tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post2514089768667113279..comments2024-03-28T14:34:13.323-04:00Comments on Life in a Small Town: How to Awaken a TeenagerMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11533317405680450964noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-30550425773832356252010-10-30T16:19:46.747-04:002010-10-30T16:19:46.747-04:00Hi! Thanks for printing this and for letting peopl...Hi! Thanks for printing this and for letting people know you received it in an email. It's actually my work, as reprinted from my Yahoo blog. I appreciate all the comments and the sharing!<br />Laurie Sontag<br />Manic Motherhood<br />http:www.lauriesontag.comManic Motherhood/Lauriehttp://lauriesontag.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-8403844412296075612010-10-29T02:10:03.755-04:002010-10-29T02:10:03.755-04:00LOL.... my problem is that my teenager doesn't...LOL.... my problem is that my teenager doesn't sleep! She has a very erratic sleep disorder, which in turn becomes mine! Loved the post, and looking forward to visiting again! <br />(via the Over 40s Friday hop)<br />cheers from Australia,<br />PaulinePaulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107945607679937580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-89144490682405729852010-10-27T23:07:56.833-04:002010-10-27T23:07:56.833-04:00Oh how I remember those days of waking my teenager...Oh how I remember those days of waking my teenagers, and I am glad they are over! My boys were habitually late for school because they wouldn't get up--I'm a stickler for being on time...it wasn't a pretty scene.Kathyhttp://www.edshunnybunny.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-42464395864820053572010-10-27T20:43:36.812-04:002010-10-27T20:43:36.812-04:00In our house, the smell of cooking bacon always wo...In our house, the smell of cooking bacon always works. It's not that great for the arteries, but it's a sure thing every time!Mrs4444https://www.blogger.com/profile/06426176094895489541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-53608747711944797392010-10-27T13:06:12.279-04:002010-10-27T13:06:12.279-04:00yes I use the dog trick too...our Maggie loves to ...yes I use the dog trick too...our Maggie loves to like our teenager. Very funny post.<br /><br />If you end up organizing a random dozen rotation count me in.<br /><br />AmyAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818307096793017985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-17515341091276478882010-10-27T11:25:17.483-04:002010-10-27T11:25:17.483-04:00this was funny and so true!! I am so glad I am pas...this was funny and so true!! I am so glad I am past the age of getting kids up and out the door for school. Always was so grateful to see them out the door rather they were driving themselves, a bus picked them up or I was driving them. always a hassle here, LOL. <br /><br />I can totally relate too to the kid at the table eating with eyes open but really sleeping. when son was a senior, he had an early morning class so it was always a hassle to get him out and going. One morning I handed him his book he had left downstairs as he was going out the door. He called me later and said "do you know where my economics book is?" I said "I handed it to you this morning" and he said "ohh......."<br /><br />It was by the grace of God that he got to school every morning, I'm sure angels were guiding him down the road safely :)<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-70999370562102602192010-10-27T10:59:19.122-04:002010-10-27T10:59:19.122-04:00HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Teenagers are animals...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Teenagers are animals!! Pure animals! Loved your post...so, so true!!Patrice and Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961959014212195011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-91895505541330767642010-10-27T09:38:54.551-04:002010-10-27T09:38:54.551-04:00Ha-my youngest is a tough one to wake. I find the...Ha-my youngest is a tough one to wake. I find the less said the better. I don't go in the room. I speak from the door and assume she will get up. I insist she acknowledge that she heard me which she generally does with a grumble. Then I scram. If I linger and try to 'talk' her into actually getting up we start the day off on the wrong foot. With her, the less said the better!Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727615822243830106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-86943186483336664442010-10-27T09:37:47.583-04:002010-10-27T09:37:47.583-04:00Fortunately my son let's his cell phone wake h...Fortunately my son let's his cell phone wake him every morning because his room is a major obstacle course!<br /><br />Plus I avoid talking to him in the morning until he gets his sugar cereal fix. Prior to that, he basically growls as a form of speech.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069628924644179384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-55181852212710473172010-10-27T09:24:32.890-04:002010-10-27T09:24:32.890-04:00I wonder if there is a difference between boys and...I wonder if there is a difference between boys and girls. I can get the girls up, but Stan? He can be an animal and I'm already worried about his teen years. He is only five now!<br /><br />I needed my mom to wake me. If I had set an alarm clock...I'd only hit snooze. I know she had more difficulty waking my brothers though. They slept in their "cave" (she called it that), down in the basement. I hated when she asked me to go down and wake them...yuck!Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01651016998027244516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-57513842316375074462010-10-27T08:31:07.237-04:002010-10-27T08:31:07.237-04:00That was funny!! I don't look forward to thos...That was funny!! I don't look forward to those days.Kmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05008496338777404036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-87860729599603073782010-10-27T07:34:04.226-04:002010-10-27T07:34:04.226-04:00LOL, Mary!!! Loved your description of the room!!...LOL, Mary!!! Loved your description of the room!!!<br /><br />Another ingenious trick is to hide several alarms clocks around the room. Set each to go off a minute apart. This sometimes will get a teenager out of bed in the hunt to find and disarm them. That's why you need at least five of them. By the time they have found the last one, they are usually too awake to go back to sleep.<br /><br />That's because they are now on the mission to hunt you down and inflict revenge.<br /><br />heehee<br /><br />BTW, did you know that Linda had two questions for the Random Dozen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-20634900398329501702010-10-27T07:28:37.267-04:002010-10-27T07:28:37.267-04:00Funny. I may need to pocket this one for later. ;...Funny. I may need to pocket this one for later. ;)H-Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223558705981496824noreply@blogger.com