tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14025772.post114064737208049709..comments2024-03-11T09:24:49.324-05:00Comments on Southernbelle Mommy: Is Mexico like New Mexico?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14025772.post-1140729744316802552006-02-23T16:22:00.000-05:002006-02-23T16:22:00.000-05:00I remember tornado drills while we lived in Abilen...I remember tornado drills while we lived in Abilene. Tornados really scare me. When that movie, Twister, came out (with Helen Hunt) the opening scene from her childhood had me in tears! <BR/><BR/>My daughter is a big drama queen. If I had been in your situation, the minute she saw ME she would have broken down into tears even though she was just fine a second earlier! And she's the same way with me about "school work" at home. They know how to lay it on thick with their parents!Maliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113268891801837789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14025772.post-1140711209949055282006-02-23T11:13:00.000-05:002006-02-23T11:13:00.000-05:00I can't even begin to tell you all the stories I h...I can't even begin to tell you all the stories I have of Mexico/New Mexico confusion I have had to deal with. I lived in N.M. until I was 11 and then I had this exact conversation with I don't know how many people (and they were not kids...they were teens and adults):<BR/><BR/>Person: How long did you live in Mexico?<BR/><BR/>Me: I lived in NEW Mexico.<BR/><BR/>Person: Oh, yeah. Same thing.<BR/><BR/>Then there was the nice little racist girl at Girl Scout camp in Texas who didn't want to share a tent with me because I was from N.M. and therefore a "dirty Mexican." Well, I didn't want to share a tent with her, either!<BR/><BR/>Chad's had to deal with some pretty ridiculous comments about Alaska, too. Did he live in an igloo? (Eskimos don't even live in them -- they build them for temporary shelter when they're hunting.) Did he eat seal meat? Did he ride a dog sled to school? Etc., etc., etc.Deana Nallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03860505658158039169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14025772.post-1140706267616578272006-02-23T09:51:00.000-05:002006-02-23T09:51:00.000-05:00I won't surprise you--I have a comment on the home...I won't surprise you--I have a comment on the homeschool statement. I've talked to my kids many times about homeschooling--and something like that is what they say--they wanted me to be the mom and their teachers to make them learn some stuff. (Not that moms aren't teachers--they are very much a child's primary teacher--but sometimes it improves relationship to not have to force a kid to do SOME things--don't you think??)jettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351615360394477260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14025772.post-1140704970867236762006-02-23T09:29:00.000-05:002006-02-23T09:29:00.000-05:00What a sweet journal that Gracie wrote! I love ge...What a sweet journal that Gracie wrote! I love getting an insight into what our little kindergarteners are thinking!<BR/><BR/>I grew up in Abilene and we had a tornado warning it seems like every week in April and May. I used to be terrified of them!elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00306761275018237902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14025772.post-1140702518534843852006-02-23T08:48:00.000-05:002006-02-23T08:48:00.000-05:00I loved the comment about the little girl who crie...I loved the comment about the little girl who cries at the drop of a hat. Some people just have drama in their blood.<BR/><BR/>That would have scared me too! Inclement weather scares my pants off. There's nothing you can do but hunker down! Since I have kids, I have a little more courage. Probably because I suddenly remember that God is in control, since that is what I am telling the boys. I guess one day, it clicked that I should believe that too! Kids learn ya!TMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01004645430810975253noreply@blogger.com