I hate to burst your bubble, but this is not going to be a dirty entry!! I was telling my co-worker about the vacation my family is planning to take in November to celebrate my parents' 30th wedding anniversary. Anyway, we're going on a Disney Cruise. Sounds fun, no? Ironically, I was telling my co-worker how, the last time I went on a cruise, I was very irritated for most of the trip because there were kids EVERYWHERE and they were just loud, wild, and crazy... you know, the same way we ALL were when we were kids. The night I actually called the front desk to complain about the kids in the room next to us was the night my entire world fell apart... I was officially a grown up! Oh my God.

So I'm a little worried. Annoyed by kids and going on a Disney Cruise? Sounds troublesome! I might actually have to spank kids that aren't in my troop!! Then again, since all nine of my little rugrats will be coming along, I am positive it's going to be quite a fun and exciting vacation. Auntie Gemmerzz and her crazy bunch might actually be the ones causing all the ruckus... and getting the spankings. Sigh.

I personally think spanking a few kids may do the world some good. Trust me, I'm not looking to argue about 'good parenting' or anything like that. I was spanked as a child and look how I turned out! Okay, that probably isn't very convincing. Ha!

When I was growing up, getting spanked was dreadful. Do you remember when those commercials to call a phone number for a funny joke were the coolest things in the world?? Well, despite the warning to get a parent's permission, I called... and called... and called. I called every day for like six weeks. When the bill came in, boy did my Dad spank me. Then Mom came home. Dad told her what I did and I got spanked again. When my brothers found out, they spanked me, too! It was horrible, but believe I never did anything like that again.

The sad part was that when the next bill came, there were still some charges on it because of the time between when the previous statement closed and when my parents physically got the bill -- there were no paperless statements back then! So, everyone assumed I didn't listen and spanked me again. Haha. Can you imagine?!

I think spanking can be very beneficial -- in small doses, of course. The kids these days need fear put in them!