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    Tell me about your pets

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    we have a Boston Terrier puppy(will turn 1 next month)and 2 cats(they are both almost 3 yrs old). Our puppy is named Daisy and she is the cutest thing and so funny! she keeps us on our toes around here! Our cats are Tinker and Belle, we got them from the local shelter after returning from our vacation in 2006 from Disney. Belle is solid white and has one blue eye and one green eye and is very plump! Tinker is black and white and is very petite and thin.

     

    We have had rats as pets...they didn't live long. My youngest dd is begging for a rabbit and another rat(not gonna happen!).

     

    My father is currently looking for a horse for my oldest dd(he has a small farm to keep it on, 10 mins from our home)so we may soon be horse owners too!

    Do you ever feel like you just want to be totally alone for a week or two...

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    this is not pms or pmdd(I take meds for pmdd and I am currently on my period so it's not that)...I'm just having one of those days....well, a few days. I feel all I do is clean, fix food, fuss at kids, pick up stuff, go to the grocery store, clean, fix food, fuss at kids, pick up stuff, etc...I'm sure you get my drift.

     

    I've been married for almost 20 years and we have a great marriage, never fight, laugh every day, he's a hard working man and is happy to do so to keep me home with our kids....I just feel like I'm his room mate sometimes...he's not a very affectionate person and never complimentary, never "I love you" first....that kind of thing. Lately, it's really been bothering me! just once I'd love for him to come up to me and hug me or kiss me or hold my hand when we're out together somewhere.

     

    My kids....God knows I love them with all my heart but lately, I haven't really liked one of my children. She's become very sassy, very disprespectful and it's mainly geared toward me. She talks to me sometimes with such an attitude, I'm starting to think we will never get along the way I would like us to.

     

    We just got back from vacation - which was very relaxing and fun...still during vacation, still felt a disconnect with hubby. I know he must work a lot to keep me home and I should be happy that he's busy and making money...but my gosh, I didn't get married to be alone!

     

    we were supposed to go to the movies this afternoon...I'm feeling so low, so burnt out, I told them to go without me - my husband was furious!!!!!!!!!!! he walked out without saying a word to me...the kids kept asking why I wouldn't go and saying "but you are dying to see this movie" and it was making me cry...I just couldn't bring myself to go the movie and act like everything is hunky dory when that's not how I feel. Not to mention, dh NEVER takes the kids anywhere by himself, it always has to be all of us....I mean geez! take the kids and do something with them by yourself sometimes! I do it all the time!!!

     

    I am venting and I appreciate your reading this saga...not sure what I'm looking for...advice? hugs? I don't know. I just know that I'm not happy right now, feeling very much like I'm in a rut that I can't get out of, feeling like a live in maid and cook and not a wife and mom lately.

     

    I feel like I unload on these boards too often:confused:

    Please tell me I can do this!!!!! my 8.5 yr old dd has been...

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    thank you everyone!!! your words of wisdom and encouragement have been taken to heart and I did read every reply.

     

    My dd ended up going to her room(her choice)after lunch and asked to be left alone...needless to say, she fell asleep(she NEVER naps!)and slept for almost 2 hours! she woke up, apologized to me and we hugged for a long time...

     

    I plan on sticking to my new program and not letting "little things" slip, I know it will take time and lots of patience on my part.

     

    Thanks for being here, this board is a life saver!

    Please tell me I can do this!!!!! my 8.5 yr old dd has been...

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    backtalking and acting up for far too long....and yesterday, I decided ENOUGH!! it's now or never...this can not go on any longer...she can be the funniest, sweetest child and yet, she totally does not get that she is 8 yrs old and that she is a child, not an adult. She can not stand to be told no!! she will argue something to death!! I'm hoping like crazy that her persistance will one day benefit her but for now, it's no longer tolerated!

     

    She just got out of a 15 minute time out - for backtalking - it started out as 8 minutes but she wouldn't let it lie...just kept telling me, "I am NOT going to time out, you can't make me" and "I will only have time out in MY room, NOT on the stairs"....so every time she said something, I added another minute until she got up to 15 mins!

     

    Now, she just poked her head in here and informed that she is not talking to me anymore today because I am a very mean mommy and that I have upset her feelings and that she has done nothing wrong.

     

    It kills me! I honestly believe that she truly doesn't see what she's doing is disrespectful...she always asks why she's in trouble, what did she do wrong? and when I tell her(you sassed me, you were rude, you would not follow direction, you weren't listening, etc..)she says "BUT I AM LISTENING!!" or "I WAS NOT BEING RUDE!!!!"

     

    Please, tell me that just a few days of me putting the hammer down will help this situation, it's only been a day and a half and I'm exhausted! and gosh knows, my poor 12 yr old...she keeps plugging her ears and going outside due to younger dd screaming her head off while in time out! I mean blood curdling(sp)screaming at the top of her lungs for over 7 minutes - I know her throat has got to be killing her!

     

    thanks for listening!:bigear:

    We're thinking of moving to Virginia. Do you like it/love it/hate it?

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    New Kent is a great area! very rural but close to Richmond and Williamsburg(where I live). I've lived here all my life, I know nothing else...homeschooling is huge here and very well respected. We have Busch Gardens, Water Country, Jamestown, Yorktown, Colonial Williamsburg....where specifically are you looking in New Kent? we had a contract on a house there 2 years ago but could not sell ours so we had to back out of the contract...it's still a place we would love to live.

    Putting kids in school for a year

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    but find they don't want to come back home. IMO, hsing is something that a person commits to and you don't change your mind just because sometimes you just don't feel like doing it anymore. You can do whatever you want. Nobody else's experiences will be exactly like yours. Just be sure you're ready for whatever the consequences of your actions are.

     

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    Makeup for young teen girls ???

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    I can't explain it but I'm not a fan of makeup on young girls...I agree about foundation if they have acne or some type of skin problem that bothers them...but if you're talking eye makeup, my answer would be no, it makes them look older or like they are trying too hard to grow up and/or look older than they are.

     

    I think I was around 15 when I started wearing eye makeup(mascara and eyeliner)but before 15 I would wear lipgloss(never any color just the shiny stuff)...never had a need for foundation and I hated the way it felt on my skin as a teenager.

     

    I think my questions to my daughter would be...why do you want to wear it? what statement do you want to make with it? do you think it's going to make you prettier? when do you want to wear it? do you have friends who wear it and you want to be like them?

     

    Best of luck with this one - it's a tough one.

    Anyone have experience selling used books at a convention?

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    I am trying to decide if I want to sell my books/used curriculum at the upcoming HEAV convention...just wondering if anyone has had any success selling at conventions? is it worth the time and effort? HEAV has a barcode system so it will take quite a bit of time on my part to type everything it, print out labels, attach, etc... not to mention, lugging all the books to the convention and then possibly lugging then back home if they don't sell.

     

    What's your experience? Thanks so much!

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