PsychoMom

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Seriously? The guy makes me nauseous just to think of, but I hate to hear about this. It will just feed his stupidity and give him some publicity. Hmm . . . I only see 2-3 cars out front of that place all the time. Think money is getting tight and the insurance wires got hot? Just a thought.

Geez! My doctors have made me make follow up appointments for non-necessary things, which I understand. But medicine refills and sickness, never a problem. I do usually call for the most important, and then discuss both.

I never picked an age. I started when I was pregnant with my 2nd, and they are only 2 years apart. I always left that door open and discussed it off and on. Talk about it now. You don't have to be graphic, but cover it and keep that door open. If you don't talk about it, they know it is an off limits topic and probably won't talk to you. Just so you know, one of the girls I had a problem with when my son was about 14 was a 13yo girl who had already had sex with 7 people. I went to her family for help keeping them apart, but they were NO help. I had to become a wicked witch over that one.

And . . . Make them call you from a landline when they say they are spending the night with someone. Even better, call them on the landline. Why? Cell phones can be anywhere. And they can use 3-way calling to make it look like they called from a landline. Hard to do it if you call because that means the other family has to agree to forward the calls. It also helps to ALWAYS talk to the other parents about spending the night. I found out my son was saying he was staying with a friend, and his friend would say he was staying at our house. Neither was where we thought they were. Both are adults n

Oh yes, they get moody! They have raging hormones, too. Usually, they hit a little later than with girls. About the freshman year of high school, but they can hit earlier. And the biggest issue will be with the girls. I had a problem with girls who were offering anything and everything to my hormone driven son. I had one girl who asked him to help her get pregnant to get back at her mother. And this was all between the ages of 14-16. Keep him active in something. For my son, it was BMX racing. Some kids like football or baseball or scouting or theater or whatever. Just keep him active. That wi

I hope it works out for them both. I was engaged at 18 and married at 21. Celebrating our 23rd wedding anniversary this coming Valentine's Day. My son has been married for 2 years. He was married at 19yo. But in both our cases, the marriage came about after knowing each other a very long time. I knew my husband 2 years before we even started dating, and we dated for nearly a year before we were engaged (officially, at least). And then a 3 year engagement. My son met his wife when they were 4yo! I used to babysit her. And they began dating at 16yo. I think a good friendship leads to a good marr

AW! Now that is great re-gifting!

Even with the hardships and the losses over the last year, I am still thankful for the love of my family, the richness of my friendships, and the food in our freezer from the hard work this summer (and I really hated it this summer!). I am still looking for stable work, but I have been given some amazing ideas to put into place. Ideas I might have never heard if I had been working. I discovered new friends, and rediscovered some old friends. My kids are doing great, and we have opened our home and our hearts to another needing a home. My husband's business is surviving. We aren't getting r

I heard it was that time again. And you are absolutely correct! An adult should always accompany any child going door to door. I wonder if their parents ever watch the news! I would hate to see them on TV tomorrow saying, "I never imagined this could happen!" No one ever thinks it can happen to them. Better safe than sorry.

So true. Congratulations on the birth of your grandson. Your grandmother just wanted to see him first. Keeping your family in my thoughts and prayers.

It is a memory stick pro duo. I got frustrated and uploaded them with my old computer and the USB cord thingy. Oh well! Maybe I'll get to try it out later. At least I was able to get it out of the slot without damaging anything.

It's a multicard reader, and it shows the memory stick pro as one of them, but it is just one opening. It swallows it whole! I am about to grab my old card reader. At least I know how it works.

Santa brought me a new laptop. YAY! However, it has a card reader on it. How the heck do you use one? I put a card in and thought I did it right, but then it was all loose inside the slot and nearly impossible to remove. Plus, I never was able to access it. SO . . . how do you work those things? Do you use the cover to hold it? Or turn it sideways? Or what? It just has an opening and that is all. I even looked for a video to show me. No luck.

I know. But you can read through and see who has. That is unless they decide to edit what they've said.

UPDATE! The family had just moved in the apartment. The child went to the roof. The alarm on the roof went off at 1am and was ignored by all neighbors on that floor. The child died by falling off the roof. So, do we hang the evil parents now or later? Think about it. You've already convicted them, so let's get one with it, right? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/nyregion/24girl.html?_r=1&hp

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Me too! And, I have a friend who accidentally left the key in the deadbolt while she ran out to get the mail. Her toddler closed the door and locked her out of the house and then ran off with the key. She never found the key. She was locked outside with no phone and her 2 toddlers were locked inside the house with no supervision. Just so ya know, those kind of locks are not the most wonderful things invented. This was the middle of the night. I have a hard time thinking the parents should be drawn and quartered over it. Now, if it comes out they were passed out drunk or doped up, then we

Kids are tricky. That time of night, who knows? I hope the parents weren't to blame. I hope it was just a tragic accident. It's going to devastate the family, but if they start blaming each other, it will absolutely destroy them. My own kids used to sneak off to go to the grandmother's house. She lived next door at the time. If the weather were like it was there, maybe I would have had such a tragedy. As far as I know, they never snuck off at night, but if they did and I slept through it, I wouldn't have a clue. I had bolts on the door, but children learn quickly.

I'd let his folks know there will be hell to pay if they don't get him in check, too. Just to cover your bases when you have to kick his booty. And I have a son that was usually in the middle of this mess. lol! Kinda glad he is married now. I don't have to hear all the drama.

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Man, did he ever! I have watched Survivor from Day One, and he is the absolute best player they have ever had on it. I thought he was a horrible, evil little man, but he sure knew how to play that game. They voted against him more than for her.

Confessions? Hmm? Where do I begin . . . I threw a temper tantrum once because when I picked up my son at ASP, he informed me he was invited to a birthday party, IN AN HOUR! And then, after I decided I could write a check for a gift, he then told me it was a costume party. It was pouring down rain. I had a horrible headache. Bad day at work. Yada, yada, yada. Instead of just saying NO, I screamed and yelled and then slammed my door so hard that the slide bolt slid across and locked the door from the inside. And, of course, my keys were in the house. Did I mention it was raining? And we di

I am praying for them all. I know this is tough, especially with the holidays going on. Please keep us updated.

I read the follow up article. DFCS did take the child, but returned him. The mother has moved with the child into a different environment. I wonder if she had been living with her parents. As for a child sneaking out, they do that. And your body shuts down completely about 2 hours after going to sleep for the REM cycle. She may have been in that cycle and not heard a thing. Or perhaps the rooms were further apart. Or other people normally move around in the house at all hours, so hearing someone up wouldn't rouse her. Nothing states this was something that was ongoing. It appears to be a