tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post7314253800336782687..comments2023-11-02T08:09:02.234-04:00Comments on Her Bad Mother: In The OutsideHer Bad Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-47697774123146947882007-09-13T03:15:00.000-04:002007-09-13T03:15:00.000-04:00We just took our three camping a few weeks ago. I...We just took our three camping a few weeks ago. It is quite an adventure with a 4yr old, 3 yr old and 9 month old. Up until this last trip we always used a tent but we broke down and bought a camper. It was a blessing!~Crystal~https://www.blogger.com/profile/14779931614513494799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-60965974803023568732007-09-06T08:05:00.000-04:002007-09-06T08:05:00.000-04:00what a lovely post.I too, get that "itch" at the e...what a lovely post.<BR/><BR/>I too, get that "itch" at the end of August. Here in the Northeast, we're guaranteed a few cool nights to get us thrilled about sweaters and new pencils, only to be smacked with a mid-September heat wave. I've learned not to put the beach towels away just yet.<BR/><BR/>I've always wanted to take an RV camping trip. I've slept in a tent in nearly every state in the country, and once disdained the hulking tin cans parked nearby, but now that there's a kid in the mix, I think it would be a luxury I could get used to.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10797420534168841098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-45938424778770445172007-09-06T07:59:00.000-04:002007-09-06T07:59:00.000-04:00"urge to get on with i"i SO KNOW THIS FEELING, THI..."urge to get on with i"<BR/><BR/>i SO KNOW THIS FEELING, THIS ITCHINESS, THE READINESS FOR FALL.<BR/><BR/>AND I TOO DISDAIN ALL SILLY MODERNIZED CAMPING TRIPS WITH CAMPERS AND RVS AND FANCY TENTS AND LOTS OF COOLERS. IT WASN'T "REAL" BUT I WAS FOOLISH AND NOW I REALIZE IT IS ALL REAL, AND FUN, AND BEAUTIFUL<BR/><BR/>DAMN THIS IS ALL IN CAPITALS. . .Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662448292809451387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-48476894121711784122007-09-06T01:53:00.000-04:002007-09-06T01:53:00.000-04:00Love the series of pictures. Too precious.There's ...Love the series of pictures. Too precious.<BR/><BR/>There's a girl who knows what she wants...Kriscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099598535511829553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-8415530381035124672007-09-05T23:38:00.000-04:002007-09-05T23:38:00.000-04:00Absolutely beautiful. Our own yearly Maine trip wa...Absolutely beautiful. <BR/><BR/>Our own yearly Maine trip was tarnished last year by a 'cabin' with a few too many working tv channels and a decent enough internet connection. <BR/><BR/>The button moon is beautiful - as long as the buttons aren't there to distract from it.Mom101https://www.blogger.com/profile/15468524489744839899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-54040521526617373012007-09-05T21:52:00.000-04:002007-09-05T21:52:00.000-04:00Sounds like an unexpectedly beautiful time. So gla...Sounds like an unexpectedly beautiful time. So glad for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-30567188514590392162007-09-05T21:13:00.000-04:002007-09-05T21:13:00.000-04:00I was mostly a cottager as a kid, but was just tal...I was mostly a cottager as a kid, but was just talking to Pynchon this w/e about R-V'ing: I used to go every summer for two weeks with my paternal grandparents. It was nature, and blueberries, and thin foam mattresses where the kitchen table used to be, and, also, the 700 Club every morning. But ahh ...<BR/><BR/>on the subject of nature, you may or may not know that William Gibson opens Neuromancer thus: "The sky was the colour of television, tuned to a dead station." Moon like a button, indeed.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-90814815641898599702007-09-05T20:45:00.000-04:002007-09-05T20:45:00.000-04:00This is an awesome and awe-inspiring post! You alm...This is an awesome and awe-inspiring post! You almost have sold me on a RV holiday. We saw many on our adventure across Pennsylvania this past week and Hubby was always keen to point out we could try it some day. Maybe, some day, who knows.<BR/><BR/>What sells me the most are those memories created that you just won't find bunking in at the local Hampton Inn. True, lifelong, memories so special they are tucked away in that special part of your head and heart that never forgets. <BR/><BR/>I have childhood cottage memories like that and in a way our road trip was my way of making those kind of memories for my girls. I get why you want to do it again as uncomfortable as it were.Jeniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100043209000589029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-39256542362494561012007-09-05T18:12:00.000-04:002007-09-05T18:12:00.000-04:00Beautiful post. Glad you had such a wonderful tim...Beautiful post. Glad you had such a wonderful time.floating in spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537720113907254640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-17238648547744610502007-09-05T16:33:00.000-04:002007-09-05T16:33:00.000-04:00GORGEOUS post. Love the pictures.GORGEOUS post. Love the pictures.Super B's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10381834013048859013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-34506095536021657822007-09-05T13:04:00.000-04:002007-09-05T13:04:00.000-04:00Absolutely precious! The final picture says it al...Absolutely precious! The final picture says it all, doesn't it?Michelle Constantinescuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09927443258162528366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-78473496215433221272007-09-05T12:11:00.000-04:002007-09-05T12:11:00.000-04:00I spent every summer of my childhood in a pop-up t...I spent every summer of my childhood in a pop-up tent trailer, or an full-on trailer. Some of the happiest memories of my life. Exactly what you said - the chance to be "outside" without going so far that it was no longer fun.<BR/><BR/>Wonderbaby will thank you for it.Run ANChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088821030860597465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-3210314826498340502007-09-05T11:53:00.000-04:002007-09-05T11:53:00.000-04:00We used to do long weekends -Memorial Day and Labo...We used to do long weekends -Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend- and the end of summer 2 week camping trips every year too, trailer in tow. Why my family was rather nightmarish in and of itself, I enjoyed the many national parks we used to visit. STunning!ewe are herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339650361453626546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-46181687104596853312007-09-05T10:21:00.000-04:002007-09-05T10:21:00.000-04:00I hope this post goes in the sidebar under Best of...I hope this post goes in the sidebar under Best of Bad Mother. Not only because it is a great post (and the photo narrative is especially good here, too) but because this post really sounds like you - who I know you to be out here in the real world. <I>(Or should that be 'real' world? Whatever...)</I><BR/>And it sounds like Her Bad Father, too, and WB. Who you guys are as a unit, a family.Baby in the Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01167558214100594817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-80916641079678440002007-09-05T07:12:00.000-04:002007-09-05T07:12:00.000-04:00Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of writ...Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of writing and the lovely pictures of your daughter.Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580154328905315004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-79171977739045327712007-09-04T22:34:00.000-04:002007-09-04T22:34:00.000-04:00It was a great post but the end picture? MY GOD, y...It was a great post but the end picture? MY GOD, you are a lucky woman. Mom. Everything. <BR/><BR/>Also, you make camping sound fun and I don't <I>do</I> camping.Mochahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035442586293974560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-51760676434472279692007-09-04T22:09:00.000-04:002007-09-04T22:09:00.000-04:00I love her chair. And her boots. And her mom.I love her chair. And her boots. And her mom.PunditMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919969826505761593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-7243327410544967272007-09-04T21:50:00.000-04:002007-09-04T21:50:00.000-04:00My parents have a motor home and I wish I could sa...My parents have a motor home and I wish I could say I appreciated the trips they forced upon my siblings and me. Instead it was hot and sticky and cramped and I never really enjoyed myself.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you had a great vacation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-6389056340429305522007-09-04T21:43:00.001-04:002007-09-04T21:43:00.001-04:00I've missed you, my friend. But that post was al...I've missed you, my friend. But that post was almost worth it. Glad to have you back dear woman.gingajoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01356643079413822527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-12214163420394059882007-09-04T21:43:00.000-04:002007-09-04T21:43:00.000-04:00When I was an older child (7ish?) my dad, his brot...When I was an older child (7ish?) my dad, his brother, my cousins and my brother took 2 week camping trips "out West" USA - tents, propane cooking, gathering wood and water - the whole nine yards. We all look back upon it with fondness and want to do it with our own kids. You've made me curious about the RV concept though...sounds fabulous. The perfect combination of being outside and in.Pgoodnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070395099383753341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-418988403915245352007-09-04T21:37:00.000-04:002007-09-04T21:37:00.000-04:00I haven't been camping in soooo long. Like since ...I haven't been camping in soooo long. Like <I>since I was a child</I> long. I didn't think going on vacation without a readily available hot bath would ever sound desirable, but you've certainly made it sound pretty enticing.<BR/><BR/>Jane, Pinks & Blues GirlsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-79875102788399687092007-09-04T21:13:00.000-04:002007-09-04T21:13:00.000-04:00"the entirely discomfiting experience of loving th..."the entirely discomfiting experience of loving the discomfort" - somehow I knew that was coming.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like it was splendid, when all was said and done.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-57816601524453476152007-09-04T21:07:00.000-04:002007-09-04T21:07:00.000-04:00This sounds amazing. I spent my summers as a young...This sounds amazing. I spent my summers as a youngster in Algonquin Park, Canada portaging canoes, going pee pee in the woods and *gasp* drinking lake water! I am now so inhibited from nature by my luxe house and material things that I miss it and can't even fathom the thought that at one point in my life I didn't care about leeches on my toes or not showering for days. Thanks for brining me a taste of my youth. Now only if I can convince my husband on the wonders of camping! Ha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-58315639224546200972007-09-04T20:46:00.000-04:002007-09-04T20:46:00.000-04:00I wish we had gone camping with Atticus. Two summe...I wish we had gone camping with Atticus. Two summers with him have now passed (he's 17 months) and next summer he'll have a wee sibling, so it will feel even more daunting.<BR/><BR/>But I really want the OUTSIDE! to be part of our lives. My parents had a trailer that we camped in all summer for most summers of my childhood. I really believe that it during those summers with the freedom to explore, have adventures, and just be in the outdoors shaped me more than any other time of my childhood. <BR/><BR/>My husband is all about the backcountry camping being the "real" camping, but I hope he'll change his mind. I really don't feel like hiking in with a toddler and a newborn.<BR/><BR/>Good for you for exposing Wonderbaby to it so early and I find it inspiring that you're already looking forward to next year's camping.mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01804113244825043303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-38088996881392757562007-09-04T20:35:00.000-04:002007-09-04T20:35:00.000-04:00This was awesome. I'm so pumped you guys had a fu...This was awesome. I'm so pumped you guys had a fun vacation!Jonathon Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08442322427062128683noreply@blogger.com