Kim’s Comments (group member since Sep 17, 2008)

Kim’s comments from the Runs with scissors group.

I am a nanny by trade,so what I have to say may shock some people, but I agree with the new policies of restaurants and other places that are banning screaming children,children under a certain age or a combination of the two. I love kids and I love being around them, but I do not appreciate my down time being shattered by a screaming child, a unattended child or otherwise disruptive child while I am at the movies,dinner or just shopping.

I personally make sure that any children I am in charge of know that any disturbances such as tantrums or begging for things while we are out,will result in instant removal and a consequence when we get home. I plan around nap time to avoid melt downs, plan small toy/book diversions if I know there will be a wait, and keep things short and age appropriate, meaning I would not take a 2 year old with me to shop for clothes for 5 hours. I would get a babysitter.

That is what we are for, to allow you to go out sans child. (I also babysit on the side for those of you who didn't know.) Yes, it is an added expense to your day,but taking junior to a 5 star restaurant that does not have chicken nuggets, thus subjecting your fellow diners to a tantrum of epic proportions, makes it cheaper in the long run.

I am not saying that well behaved children should pay for the sins of the rest, but there is a time and place for children. Bars are not one of them, yet there were some mothers who got pissy because a neighborhood bar banned strollers. Excuse me, but I thought that persons under 21 were NOT supposed to be even ALLOWED in bars! I feel that there are plenty of restaurants that cater to families that children,let's say under the age of 7 shouldn't be in in the first place. If your child has no concept of table manners, then they should not be at non-family restaurants.

Children are not taught manners (unless I have them as charges) and are not taught how to sit at a table with others. They are allowed to graze at will, leave the table when they feel like it and are not being given proper instructions on how to hold silverware. I realize that parents who were raised in this manner cannot teach their children the proper way to do things.

I blame computers,I-pads/phones,smart phones,PDA's, etc. for this for how can you teach your children to be civil if you are too caught up in the latest brain
drivel on Twaddle to pay attention?


I was reading today that a mall in Sydney, Australia is now banning screaming children. This is what I don't agree with as the screaming children that caused the complaints,were in the DESIGNATED PLAY AREA! I'm sorry but if this is the problem, then either get rid of the play area or move it away from the food court where it is currently located.

I feel that there should be places that are meant for adults to be adults. If you choose to become a parent, then be responsible and get a sitter, or don't go out. The tired excuse of "the sitter got sick/cancelled" wouldn't happen if you find more than one and have back ups. There are plenty of places to find reliable care. If you want more time with your kids, then quit signing them up for everything under the sun and spend that time with them. Not every one finds your child's behavior as endearing as you do. Not every one feels little Puta should be allowed to express herself as a human being by seeing how many peas she can launch at the next booth. Your child's primal screams are NOT the talented warblings of the next Yma Sumac.

Yes,children need to be socialized and learn how to handle themselves in public, but there should be clear cut, age appropriate rules that are enforced(!) to help them get there, without the rest of us needing ear plugs or dogging Hot Wheel's Cars.

Thank you.

My grandma got her goodbyes in on Thursday afternoon, and Aunt Pat passed late that evening. She will be celebrated on Monday.

My aunt Pat is not doing well and I ask for your thoughts and prayers. She is my grandma's last sibling. All of the in-laws are gone as well. She has been in nursing home for over a year now, after living in assisted living for a few years. I am asking for enough time for grandma to get in her goodbyes and for my aunt to go quietly into that goodnight.

Well,the state got its head out of its hind end and has decided NOT to go through with the above ideas. The stated reason is that it is not a part of the proposed 2 year budget and is a very low priority on the transportation departments list. Personally, I think the rubber-band of public opinion snapped back and hit them in the nuts, but that just me.


Of course there was a "you've GOT to be kidding me!" quote to all of this when representatives said "it wasn't about money, but about law enforcement....."
I call bull****! It was so about money!

I readily admit that there are plates that are so rusty you can't read them and perhaps a forced visual check on the plates from the two kinds in question should be implemented and those who need new ones should have to buy them and leave the rest of us alone.

As I have posted in the other groups, BIG HUGS. (You can never have too many hugs!)

Now,mind you, the above is a proposal and not a done deal yet,but it is the government so you know they will get away with some version of this sooner or later. What gets me, is that they started this thing that you can get a 2 year registration so what happens to people who did that and then have this mess go through?

The state of Ohio in it's infinite stupidity, has decided to propose forcing residents to take a new license plate to ensure the one they forced me to take years ago, will be all uniform and the other brain storm is to force us to take a new plate every 7 years. Now, mind you, if the new uniform plate thing does kick in, and they are not saying how much this will cost over all for the whole plan, just the fee I will have to pay for the privilege of having a new uniform plate. I HAVE to buy my registration tag before my b-day in March to the tune of close to $60.00 in the first place, a little adhesive piece of plastic that I will have to replace AGAIN should this plate thing to through. Each year the price has gone up on a what probably costs $.5 to make, and the state is crabbing about not having enough money to fix the roads, so this this the BRILLIANT scheme afoot now.

You may ask "why don't I just by a new plate in March. That is more than the tag and money I don't have. If this scheme goes through, it will be $10 to replace the plate and for all I know when I go to get my tags, I could be forced to take the new plate anyway, so it may be a moot point. What has me is a twist, is that we have one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, so where the bloody world do they think this money is going to magically appear?

This may force more people to give up their vehicles, and then where will the state be?

The government so needs at time out!

So, I am still swimming and almost 3 years later from the beginning of all this, I am still working on getting to the 3/4 mile mark. I am averaging 44 lengths (1/2 mile) to 50 at a time, depending on the pool temperature. There is an on going problem with the heater and the thermostat and the pool has been as cold as 78 degrees (which is COLD for an indoor pool) and as hot as 95 degrees which is like swimming in soup.

I saw the doctor last September and again this last Monday. I am fine, and I only gained one pound since last September, so I take that as a victory after the holidays.

This topic came up in another group I'm in, and it got me to thinking about how and why we rate our books the way we do. I rate most at a 4 or 5 stars, and reserve 1 and 2 stars for books that I really didn't like. I do not have a criteria for rating, as some do, I go based on a book to book basis, mostly on how the book made me feel at the end, if I want to read more by that author or if I thought they should be burned in effigy.

I also take time to review all my books and I do rate books I do not finish, if I get beyond a certain point, which I reflect in my review as well.

So, do any of you have guidelines for how you rate a book?

This is a new teen cyberpunk retelling of Cinderella. I am not prone to reading cyberpunk as it usually requires more computer knowledge than I have to understand what is what. That said,this is accessible to those of us who usually don't read this type of book. It is set in a post apocalyptic world, and has a lot of science for your fiction. The idea that Cinder is a cyborg living in a world that is trying to exist after W.W.IV. Cinder is the best mechanic ever and is found by the prince to fix his android.

An ever looming war with the Lunars who live on the moon and a plague that has no cure color their world. The story line is fine, but the author has a tendency to wax between teens being smart and stupid all at the same time, often in the same paragraph. Frequently blatant "hey, this person is really bad" and "hey, guess how important this is going to be" moments colored this book for me. I am not sure if I will read the next 3 (it will be quartet) as I am not sure that the author will settle down in her style.

You can do some good for Sandy Hook. They are asking for WHITE paper snow flakes to decorate the school with before the kids return. You MUST mail them by January 12, 2013.


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I know what I'm doing today.

I want to offer my sympathies and condolences to any of our member who live in, near or have relative is Newtown, CT.

If anyone wishes to send a condolence note:

Message of Condolence
PO Box 3700
Newtown, CT 06470

In case anyone gives a rip, I'm fine.

Thank you. I will let all of you know what happens as soon as I can.

I will be seeing the specialist on Monday, 12/10. Same one I saw for my other eye and he is THE person to see, so in good hands, yet scared.

Nicole Peeler has created a new series in the urban fantasy genre that is worthy of notice. Jane True does not know that she is part selkie and part human. She gets a crash course in this and others like her in this debut book that had me running to the library and ordering all of them at once. If you like Sookie or Rachel Morgan, you will love Jane.

According to an article I read this morning,scientists figure that we are not getting smarter, but rather losing intelligence. DUH! I did not need a scientific study to tell me that as a species, we are retro grading in the smarts department. The basis of this study is that we no longer have the basic survival skills that we once had,and that this is due to moving into agricultural areas where we didn't have to use spatial abilities as much. Meaning,we stopped *having* to know how to build a shelter and get away from a saber-toothed tiger. Due to this, we have lost the knowledge of self preservation, but gained the ability to mow the lawn.

I could have told you this without a big scientific study. There are many key signs that we are not as smart as we once were, and I can prove it.

1) Day time network television. Need I say more?

2) Night time network television reality shows.

3) Cable reality shows. Seriously,"Honey Boo-Boo" and "Jersey Shore".

4) Phones that are smarter than the people using them.

5)Doing ANYTHING and texting at the same time.

6) Spell check.

7) Auto correct.

8) Cell phones.

9) Sexting.

10) Youtube.

11) Facebook.

12) Twitter.

13) Celebrity news can surpass and even bury a natural disaster,major political situation, and any other real news story. (Oh, look, Lindsey Lohan spit on Kristin Stewart! MUCH more important than the nuclear missiles headed this way.....)

14) Texting.

15) Warning labels on everything. Want a good laugh and feel a deep sadness for the species, read waring labels.(Hey, SOMEBODY *had* to have done it to get it put on the product! Caution: Coffee is HOT!)

And yet, the article also stated that I.Q.'s are higher than they were 100 years ago or so.......

If you are not a regular poster here,PLEASE check in and let me know you are safe and sound if you were in the path of Sandy. I worry.

Thank you. I will.