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Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
3.1 Hermi It bothers me that they do cuts on the education level all the time. I think the politicians are giving the wrong message to kids

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 1:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Ack, Hermie! I hope your job will be ok. Totally agree with Dfennessey, not to mention the fact that the government and communities expect more and more out of our schools, yet cut the people and programs who do so much to help them!

2. Heh, I picked Caleb up from his play practice today and he was telling me something the advisor had told him and found another reason we let the kids do all the extra cirricular stuff. They encourage the kids the way we do. Dakota's coaches encourage her to put all that energy to good use and be active, to love sports, and have fun while doing something healthy. Drama advisor (who was also Caleb's math & science teacher last year) is his geek mentor, lol! This man is the biggest geek I've ever met and is proud of every bit of his geekiness and better yet, to embrace and enjoy his own geekiness. Me and Darren tell him there's nothing wrong with being smart and loving science and he stares at us like we've got another head growing out of our shoulders. Mr Drama Advisor tells him that and it's the smartest thing Caleb has ever heard.

3. Darren came home early from work today. I don't think he'll be going tomorrow either. He spent most of today sleeping and is still feeling pretty lousy.

4. Dakota is having a problem with chapped, kinda swollen lips. If it was in a week or two, I'd chalk it up to the accutane, but she hasn't started it yet! We're wondering if she is having an allergic reaction to something, but only thing we've recently added to our regular menu is fish and she's never had a problem with that before (except to clams.) Could also be the weather we've had too. If it's not cleared up in a couple days, she'll have to go to her pediatrician.

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1. Ultimately, as much as I want to keep my job, it is the students who suffer when education is cut. Is that really what we want for our nation's children? We already lag behind so many other countries in quality of education.

2. We have 7 classes in here today - 3 English and 4 science, but libraries are considered by so many people to be nonessential. I can't imagine a school without a library. It makes me sad.

3. It burns me up, too, that if a librarian position gets cut from my school, it will be me, because the other one has seniority, despite the fact that I work harder and do more than she does. Fact - this month she worked with 13 classes under 1 teacher (actually, the same class, same period, every day for 13 days, and the teacher is her best buddy) while I worked with 34 classes under 5 different teachers. Hello!

4. My lips get terribly chapped in dry, cold weather, Wargod. Have you guys had some?

5. I'm sorry, I've been trying to think of something upbeat and funny to say and I'm failing miserably. This has been such a shit week.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Hermie, sometimes it's just very hard to find a silver lining. You've got reason to be down, the whole situation sucks right now.

2. I librarians (if it makes you feel better.) They're awesome!

3. When I was in elementary school, I went into kindergarten already reading by myself. For years they sent me to older classes for reading because I was 2-3 years ahead of my peers. By 5th grade, there was no where else to send me, so during reading lessons, I was sent to the library. She wasn't hip, no tongue studs or tattoos, a little bitty 60 some odd year old woman with gray hair she kept in a bun and big glasses perched on the end of her nose, lol, but she was the coolest woman to me!

4. She taught me the dewey decimal system and led me through every book in the library I hadn't read and then guided me through many, many more. She wasn't too thrilled when I discovered Stephen King but said at least I was still reading, lol. I have very fond memories of that woman. I had a couple favorite teachers through early education, but the librarian and the speech therapist (who I absolutely hated at times, lol) were always at the center of it.

5. We have had the dry, cold weather and she's had a lot of sinus problems lately. Lots of wiping her nose. I looked closer this morning and they almost look..burned, like a chemical burn. So now I'm wondering if she maybe got some of the acne stuff too close to her lips. She's got a derm appt next week and I'll ask him about it then.

6. Darren stayed home from work today, didn't even wake up til 8 which is really late for him (considering he gets up at 3:30 most week days!) He got up, saw the kids leave for school, had breakfast and went straight back to bed.

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
1. Thanks War and Hermi! The only bad thing about the money was after waiting for it for 4 years we owed everybody everything. There's not much left but I did get some goodies.

2. Hermie, that just plain bites about your job. Yeah, ultimately it's the kids that lose but I think you are losing just as much. If someone had told me a week ago to pick a job that had good job security, school librarian would have been at the top of my list.

3. Fer cryin' out loud, how can a school do without enough librarians? Crazy, crazy, crazy. "We's a' gonna tech yer kiddies to reed, and we's gonna do it without one of them thar book ladies to foster that luv fer reeding all kiddies need to susede." Again, crazy.

4. I started working in the library in 7th grade and worked in it every year til I graduated. I just loved it. I even won an award one year for being the best library aide.

5. I was even planning to go to college and be a school librarian but love got in the way. I'm glad it did, falling in love and having kids was really my ultimate dream, just one I thought was unattainable.

6. I have an approximately 3 pound rat in my lap, aka Chi... how the heck do you spell taco bell dog? My grandson's great-grandmother called my son to see if he would take her for my grandson since she (the ggrandma) needed to find her (the rat) another home. Her name is Denim. She will sit in my lap and cuddle as long as my son is not home. If he's here, forget it, she's already decided he's her human.

7. I've never liked Chi.. taco bell dogs much, I think nothing is cuter than a Cocker Spaniel puppy and have had Cockers for over 20 years. I have to say though, she's the cutest rat I've ever seen. She's growing on me. I especially like the way all 3 pounds of her barks and fusses like a Rottweiler every time someone strange comes in. I just tell people to watch out for Killer because she will take you down.

7a. War, you've had so much sickness, sounds like my house sometimes. I hope everyone heals up soon.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 2:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
7b. Always, Southern_grits, always someone sick, especially during the winter. Think it's because between the two of us, sis and I have 5 kids from 2-13 who see each other daily and they pick up various nasties from friends and then share them with each other.

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 3:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
7c. Probably, War. I know that when my son's soon-to-be ex was living here with all 3 kids, they and we were sick all the time. Every bug just kept a continuous circle going, it seemed. Hubby and I both have a lot of chronic illnesses so every little bug the kids got that was minor for them hit us like a ton of bricks. It's a little better with only one kid here but it's still an issue.

ETA: My grandson has Asthma too, like Kota. He's doing much better than when he first moved in, mostly because we started smoking outside. Last Saturday though he had an attack that was so scary. We gave him a nebulizer treatment and Combivent and were just getting ready to rush him to the ER when the meds finally kicked in. He had a slight cold and I'm guessing that's what set it off. It's hard, he has ADHD and always has a bad reaction to cold meds, so bad that his doctor told me if he has a cold we have to choose what he needs more, cold meds or his ADHD med. Either choice has us scambling all day because either way he's going to soar out of control on the ADHD, and let me tell you, that's what's really scary.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, February 26, 2010 - 11:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
7d. Southern_grits, the best thing we did for Kota with her asthma was get her in softball. Before that, she was having very frequent attacks, sick constantly (we're talking just as she finished one antibiotic, she was going back for something else,) and many urgent care and er trips.

7e. First year of softball, she had the same coach as now. Same practice schedule, 1.5 hours a day, four days a week and then when games started two days of practice and two games each week. Lots of stretching, running, pretty constant exercise the whole time they were there. We had definitely noticed her asthma attacks had lessened, but it didn't really dawn on us (other than wow, fewer drs appts!) She had her physical that June and for the first time ever, her doctor congratulated her because she had her asthma under great control, she was so impressed and thrilled to be able to tell us that. There is no doubt in my mind that all the exercise was the biggest help with that and why we continue to encourage her playing softball. She still has attacks and trips to urgent care and ER but nowhere near as often as a few years ago. Er, I should add, she never had exercise related asthma attacks, a few times where she was on the field and getting sick or the weather was crappy where she had asthma attacks but not because of the exercise.

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 3:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
7f. I think organized sports would work wonders for Cam, and not with just the asthma. Since he is ADHD he has an abundance of energy and using it in a controlled way would be very good for him. He could use the structure and learning to work as a team too. It's just that until today we've only had one car and have had to shuffle doctors appointments and such, always planning them around the times Cam has to be taken to school or picked up. Since most of our appointments are either 30 or 70 miles away it really gets crazy. We just bought another car today and the old one goes to my son, it should ease the tension considerably.

7f. Cam has gotten addicted to video games and does not get enough exersise, so tonight we bought him a bicycle. I am hoping it gets him outside and active again. He's excited about it, lol.

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 12:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
7?. I just wanted to thank you guys for sharing how much libraries and librarians have meant to you in your lives.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 12:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. You're very welcome, Hermie. Librarians are totally cool.

2. Southern_grits, a bicycle is a great thing to get kids active! They don't even think of it as exercise cuz it is just fun.

3. Dakota is very twitchy, lol. If she's not moving, she's not happy. Softball really helped to focus all that energy, so yeah, I think sports could help with adhd too. One of the things we've said all along too is that we think it helps them focus. Both Dakota and my niece have trouble reading (niece has a diagnosed learning disability) but during softball season, we see both their grades go up. Think it's something about working out all that energy and being able to sit and focus more on their homework.

4. I caught Darren's cold. He woke up feeling pretty good this morning, I woke up feeling blah.

5. Did a mile on the treadmill and lost every bit of energy I had. Chest hurts, coughing, head hurts, spent three hours sleeping earlier. I've got a busy week ahead and don't have time to be sick.

6. Dakota has to fast tomorrow night. She has her first blood test Monday morning so she can go on accutane. A blood draw with Dakota is not pleasant at all, I always have to hold her down for that. I have it scheduled for early in the morning so we can get it done, get back home for some breakfast, and to school on time.

7. Then both her and Caleb have a derm appt on Thursday. She'll get her prescription for accutane and the doctor will decide if Caleb too will have to go back on it.

8. Monday I also have an appt at the dmv to take in the smog certificate for Darren's car. Was there last Monday to pay for it and was in and out in about six minutes (with the appointment.) Totally cool.

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
1. You're welcome, Hermi. War is right, Librarians are cool.

2. War, we bought Cam the bicycle and as soon as my son got it home I knew it was too big. Cam is very small for a 6 year old, it's only been since school started that he's grown into a size five. The 18 inch bike he picked out a month ago may as well have been 18 feet. He insisted the training wheels must come off so my son took them off. When I took him outside to ride it I was afraid to let go of the seat 'cause I knew he was going to fall. He rode it a whole 10 feet before falling but at least he was nimble enough to just hop off.

2. My son took it back to the store and got him a smaller bike. Afterwards he took him to a friends and they got in a lot of bike riding. I'm thinking the bike will keep him busy as often as I can get outside and let him ride it.

3. Hurry, spring. If for no other reason than so I can say 4 months from now hurry, fall.

4. Sorry you're sick now, War. I caught Cam's cold and am not feeling so hot but it's nowhere near as bad as I usuallly get with cold bugs so I'm not complaining.

5. Hubby and I are supposed to go for a drive today. I'm still trying to drag him out of bed. I am getting to the point that I'm not even going to go. I got up way too early and at this rate he may be ready to go by 2:00. Way too late in the afternoon for this early bird. Or if I do go it will be a short drive.

6. Back to Cam for a sec I guess. His ADHD is extreme. He's on the "last choice" drug with fairly good results but there are still far too many days that he goes into meltdown mode and he's getting so big I almost always get injured. Right before Thanksgiving I fell while in the process of grabbing him to hold him before he kicked in a window/ bashed his head against the wall/think of any other extreme event and insert here. I suffered a compression injury to my hip and am still not sure I didn't break it. It very slowly got better so I didn't go back for the MRI but I'm going back Tuesday. It's getting worse again, not sure what's going on. Then before Christmas I messed up my shoulder, again while trying to safely contain him, and it looks like I may have torn my rotator cuff. Need an MRI for that too. Don't mean to whine but it's that bad for him. Getting him to release energy in a healthy way isn't just a goal, it has to be done. I don't know if my son will get him in sports but I am hoping if he doesn't we can at least get him outside expending energy.

7. I'm trying to think of something productive to add to the Survivor thread besides "I really enjoyed this episode". DUH! Too many smart people around here.

8. Hubby is out of bed and I am officially taking bets. What time will he be ready? What time will we finally leave? Will I get totally whizzed off and not go at all?

9. My answers- 1:30, 2:15 and probably.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 2:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Southern_grits, we always had the opposite problem with both our kids...they outgrow bikes way too quickly! For a while there, Caleb was outgrowing them once a year.

2. Dakota can spend all day outside on her bike with her friends, especially if my older two nieces are here. The girls bring their bikes and I won't see any of them until they are hungry or have to pee, lol.

3. Back when Caleb played little league, one of the boys on his team (2 or 3 years actually) had pretty severe adhd. Not only did it focus his energy, but his mom used it as a sort of encouragement. If he could do "x" he could play or if he did "y" he couldn't. She never set the goals as more than what he could/couldn't handle (no sitting still for six hours or something like that.)

4. My nieghbors ("new" ones, they've been there a year or two) have some annoying dogs I've complained about time and again here. They bark all night and day long.

5. Sometimes they like to party and play their music loud enough to hear in the bedrooms. Doesn't usually bother me, but once in a while they like to keep it up until the wee hours of the morning. Last night it was still going when I went to sleep around 3am. And yep, there are complaints made by all of us, both to them and the cops, doesn't help.

6. Seems they've also added a very loud bird to their family. I've been listening to it squak for the last hour. What I wouldn't give for sound proof walls sometimes.

7. Still felt cruddy today, but think I'm starting to feel better. Don't have much energy but I don't feel as lousy as I did yesterday.

8. We decided on a do nothing, go nowhere day. Besides me being sick, Darren had worked 11 days in a row (most of those 12 hour days) before he got sick, Dakota's been busy with softball practice, and Caleb with his guitar practice and practice for his play. We were all just worn out.

9. Dakota did finish cleaning her bedroom though. We told her if she had it clean, she could have two friends spend the night this coming weekend.

10. For a while there, she was having a great deal of conflict with these friends. Her and her bff have been friends since 1st grade, practically inseperable (if the friend wasn't here, Dakota was with her.) As happens, they've also made some new (independent) friends and conflict ensued with the second girl who is coming over. For a while there they were both pulling Dakota, wanting her to choose between them. She stood firm though and refused, one is her bff the other a new friend and she wasn't going to choose between them! The girls got the message loud and clear and then realized they had a lot in common. Now they are a pretty tight threesome of friends which has made life a whole lot calmer around here.

10.5 A tight threesome of very loud pre-teen girls...I must have bumped my head to consider having the two of them spend the night at the same time, lol!

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
1. War, I set very small goals for Cam too, and very short punishments. Anything else overwhelms him. Last month he had to go with us to an appointment and his PSP died before we left the house. Stick a video game in front of him and he's good to go for hours, if he doesn't have that stimulation he's impatient, irritable, bored and that almost always equals an episode. I threw together some toys and promised him a Sprite and Oreos if he was good. He was, and it felt like a major coup. He got his Sprite and Oreos! When I have to punish him I've learned that taking the TV or video games away for more than 15 minutes is pointless. Making him wait that long is like grounding a "normal" kid for a week, anything else is overkill and lands me with more of the behavior I was trying to correct anyway. At least at first 15 minutes was the max, I have slowly increased it and the last time I did it he was able to wait 45 minutes. Another coup.

1a. I feel like a witch complaining about waiting for hubby yesterday. He was ready by 1:15, we left by 1:30, and we had a great time. I need to be a bit more patient.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 3:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Sometimes, Southern, you have to do what works for the kid. Caleb is sure we are too easy on Dakota, her punishments for the most part are being grounded from outside play. She can watch tv, play the computer, play video games and he sees that as totally unfair (since those are things he gets grounded from.) To Dakota though, it's horrible, she'd rather be outside in the freezing cold than stuck inside any day of the week. On the flip side, if we're rewarding Dakota, we take her to the batting cages or the park and that's the best thing ever, while Caleb might get an itunes gift card or microsoft points for the x-box. Different things for different kids.

2. Hehe, I was on the verge of argh'ing at Darren this morning. He's been helping coach Kota's team, but missed two days last week when he was sick and then emailed me this morning to say he didn't know if he was going to make it tonight to practice cuz he's working late and has to finish up homework. Argh...Dakota loves it when he's there to help out and it's such a great activity for the two of them. Then I caught myself...he's been sick, he's still working 12 hour days, and he's helped out so much with the team that he's behind on his homework, give him a break for all that he does.

3. Friday is report card day for us. Dakota has a 3.6 GPA (her best ever, an improvement over the 3.3 last trimester!) I still check the kids grades frequently online. Not too sure about Caleb, he's listed as having an F in math, but his teacher hasn't updated grades in over six weeks and I know I've seen the work he's done.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 1:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. I am completely amped up tonight. Totally wired, no idea how I'll ever get to sleep tonight amped up.

2. Darren got a bonus from work last Friday...and neither of us noticed! The company treated it like a payroll check, direct deposited it into the bank. He came home early Thursday and took off Friday sick so wasn't there when they handed out the paystubs and since he was sick, we didn't do anything this weekend except to stay home (only time I went out I used cash) so no need to balance the checkbook or log onto the bank account.

3. We knew he was getting it, it's a performance bonus that everyone at the company gets, but we thought it was coming at the end of this week or with the next paycheck in three weeks. Too funny we didn't notice it! It's not an outrageous amount, but not a small amount either, definitely would have noticed it in the checking account if we'd checked over the weekend. What's even funnier is that we actually have plans for part of it (new microwave) so we were kinda waiting for it.

4. We had fun at the girls practice. Sis didn't have to work so she got to come, fun to watch our girls, but it was even more fun to watch the t-ball team practicing on the field next to them. They are so dang cute! One little boy was dancing his little heart out while playing 1st base. I'm so happy my middle niece is playing this year, lol, those games are so much fun to watch.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 1:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. A few weeks ago, I posted about a new shampoo I'd used that I thought was too harsh for my sensitive skin. Caused a nasty little rash around the back of my neck at the hair line.

2. Uh huh, it's not the shampoo and I have no idea what on earth it is, but something is doing a number on me.

3. I have rashy little dry patches on both elbows and the back of my neck. Thought for a while it might be laundry soap, no where else is breaking out but I'd recently starting wearing more sweatshirts (it's cold!) and these are parts that my t-shirts don't touch. Sometimes it's almost gone and then all of a sudden it's back with a vengence (like now.) Except now it's spreading, have a little on my chest and my ankles. Argh.

4. Right now I'm using benadryl cream and I picked up some aveeno advanced care shower gel and lotion, hoping those help cuz if not and I can't pinpoint what the heck is causing this I'm going to have to go to the dr. I know too once I figure out what the heck it is I'm going to smack myself upside the head since I should have figured it out sooner.

5. Went to Kota's practice tonight, it was so so so cold. We've been lucky so far, they've only had a couple practices that have been that cold. Thought today, Darren's here, my bils here, what the heck am I doing here???? They're perfectly capable of getting the girls to and from practice and they're both helping, I'm just standing there watching them!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, March 06, 2010 - 2:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Kids have three minimum days next week for parent teacher conferences.

2. Utter stupidity on the admins side (not the teachers!) they've decided to cut the hours for parent teacher conferences. Normally, they have four hours of conferences on two days, then all day on the third. And it's crowded and difficult to get to all the teachers, especially if you have two kids at the school.

3. This time, they're doing exactly 4 and a half hours of parent teacher conferences! 1 hour before school on Tuesday and then 3 and a half hours in the afternoon. 4 and a half hours, 1,500 students. And no evening hours so I can't even have Darren go to split up teachers. I know not all parents go, but geez, that's a bit insane. And they're still having three minimum days!

4. I'm going to have to decide which kidlet issues are more pressing...Caleb's math and science teachers, Dakota's language arts teacher and ack, it's so hard to pick! Even if the kids are doing great in a class, there are still issues to discuss.

5. Registrations are due on the truck and Darren's honda (trucks in April, Honda in May.) We'd decided to do them now since he had a ton of overtime on his check. Paid online...totally awesome dmv experience, lol, took me about 3 minutes to do both of them.

6. The girls softball team is coming along nicely. They're coming together as a team, the inexperienced younger girls have made huge improvements and the older, more experienced girls have learned quite a bit too. They looked so good tonight. Good thing, they've only got another week until they start playing games.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 3:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. An evening in the Wargod house:

2. Dakota goes to the kitchen to put a pizza in the oven (she's cooking tonight.) Harvey's laying in front of the kitchen doorway so she steps over him...and of course trips and falls. Hits her left thigh on the fridge and her right hand on the cabinet. Nasty bruises on both. And the dog looks mighty offended that she tripped over him.

3. Sis and bil drop off the girls. Sis is outside getting stuff out of the car while bil brings them in. Oldest niece says, "Daddy, I think I have a cut in my throat." Bil looks at her throat and says....does it hurt? Yep, all day. Then he asks why she didn't say nothing earlier.

4. Me and Darren look. Us adults look at each other and someone said "crap." 2 year old niece immediately repeats, "crap!" I tell Kota to poke her head out the door and call sis in, she comes in and looks at oldest nieces throat. Says "crap," baby says "crap!"

5. Oldest niece is complaining about her throat hurting, but isn't acting sick yet. My guess, it won't be much longer, her throat definitely has the strep throat look, the little nasty sores in the back of her throat. Told sis they might as well leave her here and go have their fun night...if it is strep, she's already passed it to the rest of us. That's the downside of the girls playing softball together, they spend all kinds of time together.

6. The girls played and had fun. Oldest niece noticibly less energetic as the night went on. Baby niece told me, "I no good," (translation: I don't feel good") and curled up in my lap and went to sleep. Middle niece tells me she wants her mommy and daddy, coughs and says she doesn't feel good. Caleb went to bed at 9 saying he was just tired and not feeling great. Bil picked the girls up at 10 and as soon as I shut the door, Dakota's heading off to bed talking about her scratchy throat.

7. I can't even say "crap" cuz baby niece would hear me from her house, wake up, and repeat it! I'm really hoping it's nothing more than the other kids her niece say her throat hurt and thought they weren't feeling good too...kinda like when you hear the word lice and you're head starts to itch. With as much time as the kids spend together though, I'm not really counting on that.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 12:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Oldest niece didn't have strep throat (I knew that by Monday night since I hadn't come down with it!) But, double ear infection and a throat infection. Not contagious but she's been out of school and softball practice for the past three days. They're hoping she can go to practice and school tomorrow.

2. Caleb is still complaining he doesn't feel well, but he hasn't been sick, feverish, or anything like that. I think he's just going through what the rest of us are with allergies.

3. Nobody better get sick right now. The girls have opening ceremonies Saturday, the older girls have their first game, and then middle niece has her first game after that. We'll be at the park all day.

4. My youngest niece and nephew came over for a while today. Youngest niece found a new friend in PJ. She kissed her, she hugged her, she held her, she gave her toys. PJ loved the attention, lol.

5. Kids have had three minimum days this week. Next week is a regular school week and then they go on spring break for two weeks. Ack! Didn't we just finish winter break????

6. Darren figured out tonight he's 3 credits short of where he thought he was, so instead of graduating in November, he'll graduate in January.

7. It is supposed to warm up this weekend and I'm looking forward to that. It has been nasty around here lately.

8. Caleb and his buddies have been working so hard for the talent contest at school. They've narrowed it down to two songs but haven't picked the one they'll be doing.

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1. I figured I should come in here and keep Wargod commpany.

2. Hope everyone is feeling better! How is your rash?

3. Congrats on Darren's bonus.

4. It is standardized testing week here at my school and I am so restless.

5. Next week is our (belated) "Read Across America" celebration. I hope we get good turnout. We are going to read and have crafts and cake and face-painting and lots of fun things.

6. And then it will only be 1 1/2 weeks to spring break.

7. My 7-year old niece's little boyfriend proposed to her on the school bus last week. She says she is moving in with him. Ah, young love.

8. I'm itching to color my hair again. Maybe I'll go platinum blonde this time. Maybe I will start dressing like Lady GaGa, too. I need a change.

9. Or maybe it is just time for a new body modification.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Woo hoo, company! Hi Hermi!

2. Think the rash is food based. Ate some peanut butter, itched like mad. Still leary of fish too. Right now I haven't had either since the day of the pb and the rash is much better, though now I'm dealing with dry, itchy skin in those places it broke out in. Totally annoying. I've got a drs appt in a couple weeks and I plan on bringing it up then.

3. We start spring break next week (til April 6th.) And then standardized testing the last week of April and first week of May.

4. Caleb's been out of school all week with strep and a sinus infection. Dr said he could go back to school today if he felt better, but he didn't so he's still home. I'm hoping he can go tomorrow since it's the last day for a couple weeks.

5. 7 years old and already a proposal huh? They grow up so fast these days, lol.

6. The girls (Kota and oldest niece) have a game Saturday. Middle niece also has a game at practically the same time. Sis is working and can't go to either and Darren's working so bil is taking his spot in the dugout with Kota and oldest nieces team. Told sis no worries, Caleb can go sit with middle niece and since the games are on adjacent fields, I'll just run back and forth and cheer on all three girls. Luckily the older girls only have a few Saturday games so this won't be a big problem most the time. And at least the games are at the same park.

7. I think you should go for the Lady GaGa look. Just think, you'd be a huge hit at school!

8. I need to get off my butt and do something. I've been sitting here like a slug for too long.

9. One of Darren's nieces is in the middle of labor right now. I was glad to get the call myself since whenever Darren gets them and I ask what niece had, he says, "A baby." Other niece is due in just a couple weeks.

10. It has been so nice here the last couple days. Nice enough to have windows and doors open and wear shorts. Considering how nasty it was Saturday, I wasn't expecting it to get this warm this week.

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
1. It is nice in Boston today as well War. I would not wear shorts but I am sure it is warm enough for some people to wear them. I opened my windows in my apartment this morning to get some fresh air in and to change the stale air aroung.

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
1. Woohoo, I finally learned how to make a picture smaller, (thanks to TVCH and its wonderful members) and posted it to my profile.

2. It was a beautiful day here. Lovely, sunny and warm...I may have spring fever and get a little krazy!!

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Friday, March 19, 2010 - 11:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1. Gratz on the picture! :-) Nice!

2. I'm working on the neatest project with an English teacher on Julius Caesar and we are drawing parallels between the play and other notable men of power - Hitler, Lincoln, MLK - and the people who brought them down. Please note that he is in no way comparing Hitler to Lincoln and MLK except as men of power! He/we are looking at what they were hoping to or did accomplish, and who their opponents were and why.

3. I've studied all of these men before, of course, but have found Martin Luther King, Jr. to be especially riveting. Hoover of the FBI had such a hate-on for King that he actually had the FBI send proof of King's extra-marital affairs to King and a letter suggesting that King commit suicide! Craziness.

3.1. I really like learning new things. It's also made me ponder what would have happened with African American rights if Lincoln and King had not been assassinated, because that is something the teacher wants his students to think about.