It’s All About .METhe Life and Times of Carrie Hill

So my darling babies passed their hunter safety class tonight – they can officially be hunters and gatherers to save us from starvation.  Because Aerik is only 8, he can only hunt small game until 12 yrs old – but that’s okay – the turkey are already running in fear i think…..

Before you lambast me for having children who hunt – just dont even start – we’re a hunting family.  We eat what we harvest – and dont go for trophies.

Ok – I personally don’t hunt, but support the hunters by letting them go and cleaning up their mess – they get up at 4am for that shit – I’m sooo not that into it.

I also believe in my kids knowing how to safely handle a firearm…..even if they never hunt – just that knowledge can save a life

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5) They understand and dont complain abou tmy addition to the internet – in fact they enable it. My 8yo can spot a “Free WIFI” sign like nobody’s business

4) They are a constant source of hilarity – from my 13yo’s innocent retelling of jokes she doesnt understsand yet (thank god) to my 8yo’s constant misinterpretation of everyday things…those who remember 4th of July 2007 trip to the Gypsum Rec Center – “Shots?! I Hate Shots!!”

3) My 13yo is a pretty dang good shopping companion as long as i dont ask her opinion on something. My 8yo will sit and play his DS for HOURS while i hem and haw over a bag or shoes….#mommylovesyou

2) They like my friends – and dont complain when we have huge poker parties or get togethers…even tho most of our friends dont have kids.

1) They luv mommie and both know how to fetch & open a beer….who could ask for anything more???

Lois – i feel your pain

#thatisall

Tonight I think we’re going to carve pumpkins – I’m not 100% sure – but I hope so. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and decorating and carving pumpkins is the best part. I coulddo without the trick-or-treating in the freezing cold but the kids love it.

Roasting pumpkin seeds is probably one of the best memories I have of my childhood. My mom was a single parent and we would spend an evening digging out the gunk and sorting out the seeds. Stirring them in the oven as they toasted into a golden brown and salty goodness.

This halloween Aerik will be dressing as Darth Vader – which means he’s like a pig in mud – and Madison will be the Mad Hatter “only with better hair” she says. I’ll come back and post photos of them in their costumes after the 31st.

pumpkin photo by Teo

Quickie post cuz I need to rant.  My daughter is being a pain in the ass!  It all started this morning when i graciously bestowed money upon the kidlings for hot lunch.  Happens about 1 or 2x a week.  She decided she was too cool for hot lunch – and packed her own.

Fast forward 1/2 hr and they’re getting ready to go to the bus stop.  She steps outside and deems it too cold for her and refuses to walk to the bus stop, about 100yards away.  She is told to make a choice – walk to bus stop – no punishment – I give her a ride to bus stop 1 week grounding – miss the bus, 2 week grounding.  After much crying and bitching she gets in the car and receives her 1 week grounding.  Next she REFUSES to get out of the car at the bus stop until the bus comes.  UGH

Since boarding said bus she has called me a total of 27 times (in the last 45minutes) to complain that the lunch she has packed HERSELF is inadequate and i am to bring her something else to eat.  Her school is about 25 miles 1 way from my office.  I gave her about 3 firm “NO!” answers and shut my phone off.  She tried harassing me via my work phone, but that was the last straw – and I told her if she called me again her phone would be turned off permanently.

She’s strong willed, emotional, and a pain in the ass…but I love her. 

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The girls my daughter’s age in our neighborhood are all snotty little bitches.  They treat each other like crap and my tender-hearted daughter gets caught in the “I just want to have friends so I’ll be nice to everyone” trap at least once a week.  The thing that drives me crazy about these girls is the fact that they will be absolutely ughly to each other one day – and nice as pie the next.  3 girls in particular (the “axis of evil” as it were) are the worst culprits.  They show up to play when the’re bored, or when some other girl in the neighborhood is paying attention to Maddie – only to “steal” the friend away or treat Maddie horribly.

Yesterday my daugther walked into the house sobbing.  this doesnt happen VERY often -as Maddie’s first inclination is to punch someone who is mean to her…but apparently she went to the neighbor girl’s  house (one of the axis of evil members) and another snotty little girl was there.  Maddie knocked on the door and the girl’s mom answered and told Maddie she wasnt welcome in the house anymore because these two girls had told the mom Maddie called her a “fat cow.”  I can pretty much guarantee that didnt happen – because I’M a fat cow – and Maddie understands how sensitive adults can be about weight issues.

This mom took her spoiled rotten little brat’s word over Maddie’s of course – and my daughter stumbles home in tears.  I was so torn – do I storm down the street and demand an apology?  Would it do any good or just make it worse?  My best advice to my child was to work on being the best person she knows how to be – and to have friends – because they were great – but not to let them manipuate and control her life.

My mom’s favorite saying is “Dont let them live rent free in your mind.”  I use that often with Maddie and her quest for popularity.  She’s wicked smart (invited to take the ACTs at 11 years old) and has a TON of common sense (well – a ton for an 11yo.)  So here’s my question – who out there will build me an intuitive search engine that will deliver step by step instructions for mom to handle situations like that just by typing in “bitchy little girls?”

I told her to walk her own path – and let the little bitches try to follow.  They’re too dumb to keep up.