tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post6310262985130400525..comments2024-02-09T04:00:27.528-05:00Comments on BECAUSE I SAID SO: Look Mom! Hot Chocolate!Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-49036698474389870222007-10-29T13:54:00.000-04:002007-10-29T13:54:00.000-04:00Um, yes, the diarrhea was definitely caused by the...Um, yes, the diarrhea was definitely caused by the soft soap. I know, cause I had to call poison control the time I walked into the bathroom to see my 2yo (at the time) DD gasping and gulping with bubbles coming out of her mouth. The poison control people said that she'd probably wind up with diarrhea in a few hours if she had only ingested a small amount of soap. If it had been a significant Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-36629633156729747492007-10-20T01:18:00.000-04:002007-10-20T01:18:00.000-04:00Don't expect you to EVER have time to write back l...Don't expect you to EVER have time to write back lol but just wanted to let you know you have ONE more fan. lol I love this. Your one funny lady.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-14048644372941912362007-09-15T05:00:00.000-04:002007-09-15T05:00:00.000-04:00Clean? I'm really unsure what the word means. We...Clean? I'm really unsure what the word means. We have eight. You can have a meal (or two or three) off the carpet...not a healthy one, but I think our immune system is pretty good about now. We're in Alaska and havin' about as much fun as one can have in a day. It's 1:00am and Lukey Monster (1) and Livvy (2) aren't finished destroying the house. Tomorrow is a hockey day...three boys on Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08121205250839003802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-56000053056439906732007-09-13T11:47:00.000-04:002007-09-13T11:47:00.000-04:00I would just like to say how muchI am enjoying rea...I would just like to say how muchI am enjoying reading your blog daily. I am a busy mum of 4 in the UK and can appreciate your day to day trials and tribulations! Ain't life a blast with kids!<BR/><BR/>Best wishes to you and your gang!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Lynn (Edinburgh - UK)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-2094424923662516982007-09-11T12:14:00.000-04:002007-09-11T12:14:00.000-04:00It happens when they move out of the house! They'r...It happens when they move out of the house! They're awake and your house is clean!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-73592224371433935042007-09-10T21:58:00.000-04:002007-09-10T21:58:00.000-04:00You probably heard this a hundred times, but in ca...You probably heard this a hundred times, but in case you haven't... Cleaning the house while your kids are still young is like shoveling the snow while it's still snowing. Works for me! Of course there comes a time when you simply must leave the house (preferably BEFORE you run out of diapers), at which time you must get the shovel and dig your way out. This phenomenon can usually be witnessed Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15577801827347896125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-87632684115560025322007-09-08T22:59:00.000-04:002007-09-08T22:59:00.000-04:00Yes someday you'll have a clean house, when your k...Yes someday you'll have a clean house, when your kids are all grown.....unless of course THEY have kids. Then you're screwed!SimplyGigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554005051521834517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-14139443767040790052007-09-08T20:44:00.000-04:002007-09-08T20:44:00.000-04:00You know what Dawn? You've got Timing! The Gilda...You know what Dawn? You've got Timing! The Gilda Radner hair link, well, I have to go change my pants. I hope you had clean underwear! <BR/><BR/>Meganmynameismommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564673664186046512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-33901856502234350912007-09-08T19:35:00.000-04:002007-09-08T19:35:00.000-04:00Hey there! I discovered your blog through Stumble!...Hey there! I discovered your blog through Stumble! on Firefox. <BR/><BR/>My mom would know exactly what you're going through--I am proud to be one of six kids myself. <BR/><BR/>Only thing now is that she's got one married, one traveling the country, one in college, two in high school and one in middle school. Wait till your kids are all teenaged--that'll be fun. <BR/><BR/>I love reading your ~Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07976430360217769508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-48773005474408545812007-09-07T22:46:00.000-04:002007-09-07T22:46:00.000-04:00Hey... we have 6 kids and a 7th on the way, and 2 ...Hey... we have 6 kids and a 7th on the way, and 2 were clothes hogs, changing every hour! My hubby had a great Idea... Screw large hooks in the back of the drawers, and lock the dresser with a broomstick handle through the hooks during the day! Dresser is open morning and eveing only! ta da!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-55087130258507981842007-09-07T17:57:00.000-04:002007-09-07T17:57:00.000-04:00My weird 3yo eats frozen corn dogs. Must be the ag...My weird 3yo eats frozen corn dogs. Must be the age. <BR/>She also cooks corndogs in the microwave without permission, and it aint pretty, for the walls, the microwave, the corndog. She almost set a hotpocket on fire one day. I'm ready to chuck the nuker for safety's sake.Qtpies7https://www.blogger.com/profile/04612364762900912663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-49973941260516489682007-09-07T16:41:00.000-04:002007-09-07T16:41:00.000-04:00Sorry, Dawn. Odds are that the house won't stay c...Sorry, Dawn. Odds are that the house won't stay clean until your youngest is at least a teenager . . . and only if you manage to get it through her head that she somehow has a hand in messing it up. ;o)<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to when my 5 (one as yet still unborn) are old enough to not destroy the house daily. Maybe when they're grown and have places of their own? lol Until then, we Annaleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964274663555911996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-52541091690693758052007-09-07T14:10:00.000-04:002007-09-07T14:10:00.000-04:00It was great to hear your voice on the podcast (th...It was great to hear your voice on the podcast (the link went right to it). Thanks for the laugh!!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011090173811874883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-48202945729648981332007-09-07T14:01:00.000-04:002007-09-07T14:01:00.000-04:00OMG you crack me up so much. And I read this just...OMG you crack me up so much. And I read this just when I am feeling SO overwhelmed because my house ALWAYS looks like a train wreck. <BR/><BR/>Corinna<BR/>scrapbook designer for hire<BR/>my blog www.myscrapbooklife.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-38715968533183807752007-09-07T13:14:00.001-04:002007-09-07T13:14:00.001-04:00Hi Dawn!Sounds like you had a boring day... HeeHee...Hi Dawn!<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you had a boring day... HeeHeeHee : )<BR/>So you did the pj thing after you gained a little noteriety... Good for you! You're normal!<BR/>Of course if you really want to make a statement you can do what my mother did. We were pretty well known in my small town during high school) because of a drug program my father founded and run. So one day my om decides that she KamiMarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11616106461687440924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-13732305563472612922007-09-07T12:42:00.000-04:002007-09-07T12:42:00.000-04:00thanks for this. i suddenly don't feel so bad. w...thanks for this. i suddenly don't feel so bad. we live in a condo and i have to wonder--how do people who live in houses do it??? Just a note, it takes me fifteen minutes to clean without my kids present what it takes about 5 hours to clean with them home.Terri https://www.blogger.com/profile/06659838490184180278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-2183647199302766152007-09-07T09:00:00.000-04:002007-09-07T09:00:00.000-04:00I dream of my house being clean too. I homeschool,...I dream of my house being clean too. I homeschool, my older son, now turning five, does go to the public school for specials. When his twin brothers go to the school for specials in two years maybe the house will be clean for the forty minutes that they are in school two times a week? Oh, and the evening hours that they are asleep, lol! The other times I guess I will continue to wade through the Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08851622233169180561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-73232227810026077382007-09-07T08:01:00.000-04:002007-09-07T08:01:00.000-04:00HI All, I have to say I loved this post...but, I a...HI All, <BR/><BR/>I have to say I loved this post...but, I actually have somthing Helpful to say as well. <BR/><BR/>I have an amazing friend who was my roomate in college...Debbe'. <BR/>("Hi Deb" if you are reading this) <BR/><BR/>She has The best solution to the spending of 2 hours making pancakes so you can spen 15 seconds eating them...as a previous poster commented.<BR/><BR/>Debbe' preheats Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-26166412413216610902007-09-07T05:53:00.000-04:002007-09-07T05:53:00.000-04:00Hahaha... your house will stay clean when the kids...Hahaha... your house will stay clean when the kids have moved out! =)Evonne and Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12121087595403822030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-54644159512530040712007-09-07T05:21:00.000-04:002007-09-07T05:21:00.000-04:00I hate to break it to you but, no...at no point in...I hate to break it to you but, no...at no point in your life with your house ever be clean or sane. Trust me on this one. My "babies" are 18 and 20 and now the oldest brings HER spawn, I mean child, my wonderful grandboy, to my house so HE can crush cereal into the carpet, spill juiceboxes by squirting the liquid up through the straw and "wash his hands" 40 times in a one hour span while he Barb Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11879338992041413797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-28085557562955799002007-09-07T04:50:00.000-04:002007-09-07T04:50:00.000-04:00you need to contact that lady with the perfect chi...you need to contact that lady with the perfect children - I'm sure she'd have an answer for your messy house too;-)Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264687026620042961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-25381507412292634832007-09-07T02:05:00.000-04:002007-09-07T02:05:00.000-04:00Been reading your posts for a few weeks now - I ha...Been reading your posts for a few weeks now - I hate to add to all the stuff to read when you're so busy, but just want to say to not worry about the jammies and public tantrums, etc. - that's what you're known for - dealing with this crazy thing called parenting with a sense of humor, and everyone loves you for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-48779698022089710342007-09-07T00:57:00.000-04:002007-09-07T00:57:00.000-04:00I just listened to your interview. I know...I'm a ...I just listened to your interview. I know...I'm a couple days late. Anyhow, I loved it. You sounded great! Good Job! <BR/>- KateKATEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521816606504248182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-663508351707159172007-09-06T23:15:00.000-04:002007-09-06T23:15:00.000-04:00Some years ago my best friend gave me this poem, w...Some years ago my best friend gave me this poem, when I look around my home I try to remember it. <BR/><BR/>Excuse The House<BR/>Some houses try to hide the fact, that children shelter there,Ours boast of it quite openly, the signs are everywhere,For smears are on the windows, little smudges on the doors,I should apologize I guess, for toys all on the floor,But I sat down with my children, we Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-13683151036386341752007-09-06T23:09:00.001-04:002007-09-06T23:09:00.001-04:00I spent SIX HOURS on Tuesday just going through TW...I spent SIX HOURS on Tuesday just going through TWO kids' toys and trying to figure out where to put it all! Within five minutes of my four year old getting home from preschool yesterday - the family room was a disaster! Cars everywhere - didn't get to bed until one am - I don't know how you do it as it drives me crazy at times, too! Props, though!! Tonight was a godsend - the hubby watched a Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497869521693194264noreply@blogger.com