Saturday

[AnnW]

woke up exactly at 4:45 grrrr dd is going to go with a friend to her horseback riding lesson and help feed and bathe the horses. then she is either going to go spend the rest of the day and night with her or come home and then go spend the night with her (she was hesitant about spending all that time together but then she is going out of town with them next weekend, so who knows!) i can't decide about this family...something is putting me off and i don't know what it is. they seem really nice, maybe even overly earnest, very responsible. i don't know, i just find my self feeling defensive when i talk to them and i am not sure why.
dh and i are going to some friends for dinner and the watch the ASTROS IN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hope i get a nap today!

[littlesista06]

Well darn Ann, you should have called me, I was up too. Grrrrrr.
Gotta work @ Hallmark today 8:30 - 1:00. Dd has worship practice @ church 12 -1 then golf 1:30 -3:00 and if the rain holds off she and her dad are going to play at least 9 holes after her lesson, maybe 18. I'll be home "laundry-ing".

Ann, has your dd been away with this family before? Hope you can put your finger on what's bugging you, nothing like a nagging feeling (been having lots of those with a couple parents of dd's friends).

[AnnW]

Well darn Ann, you should have called me, I was up too. Grrrrrr.
Gotta work @ Hallmark today 8:30 - 1:00. Dd has worship practice @ church 12 -1 then golf 1:30 -3:00 and if the rain holds off she and her dad are going to play at least 9 holes after her lesson, maybe 18. I'll be home "laundry-ing".

Ann, has your dd been away with this family before? Hope you can put your finger on what's bugging you, nothing like a nagging feeling (been having lots of those with a couple parents of dd's friends).

hell, I should have called! LOL
she went to the waterpark out of town with them on an all day/overnight thing. part of it, is that this girl seems to get in trouble alot at school. at dd's conference, dd also got in trouble for talking to much to her. also she seems to tell some really fantastical stories, so i just don't find the girl trustworthy. the parents just seem over earnest....can't put my finger on it.

[littlesista06]

hell, I should have called! LOL
she went to the waterpark out of town with them on an all day/overnight thing. part of it, is that this girl seems to get in trouble alot at school. at dd's conference, dd also got in trouble for talking to much to her. also she seems to tell some really fantastical stories, so i just don't find the girl trustworthy. the parents just seem over earnest....can't put my finger on it.

Oh my gosh, we have just been struggling over whether or not to let our dd go an hour away for a b'day party sleepover/trip to an indoor water park! Dh isn't comfortable with her going an hour away (Williamsburg) and doesn't understand why this friend can't have a b'day party here, at home. LOL! I'm more concerened about the water issue, myself. But we decided to let her go.... but we're staying down there at my parent's timeshare for the weekend. We won't see dd, but if it gives dh peace of mind, to be 15 mins. away instead of an hour.... so be it. Guess I'll shop the outlets. LOL

As far as school goes, could you or have you requested they be separated in class? Does this child have a few friends? Maybe there's a need to build herself up (i.e. the fantastical stories) to make friends? Who knows. Does your dh have the same opinion of them?

[AnnW]

wimps! LOL but my kids have gone off to summer camps, so we are used to shipping them out. ;)

oh, they are definitely separated in class! I don't think she has many friends and once again, dd is the one who picks up the mutt from the pound! LOL The ironic thing is that I think she tells the stories to make herself look 'cool' to the kids, but it just turns them off. Here's one she told me, she didn't want to eat whatever vegetable i was serving. i said, oh just eat a bite..lots of whispering insued. dd then says 'mom, she can't have any vegetables, when she was little she had something wrong and they removed part of her stomach and vegetables can cause her to die' oh really?????
she's also adopted and had told dd she had been adopted 3 times. which i thought, ok that explains alot of things. started talking to her and her mom had adopted her as a single parent, then when the mom got married he adopted her and then there was something at her church..so technically she was adopted 3 times, but not quite the drama that she had led dd to believe.
dd says the parents ride the child all the time and make sure she follows the straight and narrow.......

[angie r]

Ann & sista I wish I had some advice for your dd issues, but once again you are all scaring me with what's to come!! rofl

Brichard is getting ready for work. My ex sil will come at some point to pick up dn who had been here for going on 4 days. I'm really tired from pumpkin carving at my mom's last night, we didn't get home until after midnight and I didn't get into bed until 1:30.

This afternoon I need to get my work finished at church I haven't done yet and then go to service after that.

Have a great saturday all!

[PamE]

We ended up with an empty house last night.... kids shipped out to friends and grandparents. :) Dh is getting ready to pick up dd and then it'll just be ds2 and I while everyone else goes on a hike with the kid's club from church. I'm still feeling kinda nasty so I think it'll just be a laundry catch-up day and reading some.

Hope you all have a great day!

Ann and Sista are ya'll havin' a feeling of deja vu here??? 8o Hope you can pin down your feelings on these families and work it all out.

[vea29]

Morning...Nothing planned dbf is going to a uconn football game...with friend. And it's raining :rolleyes:

I am just going to veg here and straighten up some more of the house.

[Diane]

Woke up WAY too early too.. 4:00, and wasn't able to fall back to sleep. I hate when I wake up early like that and start thinking about stupid stuff... :rolleyes: It will be an early bed time for me tonight.

Not much going on today... I've got to finish up my laundry and get some vacuuming done. Dd and her bf are gone for the weekend so I'm also ferret sitting... :roll: They're SO active... but cute. They've been teasing the cat, who surprisingly is being very patient with them. She isn't normally very good with other pets.

Going to SAM'S later, then probably home for the rest of the day. Hope you all have a good one.

[BevJ]

Good afternoon. Went for a run this a.m, but it's so cold and windy, I realized I'm a 'fair weather runner', lol. Dh starts darts this afternoon. Not sure what ds is up to. Tonight we're invited to friends to play cards.

[Melody]

Just got back from getting my hair done. Needed to tone down the gold that happened over the summer on its own and to add a few layers around my face. Can still see my roots a little bit but she used the cap instead of foils and I think that's why. Next time I'll get her to use the foils.
Dh has all kids with him at the boys guitar lessons. Visiting his brother and his girlfriend. Not sure what's up later today. I'm thinking about going to start cleaning ds2's room, he is so overwhelmed. And it's really not that bad, he just doesn't know where to start.
I was determined to get yard work done this weekend but am starting to whimp out, it's kinda chilly. LOL
Hope you all have a good day :)
Ann and Sista, good luck with the friends/parents of your dd's. I was talking to hairdresser today and her delilma was this. Her dd was invited to a halloween party for a girl in her class. Best friend and most kids are going. Problem is this girl having the party is into a lot of trouble. She racked up a big bill on the net with her mom's credit card (we are talking 9 yrs old). The web site was an "adult" store. Telling kids at school about such places, tricks and teaching what she saw on t.v. Well, I know her dd wanted to go but I told her that I was with her dh 110%, don't let her go to the party. Turns out the dd found a friend who is not going and so she invited the her to spend the night and now she's okay with not going. But yikes! It would not have been a delima for me, she just wouldn't go and I would let her know that she's not to play with this kid at school. I can't believe that such a young girl would have access to and unsupervised access to such things on a computer or t.v. :nervous:

[AnnW]

Ann and Sista, good luck with the friends/parents of your dd's. I was talking to hairdresser today and her delilma was this. Her dd was invited to a halloween party for a girl in her class. Best friend and most kids are going. Problem is this girl having the party is into a lot of trouble. She racked up a big bill on the net with her mom's credit card (we are talking 9 yrs old). The web site was an "adult" store. Telling kids at school about such places, tricks and teaching what she saw on t.v. Well, I know her dd wanted to go but I told her that I was with her dh 110%, don't let her go to the party. Turns out the dd found a friend who is not going and so she invited the her to spend the night and now she's okay with not going. But yikes! It would not have been a delima for me, she just wouldn't go and I would let her know that she's not to play with this kid at school. I can't believe that such a young girl would have access to and unsupervised access to such things on a computer or t.v. :nervous:

not a dilemma for me either! no way in hell. and shame on the other parents


well, dad came to pick dd up. the girl hugged and thanked me for letting dd spend the day/night. dad was perfectly nice. don't know why i feel so hinky about them. i think it's more their 'earnestness'. this girl is an only child and adopted so they seem a little smothering to me (kind of stereotype parents for both only child and adopted) they have this child in tons of activities..horseback riding, volleyball, all sorts of other stuff and they use alot of words like 'justify your feelings' and 'validate'....just a little too intense for me! LOL

[Leigh]

Just got back from getting my hair done. Needed to tone down the gold that happened over the summer on its own and to add a few layers around my face. Can still see my roots a little bit but she used the cap instead of foils and I think that's why. Next time I'll get her to use the foils.
Dh has all kids with him at the boys guitar lessons. Visiting his brother and his girlfriend. Not sure what's up later today. I'm thinking about going to start cleaning ds2's room, he is so overwhelmed. And it's really not that bad, he just doesn't know where to start.
I was determined to get yard work done this weekend but am starting to whimp out, it's kinda chilly. LOL
Hope you all have a good day :)
Ann and Sista, good luck with the friends/parents of your dd's. I was talking to hairdresser today and her delilma was this. Her dd was invited to a halloween party for a girl in her class. Best friend and most kids are going. Problem is this girl having the party is into a lot of trouble. She racked up a big bill on the net with her mom's credit card (we are talking 9 yrs old). The web site was an "adult" store. Telling kids at school about such places, tricks and teaching what she saw on t.v. Well, I know her dd wanted to go but I told her that I was with her dh 110%, don't let her go to the party. Turns out the dd found a friend who is not going and so she invited the her to spend the night and now she's okay with not going. But yikes! It would not have been a delima for me, she just wouldn't go and I would let her know that she's not to play with this kid at school. I can't believe that such a young girl would have access to and unsupervised access to such things on a computer or t.v. :nervous:

I can't believe that the parents of the child throwing the party are letting her throw the party. That is what is scary to me. LOL!

[Melody]

Shame on the parents for sure but they sound terrible and don't think they reaize why their oldest went so wild they had to ship her off to relatives on the east coast. This party was from 7-10 at night. For 9 yr olds? Gotta wonder.
Hairdressers dd came home crying one day and said she heard something from this other girl. She said "mommy, is that what really happens during sex? It doesn't sound nice at all and I never want that to happen to me". 8o 8o
I cannot believe someone hasn't stepped in to see what else is going on with those girls. Very sad and very frustrating that people let their kids find this info on their own and let them go wild at such a young age.