i have such high hopes for people sometimes

i should know better

after all these years with no expectations

but

you bet your bippy that my 10 and 11 year old stand up

sometimes things are worth the fight
my self-respect is one of those things

(last night I was howling like a loon because boxes had been tipped over and blah blah blah...thought i had the guilty party and was gettingready to lay the smackdown on them...no tv, no game cube, you know...grounded Hardy #1 hearing the punishment even, stood up and said, wait mom. it was me. i did it. He got punished but i was so porud i cried later)