Comments on: Crack that Whip http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/crack-that-whip/ Random thoughts & tidbits from somewhere in the middle... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:13:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: pseudonymblog http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/crack-that-whip/#comment-951 pseudonymblog Wed, 28 May 2008 15:49:58 +0000 http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-951 Sorry for not leaving a link! It normally leaves it automatically on other wordpress blogs....anyway... https://pseudonymblog.wordpress.com Sorry for not leaving a link! It normally leaves it automatically on other wordpress blogs….anyway…

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]]> By: pseudonymblog http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/crack-that-whip/#comment-935 pseudonymblog Mon, 26 May 2008 21:33:03 +0000 http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-935 This is just too funny....I found your blog through another person's blogroll...but I'm officially hooked...you have a new loyal reader. <em> <strong>Hi pseudonymblog, Thanks for stopping by, and for commenting. Yay! I'm glad you're hooked. I'd visit you as well, but don't have a link to your site.</strong> </em>:( This is just too funny….I found your blog through another person’s blogroll…but I’m officially hooked…you have a new loyal reader.

Hi pseudonymblog,

Thanks for stopping by, and for commenting. Yay! I’m glad you’re hooked. I’d visit you as well, but don’t have a link to your site. :(

]]> By: c http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/crack-that-whip/#comment-926 c Sat, 24 May 2008 04:40:11 +0000 http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-926 Oh yeah. Very good post. i can relate. When i first instructed my older daughter on dish washing- she was sooo very excited. Now, she mumbles and stumbles to the sink. i try not to go all "i've been doing dishes for x amount of years" on her. No one likes doing dishes. You've just got to do them. She's been helping me out for about four years now and i still go behind her, checking and all that. Most of the time, i just do them myself. It's easier on everyone that way. <em> <strong>Thanks, c. Ohhhh, I'm a huge proponent of using the "I've been doing xxx for x amount of years" line. I tend to use it mostly when she's trying to inform me that I'm wrong about something she knows absolutely nothing about (which is pretty much every day). I often fall into the "I'll just do it myself, it's easier" routine. I'm trying hard not to go that route because I know it will only make her lazier and it will reinforce the idea that if she complains she'll get out of doing chores. Have a great weekend!</strong></em> Oh yeah. Very good post. i can relate.

When i first instructed my older daughter on dish washing- she was sooo very excited. Now, she mumbles and stumbles to the sink. i try not to go all “i’ve been doing dishes for x amount of years” on her. No one likes doing dishes. You’ve just got to do them.

She’s been helping me out for about four years now and i still go behind her, checking and all that. Most of the time, i just do them myself. It’s easier on everyone that way.

Thanks, c.

Ohhhh, I’m a huge proponent of using the “I’ve been doing xxx for x amount of years” line. I tend to use it mostly when she’s trying to inform me that I’m wrong about something she knows absolutely nothing about (which is pretty much every day).

I often fall into the “I’ll just do it myself, it’s easier” routine. I’m trying hard not to go that route because I know it will only make her lazier and it will reinforce the idea that if she complains she’ll get out of doing chores.

Have a great weekend!

]]> By: teeni http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/crack-that-whip/#comment-921 teeni Fri, 23 May 2008 15:08:27 +0000 http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-921 Awesome post! I'm still smiling. <strong> <em>Hi Teeni! Thanks for stopping by. Glad you liked the post. My child gives me plenty o' blog fodder! I'll be stopping by your blog in a bit. Have a great Memorial Day weekend! </strong></em> Awesome post! I’m still smiling.

Hi Teeni!
Thanks for stopping by. Glad you liked the post. My child gives me plenty o’ blog fodder! I’ll be stopping by your blog in a bit. Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

]]> By: javaqueen http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/crack-that-whip/#comment-916 javaqueen Thu, 22 May 2008 06:00:02 +0000 http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-916 I think the kids are way more capable than they let on! What happens in my home is all the whining, putting off doing the requested chore, and doing mediocre work and I get so tired of nagging, finally I just do it myself. I'm not doing it anymore. My twins are 12. Lexi girl seems to "get it" and does fine, actually outstanding work. Zach, ugh! I'm so sick of telling him to help out, he must be so sick of hearing my rant....... So, tonight I said, "From now on, you come straight home from school and do your chores (1 chore mind you- empty out all the garbage cans on the first floor and bring out the kitchen garbage and recycle) - I told him NO more plans with any friends until his CHORE is done. HA! Shit, school is out in 9 days, then I'll have to come up with something better.... DOH! My older son did the same thing w/ the dishes, especially when you drain the sink and all the chunks were waiting in the drain plug thing-a-ma-bob, he'd gag! GET OVER IT! <em><strong> Ohhhhh...these kids are far more capable than they let on. I don't know why, but they're just plain lazy. And mine will come up with ANY excuse not to do something that requires a little elbow grease. I'm gonna out-wit her one of these days!</strong></em> I think the kids are way more capable than they let on! What happens in my home is all the whining, putting off doing the requested chore, and doing mediocre work and I get so tired of nagging, finally I just do it myself.

I’m not doing it anymore. My twins are 12. Lexi girl seems to “get it” and does fine, actually outstanding work. Zach, ugh! I’m so sick of telling him to help out, he must be so sick of hearing my rant…….

So, tonight I said, “From now on, you come straight home from school and do your chores (1 chore mind you- empty out all the garbage cans on the first floor and bring out the kitchen garbage and recycle) - I told him NO more plans with any friends until his CHORE is done. HA! Shit, school is out in 9 days, then I’ll have to come up with something better…. DOH!

My older son did the same thing w/ the dishes, especially when you drain the sink and all the chunks were waiting in the drain plug thing-a-ma-bob, he’d gag! GET OVER IT!

Ohhhhh…these kids are far more capable than they let on. I don’t know why, but they’re just plain lazy. And mine will come up with ANY excuse not to do something that requires a little elbow grease. I’m gonna out-wit her one of these days!

]]> By: michaelm http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/crack-that-whip/#comment-915 michaelm Thu, 22 May 2008 01:23:04 +0000 http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-915 Oh, God, I'm laughing here. Sent this link to my wife hoping she stops by. Oh, this is good . . . ~m <em> <strong>The child never ceases to amaze me...or frustrate me. I have to laugh it off because she is, after all, just like her momma. </strong></em> Oh, God, I’m laughing here.
Sent this link to my wife hoping she stops by.
Oh, this is good . . .
~m

The child never ceases to amaze me…or frustrate me. I have to laugh it off because she is, after all, just like her momma.

]]> By: joebecca http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/crack-that-whip/#comment-910 joebecca Wed, 21 May 2008 22:19:11 +0000 http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-910 ha! tell her she's lucky! my name MEANS "queen" and i used to get beat like Cinderella! <em><strong>Oh crap...are you kidding? I'm going to tell her right now!</strong></em> ha! tell her she’s lucky! my name MEANS “queen” and i used to get beat like Cinderella!

Oh crap…are you kidding? I’m going to tell her right now!

]]> By: romi41 http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/crack-that-whip/#comment-904 romi41 Wed, 21 May 2008 02:06:59 +0000 http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-904 Hahaha...that's right, you soap and scrub girl!! And by the way, I love my cat, I really do, but if I accidentally breathe through my nose when I'm cleaning his litterbox...bad times....(a.k.a. I will definitely tune in for when you make her try that one! ;-) ) <em> <strong>Hahaha. I've already explained the 'breathing through the mouth' technique to her in preparation for the cat box cleaning. She doesn't quite get it, though. She's definitely going to gag! </strong></em> Hahaha…that’s right, you soap and scrub girl!! And by the way, I love my cat, I really do, but if I accidentally breathe through my nose when I’m cleaning his litterbox…bad times….(a.k.a. I will definitely tune in for when you make her try that one! ;-) )

Hahaha. I’ve already explained the ‘breathing through the mouth’ technique to her in preparation for the cat box cleaning. She doesn’t quite get it, though. She’s definitely going to gag!

]]> By: kaylee http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/crack-that-whip/#comment-900 kaylee Tue, 20 May 2008 04:03:34 +0000 http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-900 Thank you i am doing better today :) hope you have a wonderful week <em> <strong>You're welcome. Glad you're feeling better. Hope you have a wonderful (and pain-free) week darlin'!</strong></em> Thank you i am doing better today :) hope you have a wonderful week

You’re welcome. Glad you’re feeling better. Hope you have a wonderful (and pain-free) week darlin’!

]]> By: the Grit http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/crack-that-whip/#comment-899 the Grit Mon, 19 May 2008 20:46:30 +0000 http://2lazydogs.wordpress.com/?p=577#comment-899 Hi WC & BizyLizy, You had SNOW! I am extremely jealous of your wonderful childhood experiences. I had to walk to school barefoot in the mud, which meant having to carry a rope and a 2x4 so you could extract yourself after hitting a deep spot. Also, all I got for breakfast was home made pop-tarts which, now that I've had the real thing, were only two pieces of dry white toast pinched together with some damp dirt in between. This, or so I suspect, explains why, all these years later, I still flinch at the sight of toaster pastries. the Grit <em><strong>Wow...you all sure had it tough...maybe you guys would like to come over to my house and share your stories with my daughter. Maybe then she'd see how easy she's got it!</strong> </em>;) Hi WC & BizyLizy,

You had SNOW! I am extremely jealous of your wonderful childhood experiences. I had to walk to school barefoot in the mud, which meant having to carry a rope and a 2×4 so you could extract yourself after hitting a deep spot. Also, all I got for breakfast was home made pop-tarts which, now that I’ve had the real thing, were only two pieces of dry white toast pinched together with some damp dirt in between. This, or so I suspect, explains why, all these years later, I still flinch at the sight of toaster pastries.

the Grit

Wow…you all sure had it tough…maybe you guys would like to come over to my house and share your stories with my daughter. Maybe then she’d see how easy she’s got it! ;)

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