Comments on: Thoughtful Thursday Thirteen

By: HCN

HCN — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:27:57 +0000

You did good. The red looks wonderful, and even if the kids don’t appreciate what you did… you will.

Trust me, the kids grow and change. Their rooms are still a mess, but it does get easier (though only one of my three is disabled, so you are welcome to ignore me now!… except I always feel that my “normal” daughter has been more trouble than both of her brothers put together!).

The really “fun” thing is having to use a ladder to do any work. When my oldest disabled son sees the ladder he needs to move it. He cannot stand having it around. He has actually moved it to another room so he cannot see it. So while we try to work somewhere (like painting a room or changing a light bulb) we find that he has moved the ladder back to the laundry room.

It will not be fun when we attempt to replace all the batteries in the smoke alarms soon.

To help this, I bought a new ladder that folds down into a very small profile. Last night we were awakened by a stupid smoke alarm telling us its battery was low… so we dragged it out at 4am to change the *&^%$#! battery, and then collapsed it in the hallway. It is not open, and lays flat against the wall.

So today he is asking about, why is it there, can he put it back… it is in the stairway to the basement, where he only goes if he wants to play on the GameCube. sigh

Sorry, I had to vent. He turned 20 years old yesterday. The big development was that he did not try moving it, but actually asked why it was there. When we gave him an explanation he said “Okay”, and carried on. That is an improvement.

By: kristina

kristina — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:07:24 +0000

Me talking on the phone about “business”—work, arrangements for this or that—always bothers Charlie. Email _is_ a blessing!

And I only have 1.

(maybe 1 1/2, lovely, very ADHD, husband who went to work in his flipflops today)

By: Osh

Osh — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:20:22 +0000

3 years ago I started tearing off the wallpaper in my bedroom. 3 years ago I never finished tearing the wallpaper off the walls in my bedroom.

By: Shelia

Shelia — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:44:09 +0000

Love the red. Soooo want to paint my place. Need to financial wherewithal to do it, though!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:55:36 +0000

I so get how 1/2 the number of usual children, does not equal 1/2 the number of stress/work/etc! They fill the gap! They expand their needs! It’s unbelievable!

By: bonnie

bonnie — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:14:21 +0000

that red is one of my favorite colors! I used it in my kitchen believe it or not so I always feel like I’m cooking in an Italian restaurant or something! My son wants either a red room or the decor from Andy’s Room in the movie “Toy Story”. THink I’ll shoot for the red.

Your work looks beautiful!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:24:34 +0000

I desperately need to redo both of my kids’ rooms, but the mere thought makes me want to curl up on the floor in the fetal position. Good on you for doing it.