Comments on: It’s All in Me. http://flotsamblog.com/2009/03/24/its-all-in-me/ Deplorable solipsism? The new face of literature? Or merely a clever procrastination device... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Corinne http://flotsamblog.com/2009/03/24/its-all-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-329751 Corinne Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:31:06 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/?p=684#comment-329751 How funny! Ava's first word was "Ngala" (referring, I assume, to the South African nature preserve). I guess eating all those pages of National Geographic really paid off! How funny! Ava’s first word was “Ngala” (referring, I assume, to the South African nature preserve). I guess eating all those pages of National Geographic really paid off!

]]> By: Al http://flotsamblog.com/2009/03/24/its-all-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-329445 Al Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:00:37 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/?p=684#comment-329445 A pile of clothes on your bed...pehica, I find this hard to believe. Perhaps you feel asleep in my room? A pile of clothes on your bed…pehica, I find this hard to believe. Perhaps you feel asleep in my room?

]]> By: Al http://flotsamblog.com/2009/03/24/its-all-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-329443 Al Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:55:49 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/?p=684#comment-329443 Simone isn't listed as one of the Tribune's 10 cutest babies. I think you should demand a recount and prepare to take it to federal court. Simone isn’t listed as one of the Tribune’s 10 cutest babies. I think you should demand a recount and prepare to take it to federal court.

]]> By: dora http://flotsamblog.com/2009/03/24/its-all-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-329270 dora Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:35:44 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/?p=684#comment-329270 O my god, you have cleaners! Wow, that last comment is interesting. This poor woman was so traumatized by a nasty house she is now compulsive. Gotta make you think. O my god, you have cleaners! Wow, that last comment is interesting. This poor woman was so traumatized by a nasty house she is now compulsive. Gotta make you think.

]]> By: pehicicila http://flotsamblog.com/2009/03/24/its-all-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-329235 pehicicila Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:52:43 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/?p=684#comment-329235 And Alexa just to clear up a comment you made--your dear mother would NOT be in the camp of venomous, humorless, holier than thou readers who have felt compelled to say such mean things. OK so your house is a little messy (maybe a lot messy right when the pictures were taken) but you've got cleaners for God's sake (as your regular readers well know)--it is messy but not dirty. Do we really have to be so judgmental? Your mother would be in the camp that is grateful for your sense of humor and your wonderful writing ability--and who admires the bravery you have shown over the last year and a half. Simone is obviously clean and happy and just delightful. No doubt she will have a wonderful sense of humor when she grows up and will not feel compelled to take things too seriously....(And Honey I only happen to be compulsively tidy and somewhat intolerant of clutter because I slept under a pile of clothes on my bed in my younger days and dreamt that the belts were snakes....too scary.) And Alexa just to clear up a comment you made–your dear mother would NOT be in the camp of venomous, humorless, holier than thou readers who have felt compelled to say such mean things. OK so your house is a little messy (maybe a lot messy right when the pictures were taken) but you’ve got cleaners for God’s sake (as your regular readers well know)–it is messy but not dirty. Do we really have to be so judgmental? Your mother would be in the camp that is grateful for your sense of humor and your wonderful writing ability–and who admires the bravery you have shown over the last year and a half. Simone is obviously clean and happy and just delightful. No doubt she will have a wonderful sense of humor when she grows up and will not feel compelled to take things too seriously….(And Honey I only happen to be compulsively tidy and somewhat intolerant of clutter because I slept under a pile of clothes on my bed in my younger days and dreamt that the belts were snakes….too scary.)

]]> By: Al http://flotsamblog.com/2009/03/24/its-all-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-328997 Al Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:59:25 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/?p=684#comment-328997 I have wanted to say everything both positive and negative in response to the last blog. I think I have been on all ends of that spectrum. Whatever works for you. And Mo calls me intolerant... I have wanted to say everything both positive and negative in response to the last blog. I think I have been on all ends of that spectrum. Whatever works for you. And Mo calls me intolerant…

]]> By: Nancy http://flotsamblog.com/2009/03/24/its-all-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-328736 Nancy Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:54:51 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/?p=684#comment-328736 Alright, you little twerp! Confess! HOW, HOW I ask, did you get into my house? How DARE you take pictures...oh...wait. Um...okay, my bad. Furniture's different. And geez, your floors are pretty darn clean. But, hey...My kitchen floor is worse than yours. So...sorry for yelling at you...it's just that we have the same bathmat, and gosh, I jumped to conclusions. But then I remembered that the clawfoot tub was in our LAST house...oh, how I miss it!!!! Anyhow...poor ARK...I, too, went to her website. She is just a bundle of hate. Do you suppose her parents were with the Nazi's? Or the KKK? Poor sad clueless person. Maybe we can blame it on her Aspergers? Not sure. But she sure is sad! Hugs for Simone! Nancy (who has to admit, that at the moment, also has a clean house...comparitively speaking. But there have been times...oh, there have been times!!!!!!!!!!!!) Alright, you little twerp! Confess! HOW, HOW I ask, did you get into my house? How DARE you take pictures…oh…wait. Um…okay, my bad. Furniture’s different. And geez, your floors are pretty darn clean. But, hey…My kitchen floor is worse than yours. So…sorry for yelling at you…it’s just that we have the same bathmat, and gosh, I jumped to conclusions. But then I remembered that the clawfoot tub was in our LAST house…oh, how I miss it!!!! Anyhow…poor ARK…I, too, went to her website. She is just a bundle of hate. Do you suppose her parents were with the Nazi’s? Or the KKK? Poor sad clueless person. Maybe we can blame it on her Aspergers? Not sure. But she sure is sad!

Hugs for Simone!

Nancy (who has to admit, that at the moment, also has a clean house…comparitively speaking. But there have been times…oh, there have been times!!!!!!!!!!!!)

]]> By: Natalie http://flotsamblog.com/2009/03/24/its-all-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-328700 Natalie Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:21:41 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/?p=684#comment-328700 I have to say that you really need to be published. I laugh aloud when I read your posts, and it is with a combination of tenderness, understanding and naughtiness that I guffaw audibly. Love you Alexa, you are hilarious. I am currently nearly losing my mind having just lost my mother and am feeling a bit like a nutter who can't achieve even the simplest tasks. It has been somewhat liberating letting go out of necessity and realising that if I let Margot just pick stuff she finds on the floor and pop it in her mouth (shoking hazards excluded) or that if I hand back to her the odd piece of something that she repeatedly drops purposefully to the floor while she eats, and ends up consuming it, that that is ok. I get more help than you do around the house (paid) and achieve far less, so bravo! xx xx I have to say that you really need to be published. I laugh aloud when I read your posts, and it is with a combination of tenderness, understanding and naughtiness that I guffaw audibly. Love you Alexa, you are hilarious.

I am currently nearly losing my mind having just lost my mother and am feeling a bit like a nutter who can’t achieve even the simplest tasks. It has been somewhat liberating letting go out of necessity and realising that if I let Margot just pick stuff she finds on the floor and pop it in her mouth (shoking hazards excluded) or that if I hand back to her the odd piece of something that she repeatedly drops purposefully to the floor while she eats, and ends up consuming it, that that is ok.
I get more help than you do around the house (paid) and achieve far less, so bravo! xx
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]]> By: Jenny http://flotsamblog.com/2009/03/24/its-all-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-328685 Jenny Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:46:30 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/?p=684#comment-328685 Yeah, I looked with pleased satisfaction at the last post and thought, "If we had someone knock on our door to take photos of every room, we'd have more laundry done, but piles of filth-encrusted dishes on every surface in the kitchen, so it all evens out. Also, what is this "dusting" of which you speak?" It just looked bog-standard normal to me. So pleased you found good child care. Transformative, to my mind. Yeah, I looked with pleased satisfaction at the last post and thought, “If we had someone knock on our door to take photos of every room, we’d have more laundry done, but piles of filth-encrusted dishes on every surface in the kitchen, so it all evens out. Also, what is this “dusting” of which you speak?” It just looked bog-standard normal to me.

So pleased you found good child care. Transformative, to my mind.

]]> By: Adriane http://flotsamblog.com/2009/03/24/its-all-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-328675 Adriane Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:15:54 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/?p=684#comment-328675 Love the first word. Who in God's name has time for baby books? :-) Your previous post was HYSTERICAL. Love the first word. Who in God’s name has time for baby books? :-) Your previous post was HYSTERICAL.

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