Comments on: People I can’t help admiring, much as I’d like not to http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:57:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Man Laundry http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-5485 Man Laundry Wed, 28 May 2008 05:12:10 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-5485 [...] is that our water is so hard that powdered detergent often doesn’t dissolve, and since I am a granola-girl dropout, I don’t see homemade detergent in my near future. I did buy this liquid stuff at Costco, [...] [...] is that our water is so hard that powdered detergent often doesn’t dissolve, and since I am a granola-girl dropout, I don’t see homemade detergent in my near future. I did buy this liquid stuff at Costco, [...]

]]> By: Alison http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-4009 Alison Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:07:41 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-4009 I know what you mean...I have it with my real-life mom's group too and sometimes it goes from silly to irritating. I know what you mean…I have it with my real-life mom’s group too and sometimes it goes from silly to irritating.

]]> By: Fern http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3907 Fern Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:45:17 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3907 Haha, this made me laugh. Good post. Haha, this made me laugh. Good post.

]]> By: Emily http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3871 Emily Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:28:02 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3871 Well shoot, I am everything you hate in the blogosphere, except I do not equate childbirth with orgasm. In any way. Well shoot, I am everything you hate in the blogosphere, except I do not equate childbirth with orgasm. In any way.

]]> By: Angela http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3860 Angela Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:21:57 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3860 This post is so funny! I actually feel inadequate coming to blogs like yours. I am so not funny...its funny. See, I warned ya...not funny. But you are a hoot. :-) This post is so funny! I actually feel inadequate coming to blogs like yours. I am so not funny…its funny. See, I warned ya…not funny. But you are a hoot. :-)

]]> By: tracey http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3855 tracey Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:05:36 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3855 I love this. Love your blog. Love your humor. You're cracking me up! Totally coming back, even if you don't love me back! :) I love this. Love your blog. Love your humor. You’re cracking me up!

Totally coming back, even if you don’t love me back! :)

]]> By: Mommy Brain http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3850 Mommy Brain Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:47:51 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3850 I completely wanted to use cloth diapers but then we found out it was "two for the price of one" and that went out the window. In response to your comment at my party - there are a lot of really great things about having twins. Definately some parts that are a 2 for 1 deal (like when they can share an expensive toy or the fact I only had to be pregnant once). Other times where I feel like a twin pregnancy should include free lottery tickets for life because it's so $$$$. But I can honestly say that I love having twins and think everyone else is missing out. :-) I completely wanted to use cloth diapers but then we found out it was “two for the price of one” and that went out the window. In response to your comment at my party – there are a lot of really great things about having twins. Definately some parts that are a 2 for 1 deal (like when they can share an expensive toy or the fact I only had to be pregnant once). Other times where I feel like a twin pregnancy should include free lottery tickets for life because it’s so $$$$. But I can honestly say that I love having twins and think everyone else is missing out. :-)

]]> By: April W http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3841 April W Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:47:24 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3841 Ok so I am actually here from the party and this post just happened top catch my eye on the right hand side there. I just love it. I often laugh at myself when no one else does, but mostly because I think lots of things are funny that other people don't . People take life way too seriously for sure. Anyway, nice to "meet you. I will be back to visit. April Ok so I am actually here from the party and this post just happened top catch my eye on the right hand side there. I just love it. I often laugh at myself when no one else does, but mostly because I think lots of things are funny that other people don’t . People take life way too seriously for sure. Anyway, nice to “meet you. I will be back to visit.
April

]]> By: Phyllis@Aimless Conversation http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3833 Phyllis@Aimless Conversation Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:31:16 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3833 Jane~ You are FUNNY!!! I like my granola from the box too (even though I homeschool and do not vaccinate). I totally laughed out loud at the cartoon. Thanks for popping by my blog... I am sure I will be back because you are so stinkin' funny. And I like funny. Jane~

You are FUNNY!!! I like my granola from the box too (even though I homeschool and do not vaccinate).

I totally laughed out loud at the cartoon. Thanks for popping by my blog…

I am sure I will be back because you are so stinkin’ funny. And I like funny.

]]> By: Jane http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3817 Jane Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:16:26 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3817 So, this post was purely meant as humor, and Marie (the first) made a good point that the breathing-germs-on would be worse the other way around. I hadn't thought of that. I just cracked myself up when I thought of what I wrote. Which is probably always the best sign that I might want to re-think something. Because NO ONE could ever be as funny as I sometimes think I am. Thanks for all the comments, and I hope we can all get along. Good thing we all have different opinions, or the blogosphere would be incredibly dull, yes? And here's my favorite cartoon recently: (credit to someone named Russell, who's blog I can't find right now, sorry!) <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/marcylarcy/Shannon/photo#5177802489932280738" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/marcylarcy/R9s_7nGL86I/AAAAAAAABMQ/dxKAkecJR9E/s288/why%20we%20blog.png" /></a> So, this post was purely meant as humor, and Marie (the first) made a good point that the breathing-germs-on would be worse the other way around. I hadn’t thought of that. I just cracked myself up when I thought of what I wrote. Which is probably always the best sign that I might want to re-think something. Because NO ONE could ever be as funny as I sometimes think I am.

Thanks for all the comments, and I hope we can all get along. Good thing we all have different opinions, or the blogosphere would be incredibly dull, yes?

And here’s my favorite cartoon recently: (credit to someone named Russell, who’s blog I can’t find right now, sorry!)

]]> By: Marie http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3814 Marie Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:16:08 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3814 Didn't mean to sound testy, but I guess it's hard not to come across that way when discussing such a delicate matter. In my defense I thought Jane sounded awfully testy in what she said about people that don't vaccinate, esp. since she knows I don't vaccinate and knows I read her blog. I'm sure she expected my comment and doesn't take it the wrong way. Didn’t mean to sound testy, but I guess it’s hard not to come across that way when discussing such a delicate matter. In my defense I thought Jane sounded awfully testy in what she said about people that don’t vaccinate, esp. since she knows I don’t vaccinate and knows I read her blog. I’m sure she expected my comment and doesn’t take it the wrong way.

]]> By: Marie J http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3813 Marie J Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:24:23 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3813 Not to be confused with Marie, who sounded a little testy.... AMEN!!! And for half a second I thought (about the labor comment) "Where did she read that?!?!?" Which was immediately replaced with, "I DON'T want to know!!!" ;-) Not to be confused with Marie, who sounded a little testy….

AMEN!!! And for half a second I thought (about the labor comment) “Where did she read that?!?!?” Which was immediately replaced with, “I DON’T want to know!!!” ;-)

]]> By: Melinda http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3809 Melinda Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:59:18 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3809 Maybe this is why I haven't gotten around to getting my blog up and running yet. I don't belong to any of those groups so I hesitate to put myself in the stay-at-home mom blogger group. There is nothing better than a dollop of heavy cream on cereal, whether it be oatmeal (which I eat every day) or granola. In fact after having read your post, I think I might go have a bowl and maybe put an extra little dollup on it. Maybe this is why I haven’t gotten around to getting my blog up and running yet. I don’t belong to any of those groups so I hesitate to put myself in the stay-at-home mom blogger group.
There is nothing better than a dollop of heavy cream on cereal, whether it be oatmeal (which I eat every day) or granola. In fact after having read your post, I think I might go have a bowl and maybe put an extra little dollup on it.

]]> By: Marie http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3805 Marie Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:42:14 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3805 I think you got it backwards. My unvaccinated kids are supposed to be the vulnerable ones, I should be afraid of your kids breathing on mine, not the other way around. Yours are protected, right? Funny though, my kids NEVER get sick. :P And unassisted childbirth isn't any more fun than assisted childbirth. Pain is pain, it's simply easier to manage when you're in a tub of warm water and not covered in tubes and monitors. I think you got it backwards. My unvaccinated kids are supposed to be the vulnerable ones, I should be afraid of your kids breathing on mine, not the other way around. Yours are protected, right? Funny though, my kids NEVER get sick. :P

And unassisted childbirth isn’t any more fun than assisted childbirth. Pain is pain, it’s simply easier to manage when you’re in a tub of warm water and not covered in tubes and monitors.

]]> By: The Gang's All Here! http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3804 The Gang's All Here! Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:04:00 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3804 Okay, this has to be one of the funniest posts about the UBP I've ever read. And for all the reasons, and more, that you listed? That's why I didn't do it. I don't really remember how I found you, but I'm so glad I did. I stand with you and your right to gripe about all of the above. Except the homeschool thing - I do homeschool off and on - year by year. Whatever is best for the kids at the time. But I am NOT, SO NOT, one of those militant, crafty, every-day-is-a-learning-day-o'-fun homeschooling moms. More like a Hooked on Phonics, Costco workbook kinda moms. At least this year, for kindergarten. Love, love, love this post! Okay, this has to be one of the funniest posts about the UBP I’ve ever read. And for all the reasons, and more, that you listed? That’s why I didn’t do it. I don’t really remember how I found you, but I’m so glad I did.

I stand with you and your right to gripe about all of the above. Except the homeschool thing – I do homeschool off and on – year by year. Whatever is best for the kids at the time. But I am NOT, SO NOT, one of those militant, crafty, every-day-is-a-learning-day-o’-fun homeschooling moms. More like a Hooked on Phonics, Costco workbook kinda moms. At least this year, for kindergarten.

Love, love, love this post!

]]> By: the mama bird diaries http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3803 the mama bird diaries Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:44:40 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3803 The home schoolers and the knitters seem to dominate the blogworld. Or at least my blog circles. I am in complete awe of these home schoolers. I don't know how they do it. You don't eat after 7 pm and you go to bed by 10? Now I am in awe of you. Cloth diapers. I desperately want to switch but then I just buy another pkg of disposables and hope the guilt goes away. Funny, funny post. The home schoolers and the knitters seem to dominate the blogworld. Or at least my blog circles. I am in complete awe of these home schoolers. I don’t know how they do it.

You don’t eat after 7 pm and you go to bed by 10? Now I am in awe of you.

Cloth diapers. I desperately want to switch but then I just buy another pkg of disposables and hope the guilt goes away.

Funny, funny post.

]]> By: Janice http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3802 Janice Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:53:40 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3802 Oh my hell this post was so funny- I have to agree with you on all of them- The homeschoolers- ok great that their kids don't bug them enough that they would love to keep them home with them, ya no thanks I enjoy my time and the public schools are just fine, of course I grew up with teachers all around me,, grandparents, my mom, uncles, my sisters. Cloth freaking diapers, give me a freaking break, it's freaking 2008 just buy the damn diapers already...... Vaccines- One of my really good girlfriends DOES NOT vaccinate her kids, whatever i respect that, but freak don't make me feel like a bad mom for having my kids done- and natural birthers or whatever- Ya I am all for the freaking drugs, thanks, I want to enjoy my time, and I don't want to tell my hubby how much I hate him. You crack me up and I am soooooooo going to be back. Thanks for the advice on my blog about stranger danger- Oh my hell this post was so funny-

I have to agree with you on all of them- The homeschoolers- ok great that their kids don’t bug them enough that they would love to keep them home with them, ya no thanks I enjoy my time and the public schools are just fine, of course I grew up with teachers all around me,, grandparents, my mom, uncles, my sisters.

Cloth freaking diapers, give me a freaking break, it’s freaking 2008 just buy the damn diapers already……

Vaccines- One of my really good girlfriends DOES NOT vaccinate her kids, whatever i respect that, but freak don’t make me feel like a bad mom for having my kids done-

and natural birthers or whatever- Ya I am all for the freaking drugs, thanks, I want to enjoy my time, and I don’t want to tell my hubby how much I hate him.

You crack me up and I am soooooooo going to be back.
Thanks for the advice on my blog about stranger danger-

]]> By: toni http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3794 toni Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:49:50 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3794 My sentiments, exactly! I actually went the cloth diaper route - "only the best for my baby's sweet little hiney!" Then used Pampers for a weekend trip - dang! his lil ol' bottom was actually drier!! Also tried breast feeding - we both cried every hour on the hour until I finally gave the poor starving thing some formula! Ah, the joys of motherhood.... I'm remembering why I only had the one. My sentiments, exactly!

I actually went the cloth diaper route – “only the best for my baby’s sweet little hiney!” Then used Pampers for a weekend trip – dang! his lil ol’ bottom was actually drier!! Also tried breast feeding – we both cried every hour on the hour until I finally gave the poor starving thing some formula! Ah, the joys of motherhood…. I’m remembering why I only had the one.

]]> By: Tirzah http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3793 Tirzah Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:09:15 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3793 Too funny! Too funny!

]]> By: Marcy http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3785 Marcy Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:19:19 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/03/14/people-i-cant-help-admiring-much-as-id-like-not-to/#comment-3785 Yes, but the worst part about your blog-hopping is that you haven't adequately commented on my wonderful non-overachieving blog. Yes, but the worst part about your blog-hopping is that you haven’t adequately commented on my wonderful non-overachieving blog.

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