Word Of The Day

Respect - To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed. (from Webster Dictionary)

My hubby and I work with our boyos everyday teaching them the values that we as human beings should have. We explain to them the whys and whats and hows then send them out into the world hoping beyond hope that they take those lessons with them.

I've always heard, and we all know it's true, that kids behave differently around their parents than they do away from their parents. We know it happens. We just hope it's small stuff they're doing.

Today is Awards Assembly Day at my boyos school. I always give them the same speech every Awards Assembly day. It goes something like "Sit quitely, listen, don't fidget, don't play with any awards you might win. I'll be there and yes, I'll be watching." And I end it with a few stern looks. Sound harsh? Yeah, maybe. But when I get there and I see my boyo behaving while a kid a few seats away from him stands up and walks around then starts yelling that he needs to go get a drink and while the teacher is trying to get him to calm down he starts tell her she's not his mom...I think to myself...Man, am I glad that kid isn't mine.

We've all seen little terrors kids while we've been out somewhere, fussing, back talking, throwing fits. The parents of said terrors kids all red faced and trying their hardest to drag the little dear out of the store or giving into the tantrum to shut the little dear up.

When I'm getting on to my boyos and they back talk me or give me some sass, I remind them about respect. My hubby and I have worked hard to make sure our boyos respect their elders. That means all adults. All of them. You may not like it, you may, in fact, detest it. But as a youth you're expected to give all elders your respect.

My boyos know this. They aren't perfect, no one is, but for the most part they do good. Almost every time we're out we get comments about how good our boyos are. You don't have to threaten them to get them to be good, you just have to start teaching them what is expected of them at an early age.

As a mom of three boys, I tend to be strict. But I'm trying to raise future men, not overgrown boys.

Monday Word Of The Day

Our word today is humidity. Anyone living in the South knows all about humidity.

Humidity~a measure of the amount of moisture in the air

Hair is a pretty good way to measure how humid it is. As humidity increases hair becomes longer, giving it a frizzy look (bad hair day). As humidity decreases hair becomes shorter (good hair day).

I live where it's humid 90% of the time. Thank the Good Lord for hair products! ;)

Monday Word Of The Day

Relaxing

~to make less tense or rigid
~to make less severe or stringent
~to cast off social restraint, nervous tension, or anxiety
~to seek rest and recreation

During our first official weekend of the summer break, hubby and I took our three boyos to the beach.

Where hubby and I sat in beach chairs as the boyos built a new ocean front subdivision.Honestly, I don't know why we don't go to the beach more often. It's only a short forty-five minute drive. Everyone benefits from a little sun and surf.
Now this is how I like to relax! ;)

Monday Word Of The Day

Happy Monday!

Today's word comes from Dictionary.com.

Scion - (sī'ən) - noun
1. a descendant or heir
2. a shoot or twig used for grafting

Monday Word Of The Day

Happy Monday!

Now that we've all had our morning cup of wake up, let's get the brains working!

I found our word on Wordsmith.org.

Today's word is...Dissimulate.

Dissimulate - (di-SIM-yuh-layt) - To disguise one's intentions, thoughts, motives, etc. by pretense.

Just so you know, this is what the bad guys usually do. They dissimulate in order to gain your trust. When you write a story, you'll have at least one character that will do this. Pesky bad guys and they're dissimulating ways.

Constant Vigilance people!! ;)

Monday Word Of The Day

I thought it would be fun to have a word of the day on Mondays.

Perhaps it'll ease you into the mental harshness of returning to work after the weekend. Probably not, but it'll be fun.

Today's interesting word of the day is: Confabulate To me it sounds like I'm saying something dirty. *giggle* But I'm not!

Here's the low down from Merriam-Webster Online.
Confabulate:
Pronunciation: \kən-ˈfa-byə-ˌlāt\
Function: intransitive verb
1 : to talk informally : chat
2 : to hold a discussion : confer
3 : to fill in gaps in memory by fabrication

So, there you go! A brand new word to start off your week.

Now go forth and confabulate!! (see, it does sound a little dirty)