Aw, Thank You guys so much !!!

Oh I learned that VERY EARLY,it is stuck in my mind, good lesson. So many writers here make it a necessary plan of attack but Max is definitely at the top of that list!!!!

Why is it that our children can "show us up" so easily on this techie stuff, it just ain't right I tell ya, it ain't right!!!
It ain't normal either.

Parents are supposed to be the smart ones, at least until they hit 16 or so.....geez what is this world coming to?

Lol...Oh, my ten year old boy is a genius on the computer...The stuff he's shown us how to do with Word and Powerpoint and all that is amazing!... ...

I used to be good with Word and Powerpoint... then they released Office 2007. Everything I knew how to do in version 2003 was basically nullified.

Uleni! Your back! (sorta...)

Bad news - As you have probably seen, the roleplay is abandoned AGAIN!

Well, the past couple days have been fairly busy for me, as a few of my friends (including me) are setting up a youtube channel, and Ive been tasked with making the channel background.

Well, I guess it was fun while it lasted. I think our good 'ol nemesis, the hulking monstrosity called Realius Lifus of Realitus, is to blame. We just don't have the time! Or at least I don't. . . Anyway, yeah. I'm back. Oh, and how much have you progressed in Dark Souls, if you don't mind me asking, lol. I've wrung the Two Bells but HUMANITIES! I think I've lost it more than I earned it actually.

Hahah YES!, my screen was covered in Dr. Pepper, and my dogs came out of the covers and looked at me like thinking "This dude is crazy."

On a related note, I'm waiting for my financial aid so I can go buy the books, Already checked the school's website and the grant already paid my classes, now to patiently wait till I get it

Also Hit a really bad writers block, Already tossed out several drafts.

All the classes that I'm taking are not part of the computer science degree :/, I had to go to school several times because it would not let register, so by the time that I could actually register all the classes were filled up, going to take, Micro computer applications, Intro to web design, intro to criminal justice, and criminal law.
I think that I'll go ahead and double major in Criminal justice if I like the classes.

Naughty!...Don't throw yer drafts away...There'll be stuff in there you can use elsewhere!!...Honest!... ...

Criminal Justice...Isn't that an oxymoron?...

Ah, you've made it to sens fortress, Uleni. Im stuck in a giant castle not far from you,so heres some pro tips for you:

1. There are traps EVERYWHERE, so keep an eye on the floor for pressure pads and keep your shield up!

2. From now on, if you find any chests, hit it to make sure it isnt a mimic (you get sweet loot if you kill them)

3. If you're a mage, it is possible to find Big Hat Logan - look into it.

4. Take out the giant throwing rocks at you when on the roof, or the boss is much harder.

Ahh yes. Anor Londo. The place where much of Japanese PvPs are held place! Thanks for the tips, I only wish you had PS3 so we can die many a deaths together!

That is so nice, thank you !!

I been playing Persona 3 Portable...so much, then I'll be getting a Ps2 soon...hehe.

Also found out some things that left me like; "O.o"

D'you know...This morning we got up to discover that somepoint during the night, the daughter had written us a list of things that are pissing her off...All of which essentially seemed to be "I'm 13, and I want to do whatever I want"...

Considering how much I try to do with what little spare time I have, to try and keep everyone happy and what-have-you, this really was a mega kick in the nadgers (karma Lucien?)...

Robert is unhappy... ...

As you were...

Welcome to the world of 13 year old girls world-wide. The hormones come in about that age for females - think about how your wife feels/acts every 30 days when her hormones come in; then multiply that by 10. The reason the child has it worse than your wife is because when the hormones first come in :

1. They are a brand new thing the child has never felt before - unlike your wife who is used to having them. So the child doesn't know how to control the emotional upheaval and moodiness they cause.

2. When the hormones first come in, it is in a surge - a flood. It is overwhelming to a young teen.

3. Everything she has ever known about herself is changing right now. Her body, her temperment, her moods, her feelings about everything. She doesn't know what she really feels right now, and won't for about 4 - 6 more years. Get used to it now, lol.

4. Last year she was a child, and this year she is racing toward adulthood. One day she will want to be treated like an adult, the next she may still be wanting to play dolls and dress-ups. This is a very confusing age for girls.


** Whatever you do, don't take it personally. Just realize what she is going through and love her through it - and it will be hard at times, but it is worth it.

Tips: if you ever had a "Pet Name" for her when she was a tyke - now is a good time to resurrect it. She'll need that reassurance going through her teen years.

Hope this helps, many of us have been through it, lol.

Hwut she said!!!

And the 3rd vote is in....

My youngest daughter is 12 going on dead...I got your back on this one McB. We can commiserate together while we "Love then through it." (I was teasing about the dead part, but don't tell her that.)

Here's the thing though that I don't understand. I sorta kinda remember when I decided I wanted to super glue my mom's mouth shut at about 13 or 14 and it went on like that until I was, oh, say...well it's still that way sometimes...but I also have a 25 year old daughter that, in the scheme of things, NEVER gave me s***. She didn't argue, she didn't question my authority, she told me everything AND still does. Sorry, I know everyone is different but both of these girls came from the same two people....I think that's one thing that kind of ramps it up for the younger one, when I was younger and more patient my patience wasn't tested, now that I am OLD I don't want some young punk, my kid or not, questioning everything I say...Just sayin

Now, all that said, the younger daughter is beautiful and smart, she is FAR too perceptive for her own good and has been or acted like an adult since she was 3. The benefits to that are that she has NEVER been bullied like both of her brothers, she speaks for herself she doesn't need someone else to do it for her, but she is very respectful to her teachers etc. (THANK GOODNESS!)

OH YEA one more thing, take heart McB, the younger daughter read me a study the other day that said children that argue with their parents are less likely to smoke or use intoxicants....at least there's that.

I’m right there with you, the 13 and nearly 12 year old have shaken things up considerably in Grits world. In our case The Boy is older. They seem to have launched their hormonal madness simultaneously. Like mALX said I try not to take it personally, even when it’s a list of the ways I’m ruining their lives. Not easy.

I have lived through all of this once, a 25 year old girl and a 22 year old boy. They didn't fight with each other, just bickered a little. The boy tested me some until he realized he was taller than me and got in my face and I told him I would take him out at the knees with a bat if he didn't back off. We laugh about that now but it wasn't funny at the time. We both thought he was going to hit me.

The younger two, a girl 12 and a boy 10. It is World Wrestling at its best most of the time and of course the other one always started it...I have made them stand facing each other with their palms together for half an hour, until they both dissolved in laughter...With the older two I was much quicker I think to catch and call, but with these two I don't know if it's because I am slower or they just got straight for each others throats without a warning.

Our parents talked about how different things were from when they were kids and I say the same, but honestly just a matter of 10 years makes a huge difference.

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All was not well in my world when my lil sis began her journey down that road.... *Shudders*

Anyway, I am coming to you all from little ol' NOC out here. Started my second semester and, so far, things are great. Good teachers and so people I actually know are in my classes (So far. Still have one to check on.) so a study group will be easy to find. Things are going well over here!

That sounds great! Congrats, Arcry !!