Poem sent to me by a friend of mine... I'm hoping the part that reminded her of me was not the asylum part :)
Counting Miracles at the State Asylum
by Rhett Iseman Trull
Some nights, Estelle lets us join her outsidewhile she take a smoking break
and calls her girlfriend on her cell phone.
Josh and May and I sit nearby in the grass,
leaning against each other, counting miracles.
Not white doves drifting by at just the right moment
or some former comatose staggering back from the brink,
making talk-show claims about light. We don't believe
anymore in that rare luck some call blessing.
But we've learned a thing or twoabout miracles for the common man,
the stuck man: a nest of robins about to hatch;
fast cars on the highway, going somewhere;
in the sky, webs of lightning.
And that squirm of rhythm
whenever the stars flare up, holding onto centuries of wishes, polishing them
over and over. The stars know the dangerof even a bingo-paced Wednesday
and light themselves every night in celebration
of the simple fact of our survival.
Love it, love it, love it!!!!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
I love craigslist
I love craigslist... you really can find anything:
Portable Stripper Pole for sale
This stripper pole was made for someone to use while they attended the ROT Rally earlier this year. Now we really don't know what to do with it. A lot of hard work was put into this. It was very well made with iron and hard wood flooring and a very sturdy pole. It can be disassembled for hauling. If you are interested, please inquire for more information. Only serious inquiries please. Price is negotiable. Very interesting and cool piece of work!!!
Here's my latest post... When I sell something regarding the "unappreciative teenager, " I always get tons of fan mail. Maybe I should open that as an EBAY store....
Hi Craigslisters! I need help again with that darn unappreciative teenager again!
You've previously purchased everything in his room when he was extremely unappreciative... and you bought his first car (a super cool classic BMW) when he blew the clutch and assumed we'd just fix it. He finally dug himself out of that hole... and now, different vehicle but blew another clutch... It's been sitting in my drive way and I'm not digging that. He's been taking classes to work on it... and actually I would prefer him fix it himself...except it's going to take too long to save up for parts and I'm not going to have a disassembled vehicle in my garage for weeks. We are just tired of playing taxi cab. We need something that's running... and ugly is fine with us. In fact, ugly is much better. He's not in an extreme amount of trouble at this time, but if we are going to get him yet another vehicle instead of waiting it out on the repairs, then he needs to learn a lesson. Hate that we need to, but he can't save the money without working, and he can't work with out transportation... kind of a catch 22. If I can get him a running vehicle, I can always find another way to torment him. He's basically a good kid overall, just continually testing boundaries and for weaknesses in parental control... got to keep those teenagers on the straight and narrow!
Sooo... what are we looking for? Someone that will come get this, and bring us a running vehicle. Depending on what you have, I can add a few $ that I will ceremoniously remove from his college fund, or possibly throw in a few other items. Or, is there someone that can fix it and possibly show him how to fix it? I've put out an email on someone parting out the same type vehicle. It would be great, but I don't have a place for him to do that, or all the tools.
Other trade possibilities (i.e. other stuff we have that I can't fix, or someone doesn't need):
- Dell Mini - XP, running fine and I like it... just don't use it much and would be worth it to give it up for this.- Montegue mountain bike - very cool, but tire keeps going flat - have new tire, new tube, but an unhandy and procrastinating husband. And if it's the wrong tire I even have the reciept for target and you can take it back. It's the kind where the tire can come off and you can fold it up. If I didn't think my son would get run over, I'd make him ride this instead as punishment, but unfortunately it's just not feasible... and I'd probably get reported for some sort of child abuse. Everyone's a CPS expert these days...- Teenager's XBOX60 and 20" flat TV. - I think he has a few games and one of those guitar things... two wireless game controllers (this trade would be preferable as this would be painful for him and it would make me laugh. "So you want a working vehicle? What are you willing to give up?"
Strict Mom
Portable Stripper Pole for sale
This stripper pole was made for someone to use while they attended the ROT Rally earlier this year. Now we really don't know what to do with it. A lot of hard work was put into this. It was very well made with iron and hard wood flooring and a very sturdy pole. It can be disassembled for hauling. If you are interested, please inquire for more information. Only serious inquiries please. Price is negotiable. Very interesting and cool piece of work!!!
Here's my latest post... When I sell something regarding the "unappreciative teenager, " I always get tons of fan mail. Maybe I should open that as an EBAY store....
Hi Craigslisters! I need help again with that darn unappreciative teenager again!
You've previously purchased everything in his room when he was extremely unappreciative... and you bought his first car (a super cool classic BMW) when he blew the clutch and assumed we'd just fix it. He finally dug himself out of that hole... and now, different vehicle but blew another clutch... It's been sitting in my drive way and I'm not digging that. He's been taking classes to work on it... and actually I would prefer him fix it himself...except it's going to take too long to save up for parts and I'm not going to have a disassembled vehicle in my garage for weeks. We are just tired of playing taxi cab. We need something that's running... and ugly is fine with us. In fact, ugly is much better. He's not in an extreme amount of trouble at this time, but if we are going to get him yet another vehicle instead of waiting it out on the repairs, then he needs to learn a lesson. Hate that we need to, but he can't save the money without working, and he can't work with out transportation... kind of a catch 22. If I can get him a running vehicle, I can always find another way to torment him. He's basically a good kid overall, just continually testing boundaries and for weaknesses in parental control... got to keep those teenagers on the straight and narrow!
Sooo... what are we looking for? Someone that will come get this, and bring us a running vehicle. Depending on what you have, I can add a few $ that I will ceremoniously remove from his college fund, or possibly throw in a few other items. Or, is there someone that can fix it and possibly show him how to fix it? I've put out an email on someone parting out the same type vehicle. It would be great, but I don't have a place for him to do that, or all the tools.
Other trade possibilities (i.e. other stuff we have that I can't fix, or someone doesn't need):
- Dell Mini - XP, running fine and I like it... just don't use it much and would be worth it to give it up for this.- Montegue mountain bike - very cool, but tire keeps going flat - have new tire, new tube, but an unhandy and procrastinating husband. And if it's the wrong tire I even have the reciept for target and you can take it back. It's the kind where the tire can come off and you can fold it up. If I didn't think my son would get run over, I'd make him ride this instead as punishment, but unfortunately it's just not feasible... and I'd probably get reported for some sort of child abuse. Everyone's a CPS expert these days...- Teenager's XBOX60 and 20" flat TV. - I think he has a few games and one of those guitar things... two wireless game controllers (this trade would be preferable as this would be painful for him and it would make me laugh. "So you want a working vehicle? What are you willing to give up?"
The car:
The clutch - A friend of mine said it was possibly the bearing only... but that it's usually just as good to replace the clutch and the bearing comes in the kit. I did some research and we found clutches new and used from $150 - $300 and that bearing... if it's the right thing around $50.
Other work that needs to be done...
- Not starting, but we have a starter, brand new right here with it. And that may not actually be the issue, it's just been sitting. Charged the battery , but no game. Have an extra battery as well, brand new that can go along with this.
- Driver side window won't go up, we can probably get it up with taking apart the door, but they are all power windows and i'm a bit tentative about that. It's currently covered with an attractive pink air mattress to keep out the rain.
- It needs to be inspected
- It does have four pretty good tires and a spare...
- He has also put a huge home speaker that's about as big as the back seat in the cargo area. This can be removed easily, unless you'd like to have it as well to add to the ambiance.
- It's green, and not perfect on the outside... but it's a vehicle.
I don't like having to do anything with this situation; reducing the punishment and risking the perception of rewarding bad behavior, but it's a practicality thing... And did you know that I still have to pay insurance on him whether he's driving or not as long as he has a driving's license? Thought I could save some money by dropping the vehicle while it's not moving... nope... I'd actually have to revoke his license to do that. I did consider this... printed out the paper work and will be hanging it on the fridge completely filled out and signed the next time he smarts off... but again, just not practical. I need this boy to drive.
If you can help, let me know. If you can commiserate, I like that too.
Strict Mom
Friday, October 2, 2009
We've gone youtube...
Check out the videos on youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/youmakemetiredtv
Now you'll see why I have so much material... sometimes it's hard to narrow it down to just one pet peeve or incident...
Watch the awards shows for my nomination in what I guess would be educational videos?
"This is not how to start a fire"
"Flip Flops are Flameable"
"You too can torment your children"
"No one got hurt... much"
"Why you should save for boarding school tutition"
"Everyone can dance"
Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/youmakemetiredtv
Now you'll see why I have so much material... sometimes it's hard to narrow it down to just one pet peeve or incident...
Watch the awards shows for my nomination in what I guess would be educational videos?
"This is not how to start a fire"
"Flip Flops are Flameable"
"You too can torment your children"
"No one got hurt... much"
"Why you should save for boarding school tutition"
"Everyone can dance"
Enjoy
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