MOMania

By Jeff

October 29, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this

On the subject of violent videos of kids on youtube:

As the tech specialist of a District Attorney’s office in South GA, let me say this:

Youtube makes our job easy. Video proof of assault/battery/etc… Any defense lawyer in the country is going to see that and tell the kid to plea, IF we’ll let them.

There was actually a case here in the area (though not through my office) recently where some kids bounced a baby off a Pilates-type ball, video taped it, and put it on Youtube. Those kids are already in YDC, and this just happened over the summer.

In other cases, we’ve been able to prosecute several gang members because they video their various gang beat downs and other actions on their cell phones. We can get the video from there, and again, prosecution of the actual assault - if not the gang membership/activity - is a breeze. We’ve got several gang members serving several years behind bard over this kind of stuff recently, and we’re only getting more and more of it (cell phone videos).

By Mr. Nice Guy

October 29, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this

For me who graduated high school in the mid 80’s, this is just another example of how bad my generation is a raising children.

• Too sheltered
• Really fat
• TV/Video games as a babysitter rather than parenting
• Kids getting really, really fat
• No discipline set forth by the parents

For those parents born in the late 60’s or early 70’s, stop reproducing - please.

By Jesse's Girl

October 29, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

Per kidney stones…STOP LETTING YOUR KIDS EAT CRAP! Make a more concerted effort as a parent to feed them some kind of balanced, nutritious meal 3 days a week. Stop letting them eat in front of the TV or computer. Man up.

Per too much candy: See above comment. And JUST DON’T LET THEM! Take the candy away and give it out as YOU see fit.

Per You Tube: If you have the computer in the family areas…where it should be anyway…then you should have little to worry about. If you do worry or are unable to police it like you wish….BLOCK IT!

Seriously people….all of this falls under the heading of parenting them and not letting them parent you!

By LM

October 29, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

I am not surprised at more children having kidney stones. My daugther was 12 or 13 when she came to me and mentioned she had blood in her urine. I thought she might be starting her period. I was wrong, took her to the doctor the next day, then to a urogolist (sp), she had a 9mm stone. All was well for 18 months, sometimes she would have some discomfort, but for the most part she was in no pain.

Then about a year and a half ago, she started having issues, back pain, blood in her urine, this was on and off for about 6 months, finally the summer of 2007 she had the lipotripsy performed to break the stone up, in the two years the stone had grown to 30mm or so.

We changed her diet after we found out about the stone, she never was a sugar or sweet eater, liked fruits and veggies, seldom had soda, but had tea, not big on water. We have cut out the dark leafy green veggies, crandberries, salt, and I never cooked with salt, but now am trying to not used prepackaged/processed foods. I have always been a huge water drinker, I could care less about soda, teas & coffee, but now I try to make sure she drinks more water, LOTS OF WATER.

Watching her suffer after the lipotripsy was difficult. I don’t want to have to go through it again, but have a understanding she more than likely will suffer Kidney Stones for the rest of her life, even with all the changes to her diet.

By LM

October 29, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

BTW, I was paying attention to her diet, we have always eaten lots of veggies and fruits, chicken and fish, very little red meat, I don’t eat fried food, so I don’t cook that way. It is not just junk food that causes Kidney Stones, and some are more pre-disposed to getting stones.

By Sugar

October 29, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

Kidney stones are also caused by too much calcium in the blood.

Halloween candy, just like Easter candy in my house. You can eat as much as you want that day, but then I confiscate it, and deal it out accordingly. But I’ve always let them go into a sugar coma on Halloween. They worked hard for that candy, let them enjoy.

Youtube - Like JG said, put it in the family room and monitor it.

By CP

October 29, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

Just like Jessie’s Girl said, it all comes back to the parents and their parenting. Kids are kids, not adults, not the ones who should be making the decisions. Period. They can whine, they can plead, they can act up, but as parents it’s our JOB to say “no” sometimes & stick with it. I’m all for letting my children have a say in what affets them, but they know I get the final word. I tell them that my role is to teach them how to do things by themselves and make wise decisions. But I don’t expect them to always make good decisions right now. They’re still learning.

As far as Halloween candy goes, like I said in the earlier blog on the Halloween candy, I will let them eat as much as they want on Halloween night. I’ve always let them do this & they’ve never (so far) gone overboard with it. And I’m glad it’s on Friday this year so it’s not a big deal for them to stay up a little later. If they do start to really gorge on candy then I’ll limit them. The candy that’s left over is put up (out of reach) and given out one or 2 pieces at a time for dessert. And dessert only happens if dinner is finished completely. I don’t make them finish their plates (that was a rule when I grew up & I think it did more harm than good,) but I don’t make more than one dinner either. They won’t starve before breakfast if they don’t like what I make one evening.

By CP

October 29, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this

Sorry. Meant to say “affects them.”

By nicole

October 29, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

both my daughters were off they’re bottles by 10 months old..know what went into they’re sippy cups? Water! I made sure to make up the calories other ways…fresh fruit, fresh veggies, fish, lean meats, also, from the get go I served they’re foods bare, undressed, results? neither of my children will touch juice or worse…soda! and they eat steamed veggies just as they are, now with cheese or butter, or salt, and even better? my daughter considers carrots and other raw veggies as snacks..no little debbies in her lunch box. its a matter of what we feed them and get them used to in the beginning, as well as setting examples ourselves. When I went to the doctors this last year, my daugther had to give a blood sample to check her iron, the doctor said she could actually tell the difference between my daughter’s blood and other children’s blood due to her diet. children will only eat what you feed them.

By momnteacher

October 29, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

My dad has always suffered with kidney stones, and I had my first episode in college. I’m a big water drinker and eat a well-balanced diet, but I still have kidney stones at least once a year. My doctor has told me that stones (or one’s chances or having them) can be hereditary.

In fact, I’m 7 months pregnant with my second child now, and I just passed my 3rd kidney stone of this pregnancy yesterday —- and I’m drinking more water now than ever!

It’s interesting to know that this appears to be happening to children more and more frequently…I know how painful kidney stones can be, so I’ll definitely encourage my children to drink tons of water!!!

By nicole

October 29, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

both my daughters were off they’re bottles by 10 months old..know what went into they’re sippy cups? Water! I made sure to make up the calories other ways…fresh fruit, fresh veggies, fish, lean meats, also, from the get go I served they’re foods bare, undressed, results? neither of my children will touch juice or worse…soda! and they eat steamed veggies just as they are, now with cheese or butter, or salt, and even better? my daughter considers carrots and other raw veggies as snacks..no little debbies in her lunch box. its a matter of what we feed them and get them used to in the beginning, as well as setting examples ourselves. When I went to the doctors this last year, my daugther had to give a blood sample to check her iron, the doctor said she could actually tell the difference between my daughter’s blood and other children’s blood due to her diet. children will only eat what you feed them.

By FCM

October 29, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

Kidney stones—-lots of water and believe it or not apple juice (though its high in sugar) will help. Get the kid active and moving too.

Candy — sorry Theresa but those tips were bogus. Feed them before you leave, dole it out, make them wait, make them walk…those aren’t ‘tips’ those are common sense facts. Yes, too many parents today cop-out on parenting and lack the common sense to come in out of the rain….but that doesn’t make those other things ‘tips.’

As to the violence (video taped or not)—Kids are the cruelest meanest creatures I have ever met. (Fortunately I have not met child molestors who would be tops in my books for cruel and evil). I am with Theresa how do we teach our children to not be victims or perpetrators of this nonsense? There is a girl in my child’s class who makes my daughter’s life a living hell…I have spoken with my daughter, have appealled to the teacher (who said she spoke to the other kid and told her they needed to learn to get along…that was so NOT helpful!), and to the guidence counselor who has been too busy as of yet to get the girls in her office. So do I tell my kid suck it up? Do I tell her to beat the crap out of the kid? I am trying to raise a decent human being with at least a bit of respect for the a*******hole$ who share our planet. Too bad other parents are doing likewise. There will always be a ‘bully’ type out there….I wish their parents would parent (usually those are the parents who cop-out).

By Lauren

October 29, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this

“As the tech specialist of a District Attorney’s office in South GA, let me say this:

Youtube makes our job easy. Video proof of assault/battery/etc… Any defense lawyer in the country is going to see that and tell the kid to plea, IF we’ll let them.

There was actually a case here in the area (though not through my office) recently where some kids bounced a baby off a Pilates-type ball, video taped it, and put it on Youtube. Those kids are already in YDC, and this just happened over the summer.

In other cases, we’ve been able to prosecute several gang members because they video their various gang beat downs and other actions on their cell phones. We can get the video from there, and again, prosecution of the actual assault - if not the gang membership/activity - is a breeze. We’ve got several gang members serving several years behind bard over this kind of stuff recently, and we’re only getting more and more of it (cell phone videos).”

Jeff - as a tech specialist, not a trained investigator, attorney or officer of the court, your comments about “we” are out of bounds.

You are not an officer of the court, so you might be better served by using something other than a pronoun. Such as a noun — boss.

By Jeff

October 29, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

FCM:

I’ve long held that in order to defeat a bully, you must become - to them - a bigger bully.

Does this mean that you are yourself a bully? NOT AT ALL.

Restraint/ Resisting fights is ALWAYS preferable.

But when there is no other way, fight hard, fight fast, and fight to win.

The key is teaching kids to recognize when there IS another way - even though it may be less desirable - and when there truly is no other way. APPEARING weaker is less desirable, yes. But is IS a valid method to avoid the conflict. As was constantly drilled into my head growing up (and I eventually heeded): It takes a much stronger man to back down from a fight rather than engage in it. Particularly when the man backing down KNOWS he is stronger than his opponent.

In your daughter’s situation, I would say you’ve tried every other method for avoiding the confrontation, and now is the time to put the bully down, HARD ad FAST.

By Jeff

October 29, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

Lauren:

As the tech specialist, I am exactly that: a tech specialist. If it involves tech in any way within this office and even within our circuit’s court systems, it more than likely comes to me at some point. That includes everything from investigations through discovery and even evidence and other things (such as PPTs, A/V clips, etc) used within the courtroom. Even the AV systems within the court room are my domain. Without someone in my position - and particularly with my level of knowledge - this office would be FAR slower and less efficient than it currently is, and indeed there would be many cases of things falling through the cracks that would have consequences ranging from the office spending far more on tech than truly needed up to and including the office losing cases and people who were actually guilty of a crime being acquitted of it.

My use of the ‘we’/’our’ pronouns was an accurate reflection of how I am viewed within my office. Whether or not other tech specialists in other DAs’ offices are regarded as highly, I do not know.

But this I do know: None work as hard as I do to become an expert at every single thing involving technology that the DA does or wants to do, from the time the case comes into our office until the time it leaves our offices. This means that I actively work on everything from computer forensics to photograph/audio/video enhancement to paperless methodologies to courtroom acoustics to data storage to well designed and delivered trial presentations and all the software and hardware involved in every step of each of those areas.

Very few hardware-type techies I know have such a wide range of things they need to be absolute experts in, and the software techies - of which I was one just three months ago - have no idea how easy their jobs truly are!

By Sugar

October 29, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

Jeff, I don’t know how you even have time for all that work, when you constantly pat yourself on the back and brag about your expertise in every field.

And with the load of cases most DA’s have, I don’t know who you can be such an expert in less than 5 months on the job, and you spend alot of time on these blogs!!!

Also, could you PLEASE not capitalize EVERY third word? It is VERY difficult to READ your posts.

FCM I don’t know what to tell you about your daughter’s bully. You don’t want your daughter to stoop to her level, but she does need to know how to protect herself. A part of me would tell your daughter to ball up her fist and sock it to that other girl, but like I said, that’s lowering her to the other girl’s level. Apparently that other girl is not getting the attention she requires, and that’s why she is acting out.

How would you handle a bully at work?

By Sugar, substitute...

October 29, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this

…motherjanegoose’s name for Jeff’ s and you could write about her, too - she may have more than 5 months on the job, (considerably more) yet her arm must be tired, too!

By Professor Plum

October 29, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

Jeff:

If you’re working in a DA’s office, God help us all. At least it’s in south Georgia and not in the county where my dad works as an Assistant DA.

By momtoAlex&Max

October 29, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this

Good grief Jeff..you must have bruises on your back from the constant patting. Give it a rest already.

To FCM that really bites and I am really sorry. Girls can be the cruelest things ever. I am with Sugar on this one. Part of me says to tell her (and teach her) to punch this little “witch” out. And yeah that’s bad and it will probably get het in to trouble. On the other hand, it seems that you have tried every available venue.

I think that if I were in your shoes I might tell her to punch her out and deal with the consequences. Then prepare myself to defend my kid from the “outraged” parents, who of course will tell you their daughter is an angel.

By Professor Plum

October 29, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this

Regarding kidney stones:

It’s important to mention that they can be hereditary and not necessarily caused by a poor diet. There are different types of stones. For instance, a common cause of stones is excess calcium. The kind I have is caused by a build-up of uric acid.

Men get them more frequently than women. I’m female, but I inherited my kidney stone issues from my father and grandfather.

A good nephrologist (kidney specialist) will send stones off to be analyzed in order to determine their composition. Once they know what kind of stones you have, they can develop a treatment plan to help prevent future stones. In my case, with uric acid stones, I was told to go on a low-sodium diet and to eliminate as many processed foods as I can from my diet. I don’t follow my diet to the letter, but I have drastically cut down on the amount of sodium I consume, and I haven’t had any stones in 5 years. There are also medications you can take to prevent stones from forming. I would recommend seeing a nephrologist and not just a urologist.

By MomsRule

October 29, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this

FCM, is the child in your daughter’s class putting her hands on your daughter or physically hurting your daughter with objects?

That is the deciding factor for my husband and I.

If a child puts his hands on one of my children with the intent to cause pain, or hits with another object intending to cause pain, all bets are off.

We do not advocate handling conflict with violence as a first course of action. We work hard to teach the boys other ways of dealing with issues.

However, sometimes a bully just needs to get dropped. Bullies only pick on others that will not defend themselves. Size is irrelevant most of the time.

We had a situation a couple years ago when my youngest was in second grade. Another boy was hitting, stabbing with forks, pencils, etc. This went on for a few weeks. The teachers did nothing. The offending child was never punished or reprimanded.

So, when we’d had enough I told the teacher face to face, “J is under strict orders from both Mom and Dad to deck X if he hurts J again. So, when it happens. Give me a call and I’ll come pick him up. The bullying stops today.”

Guess what? The bullying stopped and my child never needed to react with violence.

I’ll have my children take a few days of suspension and defend themselves over being terroized any day of the week.

By Sugar

October 29, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

momsRule Good for you!!!!!

I love “the bullying stops today”. What a great mom!!!!

By momtoAlex&Max

October 29, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this

Amen MomsRule!

By cgregister

October 29, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this

I am a single parent of 3 grown men, who are now my children, as well as my friend. However, they were all under the age of 10 when I got a divorce. At times, I have worked 3 jobs just to support us. Thank goodness I had a loving and helping family near by and their father and I parted “amicably”. Parents have got to quit trying to be their childrens’ friend and be a PARENT. Yes, that means you have to discipline them, not buy them everything their heart desires, monitor their coming and going and ESPECIALLY their “friends or so called friends”. When you choose to have a child, you are supposed to be the adult. That means you (parent) don’t get everything your way, you have to lay down the rules and follow them, too. If it means changing your life style for 18 or so years, then so be it. It means teaching your children to respect adults, yourself included and to teach them along with their teachers the rules of life. Our society is getting worse and worse because parents let their “little darlings” run their world and try to run everyone elses’. This has got to stop. Everyone must be held accountable for their actions.

By cgregister

October 29, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

I am a single parent of 3 grown men, who are now my children, as well as my friend. However, they were all under the age of 10 when I got a divorce. At times, I have worked 3 jobs just to support us. Thank goodness I had a loving and helping family near by and their father and I parted “amicably”. Parents have got to quit trying to be their childrens’ friend and be a PARENT. Yes, that means you have to discipline them, not buy them everything their heart desires, monitor their coming and going and ESPECIALLY their “friends or so called friends”. When you choose to have a child, you are supposed to be the adult. That means you (parent) don’t get everything your way, you have to lay down the rules and follow them, too. If it means changing your life style for 18 or so years, then so be it. It means teaching your children to respect adults, yourself included and to teach them along with their teachers the rules of life. Our society is getting worse and worse because parents let their “little darlings” run their world and try to run everyone elses’. This has got to stop. Everyone must be held accountable for their actions.

By cgregister

October 29, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

I am a single parent of 3 grown men, who are now my children, as well as my friend. However, they were all under the age of 10 when I got a divorce. At times, I have worked 3 jobs just to support us. Thank goodness I had a loving and helping family near by and their father and I parted “amicably”. Parents have got to quit trying to be their childrens’ friend and be a PARENT. Yes, that means you have to discipline them, not buy them everything their heart desires, monitor their coming and going and ESPECIALLY their “friends or so called friends”. When you choose to have a child, you are supposed to be the adult. That means you (parent) don’t get everything your way, you have to lay down the rules and follow them, too. If it means changing your life style for 18 or so years, then so be it. It means teaching your children to respect adults, yourself included and to teach them along with their teachers the rules of life. Our society is getting worse and worse because parents let their “little darlings” run their world and try to run everyone elses’. This has got to stop. Everyone must be held accountable for their actions.

By Jesse's Girl

October 29, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

Certainly…if a kid is putting their hands on your daughter/son…its on like donkey kong! I do not condone being physical…but I have already had the talk with all of our children, if a bully lays one finger on you…fight back. Most especially if every other option has been exhausted. They know they will not be punished for that when its done as a last resort for protection.

Jeff….darlin’…put the bullhorn down. We all know how expertly you walk through life. We all know how perfectly perfect your entire laminated life outline is….ease off the chest thumping Tarzan. There are no Jane’s here to impress.

By MomsRule

October 29, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

Sugar and momtoAlex&Max, thank you.

I forgot to mention the very best part of the story and my proudest Mom moment to date with my little guy.

When we started discussing the possibility that he was going to need to strike back and defend himself he replied, “But Mom, if I do that X will just pick on someone else who can’t deal with it as well as I can.”

Literally made my heart melt.

By Jeff

October 29, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this

JG (and others):

Honestly, I had no intention of tooting my horn today. But neither was I going to let a comment like Laura’s go unanswered.

Y’all know me. I may be slow to physically fight, but I aint exactly slow to argue! :P (But hey, words can’t kill. Physical fighting can.)

By MomsRule

October 29, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this

Jesse’s Girl,

Girl you crack me up!

By Jesse's Girl

October 29, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this

Oh, I don’t know Jeff….sometimes your words make us all want to die….

By motherjanegoose

October 29, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this

I have not commented on today’s topic but could someone please explain the sugar substitute comment referring to me today at 12:54?
thanks….

By key man

October 29, 2008 7:07 PM | Link to this

I don’t know

By Interested lurker

October 30, 2008 7:05 AM | Link to this

motherjanegoose -

It appears that they were referring to putting your name in Jeff’s place in the following:

“Jeff, I don’t know how you even have time for all that work, when you constantly pat yourself on the back and brag about your expertise in every field”.

By motherjanegoose

October 30, 2008 8:15 AM | Link to this

NEWS FLASH…. I do not have expertise in every field and I want to personally apologize to those whom I have offended, if this was your thought about me.

I could not give you one shred of info about today’s topic as I do not have to make the choice since my children are grown and I did not attend UGA.

I have had many people tell me that I am an expert in my field and I always laugh and tell them that I will never be an expert…I have lots of experience and am willing to share it and luckily I can travel all over the country and be paid to share what I know.

There are LOTS of things I do not know and when this is the case…I humbly ask someone….

For example…this weekend I saw acres of sunflowers in North Dakota that were just standing there. I assumed they were grown for the seeds but maybe not. It seemed late for sunflowers to be hanging around but since I am not an expert…I asked someone to tell me what was up and then relied on their expertise.

I am self employed and am able to visit this blog whenever I wish since I do not punch a time clock nor work 8 hours a day 40 hours per week. Being self employed has it’s own set of rules: You have to know your stuff or no one would hire you…

If you were not any good at what you do you would not be working…you have to make your own money…no one gives you a check every week for putting in your time. there are millions of folks who put in their time but they are not really any good at it. If you are confused, just look at the lack of customer service we have in retail and restaurants..

So there you have it… I am good at what I do but AM NOT good at everything and do not claim to be. My head is not big enough to have all the answers and my age has shown me that there is so muchmore I do not know.

This is very similar to those who rag on Theresa about what she writes. If the AJC is satisfied wither her…then is it NO ONE else’s business what she is talking about.

One big difference is that Theresa gets paid to write here and the rest of us do not…so the joke is on the morons who fuss and shout…she laughs all the way to the bank. Some are too stupid to realize this and it shows.

By jakesdad

October 30, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this

LM:

your daughter suffered AFTER she had the lithotripsy? I had one in ‘03 (34 @ time) and felt WAY better pretty much as soon as the anesthesia wore off. it took a couple of days for the fragments to work their way out and there was blood for a couple of days but the pain/nausea were gone immediately…

why in the world did they wait till it grew that big? my urologist said I only had ~25% chance of passing an 8mm and if it obstructed it would mean invasive emergency surgery w/long recovery (2-3 weeks)…

By motherjanegoose

October 30, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this

One more thing and off to work… I am not hiding behind a screen name…motherjanegoose is who I am. You can figure this out if you try.

In the past, there have been those on this blog who have said, “she knows what she is talking about…” they know me in my line of work and can assure you that I am what I am and know my career.

Thanks for the tip interested lurker…I know you were trying to help!

By Sugar

October 30, 2008 8:33 AM | Link to this

Mother YOU do NOT need to explain anything to us regulars.

SugarSubstitute was being obnoxious. We were coming down on Jeff and some obnoxious person thought we should use your name too along with Jeff. But seriously, you do not need to defend yourself. We all know and love you and I for one love reading your comments. I am from the West so when you write about Nebraska, I get a little “home” sick for that part of the country.

My father had season tickets to the local college football games, and when the Cornhuskers rolled into town, it was almost like the GA/FL game this weekend. The entire town went nuts!!! Memories…..

By motherjanegoose

October 30, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

SUGAR….you are so right. I was just blow drying my hair and thinking about those Corn huskers. Last year, when they played Oklahoma and got nailed…everyone in my meeting was texting messages ( we met during the game in Hastings). I finally had to ask if there was a national security issue and YES there was ….the Cornhuskers were getting nailed….hahaha! Thanks and have a good day…I have to get out of here!

By Becky

October 30, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

motherjanegoose, I agree with Sugar..You are who you are & the regulars on here know that & love you just the way you are..

We may not always see eye to eye with each other, but this is a blog & that’s what its all about..Bouncing our thoughts off of each other..I love reading what you, Jesses Girl, numbers guy, new mom & all of the others have to say wach day..

By LM

October 30, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this

JakesDad

The stone was low in Kidney. I questioned the doctor as to why the “wait & see” approach and was told that “maybe” they would not have to do anything and the stone would just sit there and not try to pass. And the stone just sat there for 18 months. Then I guess it got too big, was shifting and she started suffering from low back pain and blood in her urine.

Following the lithotripsy, when we got her home, the pain from passing the fragments was terrible. But once the fragments were passed, she was fine. It was just the first 48 hours after the procedure that was so diffucult to go through, both for her and myself since there was not much I could do for her but try to keep her comfortable.

By lakerat

October 30, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this

Whoa - MJGoose - calm down -

As Becky says, you are who you are and that is all that matters. Loosen up that drawstring on your bloomers and take a deep breath - life is good, and so are you!

By motherjanegoose

October 30, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

Regarding sugar substitutes post last night and my replies this morning before 9:00: thanks everyone!

I was just thinking that know it alls have the answer to everything when they have not even been asked the question. If someones tells you they will win lots of money when they go to Vegas, you will not have as much respect for them as someone who tells you I DID win lots of money when I went to Vegas ( this is NOT me …I won $63 on the nickel slots…hahaha).

To me, it is frustrating when folks indicate they will have the answers ( for example whenever they finally do have their own kids) and they do not have a clue. This is like my own children telling me, “YES MOM…we already know that…” and they come home with their tail between their legs when they did not pay attention to me and things went awry and someone feels like an idiot.

I said this before and I will say it again… everyone knows something…NO ONE knows everything!

Becky is correct in her second paragraph…many of you know things that I would never have a clue about ( for example what actually will happen at the FLA/GA game on Saturday) . At times, I may not agree with your opinion but HEY I might learn something! Have a great weekend everyone!