[quote=HP] Mark, I'm sorry- this is funny as hell- Take notes and submit a copy to National Lampoon, I think you have enough material for a movie.
It could be because you have spoon fed us with detail and pics, long before
this post. Now we all have visuals of you pounding the rock, or
a bunch of snotty nose brats running amuck in your house. All you lack is
an ending. <hr /></blockquote>
You are right about the brats running amuck in my house. I could spend more time here & make more posts than Trey, Jason, MP, & Don put together telling you all about what's going on in my house! Here's but a sampling of what life is like around here that's guaranteed to entertain you all........
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Last night (Thursday) at the dinner table, his kids just wouldn't shut up at all, so I made a deal with them that if they would keep their traps shut, I'd give them a quarter each. The oldest who is 4, and SEVERLY overweight kept quiet & got her quarter. The youngest (3) wasn't that quiet so she got only 13 cents. Anyway, after dinner both were happy with their reward & I was thrilled that we had a somewhat quiet meal.
At 8:30, he put the brats to bed & for the next hour they just wouldn't shut up or stay in bed. This happens EVERY friggin' night! Last week, that ritual went on for two and a half tortuous hours. FINALLY, at 9:45 all is quiet & I'm relieved that they fell asleep so soon. No sooner than I thought that, the oldest comes out stomping like a Jurassic Park dinosaur, all the while screaming noises like I haven't heard since the Excorcist. She stomps into the living room where her dad is, he picks her up & runs for the toilet with her expecting her to barf up dinner. He bends her over & instead of barfing, she caughs up the quarter that I had given her earlier in the evening!
She apparently was playing with the quarter in her mouth in bed & when she fell asleep, the quarter went south causing her to choke. Needless to say, the quarter was taken away from her causing he to cry even more, & the 13 cents was also confiscated from the youngest while she was asleep. I ALMOST KILLED MY NEICE and felt guilty as hell, but on the other hand, don't the parents teach these kids anything about putting things in their mouths???? At age 4 1/2, I would think that the oldest should know that by now?!?!?!?! Other than being upset for the next half hour, she's was fine.
Anyway, this is but a small sampling of what goes on in this house these days. My life has turned into a bad Chevy Chase movie. This Friday afternoon, I'm escaping with my family to the quiet solitude of my own personal Camp David in NH for the weekend, where I can do relaxing work like stripping the 2 concrete forms from last week & make another this week. Hard work never felt so good.
Unfortunaltely for me, the saga isn't going to end any time soon. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
