I am nagging so much

[BlueNightingale]

Please pray for me. I'm mom-nag-nag, nag, nag, nag,
"can you not throw ice on the porch floor and not leave sunflower seeds everywhere"
"why are there 5,000 cords everywhere",
" I have told everyone 5 million times to check expiration dates at the store or don't buy anything at all"
"Frozen food left out overnight will not be good the next day"

and all of the other things I just keep getting frustrated over, and in my defense, I'm potty training a puppy and I'm not WANTING to be this way, I am overwhelmed, i just keep spilling out all of the words and I can't put them back in my mouth, and I want to ENJOY my family again.

Edit: I am somewhat aware that I am getting older and my hormones are messed up and increasing difficulty and IDK what to do about it

 

[Nancy]

Please pray for me. I'm mom-nag-nag, nag, nag, nag,
"can you not throw ice on the porch floor and not leave sunflower seeds everywhere"
"why are there 5,000 cords everywhere",
" I have told everyone 5 million times to check expiration dates at the store or don't buy anything at all"
"Frozen food left out overnight will not be good the next day"

and all of the other things I just keep getting frustrated over, and in my defense, I'm potty training a puppy and I'm not WANTING to be this way, I am overwhelmed, i just keep spilling out all of the words and I can't put them back in my mouth, and I want to ENJOY my family again.

I'm sorry you are stressing. The overwhelmingness can wear us down like nothing else!
Do you have any family or friends that can give you a respite now and then?

I've just prayed for you sister. Deep breath and remember...He is still on the throne.

 

[BlueNightingale]

I'm sorry you are stressing. The overwhelmingness can wear us down like nothing else!
Do you have any family or friends that can give you a respite now and then?

I've just prayed for you sister. Deep breath and remember...He is still on the throne.

No, not really.

I have time to try to get things under control while I have time, but I feel like it's not going to work and I don't want to micromanage and be as hyperviligant as I am.

 

[Angelina]

Breathe sister! @BlueNightingale. Sometimes it's really good to listen to some worship music. Other times I like to do this weird exercise. (not that I get stressed very often). Adding you to my prayers as well.

 

[Lambano]

and in my defense, I'm potty training a puppy

I’ll swap you prayers for puppy patience. Cerberus the Hell-Hound is … quite a handful. Not potty training (she's surprisingly good at that), but jumping on people, destroying things, and thinking every game has to involve play-biting.

(I found that prayers for patience with puppies are also extendable to kids, like the ones at church who were trying to “help” me with the A/V system. And I think it works with spouses too.)

 

[Rita]

Praying for you , been there and got the T-shirt ( I was often a frustrated mum with hormones racing - it’s not an easy job when your emotions are all over the place , and let’s be fair children can push all the buttons without even trying )
The breathing exercise is a great tool I wish I had back then - basically we react when we need to respond , the latter needs a bit of distance so breathing exercises help x
Potty training , even when it’s an animal, is difficult as you always have to be on your guard. We never had pets but I use to hate potty training the children.
So Sorry you are feeling overwhelmed, my son and daughter in law are where you are at the moment - they are also potty training a puppy - he doesn’t seem to be getting the hang of it and they have had him for four months now. They are always chasing the clock , they have two young children and both work.
just sending you a cyber (((hug )))

 

[BlueNightingale]

I’ll swap you prayers for puppy patience. Cerberus the Hell-Hound is … quite a handful. Not potty training (she's surprisingly good at that), but jumping on people, destroying things, and thinking every game has to involve play-biting.

(I found that prayers for patience with puppies are also extendable to kids, like the ones at church who were trying to “help” me with the A/V system. And I think it works with spouses too.)

We are working through that one, too.

Hugo likes to lay on the bed and come up to bite. We got little Hugo through a trainer (she trains police dogs) and her advice for him was, "He needs to earn the right to be on the bed."

If he play bites, he can't be up there. I've started giving him the verbal command and putting him out of the room for a minute (any longer and they don't understand, they do something else) until he's ready to chill out and he is starting to get it. It has taken a few weeks to get any results. That's with a lot of redirection to bully bones and yak cheese sticks.

This week we're going to work more on leash pulling and potty training before he gets so big that he tries walking me. And then I think we are watching a coworkers dog this weekend, which helps with socialization. Or leads to me pulling out my hair, we'll find out.

It is so easy to play a sort of manager at work, it is hard to be a manager at home and if I could just turn on that switch in my brain, it would just click. I'm using the program from Sidetracked Home Executives to do it, but I haven't fixed the ribbon in our typewriter, which is required kinda.


IT WILL ALL (eventually) COME TOGETHER (somehow).

 

[rockytopva]

I miss my old naggie granny....

Granny... Rocky I am not telling you what to do but... Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Me... Alrighty Granny
Granny... Rocky I am not telling you what to do but... Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Me... Alrighty Granny
Granny... Rocky I am not telling you what to do but... Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Me... Alrighty Granny
Granny... Get off ole blue eyes! (her term for electrical devices)

What I would give to hear old naggie again!

 

[BlueNightingale]

I miss my old naggie granny....

Granny... Rocky I am not telling you what to do but... Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Me... Alrighty Granny
Granny... Rocky I am not telling you what to do but... Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Me... Alrighty Granny
Granny... Rocky I am not telling you what to do but... Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Me... Alrighty Granny
Granny... Get off ole blue eyes! (her term for electrical devices)

What I would give to hear old naggie again!

She had the heart to say, "I'm not telling you what to do..."

I am pretty much more like "I TOLD YOU 5,000 TIMES". It's always 5,000. I just always pick that number.

 

[rockytopva]

Please pray for me. I'm mom-nag-nag, nag, nag, nag,
"can you not throw ice on the porch floor and not leave sunflower seeds everywhere"
"why are there 5,000 cords everywhere",
" I have told everyone 5 million times to check expiration dates at the store or don't buy anything at all"
"Frozen food left out overnight will not be good the next day"

and all of the other things I just keep getting frustrated over, and in my defense, I'm potty training a puppy and I'm not WANTING to be this way, I am overwhelmed, i just keep spilling out all of the words and I can't put them back in my mouth, and I want to ENJOY my family again.

Edit: I am somewhat aware that I am getting older and my hormones are messed up and increasing difficulty and IDK what to do about it

Just to let you know I have no plans on praying over what I consider good qualities. We need more of those sort of things here on planet Earth! God Bless! And in hopes of a Merry Christmas!

 

[Lambano]

Just to let you know I have no plans on praying over what I consider good qualities. We need more of those sort of things here on planet Earth! God Bless! And in hopes of a Merry Christmas!

For some reason, you reminded me of a Technical Project Manager I worked with about half a lifetime ago. Part of a project manager’s job description is to nag, nag, nag people to get their parts of the project done on schedule. This one woman I worked with (whose husband was one of my golf buddies) had the unique ability to nag, nag, nag you in a way that left you feeling not nagged, but rather happy and grateful like she had done you a favor in helping you keep your part on track. That gift made her the best TPM I’ve ever worked with. I’m not sure how she did it, but now I wish I could ask her husband if she was able to run their home the same way.

Now, if God could give Ms. Nightingale (dear sister, I still want to call you “Fluffy”) the same ability….

 

[BlueNightingale]

For some reason, you reminded me of a Technical Project Manager I worked with about half a lifetime ago. Part of a project manager’s job description is to nag, nag, nag people to get their parts of the project done on schedule. This one woman I worked with (whose husband was one of my golf buddies) had the unique ability to nag, nag, nag you in a way that left you feeling not nagged, but rather happy and grateful like she had done you a favor in helping you keep your part on track. That gift made her the best TPM I’ve ever worked with. I’m not sure how she did it, but now I wish I could ask her husband if she was able to run their home the same way.

Now, if God could give Ms. Nightingale (dear sister, I still want to call you “Fluffy”) the same ability….

That is an amazing quality.

I work over teenagers/young people mostly and sometimes my inner mom comes out, and only a few times did I work with someone where I just needed to walk out for a minute and pray for self-control, and that's because they needed to control their tone.