I'm still standing - Elton John

• Anyone have a "favorite" breakup song? - Singing the Blues
  • "I Can't Live." by Harry Nilson, heard that the night, sm - justme2
  • crying (over you), Roy Orbison and - really old
  • "So Damm Lucky" Dave Matthews. - message: better off without ya!
  • gonna get along without you now by - hanging by a thread
    • amen! - ginny
    • not sure this counts - L
  • You got lucky, babe (When I found you) Tom Petty - mtmomof2
  • I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" Elton John - Glad it's over
  • "Breathe Again" - Toni Braxton nm - MTTG
  • I'm still standing - Elton John - Newbie
  • "Freedom" - Aretha Franklin - Just me
  • "Happy Days Are Here Again" - LowlyMT
  • Nothing Compares - - Sinead O'Connor
  • Purple Rain - XanaX

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Melinda Doolittle and Jordin Sparks.

And I think Phil will wind up in the country music field after he is done with the Navy.

JMO!

I had to live with an aunt during my high school years.  She always loved to keep kids but always had a problem with the mothers because she claimed they never disciplined their children.  She is a firm believer in spankings and tries to enforce it into other young mothers.  I always rolled my eyes ignored it because I figured the mothers would eventually find another babysitter.  She also kept foster kids but got them taken away for some reason.  She said a kid claimed she was beating them too much and the blank blank State believed the kid over her.   I was already in high school when I lived with her so she never touched me, just yelled at me a lot and I kept in my room until I was able to move out on my own.   

Anyway, H likes to talk to her husband and seems to like to go visit.  We visit maybe once a month.  We have 2 children ages 2 and 6.  If they are talking loudly or laughing loudly she threatens them with a flyswatter. She has gotten the flyswatter out and gave it to me to spank them, which I did not.  She also gets offended and threatens them if they sit on the couch too close together.  She tells me that her kids never acted as bad as mine because she carried a hairbrush or a flyswatter everywhere they went and spanked them with it all the time.  She also claims that her DILs are lazy, wimpy and stoopid because their kids misbehave and they don't spank them enough or hard enough, just barely pats them.  Lazy, wimpy and stoopid is actually a nicer way of putting it then what she actually said.  She started in on one of her DILs at a family gathering and got a whole plate of food her face.   She is so proud of herself because she raised 3 boys and spanked them all the time.  Maybe they behaved well as children but the are now adults with issues.  One is an alcoholic and never comes to visit, one is dead (car accident drunk), the other drinks a lot and cannot seem to wipe his own tail.   What if the next time she hands me a flyswatter, can I swat her with it?   Just tell her that she was the one who taught me how to handle people who get out of line.  Seriously, I really should say something when it happens but I just leave, then go home and stew.  I am way too much of a pushover and don't know how to get out of that. 

Maybe I am out of line but I cannot understand why someone would take it upon themselves to decide how and when to discipline someone else's kid and try to enforce their method parenting on someone else.  H and I take full responsibility for our children financially, getting them to school,  babysitters (which makes her mad, why pay someone else, she needs the money).  We never depend on her for anything with the girls.  

My 6-year-old does not really get in trouble in school that much except for talking.  The teachers say she at the top of her class and an advanced student.  The daycare has yet to say anything negative about my 2-year-old's  behavior and she has been in there since she was 6 weeks old.  They cannot be as bad as she is insinuating they are.   H just says, well if it bothers you that much we won't go over there anymore but he doesn't understand why I am so upset, he thinks I should just let it go.  

it also bothers me that she is going around town telling everyone how my kids are unruly and I don't do anything to discipline them. My boss has told me how derogatory she has been toward us, her children and grandchildren that she does not even like to talk to her. 

the enjoyment of forwarding them to my friends for their listening pleasure.  MUSIC IS THE BEST MEDICINE, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO ONE EVER COMPLAINS OF ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS OR ALLERGIC REACTIONS.

Is anyone watching the John Adams series on HBO and if so what do you think?  I thinks its by far one of the best shows I have ever seen.  We saw the first three shows during the HBO free preview weekend and ordered HBO just so we could continue watching.

Throughout my school days I detested history.  Found it to be quite dull.  All I remember was having to memorize dates but don't remember a thing about learning about the people or times (although I'm sure I must have).  Now I can't get enough history and search every site I can think of to learn what I almost failed in school.

Just wonder what your thoughts are about the show.

I used to watch John Edwards, but he's no longer on TV in my area. I do watch Montel when Sylvia is on every chance I get. I have tried to get on the shows from time to time, but it hasn't happened yet. I'm trying to find a more local psychic, but the nearest one is 30 miles away and I no longer have a vehicle and none of my friends or even hubby would go with me.

I also find brand new shiny pennies lying face up on the ground a lot of times.

When our grandson was very young, about 4 yo, he wanted my husband to push him on the swing. My hubby was tired from working all day and told him he would do it tomorrow. The grandson looked him straight in the eye and said, "When you were young, I used to push you all the time." That stopped hubby in his tracks. (His father used to push him on the swing.) Hubby spent the next 2 hours pushing our grandson on the swing.

I could go on and on on some of my experiences, but all I can say is that I'm happy they happen. It makes me feel good that they are watching over us.

Just wish they would give me some good numbers to playthe lotto.