When your children get into arguments or fights with other children...do you get involved? What criteria do you use to decide if you need to get involved or not?
Scenario from work...
You always hated group projects in college but did what you needed to do to get the grade you wanted even if your workload was unfair.
You're now an adult and working in your field.
You and a co-worker have been assigned a project to complete and you meet to set a schedule and action item deadlines.
The first two meetings are fine.
The co-worker misses the next meeting and then...3 out of the next 5 meetings.
Yall have other responsibilities too but the deadline for this particular project us barreling down on you.
How do you handle?
How to Deep Clean an Area Rug!
I needed to deep clean the area rugs on the main level and didn't want to pay someone a few hundred dollars to do it. I scoured the internet to see what other people did and then figured out how to do it on my own.
GO ME! It's easy enough to do...just time consuming!
Before I headed out to rent a powerwasher (I rented an electric one because I didn't want to deal with gas.) from Home Depot ($35 per day), I vacuumed the rugs and sprinkled them with baking soda letting them sit for a couple of hours.
One thing I learned was that everyone had their own version of solution to use. Because of Jaru, I wanted to use a stain buster and a deodorizer in my solution so I seriously just mixed stuff up to include Oxy Clean, vinegar, LA Awesome, and Dr. Bronner's peppermint liquid soap (finally finished using that bottle up after realizing I couldn't used it for bubble bath after that tragic disaster...LOL!: "Like Mother...NOT Like Daughter.").
Make sure you do this on a day when you are going to get a couple of follow up days without rain. I did this on Friday and the rugs weren't completely dry until Sunday.
It should be noted that the rugs I was cleaning were 100% wool pile so they weren't super expensive rugs. If I had super expensive rugs I would definitely let a professional do them. It should also be noted that I didn't have a problem with replacing these rugs if I screwed them up so I scrubbed them down something serious. I would test an area first with your cleaning solution to make sure it didn't discolor a rug you wanted to make sure you didn't ruin.
I made a quick video showing the process and I'm happy to say my rugs came out wonderfully clean and clean smelling! GO ME! Check me out getting my rug scrub on!
Question: How do you deep clean YOUR rugs? What solution do you use? Do you make your own, or do you buy one?
Scenario From Real Life
Your 13 year old daughter has blossomed over the summer.
One of her male teachers says to her, "Your boobs got bigger" in front of the class.
Your daughter is embarrased big time.
She tells you about it.
Thoughts? Action?
Punishment: Going to Bed Without Dinner?
I was shopping the other day and a kid was straight wilding out. His mother was trying to talk to him through her teeth as mother's who want to kill their kids in public sometimes do. I overheard her say, "If you keep up, when we get home, you're going to bed immediately without dinner!"
I hadn't heard that threat in a long, long time. I believe my mother used to threaten it but I can't remember a time she actually followed through with that particular threat. I mean...no dinner? I can see no dessert or no strawberry milk or lemonade but no dinner? Wouldn't that be considered cruel and unusual punishment?
What do you think? Is a punishment of no dinner an acceptable punishment for a child or do you think it's a bad punishment?
What are some of the punishments you've used which are on the creative side that you felt worked?