General Discussion & Chat: Stop and visit, talk all you want. Pt 18, 1 by marsue

marsue wrote:
Sorry you had so much trouble at wally world, Tammy. No shopping done here today--It started snowing about 11 a.m. and continued until just a little bit ago. We probably got a total of maybe 3 inches, which is a lot for us.
Thanks for the crash course on ODD, Lynda. It's always good to be "in the loop" about those things. Sounds like you are right on top of things as far as knowing what to do. It seems that teenagers are difficult regardless of whether they are your biological children or not so hang in there and just know that you have to choose your battles carefully. Some things aren't worth "fighting" over and others most definitely are. You and your DH need to be in agreement about those things, as you probably well know.
My DGD is 14 1/2 and I just have to bite my tongue about her makeup and too tight jeans whenever she is with me. Fortunately, she is not one of those girls who "blossomed" early so her tops are not an issue, yet. ☺☺☺ On the plus side, which far outweighs the minus side, she makes good grades, is in advanced placement classes, plays in the band and wouldn't miss church on Sundays nor youth group on Wednesdays. So we just enjoy her as much as we can and we know that she will outgrow this difficult phase of thinking she is right about everything, etc, etc.
Here's a collage of snow pictures--taken about an hour apart during the day.