Darn, missed this show.

• AI Paula's outfit what did you think sm - mb
  • I didn't notice her clothing, just her - Misha
  • Darn, missed this show. - nm
  • agree - jlynn
    • We thought they might just pop out!! - (nm)
      • They DID almost pop out. - MT and worn out

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Anything good happen?  Did Nick reappear?  Please update me...

Little Tyne sure had a great time at her party today! I gave her a small piece of her doggie cake and mom, dad and I had one too! It actually was quite good, but dry, not sugary sweet, of course.  I gave her just a little vanilla ice cream with her cake. Later the big guns!  Her Dad went into the TV room and brought her brand new toy out on the porch!  She played with it all evening and even when I was leaving she was still under the end table between her mom and me while we were watching TV, playing with her new rope toy. She sure had a great day! I said to my mom tonight that it takes so little to bring joy to pets and make them feel loved. Making an animal feel loved and safe is everything to me. I am going to volunteer at our local S.P.C.A. this fall for sure. The orientation is the second Saturday of each month. I work every other Saturday, and the first one that is free is October 13. I will be there!

The only things she chose to complain about were nitpicky things -- what they serve for dinner.  Most kids don't have dinner with their parents.  Last time I checked PB&J and yogurt were pretty healthy.  Her GS has ADHD.  He isn't going to "behave" on command.  Any MT would know that.  First she complains because they don't correct them, then she complains because they are, just not to her standards.  Instead of criticizing her kids, she should be trying to help the situation. 

Did she hit a nerve with me?  Absolutely.  My parenting skills are always being critiqued.  From the time my oldest son was old enough to eat until about the age of 6, I had to pack PB&J everywhere we went.  He refused to eat anything else.  Was it because I didn't offer it to him, no.  It was because that's what he liked and that's what he could control.  My other child has ODD -- oppositional defiant disorder.  Is it because I didn't parent him correctly?  No, it's because that's how he's wired.  I have 2 other children who are not like this.  They were all raised in the same house under the same rules.  I am constantly berated by my father for not "cracking the whip" on him and by my mother for being "too strict."  It's so easy to sit back as GPs and offer criticism after criticism.  Then after upsetting DS or DD, you can go back home and not be the one who on top of your feelings of inadequacy now has to deal with a difficult child. 

I could see if it the OP said the children were malnourished or not cleaned and clothed properly, but she's complaining about yogurt and fishsticks.  She's complaining about an ADHD child who doesn't behave. 

I actually laughed and said, "Hells ya I'd eat that chicken!"  I used to work third shift for an answering service and every Christmas they would order chinese food for the daytime staff's lunch and it would sit out all day and when I got to work at 11 p.m., you can bet your butt I'd still eat it just because it was free!  Never got sick either, even though it sat out all day and who knows how many dirty mitts touched it.  Yep, three years of room temperature leftover Chinese food and not one case of the trotts.  Maybe the MSG saved the day?