Where in the World is Bob Saget?

[donaldtoo]

All it needs is some wheels...

 

[donaldtoo]

No the room was very creepity. Needed TLC and some lights.

Ahhh, gotcha...!

 

[donaldtoo]

So guess who had an interview tomorrow at Bloomingdale's as a HR Asst but the store cancelled the interview because they found someone to hire today.

That bites. Very sorry to hear.

 

[donaldtoo]

OK, time for me to get back to it...
Have a happy...!
Laterrrrrrr...!!!

 

[Gabe1]

All it needs is some wheels...

Walter would love it.

Still rain'n that Texas rain here. Day three

 

[StarWarsGirl]

If you move to Florida you wont be near your beloved Oreo's

I think they sell Oreos in FL.

My Orioles play in Tampa a lot since we're in the same division. I could go cheer them on there.

 

[Gabe1]

Paragraphs and spacing, please. Try to follow my good example.

Ha! First world problems! Actually @StarWarsGirl95 is more proper in paragraph structure than your example. College professors tend to frown on 2 line paragraphs so she is setting a better example for us all. As adults we tend to start to break those Language Arts rules we had beat into our heads.

Parents will never stop being parents. Kids will never stop being kids.

I get why you needed to leave, at age 7 you were a parent already, most of us are not in that position to be the primary caregiver to a baby at that young age, let alone partially supporting that child with your own money. I'd move too. My Mom and I are bestest friends right now. We outgrew that Mother Daughter pecking order long ago, she knew how to let go. My MIL on the other hand never could figure out how to cut those apron strings with her sons. And now if anything as parents age we kids start parenting our aging parents. Role reversal. I think every family has its own dynamics, some will always view their kids as kids like my MIL. Nothing made me feel more successful as the day my son was able to make it on his own, I did my job to raise a kid to a man, done with the kid thing, I love him dearly, miss him but he has an adult life to live now.

And that is why, sooner rather than later, young adults need to move out and live on their own - either away at school, on their own, or with a few room-mates.

Meh, I don't know that I agree with that. I did like that my kids lived on campus during college, happy they had that experience but they do have student loans to cover the room and board, tuition was paid for. One stayed in a dorm the other had an apartment. It is expensive. But I do agree with you for kids that are not furthering their education and attending University that yeah, they need to go sooner over later.

But not every parent will financially contribute like you do to get their kids out from under foot, my Dad though he could have, would not have. He would not have driven me to and from work or payed for a cleaning lady. So I worked 2 jobs for many years. While my DD is 22 and at home I prefer she works her full time job and continues to search for a career that suits her aspirations. I'd help my DD relocate if she lands a professional job elsewhere but she can stay here and save towards a new car and an apartment if she lands a professional job locally. I'd give my kids my last dime if something tragic happened, I believe in family that way but I'm not into letting them pretend they are an adult while still needing daily help to move out on their own after college.

 

[Gabe1]

Ahhh, gotcha...!

Remember in the 70's where some business and commercial places use to put carpeting on walls? It is still there in the Space area, black on floor and walls. Creepity. Plus so far off and down untraveled basement hallways.

 

[JenniferS]

Ha! First world problems! Actually @StarWarsGirl95 is more proper in paragraph structure than your example. College professors tend to frown on 2 line paragraphs so she is setting a better example for us all. As adults we tend to start to break those Language Arts rules we had beat into our heads.




I get why you needed to leave, at age 7 you were a parent already, most of us are not in that position to be the primary caregiver to a baby at that young age, let alone partially supporting that child with your own money. I'd move too. My Mom and I are bestest friends right now. We outgrew that Mother Daughter pecking order long ago, she knew how to let go. My MIL on the other hand never could figure out how to cut those apron strings with her sons. And now if anything as parents age we kids start parenting our aging parents. Role reversal. I think every family has its own dynamics, some will always view their kids as kids like my MIL. Nothing made me feel more successful as the day my son was able to make it on his own, I did my job to raise a kid to a man, done with the kid thing, I love him dearly, miss him but he has an adult life to live now.



Meh, I don't know that I agree with that. I did like that my kids lived on campus during college, happy they had that experience but they do have student loans to cover the room and board, tuition was paid for. One stayed in a dorm the other had an apartment. It is expensive. But I do agree with you for kids that are not furthering their education and attending University that yeah, they need to go sooner over later.

But not every parent will financially contribute like you do to get their kids out from under foot, my Dad though he could have, would not have. He would not have driven me to and from work or payed for a cleaning lady. So I worked 2 jobs for many years. While my DD is 22 and at home I prefer she works her full time job and continues to search for a career that suits her aspirations. I'd help my DD relocate if she lands a professional job elsewhere but she can stay here and save towards a new car and an apartment if she lands a professional job locally. I'd give my kids my last dime if something tragic happened, I believe in family that way but I'm not into letting them pretend they are an adult while still needing daily help to move out on their own after college.

Here are the options (same ones I grew up with):
Work full time. Or go to school. If not - buh-bye.
Smoking a bong in my home trumps Option #1.

Long paragraphs comprising 10-15 lines are difficult to read on an iPad, and darn near impossible on a phone.
Even Spirit stopped posting such paragraphs, as many told him they jusk skimmed such posts, irrespective of how important the content.

As to my relationship with my mom, I did not move out because she forced me to raise her kids.
Aside from her period of post-partum depression, I chose to look after Jamie.
As I said - he was the best live doll any little girl could wish for. Who needed Barbies?

 

[Cesar R M]

Yes, please...!

hey! I bought one of these for souvenir in Vancouver

 

[Cesar R M]

All it needs is some wheels...

How much in bubbles does it produce per gallon?

 

[NYwdwfan]

Long paragraphs comprising 10-15 lines are difficult to read on an iPad, and darn near impossible on a phone.
Even Spirit stopped posting such paragraphs, as many told him they jusk skimmed such posts, irrespective of how important the content.

Not that what I do matters in the least, but if a post takes up more than one screen on my phone, I skip it. Except the purple wombat story. I read that. Come to think of it, that may be when I adopted the policy.

 

[JenniferS]

Not that what I do matters in the least, but if a post takes up more than one screen on my phone, I skip it. Except the purple wombat story. I read that. Come to think of it, that may be when I adopted the policy.

I have heard of the purple wombat story, but have not actually read it.
Time to use the "search" function.

 

[NYwdwfan]

I have heard of the purple wombat story, but have not actually read it.
Time to use the "search" function.

Let this post serve as my official "I told you not to do it".

 

[Gabe1]

Here are the options (same ones I grew up with):
Work full time. Or go to school. If not - buh-bye.
Smoking a bong in my home trumps Option #1.

Wait!!! Maybe I'm confused. Is this the younger son that has had issues with the bong activities for as long as I can remember or is this the older one now? I too was raised by those same rules as was my sister. Though my Sis when she got booted and not for drugs or anything like that, got booted swiftly, 24 hours was my Moms idea of Buh-bye. I took her when she was 21 until she saved all her own money for an apartment and took a bus to work and law school.

Long paragraphs comprising 10-15 lines are difficult to read on an iPad, and darn near impossible on a phone.
Even Spirit stopped posting such paragraphs, as many told him they jusk skimmed such posts, irrespective of how important the content.

Meh, I doubt many college professors would care how Spirit structures his paragraphs, me either though I do read his stuff, it is interesting. @StarWarsGirl95 needs to wait a few years before she starts butchering paragraphs whiles she is in college, after that we can try and get her to be Spirit 2.0

As to my relationship with my mom, I did not move out because she forced me to raise her kids.
Aside from her period of post-partum depression, I chose to look after Jamie.
As I said - he was the best live doll any little girl could wish for. Who needed Barbies?

Yep, like I said we all come from different type of family dynamics and parenting styles. As you said, you were his second Mother, I never was that to my Sis. My Mom was very ill when I was small. My Dad was careful not to give me my sister while my Mom was hospitalized for over 4 months and then frequently there after. He brought people in to care for us, we had family that assisted when tragic things happened, he always fed us, cleaned us and bought our clothes. Adults helped out in between. I never got up in the middle of the night as a small child myself and change her diaper or fed my sister. Both my parents would have noticed if I was shopping and buying supplies to keep her clean or in a bathroom bathing her, they would have noticed the clothes were not clothes they bought and it would not have been allowed. They were always the parents and we were always the children.

By your stories you've told I'd think Jamie is not likely to suffers from typical youngest sibling selfishness with you, likely more the role each of you took as children that carried though, he didn't have that typical brother sister relationship growing up, a live barbie doll and likely just looks at you differently than most brothers would, understandably knowing all these things you did through his childhood, it just brings a different dynamic to the relationship. It is what makes the world go round, all sorts of different types of families and all sorts of parenting styles.

 

[Goofyernmost]

How much in bubbles does it produce per gallon?

That totally depends on what you ate for dinner!

 

[Gabe1]

Here are the options (same ones I grew up with):
Work full time. Or go to school. If not - buh-bye.
Smoking a bong in my home trumps Option #1.

Wait!!! Maybe I'm confused. Is this the younger son that has had issues with the bong activities for as long as I can remember or is this the older one now? I too was raised by those same rules as was my sister. Though my Sis when she got booted and not for drugs or anything like that, go booted swiftly, 24 hours was my Moms idea of Buh-bye and I took her when she was 21 until she saved her all her own money for an apartment and took a bus to work and law school.

Long paragraphs comprising 10-15 lines are difficult to read on an iPad, and darn near impossible on a phone.
Even Spirit stopped posting such paragraphs, as many told him they jusk skimmed such posts, irrespective of how important the content.

Meh, I doubt many college professors would care how Spirit structures his paragraphs, me either though I do read his stuff, it is interesting.

As to my relationship with my mom, I did not move out because she forced me to raise her kids.
Aside from her period of post-partum depression, I chose to look after Jamie.
As I said - he was the best live doll any little girl could wish for. Who needed Barbies?

Yep, like I said we all come from different type of family dynamics and parenting styles. As you said, you were his second Mother, I never was that to my Sis. My Mom was very ill when I was small. My Dad was careful not to give me my sister while my Mom was hospitalized for over 4 months and then frequently there after. He brought people in to care for us, we had family that assisted when tragic things happened, he always fed us, cleaned us and bought our clothes. Adults helped out in between. I never got up in the middle of the night as a small child myself and change her diaper or fed my sister. Both my parents would have noticed if I was shopping and buying supplies to keep her clean or in a bathroom bathing her, they would have noticed the clothes were not clothes they bought. They were always the parents and we were always the children. It is what makes the world go round, all sorts of different types of families and all sorts of parenting styles.

At 1:30 in the morning typing on an iPod, you shall get little paragraphs and spacing

Happy? I pressed enter here.

I would love to move out on my own, but quite frankly, I don't have the money to do that. It would be $10,000 per year to live on campus. Right now I don't take out student loans because I don't want debt when I graduate, so I can go where my parents can afford to send me. Which is this school minus room and board.

I've looked into off campus apartments. Can't afford that either. And the only person who I would want to live with, my bff, cannot afford to move out either. Even living together would be expensive for both of us.

Plus I'm in a set of circumstances where I'm still needed at home. If I'm home a few days a week, it allows my mom to take substitute teaching jobs. My brother is not legally able to get off the bus and come home by himself as I would at his age. The bus driver cannot let him off. So my mom can only take jobs at the elementary school when I don't have class and am able to be home in the afternoon. I also watch him when they go out.

So right now, moving out is not an option. I did look at colleges away from home, but again, too expensive. When I'm out of college, 22, and working full time, yes I'll move out, hopefully to Florida. And then when my parents are no longer paying for college, they can help me. I think it's great that you were able to move out on your own at 19. I think it's great that your son is moving out, if for no other reason than your sanity. I just can't afford to do that right now.

You'll be fine. You're a nice young lady, good to your brother, an honors student, as nice as it could be to move you are doing what you need to do for your future which trumps moving out. You seem to have plan which is more than a lot of people your age do. 2 more years and you can start to think about moving, soon enough and you've already started your nest egg to move out. Seems like you've got your life on a good path.

 

[trr1]

Wait!!! Maybe I'm confused. Is this the younger son that has had issues with the bong activities for as long as I can remember or is this the older one now? I too was raised by those same rules as was my sister. Though my Sis when she got booted and not for drugs or anything like that, got booted swiftly, 24 hours was my Moms idea of Buh-bye. I took her when she was 21 until she saved all her own money for an apartment and took a bus to work and law school.


Meh, I doubt many college professors would care how Spirit structures his paragraphs, me either though I do read his stuff, it is interesting. @StarWarsGirl95 needs to wait a few years before she starts butchering paragraphs whiles she is in college, after that we can try and get her to be Spirit 2.0



Yep, like I said we all come from different type of family dynamics and parenting styles. As you said, you were his second Mother, I never was that to my Sis. My Mom was very ill when I was small. My Dad was careful not to give me my sister while my Mom was hospitalized for over 4 months and then frequently there after. He brought people in to care for us, we had family that assisted when tragic things happened, he always fed us, cleaned us and bought our clothes. Adults helped out in between. I never got up in the middle of the night as a small child myself and change her diaper or fed my sister. Both my parents would have noticed if I was shopping and buying supplies to keep her clean or in a bathroom bathing her, they would have noticed the clothes were not clothes they bought and it would not have been allowed. They were always the parents and we were always the children.

By your stories you've told I'd think Jamie is not likely to suffers from typical youngest sibling selfishness with you, likely more the role each of you took as children that carried though, he didn't have that typical brother sister relationship growing up, a live barbie doll and likely just looks at you differently than most brothers would, understandably knowing all these things you did through his childhood, it just brings a different dynamic to the relationship. It is what makes the world go round, all sorts of different types of families and all sorts of parenting styles.

sorry i didn't read this post it was too big

 

[MinnieM123]

Yeah, I got my long hair set on fire at the Chicago 'Amphitheater. Some stupid fool lighting his pot took out about 12 inches of my hair. Popular Creek is pretty far out from there. The Horizon, I am very familar with, next town over from the suburb I grew up in. My office window looked out over the Horizon, it was great, I'd park in my lot and walk over the creek. My folks would let me travel just about anywhere in the suburbs or into Wisconsin but not Chicago or Indiana. And there were the Indiana Dunes, so that was a challenge.

A friend of mines Dad died building the Horizon along with many other men. I have gone to the arena many many times but always think of him when I look up at the roof from hell.

I gave you a sympathy like for all that. Guess we've all had unusual experiences, at some point in our lives.

 

[MinnieM123]

That's true. I'm not horribly worried about that (yet). The plan is to apply to the Disney college program and then see about going back after I graduate, if I like it. Otherwise, I might stay up here for a while. My next door neighbor is a head hunter and has said that if I need help to just call her. The insurance company I interned for has also said that I can come back and work for them if I want. I don't really like insurance sales, so not sure that I want to, but it's an option. I could also come back to them and they could put in a good word for me if they know of companies hiring. So I've got some options.

I like how you have a good, positive spirit. Some college students don't have a clue where to start planning for their future, but you're organized, and have put some effort into researching a few good options. Then, down the road, (after you've been working for a while) one option leads to another, and you'll be on your way to a career you really enjoy!