Monitors, kids, and motivation

Going, going, gone - my computer went down the other day and getting it back up took some doing. But - new monitor now - and man, does my blog look NICE on it! Impressive job I did. I missed being here.

One thing that I contemplated this weekend was thoughts of motivation. I have been threatening my fourteen year old daughter with dire consequences over her soon to be condemned bedroom for a while. I'm pretty lenient with the kids' rooms, to a point. She has gone above and beyond this point. "Clean your room or no computer" I say. She smiles and just stays off the computer. "Clean your room or no MP3 player!" She smiles and hands it over. And she's just so Darn cute its hard to be upset with her.

But this weekend I found the motivation it takes. "Clean your room or no school Monday and we will clean it together." She said "Mom, that's just weird! Beyond weird, the weirdest threat I've ever heard!!"
However.
I woke up to a clean(er) room this morning. She loves school.
Find that motivation. Kids, dogs, they all have one. Trick is to find it, and use it.