Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I have friends with a daughter - she is twelAt this point in her life she can't do any type of domestic chore. I think it is bad to make a kid sort of helpless in the basic things like cleaning and cooking. they could end up like Sean and eat moldy rice out of a tube.
My kids all make their beds (I am not fussy about it, though, but it has to look like they tried their best); put their breakfast and lunch dishes in the sink, clean up their toys, and sometimes, help me put laundry away (I fold, and call each one as their clothes piles build up). They are 5, 6 and 9.
Oh, they also set the table.
Kat, did you get yours from UPS? Because I am waiting for mine and they usually deliver stuff in the afternoon, so if they have delivered yours it gives me hope. It's gonna be 96 out today and BF has a writing gig and I want to stay in and read, gosh darn it. BRING MY BOOK!
Fuck fuck fuck. My A/C unit is off, and I can't figure out the problem. I don't think it's a fuse - I tried other things in the same outlet with no problem.
Kat, did you get yours from UPS? Because I am waiting for mine and they usually deliver stuff in the afternoon, so if they have delivered yours it gives me hope.
Robin, I'm pretty sure UPS won't be delivering them today -- I read an article that said that online retailers like Amazon had arranged a partnership between UPS and the USPS, b/c UPS's weekend delivery charges are too high.
Basically, UPS was going to deliver assloads of the (pre-packed and addressed) books to local USPSs yesterday, who would then deliver the books today.
I'm not saying this is the case with everyone who ordered online, particularly if you paid for UPS weekend delivery, but for people who selected regular delivery, it seems likely.
see - you are doing it right Cindy. - your kids all ready know that everyone in the house is supposed to help.
Robin, I'm pretty sure UPS won't be delivering them today -- I read an article that said that online retailers like Amazon had arranged a partnership between UPS and the USPS, b/c UPS's weekend delivery charges are too high.
Except my regular mail's already come and gone, and UPS has a tracking # for my order. Hmmm....
Honestly, at this point, it's more about getting the damn book so I can get out of the house than getting it so I can read it right away. Maybe I'll just go out anyway, and if we miss delivery, DH can sign for it on Monday.
Thanks, Tep. Although our mail doesn't usually get here until 4, so I guess waiting is in order.
:: trembling lip and longing gaze out of window
Kat, did you get yours from UPS?
Nope, sorry. I preordered one at Vroman's in Pasadena. They had a big to-do last night, which I did not attend because large groups late at night? NSM fun.
But we went this AM (large party also from 8-9) and it was easy peasy to get it. It was literally pick up a book and took less than 2 minutes. For book 7, I"m going to order from them again.
It's kind of sad to think she's 12 and doesn't know how to do anything. Like you said, that's the path to rice in a tube living. My kids love to help me cook, but it's not a lot of help, if you know what I mean.
beth, is the little girl an only child? I do know my mother did a lot for me, like laundry--particularly, because if she was throwing on her stuff and my dad's, it was just as easy to throw mine in, too. I wonder if they just don't think of it, because it seems so small.
That said, I'm an only and I always had chores. I had to dust every Saturday, for as long as I can remember. I had to make my bed, change my sheets. By the time I was 12, I was the one putting on supper as often as not, because my mother was back to work full time, by then. I had to clean the kitchen, vacuum, and pick up, before she got home. She was *really* cranky when she came home from work. Now, I understand why. Then, it used to bother me/piss me off.
yes, she is an only. Really sweet, good tempered ,etc. Mom and dad don't have her do the dishes because she does a bad job. I kind of understand what has happened, because - she is an only and an easy child too. I think they should have her start with some cooking - because she is the world's pickiest eater. I think learning to cook will either a) expand her tastes if only a little bit or b) ensure that she can at least cook the things she likes to eat.
I do not want to go to work. I wish to steal HP from DH and sit and read with a fan blowing on me. If I can't do that I want to read my cheesy book on the Loch Ness monster while DH reads HP . so I can have it tomorrow.
ps why is my typing worse than usual?
