Meep!
If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Book ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Jan 24, 2008 6:25:56 pm PST #5298 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Trudy Booth - Jan 24, 2008 6:28:46 pm PST #5299 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
How on earth do you say "no" to a baby waking up at five?
Kat - Jan 24, 2008 6:32:47 pm PST #5300 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Liese, yay! I'm really thrilled for you. It's been so amazing to read about this entire journey you've gone on! Thank you for sharing it with us.
billytea - Jan 24, 2008 6:33:28 pm PST #5301 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
How on earth do you say "no" to a baby waking up at five?
It's actually pretty easy, but it requires a bit of planning. Starting at least nine months' previous.
P.M. Marc - Jan 24, 2008 6:39:23 pm PST #5302 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Meep! Liese!
Aww, man. JC Chasez made me all sniffily, talking about the awesomeness of both his bio mom and his adoptive parents: [link]
Lee - Jan 24, 2008 6:44:50 pm PST #5303 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Good Luck and YAY Liese!
Liese S. - Jan 24, 2008 7:01:20 pm PST #5304 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It's been a ride, I'll tell you that much. And hope the yay is not premature...don't wanna jinx it!
Burrell - Jan 24, 2008 7:11:42 pm PST #5305 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congratulations Liese! I am awed, truly.
I just get so fed up with whining. She can completely outlast all my resolutions to ignore it and wait her out. She is extremely strong-willed, but at the same time really vulnerable and, you know, four.
This. So true it kinda hurts.
I am not always so good at discipline. Sometimes, maybe, but yesterday I lost my temper and yelled at Franny and she cried on and off for like an hour and I STILL feel guilty. Mean yelling mommy. But it really was an eye-opener to realize how much my yelling upset her, I really need to not do that.
As far as effective discipline techniques, we sometimes do the counting thing. Franny usually reads that as Mom is Serious and falls in line pretty fast. Sometimes we go for the time out, but that wasn't working until I realized that the trick was to just sit him on a chair in the same room and tell him he needed to Calm Down. With Isaac, his misbehavior is most often caused by high spirits, not ill-temper, so once he realized he wasn't being punished per se he was much more willing.
Daisy Jane - Jan 24, 2008 8:04:21 pm PST #5306 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Yay Liese! I'm so happy for you guys! If there's anything else you need info on, let me know. I may not work there anymore, but I figure I at least have several months before I forget everything I learned.
Staying waaaaaay far away from the raising kids discussion. I'm mostly the aunt/godmother/whatever who shows up, gives them whatever they want and then hand them back to their evil parents. This is because I'm an asshole. I am able to talk my friend's 11 year old out of white tights and an animal print skirt with gold wedges though, so it's a tradeoff.
THIS SUCKS! I finally found a great hair stylist in the wretched place and he turns out to be more than a little unbalanced. He stopped going to work, lost his shop and was last seen in a drunken stupor.
That happens a lot.
Liese S. - Jan 24, 2008 8:19:51 pm PST #5307 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Seriously, woman. I cannot thank you enough. I quite literally could not have done it without your excellent advice. (And lots of other peoples' generosity too, but that aside...) I may have questions for you on the mortgage side, but hopefully that will go smoothly, too.