b.s. about the t.v. & other trivial stuff.

here we are - exactly four weeks away from the first day of school - and it seems like the fighting, arguing & bickering has gotten out of control. the combination of an eight year old boy & a pre-tween {often hormonal} ten year old girl equates to nothing but a big headache for me. according to my husband, "michelle, it's really not that hard to deal with." yeah, that's easy for him to say. he's at work eight {or more} hours a day and when is at home he's the world's slackest parent {he better recognize...soon!}.

anyways.

my kids. they fight over the television, my nook, the bathroom, letting the dogs out, letting the dogs in, who showers first, cleaning their room, who sits where on the couch...you name it, they'll fight about it.

it's trivial crap.

kids will be kids. i get that. it's also their age. and, i get that, too. why? because i'm 27 months older than my sister and she & i were the same way. {my kids, coincidentally, are also 27 months apart in age.} 

don't get me wrong, folks, my kids have discipline. they are polite, have manners & are great students.  i love them with all of my heart; however, here lately they seem to be more content with driving each other {and me!} crazy about the television & other trivial stuff. and, if they keep up their petty arguing, i just might go ape shit crazy. hence yesterday afternoon's tweet: