Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Latestarter]

I have all 5, ages 9 to 19 wedged into the same 12x12 bedroom.

I simply can't imagine... How in the world do you avoid weekly world wars? And I thought your oldest was off to Seminary? Is he back? change his mind? Or are you just saying that when he is there...

 

[misfitmorgan]

he is a hoot. I have a couple of other trouble makers too. Reminds me of some of the wise cracks I subjected my parents too.



I do keep wondering how in the world parents who have kids of both sexes manage.

I have all 5, ages 9 to 19 wedged into the same 12x12 bedroom.

Well if you like my parents as long as you have at least two rooms...boys in one girls in the other....pile them up

 

[Baymule]

I have all 5, ages 9 to 19 wedged into the same 12x12 bedroom.

And they are all still alive? My older (8 years difference) sister and I shared a room and we fought constantly.

 

[Mike CHS]

My son got to go out on a day family cruise when I was stationed on USS Forrestal (aircraft carrier). I took him around to our berthing compartment and pointed out that 25 people slept in a space not much bigger than his bedroom. It didn't make him complain less about room size over the years but that didn't make me stop reminding him that he had seen cramped.

 

[Alaskan]

I simply can't imagine... How in the world do you avoid weekly world wars? And I thought your oldest was off to Seminary? Is he back? change his mind? Or are you just saying that when he is there...

seminary is still his longterm goal... but seminary is like graduate school... so he has to finish college first. He is in his first year of college. At this point he wants to stay home for his 2nd college year too (so much less money, and he likes being home), and then for the last 2 years he will go to Anchorage so that he can be a part of a big parish.

the kids are actually really good all together. They used to share mattresses. 2 kids per mattress when they were little... so the fact that everyone gets their own mattress now is a big upgrade.

The younger kids were actually sad when the eldest was gone for months last year, they enjoy each other.

In this house grumpy boys have more work to do.

also, the house is big enough that they can all scatter and be alone during the day...if they want to.

 

[Bruce]

Hard to get into trouble when you can't get out of the room

 

[Latestarter]

Mike, I was returning from a Med cruise on the JFK and they offered family cruise so (male) family members could come to Naples Italy and meet us there and ride back to the states with us. No females on war ships back then. Anyway, my dad and cousin flew over and rode back with us for the 10 day trip. They had all sorts of stuff planned for them during the trip and they really enjoyed it. Don't know if they still allow that sort of thing. We also did the day length family cruises But at that time I had no family close enough to take advantage of it. I did manage to get both parents and a brother onboard for a full day long tour (outside the "allowed" areas) when the JFK sailed into Boston Harbor for the tall ships.

 

[Bruce]

Hmm, that isn't the sort of cruise most people think of when they hear Mediterranean Cruise!

Did the guests get to hotrack?

 

[Latestarter]

Nope... they (guests) had berthing space set up all for themselves in a section of the Chief's quarters.

 

[Bruce]

So they didn't get the real "warship experience"