Birdie

South Louisiana here. It can be used affectionately (seeing a sick child and saying Bless your heart) but I find it is more often used to point out someone's lack of intelligence or bad behaviour (Karen is pitching an absolute fit in the checkout lane at Albertsons because she misread a price label...Bless her heart)

Maybe you're from a more polite area of the south, but where I am we are heavily into calling out morons.

My momma always said when you first smell yourself, other people have been smelling you for two days.

I'm so OCD that I once edited a comment from months before. Someone replied and I noticed I had typed its instead of it's and I just could not let that stay.

That's a terrible thing to be considered normal. Those students were on break, on vacation. I didn't do work for my job when I was on vacation! I hate cheating, but I hate that you made them take an exam on break even more.

Edit: "Class, I see some of you did not understand the way I require work to be shown. For this reason, I will reteach my requirements. Those of you who did not understand will be given an opportunity to retake the exam."

Yes, and the vin diagram that shows the comparison between the people in that group and the people who shoot down federal help for free lunches is one circle.

Kredit Kard for Kids was right there.

You deserve it.

It doesn't bother me at all. I made a comment, someone replied, there is no need at all to continue the discussion unless I want to.

It really depends on your level of tolerance. I recommend really developing tolerance for "things out of place" and learn not to confuse that with "dirty house."

Put some baskets out to round up toys. Involve your children in picking up. If they are old enough to pick a toy up, they're old enough to put it in the basket. But remember, toys strewn about are the sign of children who love to play, so don't let it stress you!

Do what my mom recommended: Give your house a lick and a promise! Keep floors and surfaces reasonably clear, dust at eye level and down when you have time, dust mop the floors as often as you can. Keep Lysol wipes in the bathroom and wipe the lavatory, counters and toilet daily. Those are the areas your children will come in contact with daily, so those are the areas you try to get to. Wash dishes as you go and let them drip dry...I frequently used drip dried dishes without them ever getting put away between meals! And don't stress! Kids really read our moods and it's better they have a relaxed happy momma than a spotless house.

As your kids get older, normalize their participation in keeping their living space clean.

Here is the most important and vital advice I have to give: People before things. People, even little ones, always come first. Tend to your babies and enjoy them and their little messes! I am 71 so my children are grown. They do not talk about how our ceiling fans were dusty. They talk about how I would get down on the floor and play with them, how I read to them, how I let them use couch cushions, tables, chairs and blankets to build forts.

You're in the thick of it right now, so it probably feels like this stage of your life will last forever. The days are long, but the years are short. They will be grown in a blink of your eye, so don't miss their childhood. That ceiling fan can wait!

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Vaccines are not so diluted that they contain nothing of what they claim to contain---but homeopathic remedies are.

If OP is in the US, I wouldn't assume that he has access to healthcare he can afford.