Go Ahead, Make My Day: How To Deliver Crazy Threats, Fold, and Still Win!
Remember when Clint Eastwood was bad ass? (Image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcbarnicle/4925079272/)
When I was a kid, a friend’s nanny threatened to drop my friend and me on the side of the road if we didn’t stop acting up in the back seat. We didn’t stop acting up. She then left us on the side of the road and drove off.
I worship her. If I knew where that nanny was now I’d probably send her flowers or a fruit basket. I’m not worthy.
Still, I try.
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Diddy charging up the stairs towards her Kindergarten classroom. So much for nerves!
Today was Diddy’s first day of Kindergarten, probably distinguished most by the fact that she had me all to herself for breakfast at 6 am.
I rarely eat breakfast with my kids, as I can’t stand all the screaming and yelling and the fact that Mr. Big(ideas) thinks that they can eat fruit straight off the table sans plates. So for many years I have let him referee breakfast while I went off to walk the dog, and I’ve waited until the kids were out of the house / in the babysitter’s care before I sat down to eat in quiet, solitary bliss.
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