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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post8568526064815456638..comments2014-09-25T10:15:36.157+10:00Comments on * Maxabella loves...: This week I'm grateful for... orangesBron firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-53427214626341729072011-06-19T18:10:16.592+10:002011-06-19T18:10:16.592+10:00Completely random and unrelated, but ' Oranges...Completely random and unrelated, but ' Oranges and Lemon's say the bells of St. Clemon's' just popped into my head. he heheheAndreahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-17530011366612003682011-06-19T17:38:38.467+10:002011-06-19T17:38:38.467+10:00I'm joining in a bit late this week but though...I'm joining in a bit late this week but thought I would anyway! :) Cause I really like remembering to be grateful! :)Laurenhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-87518517343964871362011-06-19T10:21:07.790+10:002011-06-19T10:21:07.790+10:00I do like a variety of fruit but you do have a ver...I do like a variety of fruit but you do have a very valid point. Boy does a snickers sound good. Hope you are staying nice and toasty.Nita Davishttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-27870014888388773122011-06-19T10:06:06.721+10:002011-06-19T10:06:06.721+10:00I am a new follower. Found your blog through Daisy...I am a new follower. Found your blog through Daisy, Roo and Too.

Be sure to stop by my blog.

hsvihl.blogspot.comhsvihlhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-76785121934386905812011-06-18T22:36:04.823+10:002011-06-18T22:36:04.823+10:00I agree, it is such a disappointment to eat a bad ...I agree, it is such a disappointment to eat a bad piece of fruit. So much safer reaching for a packet of chips or a choccie bar.Mama of 2 boyshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-17121849848285651532011-06-18T21:02:27.963+10:002011-06-18T21:02:27.963+10:00If we have fruits that aren't really good for ...If we have fruits that aren't really good for eating, I make smoothies out of them! I guess you could also bake muffins or cakes, but I haven't really gotten the hang of sugarfree baking yet oOyagahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-40735577291055864812011-06-18T19:20:39.003+10:002011-06-18T19:20:39.003+10:00Tee he! We have a glut of mandos here. After four ...Tee he! We have a glut of mandos here. After four weeks of scoffing them, the kids are over them (and our little tree is producing this year!). I haven't read that Jeanette Winterson (is that her name?) but I did read one - art on the body or something. It was great. Should read some more. xMultipleMumhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-48416707714792430192011-06-18T18:52:57.269+10:002011-06-18T18:52:57.269+10:00you made me smile - have to agree about the fruit!...you made me smile - have to agree about the fruit! chocolate IS so much easier and let's face it, always YUMMY!!Cathyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-60852258637257785282011-06-18T16:46:36.484+10:002011-06-18T16:46:36.484+10:00Oh, how I love Jeanette Winterson! Have you read &...Oh, how I love Jeanette Winterson! Have you read 'Sexing the Cherry'? Crazy title, but wonderfully written fairy tale with modernish twists. She really is very clever.

Happy weekend!
xQuill and Ink Handmadehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-29280948127300333542011-06-18T15:49:04.704+10:002011-06-18T15:49:04.704+10:00I'm very grateful that I found your blog, and ...I'm very grateful that I found your blog, and it ignited a gratitude post of my own. :-) (thanks for the visit btw)Vickyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-23268561550565696412011-06-18T15:04:25.640+10:002011-06-18T15:04:25.640+10:00I am SOOOO with you on the fruit/snickers conundru...I am SOOOO with you on the fruit/snickers conundrum!!!Jackihttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-50760287868783183102011-06-18T14:33:31.388+10:002011-06-18T14:33:31.388+10:00linking up with you for the first time! i totall ...linking up with you for the first time!

i totall agree about the snickers bar btw.Kamanahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-22716955740873889682011-06-18T14:30:48.655+10:002011-06-18T14:30:48.655+10:00I have a similar love/hate relationship with fruit...I have a similar love/hate relationship with fruit. I am eating more lately as I try to get my little boy eating it too. Have been a way a few weeks...great to back and sharing gratefulness again!Muddled Up Mummahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-43208122100580443942011-06-18T14:22:14.714+10:002011-06-18T14:22:14.714+10:00I love a decent piece of fruit but have been somew...I love a decent piece of fruit but have been somewhat disappointed with what's been on offer recently...as for baking, there is not a day goes by in our home where someone isn't baking.

What I wouldn't give to have a fireplace at the moment...would sure beat our joke of a heater :)

xTammihttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-23840350886832580812011-06-18T13:28:10.108+10:002011-06-18T13:28:10.108+10:00i'm kind of funny with oranges.. we have two o...i'm kind of funny with oranges.. we have two orange trees and i'm always fighting to find uses for them..

i did mind you download a almond-meal and orange cake recipe yesterday which is on the to-do list for the weekend..kasiabearhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-39486012523864169962011-06-18T13:20:23.596+10:002011-06-18T13:20:23.596+10:00I have just chomped my way through a particularly ...I have just chomped my way through a particularly bland pear......why were the ones on our tree as a kid so much nicer I ponder!!!! hmmm.....yes I get that snickers thing....they are always damn good!!! Wholemeal flour in anything = healthy!!!, and my grat4eful this week is about heating!! We have reverse cycle - horrendously expensive but wouldn't be without it!! Mind you I do love curling up by a nice fire BUT the pics always look nicer than the reality, lets be honest if its freezing you need to almost sit on top of a fire to warm up!!! Have a gorgeosu weekend, TK xxTKhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-16952984935361699092011-06-18T12:08:19.390+10:002011-06-18T12:08:19.390+10:00I'm not a huge fruit eater either, but do love...I'm not a huge fruit eater either, but do love a Banana when it is perfectly on the balance of just ripe. Oh and when they aren't so damn expensive!Jodi @ The Scribble Denhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-63886996241122951312011-06-18T10:24:22.861+10:002011-06-18T10:24:22.861+10:00I grew up just outside of Orange where they grow a...I grew up just outside of Orange where they grow apples! In fact my father and his brothers built all the coolrooms which store all the fruit. Our fruit box was always chocka block full of fruit straight from the tree.

Thanks for hosting.Brendahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-45108623666871535042011-06-18T09:16:55.319+10:002011-06-18T09:16:55.319+10:00Thank you for hosting. I have a page on my site ...Thank you for hosting.
I have a page on my site that lists more than 250 hops, memes, and photo challenges… some for each day of the week. Yours is listed there, too! Check under the header for the link to that page. I've also started a BlogFrog community that focuses on hops, carnivals, memes, and photo challenges. Go to http://theblogfrog.com/1504201 to visit & participate.
NCSueNC Suehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-64313122121414680032011-06-18T08:51:57.967+10:002011-06-18T08:51:57.967+10:00Cold is great outside but I have to have a warm ho...Cold is great outside but I have to have a warm housetrudi@maudeandmehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-86816301460482557102011-06-18T08:11:00.372+10:002011-06-18T08:11:00.372+10:00Mandarins and my son are to be parted at the momen...Mandarins and my son are to be parted at the moment and I am quite grateful for that... I assume lollies will take over one day xxDown that Little Lanehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-64171097188907151932011-06-18T07:49:28.069+10:002011-06-18T07:49:28.069+10:00Heater love is big in this household too. There...Heater love is big in this household too. There's nothing like a lobster red backside to ward of the winter chills. gxoGeorgiehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-22885534532554765112011-06-18T07:48:50.683+10:002011-06-18T07:48:50.683+10:00chocolate is like McDonalds you always know what y...chocolate is like McDonalds you always know what you will get. Fruit is like life you don't know what you will get! :-))fairchildstreethttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-68300845903316866212011-06-18T06:54:08.356+10:002011-06-18T06:54:08.356+10:00Am personally "allergic" to oranges, but...Am personally "allergic" to oranges, but I have to admit, they last the longest in the fruit bowl. Boy child loves them. For that I am grateful ...Leannehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550579703997672879.post-72807634003564551132011-06-18T06:47:32.080+10:002011-06-18T06:47:32.080+10:00Oh I am SUCH a fussy fruit eater. I thoroughly in...Oh I am SUCH a fussy fruit eater. I thoroughly inspect anything before I eat it. My pet hate is floury apples - eugh! And I can't eat a banana if it's got anything brown about it - JUST yellow is the only way.

Love the spoon-licking baking goodness though - YUM. I say that I bake for my children - you know, as like a creative lesson - but secretly I love all the deliciousness.

I hate the cold - I don't mind winter - but I hate BEING cold. As long as I'm somewhere warm and dry it can rain and blow as much as it likes.

Have a good weekend! xxReneehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Thanks to By Derek Kessler at precentral.net, he saved me from returning my new Palm Pre.
The reason I would have had to return it and opt for another phone was the very soft ringtones and alarms that come with the pre as defaults.
I had searched since I bought the Palm Pre for a solution - I saw many forum posts complaining about the same problem
Today with a ? I posted on Twitter, one of my followers gave me a tip to visit this forum. Voila I found this excellent article and here it is. The answer to LOUDER RING TONES AND ALARM--Woo Hooo
The Palm Pre does come with some fairly nice ringtones onboard, but there are two completely understandable complaints to register: they're not loud enough, and they're not yours. Well, we at PreCentral are here to fix both of those problems!
Say you actually like the percussive ringtones that came packaged on your Pre, but they're just too quiet and you keep missing calls. Using the MP3 Gain desktop application that cencom14 in our forums found, we were able to ramp up the volume on the default Pre ringtones and deliver them straight to you (download: 4 MB ZIP file). To get them (and other music files) onto your Pre, unzip the files, plug your Pre in via the Micro-USB cable, select USB Drive, and then drag and drop the files into the ringtones folder on the Pre. You can also sync via iTunes (select Media Sync instead of USB Drive) or using the Palm Music Assistant.
Those default ringtones aren't for everybody though, so Palm has smartly made it easy to add your own MP3 ringtones to the Pre. Once you've synced your music onto the Pre, launch Sounds and Ringtones, click on the Ringtone selection box, and then click the +Music button at the bottom left. This will give you and alphabetical list of all the music synced to your Pre, just tap on the one you want and after a bit of processing it will appear in your ringtones list. If you end up not liking a ringtone you've loaded, simply swipe to the left or the right to delete it.
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Had I be for an homicide iknowe Or an extorcioner or a robbour, Or for a coin clipper as wide yblowe As was my seeknesse, or a werriour Aᵹein þe feith, or a false maintenour Of causes, þouᵹ I had amendid me, Hem to han mynged had ben nicete.
. . . But this is al another caas, sothly. This was the strook of God; he ᵹaf me þis. . . . In feith, frende, make I thenke an open shrifte, And hide not what I had of his ᵹifte.1
In this passage from Thomas Hoccleve's Series, the narrator makes several important claims: he has not committed a serious crime or sin; God was the root cause of his illness; he should not, therefore, hesitate to advertise—to confess—his recovery as widely as possible. In explaining his situation, Hoccleve refuses to identify himself as a sinner in absolute terms.2 Instead, he redefines confession: the rhymes "shrifte" [End Page 277] and "ᵹifte" suggest the possibility that confession—shrift—might comprise an explanation of what God sends, rather than a laundry list of transgressions. The entirety of the Series, in fact, supplies us with a complex response to and engagement with late medieval confessional discourse, which Hoccleve neither embraces nor rejects. He rejects, instead, the idea that confession enables the expression of the self only in terms of sin. In the Complaint and Dialogue, the narrator's primary concern is not with examining or justifying his behavior, but rather with what he is: "Uppon a look is harde men hem to grounde / What a man is. Therby the sothe is hid" (C 211–12; my emphasis). That shrift facilitates the expression of God's grace and individual identity inverts the widely accepted idea that the medieval "sinner recognizes himself not by what he is but by what he has done."3 Hoccleve's narrator, rather than rejecting confessional discourse outright, wishes to recognize himself for and confess what he is.
It will be the argument of this essay that in the Series, Thomas Hoccleve appropriates penitential discourse to argue for the narrator's sanity and sinlessness—and that this confessional project dovetails with the narrator's desire to protest his innocence.4 A group of five poems composed between 1419 and 1422,5 the Series consists of the Complaint, in which the narrator laments that in spite of his recovery from mental illness, his friends reject him; the Dialogue, which dramatizes a conversation between the narrator and a friend, centering on whether to circulate [End Page 278] the Complaint; the Tale of Jereslaus' Wife, a translation of a narrative and moralization from the Gesta Romanorum; Learn to Die, a translation of Henry Suso's Ars moriendi in the Horologium sapientiae (c. 1334);6 and the translation of another tale and moralization from the Gesta, entitled Jonathas and Fellicula.7 This poem has been regarded both as a "loose anthology"8 and as a more unified whole;9 but there has yet to be a sustained discussion of how elements of the confessional form pervade and link the Series. Hoccleve's use of penitential language demonstrates both the unity of this poetic work and its dogged commitment to self-expression.10 Confessional motifs not only unite the poems of the Series—they also reveal the work to be organized around the narrator's [End Page 279] impulse to communicate his inner self to a wide audience. It is simply not the case that Hoccleve "bows to the demands of his accuser,"11 abandoning his original intention to circulate a written defense of his sanity. Instead, in deploying elements of the confessional form throughout the poem, Hoccleve yokes together the tales from the Gesta with the Complaint, Dialogue, and Learn to Die, revealing the poem as a whole to explore not only the problem of identity—a topic many have taken up with respect to the Complaint and Dialogue, but seldom the rest of the Series12—but also to suggest the difficulties with some conventions of mainstream penitential discourse. Forms of confession were hugely popular in late medieval Europe, particularly in fifteenth-century England, where...


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The Nokia Lumia 1520 will be available this week in few markets around the world. The sales have already started in France, and by the end of the week, users in Hong Kong, Italy, Russia, and the United States will be able to get the first Windows Phone phablet, as well.Lumia 1520 comes with a 6-inch full HD ClearBlack screen, and is also the first Nokia smartphone with "Assertive Display" technology. In addition, it packs a 20-megapixel PureView camera with optical image stabilization, Qualcomm's fast Snapdragon 800 quad-core chip, 2GB of RAM, LTE connectivity support, a ton of built-in storage, microSD card slot, Qi-compatible wireless charging capability, and so on.
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These women's magazines, I'm telling you, they're bad news.
I'm telling you, these women's magazines are worse than Oprah. Which, I suppose, would make the women's magazine, Oprah, the worst women's magazine of them all.
With such a biased and inexplicable slant towards women, these magazines are painting a horrific and heinous picture of the American male. And it must be stopped.
Month in and month out, these women's magazines are telling women we're either cheating, or we're thinking about cheating.
They're telling women we have no interest in the emotional well being of our girlfriend or spouse.
Or in some cases, both.
They're telling women that our male friends are inhabitants of the City of Loserville.
And they're telling women that all we want to do is have sex.
And while all of this in unquestionably true, the fact remains there's really no need to bring any of these issues up for discussion with women, because doing so inevitably leads to what I call Gender Confrontation.
And nobody needs that.
Nevertheless, month in and month out, newsstand after newsstand, doctor's office after doctor's office, there they are. Women's magazines loaded with anti-male propaganda.
(Not to digress, but why does every doctor's office on earth have nothing but six-month old magazines in the waiting room? Is the economy so bad doctors can't even get new magazines? Why don't they renew their subscriptions? Or are the greedy bastards hoarding the new magazines and pawning off the old ones on us, the unsuspecting sick public? Furthermore, if they're not renewing, what are they doing with my $10 co-pay? Cripes, I've renewed magazine subscriptions. This is not exactly brain surgery. And if anybody would know that, it would probably be a brain surgeon, no? And the thing is, even if you didn't have time to do it because you were too busy, then tell your receptionist to fill out the renewal card while she's got me on hold for 10 minutes after saying, "Thank you for calling the doctor's office. May I please put you on hold?" and then she puts me on hold before I even got to tell her I didn't want to be put on hold. What exactly is this woman doing while I'm on hold? Putting more people on hold? "Hold please. Hold please. Hold please. Your eye is in your hand? Hold please." I'll tell you one thing she's not doing. She's not filling out magazine subscription renewal cards. Which leads me back to my original question: What exactly are they doing with my $10 co-pay?)
These women's magazines, I'm telling you, they're no good. They're warping our women. They're planting seeds in their minds.
Bad seeds. Seeds of independence. And confidence. And a general dislike of the male species. I can see it happening.
Do you realize after reading those women's magazines, my wife actually talks back to me?
Do you realize my wife says to me, "I hate your guts, you scumbag representative of the male species," after reading those women's magazines?
Do you realize my wife once made hummus for dinner because Oprah in Oprah says it's good for you?
You can only imagine my delight when my wife called me at work and I thought she said, "I hope you like hummers," only to discover waiting for me instead was a bowl of pureed chick peas.
Frankly, this must be stopped. Not the chick peas. The magazines. And I think I'm just the man to do it.
The way I see it, all I need is about $20 billion dollars to take control of these publications, and things could be returned to their rightful order.
Given the chance, I'd make sure these women's magazines helped us, not harmed us. I'd make sure the stories resulted in a more positive and beneficial reaction to men. And I'd make sure the stories had a unique perspective about what's important to men. Instead of why it's important for men to be hated by women.
Imagine, for a moment, if I were the world's largest publishing magnate.
Imagine walking into Borders or your local drugstore and seeing the same magazines you've always seen. With a twist.
Imagine, for a moment, if I were the boss. And every single word in every single one of those publications was approved by me.
Give me one month's worth of women's magazines and I swear, all would be right with the world. And we'd be back on top where we belong.
Unless she wanted to be on top. Then we'd be okay with that, too.
Give me one month's worth of women's magazines, and as far as these women have been pushed in one direction, I could push them right back, and then some.
I know I could.
The good news is, I just checked my wallet and I'm only $19,999,999,993.00 away.
Jesus, I better start thinking.
Hopefully in the next issue:
*101 Reasons Why Breast Implants are Good for You. Make That 102.
*The Truth About Strip Joints: And Hey, It's Not That Bad!
*The Best Thongs of the Year.
*Why You Should Never, Never, Never, EVER Leave Him Alone With the Kids.
*Talking Dirty: When is It Too Much? (Hint: Never!)
Martha Stewart Living
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Seven Things He'd Love to See You Do With a Mixer.
*How to Cook and Clean and Do All That Stuff Really, Really Fast so He Won't be Pissed When He Gets Home and Wants to Yell at You.
*Multi-Tasking: Serving Beer With One Hand and Ordering Pizza With the Other.
*The French Maid's Outfit: It's a Good Thing.
*Why Antique Vibrators Really are Better.
Ladies Home Journal
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Never, Ever Bother Him at Work With Your Stupid-Ass Problems.
*Why You Shouldn't Care if It Takes Him an Hour to Drive the Hot Babysitter Home.
*The Best XXX Movies to Add to His Collection.
*Serve Dinner and Make Love on the Dining Room Table…Tonight!
*Three Things You Need to be a Real Slave in the Kitchen.
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Ten Great Bending-Over-in-Front-of-Him Exercises.
*Anal Sex: The Perfect Finish to Any Workout.
*Learn to Put Your Legs Behind Your Ears in Just Four Days!
*The New Liberating Nude Workout.
*The Horrific Health Hazards of Weighing More Than 120 Pounds.
Hopefully in the next issue:
*As Long as There's No Emotional Commitment, Yes, It's Quite Alright if He Has a Girlfriend.
*Dress Exactly Like Britney!
*Are Your Breasts Big Enough? (Hint: NO!)
*The Lost Art of Swallowing.
*Even if He Stinks in Bed, You Should Still Sleep With Him at Least Twice a Day.
Working Mother
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Learn to be a MILF.
*The New Social Acceptance of Public Breast Feeding.
*You May be Tired at the End of Your Day, But Not as Tired as Your Hard-Working Man.
*Thigh Highs: The Perfect Complement to Any Business Suit.
*Bring Home the Bacon, Then Let Him Treat You Like a Pig.
Modern Bride
Hopefully in the next issue:
*The Bachelor Party: Ah, Who the Hell Cares?
*Let Your Maid of Honor Send Him Out With a Bang.
*Technically, the Wedding Gifts Belong to Him.
*The Modern Bridal Dance: $1 for a Kiss, $10 for Some Tongue Action.
*"I Consummated My Marriage in the Bathroom at the Reception Hall…And Loved Every Second of It!" And Other Romantic Ways to End the Most Special Evening of Your Life.
Bon Appetite
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Re-enact Your Favorite Scenes From 9 ½ Weeks…Tonight!
*Cook Everything and Anything He Damned Well Wants You To.
*The Incredible, Edible You.
*How to Cook for All His Friends, Too.
*Don't Talk Bitch, Just Serve the Goddamn Food.
Hopefully in the next issue:
*SportsCenter: Once is Never Enough.
*Mute! Why You Should Never, Ever Interrupt Baywatch.
*Secrets to Descrambling Porn.
*Twenty Channels at Once? Yes You Can!
*All He Does for You and You're Seriously Bitching About Getting HDTV?
Food and Wine
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Skip the Food! Just Get Drunk and Screw!
*Cabernet Sauvignon. And Other French Things You Can Say to Drive Him Crazy.
*Yes! Yes! Yes! It's Totally Okay if He Drinks out of the Bottle and Burps.
*Two Drinks and the Cucumber can be Your Best Friend.
*It's Our Annual All-Wino Issue!
Better Homes and Gardens
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Yardwork: Way Bad for His Health.
*If You Want to Get the Better Home and Garden You've Always Wanted, Quit Spending so Much Freaking Money on Clothes, Why Don't You.
*Grow Your Garden, Grow Your Breasts.
*Shape Up Your Backyard (Not Behind The House, Dummy. Your Ass.)
*Hoe-ing: The Non-Garden Kind.
Hopefully in the next issue:
*10 Easy Crafts to Keep the Kids Busy During a Quickie.
*10 Easy Crafts to Keep the Kids Busy While He Watches TV.
*10 Easy Crafts to Keep the Kids Busy While He Calls 1-900 Numbers.
*10 Easy Crafts to Keep the Kids Busy While You do His Laundry, You Lazy Bitch.
*10 Easy Crafts to Keep the Kids Busy Because Dammit, Your Job is to Figure Out How to Keep the Damn Kids Busy.
In Style
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Cut That Skirt Shorter...Today!
*2003's Hot Trend: Nudity.
*So You Want to Dress Like a Hooker?
*Shop Where Pamela Anderson Shops.
*Show Those Nipples, Girl!
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Weight Training: It's Damn Good for Your Thighs, Tubbo!
*The Eleven Muscle Groups Used During Vacuuming.
*Semen: Fewer Calories Than You Think.
*Eight Days to a More Productive Tongue.
*The World's Best Exercise: That Stretching Thing Where You Arch Your Back and Thrust Your Hips.
Good Housekeeping
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Good Housekeeping, Our Ass. Great Housekeeping.
*Don't Just Make Lunch, Be Lunch.
*So What if He's Not Very Accurate When He Pees?
*Learn to Keep Your Damn Period to Yourself, Woman.
*"She Can't Iron a Shirt to Save Her Life!" GH Exclusive: Listen to Men Point Out Their Wives' Flaws (So You Won't Make the Same Mistakes.)
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Surprise Him With Your Girlfriend.
*Surprise Him With Your Sister.
*Surprise Him With Your Girlfriend's Sister.
*Surprise Him With Your Father's Girlfriend.
*Surprise Him With You, For Once in Your Freaking "I've Got a Headache" Life.
Hopefully in the next issue:
*The Fashion Police Say: Your Clothes Aren't Tight Enough.
*Christina Aguilera: Get the Look.
*Exclusive: Tear-Out Cindy Crawford Mask.
*More On Brad Pitt's Super Small Penis.
*The Sexiest Man Alive. Meet His Totally Hot Bikini-Clad Wife!
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Elle All: 64 Pages of Elle Macpherson!
*Reader's Survey: Do You Deserve to Have Your Man Cheating on You, You Ungrateful, Lazy Piece of Crap?
*The Hot New Look: Kind of Waifish, With a Nice Rack.
*Starving Your Way to a Better-Looking You.
Hopefully in the next issue:
*Unless You Make $50 Million a Year, No, He's Not Going to Love You at 214 Pounds.
*As a Matter of Fact, Yes You do Look Fat in That Blue Dress.
*Our Two-Step Guide to Better Sex: 1. Lose the Weight. 2. Lose the Self-Esteem.
*Dr. Phil Says: "You're Fat and Ugly, So You'd Better be Easy."
*Step Away From the Cake. Step Away From the Cake.
If only.
It'll never happen though. There are too many of these magazines to truly accomplish what we need to do.
Unfortunately, the bottom line is this:
They're here. We're here. And somehow, we must find a way to peacefully co-exist.
Somehow, we as men must all work hard to challenge the broad sweeping anti-male representations found in these women's magazines.
We must disprove their stereotypes.
And we must convince women we're nothing at all like the way we're being portrayed.
Well, except for the wanting-to-have-sex-all-the-time part, we're nothing at all like the way we're being portrayed.
Hey, look. A penny.
I'm getting closer.


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Early on in Thursday night's prime time, nationally televised game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami Heat at Chesapeake Energy Arena, superstar Kevin Durant took a nasty fall while going in for a rebound during the first quarter. Durant fell violently to the floor after getting slightly undercut by Heat forward Chris Andersen, appearing to land on his left side, smacking his elbow, shoulder and hip on the hardwood simultaneously. The ugly thud created by his body smacking the floor was audible. Durant remained on the floor for some time, but ultimately got back up on his feet and amazingly stayed in the game. At the time of the publishing of this post and midway through the second quarter, Durant was 0-6 from the field, but has 4 points, all from the free throw line. It's difficult to determine whether or not the nasty spill he took has anything to do with the struggles Durant is having with his shot, but it wouldn't be surprising. It's safe to say that Thunder fans — and NBA fans at large — simply are relieved that Durant wasn't injured seriously and managed to remain in the game. [GIF via SB Nation] TweetThe post Thunder's Kevin Durant takes brutal fall, manages to stay in the game (video/GIF) appeared first on Sportress of Blogitude.
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Day 1: My homemade hot chocolate recipe. It's the last day of my countdown to Christmas. Thanks so much for sharing your traditions and ideas for celebrating Christmas. Now you deserve a break from the hustle and bustle. Relax with a homemade cup of hot chocolate–this is one of my favorite recipes.
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Tasker's Mom wrote:
I'm often places where kids are allowed and pets aren't and think.......my dogs are better behaved than THAT!!!!!!!!!!!
I have to totally agree with this......but to say anymore would require a whole other posting topic
Tasker's Mom wrote:
I'm often places where kids are allowed and pets aren't and think.......my dogs are better behaved than THAT!!!!!!!!!!!
*hangs head in shame* That would be my 2 year old. I NEVER in my life dreamed I'd have a child like him. He's been kicked out of the church nursery, kicked out of a resturant, gotten a warning at preschool already... My 4 yr old is right the opposite - he's as sweet and helpful as can be. I didn't do anything to make Brandon this way, and unless you've had a child like him, I'm not sure anyone could really understand. It's not from lack of inconsistency, punishment, attention, or anything. It's just how he is. I actually have an appointment with a child behaviorist to discuss him in a couple of weeks. He is way out of control, and I just don't know why or what to do about it. He does have allergies, so the doctors are thinking maybe it's allergy related - just a hidden allergy we don't know about.
He is EXTREMELY routine-based. That's what sets him off most of the time...doing something different from is routine. He's had a routine (that he set) since a newborn. Even "reward" things like going to see a movie, going to McDonald's to get Happy Meals and play, etc... sets him off into his "rages". He is an angel at home, and even at his worst, he does say yes/no ma'am/sir, excuse me, thank you, etc... It is VERY stressful having a child like him. I've done what I can, what the pedi has recommended, and the child behaviorist is our last grasping straw. If she can't help, I'm not sure what we'll do. Anyway, just wanted to say - it's not necessarily the parent's fault. Some kids (like Brandon) are pre-wired this way. The best example of other kids like him that I can think of is "The Strong Willed Child" by Dr. James Dobson. Unfortuantely, it doesn't seem like anything can solve it but time and patience according to the book....
|There are difinitely exceptions and your son may be one so please don't be offended. JMPO's about my own personal dealings with children like this, but not referring to your son. What I've told my family members that now have or had this problem is "Beat his butt. That time out stuff is not gonna work!" Eventually, they find this out after going several years torturing themselves, the child and others.
Most of the kids I've seen like this "are" seeking attention. They're not satisfied with the attention they're getting, its lacking something. As dumb as it may sound, kids find reassurance in punishment. They know they were wrong and it shows them you really care, even though they don't agree at the time. And, they keep pushing until they get it.
These kids always have this long debate with the parents rather than the parents saying "What'd I tell you!" At that time the kid is suppose to trot off to do it. I don't mean "beat" in the harshest form of the word, just an expression, but I do mean use a paddle and control how hard you swat. I used one of those toy wooden ping pong paddles with the ball attached to it with the rubberband. Don't know if they still sell those or not. lol
Consistency is the key. You don't have to "beat" them often once they know you're serious about it. Then you just have to threaten and they're more eager to obey. JMPO's as told to family members when asked. I would not dare tell someone I don't how to raise their child.
|JakeandBrandonsmom: no need to hang your head in shome we've all been there!!! I have the luxery of being way past the child rearing age and I can afford to compare my puppies to kids (wait til I have grandchildren)
mouthypf: I guess we all have our own child rearing philosophies and do what we think is best. I have raised my own two children and three step children, all turned out pretty well. I have never struck a child. But since this is a dog forum and not a child rearing forum I guess we leave that discussion for another place
Started to comment on the whole smoking thing but....... decided not to go there
How did we go from sneaking a dog into a restaurant to here????
Gota LOVE IT!!!
Guess that is why this is called FOOD FOR THOUGHT!!
|You know, it might not be the actual physical action of paddling that makes it such an effective method of discipline. My friends and I were always terrified that we would do something to warrant getting paddled and were therefor pretty good kids. None of our parents ever touched us but we still had "the fear of God" built into us. I think that's what a lot of people are missing now a days and why people think they can get away with so much. Not even mentioning how rude and ignorant kids are now. They know that no matter how nasty and obnoxious they are an adult can't do a thing to them or it will be child abuse and the adult will get in trouble. Very sad.
I also put a lot of faith in the Aunt Bea form of parenting. I grew up in a relatively small town where my family was very well known. I couldn't get away with anything, my parents knew what I did before I even got home because someone in the community called them to let them know what was going on. (You never knew who called either hence the nosy 'Aunt Bea' moniker! )
The one thing that Hilary Clinton got right was that it does take a village to raise a child or sometimes an adult. If everyone held everyone else accountable for their actions we'd have a lot fewer problems in this world.
|FOr my kids their "punishment worse then death" was having to spend and ENTIRE weekend with ME cleaning the house That was a WHOLE lot worse than spanking!!
|We were spanked as kids, but honestly, I can only remember it happening maybe 5 times. And it was with the palm of the hand, no added materials. I remember one time my mom was so upset with us that she grabbed us all and spanked us and we laughed at her because it didn't hurt at all (unlike dad's!) and she got SO MAD!!
I don't advocate beating your children (obviously!) but I also do not think there is anything wrong with the occasional spanking and I agree that the decline in this practice has maybe led to some of the more current parenting problems. I worked as an before and after care person at an elementary school in high school through college, so basically seeing the kids in the generation after mine, but before my generation had kids. It was very interesting to see the difference in the attitudes of parents of these kids versus my parents and the parents of my friends growing up (who knows, some of this may be from having a more adult perspective than when I was younger and not able to see what my parents, etc. were really like) but there was just this different attitude.
All I know is that my friends and I are not opposed to spanking our kids (when we start having kids)
|I'm not opposed to them either. My 4 year old hardly gets spanked, my 2 year old gets them quite often. lol However, my 2 year old has a VERY, VERY, VERY high pain tolerance. It's to the extent we're wondering if he feels any pain at all. I mean, he fell in the driveway, broke his tooth in half, bit almost all the way into his lip, and he laughed? The only thing he said was "Look mom, blood...me need band-aid". It's hard to spank a child and get a reaction out of them when they have such a high pain tolerance! lol Spankings don't bother him a bit, no matter who is giving them. He'll get spanked and just look at you and say "all done?" and run off playing again.
He's an unusual kid anyway. He'll be 3 in December. He's been sick with colds twice, had a stomach bug once, and that's it! He spent his first two weeks of life in the hospital because he was premature & lungs weren't developed. He was given surfactant, then on a respirator for over a week. Then he got jaundice (had to go under bili-lights), a staph infection, sepsis (infection in his bloodstream), had RDS, apnea & bradycardia, reflux, and I don't know what all. He was a sick little boy. He was on two really strong meds...vancomycin and I can't remember the other but just as strong. He went into kidney failure Christmas morning because too much medicine got into his bloodstream. 6 days after that he was home with no complications but the reflux and apnea & bradycardia still. We call him our little "miracle" baby, because with all of that and being a preemie (7 lb 9 oz preemie but still a preemie, lol) on top of it, he probably shouldn't be here today. I dunno...his pain tolerance, doing everything SO early, etc... he's gotten the nickname "super baby" from our family.
It just scares me. I don't know when he's hurt unless I see it happen, see the marks, or he comes to me bleeding. I don't know if he's ever had an ear infection (it hasn't been caught), because he doesn't hurt when he is sick, etc... I hope it's something he'll outgrow!
|I think todays generation of kids are toally out of control too, into drugs, crime etc...
Luckily I live in a small town, and although there are drugs in the highscools, we don't hear about wepaons etc... as you do now in the bigger cities.
As far as spanking a child, I have nothing against it and agree wholeheartedly that sometimes that is the quickest way to get through to them and make the impression last. I have never spanked my daughter, she never needed it, but my sons I have. They have each been spanked probably less than 5 times each their whole lives, and they have been a HUGE handful for most of their lives. I probably should have spanked them more.
Most of the time for punishment I take away priveleges, like tv, video games, favorite toys etc. In addition I usually make them write about what happened, why it happened, what was wrong about it, and what decision they should have made and should make next time....etc...
For little kids though honestly I find that timeout "stuff" is useless. LOL It is so encouraged now as a method of discipline, but for most parents sending a kid to time out who's having a fit does nothing but aggravate both parent and child even further, then escalates to the point where neither parent nor child remember or care what the original punishment was for and it is now only a struggle for control. What a waste of a day that could otherwise be full of toddler smiles and giggles?
My oldest 2 never had temper tantrums, but my third one did, once. He was 18 months old and just lost it. I don't remember why, but I told him enough of that and come and give mommy a hug, so he did, and we sat and read a story for a bit. That was it.
Anyway, everyone has differing opinions on child rearing, and whatever works for you, your family and your children is best, not what someone else tells you is best.
IMO, as long as a spanking is not done in anger, and you have a clear reason in mind and you think it will resolve the issue, then I agree with it.
|I have mixed emotions on the whole spanking issue.Yes i do see kids in public and say "Man if that was my kid Id flick those little smart lips off that face!!"Then I think it all starts very young,I mean like as soon as the child is walking/crawling.When a child goes too do something that will hurt her/him that child needs too know right away,and effectly,not be like "Oh googoo dont touch that you might get a big OWWWIE"A parent needs to scare that small child,and be more strong like "NO!!!!Do not touch!!"and if this child goes back to do it again a little smack of the hand.I see new parents w/ their toddlers and I just wanna puck!!The child thinks its a game and keeps going back,come on already!!So the small child grows up too learn that when mommy/daddy say no dont touch that usually it is a game and that the child will get his/her way.For me tho on the other hand I was serverly abused both physically and mentally.For 16yrs every day i was slapped across the face,beat w/ a belt,beat w/ a hair brush,pulled around the house by my hair,literally be beaten til good ole mom got tired,so do I spank my kids?No,I dont have too.I showed them from very small when mommy says NO,it means NO.it doesnt mean lets keep pushing mom til she gives.Did i ever smack my kids hands?Of course I did.I honestly feel that spanking is a self gratifing *sp. act too make parents feel better.I think 80% of spankings are a reflex action of being mad and thats WRONG!My mom didnt have too have a reason to yank me off the floor by my hair and beat me w/ a belt she did it because for 1 she is sick in the head,and for 2. it was self gratifing again *sp??
I know in my case is extreme,but I feel if parents start ASAP the child grows up knowing dont mess w/ mom.
I also live like Aunt Bea!!LOL!!My town has 1000 people in it!!LOL!!very differnt from when i was a kid in miami!!LOL!!
|When my son (now 24) was about 4 he cried in a gift store 'til his dad bought a toy he wanted. My mom saw what happened and told him that crying isn't the way to get what he wants. His reply, "works for me !!" Funny how he never tried that with me. Kids know what works. Needless to say dad and I had a long talk.
|There are very few topics that will spark me, and this happens to be one of them. I have 2 children, Ashlan is 8, and Joey is 5. I have spanked a very few times before, hand only, and even then was so ashamed of myself for it. We worked with time outs until between the ages of 2 and 3, and they worked very well with us, but to me, a time out is not put your young child in a corner or in a room by himself. It is a time to calm down and help your child put their emotions into words, and so they can pass the tantrum throwing stage and explain with they are angry, sad, or hurt. I think a child will only get away with what the parent allows them to, and will also follow a parents example faster than anything else.
Now that Ashlan and Joey are older they have they get grounded from certain things. We have a skate night or movie night for them, and they stay with Papa a night, those things are taken away, or a favorite toy. I very rarely have to ground them, they know if Mommy or Daddy say that we are going to do something, we are going to do it.
CJ and I were both spanked as kids, and that really is the understatement of the week, so I am sure that has a lot to do with the how strongly we feel about how we raise our kids.
I don't agree with spanking for my kids, but I also don't put other parents down for it. I think different things work for different kids.
A friend of mine accidently insulted me the other day, she asked what I planned on doing with my life. She didn't mean it the way it came out, but at first I did take a little offense to it. I told her, I am doing it, I am raising my kids. She said yes, but what about in the next 5 or 10 years, and I still had the same answer.....raising my kids. I never imagined when I was growing up that I would have kids, and turn out to feel so "old-fashioned" about things. Although, as soon as I got pregnant, I quit my job to be a stay at home Mom. Now, almost 9 years later, Ashlan is in 2nd grade, Joey is in half day Kindergarten, and I plan on staying a housewife/full time Mom, and be there to take my kids to school, and pick them back up. My husband and family supports me 110%, and that is what counts.
Well, enough rambling from me, I will step off my soap box, and let another person have a turn.....LOL
Just so I can warn you ahead of time, another pet peeve.....people not buckling up their kids in car seats or otherwise, now that can get me going again. I could start another soap box rant on that one alone.
|I grew up as a good child, I rarely got in trouble, but I also got neglected alot. I basically raised myself, and I never learned from my parents on how to raise children. My parents divorced when I was 2 yrs, and my grandparents raised me, but my grandma died of cancer when I was 9...so she was pretty sick for my childhood, and we lived in the country, and I went to a very small school. My dog was my best friend, I never played with dolls.
So I had to figure out what works for us, and what works with our children. Our daughter is much more sensitive to our feelings, and doesn't want to hurt us....so she behaves better, always has...but yes she got hands slapped for touching, or a diaper spank for a quick response to her bad things at the time...not done in anger...shock value I suppose.
Our son, much more strong willed, tantrum type, bangs his head, slams doors, etc...now he is almost 5...these have all gone away, he hates to be ignored, he hates timeouts...that works well for him. If he gets no reaction he is less likely to do it again, as long as we show him alot of praise and love for the good things...he wants to please us.
Now a neighbour of ours, has a little boy, he is MEAN spirited, he enjoys hurting others, punched Madleyn in the face giving her a bloody nose the first encounter with him. Ran Parker over with his bike, on purpose. Now that he has gone to school, he completely turned around, my kids were not allowed to play with him, but then one day this past summer they ran into each other. The dad said he's so much better, and all it took was school. Now he has moved but behaviour wise, I let him play with my kids again.
So maybe your son will outgrow it, and meanwhile I hope you find what works for him. I always had to take Parkers favorite things away, his Blue's Clue's dog, and blankie...now we take away the tv priveleges, or V-smile.
|Stormi,being that I have friends also some times myself OR them can put w/ you staying at home w/ your kids.For me when I got PG w/ my youngest Samantha I worked full time in a very busy ER down town Mpls.I loved my job and getting PG was not part of "MY" plan.Once I found out I kept working,but then soon after I found out I started having issues in my pregnacy like spotting,cramps infact my RN told me that "Dear you will miscarry,just call us when you do and come in!!"I thought Im not looseing this baby,so i took time off stayed in bed,and well of course Sam is here,altho it was an aweful 9months for me.Once Sam was 1yr old I went too back too work,i hated being home it was tough.I worked full time all the way until we moved here in Wi in Jan.Now im a stay at home mommy,and let me tell you Stormi it is hard!!I give you the up most respect,you've done this for the whole 8-9yrs MAN!!Your wonderwoman!!LOL!!Dont get me wrong I truely love being home when Sam gets home from school,and when my 17yr old comes home full of stories from school,helping w/ homework,and just being home for my kids,but it is tough and not just any mom can do it.Some times I feel like Im hanging by 1 string!!LOL!!One thing I do know Stormi is that your kids will be better ppl for it,and Im hoping my kids well be also.
Also if I see ppl not buckle in their kids I can the police from my cell,it is so ignorant isnt it Stormi!!Big pet peeve for me is seeing a dog in the back of a truck when theres plenty of room in the cab!!grrrrr
|Okay, time for my 2 cents worth.
Stormi, I admire you for your conviction to stay home with your kids. This is what you want, this is what works for you, and that's great. But as Tanya said, not everyone can do it.
I couldn't, for more reasons than one. First and foremost, we needed my income. We don't live extravagantly by any stretch of the imagination, but at that stage of our marriage, my husband's salary couldn't cover everything for very long. I was out for 6 months with Spencer. When Sarah was born, we were able to let me be home a little longer, 18 months.
Second, I had worked ever since getting out of high school and it's a life I liked. I am NOT Suzy Homemaker. I could never spend a whole day just cleaning - just not my cup of tea. My house is clean, but not sparkling - never has been, never will be. So even if I did lots of stuff with the kids, there was still a lot of hours left in the day. A bored mom is not a happy mom.
Since my kids are older than most of yours, there weren't as many day care options available then as there are for today's young parents. I always picked day cares that were home-based versus businesses. These home-based caregivers were stay-at-home moms themselves, earning a few extra dollars of their own, and their kids were my kids' ages, were in the same school, etc., so it worked out great. My kids did not miss out on going to pre-school, I took them to the YMCA for swimming classes, Spencer played township baseball for 10 years, Sarah was in both gymnastics and dance for 6 years, Spencer took drum lessons for 10 years (and plays to this day) and was in the school jazz band, Sarah took piano lessons for 10 years and was in the school chorus for 4 years. I reviewed schoolwork and homework with them every night, went to every school function, knew all their friends and their parents, was very much aware of all aspects of my kids' lives. I am a fairly strict disciplinarian, so they knew from day one how far they could push me - which wasn't very far. And yet, they love me. They have always talked very openly with me, never been behavior problems, always did well in school.
I do not begrudge any mom for staying home with their children and I admire them for doing so because that is what is right for them, but I defy anyone to say that I was wrong for working or that my kids missed out on anything because I worked. Or that they are not as good people as children of stay at home moms. They are 2 very independent, intelligent people whom I have no qualms in sending off to society on their own. And a lot of that independence they learned from their working mom.
Okay, so this was more than 2 cents worth - more like $5 worth!! This is, of course, my position on life and raising children. Not right for everyone, but right for us.
That was very nicely put!
When I worked an elementary school during high school and college there were many kids who were there on a daily basis (which is fine--I actually loved staying late at school most of the time when I was a kid) but there were some kids who were there at 7am when we opened and were picked up past 6 (we closed at 5:30) and they cried when their parents went to take them home because they didn't know their parents very well (these were 2, 3, 4, 5 year old kids!). The worst part about it was some of the mothers of these kids didn't work. They were 'stay at home moms' but I guess spent the day getting their hair done, working out, and who knows what else, but I can't imagine what they were doing that they couldn't pick up their kids until that late! One mom sometimes even had us aftercare workers come home with them to babysit--while the mom was there! Crazy.
My mom worked for most of my growing up. She still works. I thought it was fine--she left at a certain time, my dad drove us to school, and then we either took the school bus home or went with a friend and then (obviously when we were old enough) stayed home alone. My little brother says he was scarred from the experience (he's dramatic ) and they had just coined the term 'latch key kids" when he had just become one himself...I think we all turned out fine...saw our parents enough...mom still made cookies (actually rice krispy treats) for all the bake sales...made dinner for us every night...we ate together at the table every night, despite crazy sports and music schedules.
I also don't think there is one 'right' way or one 'wrong' way for raising kids. It all depends on the individuals involved. I think I would be bored to tears if I stayed home; however, I have not had kids yet (will my husband PLEASE stop asking!!! ) so I don't know how I'll feel when we get to that bridge...Maybe I feel like I'd be bored because my mom was always so active with working and still managing all our stuff that I would feel guilty for not leaving the house every day...Who knows!
|I just can't imagine. I'm a SAHM, but my children are very seldom out of my sight. Jake is in preschool from MWF 8:30-11:30 and Brandon is in preschool on MW from 8:30-11:30. Jake is in it because he starts kindergarten next year (our district doesn't have a K4 program, and I feel he really needs it so he won't be behind next year), and Brandon is in it because of his separation issues with me. Also, when we enrolled him, I was pregnant so we basically put him in so I could have a chance to go to my ob/gyn appointments. I had a miscarriage at 3 months though. I was going to take Brandon out, but he LOVES school. It also gives me a chance to grocery shop, run errands, clean my house, etc...
Other than that time and the weekend or two a month my parents "kidnap" the boys (which I don't mind - some of my best childhood memories are weekends with MY grandparents), they are never, ever out of my sight. I couldn't imagine being a SAHM and not filling my days with them. Heck, I haven't even had a haircut since my 4 yr old was born much less anything else...lol
|Oh and I just wanted to say my comments were directed to the post about the SAHMs who kids are in daycare all day long. Just didn't want to offend working parents. I was all set to go back to work after my daughter was born - had her pre-registered in daycare when I was 5 months pregnant. When she passed away, I had a c-section, and I didn't even take the full 6 weeks post-op off work - I went back to work after 3 weeks.
However, when Jake entered into our lives, I knew there was NO way I would ever be comfortable leaving him. Having already lost a child to SIDS, I just HAD to be with Jakob every second (and yes, I was a little neurotic with him...lol). Either me or my hubby was awake and watching him every second of his life from the day we brought him home until he was a year old. Looking back, I realize how crazy it was, but it made me feel better then. lol We cut back a ton, cut back even more and then more...lol We do without a lot, but I'm really grateful we're in a position to where I can stay at home. I have a feeling this is my last year though. My husband has been asking me a lot in the past few months when I'm going to start looking for a job again. I think it's time though. I'm over the worrying crazy phase with both of them.
Oh...and even as a sahm, my house isn't sparkling clean. Not even close...lol The kids are just home longer to mess it up. I spent too much time playing with them to worry about small things. It's decent, can be made presentable for company in 5-10 mins most of the time, so I'm happy with that. lol
|As a SAHM, when my son was about 3 a friend of the family was inquiring about me watching her child while she worked. During the interview, my son had something small, made of metal in his hand and was getting ready to stick it in the wall socket. I jumped up, grabbed and slapped his hand as I was "jumping him" and telling him why he can't do that. Needless to say, I didn't get the babysitting job, but my son is still alive and never did that again.
Another time we were in the car, he was in the backseat and decided to open the car door as we were turning off a busy road onto the road my mom lived on. She lived in the first house so he was "getting ready" so he could get out and run into the house. Well, he ran in ok, with my hand on his bottom and words streaming out of my mouth about how bad he scared me, how he could have been killed, etc....... He never did that again either.
In cases like this, you only have moments to react. A slap on the hand or bottom will be remembered and make more of an impression.
When I was growing up I got whipped occassionaly, and then grounded when I got older. The two times I will never forget is the time I got grounded for 3 months and the other was for one full year. It may sound harsh to some of you, but I can honestly say I deserved it and that I had the best parents in the world.
We weren't whipped often, but we knew that dad would be home at 6pm and if you had done anything wrong you would be in for it. So, you made sure that you were either good or did everything in your power not to get caught. Kids now days just do whatever they want right in front of your face and don't think anything about it. Each of us has to look into our own past with eyes wide open, an open mind, and we'll find the answers to questions like "Why are kids today so differant from us?"
I'm glad I can say I was never abused, but did get slapped on the bottom. Our son was brought up the same way we were and survived with no scars. Actually, he joined the National Guard to get medical training. Afterwards, he got a postition at the fire department as a paramedic/firefighter and is also a minister.
He is now raising three sons of his own and is finding out that their punishments hurt him a lot more than it does them. They started out with the time outs and have since found it necessary to include a swat on the bottom from time to time as well.
I perfer the SAHM way of life, but respect both. Either way is tough, but rewarding.
|I worked before the kids..liked it/hated it all at the same time.
Now being a SAHM...I have the same feelings. I am scared to go back to work...things don't stop while you take time off. But being at home all day you feel lonely, and isolated...least I do...I don't have any friends that are stay at home moms that I can have coffee with or visit with...Months will go by before I might get a call to come out. That is the part I hate, my closest friend lives 2 hours away, my aunts also live 2 hours-3 hours away. I have no mom, or sisters to call upon to watch the kids. It's my husband and me, 24/7...except when he's at work.
he has brothers, and 1 sister (not close), his parents are also divorced.
If I was working, I'd have adult companionship, someone to talk to rather than kids. I can go to the gym, but do my workout not make friends. The school, I've made aquaintences with my kids classmates/parents, they get playdates, but that's about it...it doesn't warrant saying come for BBQ...yet=D
So aside from making extra money...which we need too...I enjoy my days at home, but what I should do is view staying at home as a job...making it a goal to be suzy homemaker....I know my family would love that. I'm just not that person...and I wish I was. Looking around I am amazed at how little I do around here, and feel somewhat ashamed of it.
I give kudo's to the suzy homemakers, or the parents who work and still manage a home...I don't deserve the husband I have or the good kids I have, I've been cheating them of what a stay at home mom should be. I am so mad of not being taught how to manage a home, or raise children...I am treating my kids exactly the way I was treated....and that sucks for them.
|1st off IM LMAO@drezzies comment about not being a Suzy home maker!!LOL!! IM a SAHM and my goodness i cojldnt be anything further from that.Its funny tho how some moms can do it all.Like make everything pretty,make wonderful meals for breakfast,and dinner,and just do the whole SAHM w/ Marthas style.My family gets dinner(most of the time!!LOL!!)breakfast is instant oatmeal,cereal,or I buy Jimmy Deans pre made muffins w/ egg and cheese and a meat.For some reason I see Stormi being a SAHM that does it all,big breakfast,and dinner,and her house being a wonder world of pretty things.Am I close Stormi???hehe!!
|It's very easy. If I want a flower to grow and become the most beautiful one I do not spank it. It's like I cannot for the love of God imagine Jesus spanking holy "material" as our children are. They are our gifts and needs to be treated with the utmost respect.
|Looks like I may be the odd person out, here, and may not be very popular, but here goes! LOL
I do not agree with any kind of corporal punishment at all...Not for kids or pets....I don't believe in spanking, and actually I am not a big fan of punishment at all. I believe in lots of discipline and rules and patience and guiding and teaching....but I do not hit, threaten or frighten animals or children. I have two boys, 17 and 14, and 3 dogs. I am a foster home for dogs and kids. Most of the kids that I encounter have behavioral problems because they have not been shown how to communicate, and have not been given the opportunity to learn how to be respected and to respect. They are are terribly misunderstood and have lost the ability to trust. I strongly feel that any type of physical force is used when the one doing the delivery is at a loss for any alternate way of coping. Not anyone's fault, if they don't know any other way. My first boy was a dream child. Hubby and I used to see busy, unruly, misbehaving children and would think that the parents just didn't know how to parent. Then we had our second. If we had him first we would never have had a second child. He was a total handful, and if he had been with some other family he very may have been put on drugs or spanked very often. We were very patient with him, and tweaked our style, and got through it all. We all survived and are a still a non-violent household. I was in an abusive relationship as an adult and I cannot understand why it is such a crime for an adult to strike an adult, but it is OK for an adult to strike an small child. Beats me where this logic came from. But that's my opnion, and to each his own I guess : )
Bosley's mom wrote:
I do not agree with any kind of corporal punishment at all...Not for kids or pets....I don't believe in spanking, and actually I am not a big fan of punishment at all. I believe in lots of discipline and rules and patience and guiding and teaching....but I do not hit, threaten or frighten animals or children. : )
I've been reading this post but trying to keep my fingers silent (or as silent as my fingers can ever be ) because my kids are grown now and it's always easier to say what you"should" do when you aren't in the thick of it. But I cannot imagine a situation where hitting a child would ever, EVER be acceptable. Don't confuse that with lack of discipline. My kids were very well disciplined, just never NEVER spanked.
We live in a world where we are surrounded by physical violence and pain. I know it's a huge leap from spanking a child to soldiers dying Iraq but if the first "problem solving" a child learns is physical pain doesn't that set a precedent for life? Those early lessons are so very important and if one of the first things a child learns is that unacceptable behavior is met with physical pain what hope do we have for a world where problems are solved any other way?
Please, I do not mean to offend any of you. I know with all my heart that you are all loving caring parents who want only the best for your children. But maybe we have to go back to something as basic as child rearing to discover why it is that war and killing and inflicting pain seem to be the only way that countries can solve their differences.
|This subject is something I know too much about.
My son Ryan is developmentally delayed. He did not walk or talk until he was 3 1/2 years old. Because he couldn't not communicate I didn't know what he understood and what he didn't. He would get frustrated because he could not express himself and would bang his head against whatever was closest to him, me, the floor, the wall. He would also bite me, hit me, pull my hair etc. Which was very embarrassing in Public. I remember after my second knee surgery my mother told me that I should fly out to California and stay with her while I recooperate and she would take care of Ryan. I felt so bad for everyone on the plane. He complained the entire flight. He was a year and a half at the time. Luckily the flight attendants offered to walk him up and down the aisle, something which I could not do at the time. He has also had some wonderful tantrum in public. Where he would throw himself on the floor start banging his head against the concrete. I was so embarrased I wanted to die. Then when I would try to pick him up he would hit me, bang his head against me.
There were times where I didn't think I could deal with him any longer.
My Mother took him for a week when he was 2 yrs old. My Mother ended up kicking him out of the house after the first 3 days. He ended up staying with my sister. He broke my mother's glasses during one of his tantrums. Luckily he has grown out of the head banging and if he throw a tantrum it is basically screaming, throwing himself on the ground and crying. I will now walk away from him when this happens.
Time out does absolutely nothing for him. When he gets out of control I will spank him. I have no other option. He knows Mommy is the softy and he plays on that. All my husband has to do is look at him sideways and Ryan goes running out of the room crying. If I yell at Ryan he yells back and tells me I am hurting his feelings
When my friends heard I was going to have another child they thought I was nuts. I actually thought I was nuts too. He headbutted my stomach while I was pregnant. I was sure he would try to kill the baby. I tried to get an appt with a child behavorist but was not able to schedule an appt.
To everyone's surprise Ryan turned out to be a wonderful big brother.
He absolutely adores his little sister and goes out of his way to do nice things for her. Now his agression is directed towards the dogs. This needs to stop! We just got a referral to see a behaviorist.
Ryan at school is a totally different kid. He is polite, has wonderful manners..etc. I guess it's a good thing I just wish he was like that at home and with me.
Last month we were in a Restaurant he got mad at me and made a nasty comment and in the same sentence turned to the waiter and said thank you very much sir, to the waiter.
When he starts fussing now I will make him stay wherever we are so he learns we will not leave until we are good & ready. He is much better when my hubby is with me. If he throws a tantrum I will walk away and threaten to leave him there...It works
Everyone said I let him get away with murder when he was younger, but I don't think I did there was no way to know what he understood until he spoke.
So yes maybe I am crazy for having another child but it seems to have brought out a good side to Ryan...
Just thought I'd share my situation with you and tell you it is very embarrassing for the parents of these screaming kids and even more so when he would be hitting me. People would look at me like I was hitting him.
So...some kids need to be spanked on occassion...when absolutely nothing else works and believe me when I say I have tried everything.
I always say I would never spank my kids, but then I didn't expect a child like Ryan either.
|I dont even know if I should voice my opinion as I do not have kids of my own...but....my husband has 2 kids from a previous marriage, he never spanked, hit or even looked at them cross-eyed...he sat down and explained what was wrong and why he was upset.....with one kid it worked well, with the other not so well. She is doing better now, but, she is a cutter, a stealer and thinks that the world revolves around her. She is NOT a bad kid. She gets good grades etc, but is easily influenced, when things dont go her way, she even stooped to taking a bottle of aspirin. 2 hours later when she wasnt feeling so hot, she told her mom. Her mom took her to a hospital (out of network) and spent 4 days in intensive care. She was on dialysis(sp?) for 2 days because she had kidney failure due to the legnth of time that the aspirin was in her system. she didnt even blink her eyes at us when we tried to talk to her about the repercutions regarding this latest event. It has been really hard, and not easy on our marriage. She just turned 18 and now most thing are out of our hands. She knows that she is an "adult" and can see whom ever she chooses..."its her right".....Hopefully she will make the right choices and we will have her for a long time...I love her. I dont think spanking and washing her mouth out would have made her any worse.....having her not here is the worst thing possible and if a crack on her patootie helped, I'd be all for it....
Anonymous wrote:
........It's like I cannot for the love of God imagine Jesus spanking holy "material" as our children are..........
Perhaps we can look at your sentence in another light. Jesus is the Son of God, His Child. He was spanked (punished) for the sins of mankind, punished for things He didn't even do. God not only spanked Him (His Son), but took His Son's life for our salvation.
Proverbs 13:24 says; He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him diciplines him promptly.
Proverbs 19:18 says; Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, The rod of correction will drive it from him.
Proverbs 13:13 says; Do not withhold correction from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:15 says; The rod and rebuke gives wisdom, But a child left to himself brings shame unto his mother.
There's another verse that tells parents that if you have an unruly child, that after you've exhausted all means of trying to correct the child and the child still rebells, to bring it to the elders of the church to be stoned to death so that all may see and fear. Tell me that wouldn't change the behavior of some of the rebellious kids today!
I'm not saying beat a child to death, leave marks, use a 2x4, etc....I don't approve of any of that, but I do approve of spanking. With the time out, the groundings, etc... to be added additionally, or used alone when it works best for that child.
We respected our son as a child, but our first priority of parenting was teaching him to respect us and others. Once he accomplished that, he gained our respect more and more, and was shown more respect.... Our love for him meant we had to suffer through his teachings. We may have seen his tears when he received his few spankings, but until now with three sons of his own, he could not feel the pain it caused us in our hearts.
The one thing about a spanking is that once given, most of the time you can go for a long time before having to give another. Why debate with a child over and over about something when you can just look at them and say, "What'd I tell you?" in a calm voice, they give you the look of disgust, cause they know they lost the battle and thats the end of it.
You can explain things after the fact, but later on when it longer plays a part in the debate.....there is no debate. Save that for the teenage years, you'll have plenty of time then.
|Thank Goodness the Bible is open for interpretation, mine is that the "rod" is used for guiding our children, not for beating them. Children learn from example, start guiding.
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Thank Goodness the Bible is open for interpretation, mine is that the "rod" is used for guiding our children, not for beating them. Children learn from example, start guiding.
Please note, my post is in no way argumentative of your personal views. The purpose of this forum is to teach and learn. I decided after reading your post to look up the word "rod" to read its meaning and see what its used for. These are definitions that were listed.
Webster's on line Dictionary: ROD
Function: noun
1a. (1): a straight stick growing on or cut from a tree or bush (2): OSIER (3): a stick or bundle of twigs used to punish, also: PUNISHMENT (4): a shepherd's cudgel (5): a pole with a line and usually a reel attached for fishing b. (1) a slender bar (as of wood or metal) (2): a bar or staff for measuring (3): SCEPTOR; also: a wand or staff carried as a badge of office (as a marshal) 2a: a unit of length - - see WEIGHT table b: a square rod 3: any of the long rod-shaped photosensitive receptors in the retina responsive to faint light - - compare CONE 3a 4: a rod-shaped bacterium 5 slang: HANDGUN
CUDGEL, noun: A short heavy stick used as a weapon; a club.
transitive verb: To beat with or as if with a cudgel.
Whatever had been making her dogs uneasy, she'd have to handle it on her own. Rosie Bowe took a heavy piece of firewood as a cudgel and followed them. Jim Crace, Signals of Distress
The Grand Vizier Kuprili of Constantinople, for example,....closed the city's coffeehouses. Anyone caught drinking coffee was soundly cudgeled. Mark Pendergrast, Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed Our World.
As for the Bible being open for interpretation. My belief is that theres one way to achieve salvation, that's based on God's Word with no room for interpretation. The rest may be open for discussion, we may have our own interpretation, but as the Holy Spirit leads, guides and teaches us, those interpretations are subject to change with the knowledge and experience we gain.
As for the Bible being open for interpretation. My belief is that theres one way to achieve salvation, that's based on God's Word with no room for interpretation. The rest may be open for discussion, we may have our own interpretation, but as the Holy Spirit leads, guides and teaches us, those interpretations are subject to change with the knowledge and experience we gain.
My thoughts on the 'one interpretation' aspect to the Bible is that it is really subjective, as the original Bible was written in a different language and the early scholars and priests who undertook the translation of the Bible had to use their own abilities to do so. So, whereas one priest might have translated the word X into one meaning, another priest might have translated that same word into a totally separate meaning, based on what they thought the root of the word was. When this happens, it can completely change the meaning of a passage. I went to a religious high school and Catholic college, both with mandatory religion class requirements, so I took several more historically-based classes on the Bible and it was very interesting to see what arguments like these could do...and they showed examples of how just one word could change the whole tone of a passage...
Anonymous, what do you think of the tradition of nuns using rulers, etc to hit children at catholic school? They have taken on vows to be the servants of God and yet they still use corporal punishment? But they are supposed to be amongst the most learned and holy people?
|We don't really want to get into a discussion of how the King James translation of the Bible came to be DO WE??????
Tasker's Mom wrote:
We don't really want to get into a discussion of how the King James translation of the Bible came to be DO WE??????
Exactly...if you others want to take this discussion to a differnt topic...post a new thread, or privately. This will only end badly, if religious differences are brought up.
|I agree. I think we should refrain from discussion of most (if not all) religious topics on the site.
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Any time Andrew Bynum rehabilitates his surgically repaired right knee during Lakers practice, it serves as a visual reminder for Pau Gasol as to why Coach Phil Jackson has asked him to assume a heavier workload.
Considering Jackson doesn't anticipate Bynum will begin practicing at least until after the Lakers' three-game trip this week, Gasol's large responsibility will likely remain the same Saturday night at Staples Center against Phoenix. That's why it's not a surprise that when Gasol sees Bynum in practice, he's counting down the days as every Lakers fan does for when he'll finally step on the court in an actual game.
"Whenever that is, we'll be all happy about it," Gasol said. "Probably one of the first ones will be me."
That comment drew laughs from reporters and led them to ask the exact reason why Gasol will feel so elated. "I don't know," Gasol replied sheepishly.
The reason doesn't need to be stated. Bynum's return will make it nearly impossible for teams to stop the Lakers' frontline considering it will feature two 7-footers. It will help sharpen the team's defensive rotations in terms of size, length and stopping players from penetrating the lane. And it will help relieve some of Gasol's playing time, a team-leading 38.4 minutes per game that Jackson described as "tremendous."
Unlike a certain player in South Beach, however, you won't hear Gasol complaining about that workload.
"Not a chance. I enjoy playing," Gasol said when asked whether he has popped off about playing 44 minutes in a game, the amount of time that caused LeBron James to complain about his responsibility in Miami's 112-107 loss Thursday to Boston and the amount of time Gasol logged in three of the past five contests. "Some nights those 44 [minutes] are going to feel a lot more than others, depending on the opponent. But I'm fine playing the way I'm playing right now. Obviously it's not ideal at this point in the year, but it is what it is and the circumstances we're in."
So while James is backtracking and saying his quotes were taken out of context, Gasol's quotes this season have already added enough context. Clearly, Gasol thinks the heavy minutes have proved challenging, but it's nothing he's skirting. He opened the first week with Western Conference player-of-the-week honors, began the past week logging his fourth career triple-double, and his 22.7 points per game only rank behind Kobe Bryant's 25.2 points per game clip, and his 52.9% mark from the field only trails Lamar Odom's shooting percentage (59.1%).
Gasol's play has rarely featured many hiccups, though the most recent one came in the Lakers' 118-112 loss Thursday to the Denver Nuggets where he clouded his double-double (17 points, 20 rebounds) with a six-of-17 showing from the field and three turnovers.
"He just had an off night," Jackson said.
Nonetheless, Jackson has wondered aloud for the past week how he needs to limit those minutes. He's floated different lineup combinations, ranging from accelerating the learning curve for rookie Derrick Caracter, forcing Theo Ratliff to test his left knee tendinitis, switching Ron Artest at power forward and even considering have rookie Devin Ebanks also assume some time at that position. Jackson has taken measures to find ways for players to rest whenever possible. He gave the team the day off twice in the past week and even encourages Gasol to decrease his intensity level during practice so he can sustain that for the game. And though Jackson concedes Gasol's playing time "wears a little bit at him with the weight of this," it's something he'll have to somehow shoulder for at least a few more weeks.
But when he sees Bynum running on an anti-gravity treadmill, performing various exercises on a medicine ball or receiving treatment, Gasol doesn't just immediately envision how soon he won't have to handle as much responsibility. He also reflects on his strained left hamstring that sidelined him during the 2009-2010 season for the first 11 games, the anxiety surrounding his return and the need to be patient with the rehab process. Likewise, Gasol expresses sympathy for Bynum because the psychological components likely remain the same for his teammate, though Bynum's rehab involves fully recovering from off-season surgery on his right knee. That shows that the importance surrounding Bynum's return goes beyond easing Gasol's workload and his reluctant willingness to embrace it.
So while Gasol says regarding James, "that's up to him if he doesn't want to play," the Lakers' recently converted center will continue marching forward.
"There's no excuses," Gasol said. "There's no point on debating or discussing it. You gotta do what you gotta do."
--Mark Medina
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Photo: Lakers forward Pau Gasol tries to make his way past Denver center Nene during the third quarter of the Lakers' 118-112 loss Thursday. Credit: Rick Giase/EPA.


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