January 28, 2007
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Anyone for a campout?
Two more days.
That’s all. Just two.
Woot. I’m so excited! I’ll have someone here to play poker with! I have friends here, and we have people that we can “hang out” with. They just are a little more sedate, calm and ummmm mature than we like to be. With TIBD I don’t have to worry about any of that stuff!
In other news. Silver_Fangz’s boyfriend had his birthday party last night — yep, now he’s 19. G….R…..E…..A…..T….!!!!! Now for his birthday he and the group were having a camp out at one of the kids property (well actually, his dad is the grounds keeper for Sammy Hagar’s property here). At any rate, they were going to camp on the grounds, swim etc. The boy’s mom would be home, but inside — so does anyone see a problem here?
Needless to say, we picked up Silver_Fangz late last night and then we drove her back this morning. She doesn’t understand why she couldn’t camp out overnight unsupervised with her 19 year old boyfriend. Ummmmm…let’s think about this for just one sec.
1…thousand…1….
OK – That’s about all the time it took for me to make that decision. She asked if she would ever be allowed to camp out on the beach with her friends — Answer = resounding NO. Then she got smart…she asked her dad to take her camping with her friends….and who says teenagers never learn?
She has just a few more days to get a job otherwise she loses her phone. We gave her an option at the beginning of the month, either get actively involved in school groups or get a job. We refuse to let her sit around here goofing off on the computer, doing nothing. She’s put in a few apps, but not made any real effort. Maybe the loss of her beloved phone will motivate her!
I’m off to clean and do schoolwork (the fun just never ends around here!)
Have a great weekend everyone!!!
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Comments (17)
I would love it……….but here you would be covered in snow…………lol:dancingcow::dancingcow:
I think you did the right thing too. Yikes. 19 now. You are brave and cooler than I would be. Yay for friends. We are continuing to plan our trip to Hawaii and wondered if there are any indian casinos or gambling on Kauai or around. We all like massages except my mom and she LOVES to gamble so we thought we could set her butt down at a machine and wala everyone would be happy. Andrew wants a job but with his tennis there just isn’t enough time in the day. Have a great weekend
Yeah, teenagers camping on the beach unsupervised, nothing bad will happen, right? What kids try to pull over on their parents.
So what you are saying is that I am not sedate, calm and mature?
Thank GAWD!
I’m sure there are a billion other “cooler” adjectives that you have reserved for me!
p.s. I’m packing my bathroom bag. How cool is that?! :celebrate:
Oh my, what an interesting situation you have and will have as your teenager tries to find ways around you…good thing you have already been there and know that road! There is an up side to having a history you know, you can anticipate what the teens will try next! I sympathize with the BF issues. My niece insists on dating this, well, redneck boy and we all wonder what she sees in him. Unfortunately for us, she is 20 and rather beyond being told what to do, maybe knocking some sense into her would help :hammer: , but I doubt it!
Hope your school work is going well and that you are enjoying classes. You have your priorities in order for sure!.
Sammy Hagar’s property manager…very kewl.
I too think you did the right thing about the sleepover and I liked your approach with the phone too. I love reading your post because I think your parenting skills are awesome and I get great ideas for how to handle things in the future! Lol.
It’s finding the right motivators that work! Hope that works for you!
good job on keeping things reined in on the kiddo! she needs boundaries and you know just where to set them. i think my boys have been pretty easy to handle so far, they are 14 and 13….but i can already see my 11 year old daughter is going to be tougher!
I so would of done the same thing, not letting her stay there all night. :sleepy:
We are having are son look for a job too. He too could sit on the computer all day. We have told him he has to have all his school work done, before he can go on. Then we also had to limit his time. It is hard sometimes being the cop, but sometimes that is our job.:not-talking:
I looked at that site about wearing red, how cool.:so-cool:
lol what teenagers try to get over us!My oldest try to do stuff all the time. Hope she finds a job soon.
I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday!
:sicky: I can’t make myself think of Savannah as a teen! I know it will happen though, Tony’s 21 in March and so far (knock on wood) he’s done well, I just think girls are so much harder. I think your doing a great job!
Wow. Have a great time!
poker?? texas hold em? lol I love to play but I am pretty bad at it.
i should do the phone thing with my youngest. She lives to play games on the comp and im her friends. whatever happened to hanging with friends and stuff???
that will be fun!!:wink-wink:
Cleaning isn’t so bad… But I’ve noticed that whenever I clean, I feel unproductive because it’s ‘fun’.
*sigh… Parenting definately isn’t for cowards, and it looks like you have lots of support here in your decision. I think you are so much cooler than I would be in this situation because you are trying to meet her halfway, while I would say, “Party, no supervision, 19 year old boyfriend, overnight, girl, you are gonna be locked up!”
Sadly, she won’t appreciate your wisdom until she’s a lot more mature than she is right now, and I promise, she will love you for your restraint. Hang in there and don’t let her wear you down…