tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833171345298633065.post6460796747699804022..comments2023-10-19T03:56:14.464-07:00Comments on peculiar momma: Moaning MondayShalethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03644972485935137427noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833171345298633065.post-49081033298756608572009-02-03T08:18:00.000-08:002009-02-03T08:18:00.000-08:00Shalet, I tagged you for a sixth folder, sixth pic...Shalet, I tagged you for a sixth folder, sixth picture meme on my site. Please don't feel obligated to do it, but if you want to, I'd love to see your sixth in the sixth. Hope you're feeling a little better today. From reading the comments you received, it looks like we're all in the same boat. Sometimes gentle and calm waters, sometimes stormy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833171345298633065.post-80625379528689941822009-02-03T07:04:00.000-08:002009-02-03T07:04:00.000-08:00I continue to think it's funny that when my son wa...I continue to think it's funny that when my son was a newborn, people repeatedly came up to us and said, "don't worry, it'll get easier." He's only 10 months and I'm already convinced that they're all lying. It gets DIFFERENT, but not easier. Remember how much patience people had for you when you had little ones? I'm extending that to you now. Because if you feel like a failure because of laundry and smudgy glass, I'm a failure because of laundry, smudgy glass, mice in the house, and a baby who is off his nap schedule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833171345298633065.post-16824463157955610362009-02-02T22:04:00.000-08:002009-02-02T22:04:00.000-08:00Yeah, but are you guys happy? If so, to hell with...Yeah, but are you guys happy? If so, to hell with the system. It's lame. I was pretty smart too, only got to be in GATE for one year though! Ha! I quit school at 16 (depressed and bored and mom offered to let me "unschool"), completed a degree, and am totally fine.<BR/><BR/>You have 4 kids. Give yourself a break some times, especially if they're reasonably clean and fed. And if he's in gym class, he's old enough to learn how to do laundry. Sigh. Boys and grime. Go together like peas and carrots. <BR/><BR/>The potential is not gone. Nothing is over till you're dead, even if that's how you feel. <BR/>Consider homeschooling, go to the beach, look at the stars, go somewhere you feel small and insignificant and overawed and realize that it is all ok, all in your control, and you really can do whatever you want, even if it doesn't feel like it. <BR/><BR/>And get the family involved in chores. Many hands speed the work.the Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085077545271822085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833171345298633065.post-21051977183271639012009-02-02T17:13:00.000-08:002009-02-02T17:13:00.000-08:00oh mama! i hope you did indeed find the time to ta...oh mama! i hope you did indeed find the time to take a walk. i can say that I relate to your feelings. sometimes, its easy to get lost in the daily "doing" and worrying about our children. <BR/>as you know there are ups and downs, here's hoping it heads up soon.Bridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831077808639352596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833171345298633065.post-32861916070148453572009-02-02T16:39:00.000-08:002009-02-02T16:39:00.000-08:00Well. Have you crawled up into my seemingly pea-s...Well. Have you crawled up into my seemingly pea-sized, under-stimulated brain and written about MY LIFE????<BR/><BR/>Where do we find the energy to persevere with energy and a positive attitude? Both of with we need for ourselves...let alone in PARENTING?<BR/><BR/>I don't know. But, I've struggled with this for a couple months now. Not brave enough to blog so honestly about it. But, thank you for sharing it. If that makes you feel any better.<BR/><BR/>Digging deeper to give my all doesn't seem to do "it" anymore. "It" isn't enough. I barely have enough to give myself....let alone my husband and children. I'm sinking slowly. Drifting further and further from who I thought I really was.<BR/><BR/>Some days are ok...correction: some MINUTES are ok. Then, in the blink of an eye, my life seems as if I can not succeed or even half-way succeed at anything. Even folding the laundry.<BR/><BR/>Sigh. Time for a bath and bed. For me.Honorary Indianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249321313162507169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833171345298633065.post-4195683207527121772009-02-02T14:51:00.000-08:002009-02-02T14:51:00.000-08:00i get you on all of this. i detest having to wake...i get you on all of this. i detest having to wake my son up every morning a good two hours before his body is actually ready to get up. last week i didn't find the hairbrush until after he left and thought, "i'm the mom who doesn't brush her son's hair before school." and i had similar thoughts about GATE when i read about the testing in last week's newsletter. i was in GATE and really enjoyed it. funny thing you mentioned balancing checkbooks because i didn't learn how to do that until the stress of college prep math got to me in high school and i dropped out of algebra 2 to take business math (taught by the gym teacher). the other day i realized that my children will grow up whether or not i worry about how i'm harming them on a daily basis. i just hope they realize one day that my intentions were good.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15738318324942700985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833171345298633065.post-14258661209126932432009-02-02T14:49:00.000-08:002009-02-02T14:49:00.000-08:00{sigh}((HUGS)){sigh}<BR/>((HUGS))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833171345298633065.post-28804567807093549582009-02-02T11:55:00.000-08:002009-02-02T11:55:00.000-08:00you are not alone in your concerns and demands if ...you are not alone in your concerns and demands if that makes you feel any better...i hope that as you read this your day has had some brighter "clearer" moments.<BR/><BR/>motherhood ~toughest job ever!ELKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935251214683485912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833171345298633065.post-58184219358489386842009-02-02T11:52:00.000-08:002009-02-02T11:52:00.000-08:00We all have times like that, worries like that, at...We all have times like that, worries like that, at least I think we all do. I do. And then things go smoothly again and all is good for a while. I think that if our children know they are loved and learn to be good people and to be loving people, we have done the most important part of our job well. They have plenty of time to realize their potential and if they have that loving background, they will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com