tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post1049644538723364257..comments2024-02-09T04:00:27.528-05:00Comments on BECAUSE I SAID SO: What was I Going to Write?Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-90216203626272543692007-11-19T15:25:00.000-05:002007-11-19T15:25:00.000-05:00Winter is such an inconvenience isn't it? I despi...Winter is such an inconvenience isn't it? I despise it myself, but the kids seem to love it. Go figure! And I understand about the tupperware--I am the same way with my Pampered Chef products.Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02053797911183192531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-11313160439000283582007-11-19T14:49:00.000-05:002007-11-19T14:49:00.000-05:00Not all of us Southerners have it that easy...in c...Not all of us Southerners have it that easy...in central Texas it is not only 20 degrees different from day to day in the winter, but from HOUR TO HOUR. We often literally leave the house in winter coats and hats, only to be wearing a T-shirt in the afternoon. So those carseat straps are getting a constant workout!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-4465479043149730392007-11-19T11:56:00.000-05:002007-11-19T11:56:00.000-05:00I didn't have time to read all the posts, but just...I didn't have time to read all the posts, but just wanted to mention what we do to solve the puffy coat dillema at our house. I buckle in my toddler without the coat and let her use her coat as a blanket. It works great. The car heats up fast anyway, and then she can throw it on the floor when she gets too warm.<BR/><BR/>=) NonaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-24705507176026820622007-11-18T20:27:00.000-05:002007-11-18T20:27:00.000-05:00I just have to comment about Winter Coat Day in th...I just have to comment about Winter Coat Day in the south. Yes, we have Winter Coat Day, where you have to adjust the straps on the car seat. In fact, we have Winter Coat Day one day, then un-Winter Coat Day the next day (because it was 34 yesterday but it is 65 today). And then Winter Coat Day could come again in the next day or the next week. I was so glad when my child graduated to a KLS PP PLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509353560484832424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-34609182882739879492007-11-18T14:46:00.000-05:002007-11-18T14:46:00.000-05:00Never read your blog before today, but it sounds l...Never read your blog before today, but it sounds like we have similar adventures. I HATE the adjusting of carseats to accommodate clothing. Especially here in Michigan where it can be 70 degrees one day, 30 degrees the next, and 66 the day after that. Grrr.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05468528091848543059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-78821606771188193952007-11-18T14:09:00.000-05:002007-11-18T14:09:00.000-05:00Love your post!I think blog topics we forget are p...Love your post!<BR/><BR/>I think blog topics we forget are partying with all the lost socks and mittens.<BR/><BR/>:)ImprovGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11641685268964448909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-31408991902251654462007-11-18T13:57:00.000-05:002007-11-18T13:57:00.000-05:00I have been reading your blog since the beginning ...I have been reading your blog since the beginning and this is the first time I felt compelled to comment. I literally had tears streaming down my face, laughing while I was reading about your car seat adjustments! My kids are 11 and 9, so car seats are a thing of the past for me (YAY!) but I can remember vividly the hell that those things are. You make me laugh like a crazy lady! Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-88864793384716763582007-11-17T20:01:00.000-05:002007-11-17T20:01:00.000-05:00Hey Dawn,I don't know about the state of your olde...Hey Dawn,<BR/><BR/>I don't know about the state of your older car...but don't spend too much time envying the LATCH system. Sure, it wasn't too bad when I hooked it in (though still had to kneel in the seat while reaching into the crack between the seat bottom and back.) But the real fun came in trying to UNLATCH it when it was time to turn my daughter around. Suffice it to say, it took me, my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-23561229791354465472007-11-17T19:41:00.000-05:002007-11-17T19:41:00.000-05:00HI Dawn -I live in East Texas - pretty far south b...HI Dawn -<BR/><BR/>I live in East Texas - pretty far south by North American standards. It was 34F one day here this week as well. My kids all 3 of them just wore a light weight jacket. (Bad mom - I know) but at the end of the day it was 65F. SO.....oh well.<BR/><BR/>As for the JrHi kids, they just don't know what to do with a jacket once they get to school. They have 8 classes - unless theywhachathnkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482107364257168159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-12509135728145650972007-11-17T12:09:00.000-05:002007-11-17T12:09:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for your blogs! I read them and th...Thanks so much for your blogs! I read them and then I don't feel so alone in the nuthouse of motherhood!!(I have 4~7, 4, and 6 month twins)<BR/>I love winter coat day, because I love the cold! We wont reach anything that resembles cold until next week when it will be a cool 58degrees! BURRRR! <BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the great blogs!!TheMansker7https://www.blogger.com/profile/14040771190703932177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-3830201599477682622007-11-17T11:08:00.000-05:002007-11-17T11:08:00.000-05:00It's interesting how many people are posting that ...It's interesting how many people are posting that it's so dangerous to put your child in a carseat with a large fluffy coat on. Why is it that, suddenly, some scientist or company does a test and finds out that a coat compresses in a crash and now kids can't be warm in the car anymore? Somehow, parents managed for decades doing exactly the same thing that they are supposedly unsafe doing now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-88492402760689693642007-11-17T03:16:00.000-05:002007-11-17T03:16:00.000-05:00after talking to a friend who lived in florida (i'...after talking to a friend who lived in florida (i'm from Canada) i've discovered there are some benefits to living in cold winters. no giant bugs. no cockroaches, no june bugs, had some large mosquitos this spring but they were gone in 2 weeks. don't even have any rats where i live. no poisonous snakes (except in zoos maybe). no poisonous spiders either. some mice but between my cat and my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-14918268184561421682007-11-17T01:28:00.000-05:002007-11-17T01:28:00.000-05:00I know I am a day late in posting this but the com...I know I am a day late in posting this but the comment about Christmas lights on a palm tree... Yeah it isn't the same. For 9 years I have lived on tropical islands. And I can honestly say I MISS THE SNOW!!!!<BR/>Guess this is why we are leaving Guam for North Dakota....<BR/><BR/>Love the blog looking forward to the book...<BR/><BR/>RitaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-26644502270515940512007-11-16T22:51:00.000-05:002007-11-16T22:51:00.000-05:00I live in the Mid-West too, (right next door to Il...I live in the Mid-West too, (right next door to Illinois actually...) anyway...my 14 yo son has the same set of clothes for summer (100 degress) and for winter (10 degrees), a black hoodie, t-shirt, jeans, some sort of floppy big skater tennis shoes and a stocking cap. DRIVES ME NUTS. I fight with him in the winter to wear a coat and fit with him in the summer to take the d*mn stocking cap off onthegomomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899118515327742159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-77621852875404037252007-11-16T22:34:00.000-05:002007-11-16T22:34:00.000-05:00We do experience "Winter Coat Day" in the South. ...We do experience "Winter Coat Day" in the South. At least the northern part of Alabama... The problem generally is that we need it looser in the morning but in the afternoon it needs to be tighter and then looser again in the evening. And I still have to take my DS3's seat out to adjust the straps. It is almost 4 and 38 pounds. I'm beginning to think that's close enough for the booster. Or angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173272378866772423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-73805208539699062992007-11-16T21:33:00.000-05:002007-11-16T21:33:00.000-05:00I used to live in Chicago, in high school--loved i...I used to live in Chicago, in high school--loved it!! But now I'm in Colorado, and there's always someone here running around in the sunny freezing winter wearing shorts. I've noticed the teens wear flip-flops all winter long too. How do they manage that with all the snow?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-86424890635895401662007-11-16T21:25:00.000-05:002007-11-16T21:25:00.000-05:00I'm 28 now, but I remember being 14 and wearing sh...I'm 28 now, but I remember being 14 and wearing shorts to school in the winter (Pacific NW, so about 40-50 degrees and rainy). I did wear a jacket, but I really just wasn't that cold. Maybe it's the faster metabolisms or something.The Miller'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05794344520370290828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-65164291130863472502007-11-16T20:24:00.000-05:002007-11-16T20:24:00.000-05:00Yep, we in Texas get to FLIP FLOP with the temps h...Yep, we in Texas get to FLIP FLOP with the temps here, you'll never know if you'll need a coat or shorts. It's an added bonus I'm willing to live with. Could NEVER deal with REAL winter weather~!! KateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-21731677252369369922007-11-16T20:20:00.000-05:002007-11-16T20:20:00.000-05:00Ya gotta love technology and how far they've come ...Ya gotta love technology and how far they've come with safety seats for kids. I remember growing up - my mom's arm was the safety device! She'd step on the brake, and immediately her right arm would shoot out to keep any kid in the front seat from going through the windshield! :-) <BR/>And I LOVE that your book is going to be published by Guideposts! They do great stuff. Congrats!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815105600814299694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-65573821081843863672007-11-16T20:16:00.000-05:002007-11-16T20:16:00.000-05:00I typically wear jeans and a t-shirt in 30 degree ...I typically wear jeans and a t-shirt in 30 degree weather, and I'm 25. :-P<BR/><BR/>I can't stand hot weather, or even warm weather, and I pretty much love it when it's under 40 outside. I get sweaty very easily. I've never been able to wear sweaters or anything, without having to take them off after about five minutes. <BR/><BR/>It's been getting into the 30s here at night, 50s during the dayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-51053648654283243782007-11-16T19:50:00.000-05:002007-11-16T19:50:00.000-05:00Well, I missed your blog for a couple of days, so ...Well, I missed your blog for a couple of days, so I read yesterday's entry, and I got curious at the end regarding everyone congratulating you.<BR/>Then I scrolled down to Wed's entry which was titled "Guess What" and my first thought was: She's having a baby!!<BR/>Turned out I was wrong, unless you consider the coming books your new babies.<BR/>CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-39883869178848925342007-11-16T19:30:00.000-05:002007-11-16T19:30:00.000-05:00I find your coat story funny! We are in Arizona (...I find your coat story funny! We are in Arizona (about an hour from Phoenix). My daughter was born in April so I hadn't even put socks on her until this month! Then surprise, surprise, the other day we needed a light jacket for a morning walk. I don't think we've had a day under 80 yet since she was born! The day we brought her home from the hospital it was in the high 60s and windy. We boyandgirl2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11208737660376818965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-32518917183457501402007-11-16T18:57:00.000-05:002007-11-16T18:57:00.000-05:00Oh ... and a hint for the lost mittens (at least f...Oh ... and a hint for the lost mittens (at least for younger kids, older kids don't wear them anyway!). Actually, it's my mom's secret, but I stole it, and it works great.<BR/><BR/>Every time I get new mittens, I get a length of elastic or thick cord and thread it through both arms of the coat then sew (and this is about the extent of my sewing abilities, so truly anyone could do it) the gloves/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-85971063990129440862007-11-16T18:42:00.000-05:002007-11-16T18:42:00.000-05:00Speaking of carseats. My son is 4 but not yet 40 p...Speaking of carseats. My son is 4 but not yet 40 pounds. Am I the only mom in the world who still has the 4 year old in a carseat vs a booster?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Nope, my 3 1/2 and 6 year olds are still in 5 pt harness carseats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-57299626260091776632007-11-16T18:25:00.000-05:002007-11-16T18:25:00.000-05:00Ahhh... winter coat day. Here's where I prove tha...Ahhh... winter coat day. Here's where I prove that I'm not nearly the mom you are, Dawn. I live very nearby to you (literally like a couple towns over). I have a 2 and 4 year old. Today was NOT the first day we've had our winter coats on. In fact, we've had coats on and off and on and off for weeks now. It actually got a little embarrassing, as after my son goes to preschool, his bus drops Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com