Whine About it Wednesday!
So last night I’m going over a study sheet with my daughter and, while I am used to her misspelling words, I gotta tell you, this one was particularly disturbing.
“disside” 
I gaped, people. Literally. “Disside???”
Daughter pauses. “What?”
“How do you spell decide?”
“D-e-c-i-d-e.”Â
My mouth hasn’t managed to close yet. “I don’t understand. Why didn’t you spell it right on the study guide?”
She shrugs, unconcerned. “Dunno.”
She might not know, but I do. Sheer laziness. Argh!!!
On a happier note, my son has been keeping his room clean, picking up his dirty clothes, promptly attending to his homework and working for my brother to earn money for a mission trip.
My question is this–why can’t they be good at the same time???
October 3rd, 2007 at 4:26 am
THAT’S an easy answer — it’d make your life too easy.
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:44 am
Because that would be easy…
Oh wait, that’s what Jen said–at 4:30 in the morning?
4:30 is sleeping time…
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:35 am
You couldn’t be that lucky….
. Is your daughter keeping her room clean now that you put a garbage can in it? And my whine would be the copier, very expensive I might add, that is not stapling…….. 
. Otherwise have a nice whiny Wednesday. 
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:26 pm
At least they are not both being bad.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Jen, there is that.
Kimberly, Jen keeps weird hours.
Ginger, the garbage can is working out beautifully. I’m glad I caved.
Susan, I’m glad they’re being good. I just wish I could get them to read. And teach them to spell.
October 3rd, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Yay on the garbage can!
I have to say that Jen and Kimberly are probably right–I think that there’s likely some rule making it statistically impossible for children to all be in a “good” cycle at the same time. Otherwise, what would we parents do all day?
Hmmm… my whine today is that my beloved 14-year-old Accord failed its smog test and will have to be permanently retired. All reason aside, I’m going to miss it…
(A little silly, getting all attached to a car…