bright ideas Archive

I’ve not made any money today. None.  Of course on the bright side someone else has picked up toilet flushing responsibility.  I’ll have to look for a new source of revenue.
On to Megan’s ‘retraining’ or ‘punishment’.
Remember the yelling, the screaming, the tantruming, the anger.  Oh- the constant anger. She’s 7.  Not 13. Shocking I know.  […]

So we’ve been having some battles with obedience and listening lately.  So I’ve (re)instituted my ‘if you don’t listen you have to do something to help me feel better about that’ rule.  Of course this punishment fits most crimes.  You lie to me?  Help me feel better about that by cleaning the bathroom.  You hit […]

Babysitting swaps

My friend Lacey was talking about setting up a babysitting swap on her blog. I commented for an hour about all the swaps I have going on and figured I’d share my comments with you guys.
I love babysitting swapping. I’ve got a couple friends that I did this with who’s children were the same […]