Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / October 2005

or is it me?
Teri

...because tomorrow will be the first time I visit the International
Game Fair in Essen.
As some of you probably remember, I am a big fan of boardgames and own
over 100 myself. I was never able though to visit "the" game fair, which

Are you and yours ok?  Heard about the earth shaking by you....
Teri

My four year old hamster died this morning. At some point between my trip to
the groccery store and my going to give him a treat of boiled egg, he passed
away. :(
He was really old and had gone blind, but it's still a shock. :(

Today, while riding to Mom's me and G singing along with a CD at the
tops of our lungs... :o))
(Rainbow and Hawkwind...)
K :o))

Anyone see the news about the for a lack of better word  riot in Toledo, Oh?
Geesh.....  BTW how do you keep clothes on a 2 yo?  He won't keep them on!!

We are hosting our first sleepover. eep!!!!! Fortunately we are starting
small with just one guest but they are sooooo excited it feels like
more. We picked the girls up from a birthday party and are doing movie
and popcorn before we shoo them up to bed. Going to be an ...

Hey Guys,
Hope we're all relaxing our way into the weekend  - I hope it's a nice
one for us..
I had a great day at work today!!  Was asked to look after a different

I wish!
Its been grey and gloomy forever (it seems but we did have some nice
weather at the beginning of the week so I musnt exagerate)
And my first chilblains of the season appeared. I always get them on my

I thought my language was pretty clean but I guess its not after all :-/
A friend and I took our dds to McDs for a treat after school. K managed
to knock over a full bottle of milk - it went everywhere! Simultaneously
K and I both said sh*t.  Big oops :-/ Ive never heard her use ...

Ok, its not THAT exciting. But I could use an opinion. I have a friend
who has two boys, 4 yrs and almost 3. When my daughter goes over to
their place to play, she encourages them to roughhouse, push, shove,
wrestle, etc. Some lines are drawn, like no deliberate hitting or

<waves at group>
Sorry, a lot going on here, finally hit rock bottom, and that's where
I'll continue to be ;-(. Some things aren't fixable...
I'm having a hard time putting it into words, which is why I haven't

I feel like I should be getting ready for Christmas.  Our Christmas is going
to be VERY light this year :(  But we will manage.
Is anyone making anyone anything for Christmas?  I'm working on recycling
wool sweaters into Christmas decorations, hand bags and what ever else I can

Well the date is Nov 1.  I get my tonsils,adenoids and uvula out... joy joy
joy!

this particular bee?  It looked like a bee had the markings of a bee but had
the body shape of a dragonfly?  I've NEVER seen it before?