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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Oh before I forget Christie another pearl of mothering wisdom for ya hon. This one is tried and true just ask the three oldest kids. If they are acting up in the grocery store and since you have to put up with the piped in muzak that some stores play, starting singing along, loudly, badly and off key. If they don't immediately desist acting up in the store and bugging for treats....toss in some lovely but very poorly executed choreography. In seconds my dear you will have very obedient children, even the very threat of such action from mom will result in the best behaved kids in town.

This one I will say does not work with young Michael (the artist formerly known as Mikey). He unfortunately has called my bluff and will happily sing and dance along with me! ACK!

P.S. Funny how my husband dreads entering a grocery store with me?????

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that is so funny! I do it to my kids all the time! lol! They play alot of 80's and 90's music in the grocery store I go to and I will start singing and dancing and my kids will BEG me to stop! lol. especially Cait...she is 8 and very easily embarressed! lol.


My oldest daughter had a cell phone until it got stolen this school year. She is now saving her money to buy a new one now that she has realized I am not going to get her another one. She had it for 3 years though and it was her freshmen year of high school and somebody stole it out of her purse. I do think it is a good thing for her to have one since she is involved in alot of after school activities. I never know what time she will be finished with anything. They (the school) tells you one time and they never get done at that time.

but...I really do not like text messaging. I have a sister that will text her friends while in a conversation. It ticks me off.

Set the shoes in low pans with very hot water just enough to cover the bottom but not enough to leak up into the join of the actual shoe fabric. Let em sit for a bit so the really hot water can loosen that mud up, then use the hose carefully to wash the mud away. Alternately you could use an old hard toothbrush to scrub at the loosen mud in the treads (never toss out old toothbrushes...they are amazing little cleaning tools!) :)

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Originally Posted by jeffnme

but...I really do not like text messaging. I have a sister that will text her friends while in a conversation. It ticks me off.

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yeah i have some friends that when i talk to them on the phone or on their cell phone, they tell me to "hold on" and i hear them clicking away on their cell phone and it gets on my nerves when i have to hold on every single time while they text someone else.

Never discount the value of a good embarrassing moment to bring those kiddies around LOL. :P

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Never discount the value of a good embarrassing moment to bring those kiddies around LOL. :P

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Are your sure that it is 'embarrassing' to them?.....or are they taking notes so they can use this against you in the future?

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Originally Posted by Child

Doctor, Mom has always been a little senile. She would dance and sing around in public with reckless abandon. I think the electro-shock therapy would be great at treating her condition

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ACK I never thought of this Daniel! Evil...just evil....scuse me whilst I go put on a nice dress, my pearls and start acting like a respectable, middle class mom of 4. Geeze you can't win for losing when it comes to sneaky children! :P *busy channelling June Cleaver*