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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, October 23, 2009 - 12:57 am
1. I hope you can go back to work, Vacanick! 2. We have a new neighbor who's been using their fireplace pretty regularly lately. At very odd times...the other day it was at about 5pm and 75 degrees outside! And started one an hour or so ago. I don't know what the heck they're burning but it stinks bad, everytime I smell it I start checking my house to make sure nothings on fire. Smells like burning paper and even with the doors/windows shut we still smell it. 3. Dakota scored a 99% on a math test today and had the highest score in class. Great score and she's very excited about it. We're proud of her, but a little worried too. Her teachers already warned us that if she keeps getting such good grades, she won't have any choice but to move her up a level, which will leave her struggling and falling behind again. 4. Probably sound like a horrible parent! Really, I'm not. She has a good/bad relationship with math. On some things she does good, most she struggles with, right now she's doing good but she's been back and forth all trimester. Our problem with moving her up is that once they do, when she starts to struggle and needs to go back down it'll be very hard to get her back into the class. 5. This is week 3 that Darren's out of school (he goes back first or second week of November.) And the first week he's really been able to enjoy not having class and homework. The first week he was working 12 hour days at work, last week he had the flu. 6. Caleb has decided he's too old to trick or treat or dress up. We're trying to convince him to dress up and be a buddy to some of the younger kids (walk them up to doors.) Youngest nephew and neice totally adore him (he won't admit it but I suspect the feelings are mutual, lol) and they'd love to have Caleb help them be "big" kids. 7. I'm not thrilled with my transition lenses. They don't get dark enough for me and no matter how sunny it is outside if I'm in the car, they don't get dark at all. Darren tells me it'll take a while but they'll eventually darken up like they should. Right now they're not helping all that much since I have to take them off to wear my sunglasses, I'm too light sensitive to do without. 8. PJ has decided my pillow is the best place to sleep. Some nights she doesn't even wait for me to lay down before she's made herself comfortable, lol.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, October 23, 2009 - 10:08 am
7.1 Wargod, they will never darken up in the car. My eye doctor warned me of that before I bought mine. I bought clip-on sunglasses, which is a bother. My lenses seemed dark enough outside at first but not as dark as time went on. Not arguing with Darren, but in my experience, with my lenses, they did not darken up. My new glasses came with magnetized clip-ons. I'm very light sensitive also.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, October 23, 2009 - 10:19 am
7.2 That totally sucks, but what I've been afraid of too. Right now I'm stuck with not being able to read street signs without them or being totally light blinded with them. Darren and sis both suggested clip ons but I'm worried I'll lose those too easily.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 7:32 am
7.3 I'm going back to work on Monday! Whoo hoo! 
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 8:03 am
7.4 Yay, Nic! I'm so happy for you! 
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 9:12 am
7.5 Thank you Merrysea!!!! 
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 6:42 pm
7.6 Yay, Vacanick! 
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 6:48 pm
7.7 Thank you Babyruth!! 
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 7:38 pm
7.8 Good for you, Vnicky!!!! YAAAAA!!!!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 8:12 pm
7.9 Thank you Twinkie!! 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 8:54 pm
7.912345 Yay Vnick!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 9:47 pm
8.0 Thank you Wargod!!! 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 10:34 pm
1. Today was a very long softball day. 2. Normally the girls have two games 15 minutes apart, todays were an hour and a half apart. Not enough time to go home so we sit at the park the whole time. 3. Girls lost the first game. No surprise, it's a team we're pretty evenly matched with and it comes down to who has last at bats as to who wins. Today they did. Won the second game by 10. 4. Oldest niece is still mad, ump called her out at first (she brought another girl home) and everyone else thought she was safe...she was, she had her foot on the base before the girl tagged her. I told her not to worry about it, she brought her girl in, they were 10 points up even then and there was no way the other team would catch up. 5. At the park at 7, home at 1:30. The kids were exhausted and all in bed and sound asleep by 9pm tonight. 6. Watching my three nieces, sis and bil go to a Halloween party every year and it's tonight. Works for us since our anniversary is next weekend and we'll need a babysitter, lol. 7. I have to buy my aunt some new winter blankets tomorrow. She wants them warm but not heavy (and no electric blankets since she has diabetic nueropathy.) 8. My digital camera broke. I'm crushed, I loved it, took it everywhere with me and used it constantly. 9. We took PJ to the park today. She's not real good at being outside, except the backyard, and gets scared. We're trying to get her over it so today was a big challenge. She loved it though! Caleb took her on several walks around the park and all the little brothers/sisters of the team were playing with her and spoiling her. Her little tail just wagged and wagged. Hopefully she'll be more eager for walks in the neighborhood now.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 1:46 am
1. 10 huh? I may be able to do that. 2. My youngest nephew fell and cut his head open last week. He's fine, but because it was bleeding so badly he got to see the fire trucks show up at his house, talk to the firemen, and go visit the ER. Got four stitches. He 3, thought the whole thing was pretty cool and was telling me all about it the other day. 3. Dakota had another headache tonight, this one not too bad. She's been averaging 3-4 every week and a half to two weeks. Some I'm positive are migraines. We've been keeping a headache journal for the next time she goes to the dr. 4. Both sides of my family, mom's mom and my bio dad suffer migraines. Darren's mom and one of his sisters does too. Me and sis both have them. No surprise, unfortunately, that at least some of our kidlets would have them as well. 5. Caleb is discovering one of the joys of playing the guitar. Girls, lol. Him and a couple buddies play at lunch and end up with a group of girls hanging around. 6. The kidlets school is having spirit week. Today they got to wear sunglasses. Tomorrow is pajama day, Wednesday geeky day, and Friday costume day. 7. Caleb got his first demerit today. The PE coaches did locker checks...they weren't checking inside the lockers but checking to make sure the locks themselves were locked. His wasn't. He's mad for three reasons. First, because his music teacher doesn't come to school til the second half of the day, Caleb has to carry his guitar around the first half. During PE, he locks his guitar, and the rest of his stuff, in the coaches office and has nothing left in his locker. Second, he's complained several times to the coach that his lock sticks and doesn't always lock right (I've heard from several other boys that they have trouble with theirs as well.) Third, in all Caleb's years of school...this is his first demerit! He cracked me up when he got in the car and told us, "9 years of perfect citizenship down the drain!" 8. Besides having to get fingerprints and a criminal background check for work, I will also be required to attend classes early next year. 15 weeks, 5 hours a class one day a week. I'm going to have to make arrangements for someone to pick up the kids from school and keep them til Darren gets home. 9. I have no idea why I'm still awake right now. I've been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately. It sucks. 10. Dakota's cyst has gotten much smaller since the dr drained it for the second time last week. It's still there, but we're hoping it is small enough he won't want to surgically remove it.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 3:48 am
7.1 LOLOLOL!! You have good kid there, Wargod.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 8:45 am
7.2 Hehe, Gal, Kota's the same...over her school career, she's had a handful of demerits (like 4) but always for forgetting something (books, pe clothes, etc.) They're both good kids to begin with, but know we won't accept them getting in trouble at school either.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 9:22 am
7.3 Maybe he can do some volunteer duty at the school to wipe the demerit off his record. Sort of like a first offenders program. Clean all the chalk boards after school and we'll wipe the misdemeanor off your record.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 12:08 pm
7.4 Wargod, I didn't even know schools gave out demerits any more! They really keep track of them from year to year? In elementary school, too? All Natalie had to worry about was getting her car moved up to the red light for talking. New list. 1. We are showing Twilight after school as a library fundraiser. You would think it would be a biggie, but advance sales have been dismal.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 12:42 pm
1. Hermi, they do still give them out. Our elementary school did it weirdly though, in younger grades teachers had the option of demerits or instant punishment (talking in class...benched during recess or a demerit,) so most didn't do them. The older grades got demerits anytime they got in trouble, plus would end up benched or whatever other punishment the teacher thought neccessary. 1.25 The junior high is straight demerits. In some cases, they can do basically what Gal suggested...if they forget their pe uniforms, that's 1 demerit OR they can right a short essay to kind of buy their way out of it. But the only times teachers do that is if it's because of something like that, forget their uniforms, forgot homework, or forgotten supplies. I didn't even realize not having a secure lock on the pe locker was a demerit offense, though I do know on Fridays they check lockers to make sure kids took their pe clothes home cuz they can get a demerit for that. It's really kind of silly, because it doesn't do all that much unless the kid gets like 31 demerits in a trimester (dropping citizenship grade down to a D) and then they can't participate in school activities. 1.75 The school really doesn't keep track year to year, but Caleb does, lol! He's got three perfect attendance awards for every year from 1st grade til now, but won't get one for this trimester. They have to have 100 merits to get one. 2. Maybe all the kids are planning on buying tickets there? Sounds like a fun fundraiser to me!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 10:20 am
1. You have good kids, Wargod. 2. I feel really depressed and anxious today and I don't know why. Same yesterday. Hopefully it will pass soon.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 10:32 am
2.1 Hermi her is a for you
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 11:10 am
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 11:24 am
1. I <3 you Hermi and am sorry your feeling anxious & depressed. 2. I'm back at work and so tired. 3. Go Yankee's!! 
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 11:33 am
1. I wonder why it is often so much more important for people to be right than to be understanding? 2. I'm guilty of that myself and try to be aware of it. 3. I hope your energy comes back soon, Nic. 4. I want to be home in bed!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 11:38 am
1. People want to be right because it makes them feel better about themselves, I think. 2. People also want to be understood, because it makes them feel better about themselves. 3. I'm sick of snow. 4. My 'baby' just went off to go elk hunting with his dad, and I'm blue. 5. I got some evil satisfaction that my DS refuses to shoot cows (female elk that might be moms), but has no problems with shooting bulls (dad elk.) Forgive me. 
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