hot day and it's warm enough to wear shorts.  Another milestone ( Read more... )

I was looking at some pictures mrsr58 had posted to her journal when my daughter walks by.  This was the one I was looking at when she glances at the computer screen


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Son:  Mom? Can I ask you a hypothetical question?
Me:  Of course.
Son:  If I got a tattoo without your knowledge and then you found out about it, would you make me go through the pain of having it removed?

For some reason this cracks me up!  He's so funny.

For the record I told him no.  But I also explained that you have to have your parent's ( Read more... )