tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post72951432048952420..comments2023-12-20T02:09:03.416-06:00Comments on Redemption Road: My Kids Are Weird... and other parenting dilemmasMerry Monteleonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-3310008238079854772008-04-17T11:29:00.000-05:002008-04-17T11:29:00.000-05:00Hi Christine, Drat that honesty!!!! Sometimes the...Hi Christine, <BR/><BR/>Drat that honesty!!!! Sometimes they can surprise you with how advanced they are, too... I keep thinking that they are too young for some of the logic they can already grasp...<BR/><BR/>Hi Gina,<BR/><BR/>I'm no expert on queries, to be honest. I've just started the submission process for my own novel. But I learned a lot about pitch from participating in the pitch critiques on agent blogs and on a few writers blogs...<BR/><BR/>I don't mind critiquing, but I think you'll get more out of it if we put it up for crit from other writers, too... I'll post a query crit for my next blog if you'd like to participate.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-36186204503407668542008-04-17T11:16:00.000-05:002008-04-17T11:16:00.000-05:00Hi Merry,I love your comments on queries, your ins...Hi Merry,<BR/><BR/>I love your comments on queries, your instincts seem to be dead on. Would you be willing to take a look at my query?Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17417211584189378980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-50722775011183160842008-04-17T03:46:00.000-05:002008-04-17T03:46:00.000-05:00Love your daughter's attitude!!!I always try to be...Love your daughter's attitude!!!<BR/>I always try to be honest with my kids when they ask questions. Usually comes back to haunt me when I least expect it....<BR/>But always fun!<BR/>:-)Chris Eldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794946908789120139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-31540467497929751832008-04-10T21:49:00.000-05:002008-04-10T21:49:00.000-05:00Hi Quibler, Precie, and Jersey,I'm sorry it took m...Hi Quibler, Precie, and Jersey,<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry it took me so long to reply - I'll explain in my next post, but thanks for stopping in!!!<BR/><BR/>Jersey, I hope everything's okay with the hubby - I'll stop over at your place soon and see how it's going.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-66231937447762643232008-04-09T09:38:00.000-05:002008-04-09T09:38:00.000-05:00Oh, and I think we need to reclaim the word "Weird...Oh, and I think we need to reclaim the word "Weird"! Weird = unusual, strange, interesting! Weird is good!Preciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071233480999640713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-32893284773579759922008-04-09T09:36:00.000-05:002008-04-09T09:36:00.000-05:00Nine? NINE??? Oy. My ONE just about burns out m...Nine? NINE??? Oy. My ONE just about burns out my energy reserves every day.Preciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071233480999640713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-92152776017557019862008-04-08T19:55:00.000-05:002008-04-08T19:55:00.000-05:00I think I really needed to read that today, I stil...I think I really needed to read that today, I still have so many days where I feel guilty for not living up to my lofty goals and other days when I forget that they are their own people and I can't make them be a certain way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-13385588472237029252008-04-08T19:22:00.000-05:002008-04-08T19:22:00.000-05:00I wanted to be a coroner for some reason when I wa...I wanted to be a coroner for some reason when I was younger, but I hate the sight of blood. Hm.<BR/><BR/>Your kids sound outrageously funny. Give 'em more soda and sugar... then film their antics, put them on YouTube, and laugh your way to the bank!<BR/><BR/>(Just kidding. Sorta.)<BR/><BR/>AngeliqueThe Quoiblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632853309100258560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-58133425443951419582008-04-08T14:27:00.000-05:002008-04-08T14:27:00.000-05:00Hmmmm, how is it my comment didn't show? I think k...Hmmmm, how is it my comment didn't show? I think kids are such a riot. And you know my middle child is going to be a comedian for sure!Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-25188438618755203072008-04-08T14:06:00.000-05:002008-04-08T14:06:00.000-05:00Hi Mary,A wise-cracking medical examiner sounds li...Hi Mary,<BR/><BR/>A wise-cracking medical examiner sounds like a good vehicle for a murder mystery actually... hmmmmm....<BR/><BR/>Hi SUV,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping in and don't worry about commenting, I read a lot of blogs that I just can't come up with anything to say in the comments to - occasionally because I'm rushed but sometimes you all just cover the post so well I have nothing to add...Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-12209642887019294132008-04-07T23:23:00.000-05:002008-04-07T23:23:00.000-05:00Merry, you rock. I love that you have "weird" kids...Merry, you rock. I love that you have "weird" kids. Way better than, say, "normal" kids. <BR/><BR/>Off to read about My Town Monday! <BR/><BR/>I'm here, btw. I don't always comment, because frankly I don't feel just in adding a damn thing to the writing mix, but I sure as hell enjoy reading about the journey that is being a professional writer.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09304196418513847609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-7020344541978636752008-04-05T14:24:00.000-05:002008-04-05T14:24:00.000-05:00I think a joke-cracking medical examiner would be ...I think a joke-cracking medical examiner would be a great idea. That's the kind of person I want picking over my mortal remains. <BR/><BR/>When our eldest was five, she told us she wanted to be a bug doctor. I told her that was an entomologist and we looked at books on entomology. But as we read, it became apparent that she didn't want to be a person who STUDIED bugs, but someone who DOCTORED them. She couldn't accept that you couldn't put a cast on, say, a praying mantis.<BR/><BR/>I had all sorts of lofty ideas about the sort of mother I'd be. The only thing that turned out the way I thought it would is the fact that I love them and they (usually) love me. Everything else is about as different as it could be.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-60597037305762596392008-04-05T12:13:00.000-05:002008-04-05T12:13:00.000-05:00Merry:I get stares all the time. Between four . . ...Merry:<BR/>I get stares all the time. Between four . . . and the age range. Everyone assumed we were "done" and Demon was an "accident." In fact, he was planned (#3 was my happy surprise). No one can imagine why we would have one going to college and bring a baby into the family again. And many a day I wonder when he--as he is right now--is tormenting my poot little lovebird.<BR/><BR/>We always--I mean always--had plans to adopt two more. Or be foster parents. I expected to once Oldest left for college, but Demon is such a terror that it will have to wait at least a year, maybe more. I need to get a better handle on his energy level. Or start popping amphetamines.Erica Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415925758466527671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-11194132480860955252008-04-05T10:13:00.000-05:002008-04-05T10:13:00.000-05:00Correction: Kalynne has nine, and she teaches phi...Correction: Kalynne has nine, and she teaches philosophy - Kalynne, you're my hero!!!Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-41426183988039358642008-04-05T10:12:00.000-05:002008-04-05T10:12:00.000-05:00Hi Erica,I'm convinced girl scout cookies were inv...Hi Erica,<BR/><BR/>I'm convinced girl scout cookies were invented by satan. You can't say no to them, because you're helping some really cute little girl.. usually your own, and you wind up eating a whole box of cookies in one sitting.<BR/><BR/>Do you get the blank stares of wonder that you have four? I'm betting Kalynne gets them, I think she has eight - I have three, which I think is a nice sized family and I swear people say 'three?' as if I robbed a bank or something.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-37309621473379813422008-04-05T08:53:00.000-05:002008-04-05T08:53:00.000-05:00Hi Merry:I agree with Kalynne. What's weird? LOL! ...Hi Merry:<BR/>I agree with Kalynne. What's weird? LOL! My entire Demon Baby and Me blog is about my utterly precocious, totally violent and destructive three-year-old. :-) I've got four kids from an 18-year-old down to Demon Baby. One is more different from the next from the next. They are all a little eccentric. And I know they get their oddities from me.<BR/><BR/>As for parenting now versus then. I could fill a volume. Actually, I had always envisioned strict bedtimes and my house running in an orderly fashion. But by the 4th kid, frankly, I am just too damn exhausted. So it's a hippie-ish freefall around here. But a lot of laughter, a lot of love. And in the end, I realized that's what it's all about. That unconditional love stuff. Not Demon Baby eating Girl Scout cookies for breakfast on occasion.<BR/><BR/>EErica Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415925758466527671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-22222514352502777822008-04-05T00:05:00.000-05:002008-04-05T00:05:00.000-05:00Hi Silken,Never say never is a good rule, but it's...Hi Silken,<BR/><BR/>Never say never is a good rule, but it's fun to look back at how much we thought we knew before we really knew much... then again, the older I get the more I realize how little I actually do know.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping in, always good to see you!<BR/><BR/>Hi Kalynne,<BR/><BR/>I've actually read those posts, I'm pretty sure - and don't take it the wrong way, I couldn't help but have weird kids, otherwise I'd wonder whether the hospital switched them :-)<BR/><BR/>You have one of those too, huh? Like I said, I'd much rather have her thinking off the beaten path than idolizing the skimpy dressed and overpaid...<BR/><BR/>Oh, but Medical Examiner does need a Medical Degree with an emphasis on forensics, I'm pretty sure. Forensic Science would work for crime scene investigators, toxicology, and other areas of the crime scene investigation, but the medical examiner who provides the autopsy, cause of death, and clues left behind in and on the body need the advanced degree in medicine.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-85470282329790703872008-04-04T23:51:00.000-05:002008-04-04T23:51:00.000-05:00Wait...I don't get it. Where's the weird? Beside...Wait...I don't get it. Where's the weird? Besides that they don't drink Coke? You wanna see weird, look at my "Weird Kid Behavior" I, II and III under "The Essential Philosopher-Mom."<BR/><BR/>By the way, I don't think your daughter would have to get a medical degree. My 16-year old beauty queen wants to do the same thing, and her projected major is Forensic Science.<BR/><BR/>Now, if she HAD wanted to take the corpses out dancing, that would be weird.Kalynne Pudnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04804224012895512550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-2878102626830044912008-04-04T22:59:00.000-05:002008-04-04T22:59:00.000-05:00it is weird how we end up being a different kind o...it is weird how we end up being a different kind of parent than we thought we would be. I learned early on to quit saying "never" cuz everything I said they/I'd never do, I have!!silkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051933946463393399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-77368093099388215782008-04-04T21:55:00.000-05:002008-04-04T21:55:00.000-05:00Hey JJ,It's so good to see you in the blogosphere,...Hey JJ,<BR/><BR/>It's so good to see you in the blogosphere, and I'm thrilled for you!!! I think it's fantastic that so many of our blogging buddies are forwarding their writing careers and having such great success!<BR/><BR/>I can't wait to hear more news, so keep me posted on your progress and I'll be the first lined up on publication day.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-89004303432615844162008-04-04T21:43:00.000-05:002008-04-04T21:43:00.000-05:00Merry! *blushing*Thank you so much; I am really to...Merry! *blushing*<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much; I am really touched that you would echo my good news on your own blog (and even go and tell other people about it!) You're absolutely awesome, Happy Cat. :-Djjdebenedictishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950592240599703771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-61080446774302121612008-04-04T17:34:00.000-05:002008-04-04T17:34:00.000-05:00Hey Precie,I think that's all of us. I sometimes ...Hey Precie,<BR/><BR/>I think that's all of us. I sometimes hear new moms expounding and grin, thinking, 'just wait...' I don't hold it against them, though, I remember being in their shoes.<BR/><BR/>And yeah, hopefully she'll keep the sense of humor no matter which path she ends up on.<BR/><BR/>Hi Josie,<BR/><BR/>No problem. I'm sorry you're having such a rough week - I hope it gets better for you soon.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-30843711156284133832008-04-04T17:23:00.000-05:002008-04-04T17:23:00.000-05:00Merry, thanks for the head's up about JJ. I'm havi...Merry, thanks for the head's up about JJ. I'm having a really bad week and have not been getting out much in the blosphere.Josephine Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952030380866201241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-7722136740863490362008-04-04T15:38:00.000-05:002008-04-04T15:38:00.000-05:00Seriously...being a parent is so totally awesome. ...Seriously...being a parent is so totally awesome. :)<BR/><BR/>But like you, I could write volumes about the kind of parent I'd planned to be vs. the kind of parent I am. ;)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing! And, of course, your daughter could be both a medical examiner and a comedienne!Preciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071233480999640713noreply@blogger.com