Ginger strikes again... I'm getting very weary...

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Jennifer Piersol" <jenP_97 at y...> wrote:
> Jen (who knows that in 10 years she'll be wishing for toddlerhood 
> again, but just wishes right now that Ginger were NOT terribly two!)
> 
> P.S.  Thank you all for tolerating my rants concerning 
> stay-at-home-motherhood... I really appreciate being able to tell 
> you my stories.  I hope they entertain you enough to pay for the 
> privilege (sp?).

If nothing else, welcome to the Domestic Goddess Club!  Do you know, 
my friend's daughter just turned five, and had gorgeous wavy hair 
down to her bottom.  And guess what her sister did?  Yep...it's not 
too bad because she now had a shoulder-length bob and it looks OK, 
but her mother was driven to the bottle.

By the time Beth was 18 months old she had a gorgeous head of hair.  
She had *never* been bald and her hair had just grown into a straight 
bob.  Not that she needed scissors to drive *her* mummy to the 
bottle...nooooo...she *pulled* it out.  All on one side, too, so her 
head was completely lop-sided.  It took me weeks to figure out why 
she did it, and when I finally did I could put a stop to it.  But by 
that time heavy damage was done.  Now not only did I have a goofy-
looking daughter, but a seemingly neurotic one as well!!  Beth is now 
4 1/2 and has a good head of hair again, but it took about 2 years 
for her hair to grow back to the length it was before her self-
mutilation.  The thing is, what was damaged most was my motherly 
pride!!

Ah, well, who says the life of a domestic goddess is dull.

(I didn't ask you, Tinky Winky...sod off!)

Mary Ann :)