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How do I?
February 12th, 2009
Help. Really I honestly want you to tell me how to….
….respond to The Son when he points to the second little red chair in our living room and says “that chair is for my sister!”?
…..clean those plastic toddler placemats? Can I put them in the dishwasher? Just let the dogs lick them clean?
…..use facebook? Seriously I do not even really want to be on facebook, but I feel like I am missing out on something important. Is there a way to do it and keep it anonymous like the blog?
…..give an inexpensive gift to someone who hates cheesy valentines day crap?
…..quit a bible study you know you should love, but just….don’t?
…..clip my toddlers fingernails, without a temper tantrum or waking him up by trying to do it in the dark while he is asleep?
…..wean myself from ellipses….is there a such thing as punctuation-aters anonymous?
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unless you use a fake name on face book, you will not be able to remain unknown Though you don’t have to display where you are from I don’t think and if you don’t join a geographic network it won’t show that either. You also choose who your friends are, so anyone else would just see your name and picutre, but not anything else. Though I don’t know what you think you are missing on facebook besides annoying applications.
Buy that certain someone something you know they will like even if it isn’t very valentine’s . Like a cheap movie or some of their favorite pens, or candy. It is not very romantic but that is all I got.
I would have to know why you don’t like the bible study before I can offer you advice to quit a bible study.
No idea on the finger nails. Mg screamed when he was that age, but now he is fine with it. Westers doesn’t care too much, but he does do sound effects.
Tell the Son that it will be a while before there’s a sister and Mr. Stuffed-animal can sit in the chair and keep it warm for her when she gets here/save the spot for her.
There is really no way to be anonymous on facebook. People will find you!
Does the Son take naps? If he’ll take a nap on the couch, you could have a lamp on and be able to trim his nails. That’s how I trim my baby’s nails, except he’s usually taking a nap on me. But it works. The nails get trimmed and he stays asleep.
‘Tis better to use too much punctuation than none at all (I say)!
I don’t know about facebook but I’m on myspace and it doesn’t show my last name, actually, all it shows is the name I choose (I could be Princess Consuela Bannana-Hammock if I pleased). Can’t help you on the fingernails or sister questions, though it seemed like Sheri has good ideas. And I like Cat’s suggestion for Valentine’s.
On a much stranger note, I developed a sudden sensorineural (nerve) hearing loss in my left ear earlier this week. There are advantages to working for an ear doctor, though, as he saw me immediately and gave me a scrip for Prednisone (a corticosteriod). I started it yesterday and it has this whole long list of crazy side effects, one of which being sleep disruption. Thanks to Prednisone, I’ve been up since 1:30 this morning. And so far my hearing hasn’t come back, but it’s only been one day and I’m on the Prednisone for another two weeks. I’ll keep you updated.
Happy Valentine’s Day to the entire Huckablog clan!!
Get him a shirt that says…”The Binary Social Club…Where no one’s a zero!” I saw that shirt the other day and laughed my ass off.
Maybe his “sister” is an imaginary friend. If so, you should save the spot. An imagination is a terrible thing to waste. It sucks that such vivid imaginations are wasted on the young. What I wouldn’t give to be able to go back to some of the bizarre thoughts I had as a child (and actually pursue them).
As for the fingernails…I’m really not the best person to ask. I was in college before I could do my own fingernails, and I still struggle to do my own toenails. It just creeps me out. I finally did my own toenails at age 26, because I was living on my own with nobody I could con into it. Oh, and I hate manis and pedis, so that was out of the question.
Ang, keep us posted on the hearing thing.
Of course I saw another shirt that said, “Beethoven…The Original Deaf Jam” and actually kinda wanted it, but then I remembered that I don’t ever wear t-shirts except for to bed and under hoodies. Plus, I’m getting to old for the goofy tees anyway.
One t-shirt I’m considering getting made for my brother, though, since he’s in law school would say, “The Constitution…I read it for the articles.”
As for Facebook, I don’t think you’re missing much, though it is fun to catch up with old friends in a non-intimidating format. I’ve become friends again with people from elementary school, high school, college and beyond.
Ummm….I’m not sure if my advice is good or not, but here are the first responses that spring to mind AND since you asked:
1. Not sure…I guess it should be more of a “if God brings us a baby, then that will definitely be his or her chair” response than a detailed conversation about the issue. Ask me about the time TheHusband wanted to know when his dad and I were going to “get married again” because he wanted us “to have more babies”. I think (!?) that conversation went pretty well…needless to say, there were no more babies.
2. Spray cleaner and a clean cloth is the best way. If you use the dishwasher, do NOT let the placemat go through the dry cycle (it will melt into a sad little glob of plastic).
3. I know nothing about facebook, by design, and am GLAD that I don’t. I consider it a HUGE time-eater and, really, who needs more stuff to eat up the finite time we’re given?
4. There’s really only one way to get out of a Bible study and that is to let the leader know that you have prayed about it and how over-booked you are and that you feel Led to let some things go, one of which is the Bible study. (Only say this if it’s the truth!)
5. Let grandparents clip his nails? Ask a teenage girl to volunteer to do it? Let them grow until Guinness World Records show up at your house? Seriously, I have no answer for this one.
6. Fagedduhboudit. Honestly, if it doesn’t bother you, then don’t worry about your punctuation obsessions. I enjoy reading writers including you who punctuate rather their writing than having to figure out exactly when and where to take a breath or insert a pause which I need to take right now or use a questioning or commanding voice or… (See how exhausting that was to ready?)