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Don’t try to understand boys, it will just make your brain hurt. A couple days ago I was in the shower and ran out of soap, so I asked my hubby if he would get some more for me so I didn’t have to get out. Did he put the wrapper in the little trash can next to the shower? No. He put it back in the towel closet. :stare:
Gah! My husband does that stuff too! Empty box of cereal? Put it back in the pantry! Empty container of milk? Back in the fridge! Wrapper for something? Put it back where it came from rather than the trash! (It’s fun when you discover there’s nothing for the kids’ for breakfast because everyone put back empty boxes of cereal and Pop Tarts so you didn’t know you were out).
Our recycling bin is literally in arm’s reach of BOTH the fridge and the pantry too.
My other favorite – when empty soda cans are stacked up on top of the counter that the recycling lives under. You were there ANYWAY! JUST TOSS ‘EM IN!
I am also the ONLY person in the house that replaces toilet paper rolls. I discovered one week that the boys hadn’t had TP in their bathroom for three days. One shudders to think of what they did during that time…
OH MY GOD the freakin toilet paper roll!!!!!! Does this actually take a rocket scientist to figure out how to put a new one on!!! I must be the only rocket scientist in my house cuz for frick sakes they will take out the new TP and set it on the COUNTER!!!! What!!!!! Your right there, take off the holder, insert into roll, replace roll!!!! How damn hard is this!!! And ok, here is my totally anal issue……put the roll so the paper runs down the wall not facing forward….I have a reason for this, when the babies are in the bathroom they slap the TP and the whole roll of TP spins onto the floor. If you put it running down the wall they naturally keep hitting it downward and it does not roll out everywhere. The concept seems to escape the male persuasion in my house!!
And empty containers!!!!!!!!!!!!! God the cereal box is empty, the boys have tons of school snacks in their snack stand…they run out of something they will not go to the pantry and restock….they just take nothing and then b*#ch that they are hungry!! Yaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk. I provide granola bars, fruit snacks, juice boxes, pudding………walk the few steps to pantry, restock, NOT HUNGRY ANYMORE!!! When I was a kid it was so amazing just to have a freakin snack and they can’t go to the pantry for the oodles of options they have. I never thought I’d say “When I was a Kid” but now I totally see my parents reasoning! I am only 35 and it feels like my generation and my kids grow up on different planets!!!! They have so much and value so little.
Now it is “I need and I phone, Xbox 360, I-Pad ***SLAP HEAD HARD*** what the hell! What is so darn important that a 10 and 15 yr old need these items. Do they have a multi-national corporation to run??? Transplant surgeons that are awaiting an imminent organ call!!!! NOPE………my friends need to text me mom!!! How am I supposed to watch you tube videos!!!! UMMMMMMMM to check my e-mail MOM!!!
GOD IT MAKES ME BONKERS!!!!
Sorry to take that onto a tangent!! Hubby and I were jsut discussing this this morning about the need for I-PADS aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
Technology Age my A**!! Drive parents to the brink of insanity age!!
I just have to whine about this to someone!!
What is it about this house that makes it impossible for anyone to dishes besides me?? – The bf and his two kids (6 and 7) just can’t seem to get it!
Whats that awful smell that is stinking up the *entire* apt?? The SINK! Why? Well because no one thought to clean off the leftover food before they put their plate into the sink (For that matter, we have a garbage disposal in the sink! Use it!), and then the following 3 days the kids have poured leftover milk on TOP of those dishes without rinsing ANYTHING and because I *try* to teach them a lesson, I don’t do it! ’till I can’t take it anymore and I end up holding back the gag reflex when I finally get down to that old food that’s just been marinading in old milk and cereal! So I ask everyone to keep ONE side open for the kids to pour milk in, and what happens? The kids pour the milk over the other side of dishes and not down the empty side of the sink!
*headdesk* Are you kidding me?!?!
I totally get ya Kaytana. I have 4 kids and they just make a mess all over. Thankfully I have a husband that will do dishes, laundry, takes out the garbage and has no issues doing any chores.!!! And I never need to ask….Brilliant.
The kids can be terrible little piggys and mine dump the milk in on top of everything too. They do not leave it sit there for that long though cuz THEY HAVE TO WASH THE DISHES!!! HeHe 🙂 If they leave it sit……….their job to clean. Never used to be like that but now…everyday they do the dishes!! Yeah. No dishes no cashes!! You want to earn your allowance……get your chores done. It works. Hard to do that yet with a 6 and 7 yr old but soon maybe.
So glad that all of you are so helpful. You all rock thats all I gotta say. I totally understand what your saying Kaytana. Thanks for the info! Sweet!
I JUST finished potty training my last one recently. Three boys, all done, yay!
I feel your pain! My littest one wanted NOTHING to do with the potty. Nothing. Then he got convinced that he COULDN’T use the potty… AHHHH!
You have two older ones so you KNOW it will, eventually, get better. Just hang in there! Sometimes it takes longer than you’d like, but they always get it before kindergarten! 🙂
My 8-year-old has developed an attitude, and the oldest is turning 13 this year… (terrifying).
And yes, the TONE makes you want to remove body parts. 🙂 Our poor mothers!
Oh the dreaded “13” Yikes….thank god it’s boys. My sister has a 13 yr old daughter and holy crap the attitude that comes out of that cute little mouth and the eye rolls that go with it. GEEEEZZZZ
My sweet little princess at nearly 3 already rolls her eyes and says whatever!!!! Are girls born with the skills encoded in their DNA!!!! I really have to look back at myself and say “She comes by it honestly”. I’d love to blame the attitude on her dad but alass she gets it from me!! Cheeky Monkey that one.
It has been a long time since I potty trained the older ones and I forgot all of it thankfully. I can hold on to the knowledge that one day I will forget the difficulty associated with potty training these 2 as well. There is so much in parenting that you eventually “forget” thank goodness or you’d never have another after delivering the first.
And the TONE and boby part removal………..yes there are times when removing an arm and schwacking them upside the head with it really seems like a funny solution. LOL I am kidding just in case anyone takes me literally!! 🙂
They are so cute and I love them all but I guess it is just liek our own parents…..God I can’t wait till they grow up and move out…….then….God I wish they’d visit more often….I miss them!! PARENTING really is the hardest job on the planet when you try to do your best to raise them right!
OK so here’s my B*#@H for the day!
I have a 2yr old who is teething 4 molars and will not sleep….Tylenol and Anbesol are the only life savers for his poor little mouth.
An almost 3yr old who does NOT see the finer merits of potty training and simply tells me NOPE I am to little to go on the potty. Bribery does not work, leaving her alone to contemplate the idea does not work…..gggrrrrrr.
I have a 10yr old going on 20. HUGE attitude and I am just trying to remember what it was like to be 10 and be understanding!!!
I have a 15yr old who is in High school and in College as well taking Power Engineering and OH MY is that making me feel a little on the stupid side. I am Incredibly proud of him and his accomplishments but realizing my own lack thereof!!
Oh and for all you moms out there…..do you get just as pissed as I do with the “TONE” of voice when your teens talk to you!!! It is not what they say but the “Tone” of voice they use!!!! Like I’m just the Moron who brought them in to the world and that it merits no further thought or gratitude in any way!!
All I have to say is….. “I’m so sorry Momma for all that I did to you when I was a kid and YES I am being paid back for it ten fold and you never deserved any of the attitude I gave you and I am so sorry for all the times I was hateful and never realized that you were “RIGHT” and you were only trying to offer me advice to save me some hurt. You did the best that you could with the tools you had and I now as a grown woman realize how HARD it is to be a MOM!!!
I love all 4 of my children so very much but oh man some days it’s hard!!
Anyways,
That’s my little vent session.
Thanks for letting me rant and I will now get back to the “Hardest Job In The World”…..trying to raise my kids to be good, honest, strong, capable human beings that will be an asset to and productive members of society!
Sorry to complain….most days are great….some just blow!
It sounds like the layer is locked. Is there a picture of a padlock on the layer?
If so, down on the bottom bar of the Layers palette is a row of several tiny icons. One should be a padlock. Click it. Alternatively, double-click the layer itself and it should unlock.
Thank You Wolfrott, such a simple thing and yet I couldn’t figure it out.LOL
Know how to then take the unlocked layer and divide it into the elemental layers. IE: Dragon on white background…..want it to show the layers as Dragon image 1 layer, background white as separate layer so that I can play around with the background color and still keep the dragon to lay on top of the background, any advice on this possibility or do I just need to use the magic extractor and do it that way?
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Tooo funny Dragon…took me a second to spot the Pink Spectral in there!!
It starts young, that’s for sure! Ethan has ALWAYS been a flirt, even when he was itty bitty 😀 We’ve been fighting off girls ever since they started school *oi* :bigsmile:
twindragonsmum :bigsmile:
Yes, both my sons are quite the handsome devils and my oldest Dakota(15) is so hard to go to the store with!! We went grocery shopping one day and the checkout girls were “Checking out” my son!!! Oh my god I justa bout had a heart attack. The girls were easily in their 20s and I just wanted to slap em. HEHEHE He laughed at me and said “Hey mom, it happens all the time”!! ahhhhhhh He takes it all in stride and thank god he says ” No worries Mom, I’m not ready to date anyway!” Thank God for small miracles!! 🙂
Quinn (10) is a handsome Devil too and the girls like him but for the most part they are still “Gross”. YEAH LOL Saved for a little longer yet!
I believe the name piggy is an actual mess up – misinterpretation of the original clay that made money banks. the name of the clay was “pygg” and over the years the name morphed into “pig”….
Ah! Here’s the the Wikapedia link 🙂 …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggy_bankCool idea BTW. I would LOVE a dragon bank. I would definitely buy one. I don’t have any spare money to put into it thanks to my Windstone addiction, but whatever 😛
and here is my “learns something new everyday” XD
Kaytana………..you are one freaking hilarious chick!!! You make me laugh everytime I read one of your posts. Tooooo Funny!!!
Haha 😀 Good to know I bring some comedy relief!! 😀
On that note:
See! See!!!
I need a Windstone bank!! I spend $1’s on stupid things! Though this is an awesome stupid thing, it’s $1 less for a Windstone! XD Stupid Hobby Lobby and your delicious old fashioned impossible to find candies! *Pets her 3 Color Coconut bar* damn you temptation!!
Crackin me up………your nuts!!! Oh so freaking funny 🙂 :;
