First day of school done and over with, all summer reading assignments done and turned in, vacation about half over, Shellie signed up for fall soccer league, house cleaning coming along slowly, but progress is very visible---garage cleaned out, one yard sale down and at least one more to go, front room with PC is clean, my bedroom has one box and one tote plus one large pile of papers on dresser to go thru and it will be done---nothing on the floor anymore except trash bag of shellie's toys I took from her over a month ago---I guess she doesn't miss them too badly.....
Been quilting---finished BW, Kris's, tye dye, working on new rose project.....
Flower beds weeded, ready for fall layer of mulch. Rose bed needs finished, but looking much better.....
Vegetable garden just about finished for the year. black birds having much fun in it, at least until the BB hits them in the butt.....then the feathers fly......LOL.....
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Saturday, August 02, 2008
on the warpath again......
Sort of, anyway. I have declared war on my daughter's room and her inability to keep her stuff where it belongs. Yes, Mom, I know she is only 6. but she knows it is wrong to leave her crap all over the house--one of the many reasons for her to have her own room when we bought a house.....So I did take Mom's advice and got her some baskets---made of washable canvas, how's that for using my noggin?---and last night we began what is already proving to be a long arduous task with tears included, hers and mine. Hers b/c I was showing very little sympathy in whether stuff got thrown away or had a home with us still. The deciding factor is--IS IT BROKEN? If yes, then off to the trash bag. If no, then she had a little bargaining room. So far I have her closet floor and bottom two shelves lined with baskets, and we have dug in and behind some of the furniture. One big black 30 gallon trash bag has already left the building, like Elvis, and the next is nearly half full.
My tears were of frustration, as when I walked out of her room after she refused to help me, and told her she was on her own......We have since made up and continued to work on it, with the understanding that I have the final say in where an item ends up. Her dad had already cleaned up the living room and gathered at least a laundry basket full of her stuff that was in there---both in plain sight and under the couches.....He and I both have vacation the first week of school, in about 3 weeks, and we are in agreement that there will be more that mysteriously vanishes from her room. Sneaky and underhanded? Absolutely......It will save the scenes in the long run, as she has the tendency to think everything she owns is solid gold and should remain there forever.
On another note, I have finished buying all the school supplies I am going to for this year. As our county must, by their own policies, supply whatever they are requiring the students to have, I am done. The kids have plenty of notebooks, pens, pencils, etc., to choose from. Shellie may end up with a pack of crayons or something, but I am waiting to see the "suggestion" list---the newest name for the school supplies list. If a teacher suggest the child needs an item, then it is up to me to get it; if they say it is required, it need not come directly from my pocket, although I know in the property taxes I pay each year, that I do pay for it anyway. Also my argument for why kids should ride the school bus instead of driving themselves---besides the, what is it now, 7 or 10 kids from our high school who have died in the past year in car accidents---the last one in 12/07, where 3 boys were on their way to school and crashed into the school bus. Kids on the bus suffered mostly minor injuries, while all 3 in the car died. We pay for the fuel and the driver's salaries, so why not make use of them? Duh, seems like a no-brainer to me.....
I am ready for bed and it is only 8 pm........I guess Ron is on his way to pick Kate up from work, and our next door neighbor has come to stay the night with the boys.......don;'t guess I am going to bed yet........LOL.......
My tears were of frustration, as when I walked out of her room after she refused to help me, and told her she was on her own......We have since made up and continued to work on it, with the understanding that I have the final say in where an item ends up. Her dad had already cleaned up the living room and gathered at least a laundry basket full of her stuff that was in there---both in plain sight and under the couches.....He and I both have vacation the first week of school, in about 3 weeks, and we are in agreement that there will be more that mysteriously vanishes from her room. Sneaky and underhanded? Absolutely......It will save the scenes in the long run, as she has the tendency to think everything she owns is solid gold and should remain there forever.
On another note, I have finished buying all the school supplies I am going to for this year. As our county must, by their own policies, supply whatever they are requiring the students to have, I am done. The kids have plenty of notebooks, pens, pencils, etc., to choose from. Shellie may end up with a pack of crayons or something, but I am waiting to see the "suggestion" list---the newest name for the school supplies list. If a teacher suggest the child needs an item, then it is up to me to get it; if they say it is required, it need not come directly from my pocket, although I know in the property taxes I pay each year, that I do pay for it anyway. Also my argument for why kids should ride the school bus instead of driving themselves---besides the, what is it now, 7 or 10 kids from our high school who have died in the past year in car accidents---the last one in 12/07, where 3 boys were on their way to school and crashed into the school bus. Kids on the bus suffered mostly minor injuries, while all 3 in the car died. We pay for the fuel and the driver's salaries, so why not make use of them? Duh, seems like a no-brainer to me.....
I am ready for bed and it is only 8 pm........I guess Ron is on his way to pick Kate up from work, and our next door neighbor has come to stay the night with the boys.......don;'t guess I am going to bed yet........LOL.......
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