[Vulgar, sexist "prank" and the reporter who wouldn't take it anymore...]

This is why we have camera phones.  Film them and report them.  Good for her.

[My Royal Baby Announcement ("warning" new/cute pony content)]

Oh mercy!  I need that!

 

[It was 5 years ago today that I found out my son had been killed...]

I am so very sorry.  I felt like I couldn't breathe reading your post.  My heart goes out to you.

 

[A trip down Memory Lane, WTM style...]

Seems like decades ago that I joined.  I still like to pop in and see what y'all are doing.

[What is this called?]

My sister had a dh that monitored her all the time.  Turns out he needed to know where/what/why/ how constantly because he was afraid she was going to discover his other family.

 

[This is rude, right?]

I'd call her on it.

 

 

[S/O Off the Grid/ Homesteading... Do you think you could live in a post apocalyptic world with no technology?]

I think everyone in my family would make it fine  but me.  I'd only last about six months without my meds.  If I don't have to run from zombies I might make it longer.

 

[Favorite princess movies for teens?]

Ella Enchanted?  Not a princess but she marries a prince.

 

[What does "barbecue" mean where you are?]

Oh yeah, and a sweet sauce.  

 

[What does "barbecue" mean where you are?]

BBQ is pulled pork, soft buns, sweet tea and baked beans.  Fried onions and homemade ice cream.    Grilling is grilling.  

[Horse Movie]

Dreamer is great for sensitive viewers.  The worst thing the bad guy does is try to buy the horse.

[Style of jeans men usually wear with cowboy boots?]

Wrangler boot cut.  My guys ride and work cattle everyday.  Ball caps, boots and jeans.

 

[What's the word for "I told you so" kind of attitude?]

Pissy.

[Not sure how to handle it when dh laughs at ds.]

I'm going to bring up a different pov.  But first - Yes, your dh is an ass for laughing at ds.  I wonder if he's annoyed at an 8 yr old for crying because it didn't snow, because I would think that is an extreme reaction.  Perhaps his pissy attitude is a "my boy is homeschooled so I need to toughen him up so he won't be a momma's boy" reaction.

 

Now before anyone bellyaches at me I am not condoning.  Just wondering if this could be behind the  behavior.  Figuring that out could be the first step in stopping it.
 

[for those with adult children that you homeschooled]

My five have always been grateful  that we homeschooled.  But I wonder if my boys would have benefitted from playing some high school sports just to sort of offset their daredevil tendencies.  But who knows?  They are independent little farts.

[Would you allow your 9 yr old....]

Do it.  Yesterday.

 

[Your house's history]

Our first ranch house was built in 1900.  Three stories, seven bedrooms, one bathroom. Front porch, second floor porch. The top floor had an enclosed balcony with little built in bee doors and once upon a time there were bee hives up there.  On purpose.  A big ranching family lived and prospered there, we've pics of them outside the house on their horses.  Later it was a boarding house and when we got married some of the numbers were still on the bedroom doors.  There was a smokehouse in the back and a well.  The barn was also three stories with hay storage on the top and dairy accommodations on the ground floor.  

 

Lived there for as long as I could stand it.  Tore it down when pregnant with the first and built a new ranch house.  Never missed it although everyone in the county was furious.

[I just fired my cleaning lady, now what?]

All the suggestions about what cleaners to use and how when where etc are good.  But the way you get your house clean and organized is to get off your butt and work hard at it every day.  

[Anyone remember Nutrimom?]

I want to get in touch with her.

[Any tips for after shoulder surgery?]

Oh wow!  I just had surgery Tuesday. Torn rotator cuff and a couple of other problems.  Can't take prescript pain meds because I've learned the pain is better than the pain plus nausea.  Just hang in there!   i've got six weeks in one of these immobilizers and then therapy.  Pain lessens everyday.

 

[What do you and/or your family members collect?]

Horses and cats.  For the first time in a long time more cats than horses.

 

 

[What do you and/or your family members collect?]

Horses and cats.  For the first time in a long time more cats than horses.

 

 

[Iphone 6 or 6 plus?]

Two more thoughts.  First, I love a good camera so that's important.  Second, it just occurred to me that I'll have to get a fanny pack or something when I ride.  I hate fanny packs but then again my 5s is impossible to ride with too.

 

[Iphone 6 or 6 plus?]

Well Barb, when you need to know something this is the place to be.

[Anyone who has had a horse-crazy child, did it last?]

I know this is old but I can't resist horse topics.  I've had horses since I was eight.  I'm now 56 and my parents are still waiting for me to outgrow them.

 

I'd do whatever I could to get that child on a horse.  My niece (whose mom can't afford horses) is horse crazy and works at barns for rides.  They recently moved just three hours away from me and we're always conspiring to get her to my house for some ride time.

 

If your dd has the hunger nothing else is going to feed it.