http://greasy.com/Parenting_and_Family.htm Featured articles and news topics about parenting and family. en-us © 2008 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:53:31 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/texastar/halloween_hangman_game.html Halloween Hangman Fun little game to pass the time away http://www.dedge.com/flash/hangman/hangman.swf Funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn :) I have posted this game on blogster the two previous Halloweens, ENJOY! Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:03:22 GMT http://greasy.com/imaginaryfriend/oh_boy.html It took 6 weeks, but the neighbours finally forgot to pick up their kid from the bus. Good thing the bus driver just lets her off at my house. It turned out her dad was home, but he was expecting the bus to be 15 minutes later. Whatever. She came to our house and spent the evening here anyway. I'm still waiting for the library to interview me for the job! The director dropped a bombshell on me today though. I have 2.5 hours on Tues/Thurs while Leah is at school, but the library has a minim ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:07 GMT http://greasy.com/mustakim/funny_sister_youtube.html translate: camera assist: hey, this is recording, clever!! striped t-shirt: rheumatic! very rheumatic! ouch! ouch! ouch! pink t-shirt: waste my smile.. camera assist: hey, this is recording!! camera girl: I knew.. Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:23:29 GMT http://greasy.com/drmaus/please_pray_family.html Thu, 9 Oct 2008 01:27:57 GMT http://greasy.com/wildflower/syndrome_creed.html My face may be different But my feelings the same I laugh and I cry And I take pride in my gains I was sent here among you To teach you to love As God in the heavens Looks down from above To Him I'm no different His love knows no bounds It's those here among you In cities and towns That judge me by standards That man has imparted But this family I've chosen Will help me get started For I'm one of the children So special and few That came here to learn The same lessons as you That love is a ... Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:52:25 GMT http://greasy.com/shesaidwhat/prayer_pam.html Please say a prayer for my sister Pam. We went to the Homecoming football game yesterday and then had a wonderful time at an after party. As soon as Pam got home, her heart started racing and her husband took her to the hospital. She has an atrial fibrillation. She's on medication and blood thinners right now to try and bring her heart rhythm back to normal. She's only 43 years old. Prayers are needed. Thank you. xoxoxoxoxoxox Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:59:47 GMT http://greasy.com/nittineedles/steamed.html If you're looking for a tasty description of something to eat go check out Sum's blog because in this case I'm the one that's steamed. Yesterday was The M-I-L's 86th birthday and DH and I were invited to attend a birthday lunch for her at her favourite ritzy restaurant, the Tigh-Na-Mara Resort in Parksville. After picking up The M-I-L at the rest home we arrived at the restaurant to be greeted by The Favourite Son, his wife, their daughter, their son and their daughter's boyfriend. "Where ... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:46:31 GMT http://greasy.com/jensgems/need__.html HOLIDAY!! I have just about hit the wall. With the kids, with DH, with the shite weather. with my dishwasher dying on me blah blah blah. I have hit a point which I do not like, patience is not a virtue I posses at the moment. I seem to spend every waking minute screaming at my eldest son. He continually drags his feet (so to speak) whenever I ask him to do anything. From before he gets out of his bed in the morning he is driving me nuts. The refusal to get up and get ready for school becau ... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:54:03 GMT http://greasy.com/mrsstu/adoption.html Were you adopted? Do you know anyone who was adopted? Any particular feelings/thoughts you'd like to share regarding adoption? I'd love to hear about it. If you don't feel comfortable sharing in a comment, send me a message and I'll send you my email address. Thanks! Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:35:12 GMT http://greasy.com/mrsstu/heavy_2.html I've seen the inside of hospitals more over the past two years than I care to ever see again. My dad got to ride in a fancy ambulance yesterday. He was crossing the street to wait for the bus and somehow lost his footing. At first, his right hand stopped his fall but as he felt a ton of pain, he lifted his right hand up and kissed the concrete with his face, nose first. His left hand, after all, was too busy protecting the onions, plums, and tomatoes he just purchased at the grocery store. ... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:38:42 GMT http://greasy.com/ducky/day_____.html A good friend and fellow blogger Mr. Night commented to me recently about my last post. We were chuckling about the "when I was your age, and in my day comments that parents and others have sad. It's funny when you hear your mother/father come out of your mouth when you address you child. But of course, as we all come to find out, no matter how much we want to be different than our parents some things will never change. I find myself wondering though (and when am I not really) if these par ... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:58:10 GMT http://greasy.com/shesaidwhat/missing_mom.html My Mom was here for a week and it flew by way to fast. My husband brought my son's twin bed from his upstairs bedroom down into my first floor office so my Mom wouldn't have to use the stairs, while she was staying with me. She left on Saturday to go stay with my sister and I'll see her a couple of times before she goes back home. It was great to have her here with me every morning. She's so warm and loving. She says "Good morning Sweetie" to me when she hears me making coffee in the kitch ... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:19:05 GMT http://greasy.com/imaginaryfriend/various_pictures.html The kittens: As you can tell by the look on this guy's face, he's a scaredy cat, and really digs his claws in when you are holding him. This one is a sweetie. The last hail storm to hit our place. Usually hail is at the start of the storm, and last for only a few minutes. This hail came at the end of the storm, and came from the north, then the west, then the south. Very strange. The the hail stones were small, but still did a lot of damage to my garden and made the grass white in places. ... Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:54:00 GMT http://greasy.com/cindy/noteworthy.html I got this email today & thought it was worth passing along. I think I am extra careful about whtching out for "suspicious" characters, I haven't read about this. BEWARE of a piece of paper on the back of your vehicle when you have parked- NEW technique used to do CARJACKINGS (NOT A JOKE) Heads up everyone You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You start the engine and shift into Reverse. When you look into the rearview mirror to back out of your parking space, yo ... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:03:40 GMT http://greasy.com/nmymind/father.html How do you make a man feel like a man? 
When you lead him by the 
hand?

 How can you be a daughter? 
When you inherit the
 burden of being the 
man?

 How can I take your fatherly advice? 
When you give me the 
problems that you cannot solve? 

How can we be friends? 
When your love of currency is the 
your strongest connection?
 When you deny efforts for interaction or 
can't pick up the phone to say Hello?

 Who can encourage you?
 This person is ... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 22:31:45 GMT http://greasy.com/shesaidwhat/mom_visits_tomorrow.html Yahooooooo..... My Mom is coming tomorrow to stay with me for a week and then with my sister for week. My parents retired from Michigan to Tennessee over two years ago and I miss my Mom soooooooooo much. Since I've worked from home for the last 5 years, I was always able to see my Mom at least one day a week until she moved away. I talk to her about every other day on the phone. My husband, kids and I go to Tennessee at least once a year and my Mom (sometimes Dad too) comes here to Michiga ... Fri, 5 Sep 2008 21:42:42 GMT http://greasy.com/redwolftimes/way_things_area_reality_check.html Many people know me as Redwolftimes, author of the blog "The Front Porch Gazette". What maybe you don't know is that I have 3 children, and one of my children is a "special needs" child. He is on the Autism spectrum,fortunately he is on the high functioning end of the spectrum. I have spent the better part of the last 8 years watching my son struggle with his disability, but by the same token I have seen him triumph when the odds (and people who couldn't find their butt with both hands)sai ... Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:21:30 GMT http://greasy.com/dazeymae/really_hate_hear_certain_noises.html Some days the sound of my parents-by-law laughing and talking begin to grate. Yeah I don‘t mind their breathing. My mother-in-law is the worst offender for the fake laughing. Her top lip raises, showing her teeth [when she’s wearing them] and this long braying giggle comes forth. Sometimes I think she’s cultivated and then overcapitalises on what she’s “known” for. That, which is her giggle. Some people don’t know it’s a defence mechanism. When she doesn’t quite understan ... Mon, 1 Sep 2008 22:24:53 GMT http://greasy.com/ducky/mommies.html I'm the mom of only one, the infamous handful known as Dom, so I thought that it would be a good way to cap off a week. Talk about things that mommies of multiples won't understand. Ooops. Fucking glitch in your logic there, Nic. See, for those of you who are as bad at math as I am (if this can even be considered that), those women out there who have several kids at one point also had - bum bum bum - only one kid as well. So what does an Awesome person do in a situation like this? She make ... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:06:39 GMT http://greasy.com/jondude/family_visit_photos_.html All of us at Meadowbrook Park Pool last Friday. Mom and me are on the right. My sister Kathy and her son Jeff. Kathy and Mom. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:27:59 GMT