I can see how that would be frustrating. I never had to deal with that here. All of the kids did care about their grades to some degree, and most of the work was independent anyway.
You're not that unusual. My dad grew up in a single parent home and had to work to save his money for what he wanted, and oh boy, could he spoil me as a kid. Like you, he was aware of it and just made sure to be careful, and my parents also raised me to be hard working and responsible. It also got easier for him to say no to me the older I got. Now he's like, "How much money ya got?"
. I shoveled for an hour this morning and got it fairly clear. The stuff at the end of the driveway that had piled up because of the plow was really tough. I didn't get it cleared as wide as I would have liked but it is wider than my car so it is ok for now. Hopefully hubs get cleared to walk without the boot at the dr. today and he can help when we get back. Our mailbox is really encased with a high pile of snow, so until we get that cleared the mail won't get delivered. Oh well it is mostly junk anyway.
Haha. Well, I do need more short sleeve blouses for work, so I'll need to go shopping again at some point. I retired a few blouses I've had since high school, and my company changed their dress code so you can wear jeans every day unless you have something important, so once it warms up, I'll need more than four short sleeve blouses.
Not too bad just VERY tired. I almost put something to be heated in the fridge so nap, movie(s) and maybe a little sewing. I'm glad it's raining so I'm not tempted to go walking
Not too bad just VERY tired. I almost put something to be heated in the fridge so nap, movie(s) and maybe a little sewing. I'm glad it's raining so I'm not tempted to go walking
adorable trash pandas!
I swear this is how it usually goes when I'm giving support to someone else.
Ok, so if you want to spend more than a couple of days in a particular city or area, you shouldn't do a cruise? There are SOOOO many places I want to go, and a cruise would hit a lot of them on one trip, but then I wouldn't really have a whole lot of time to explore. I just need to win big in the lottery so I can travel everywhere I want to go instead of working.Depending on the port and the length of your cruise you get between 8 and 12 hours in port and in the evening you're back onboard sailing to your next stop. Sometimes you pull into port early morning and sometimes afternoon. If It's a day with no stop, they offer special activities, entertainment and dining only available on sea days. On Carnival sea days are the only times they have the outdoor bbq buffet. So good!
I had the same thing! Although most of the stuff I got for my kids was little things...a Princess toothbrush, or a cheap set of fairy wings. But we always did Christmas at my In-laws' and it was hard because my BIL always spent WAY more on his son than we did on our kids....he spent more than we spent on both our kids put together, but our kids had a bunch of little things and he always got his son one really big thing. Like, he got his son a PS4 when they first came out...that thing was like 400 Euros! And then he's upset at us because our kids are still opening presents and his kid has nothing else to open. So we were supposed to cut down on the number of things our kids got so he didn't look cheap!But my kids do not expect big ticket items...anything like tablets and game consoles that they have, they have bought themselves. They've saved allowance and birthday/Christmas money for a few years and picked out what they wanted. DS when he was 5, asked for money instead of presents because he wanted to buy a PS4. He saved for 3 years and then settled on a SWITCH instead of PS. You might start a sort of chore thing with your DD already...like picking up her toys, and helping to make the bed, or helping to set the table....little things she can do, and then she gets a sticker for each chore. Maybe when she gets a full sticker chart, she gets to pick out a small toy at the dollar store...just to get her into the routine of earning the fun things. Then you aren't really spoiling her, she's earning it, and you still get to give her all the things you wish you had had when you were little.
You're not that unusual. My dad grew up in a single parent home and had to work to save his money for what he wanted, and oh boy, could he spoil me as a kid. Like you, he was aware of it and just made sure to be careful, and my parents also raised me to be hard working and responsible. It also got easier for him to say no to me the older I got. Now he's like, "How much money ya got?"
The only thing I could never talk him into was a Barbie dream house...if I have girls; they are getting one of those.
Does she have grandparents? Maybe you could discuss it with them and let them give her some of the stuff so it's not all coming from you? That was my ace in the hole...my in-laws always want to get the kids something great, but they don't know what, so they would inevitably ask me and I could just give half the stuff to them, they pay me back for it, the kids still get great stuff, but not all of it from me. More spread out. So say, you do her room, and grandma and grandpa can give her the dreamhouse, and an aunt or uncle could get her one of the dolls and you can either save the other dolls for another occassion, or if someone else asks for an idea, pawn one of them off on them. They don't have to shop, and she still gets the thing without being spoiled.
Well, this is coming from a non parent, but it sounds like you're doing a good job with her. She has a lot of things, sure, but you're also already having her do chores? I mean, come on, if you were really spoiling her, you wouldn't be saying that she needs to do chores. A parent who truly spoils their child does everything for them, allows them to act like a brat, and buys them everything regardless of how ttheir child behaves. It sounds like you've got a good girl and want to give her an awesome childhood and are teaching her responsibility at the same time, and as long as she understands that she gets things because Mommy and Daddy want to do it and not just because she asks, it's fine.
8 to 12 hours is awesome.Depending on the port and the length of your cruise you get between 8 and 12 hours in port and in the evening you're back onboard sailing to your next stop. Sometimes you pull into port early morning and sometimes afternoon. If It's a day with no stop, they offer special activities, entertainment and dining only available on sea days. On Carnival sea days are the only times they have the outdoor bbq buffet. So good!
What was surprising is Del Toro getting 13 nominations, that is insane.
I’m in the ‘nothing club’ today too! I woke up ‘Figgy time’ and couldn’t go back to sleep so got up. Just didn’t feel right. I have been watching Vera murders on acorn tv all day.