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Twinkie

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 09:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I just got off the phone with my daughter and I have to be the proudest mother in the world. My baby is so kind and sweet and caring. I so want her to join TVCH so you all can get to know her. What a wonderful person she has grown up to be.

Right now I also called my mother before I called my daughter. So sad. She is not the mother I grew up with. I hate Alzheimer's.

Reader234

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 09:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I want to stop and give Twinkie a {{HUG}} and encourage her.

Right now, I want to know how to "smack" some sense into ds#2!! Report card comes out, he has 4A's, 1B and a D - IN ENGLISH!! I say to DS, splain please... "mom, its just stupid, what's the point? I dont see the point in writing so I'm not doing it!" Yes, I did really, really want to smack him upside the head. Cooler head prevailed, I sent him to bed, then emailed the teacher with ds frustrating attitude. My mom offered to pay him $50 to up that D to a B. He SHRUGGED it off. DH threatened to take away privelges... he shrugged that off too. Smacking wont solve anything will it????

patience, breath, in, out...

Gidget

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 11:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Is it possible he is experiencing some difficulty with the subject and is hiding it behind attitude. Or perhaps his writing was criticized and he is not interested in more criticism. I think you have more of a mystery on your hands than a discipline problem, Reader234

Texannie

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 12:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Reader, I am with Gidget. My ds is in 8th grade and in the GT program. He is incredibly bright but VERY literal. They are having to do a ton of interpretative work. He loves to read, but he just doesn't 'get' symbolism because he is so literal. This is really killing his interest in reading.

Reader234

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 01:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fortunately I have had some good insight into ds, his 6th grade teacher taught the gifted program, so I brought his sorry butt over to school (it helps he loves me!) to have her explain it to him, because unfortunately its just plain and simple its not worth his time, he hates writing he doesnt see the point, so he wont put up the effort!! This teacher is so good, it got me back to work at the school. She knows him, and she gets to the heart of it, and she agreed with him, there really isnt a point for a kid like Ryan to write.. (I'm thinking, I took him to her - uh oh!!) but she did go on to praise, praise,praise him, then tell him her story of her own son, and so hopefully hearing the same words from someone he truly admires will help, plus I emailed the teacher (who ds calls "cool") we will investigate, and hopefully there isnt a mystery to solve, just a stubborn kid who is 'gifted', not an overachiever... (thanks texannie, my other ds is also extremely literal, it is hard for them!! I've seen his writing, its not bad, so that adds to our frustration!!) He does like to include humor in his writings tho, which can also be bizarre... a lil like the Far Side comic humor.

Heyltslori

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 02:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I'm wondering if Ms. Spygirl has decided what to wear on her big date tonight???

Remember...you must NEVER compare your date to Mr. Wonderful..lol

Texannie

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 03:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now, I understand Reader's son's comic humor..live with a boy just like that! LOL

Reader234

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 06:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now, (besides the fact dd is yelling at me for posting,and not sitting with her while she brushes her teeth)

right now, I'm getting all teary eyed because our pbs station is showing "Meet me in St. Louis" one of my all time favorite movies..

I"M COMING DD>>>>> sheesh!!

Ginger1218

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 06:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I am disgusted because I am in work, 10:00 pm Saturday night and I am working overtime. Sheesh, I hate this.

Tabbyking

Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 07:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
reader, i just watched 'to kill a mockingbird' with my dd. i loved that movie when i was 10 and first saw it at the theater and i love it still. i didn't realize 'boo' was played by a very, very young robert duvall!!

Gidget

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 10:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I am frustrated beyond belief. I wanted to play in the pictures thread so I went on a hunt for a scanner. (refer to flylady thread if that sounds odd). Well I found two! One is already connected to an old computer. But I can't work the dang thing. I am able to scan a picture but I can't seem to save it anywhere to do anything with it. Arggggghhh. I hate the fact that I am so technologically challenged.

Gidget

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tried another tactic. Just sitting here listening to the scanner chug. How long do these things take anyway. The computer is several years old and I know it is slow but sheesh... I'm waiting for something to happen and it may not even be working.

Ooo it scanned into the album. This is progress at least. LOL

Sage

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 11:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now, I'm happy to be home again. (My mom's house, where I've lived the past 6 years, except for the last 4 months I lived with Brian.) I'm getting a headache that is getting progressively worse with each minute that goes by. I hope I'm not getting sick. Wouldn't surprise with all the stress I've been under, plus being so cold all the time.

Reader234

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 12:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right Now I'll give Gidget a ^5!! Great pics, and yeah for you!! :)

Tabby, we had 3 Tv's going last night, me St. Louis, DS Space Jam, and DH watched to Kill, lol, *I read the tv guide and knew it would replay after Meet Me in St Louis!! Not that I'm addicted to tv or anything...

Right now, I'm afraid to check adven's thread, I think I was evicted!! :) I need to throw a good temper tantrum!!

Tabbyking

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 12:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
right now, i am praying my son can pull up his calculus grade. he thought he was finally catching on, but his mid-term says 'no way!' he had been trying to go to math study sessions and would find empty and locked rooms when he got to them. he went to his professor and there were 21 kids from his class there, too, wanting help, so there was really no one-on-one help. the prof kind of 'triaged' and then did a problem or two that most of the students seemed to have trouble with. these did not cover what my son didn't get, however. friday night i found him a tutor. he starts tomorrow after my son gets his calc test paper back so they can see specifics. my son made me call the tutor because he wasn't sure he heard right on the hourly fee. he heard it right, all right. the tutor charges 50 DOLLARS AN HOUR. my husband, who was in the air force for 22 years and with lockheed for the last 19 years, does not make that much and we have to claim his income! i hope this guy can perform miracles. it would be worth it if he could put in a couple of hours and have my son 'get it'. hopefully, one-on-one for an hour is better than 40 kids and one professor for 50-minute classes. keep your eyes crossed, please!!

Not1worry

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 01:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I have really great news.

Hubby called from Iraq on Thursday to tell me he gotten our next duty assignment orders. I have had a feeling that we would be going somewhere cold and desolate and far away from all our family. But as long as we are together, I figure I can survive it.

So imagine my shock to hear that in April we will report to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida!

The best part of this assignment is that he will be an instructor at the Ranger school (we are Army) and he will be in a non-deployable status. No more trips to Iraq or Afghanistan. The next-best part is that hubby really, really wanted to go someplace where we could use the boat he got when he returned from Afghanistan. This is on the Gulf coast in the panhandle, so boating will definitely be happening.

I was stationed there for a few months in 1991, so I only know bits and pieces about it. This is a great motivation for him to get through these next months in Iraq. We had not even requested any reassignments, and certainly not to somewhere as wonderful as FL.

Sage

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 01:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now, I'm happy for Not1Worry's really great news!!!

Egbok

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 01:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I'm telling Not1worry that is really great news...congratulations!

Ddr1135

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 01:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Congrats Not1worry!!!!

That's close to where we beach vacation, I'll have to look you up when we go once you're there.

Gidget

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 02:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great news Not1worry

Tabbyking

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
cool! my husband was stationed there years ago with the air force...it was before we met, though. i have never been to florida. i think it's wonderful for you!!

Not1worry

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 05:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, everyone!

Gidget

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 06:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now I am delighted with my new picture editing skill.

Sia

Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 09:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, what a cool profile pic!!! Beautiful!!

Right now I'm sending positive calculus-vibes to Tabbyking's son (and his tutor, hoping they communicate well) and am very happy for Not1!! Wonderful news, woman.

Right now I can't sleep, since I went to bed with the kids at 7:30 p.m. and have slept as long as I can. I slept 4 1/2 hours and haven't done that for a long time!

Gidget

Monday, November 03, 2003 - 06:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Sia. Now if I could just figure out how to make it smaller. I have no problem reducing the file size. Guess that can be a project for next weekend.