The Mammies » 2006 » February

We arrived in after late night shopping Clearwater to find her, arm in sling on the couch doing her homework. I tried not to laugh out loud. I am sure this was just for my benefit, so I asked her how she was, and did all the oohing and aaahing in all the right

Slings and potatoes

Just after lunch I get a phone call from Mammy2 saying the school had rang and that the kid was after falling down the stairs and could she come up and pick her up. It sounded a lot worse then it was, the vice reckoned she had sprained her shoulder/arm and that she would need

Stressed Teenagers

I get a text from her yesterday telling me ring her as soon as I could. Paniced I ring her. She informs me I have to write her a note giving out to her Maths teacher. The maths teacher reprimanded her and D and sent them outside to cool down. I asked why she did

Decorum. What’s that again.

I’m convinced she’s unwell. No, I’m not talking about bird flu. She was getting ready for school this morning and mentioned how she had double chemistry and was looking forward to it. Yes, I did say looking forward to it. I would have taken her temperture only for I was too busy trying to remember

Manners? What are they?

The last few weeks, the kid seems to be slipping into full time cheeky mode. From her favourite phrase “Will you make me tea” and “But EVERYONE else is going”. There are times when I have to seperate her and Mammy2. Mammy2 finds it amusing when they argue and all I can hear from the

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