Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / September 2004

Hey Guys,
I got this e-mail today and I found it very heartwarming.
Enjoy!
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8

Can you give me change on a $ 200 bill?
http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/02/news/funny/200_bill/index.htm?cnn=yes
Free Spirit
DD(8) DS(11)

I just got home from the ER. Last night i Was laying in the floor watching a
movie and felt something crawling on my upper thigh. I swatted it away and
realized that it was a HUGE fire ant...i freaked abit realizing that i had a
fire ant crawling on my butt and samshed it with my ...

I think i'll change my nickname at the beginning of each month :)
Hopefully we'll never see "Drop 50" again (it wasn't that long ago!!!)
JoAnna

I had to share this too Guys!  I couldn't resist it.  Let's all take this
one, ok?
Joyce
Mommy to Charles

How is it all going out there?
Thoughts are with you.

I FINALLY started doing my the evening routine!  And it's paying off!  (I have
resisted this for a VERY long time.)
Kids are bathed, dressed, fed, lunches packed, and back pack is ready.
I am getting up at 5:30 am to have a few min to get my head together and mySELF

I feel better this morning. Good to have the weeps over and done with
while Katherine slept last night.
Its 8:30am and Katherine is still asleep. Thankgoodness her school visit
isnt until this afternoon! Its such a short one that by the time Ive

Check your email
--
Dorothy
There is no sound, no cry in all the world

I can adopt 2 siamese cats, they are 8 months old. It's not through a
shelter. The owners say they have a new baby and no time for the cats so
they are gettin ginto too much trouble. I have 2 young children myself, 3.5
and 15mo, my older just lovvves cats. DH is allergic (we think)

DS' 1st day at school went very well.  We were all up bright and early to
have breakfast.  I then concentrated on making sure DD was in her uniform
and had her bag ready as she would be travelling to school on the bus.  As
soon as she left DS got a shock because he thought he was ...

Check your email :-)
Nan

ok.  Last night when I went to bed the up to date hurricane track projection
had the eye making landfall about 17 miles south of my house.  I can't
believe I slept, but I did just fine.  I got up to the projection being
radically different, with landfall about another 80 miles south ...

is meeting tonight to discuss which books we'll be reading this year.
Everyone gets to choose a book and we meet at that person's house.  Help.  I
can't think of any books I've got a burning desire to read and discuss (it's
the end-of-summer-brain-drain problem).  Any suggestions??

I was thinking of all the children, parents and families involved in the
siege in Russia.

I've been weepy all morning.