tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post7787152133640375051..comments2023-10-22T05:08:51.281-06:00Comments on Confessions of a Rotten Correspondent: soundtracksthe rotten correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704525054720181936noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-59060056714437618102008-03-20T04:53:00.000-06:002008-03-20T04:53:00.000-06:00Well, at least they're making some kind of communi...Well, at least they're making some kind of communication noises. I wouldn't be surprised if overnight all the noisy stuff got nicked or evaporated or something though. It could happen.Jo Beaufoixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957369658590225971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-14831115281249120562008-03-19T18:12:00.000-06:002008-03-19T18:12:00.000-06:00Snap sounds good! Snap, crackle and pop 'em upsid...Snap sounds good! Snap, crackle and pop 'em upside their heads sounds even better! Although I do like Laurie's idea.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727506305170439878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-30263646528516152582008-03-19T05:16:00.000-06:002008-03-19T05:16:00.000-06:00here's my suggestion: you let gumby have as many ...here's my suggestion: you let gumby have as many friends over as he wants for that sleepover. 10? 12? 27?<BR/><BR/>and then turn the studio over to them. and FG.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-2976665604730700112008-03-18T14:44:00.000-06:002008-03-18T14:44:00.000-06:00Get it out of your system. Sounds like you're doin...Get it out of your system. Sounds like you're doing great!Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-86573445898748752072008-03-18T14:30:00.000-06:002008-03-18T14:30:00.000-06:00Wham wham....oh, sorry.;)Wham wham....oh, sorry.<BR/><BR/>;)Aoj and The Lurchershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01509080861414248189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-50179250847190314082008-03-18T12:25:00.000-06:002008-03-18T12:25:00.000-06:00It sounds like a teenage version of the old rice k...It sounds like a teenage version of the old rice krispies commercial: snap, crackle and pop.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-53398489359276767692008-03-18T11:09:00.000-06:002008-03-18T11:09:00.000-06:00Good grief. I'd be twitching by now.Good grief. I'd be twitching by now.Kimberly Vanderhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653757517652257445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-51415537208828188482008-03-18T10:55:00.000-06:002008-03-18T10:55:00.000-06:00I had written quite a bit here about FG still bein...I had written quite a bit here about FG still being in the house - and then I deleted it all.<BR/><BR/>Hoping only the best for everyone..aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-34388222397687939322008-03-18T10:43:00.000-06:002008-03-18T10:43:00.000-06:00Sounds like they're getting on the one last nerve ...Sounds like they're getting on the one last nerve you've got left! :(Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-43250641271901775192008-03-18T09:59:00.000-06:002008-03-18T09:59:00.000-06:00Wow! See, you are a better Mom than I. I would hav...Wow! See, you are a better Mom than I. I would have stuck a needle in that ball on a rubber band thing.I also would have taken away the Raiders of the lost Empire saber whip.I am an EVIL Mom.<BR/>I'm really feelin' for you. I hope things become a tad more calm. Sending you and your boys HUGS!!Kaytabughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11823989062127968170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-42374828717646993752008-03-18T08:46:00.000-06:002008-03-18T08:46:00.000-06:00Oh, snap!Things will get better, eventually. Reall...Oh, snap!<BR/><BR/>Things will get better, eventually. Really. Kids will come through it as long as you keep it as non-acrimonious as possible and keep the lines of communication as open as possible. My folks split up when I was 14. It was not a romp in the park but it was not as hard as it could have been, thanks to them. They never bashed each other and always put my sister and I first. I'm sure it was harder on them than it was on us.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273493776473085128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-24372841763064278372008-03-18T08:33:00.000-06:002008-03-18T08:33:00.000-06:00Ooh yeah, watch War of the Roses for some ideas. I...Ooh yeah, watch War of the Roses for some ideas. I did.<BR/><BR/>It must be hard for everyone with FG still there. You're sort of in a limbo, ready to move on but you can't yet. Just let your kids know that you are there for them. My parents did the total opposite and look what happened to me!wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-52493336799736536182008-03-18T08:30:00.000-06:002008-03-18T08:30:00.000-06:00Hi RCIf it will help at all, I will have Duber cal...Hi RC<BR/><BR/>If it will help at all, I will have Duber call Gumby to see if he can get him to talk or at least maybe rant at someone. Bottling up is not so good. <BR/><BR/>Hang in there - things can only go up from here.<BR/><BR/>Hugs!Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777018175252208693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-31805682863720292982008-03-18T07:56:00.000-06:002008-03-18T07:56:00.000-06:00My kids were so little during the divorce that the...My kids were so little during the divorce that the younger one didn't understand what was going on. My daughter had a hard time, though. Even though she's always been highly verbal, she couldn't communicate what she was feeling. So she screamed at bedtime. Every night.<BR/><BR/>I know what you're going through.<BR/><BR/>Get FG out as soon as humanly possible. You don't want to end up all "War of the Roses".Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-49528483350498984742008-03-18T07:00:00.000-06:002008-03-18T07:00:00.000-06:00i think i love surfer dude.send him up here for th...i think i love surfer dude.<BR/><BR/>send him up here for the weekend. he can play with riley. and we'll make pancakes.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-36685376392977882512008-03-18T05:00:00.000-06:002008-03-18T05:00:00.000-06:00You soundly saintly - not a bad word spoken (or ad...You soundly saintly - not a bad word spoken (or admitted to) - you obviously have far more patience than most, I was stressed out just reading it. Good luck!softintheheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365562754859033869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-59035156028909074942008-03-18T03:41:00.000-06:002008-03-18T03:41:00.000-06:00The shared space thing is just wrong. FG can certa...The shared space thing is just wrong. FG can certainly find a by the week room in a gentleman's hotel and live like the Blues Brothers.<BR/><BR/>The SNAP thing would have had me on my last nerve in about 30 seconds and require me to take tranquilizers, or maybe move in temporarily with a pal and let FG have to hear SNAP.<BR/><BR/>I'm up way too early to be kind. Sorry.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784078775130185200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-40331806228503996162008-03-18T00:18:00.000-06:002008-03-18T00:18:00.000-06:00awww (((gumby))) (((surferdude and sasquatch, too)...awww (((gumby))) (((surferdude and sasquatch, too))) i know what gumby's going through...he's probably feeling a little bit of abandonment, though technically he's not. he's making sure you don't leave, too. stepson would do that w his dad, but then his mother is an alcoholic/drug user. every age handles it differently and the older they are the harder it is including adults whose parents divorce. it's good that your oldest is sharing his feelings about it all...i can see it's going to be a little rougher w the other two.<BR/><BR/>a book i have, which i really wish i had when i was going thru the sep, is called 'helping your kids cope w divorce the sandcastle way'. it really has some good ways to help the kids.<BR/><BR/>my kids are what got me thru the sep/div thingPamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365631315923740004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-22550223064609123262008-03-18T00:13:00.000-06:002008-03-18T00:13:00.000-06:00You poor poor dear. I'm sending happy thoughts you...You poor poor dear. I'm sending happy thoughts your way. Do you have an iPod? I suggest putting it on and turning it up very loud.<BR/><BR/>Whatever you do, don't stop by my blog and burn your retinas out by looking at the obnoxious green St.Patrick's Day image I put up. The situation in your house would be ten times worse if hearing (instead of sight) was your primary sense.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04340061182737906221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-39038665090372626622008-03-18T00:05:00.000-06:002008-03-18T00:05:00.000-06:00Well i am glad you have some normalcy thing back?K...Well i am glad you have some normalcy thing back?<BR/>Kids make it all so precious!!:)~Attiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07257174898973960652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-48247586722883365842008-03-17T22:43:00.000-06:002008-03-17T22:43:00.000-06:00The beautiful thing about children, they don't let...The beautiful thing about children, they don't let you grind to a halt to wallow in your misery. They force you to continue to function.<BR/><BR/>And I have to agree with two cents, sounds pretty normal to me. Sorry about the shared space thing, that has to be kind of awkward.ped crossinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06360740233306533239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-15370973262146455512008-03-17T21:54:00.000-06:002008-03-17T21:54:00.000-06:00Sounds like things are back to normal.Sounds like things are back to normal.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503536366500859750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-62874032191623129092008-03-17T21:51:00.000-06:002008-03-17T21:51:00.000-06:00At least you're not sitting in a corner, stewing.At least you're not sitting in a corner, stewing.willowtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09173637121496772685noreply@blogger.com