Roseanne Brown wrote in a message to Pat Knox:
 PK> No, I am not nice.  Just ask my sister! :)  She and I both
 PK> graduated with top honors from the mean mommy school.
 RB> To hear my daughter tell it I was head of the class at that school.
 RB> Just ask her when the popsickle truck rolls by (always when I have
 RB> no cash in the house and usually just before dinner) or she wants
 RB> to go play with the kids next door 15 minutes before dinner, or I
 RB> tell her to quit playing in the sink in the bathroom, or I need to
 RB> try a dress I am making on her so I know where to put the hem. She
 RB> always manages to catch me while I am sewing too. Try sewing a leg
 RB> hole you need to stretch the elastic to make it fit right and are
 RB> about half way thru when a five yr old wants to play hide and seek
 RB> "NOW MOMMY!" 8-( Those big hazzle eyes look at me and I melt. If I
 RB> am real lucky she will sit and wait for me to finish that part but
 RB> woe is me if I want to try to do the other leg too so I can wear
 RB> the swim suit swimming with her and dad that night.
Sounds about right!  Funny thing is that I don't even remember going to 
that school!  Everytime we remind Chris about brushing his teeth or doing
his chores (heavens forbid!) I get told that I am a mean mommy!
 RB>  Oh well, she starts kindergarten next week. I will have two and a
 RB> half hours a day to sew, once I get over the fact that my baby is
 RB> now in school. 8-)
You will get over that and savor your tiny bit of freedom each and every day!
Later!,
           Pat 
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