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So I am getting annoyed at not being able to comment on my friends blogs. I have tried even as anonymous and it still won't let me! GRRRRRR!

Ok rant aside. Someone posted about guests and friends at the Anniversary Con inviting themselves to supper. I know that it is rude to not include people you have invited over when your supper plans fall through. Though my understanding was(and yes I may be opining about something I most certainly do not have all the information for) that a supper break was supposed to happen around 5pm with people finding their own supper. It was after all supposed to be an informal gathering, dinner not included. When the original dinner plans fell through I understand that people would want to join Raven and Blankshield for supper. After all I know that they are cool people and really good friends to hang with. That is why people joined them on their Anniversary at their invite.

Im not saying that my opinion is correct and I was feeling miffed myself over the dinner plans. I had been looking forward to the Harvest Room and wanting to have a nice quiet dinner with a small circle of friends. That being said I am glad that all the people showed up and I really enjoyed everybody's company. I just happen to very opinionated about some things and obviously put my foot in my mouth. So if I have offended anybody my apologies. I have thought about the problem of guests and what to do with them. Should I ever decide to do something like Anniversary Con I will make sure my plans are clear to everyone. That way if something should change, meh we'll see what happens!

Anyways I wasn't meaning to rant on that subject either. Boy! I must be excitable today. I was going to mention that I had a very disappointed boy today who was angry with his father. Bear usually gets 35 minutes on the computer everyday if he gets his homework done. He also is allowed 1 hour of TV. Today Daddy brought him home (because I was feeling unwell and napping) and let him and Smiles play outside in the backyard when he got home. It being good weather this was acceptable. Except that the time for homework then got pushed back an hour.

The biggest culprit here was that Daddy was not feeling well today and so he was wanting to play on the computer. I said okay as long as he got off at 7pm so Bear could have his computer time. Guess what 7pm came and went and guess who was still on the computer. Yup got it in one. Daddy! We had talked about this last week already and I was very annoyed with Hubby for doing this again! He keeps promising tomorrow you can have your computer time and tomorrow comes and he's on the computer so Bear can't be. You see Hubby usually gets off work around the same time Bear is finishing up his homework and playing on the computer is his way of destressing. I understand this. Unfortunately Bear only has a limited amount of time to play each day and I would really like for him to have the chance to play should he choose to. If Hubby really wants the computer he can all evening if he wishes. I have to make him understand that if he continues to disappoint his child, Bear will decide that he is unreliable and not trust him, especially later on in the teenage years. So, I need to try and make him see what it is he doing to Bear.

I am not going to suggest I am perfect on that score either. I know there have been times when I have promised something and the time comes and the kids are disappointed. It unfortunately happens. The thing I see Hubby doing is that he wants to give the kids a treat and so says "Guess who we are going to see today?" or "Do you know what we are going to do today?" and gets them all excited. He does this on purpose and I know he means well. He wants to see them happy. Unfortunately, he does not think ahead and see the disappointment that happens when his plans fall through.

Sigh, I meant to just do my 5 positive things today as a post and instead ranted on THREE different topics.

Ok,
1. I cuddled with Bear and distracted him from his disappointment by reading his cool Dinosaur Encyclopedia.
2. I did the dishes instead of yelling at Hubby.
3. I had a good talk with Smiles after dropping Bear off at school.
4. I had a talk with Hubby and what he did to the Bear.
5. I called my Bank.

There's tons more of things I did today that were good accomplishments but I think These ones were the best for me today.