Tired Of The Disrespect Of My Home

[daycare]

lmao The orange cone thin is funny... When I was in college my friends and I did that to our friends house. except we coverd the entire drive way so she could not park in it....
we actually got into trouble with the city and they made us return all the cones..... it was super funny but embarassing at the same time..

And what is with parking on the lawn......i would be so mad if someone did that

[SandeeAR]

My inlaws park on my grass. They know I love my grass. I fertilize it, I love it, I put bug stuff on it (all non toxic of course so it costs me a gosh darn fortune). and the drive their big honken truck on it all the time! GET OUT AND WALK!

sorry...it is still a disrespect thing. I'm going to steal orange cones from somewhere and line my driveway...classy i know!

The house we are in was currently rented by all college kids. They parked and drove thru the yard. We are trying to grow grass now.

As the driveway is short and we live on a major street, there is no parking on the street. We made a parking spot at an "L" angle from the driveway. We used landscaping timbers and filled it with the pine needle from the backyard.

We also planted money grass along the street edge of the yard to discourage folks from driving into the yard.

[jen2651]

Yeah, but I live in the country. We actually have a driveway...it is probably about 1/4 of a mile long total. The house is halfway up it, then continues to the garage which is off to the side(where 3 cars can park infront of - not on the driveway), then continues out to my husbands shed (which could park 4 cars in front of it - not on the driveway). There is MORE THAN enough room. Even when we have holiday gatherings here, the driveway can easily hold 13 cars 'out of the way' so people can get by.

At our old house I put a row of bricks across a section where they would always drive in. They finally got the picture after I told them I was going to put spike strips on the bricks.

I'm not sure why they don't get it...they know I am SUPER ANAL about my grass. I take MAJOR pride in our lawn...like digging out danilioins (sp?) and thistles!

[PitterPatter]

I dont understand why parents hang out like they do. Maybe you could try some sugar.
DCP sits on seat of couch.
You say, "Why dont I get you a chair to sit on," make a big deal about getting the chair. "Excuse me (child's name) I need to get a chair for (DCP) then I can help you with your puzzle."
After you present the chair, find a child or something else that needs to be taken care of in another room, or go to the bathroom . Perhaps she/he will feel uncomfortable sitting there alone.

With the snot and blinds I would say something in front of the parent, such as, "Child's name, please do not play with the blinds I dont want them to break." If child keeps playing and parent does nothing then say, "Do you have blinds at home? Is he allowed to play with them?" Say it all with a smile.

I am the most stubborn, hate to fake a smile type of gal but I have found that I can get most everything I want, my way, if I put some sugar on it.

Is there a trick to this because I have genuinely tried to smile sometimes and I can't. I can feel it coming across my face as fake/forced. I try really hard to be nice and polite when I have to give a bad report. Usually it's something that has me upset so I just can't smile. Maybe it just feels fake? I will have to practice in the mirror.