tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post2950311932467770533..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: Thirteen...Ally Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-83814416819179613292011-03-08T10:27:00.007+11:002011-03-08T10:27:00.007+11:00Yay! For chocolates and romances!Yay! For chocolates and romances!Nashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984530648140460594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-5636956896450863912011-03-08T09:18:49.702+11:002011-03-08T09:18:49.702+11:00Hi Nas,
LOL -- I can answer the easy questions my...Hi Nas,<br /><br />LOL -- I can answer the easy questions myself, that's why I need you guys when the hard questions come hurtling my way. :-)<br /><br />BUT, you do offer two very good pieces of advice. When things get too hard for my niece in the future I may well hand her one of my Sweet romances and a cadbury family block of chocolate and tell her we'll talk the next day (nothing will seem quite so tragic after that, surely).Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-80813555201979957512011-03-08T09:15:56.280+11:002011-03-08T09:15:56.280+11:00Ahh, Anna, we finally have someone who enjoyed the...Ahh, Anna, we finally have someone who enjoyed their school years! Hmm... I wasn't the studying or the sporty type, but I'd have certainly joined you in your reading of a romance. :-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-22902694896619916182011-03-08T08:18:19.926+11:002011-03-08T08:18:19.926+11:00Hi Michelle,
Happy Birthday to your niece. OMG, c...Hi Michelle,<br /><br />Happy Birthday to your niece. OMG, couldn't you ask a simpler question? As you know I've a daughter but she's passed through some awkward stages and made it to eighteen!<br /><br />As to advice, now I let her read my M&B, so she can have healthy attitude toward Love & Sex. And learn from the strong heroines how to deal with life.<br /><br />Mel, try chocolates for hormones, it's from my personal experience. :)Nashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984530648140460594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-33760686818727708662011-03-08T00:45:21.246+11:002011-03-08T00:45:21.246+11:00Hi Michelle --
Happy B'Day to your niece.
I d...Hi Michelle --<br />Happy B'Day to your niece.<br /><br />I don't recall any specific advice. I enjoyed school so I was probably too busy studying, playing sport or reading a romance book (-:Anna Hacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448179667690075629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-44454552487596116242011-03-07T20:36:48.717+11:002011-03-07T20:36:48.717+11:00Ooh, that's a good motivational quote. The quo...Ooh, that's a good motivational quote. The quote I'm trying to pay attention to this year is by Goethe:<br /><br />Nothing is worth more than today<br /><br />:-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-4012611201482663162011-03-07T19:51:21.592+11:002011-03-07T19:51:21.592+11:00I love them too, Michelle. If I had to pick, I'...I love them too, Michelle. If I had to pick, I'd say my fave is: "Never give up! Never surrender" (from Galaxy Quest).<br /><br />I have a huge collection of sayings though, so have started to post them to my blog every Monday to keep me motivated :)AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-45862677509988916312011-03-07T19:30:18.450+11:002011-03-07T19:30:18.450+11:00Well, Anita, I think you're going to have to f...Well, Anita, I think you're going to have to find a spot for that saying somewhere. I love sayings... Do you have a fave?Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-60044470918085879712011-03-07T19:02:03.108+11:002011-03-07T19:02:03.108+11:00You know, I do still think 'don't worry, i...You know, I do still think 'don't worry, it will end' a lot - but I never thought of tacking it onto my desk. And as someone who has lots of sayings scattered around, I'm not sure why?AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-66260841355325178832011-03-07T18:58:43.193+11:002011-03-07T18:58:43.193+11:00Emily, it makes me wonder who actually decided sch...Emily, it makes me wonder who actually decided school days were supposed to be the best days of our lives. It seems quite a few of us aren't in agreement.<br /><br />And yes, Anita's advice is priceless. I'm tempted to tack, Don't worry, it will end, onto my wall. :-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-36930088656499347362011-03-07T18:47:20.075+11:002011-03-07T18:47:20.075+11:00Oh, yes -- I also used to hate hearing 'these ...Oh, yes -- I also used to hate hearing 'these are the best days of your life' at school, because I found school rather an ordeal! I love Anita's advice: Don't worry, it will end!Emily Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16958085922194448672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-55288347669211332842011-03-07T17:44:51.142+11:002011-03-07T17:44:51.142+11:00Oh, Mel, am sending hugs... lots and lots of hugs!...Oh, Mel, am sending hugs... lots and lots of hugs! :-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-80622811822816610022011-03-07T17:17:28.618+11:002011-03-07T17:17:28.618+11:00One of my daughter's only just turned 13 the o...One of my daughter's only just turned 13 the other day...hormones, yep, that's what I'm facing LOL!!Mel Teshcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945507690555119380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-82037623475924215512011-03-07T14:00:55.272+11:002011-03-07T14:00:55.272+11:00Hi She,
Congratulations on the arrival of your ne...Hi She,<br /><br />Congratulations on the arrival of your new nephew. Bentley Ryan -- that sounds like a hero's name! :-) Here's hoping you get to see him real soon.Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-68938920349553373742011-03-07T13:11:05.386+11:002011-03-07T13:11:05.386+11:00Don't remember any good advice at that age. N...Don't remember any good advice at that age. No teens in our family right now but this past Thursday my nephew and his wife had their first child, a boy named Bentley Ryan. I've only seen a couple of pictures of him but not a really good one yet. Hope to see him sometime this spring or summer.Shehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376023103870884939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-53062263615106378092011-03-07T13:00:23.865+11:002011-03-07T13:00:23.865+11:00Oh, Anita, that made me laugh. You're right, i...Oh, Anita, that made me laugh. You're right, it does end (thank goodness!). But at the time is sure seems endless.Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-29940331389211272392011-03-07T11:47:52.149+11:002011-03-07T11:47:52.149+11:00Happy birthday to your niece, Michelle.
I think t...Happy birthday to your niece, Michelle.<br /><br />I think the best advice I got as a teen was 'don't worry, it will end', lol.AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-3069755217663026782011-03-07T11:45:01.590+11:002011-03-07T11:45:01.590+11:00Ooh, Zana, what a brilliant idea -- autobiographie...Ooh, Zana, what a brilliant idea -- autobiographies would be full of wisdom and handy hints!<br /><br />I didn't enjoy my school years either and I would not give up being an adult for all the proverbial tea. I have to say that, like Winston, since I left school I haven't looked backMichelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-33093542042325547912011-03-07T11:18:44.228+11:002011-03-07T11:18:44.228+11:00The greatest comfort I got as a teenager was from ...The greatest comfort I got as a teenager was from reading Winston Churchill's "My Early Life." In it he said how he hated school and how once he'd left, he lived happily ever after. <br /><br />I loathed school and used to find people saying, "These are the best days of your life" most depressing. <br /><br />Yay for adulthood - though no teenager would ever believe it!Zana Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452523395857120532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-73784396900014384122011-03-07T09:43:51.923+11:002011-03-07T09:43:51.923+11:00Hi Annie,
I have to say I was stunned at how grow...Hi Annie,<br /><br />I have to say I was stunned at how grown up my niece looked when we all went out to dinner last night. Sigh -- the body of a woman (well, not quite) but definitely still the mind of a little girl. Frankly, there's no way I'd ever want to be 13 again.<br /><br />I was trying to think what advice I received. I don't think I'll be passing on my mother's gem of: "Stay away from boys, they are bad news." Hardly seems measured :-) . Like you, my girlfriends and I just kind of stumbled along hoping we were coming across as really cool when no doubt we were tragically gauche.Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-17400825131919301122011-03-07T09:30:34.365+11:002011-03-07T09:30:34.365+11:00Hi Michelle,
What a special occasion! Thirteen...Hi Michelle,<br /><br />What a special occasion! Thirteen's such a significant no. I remember my daughter at that age. Then I turned around and hey presto, she was a grown up. Exciting and scary. You know, I don't remember finding any great advice about boys when I was a teen. I think we all just stumbled along in a fog. So glad that time's past!Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.com