Monday, July 30, 2007

Couped Up With The Boys

With a long, incredibly humid, rainy weekend, the boys and I spent most of it inside. For the most part it was okay. We baked cupcakes, played games, rented movies, and invited some friends over. But after two days of being couped up, we all started to get on each other's nerves and act like three-year-olds. I could, in fact, understand it when they started fighting with each other and having little tantrum after spending so much time in the same room togethers. What was unacceptable was when I started acting the same way! So....I did what any respectable Mommy would do. I told the boys I was giving MYSELF a time-out, and they looked at me, stunned, and immediately watched me with silent, saucer eyes, as I put myself in my room for five minutes of silence. And it worked! I think I'll try it more often.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Catching Up With Movies

One of the great things about the kids getting older, for me, is being able to share movies with them that I haven't thought about in years. And, in the process, watching a movie through their eyes that I might not otherwise have ever seen again. They loved the Superman Movie and Home Alone. Last night we watched Jumanji, and up next is Jurassic Park. I'll have to start compiling a list for our Slurpee and Movie Saturday nights!

Monday, July 16, 2007

Credit Card Safety

Here's some advice from an attorney that was passed along to me. Most of us already know it, but it's a good reminder:
Don't sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put 'Photo ID Required'.

Photocopy both sides of your credit cards and driver's license. Keep your account numbers and 800-numbers handy in case you lose your wallet is
stolen.

If your wallet IS stolen, call the three national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name, and also call the Social Security fraud line.