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[sevenday]

Since some of my Childfree readers seem to enjoy hearing about my trainwreck relationship with my sister and her son...

I present to you the saga of the Missing Night-Light!

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[toxic_iguana]

I probably deserve to go to the Bad Place...and won't dispute it, as long as there are NO PIZZA PARTIES THERE!!!
The worst thing I've ever done doesn't deserve that. (I hope)
I say for those forced to host 'em...lock the kids in the bathroom, and let the cats roam free. *grin*
Sorry about your bath mat and the nightlight...yeah, your Childfree readers are addicted to your trainwreck stories...

[sevenday]

My younger cat is claw-happy and I didn't want my nephew to get all clawed up. That and he'd probably freak out my cats, who have never seen a subhuman. In any case, they've never been locked up since then!

I had to buy a new bathmat too. Ever tried to wash shampoo out of a fuzzy bath mat?? It just doesn't work! I figured that out after a whole LOT of suds and a miserably ruined bathmat.

[pixiedash]

"who have never seen a subhuman"

I'm sorry, but are you a time traveler from the Renaissance age?

[sevenday]

No. :) I affectionately refer to my nephew as "the subhuman" because he's littler than the rest of us. Not because he's vaguely genetically inferior.

[octobersprite]

omg if my kid dumped shampoo onto the floor i think i'd string him up by his toes and flog him.

myself and his grandfather (since i live with my parents) started VERY early with the "NOT FOR BABIES" line. and it has produced the following within my insane 2 yr old.

we had our first "own" christmas tree this year, which of course i had glass ornaments on. he didn't touch them, they haven't been broken. (he's obsessed with the lights, so whatev)

all my DVDs are right at his level. the only one he touches is scooby doo.

my ps2 sits near the floor. he got a swat and a time out for messing with it one time, and he hasn't messed with it since.

i seriously. don't. understand. why. discipline. is. so. fucking. hard.

of course, i've been thinking about inventing a pint sized straight jacket. it'd make shopping a lot easier. *evil grin* and it would also garner plenty of weird looks, and "OMGZ YER SOO EVUL!" ... i love being an evul mom. it can be fun sometimes. *tents fingers*

[sevenday]

It wasn't on the floor, it was on a bath mat. Which probably was why I didn't rip my sister's head off on the spot... I was able to remove the bath mat without dribbling shampoo on the floor or carpet. Had to buy a new mat (as I said above, ever tried to wash shampoo out of a fluffy mat?) but I chalked it up to stupidity all around and banned my nephew from visiting

[octobersprite]

Ha! As soon as I move into my own place (looking into Mass. this year) I'm adopting a kitty. I haven't been able to have a kitty since moving back in with my mom, and I go through withdrawal. Half the reason I take Trenton over to my dad's for babysitting is because his fiancee and him have 5 cats. (One of which is my cat, I've had him since I was a kitten (he's 11 now.... what an old geezer ^_^)and had him when I moved in with my dad, but couldn't take him with me when I moved to my ex's house, nor to my mom's, so my dad still has him, thank gods.) They just got a new kitten (SQUEEEEEEEEEEE he's a total flop cat) and I have to get my kitty fix somehow

[sevenday]

It figures that you would have a cat. ^-.-^ For the reasons stated above.

You might consider fostering, too... It's a nice way to get a kitty fix and help poor kitties. I can't foster right now because we're in a rental situation and we are full to the rafters... Two humans, one dog, two cats, and a flying squirrel. (There used to be two of THOSE too.) But when we eventually move someplace more permanent, definitely fostering!

[symphonic_blood]

oh my. that's terrible. :(

i will move to my new house this spring 2005 and i plan to put a wooden sign on the front door and said, "children must be on leash and pets are welcomed." :)

[sevenday]

BWAHAHAHA! Oh if only I could do the same!

Let me know, once you move in, what happens with the sign. ;)

[pixiedash]

What is the definition of a "childfree person"?

[sevenday]

Essentially a "childfree person" is someone who has made the decision that they do not want to have children. "Childless" implies that you WANT children but cannot have them for whatever reason. Childfree people make the decision for various reasons. I think the chief reasons (from those I've spoken to) seem to be financial stability and health issues. In the case of October up there, I think she's satisfied with just one. LOL.

[toxic_iguana]

*waves from LJ ectoplasm* Just checking that you were still alive and OK! haven't seen you post in a while, you must be super-busy.

[sevenday]

Eh. :p