A Kindle held hostage...a long saga!

[Anju No. 469]

I knew there was some reason I never had kids  probably woulda had a whole houseful of Dona clones 

[LCEvans]

So typical for a teen, but hopefully she'll cool off and return very soon. I was fortunate with mine and had only one who gave me trouble. But just when I thought it was time to start getting ready for the golden years, I had to step in and provide a home for my 9-year-old grandson. So now another teen to look forward to. If I can just get him interested in reading, maybe I will get him a Kindle of his own to keep him quiet, though Amazon will have to come out with an extra sturdy kid's version for this boy.

[Airan Gale]

We have our house up for sale, and yesterday we had a house inspection booked. I tried to call the one with the messy room to come home and clean it up, but her phone was turned off (which annoys me no end, as the reason she has a phone is so I can contact her). So I cleaned the room myself. It was absolutely disgusting. So I put all her clothes and other stuff in garbage bags and put them in the shed. She came home and assumed I'd thrown them out so had a big temper tantrum, stormed out and slammed the door behind her and went back to where she'd been.
When she eventually makes her way home (she's at her best friends house, she can stay there til she cools off), she can have her stuff back, one garbage bag at a time (there's 6 of them), and sort the stuff out properly and to my exacting standards, before she gets the next one.

This is child number 4, the last teenager I"m raising. Fortunately the other three turned out just fine and two of them were way worse than this one.

I expect she'll be home before Christmas, she knows she's getting the Kindle and she's very excited about it.

[kimbertay]

I'm very glad my two are grown and out on their own now! 

Now, I have a grandson and I'm finding that it is MUCH less stress when you get to see them long enough to do the fun stuff with them and not have the stress of raising them.