tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post6748951181997023055..comments2023-09-21T05:54:16.094-07:00Comments on 3 Bedroom Bungalow to Let in Crazytown: I Can't RelateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-33394527384137420692009-04-06T18:38:00.000-07:002009-04-06T18:38:00.000-07:00I JUST said this to my husband yesterday...that I ...I JUST said this to my husband yesterday...that I am like a single mom. No doubt about it. I do EVERYTHING with the kids and for the kids because of his work hours. It can be exhausting.Momo Falihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09735425888226178189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-75630183588351949432009-04-06T18:27:00.000-07:002009-04-06T18:27:00.000-07:00LOL ok now you made me feel really bad about all t...LOL ok now you made me feel really bad about all the supermarker muttered cussing of kids and mums I've done in my lifetime! Profuse apologies my friend.<BR/><BR/>I understand the single parent thing as my bff was an army wife for many years with two little ones. I know it's not easy from watching her cope.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542425639950850366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-73149596521091595872009-04-06T18:09:00.000-07:002009-04-06T18:09:00.000-07:00I love that both of my kids are in school all day ...I love that both of my kids are in school all day for when I have to go grocery shopping!!! They have the worse case of the "Can I Haves" <BR/>And I have left a shopping cart or two back in the day.Someonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191496245450251846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-49859500209060345052009-04-06T13:35:00.000-07:002009-04-06T13:35:00.000-07:00I've never left a grocery store, but I have left a...I've never left a grocery store, but I have left a birthday party due to a kid acting up.Mama Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056327117924455147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-11741080329766796442009-04-06T12:31:00.001-07:002009-04-06T12:31:00.001-07:00lollygagging should be outlawed. That and fiddlest...lollygagging should be outlawed. That and fiddlesticking. Which just sounds filthy and also maybe i just made it up, but I'm not sure.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575708700735000787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-68859368521505043302009-04-06T12:31:00.000-07:002009-04-06T12:31:00.000-07:00that key idea of yours....pure GENIUS!!!!!that key idea of yours....pure GENIUS!!!!!Cammiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634846585768094776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-29858536410930898402009-04-06T11:46:00.000-07:002009-04-06T11:46:00.000-07:00When my kids were young (eons ago) they always wer...When my kids were young (eons ago) they always were in tow and I never thought it was that big of a deal.Expat No. 3699https://www.blogger.com/profile/13023652840187420920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-15652520291957644832009-04-06T11:25:00.000-07:002009-04-06T11:25:00.000-07:00Gahh...do I remember those lines. I always hated t...Gahh...do I remember those lines. I always hated the Commisary. My idiot ex-to-be always insisted on us shopping on Saturdays. Like he was the one shopping! It was like having an overgrown child. I do believe I left him in the store once, but the groceries I kept. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-22581127804286300052009-04-06T11:05:00.000-07:002009-04-06T11:05:00.000-07:00I'm sure this makes me totally strange...but I do...I'm sure this makes me totally strange...but I don't mind shopping with mine all that much and I have the ability to leave them with their Dad even. We have a few mishaps here and there but then I just make them get on opposite sides of the cart and each one has to hold on with one hand so they can't touch each other. We take up an entire aisle but they aren't yelling, "gotcha last" and running all over the place either!The Stiletto Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10206822797293852486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-79819212265011173142009-04-06T09:25:00.000-07:002009-04-06T09:25:00.000-07:00I completely relate to dealing with things on a "s...I completely relate to dealing with things on a "single parent" level to simply due to my husband's work schedule too!<BR/><BR/>I've started giving Cat a list too..it works! <BR/><BR/>(I am having a MONSTER giveaway for my 100th post today! It's seriously huge! I wish I could enter my own giveaway! Wanna come see???)Dawn Parsons Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889046641523000211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-22632790116593166652009-04-06T07:47:00.000-07:002009-04-06T07:47:00.000-07:00We have left quite a few full carts in the grocery...We have left quite a few full carts in the grocery store!kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03040730267411361863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-44234396780970082252009-04-06T05:21:00.000-07:002009-04-06T05:21:00.000-07:00Bribery and gentle throttling! Always worked for m...Bribery and gentle throttling! Always worked for me, but then I only have the one kid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-35784786155272341152009-04-06T02:27:00.000-07:002009-04-06T02:27:00.000-07:00I try to schedule when without Max, and definitely...I try to schedule when without Max, and definitely in the week, not at the endeth.<BR/><BR/>Have you considered shopping online? All the major supermarkets do it.Ian Newboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12411720154080724038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-9711906141162041452009-04-06T01:12:00.000-07:002009-04-06T01:12:00.000-07:00I've never had to leave a cart full of groceries, ...I've never had to leave a cart full of groceries, but I have threatened it. Fortunately the threat of having to go home and sit in the "bad chair" was enough. <BR/>I, being a military (semi-single) wife, cannot relate to non-military wives when they complain about their husband being gone overnight. I try to by sympathetic, but I really just can't. I know that's mean, but come on.Mom in High Heelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990826038518660941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-59766890975065721112009-04-05T23:44:00.000-07:002009-04-05T23:44:00.000-07:00LMAO! I'm so happy to see that I'm not the only o...LMAO! I'm so happy to see that I'm not the only one who "So help me's" at my kids and not the only who calls them heathens.Chrishttp://www.textimps.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-61220704881166716292009-04-05T23:42:00.000-07:002009-04-05T23:42:00.000-07:00My mother refused to take us to the store, she wou...My mother refused to take us to the store, she would pawn us off on almost anyone. <BR/><BR/>My dad was working full time and also getting his degree in school at night. Finally, they worked out a deal ... she just needed 2 hours on Saturday. JUST TWO HOURS. She didn't care HOW he managed it. (There were four of us kids)<BR/><BR/>In generally one of us was injured during that two hour time period, and I'm pretty each one of us had to go to emergency at least once. <BR/><BR/>But Mama got two hours off for grocery shopping, and that was a GOOD thing!SweetPeaSurryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193034370248526025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-86608764675336985902009-04-05T22:31:00.000-07:002009-04-05T22:31:00.000-07:00The third cardinal rule is no matter when you go, ...The third cardinal rule is no matter when you go, there will be zillions of elderly folk there (bless 'em of course).<BR/><BR/>I used to hang out with two brothers when I was a kid, these two were a nightmare. I remember once I was with them and their mum, and the older brother tipped the younger one into one of the freezers!mo.stoneskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737422581378328590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-9856783575059659442009-04-05T20:07:00.000-07:002009-04-05T20:07:00.000-07:00While it's not as extreme as the military (and now...While it's not as extreme as the military (and now my oldest one is old enough where I can trust him to stay home safely by himself for an hour or so), I can relate to what you're saying about operating like a single-parent household a great deal of the time. My husband is sometimes gone three nights a week, and if you don't get some kind of system in place for when it's just you and the kids, it sometimes becomes too hard to operate some days. We have definitely had moments where I have left a store with a half-full cart because part of holding onto our rank as the boss means carrying out on the threats, as they were!for a different kind of girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431273646365489225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-31471583160310069582009-04-05T18:28:00.000-07:002009-04-05T18:28:00.000-07:00My dad used to do the food shopping on Friday even...My dad used to do the food shopping on Friday evenings and my sister and I would want to come with him. It only took a few trips for him to ban us from his excursions.Sprite's Keeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00790341033920919000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-9168640386144873622009-04-05T17:49:00.000-07:002009-04-05T17:49:00.000-07:00We've decided not to take our kids out in public u...We've decided not to take our kids out in public until they reach school age. I'm just kidding, kinda. Grocery store is about as public as they get. A sit down meal in an actual restaurant....forget about it.Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07018907807878842267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-64735975884022316302009-04-05T17:28:00.000-07:002009-04-05T17:28:00.000-07:00I hate shopping with my kids and I avoid it like t...I hate shopping with my kids and I avoid it like the plague.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10399156539354549499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-22269278050335981322009-04-05T16:09:00.000-07:002009-04-05T16:09:00.000-07:00I remember shopping with my parents when I was a k...I remember shopping with my parents when I was a kid. My mom would walk ahead of me and my brother and father who had the cart and would be screwing around non-stop. She would take things she wanted from the shelves and leave them in the middle of the aisle for us to pick up.Captain Dumbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214826608461609241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657583850704081049.post-83797343569961377452009-04-05T16:00:00.000-07:002009-04-05T16:00:00.000-07:00MAN! Its so funny, because when people think about...MAN! Its so funny, because when people think about having kids, they dont think of Tantrums in the store lol, I DO! Im still debating whether to have them at all! lolBobby Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04711676592495791818noreply@blogger.com