Thank you, sweet tiny baby Jesus who doesn’t possess the motor skills necessary to grasp a pencil.
BB has hammered out a 1500 word paper about Harry S Truman. It needs to be polished and some spelling needs to be corrected but I will take care of those things tomorrow night. He will pick it up before his mom drops him off at school on Tuesday.
Sweety and I have both spoken to him about how waiting to the very last second is not an acceptable way to do school work. I had never had a serious conversation with him before (I’m usually too pissed to speak straight and tell Sweety what I want him to say for me.) and think I got his attention. I do not think this sort of thing will happen again. *knock on wood*
Nobody was harmed during the production of this school project.
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That’s what kids do. We had one of those in our household too. (You can probably figure out who since The Boy is in college and Christmas break is in between semesters.) I don’t even know why they assign long term projects since most of the class waits until the last minute to do it. It takes awhile but they do grow out of it.
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
But will I not lose all of my ever-loving mind before they grow out of it? Please, give me hope.
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January 11th, 2009 10:12 pm
We have always told Nooze that if she fails to do her work, we will write a note to the teacher.
It will say “She was lazy. Please give her an F and Detention.”
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Ha! That’s great!
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January 11th, 2009 11:30 pm
Yay to Renn’s solution!
Skating by with a big fat pile of lazy in my backpack is how I got through high school. I wish I’d had more serious coaching academically (the kind where the coach knows the assignment and blows the damn whistle at you when you don’t follow through).
Also, you’re my hero for spelling Truman’s name right.
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I must admit, that I just learned that was the proper way to spell his name. One good thing about this project!
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January 12th, 2009 1:06 pm
Thank you.
For his teacher, I thank you.
Thank you for being a good parent.
NOW WHIP HIS ASS.
TV
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
You’re welcome and it’s my pleasure.
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January 12th, 2009 4:53 pm
Hey, I tagged you in a meme and I used your first sentence in this meme. Hope you come by.
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
I shall be right over!
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January 12th, 2009 9:38 pm
Oh for the love of the sweet baby Jesus, I do not miss that part of being a parent.
My favorite memory:
Hearing the immortal words “Dad, I need some poster board” at 10 o’clock on a Sunday night in February when there is a blizzard blowing outside and the nearest 24 hours store is 20 miles away.
I drove the entire distance trying to come up with a way to invent retroactive abortions.
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Oh, wow. You possess some mad parenting skills. Now I feel like a pussy for bitching about having to drive 2 miles for more printer paper last night.
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January 13th, 2009 3:18 pm
Bwahahahaha!!!
“Nobody was harmed during the production of this school project.”
HAHAHAHAHA!
I read through your posts about this project and literally started to feel the muscles in my neck tighten up. I’m still fuming over the coaew’s pet issues… my head might explode before I finish typing this comment.
We have got to get together some time and have some drinks!
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I just can’t think about what goes on over there. The boys were telling me tonight about how cute and tiny their new dog is and I just don’t even want to hear it.
Yes, we must meet! I think that would be a hoot.
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January 13th, 2009 4:10 pm
You just don’t beat your children enough. I used to have the same problem with my grandmother. Until I kicked her ass into submission. Now she is obedient as hell.
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Chickie said:
January 13th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
You know, you make a lot of sense. They’d probably secretly approve of an ass whipping.
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Atlas Cerise said:
January 14th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Just make sure you get both Ps in there. You don’t want to go in for an ass whiping.
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Chickie said:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Hahahahaha! No. No, I don’t.
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January 13th, 2009 6:39 pm
Whoops – been there – done that!
My kid had better not though!
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January 16th, 2009 12:54 pm
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