Yesterday, I prepared to submit my first official post for Five Hens.  I had planned on sharing some amazing lunchbox tips for kids going back to school after discovering the “bento mentality” last Spring.  Food just looks pretty and appetizing in these contraptions once you get the hang of it.  Sorry for the delayed gratification.  But who moved my cheese?!

I was ready to write, but my “floating” wireless laptop was not at my laundry room office counter/desk.  The power cord was alone and blinking, “somebody come be powered by me, or at least unplug me if it’s rest time.”  Thus began the hunt.  After searching all of my hiding places, under beds, in closets, under laundry, even in old, yet-to-be-flattened shipping boxes in the basement, I realized I had not hidden it before I left the house this morning.  On to each child’s bedroom.

Discovering my 15-year old was using it to listen to music, I decided I could wait and go to the answering machine which was blinking that there is a message.  Pushing the button conveys no message.  Try again.  No message.  I then realized what was going on, when somebody else is on the phone, the messages cannot be played.  Yup, she was on the phone too! I’ve been called a pushover before, but it was time to get tough.  I went in and motioned that I needed one of the electronics.  I got the phone.  It was not until the next day, today, that I find time to get back to the computer and find it where it should be because everyone is at work and school!

I really try to set limits for my kids and make them responsible for their own stuff so that I’m not constantly hearing, “Who moved my cheese?”.  I guess I need help being responsible for my own cheese and setting limits too.  Yes, we tried a sign up sheet for computer use – it lasted a day.  Any ideas?