How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?
How many of you have teens that have fallen “head over heels for someone?” I guess you could call it the first time your teen was truly interested in someone. You may also say your teen’s first “true love.” Whatever the case may be, your teen is absolutely crazy over this other person. My friend’s son was dating someone for a couple of months until she wanted the relationship to end. The disappointment was so overwhelming. The breakup caused her son to feel very upset and emotional. My friend encouraged her son to hang out with his friends and attend some athletic events to keep his mind off things. After a few weeks he seem to be over the breakup. However, the girl he was dating decided to start sending texts and invites him out to dinner. Meanwhile, my friend tells her son to ignore her texts and not to
Lost Lab and Owner are Re-united!
In this third and final chapter (blog post), there is a happy ending, and my Basset Hound, Happy, was happy about that. The lost black lab camped out with us for the weekend. Austin was growing fond of the lost pet and hoped that I would not be able to connect with the owner as he has been asking for another dog for 2-3 years. The low to the ground Basset has never been quite what he wants for a dog – he wants a large, rambunctious, roll and tumble dog to expend some of his energies with. Meanwhile, I continued with my research and endeavor to restore this very nice dog to its owner. Multiple attempts to reach city animal control/ “dog pound” were to no avail, especially on the weekend and reaching the voice mail with NUMEROUS automated options got old fast. The rabies tag had the name
Can’t We Just Get Along?
Being that my son is an only child, I had to turn to some friends for input on how their teen relates to their siblings. I have a friend with two teen daughters who fight about everything. My friend claims it doesn’t matter how trivial the issue. One of the biggest complaint is borrowing things from each other and not asking. They both like to go into each others rooms to take clothing, jewelry, and make-up. My friend claims this is an every day battle. Both girls are always invading each others space. So what does she do to maintain order in the household? My friend knew it was her responsibility to keep the peace and devise a plan for both teen girls. Therefore, she came up with some ground rules for the girls to agree on. Rule #1. Always ask before taking an item. Rule #2. Respect your sister’s
Lost Dog Saga Continues
It turns out that not only am I super mom, but a crafty detective as well. I guess I have some idea now of what I may do in retirement or possibly in the “next life”. So, Friday afternoon kicks off with totally re-arranged plans for the week-end with the abrupt arrival of an unknown quite large frisky male black lab dog. He, of unknown origin and name is to lodge with our family over the week-end and who knows how long. You have to understand, this was also much of a disturbance to our gentle, sedate Basset Hound, Happy, who has been an “only dog” for over 8 years now. She kept looking at me as if to say, “How could you let this happen to our peaceful little setting”? Austin and Lydia and numerous friends coming and going thought it was a grand idea to adopt another pet. Adopt?
The High Price of Living With Teens
I’m pretty sure I am going to have to get rid of my kids. They are simply too expensive to keep. I was having some stress already about the cost of owning teens lately. For one thing, my cell phone bill is atrocious. I won’t give you any actual numbers, but for this mom, they are shocking. And right now there is only one smart phone and two not-so-smart phones on our bill. So I am in the process of shopping for a new cell phone carrier to replace the current one. Good news: I found a carrier where we can have three new smart phones for the same price we’re currently paying. Bad news: It will cost us a bundle to make the switch by the time we buy (discounted) new phones, insurance, and start-up fees. Yikes. And the cell phone bill is just the beginning. I also have
