We went to Pennsylvania this weekend(yes, again!) and I told my mom about it so now i have to put a few pictures up :) Nothing special
Monday, July 12, 2010
Just because..
e went to Pennsylvania this weekend(yes, again!) and I told my mom about it so now i have to put a few pictures up :) Nothing special i dont know where the upclose shot came from but while i am still young i guess they are OK to post.. :D
We went to Pennsylvania this weekend(yes, again!) and I told my mom about it so now i have to put a few pictures up :) Nothing special
We went to Pennsylvania this weekend(yes, again!) and I told my mom about it so now i have to put a few pictures up :) Nothing special
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Nautical Mile
On Monday Kyle his girlfriend and Charlie and I went to watch his uncle play (cover band: Uncle Mud) in a place called Freeport. It is a really neat place called Nautical Mile and it is on a harbor with tons of restaurants, bars, stores and just a really cool atmosphere. I took a few pictures! Nothing special but cute :)
Monday, July 5, 2010
A Walk in the Woods..
Charlie and I have recently been in the habit of taking his dogs for a walk right near this elementary school and golfcourse called Northside. We try to take the dogs there at least once or twice during the week when we get off work and then on the weekends when we wake up in the morning! I have been saying I am going to bring my camera to take a few pictures and I finally remembered to bring it! There is a lot of land here that is much more "woodsy" then you may expect..
The pictures were towards the end of Johnson's fetch session so he was panting a lot and has huge tongue was flopping around for most of the pictures!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Is this how ALL kids act?
I had a pretty wild day baby-sitting/nannying whatever you want to call it.. And after reading a former employer's post about having a mini-breakdown with her kids I felt inspired to write this out and let her know there are some A LOT WORSE out there..
Plus I don't think my current employer know's i have a blog ;-)
I get to work around 3:30. There are three kids from a authentic local Jewish town. The kids are 15, 12 and 9. The 9 year old is this cute chubby, stumpy, red-head with quite the potty mouth, oh yeah his name is Michael. The other kids are all ready and gun ho about going to the beach ( wasn't aware we were going btw) and Michael is in a funk and dead set on not going. I don't really care because by the time we get everything ready to go and actually down there ( if were lucky by 4:30) I have to leave the beach at 5:45 just to get back in time for mom to get home from work. More hassle then it's worth but either way I was willing to do WHATEVER! Mom hasn't left for work yet, the kids start arguing, no let me rephrase continue arguing and start name calling ( not unusual) I just say another day it's not a big deal. Now it is time for the mom to leave for work Michael runs out, seeming fine to me, and run's into his mom's van (with no shoes on) and he refuses to get out. So the mom goes inside to get her other keys to take the other car he isn't in. She even offers for him to come with her to work if he goes to put his shoes on "NO NO I DONT CARE NO NO NO NO." She runs to the other car trying to get it started and on before he can get out of the other one, but she doesn't make it in time and now Michael is standing in front of the car refusing to move...It is about 4:00pm now which is when she is suppose to be at work. She gets out. TRIES SO HARD to reason with him..Being SOO NICE..TOO NICE! Just trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with this kid and all he gives her is "NO NO NO I DONT CARE" Now he wont even let her get IN the damn car. She is pulling at him, asking him what he wants, saying he can do whatever, we dont have to got o the beach blah blah blah just trying to bribe him to move out of the way...She say's to me "you might have to hold him back for me". OK.. So I bear hug the kid long enough for her to drive away... Oh wait it get's better..
So Michael decides to stay outside and cry in the street for 20 minutes or so, fine I don't care I will let him take his "time-out" and recover. Finally he comes into the house and goes into his mom's room to watch TV. She calls me, and says "I feel bad because Michael called me crying and so I am going to come home for a little bit to talk to him," and this point im thinking hey you made it out of the house best to just stay at work right??? No..Before I let her hang up i try to get Michael to talk to her thinking if he says something she might logically just stay at work and let him cool-down..No go. He won't talk to her so she comes home..
She get's back goes to talk to him for 15 minutes, I don't know what transpired but there was a little screaming and hollering and then it got calm. She comes out and want's me to go to McDonalds and get a 6 piece happy meal with an extra 4 piece. Ok fine I can do that, i took the other kids along we got the food and get back. Well I had made a giant mistake that I didn't even see..
1st mistake was they had HI-C and NOT orange soda (big effin deal i thought) and when i get home his mom say's "oh he is not going to be happy about that" I kind of just looked at her with no expression..2nd..I didn't get the mcdonalds ketchup packets..SO WHAT RIGHT?? NOPE!!! BIG DEAL the kid won't eat the Heinz ketchup they have at the house (which is the same stuff) or ketchup from a Wendy's they have..So what happens?? He REFUSES to eat it!! at this point it is 5pm. Mom say's ok I have to go back to work Michael starts crying saying "NO NO NO" Well Mom hesitates too long and now Michael is in the driver's seat of her car, first he locks her out, then he lets her in and scoots over as if saying well I am not getting out. She tries to pull him out for HALF AN HOUR. I am dumb-founded this whole time by the whole situation. At around 5:20pm she drives off with him in the car. They come back and he has a new happy, with his ketchup and then just goes in his room...
I left at 6:30!! I know that not all kids are likes this and some have tantrums but wholly crap isn't there a point when you can send them to boot camp or reform school for a week? Or to their damn room at least? SOME type of punishment or is it all about bribery these days???? I was just relieved to be able to go home and not have to take the kids with me..
But it is ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER!
PS- She gave me a raise ;-)
Plus I don't think my current employer know's i have a blog ;-)
I get to work around 3:30. There are three kids from a authentic local Jewish town. The kids are 15, 12 and 9. The 9 year old is this cute chubby, stumpy, red-head with quite the potty mouth, oh yeah his name is Michael. The other kids are all ready and gun ho about going to the beach ( wasn't aware we were going btw) and Michael is in a funk and dead set on not going. I don't really care because by the time we get everything ready to go and actually down there ( if were lucky by 4:30) I have to leave the beach at 5:45 just to get back in time for mom to get home from work. More hassle then it's worth but either way I was willing to do WHATEVER! Mom hasn't left for work yet, the kids start arguing, no let me rephrase continue arguing and start name calling ( not unusual) I just say another day it's not a big deal. Now it is time for the mom to leave for work Michael runs out, seeming fine to me, and run's into his mom's van (with no shoes on) and he refuses to get out. So the mom goes inside to get her other keys to take the other car he isn't in. She even offers for him to come with her to work if he goes to put his shoes on "NO NO I DONT CARE NO NO NO NO." She runs to the other car trying to get it started and on before he can get out of the other one, but she doesn't make it in time and now Michael is standing in front of the car refusing to move...It is about 4:00pm now which is when she is suppose to be at work. She gets out. TRIES SO HARD to reason with him..Being SOO NICE..TOO NICE! Just trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with this kid and all he gives her is "NO NO NO I DONT CARE" Now he wont even let her get IN the damn car. She is pulling at him, asking him what he wants, saying he can do whatever, we dont have to got o the beach blah blah blah just trying to bribe him to move out of the way...She say's to me "you might have to hold him back for me". OK.. So I bear hug the kid long enough for her to drive away... Oh wait it get's better..
So Michael decides to stay outside and cry in the street for 20 minutes or so, fine I don't care I will let him take his "time-out" and recover. Finally he comes into the house and goes into his mom's room to watch TV. She calls me, and says "I feel bad because Michael called me crying and so I am going to come home for a little bit to talk to him," and this point im thinking hey you made it out of the house best to just stay at work right??? No..Before I let her hang up i try to get Michael to talk to her thinking if he says something she might logically just stay at work and let him cool-down..No go. He won't talk to her so she comes home..
She get's back goes to talk to him for 15 minutes, I don't know what transpired but there was a little screaming and hollering and then it got calm. She comes out and want's me to go to McDonalds and get a 6 piece happy meal with an extra 4 piece. Ok fine I can do that, i took the other kids along we got the food and get back. Well I had made a giant mistake that I didn't even see..
1st mistake was they had HI-C and NOT orange soda (big effin deal i thought) and when i get home his mom say's "oh he is not going to be happy about that" I kind of just looked at her with no expression..2nd..I didn't get the mcdonalds ketchup packets..SO WHAT RIGHT?? NOPE!!! BIG DEAL the kid won't eat the Heinz ketchup they have at the house (which is the same stuff) or ketchup from a Wendy's they have..So what happens?? He REFUSES to eat it!! at this point it is 5pm. Mom say's ok I have to go back to work Michael starts crying saying "NO NO NO" Well Mom hesitates too long and now Michael is in the driver's seat of her car, first he locks her out, then he lets her in and scoots over as if saying well I am not getting out. She tries to pull him out for HALF AN HOUR. I am dumb-founded this whole time by the whole situation. At around 5:20pm she drives off with him in the car. They come back and he has a new happy, with his ketchup and then just goes in his room...
I left at 6:30!! I know that not all kids are likes this and some have tantrums but wholly crap isn't there a point when you can send them to boot camp or reform school for a week? Or to their damn room at least? SOME type of punishment or is it all about bribery these days???? I was just relieved to be able to go home and not have to take the kids with me..
But it is ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER!
PS- She gave me a raise ;-)
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