beanmommy2

Thought this was interesting, especially in light of a recent thread:


I went to a scrapbooking crop this weekend where the other ladies had
teenagers. My oldest kid is six, so I was asking them what their kids
are like, etc.

One of them told me her 17 year old daughter announced that she plans
to get a tattoo when she turns 18. The woman said, "I told her fine,
but then she can expect to pay for her own health insurance and ..."

I sort of played dumb and said, "What does that have to do with
anything? Do they raise your insurance rates when you get a tattoo?"

She said, "Oh no, but if she's going to do something we don't believe
in, then she's going to have to be on her own and find her own place
and pay all her own bills." Smug smile. "I guess we'll just see how
badly she wants that tatoo."

Real nice.

She and the other lady there kept making what I thought was an
interesting comment refering to their teen kids: "She thinks she's
older than she really is."

Sometimes I forget how "unusual" I must be until I hear conversations
like this.

Jenny

Chester Crump

I can't imagine what these ladies would think of a 46 year old radical unschoolin mama who got her first tattoo 6 months ago. I suppose I wouldn't be invited to the scrapbooking party.

Kim

beanmommy2 <beanmommy2@...> wrote:
Thought this was interesting, especially in light of a recent thread:

I went to a scrapbooking crop this weekend where the other ladies had
teenagers. My oldest kid is six, so I was asking them what their kids
are like, etc.

One of them told me her 17 year old daughter announced that she plans
to get a tattoo when she turns 18. The woman said, "I told her fine,
but then she can expect to pay for her own health insurance and ..."

I sort of played dumb and said, "What does that have to do with
anything? Do they raise your insurance rates when you get a tattoo?"

She said, "Oh no, but if she's going to do something we don't believe
in, then she's going to have to be on her own and find her own place
and pay all her own bills." Smug smile. "I guess we'll just see how
badly she wants that tatoo."

Real nice.

She and the other lady there kept making what I thought was an
interesting comment refering to their teen kids: "She thinks she's
older than she really is."

Sometimes I forget how "unusual" I must be until I hear conversations
like this.

Jenny






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Sandra Dodd

-=-I can't imagine what these ladies would think of a 46 year old
radical unschoolin mama who got her first tattoo 6 months ago. I
suppose I wouldn't be invited to the scrapbooking party.-=-

Yeah, well...


Here's mine:
http://sandradodd.blogspot.com

Oh! And people who write on this list are contributing to a BIG
scrapbook on how unschooling works. <g>

Sandra

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Chester Crump

Ok Sandra,I'm laughin my butt off.

Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote: -=-I can't imagine what these ladies would think of a 46 year old
radical unschoolin mama who got her first tattoo 6 months ago. I
suppose I wouldn't be invited to the scrapbooking party.-=-

Yeah, well...

Here's mine:
http://sandradodd.blogspot.com

Oh! And people who write on this list are contributing to a BIG
scrapbook on how unschooling works. <g>

Sandra

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magenta_mum

--- In [email protected], "beanmommy2" <beanmommy2@...>
wrote:

>
> I went to a scrapbooking crop this weekend
>

Crop, like a flock of seagulls? Or does the word crop, here, refer to
a particular activity scrapbookers engage in? The latter I could
understand and picture, but would be fascinated to learn that a groups
of scrapbookers are called crops.

Jo R, possibly winking mischievously.

[email protected]

It's because when you prepare your photos to go in a scrapbook, you must CROP them to size.

Elissa
One in All,
All in One -
If only this is realized,
No more worry about your not being perfect!

~~ Seng - ts'an


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Nancy Wooton

On Jul 17, 2007, at 11:10 AM, MystikMomma@... wrote:

> It's because when you prepare your photos to go in a scrapbook, you
> must CROP them to size.
>

Seriously? I thought it was a typo, meant to read "co-op."

Nancy

Sandra Dodd

-=-> It's because when you prepare your photos to go in a scrapbook, you
must CROP them to size.-=-

Better than a crap of scropbookers.

Was the word supposed to have been co-op?

Sandra

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magenta_mum

--- In [email protected], "MystikMomma@..."
<MystikMomma@...> wrote:
>
> It's because when you prepare your photos to go in a scrapbook, you
must CROP them to size.
>

Oh, that's a bit boring then, if not unexpected. :)

Talk of crops and cropping made me think you all, scrapbookers that
is, must be cultivated folk.

Jo R

beanmommy2

--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
>
> -=-> It's because when you prepare your photos to go in a
scrapbook, you
> must CROP them to size.-=-



> Better than a crap of scropbookers.
>
> Was the word supposed to have been co-op?

Nope, it was "crop." At least where I live, that's what it's called
when a Creative Memories consultant has people come to their house to
work on their albums.

As in, "Come to my crop this Friday night!"

Jenny