I am so livid I could spit nails! - sm

My daughter's both take dance at a local dance studio.  Nothing fancy, nice people, etc, and have been going there now for over 3 years.  Last night my 8-year-old left her coat there (denim jacket with embroidered butterflies --from Kohl's I think) and a pink scarf.  I thought nothing of it, she'd let coats there before without problem, and I knew I'd be back there tonight for my other daughter's dance class, also I was too tired to go back (16 miles round trip) to get it....she told me she left it there when we pulled into the driveway.  So get there tonight and no jacket or scarf. Someone there actually stole it (so it appears).  I am so po'ed it is not funny.  I made a sign asking for its return, saying "lost", etc, and if anyone had accidentally taken them home with them (though they were both pretty distinctive).  I just cannot believe someone there stole them.  I see these people 9 months out of the year.  This is a very small community with hardly any crime and someone steals a coat and scarf.  I called the owner and left a message for her, hoping against hope that she took them home for some reason (they have a lost and found box), but still waiting on her call.  If no one coughs it up I am certainly going to make a lot of noise there next Tuesday night and talk to every parent and let them know that someone stole my kid's coat.   

• I am so livid I could spit nails! - sm - Laura E.
  • lost coat - aln
    • No, we are absolutely positive about where and when -sm - Laura E.
  • Lost coat - Mom of 3
    • Wow...Glad your not my mom! - relax a little. Your don't have to be pinched
      • and let's not forget - in THIS country your kids will - get to choose your nursing home....*LOL*....nm
    • Irresponsible? She's 8! lol - SM
    • so what you're saying is that if your child lost her coat you would make her go the winter(sm) - SP
      • Lost Coat - Mom of 3
        • Mom of 3 you are one nasty person... - Just me
          • Don't worry, after they have counseling - sm
            • wow that's SO true-we tend to the elder parent who.... - was the least abusive.............sm
        • What a hateful person you are. Sorry to hear you're - actually a mother.
        • Just one question. Do you ever forget anything and - Wannie
        • The world you're teaching them to live and survive in - celestialmls
        • so let me get this straight. If there were a blizzard outside (sm) - SP
          • Crossing the line... - Mom of 3
            • HAHAHA- Wait until you hit menopause.SM - oh yeah - re-forgetfulness......SM
            • Well, my son forgot lots of stuff when he - anonMT
            • well, when your car breaks down between(sm) - SP
              • Blizzard - Mom of 3
                • lol Folks, she has an excuse why she'll never face - issues regardless. Just let her go!
                • regarding keeping the car tuned up and possible breakdowns(sm) - SP
                • I don't live where we have blizzards either, but if my - Wannie
                  • May be Love... - Mom of 3
                    • I doubt your children are happy with that treatment. - Their friends' parents will show them different
                      • Happy Children - Mom of 3
                        • Sure they don't complain - THEY'RE PROBABLY - TERRIFIED OF YOU and your ways.....sm
                        • and it's either your way or no way - glad I didn't - your world is either black or white
                    • you're right. We'll just have to agree to disagree. - Wannie
        • Now I've heard it all, your 4 year old? - sm
    • Yes, I know all that, and yes I have drilled that into her - sm - Laura E.
      • Please don't beat yourself up over this... - PAMT~MDM
        • No I am not, and yes she has other coats - sm - Laura E
          • Please let us know if you find it...nm - PAMT~MDM
  • I would bet that a kid took it..... - MOMT
    • Happened to me all the time. sm - Anon
  • Don't count on getting it back. Sad, but it happens all they time. Look out for the girl sm - hope you get the coat back
  • lucky coat - UNLUCKY
    • I have lots more to worry about as well - sm - Laura E.
  • re: coat - MT
    • Yeah, I thought of that, unfortunately - sm - Laura E.
  • coat - aln
    • No, because they always put stuff in the L&F -sm - Laura E.
      • Know how you feel, and isn't it grungy digging through L&F piles? (sm) - sm
        • Well I plan on calling all the parents tonight - sm - Laura E.
          • Laura, what happened with the coat???? Any updates? nm - Curious
            • Nothing to update really, still no coat - sm - Laura E.

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Okay, let me start off by saying, I'm writing this for the primary purpose of venting.  I'm not asking for advice or expecting support, but I would appreciate no bashing on this one. 

I have 2 boys playing little league this year on the same team.  Last night they had a game against the 1 team I really wanted them to beat.  I absolutely cannot stand 1 of the kid's mothers on the other team.  She is at every sports function and likes to run everything.  She is very pushy and will do anything to have her kid come out on top (suck up to the head coaches, offer to run the boosters, make ridiculous posters to hang on her front porch for the kids on the bus to see).  You get the picture? 

Ordinarily I keep my distance from her because just the sound of her know-it-all voice gets on my nerves.  Last night I stood in the same spot I always stand in.  My kids were the home team and I was near the first baseline (my kids play first and second base and pitch).  She ends up 3 feet from me.  The first couple of innings were fine.  Let me say that I do not boo the other team or make any remarks at all about their players.  I am there to cheer my sons' team on and my sons. 

Now to the technicalities, the last 2 games we have been short an outfield ump.  The only ump we had was the one behind the catcher.  Usually when this happens, if there's someone in the bleachers who's willing to ump the outfield, they can make $10.  Last night, this guy volunteers, who happens to be this other woman's dad (hence, the grandfather of a kid on the opposing team).  As unhappy about this as I was, I said nothing.  I figured he deserved the benefit of the doubt. 

He made several calls early on that seemed fair, so I pretty much dismissed the bias I thought he might have.  Then about halfway through the game, we have a runner on first and third and our kid up to bat.  He hits it and the runner on first goes to second while the runner on third goes home.  The ball made it to the infield and the shortstop tries to catch the runner going to second.  Our runner makes it second base just before the other kid does and the other kid ends up on top of him and he drops the ball.  Now, the outfield ump (gramps), calls our kid safe and we got a run in.  The catcher ump turns around and calls the kid out, saying it was a forced play and he didn't have to tag the kid and he thinks the other kid made it to the base first.  How he saw that from his distance is beyond me.  Secondly, when he called the kid out after the fact, he gave no explanation for it.  The coaches didn't even know. 

Now this is when I got a litte irritated.  I yelled out that our kid was on the base first and the other ump called him safe.  I'll admit I was a little heated and was talking rather loudly to my mom.  I was not talking about any of the kids.  I was stating that the other ump's eyes (catcher's ump) must be pretty good to see that far away when the ump who was right there called him safe (gramps).  I probably did go on a little longer than I should have, but it not only cost us a run, it also gave us 3 outs to end the inning. 

At this point, the woman sitting 3 feet away, says "Enough already!"  I turned and said "I don't think I was talking to you!"  I then turned back to my mom and the 1 coach and asked what the call was and why.  This woman then addresses me by name and begins telling me the rules of baseball.  Now mind you, this woman has never played baseball in her life (we went to the same school) and the only kid she has in baseball a son younger than my oldest.  Furthermore, later on in the game, she had no clue what the infield fly rule is (and even I knew that one), my point being she doesn't know the game that well.  So after she starts telling me this, I looked at her and said "I've heard enough of out you!"

Needless to say, 2 bad calls later, we lost the game.  I'm still fuming.  I realize this is only a game and it's not our first loss.  But this woman's know-it-all attitude really has me PO'ed.  She's been picked up for shoplifting and I really wanted to explain to her what shoplifting is and why you shouldn't do it, but I didn't.  I know I'm going to have to see her at every sporting event because she pushes her kid to play sports year-round.  She had 3 kids before she even got married and milked the system for all she could.  Now she's a daycare provider and I actually took my kids to her once years ago, before I really knew her, and my kids hated going there because all she did was watch TV.  The kids had to be quiet and they had to watch her shows.  They weren't allowed to go outside to play until her soaps were over. 

Okay, I feel better.  I just really needed to vent this one.  I think the next time we play them, I will stand on the opposite side of the field from her and maybe wear earplugs, so I can't hear her either.

'Tit's okay.  I'm just psyched a few people clicked on the link!  Right before I went to bed last night there were only about 5 clicks to see what I wrote, and one of them was mine makin' sure the link worked! 

Right after I posted, there was a woman in the stall pulling the baby (okay, foal) out of the mamma horse (mare).  I still don't know if it was a boy (colt) or a girl (filly), but haven't logged on yet today to see if they put something on their website to tell one way or another.  I don't see any nuggets hanging down, but I don't think the camera zooms in to check under the hood. 

That website, marestare.com has oodles of live cams posted on the internet for people to watch horses (even donkeys!) give birth.  My boss was on IM last night and I let her know and both she and her daughter got to watch it.  I think they are hooked!  Good clean entertainment...well, maybe not CLEAN...even I was ooged out at seeing what I can only imagine was the placenta hanging out of the horse until she expelled it.  But still, of all the junk out there on the internet...good stuff in my opinion! 

can you get for trailers these days? Honey, grow a thick skin and quit trying to prove you're something you're not! How about a sense of humor.....I always find those that have to boast about what they have actually have the least.

Awaiting your snappy, defensive comeback...

Please, no posts about declawing. I would never do that!! I have brand new furniture and right now it is covered with sheets, blankets and the like, delivered yesterday, living room full of leather at that (along with new dining room, 10 new chairs that have cloth seats). I tried the scratching posts, I tried the bad smelling stuff they sell at the pet stores, I tried the water bottle (that is effective as long as in the same room), but I want to know who has tried the cat nails and if they work. I want to enjoy the beauty of my furniture and I love my kids! I would never damage those indoor babies but I want to look at my furniture also. Are the nails hard to put on. HELP!!