My daughter has become obsessed with blogging as of late. Specifically my blogging. She has this perverse desire to read my posts. Which I’d welcome if she were a smidge older. But I really don’t think she needs to read about her mother’s cooter or her father’s prowess in the sack.
Call me crazy, but I’d like for her to retain a smidge of respect for her parental units and maybe the ability to keep looking us square in the eye without blushing and knowing her parents are sick twisted human beings and she somehow drew the short straw when being assigned parental units.
After nagging me the other day until I thought my head would pop off from frustration and tumble down the dry dusty gravel road I live on, I looked Fric in the eye and asked her what her fascination with my blogging habits were.
“I just think it’s neat you can write what ever you want and people read it. It’s cool.” She explained.
I had to agree with her. It is cool.
“I want to have a blog of my own.”
“Um, no.” Emphatically. NO. For a myriad of reasons, some safety oriented, others sanity related, there is not freaking way I want my daughter, at the age of almost twelve to be spewing her guts to the internet.
“Why don’t you just start with a journal,” I suggested. “That’s what I did at your age. I wrote in a diary.”
She wasn’t satisfied with this. “But Moooooom,” she whined. And then the phone rang, it was a boy and magically all was forgotten.
Until I opened my lap top this morning.
“Mom, I want a blog.”
“No.”
“You aren’t the boss of me.”
“Actually, chicklet, the law says I am. Too bad for you.” Muaahahahahah. Still, I’m not that evil. (Read: I’m easily wrapped around her finger.)
Looking at her pouty face and not wanting to have to listen to her whine to the universe in general about what a unfair, three horned devil mother I am, I quickly wracked my brains to figure a way to appease her.
I came up empty. Until I offered her the chance to write a post on my blog. Because, you know, I have rocks for brains.
You would have thought I just bought her a sparkly unicorn with a leprechaun as her personal jockey, she was so happy. (Looks like I’m back in the race for that coveted mother of the year award. Heh.)
Besides, I haven’t had a guest poster in a while. So, with out any further ado, I introduce to you, my daughter, Fric, and her words (entirely unedited) about what it’s like to live with me. Her redneck mommy.
Hi everyone. This is Fric. That’s not really my name and I don’t really like it. I wanted to be Frac but I guess that isn’t much better either. I wish Mom had picked a cooler name for us but I can’t really complain because in real life she calls my brother and me Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. She won’t tell us which is which, she says it depends on the moment.
I think its cool that people read my mom but it bugs me that she won’t always let me read her posts. She says I”m not grown up enough yet. I can’t really figure out why she thinks that because it’s not like she can write anything worse than I’ve caught her saying sometimes.
My grandma says mom has the mouth of a gifted sailor. I think that means she can swear really well. She tries hard not to, but most of the money in the swear jar on our counter comes from her pocket. She says we are going to use that money to go to Disneyland.
I just want everyone to know my real mom. She’s been on tv alot lately and in some newspapers. She was even on the radio oneday while I was on the school bus and our bus driver, Cheryl, let us listen. I was kinda embarrassed. She sounded a bit dorky. But it’s neat having all the other kids think my mom is cool.
But they don’t have to live with her. She’s not that cool. She’s kinda bossy. But she laughs a lot and she plays lots of tricks on us. She almost made my brother pee his pants once by scaring him and pretending to be a bear out in the bush when we were sleeping in our tent. That was pretty funny.
She doesn’t like it when we play practical jokes on her though. She scares really easy and we always like to see who can make her squeal the loudest. she keeps telling us we are giving her gray hairs. I can’t see them though.
She is a bit of a sissy though. She doesn’t like it when we catch frogs and last week she said we could catch a snake and keep it as a pet but when we did she squealed and then told us to go put it back where we found it. She told us she only said we could have it because she didn’t think we’d find one. She also makes me and my brother pick up dead birds on the ground. We get a lot of those cause they fly into our decks and our windows. She says it’s too disgusting to deal with so she makes us do it. She claims it will toughen us up.
She says alot of things like that. I think we’re pretty tough kids already without having to do chores or pick up dead things.
I think it’s really cool that you all read my mom. I think you would all really like her if you ever met her. She laughs a lot and she is really fun to be around. Dad said that’s why he married her. but he also says he married her because grampa made him do it so I don’t really know. I’m jut glad she’s my mom.
If there was one thing I could change about her though it would be that she wasn’t so strict. She doesn’t let us play a lot of video games and we hardly get to watch television. She says she watched too much television as a child and it stunted her growth. I just think that’s the type of things she says wehn she wants to be left alone and get us out of the house so she can blog in quiet. She says she can’t think and write with noise and me and my brother are noisy breathers. She’s dorky like that.
That’s all I have to say right now. Thanks for listening. And thanks mom, for letting me use your blog. I can’t wait to get my own.
Then I can tell everyone I’m an internet porn star, just like you tell people.
I love you, Mom.
***I love you too, doll face. But you are wrong. I am that cool. You’re just too young to know it. Now go clean your bedroom before I go all medieval on your arse.***
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That was great. Thanks Fric for sharing a little about your mom. You sound like a pretty great kid.
I think you should you have been able to keep the snake too. Don’t tell your mom.
That was fantastic. Somebody has a future in writing!
But what- no LiveJournal, friends and family only, protected blog? Moderated by Mom? Nuthin’?
Very well written, Fric, thanks for the insight. But if you think your mom is strict……..
Jen
Fric, all the good moms are that strict, and all that TV is what makes your mom write the stuff you’re not old enough to read. Thank your lucky stars. (I love this blog, but I’d keel and die if my OWN mother said that stuff. I, of course, was delivered by storks.)
I would have let you keep the snake, though. (Better to have one in an aquarium than possibly crawling around looking for a way to get in the house.)
So cool that you get to write on your mom’s blog, Fric. Nice to meet you and I hope she lets you write again soon…
Tell me this is fake, and that my 11 year old daughter will not know what an internet porn star is.
If it’s not, then Fric, you are quite articulate, and I for one hope you get your own blog one day.
PS - leave the porn star thing alone… I think it gives your mom grey hairs.
Fric! I can see you are an excellent writer, just like your mom. You also got your mom’s good looks! You’re right - I’ve met your mom, and I really like her. She’s a lot of fun.
If you were allowed to get your own blog, I would read it every day. Just sayin’. Until then, maybe your mom will let you post more on her blog!
dude, i would totally read her blog.
just saying…
Great post !!
Fric - You did an awesome job on your first entry. I can’t wait to read more. My son’s 13 and he constantly says things like, “you are probably going to blog about this huh?” to me, but he hasn’t asked for his own yet - maybe because I’m not as cool as your mom. Hmmmmm … I’ll have to work on that a bit more - haha.
:: makes note to become more popular ::
Wow! She must inherit you writing skills cuz that was pretty good. I think “Guest Blogging” on your site is a great way for her to start. I’m a huge advocate of getting kids to write more. Purely monitored, of course. Sorry Fric, I’m with your mom on this one.
Fric is an excellent writer! Awesome post. Fric.
And mom, you are that cool for letting your daughter post.
Amazing — complete sentences and actual grammar. What do you feed those children up there on the tundra?
Fric, I’m very impressed with your ability to put thoughts on paper — while it may not seem so right now, this is a skill that will put you miles ahead of your classmates in a few years. And a few years after that, it will make you Premier.
Or, if you want to work even harder, you could be a hockey player.
Fric, great job on the post. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about your extra-cool mom.
Mommy- Let the girl have her own blog! It’s the IN thing. LOL!
This is fantastic! I just came across your blog and this was the first post that I read. Seems that your daughter might have a future in blogging! She writes really well! Great job Fric!
PS - No way will I let my stepdaughter read my blog in a couple of years either. She doesn’t need to know about some things…yet. LOL
Great guest post Fric! Very impressive for your age! Keep it up and it’ll take you far in everything you do!
I think your Mom wont let you have your own blog because she is afraid of the competition! (J/K) =)
Fric is a pretty talented writer. I giggled at this post several times, especially the end where she suggests you are really sending her outside so you can blog in silence. Funny!
Great job posting Fric. It was great to get a little insight from someone who is there living with your mom. I would gladly read any post you write, you do have a way with words.
And I agree with other commenters…maybe if you lay off the internet porn star Mom may let you on the net a bit sooner….just sayin’.
Why not give your daughter permission to have a password protected blog or an invite only blog that way you can control what is on it and more importantly who is able to read it.
I think she has the makings of being a very talented writer & maybe just maybe writing her own blog will not only help her understand how to successfully get her opinions across but to also do it in an appropriate way.
I think it’s a win-win situation for you and for her, she’ll gain a wide variety of benefits from improved knowledge of language, phrasing etc and you’ll have an insiders way of understanding her inner thinking as she becomes older and gets more secretive / moody as all teens do.
Dear Fric,
No one thinks their parents are cool until the ravages of time make the realization that they were indeed cool meaningless. Your mom is indeed cool. Far cooler than I.
T,
Forget “in,” make the girl appreciate hand written things. I talked to a kid in high school one day and she had never had to hand write an essay or do research sans computer in her life. I died a little inside.
That was a great entry! I laughed the entire way through Fric’s description of you as a mom. Typical daughter - disdain with underlying respect and admiration. She sounds great and what a talented writer!!!
I still can’t stop myself from laughing at the birds flying into the deck doors.
Have her guest again!
Thanks Fric for telling us more about your Mom. You are very lucky! The day you get your own blog, I will be your biggest fan.
Love this!
Fric - you’ll be great when you do finally start your blog- you’re quite the writer.
Hmmm - Of course now I’m wondering what my 13 & 15 year olds would say about me
Apple, tree and all that. LOL
Noisy breathers….lol.
Your kid rocks. One day she really should have her own blog.
You are being featured on Five Star Friday:
http://www.fivestarfriday.com/2008/08/five-star-friday-edition-19.html
Yay!! Attack of the Redneck Daughter!!! True talent runs in the family. Encore Encore
She looks exactly like you!
Woooohoooooo!! Fantabulous post Fric!!! Maybe your mom is afraid you will become a SUPA STAR and then your head would get all BIG and you would have trouble getting through the door…hehehe….kidding Fric….hope you get to guest post again soon!! Enjoyed it!!
Way 2 go Fric!! SO- What would you chose as your nickname? As your brothers??
Ya know what? It is pretty cool that your mom writes random things and we all read them and love it! And I figure you’re also right, that if we were to meet her- we’d like her even more.
I had strict parents, and let me tell ya kid– I turned out lots better than my friends with no rules kind of parents. So listen to your non-internet porn star mom and you’ll be fine. Promise.
And keep writing (in a journal- the old fashioned way). You’ll look back at those journals someday and it will be a trip down memory lane.
While I have to agree with your Mom Fric I really enjoyed your post. Hopefully she’ll let you come back or maybe do a regular spot…..
That was dope. I’d steal that idea if I were a blog thief. Wait. I am a blog thief. Sweet.
Tweedle Fric, my daughter would love hanging out with you, talking about how dorky your mothers are. It makes me think of this conversation that I read:
http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/06/26/someday-our-kids-will-blog-about-how-their-moms-blogged-about-them/#more-336
Keep writing! You’ve got talent in your genes.
hey fric you did a fantastic job on your moms blog. I understand that it sucks with your mom not allowing you to have your own blog but it took my son almost a year to convince me to allow him to have a facebook site even after all his friends had one . Parents just like to control your lives so you wont have any fun thats all you have to remeber (but not really we just care).
That was was pretty fric’n (see how I got your name in there Fric?) awesome of you mom! And don’t look now but Fric looks like a model with her model pose and she is a beautiful girl and obviously loves her momma.
I totally can’t wait until you’re old enough for your own blog. I will be a loyal reader from day one. Of course, by then I’ll be like ninety and you’ll probably think it’s preetty creepy. I wish I could’ve written so well when I was almost 12! Keep writing. You know, you can keep a journal on a computer. You don’t have to write it by hand. Just an idea. Kind of like a training blog.
http://notesfromthesleepdeprived.blogspot.com
She is officially the coolest kid ever. You get bored of your mom, come down to the States and visit your Aunt Becky. She has lots of televisions AND video games. And no dead birds. I hope.
Fric that was great writing! Noisy breathers I love it!
You’re brave T - no way would I let one of the preTzel boys write on my blog. First - they would want to read all of it so they’d know what “topic” to choose and Second - they’d tell all their friends to have to “pretzelplace.net” to read their mom and then I’d be the scourge of Our City. Uh - uh. I do that fine w/out people knowing about my blog, thankyouverymuch.
Not only is Fric a beautiful child but she’s insightful as well. But you LIMIT their TV? Come on! Shame. How are they going to learn about birds…oh, wait, they know about them.
That was great, Tanis! Thanks for letting her do that. She’s a great writer and we know where she gets it from (she’s purty just like her mom too).
Can she have a strongly monitored blog? maybe one that can only be accessed with a password and you approve anything before it’s posted? just thinking that she should definitely keep writing!
I love her.
That was an AWEsome post! I hope she gets to do it again!
Thanks for posting, Fric. I have met your mom and she is really fun to be around. I hope you guest post again sometime!
Tried to comment like three times, nothing wrong with your commenting system, rather this commenter is torn between misting up or clapping her hands like some sort of jacked up seal. This was amazing. You both are amazing.
great post and great photo.
Oh Fric, you are awesome.
Just like your mom.
Hook her up with a password protected blog! I know you can do it on Wordpress and probably Blogger too.
I’d totally put her on my blogroll.
Fric needs a blog! I think she might be as good as you Tanis! (Maybe better?) Awesome job Fric!
Great job Fric! Very entertaining read!
Great to meet you Fric. I am pretty sure your mom is way too strict, and I am pretty sure you think you will never be that strict with your own kids. At least that is what I thought until I was alot older. You’ll appreciate her strictness when you’re over 30.
“I can’t really figure out why she thinks that because it’s not like she can write anything worse than I’ve caught her saying sometimes.”
Oh burrrrrn. (or is it snap?)
And girlfriend’s got vocabulary skills. I teach 15 year olds who couldn’t write that.
omfg she is hysterical. get her a blog now. lol
Well hey there Fric.
Guess what? I have had the pleasure of meeting your mother and she IS fabulous, but I bet I swear more than her. You see, I have an 11 year old and a six year old, and they make me put money in the swear jar ALL the time. They MAKE me swear so they can make money off of me!
It is hard to believe, but your mum IS cool. And she has told me all about you and Frac and Bug and you all sound fabulous.
I hope she keeps letting you write guest posts because I think you are a very talented writer.
Oh lord if you let her get her own blog….I would never live it down. I wont let my 16 year old get a myspace page because of all the crap out there. Fric you are an great writer, get a journal and keep it until you can get a blog when you are older and then post it all!!! Your mom is not all that strict, look at what I said about my 16 year old, no myspace until she is 17 (only 6 months away, unles she proves that she is not responsible yet!)
She is you…only 20 years younger!
Fric, you are awesome. Just like your mother.
Too funny Fric! Great writing for an 11 year old- good job mom!
Hi Fric, brilliant post, you are funny like your mother, this made me laugh so much, your a fantastic writer too. Your Mom IS really cool. I have an 11 yr old daughter too who I love to embarass, thats one of the great things about being a mother its like a licence to be silly and make fun of your kids.
Thanks, J.
At least she is beautiful like her mom!
She looks just like you.
I guess you can’t really tell her why she can’t read your blog without it ending up as though she had read your blog.
WOW, I guess writing talent runs in the family! Fric, that was a great post and we’ll be looking out in a few years when you are old enough to have your own blog…if only to run back here and tell on you for the sailor language you used.
My new favorite phrase: “My grandma says mom has the mouth of a gifted sailor.” No one’s ever accused me of the gifted part.
Hey Fric!
You have the makings of being as awesome as your mother. And that is pretty awesome, as you know.
I won’t let my girls read my blog, and they are 14 and 16. Sometimes it is best to not know everything about your mother. Believe me.
Perhaps we need to start a support group for daughters of blogging mothers…
That was awesome…
Fric, you are just as funny, pretty, and cool as your mom!!
Wow Fric. If you think your Mom is strict, you would hate it at my house. My kids don’t even know what porn is yet.
Fric, I have met your mom and I love her - if that doesn’t creep you out, I don’t know what will. She is right about a lot of things, many that you listed here, so listen to her because she is one smart person. BTW you sound as wise and witty as your mom which means you are one cool lady.
I’m sad for the birds! Try taping pictures of owls on the windows or get one of those fake statues to put on the roof or deck near the windows. It’s worked for me before.
I love her!!! I think you should give her a regular guest spot.
Fric- i am 19 years old, and if this was MY moms blog, i would never read it. TONS of stuff that you just do not want to know about your parents. i know your not supposed to trust strangers, but trust me on this one.
OMG Fric is a spitting image of you in that picture. As well as her writing. Well, not so much on the writing. But still good.
Keep an eye on her T.
Fric, YOU are awesome!! And I think your mom should let you guest post more often - it was a joy to read (uh, not that SHE isn’t, but just that you were really good…oh, geez, Tanis, give the girl her own blog - I think you can be admin and approve her posts on wordpress!)
Excellent guest post! If my boys ever expressed interest in writing on my blog, it would be a few paragraphs about wrestling, Star Wars, how the Jonas Brothers suck (edit - but they don’t), and how lame I am! You did a great job. Glad your mom turned the controls over to you. You’re right. She is a cool mom!
Hi Fric & Tanis…
Fric, you are an amazing writer. Seriously, you are just 11? I almost fell off the couch with the porn star comment. You definitely have your mom’s sense of humor, even if she really won’t let you read why. It’d probably just creep you out to read a lot of this stuff about your mom. Maybe when you’re older she could do a ‘best of’ collection (the appropriate stuff only) for you to read.
Tanis, you have a smart, witty one on your hands. You’re doing an awesome job. I’m very impressed with both of you!
Good luck!
Sharon
What a great post Fric! I agree with Jessica, you don’t want to read it. Not because it’s bad, it’s wonderful. There are just some things that you don’t want to know about your parents. I’m nearly 37 years old and still don’t want to know certain things about my parents. Good luck Fric!
Awesome post, Fric! Your mum’s lucky to have you guys.
And as you know, she is totally awesome as well.
Wow, Moms in trouble when you get older. Not only are you witty and well spoken but you’re a beauty that will turn every head and give your parents an ulcer when the boys start calling.
Great post
Good job!
That girl is the spitting image of you and she’s a wonderful writer. Watch out Tannis.
Fric, that was wonderfully written. You clearly have your mother’s gift for comedic timing and for balancing humor and poignancy. I am very impressed! Please, write again soon.
And, your mom IS one of the coolest moms on the Internet!
That is too cool! Excellent job Fric! I hope that you can guest more often
Wow. Given the chance to unload and make you look bad, she mostly said good stuff? Either your mom really is that awesome, or you are luling her into a false sense of secruity and saving it up for another time, or you are one good kid. hard to tell from here…
Ok. Tanis, Give Fric the name she wants first of all. how hard would that be? I changed my name and my Mom is still ticked and I am 39 but I love my name now. lol. And secondly, if you notice my myspace is private? I have very close family and friends only on there because of the minors in the family. Mostly girls all the way to 3 mos old. Their privacy is paramount. I would add you to my myspace if you wanted of course. I have read you and seen you on TV so yeah you could come in.
And Third, You must give that girl a myspace so she can friend me. I have no talent in writing and she writes way better then me. Also, my 15 year old cousin is on myspace and her dad monitors her and she is on a private one too but your kid has way too much talent to bottle up. Be proud and let her express herself.
And Fourth, all you Mums out there that have web addys. Kids are smart. They will look you up from school, the library or where ever once they memorize your addy. Tanis, your addy is ingrained in their wonderful smart brains. You will be read by your kids, its just a question of Has it happened already or is it to come? Heh. Kids are great.
That was awesome! You’re definitey a cool Mom for letting Fric post on your blog here.
And Fric? Awesome post. Once your Mom lets you have a blog, I bet that you’re going to have more readers than she does!
I have a master plan. Fric needs to marry James (Who is also 12 and also has a morbid fascination with my blog).
Then they can have adorable, vocabulary advanced children and we can be the hottest grannies in the world.
P.S. You ARE that cool.
This is so kool…you have quite a talent and I hope we hear more from you. Sounds like you have one great mom and she has wonderful children.
All the success in the world…
Dorothy from grammology
http://grammology.com
You rock, Fric! I personally love that you play the French Horn…I still get mine out occasionally, even at my old age. Thanks for the post, and to your mom for letting you do it!
Great blog, great post! I think your mother-of-the-year nomination might be forthcoming–of course I didn’t say which mother-of-the-year award ;-p
I’m commenter number 89! Woohoo! That’s what? Alexander Mogilny? If I had waited ten more that would be Gretzky. But I couldn’t wait.
Fric, I think your guest post for your mom has generated more comments than I’ve ever seen on her blog. Clearly she is keeping you from starting your own blog out of sheer JEALOUSY. Don’t let the Man (or in this case, the MOM) keep you down. Start your own blog on one of the computers at school and don’t tell her about it. Then, when she finds out just say “But it was Backpacking Dad’s idea.” It’s okay, Fric. I’ll take the heat for you. You just need to write.
Well written Fric! I bet your mama is jealous of what a blogging rock star you are. Hope you guest post again soon.
Very cute–and yeah, she has a future as a blogger, but let her keep her innocence as long as possible!
Awesome job Fric.
That pic of her is so cool.
That was cool. Fric sounds like a cool kid!
Hi Fric. That was an awesome post. It made it all the way here to Australia! God your mum really IS all I had imagined and then some haha. Keep up the good work and I hope to read your next installment soon.
That was great Fric! Thanks for sharing. I think you should blog away as long as it’s under guidance from your mom…you’re a good writer. FYI a lot of kids think their parents are dorks. The parents are always greener on the other side.
She’s an excellent writer. I would start her off with a journal. Maybe take her to pick out a very nice one. Leather bound or something with some sparkle? Maybe then she’ll want to write in it. I hope that works out. Very well written. Way to go on the advanced vocabulary, Tanis…internet porn star…LMAO.
That was fric’n awesome! My daughter thinks I am a crazy dork too, she is probably right.
That was awesome, Fric. I used to teach English and I would have been over the moon to have a student who could write this well. Your Mom’s smart, so listen to her; she’ll find a way to nurture your writing talent without being unsafe. A journal is a great way to start - you could even do it on the computer, just not publish it. Very well done.
Tanis - she looks just like you. Beautiful. Nurture that writing talent, ok? She rocks.
well, i think that was fab! You should allow her to have a section on her page so you can edit it. That way she can write and you can make sure she is not revealing too much info. Also, it will give us a look at you from another prospective! she has a real talent!! and she loves you and thinks you are funny! i hope when i have kids they think i am funny!
LOVE IT!
I gave you an award on my blog if you want to visit and check it out. It’s the Arte Y Pico award.
(Provided that it translates from Yankee to Canuk, if you wait a week the exchange rate shift might mean you will get an even bigger one!)
Fric, I think you rock. Writing must run in your family. ha!
Let me reassure you- you don’t to read your Mom’s posts. Daughters are not supposed to know the friend part of their Mom until they are old enough to drink. Know why? Because when you get exposed to those parts of your parents that aren’t parental, you need some liquor to soften the blow. Just sayin’.
Also? I vote for you getting the snake.
Fric is just as beautiful and intelligent as her mommy.
It may not seem like it but your mom is doing the right thing by keeping you off the internet with your own blog and forcing you to go outside instead of staying indoors watching the tube! It seems unfair, I know … and although you are an extremely bright and savvy young lady, your mom is protecting you from things you can not possibly comprehend right now.
KEEP WRITING Fric - for it is a great talent.
Your mom is super cool, I know I would like her in person.
My kids think “I’m the meanest mom they ever had” - all children that have loving caring mothers think their moms are strict and mean. If that weren’t true - if your mom let you have what you thought you wanted, would that make her the coolest? It’s all for the best and one day (like your mom even said herself here) you will learn that what your parents did for you is really for the best. It’s a hard concept to grasp but my guess is that you will come to realize it very soon.
I thought that was pretty good!
You’re mom’s posts sometimes make me blush and I’m pushing 40…you don’t need to read those yet. (but those same posts also make me laugh really really hard!)
“but he also says he married her because grampa made him do it so I don’t really know”
i need a new laptop screen. too much milkshake just came out of my nose.
OMG! I love her!! She is smart and fantastic.
Fric, it was nice to read your blog - you definately have your mothers sense of humor and I’m sure when you’re old enough to have your own blog, you’ll be great!
Most people think their moms aren’t very cool, but compared to SOME mothers I’ve met in my time, you’re pretty lucky. Some moms walk around like their granny panties are stuck too far in a ‘wedgie’ position and would rather beat you with a stick than collect a fund for a trip to Disney!
I think you deserve a blog of your own, but maybe your mother is afraid you’ll be the one all over TV and the radio and she’ll be left back at home to pick up the bird carcasses from the back yard.
Good luck kiddo!
as mark twain said ” when I was 16 my parents where dumber than a rock, I could not understand why god let them have children. When I turned 20 my parents had become a little more knowlegable than in the past, but still did not understand the modern day that much, when I turned 25 they had come a long way and when I turned 35 they astounded me with there knowledege, I just wish they had been that smart when I was 16.”
You rock !!!!!!!!!!! Fric , great work !!!!!!!!!!!
Tanis this child is to smart for your own good hehe , look out world .
You are obviously a great Mom , don’t worry you will survive , they (kids) just TRY to make you think your to strict or don’t understand , they are sure you were never a kid once so how could you know anything . sometimes I almost believed them , almost , heh.
One day they may actually say ” Mom I am glad you were so strict” mine actually said that and they were sober and in there 20’s hehe . I have three daughters and a grand-daughter , and someday when you hear your grand-child giving your child gray hair just sit back and deeply sigh thinking ahhhh Karma
fric you should totally get to guest blog on your moms site whenever you want good job! it was nice to see read another side of your mom….Tanis what a great kid you have there!
SHE. IS. Genius. Good luck to you.
omg! your daughter looks so much like my little sister when she was younger! lol you two have quite the cool personalities.
This .com Rocks
I like That picture of The Grannys But
wow… your daughter is also a good writer… you’ll have your hands full, and her future boy friends have no idea what they would be getting into!!!
What a great post! You must be very proud of her.
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