Welcome to my blog! Here I will share my adventures in digital scrapbooking. Of course you will also be subjected to my ramblings about everyday life. ;) Today I'm Feeling
Today has been like a day from Hell! Lindsey has been so incredibley mouthy. At the age of 10, she has the attitude of your typical 13 year old girl. At least the same attitude I had when I was 13. She argues about everything and talks back so much. So being fed up with it and seeing that we need to nip this behavior in the bud we told her that if she mouthed off once more today then she wouldn't be going with her grandma to the Art Center on Tuesday. We even explained to her what we meant by "mouthing off". Luckily she pulled herself out of her snotty attitude pretty quickly after that and we went to town to go grocery shopping. Sure enough, half way through the grocery shopping trip she starts up. And I know she knew what she was doing cause after she said something she gave me this look like..."am I in trouble?". So I asked her why she looked at me like that and she played dumb so I told her that I knew she was looking at me like that to see if she was going to get in trouble. So I told her that she knew what the consequences of her actions were and that she wouldn't be going with her grandma. My 10 year old daughter starts bawling in Wal-Mart. She begging and pleading as she's crying. When she sees that isn't working she starts telling me that I'm ruining her life and that she is going to ruin mine. Ugh...and that was only the beginning. I even called her dad and gave the phone to her so she could cry at him for a bit. I need the break to calm down before I went postal! So to say the least, I didn't get everything on my shopping list. I was just so mad at her I could barely think. Of course half way home in the van she apologizes and starts acting super sweet and helpful. After dinner I tell her that she needs to get a bag and fill it with all of her old clothes that don't fit so we can take them to Goodwill...which I told her earlier today that she would be doing this. She immediatly starts complaining about how she doesn't want to and she just wants to watch TV. So instead of listening to anymore of her complaining I sent her to bed an hour early. It just makes me cringe to think that her attitude is only going to get worse!
On a much happier note, here's a layout I did last night for both a quote & scraplift challenge. I'm so excited to say that I created all the elements in this layout. I'm especially pleased with the stitching. I found a great tutorial by MandaBean that was a huge help! Thanks so much MandaBean!!!
Posted at 08:57 pm by SheScraps
João Paulo April 4, 2006 09:56 AM PDT Essa garota da foto é linda, gostaria de me corresponder com ela, pois fiquei apaixonado quando a vi, sou do Brasil e meu e-mail é eu_joaopaulo@yahoo.com.br
Kelley McDonald August 18, 2005 08:44 AM PDT Oh how I relate! My tween has started early at 8. I kept chanting to myself yesterday to "be positive" with her instead of picking on all the things she says that make me cringe. But I don't know what to do any more than you do. It seems so sad to have our sweet girls turn so mouthy. But I guess that it shows that they feel safe with us. I have thought about trying to find some helpful tips in parenting books or such, but have been too busy to even look yet. If you think of anything that helps, please share it with me. Kelley
