tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488047.post3654244182760852447..comments2023-11-03T08:35:47.743-05:00Comments on Are We There Yet?: Death by TaxesAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06590585650894114884noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488047.post-68590447358470217922008-02-11T11:30:00.000-06:002008-02-11T11:30:00.000-06:00Wow, Erikka - thank you for that - I need to hear ...Wow, Erikka - thank you for that - I need to hear that during these times. As with everything - I'm always trying to see the bigger picture and not get bogged down in the details of any situation.<BR/><BR/>Good advice. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>As for the names? yes - Brenna came up with Brett (for Brett Favre, of course) and Beckham, not sure if I spelled that right, but it's for David Beckham, the soccer star. Her sisters weren't thrilled with the choices, they wanted things like cottonball and mittens, but since Brenna is the one that treks her butt out there in -25 weather to take care of the little guys, her sisters didn't get much of a say!Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590585650894114884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488047.post-51749849061047914492008-02-11T09:33:00.000-06:002008-02-11T09:33:00.000-06:00random question Angie - did you name the little la...random question Angie - did you name the little lambies yet?<BR/><BR/>last night I was talking to my beau and we both agreed that the female species are way more sensitive than men, which can be a very good thing but also a very stress inducing thing too. <BR/><BR/>i think of when I might have children some day and what a challenge it will be to raise girls in our society...so you are fighting the good fight! your girls may be pains sometimes, but your stories over all show them as kind, thoughtful and respectful young women. <BR/><BR/>also, from some other blog, and in response to your comment about God thinking you were stronger than you thought you were to gift you with THREE girls - you were given each of them because only YOU are the one with what they need. For whatever reason, they need what you have and vice versa. Maybe in tough times, thinking of it this way might help.Akkirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12448133755067849396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488047.post-71423960963500246092008-02-09T11:42:00.000-06:002008-02-09T11:42:00.000-06:00Hey, neighbor. I feel your pain. We're hardly the...Hey, neighbor. I feel your pain. We're hardly there with an eighteen year old, but how do you truly engender respect in -- or demand it from -- another adult? Even your own child? I'm watching all these amazing moms with nearly adult -children, online and in real time, to try to start figuring that out even though we're still a year or two away. I remember hating my own family SO much as a teenager. I'm not looking forward to being on the other end of that equation. Happily, a dear friend and neighbor wiht SIX children -- the oldest four are now adults, in and out of college, married etc -- said: "You lose them for a couple of years, but they will come back to you, different but better."Minnesota Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488047.post-25292890655590601112008-02-09T10:41:00.000-06:002008-02-09T10:41:00.000-06:00I was such a pain in the butt from 14-19... if tha...I was such a pain in the butt from 14-19... if that payback bug bites me, I won't like it! Not one bit! Good news is that by the time I was 19, having been on my own in the real world for a while, I got humbled, chilled out, and my mom and I had a much better relationship. I see the same thing happening with my little sister now - she's 19, in her first year at college, and when she comes home she's....nice...and cleans... its cool/weird. Starting to get an idea of the woman she will become, and I think I like her!KJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08490843203917062841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488047.post-53906099735448641152008-02-09T09:45:00.000-06:002008-02-09T09:45:00.000-06:00Thank you so much, ever-supportive blog women........Thank you so much, ever-supportive blog women.....you guys are such 'touch stones'.<BR/><BR/>Madeline - you hit the nail on the head with the 'intense' comment - and that could be seen as a positive thing. <BR/><BR/>As far as farming - like I said, definitely a labor of love, I'm like a little kid in a candy store with the seed catalogs, though - so I must still love it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again, ladies.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590585650894114884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488047.post-64562705185000659302008-02-08T11:20:00.000-06:002008-02-08T11:20:00.000-06:00Is it having girls or just being a passionate grou...Is it having girls or just being a passionate group of people? My sons and I (particularly the 10 yo) are very intense and that can create heat. I so think girls are more manipulative than boys and that has to be hard. Boys are just so loud and physical.<BR/><BR/>Hang in there - with the farming as well. I know that feeling.Madeline Rainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05075400838213199585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488047.post-90858570970270617912008-02-08T09:59:00.000-06:002008-02-08T09:59:00.000-06:00I haven't embarked on the whole tax thing as of ye...I haven't embarked on the whole tax thing as of yet.<BR/>As far as girls, I have an 11 year old. She has her moods, I just home she's nothing like me, ugh!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com