LOL You got it!!!! Yep I have two little partners in crime. Both are not
quite 3 YO and what one doesn't think of the other does. Then I have a
wanderer, got to keep a close eye on him all the time. Plus I have no clue
what he is saying. He comes up and tells me a whole stream of stuff and I
might be able to pick out one word. Two brand new 2 YO's and they have no
clue what is going on at any time. Then there is the 5 YO tattle-telling
whiner, he whines over everything. Oh, the list goes on and on.

Actually I don't get as caught up in what they do as I would have my own
children. I don't worry if the ketchup is down the front of them. I would
have died to think my child had been bathing in ketchup. LOL So when they do
things that would have driven me up a wall if they had been mine it just
doesn't have the same effect. I'm not saying I don't care about them but I
don't have the same sort of "personal stake" in them.

But my patience is worn thin by the time I've dealt with them all day and
often I come home to a grandchild to whom I will flat out tell not to bother
me as I have had enough kids for one day. So she's learned to leave me alone
for a while and not step on my nerves. Guess that is not being fair to the
kids all day long or the grandchild.

But at least these kids are little and you don't get what some of the school
age children have learned. I'm not dealing with a 12 YO with a foul mouth. I
don't know how teachers manage with some of the older kids. I've been hit
and bit but at least these kids can be picked up and put in time out. I
don't take a bunch of crap and they know it.

Mostly my job is to just love them and to protect them from themselves. Lots
of hugs, lots of cheers and high fives for jobs well done. I've got one
little guy almost tying his shoes by himself. Getting that one bunny ear to
go though the hole is the hardest part.

But the physical end of it is just too much. I went from a good paying job
as head gardener to this. This just fouls up my time. I need to spend it in
my house. I only have so much energy and I need to spend it in my house.

Ok, I'm whining!!
Bev

Hi Bev,
Bruce has said it so well, as always. I know it is hard when it is a friend,
but I think you have to consider your own health. High b/p is nothing to
ignore. There are a lot of people who really care about you. Don't put your
own problems aside.
BJ-Sk. Canada

Bruce,
Sounds like you could use a few prayers and good thoughts also...
Hugs Cindy

"Bruce" <rothnie2003@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Bruce On. " my ex wife called me last Monday , she was at her
mothers. When

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Bruce I am sending good luck and well wishes to you, your wife
and your MIL.... what a terrible thing to have to deal with! I
know we all will have a decision like that at some time in our
life but I feel so bad for you and Marcia that it had to happen
in such a way!
Good luck with the NH and take care of yourselves!
Hugs from Shelagh
http://continue.to/lupus

I know, I know!!!

I've got to quit or almost quit. It's one thing to work a few hours when
there is a true need but I don't need to be working the way I am.

My friend owns the school!!

OM, your ex-MIL, that is a shame. I know that is putting you in a difficult
position.
Bev

Dinner at my house is fin for yourself and whatever you can find to either
cook or re-heat.  <g>  They are used to that tho!!

New England Clam Chowder sounds yummy to me.

But you still ignored everyones comments.  LOL

Hugs,
Sherry

No I'm taking the brand name stuff.

My BP skyrocketed tonight. Don't know why - maybe because I drank a couple
of cups of real coffee today instead of the decaf? Hubby took it again about
15 minutes later and it had dropped considerably. It was 150/110 and fell to
130/90. Yes, I know it was that high because my daughter walked through the
door and I had her re-take it. She left and when my husband re-took it it
had fallen. Hmmmm.

Janers keeps telling me to stop obsessing over it. Sorry, Janers, when it
goes down and stays where it belongs I'll quit obsessing. LOL

The nutritionist told me I can add a little more salt to my diet and still
be considered way below normal salt intake. It's hard to keep the salt out
of the diet. It's hiding in everything!!
Bev