Freaking Cold and Irritating Things

It is cold. Not the normal Minnesota cold. The cold where you die a little bit inside each time you have to even think about going outside.

Yeah, the cold that kills your soul.

Alright, that might be a little harsh but seriously. It is cold. Brrrr...


Irritating Things. I am generally a very easy going person. I like order and structure, and cleanliness.

So my struggle now is dealing with Big Peanut aka my oldest child. He is RIDICULOUSLY defiant. Now, before everyone jumps down my throat and says that children his age are supposed to be defiant, I agree. They are. Kids test boundaries. Once the rules are enforced, they know the limits and stay within those. But not Big Peanut. Oh no. Mom tries time out, he laughs. Mom tries to take away things, he sneaks other things of mom's into his bed (ie car keys, debit cards, etc). Mom tries to ignore it, he does more ridiculous things. Mom tries to redirect him into good behavior; sure, he will play along for about 60 seconds max then go back to doing whatever crazy thing he was doing before. Mom tries rewarding good behavior, nope he is having none of it. Mom tries paying more attention to him, nope it only gets worse.

 I am running out of options with this kid. I am constantly flirting the line of whether I should just give up or try something else new.

How else are you supposed to discipline a kid? I mean that respectively. I am also looking for advice. I am a big advocate of seeking help when you know that what you have been doing is not working.

 I know that people are against spanking but geez. I was spanked and I know plenty of people who were. We never died. We respected our parents (for the most part). Actually, I only remember being spanked one time. But that was with a belt, for lying and for calling my mom a nasty name. I never stepped out of line again. So what else works?


Other irritating things: people hearing HALF of a story or only lies then judging the hell out of you. WTH? Do you magically have some sort of mind meld machine that suddenly allows you to know everything about my life? Keep my name out of your mouth. If there is one thing I hate in life, its freaking people who badmouth others which they know NOTHING about. Unless your name is mine and you are me, keep my name and my business out of your mouth unless I ask for your opinion.

Also, cars are irritating. Getting stuck at Cub at 630 am sucks. However, deli guys rock. Thanks Deli guy!

That's all.