Chatting with Gundi

[Christine]

I would start getting written statements from the other parents as well clearly I multiple people are having the same problem it isn't a case of ur dd lying etc. As the dad said. Any hope of help from the district? I am thinking the principal needs to be pressured more, something must be done. And I am a big one for letting kids work it out etc but this sounds like it is way beyond that.

I have a complete journal of it all. I have printed the threats as well. Nobody cares.

My daughter is a very calm girl.. but for the past 7 hours, she's been raging. She hasn't even gone to bed yet. School starts in an hour and a half. I can't calm her down. She insistent on going to school and facing the girl and "her friends" (but she's also scared). She is crying and saying that noone is protecting her, that they are going to wait until the girl hurts my daughter and then they'll take notice. No child should ever have to feel this way.

[>>aruaL<<]

The coach is a pushover.... and I told him that to his face last night. He even tried to just walk away and ignore it all. I forced him to come back and discuss it. He admitted to the girls parents that he has indeed had other parents come to him about the girl. He admitted that he has had a talk with the girl. The girls parents just kept saying "this is all a bunch of lies'.

Ugh!!!

I tried to let my dd handle it all on her own.. but when the adults aren't doing anything to help, I guess my heart just felt it needed to step in and protect my daughter, and the others.

[Christine]

So what, the coach, the principal, all of the other girls on the team, other coaches are ALL LYING? for what purpose? That doesn't even make sense. Some parents just don't get it do they? Well I hope it all goes well today I have to work so I will check in later for an update.

[Christine]

Oh and would it work for the other girls to just ignore and walk away from the trouble maker? I am assuming it is all just verbal bullying if the sheriff hasn't taken action yet. Not that verbal abuse is ok but maybe the other kids in the school standing up and saying NO THIS IS NOT OK. Ya know peer pressure etc.

[Shana34]

Oh Laura, :hug::hug::hug::hug: I can totally understand how you snapped. Some kids are just cruel, and when nothing's being done about it it's totally frustrating. Could you maybe pressure the principal about talking to a lawyer? If these threats are online and you've printed them out, there may be some legal ramifications...especially if the school has done nothing to stop this. In this day and age, schools should take this VERY seriously. I am so sorry that you're hitting a brick wall. Have you spoken to the superintendent? If you're not getting any results from the principal, you need to go even higher. I can't believe that they're being so nonchalant about this. It's a serious situation especially when it gets to the point that kids are so worked up about it. I went through a lot of that in school, and I know how frustrating it is to have parents and coaches, etc. that just watch it happen and don't do a thing about it. All because people are scared of people like this girl and her parents.

[debilou]

I absolutely need a shoulder to lean on today... and if you don't mind, I'm going to use yours..

Have any of you had to deal with your teenager being bullied by another teenager at school.....either in the classroom or on a sports team, or both? Have you ever had to listen to the bullying going on, every single day? It's not just my daughter being bullied by this one girl, but it's several girls feeling bullied by the same girl. These girls have come to me about it. A couple of their parents have come to me about it. A couple of the parents have gone to the coach about it. A couple of the players have gone to a few of the teachers about it. A couple of the players, in addition to ANOTHER sports coach, has gone to the principal about it. ...... and quite literally nothing... NOTHING has been done to stop it. NOTHING.

Well..... last night, I snapped. I'm absolutely and totally ashamed of myself. Im embarrassed for my actions but I snapped. I found myself having witnessed the bully going off on my daughter and on another player, immediately following a game last night. I don't know what happen to me.... I became a totally different person than who I normally am. I'm normally very happy and very logical, and I always handle things the right way... the appropriate way. But not last night. Last night, I snapped. I do mean it when I say I snapped. I guess my head and my heart couldn't take it anymore. My "mother reaction" kicked in... and it was ugly. I wasn't vulgar in any way. But I admit, I was loud. I was the maddest I have ever been in my entire life.. and I absolutely mean that with all honesty. I was furious. I was just vocal, but then the girls dad, a big guy, came at me... and it was at that point that I was ready to go to blows with him. I'm not even like that!! But he's a big guy and he was charging at me, puffing his chest, telling me that all the girls are liars.

Now the girl is making veiled threats online. It's going to be ugly at school. That I know. My daughter is scared. My daughter is not mad at me, she says she was at a breaking point. She was giving it back to the girl when the girl would start on her, and I warned the principal that this was going on, and that I gave my daughter permission to give it right back, to not stand there and take it. But noone did anything to stop this situation from happening in the first place. The principal even admitted to me that she knows the girl is a brat (although she used other words). She said it's definantly not directed only at my daughter (which I already knew).

I can't fix my actions from last night, but I also know that had I just calmly gone to coach again... nothing would be done about it... again. Maybe now that they can see the situation is serious, maybe now they'll take notice and do something?

Anyways... thanks for listening.

Laura, you have NOTHING TO BE EMBARRASSED about, you were being a MOM...

and, that's what mom's do.. they protect their kids

and, they do snap... when something goes on and on.

now, just calm down, regroup... and, think it over clearly... ok:love3::love3::love3:

[debilou]

Oh, and, Laura... I think you should ask your son for advice on handling this situation..

he seems to have his head on straight... and, he knows exactly what to say when this stuff happens... ask him to repeat the "STORY OF THE HAT" to you again.. and to apply it to this situation ok...

[>>aruaL<<]

Oh and would it work for the other girls to just ignore and walk away from the trouble maker? I am assuming it is all just verbal bullying if the sheriff hasn't taken action yet. Not that verbal abuse is ok but maybe the other kids in the school standing up and saying NO THIS IS NOT OK. Ya know peer pressure etc.


That is what they first tried Christine, because I told them to do that. I felt it was the best thing. But it didn't stop. It got worse.

I'm so angry, I'm shaking. I'm crying. Im a mess today.

[stitchmich]

That is what they first tried Christine, because I told them to do that. I felt it was the best thing. But it didn't stop. It got worse.

I'm so angry, I'm shaking. I'm crying. Im a mess today.

:hug::hug::hug::pray::pray::pray::hug::hug::hug:
hugs and prayers for you and your dd

[GrandmaCrys]

Yo! Crys!!!!!

You need to go here and read this! :lol:
http://www.penscrappers.com/2009/10/22/using-a-tablet-getting-started/

I went there and I *bookmarked* it! That's a beginning, right? ;)

I'm LMAO! If you teach him to make bread my way then we will really know the aliens got him! (I use the old fashioned, takes two days to grow starter, make dough, knead dough, bake bread method!) And I can't say that about my DH as he does about 60% of the cooking. I am doing more and more these days.



I've used this method a time or two (she says as she smiles behind her hand!) It's easier with the pen to control all that clipping, blending, cloning!

Yeah, right! :D

[>>aruaL<<]

thank you ladies for listening...

debi, oh it's so bad that even the younger kiddo has no good ideas... all his ideas are violent at this point... LOL ;-) He's so tired of listening to the bullying. He just keeps asking all the time "why won't this stop?". We thought it stopped at one point... Kaylin started standing up to her and it stopped.. or rather, it dropped off drastically.... and then this girl got a stick up her butt and decided to come back recently full force at it.

I just found out a few ago why it is they are being so nonchalant! Her daddy is the asst coach for our football team apparently, and her mom helps at the school A LOT. Ahhh the picture is getting more and more clear.

My daughter went to school.. she didn't drive though. She had a friend come pick her up. She is really scared about having her car there now. I sent her a text and asked if all was okay... she's not suppose to text but she knows I'm really worried, and she texted back "so far its okay but I have her and all of her friends in my next class" ... which is right now, so right now my daughter is in class with the bully. Ugh. I hope I hear from her afterwards and that she says its all calm.

Im hoping that my outburst last night will make this school take this seriously. Maybe now they will see that it's really at a dangerous point. If that had been a teenager who outbursted like I did, it may have been deadly.. and I mean that with all seriousness. You know, not all that long ago, down the road alittle ways, we had a teenager football player who was bullied (he was 'delayed' apparently) and one day after school he came home, got his dads gun, went back to the school and shot himself in the bathroom. He's dead now. All from bullying. He couldn't take it anymore. Did they just expect me to continue sweeping this under the rug up until the point the media is at MY doorstep asking why MY daughter killed herself? And then what... nothing then would be accomplished either... I'd have a dead daughter and the bully would still not be repremanded! So like, when does this stop??? They had lots of opportunity to end this. They should have talked to her... and then when it happend again, they should have talked to her parents and suspended her from the team.. and then when it happend again they should have kicked her off and suspended her from school. Bullying should NOT be tolerated!

[GrandmaCrys]

Laura, since this has been building for a long time, just allow yourself to be angry, shake, and cry. Let those feelings out so they don't eat up your insides. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[>>aruaL<<]

Thank you Crys.

[>>aruaL<<]

Well.... so here is the update.... maybe some good is coming from my outburst.

The principal knows me very well, and we like eachother. She's been there every step of the way for my daughter and knows my daughter is a really good kid. She handled this situation, prior to today very terribly, but she knows how I NORMALLY conduct myself... and she also knows I'm not an overly sensitive person... so when she got the call late last night about the situation, she knew immediatly something must be done because "laura doesn't just freak out like that, she's not a sensitive mother trying to protect her princess at every turn... ". So, as soon as she was able to today (we have a weird schedule at school today) she got all the girls together and had them hash it out, while she supervised. She said all but 2 of the girls sat silent... but she said she knew by their faces and their silence how they all felt. They were just too scared of the bully to say it to her face. She told me that staff members that know the family well, and like them, told the girl (and I think she said they told her parents too) to her face that she's out of control, her attitude must stop before someone loses control and kills her, literally. They told her that they have witnessed this going on, so this isnt about "Kay's mom being a meanie to you". The girl told my daughter that she wanted to murder her last night, and my daughter laughed in her face and told her "now you know how it feels... I go home everyday wanting to come back to school to murder you... I just don't want to live my life in prison, so I constrain myself, but it's not always easy. I have wished death on you many many days". The girl looked at my daughter and gasped in shock... like what the heck, how dare you say that to MEEE! My daughter said "look... if you can dish it, you best be prepared to receive it because I am prepared to dish it back to you at every corner you turn when your being a jerk to me. I am not scared of you or your friends (she fibbed a little) and you will not scare me out of school and you will not succeed in making my life miserable. I will never like you. Lets get that straight right now. But Im willing to be cordial to you if your willing to do the same. You have no reason to dislike me, you don't even personally KNOW me, we don't share the same circle of friends". The girl went silent.... the principal said she thinks the girl was horrified that the girl known in school as being a pushover, easypeasy nice as pie, stood up to her.. and told her to her face that she isn't backing down to her. Well that, and the nice as pie girl now has a crazy mother that they are scared of! LOL!!

The girl never apologized, but the very heated discussion turned calm and they started to talk calmly to eachother and hash it out. They left calmly and my daughter sent me a text saying "things seem fine, Im driving my car tomorrow, I'm not going to let her dictate my life". I think what helped my kid was when the principal and the other staff told her that they are not upset with her mother at all, that they totally get why I did what I did and that they are sorry for not handling this sooner and for making her feel like she was alone in this fight.... like no adults were protecting her. She said in a text "mom, a lot of the teachers said they would have done the same thing and that they are happy you snapped because maybe now someone will take bullying serious when it comes up".

They asked me what will satisfy me as far as discipline.... I think they are scared Im going to get an attorney. I told them I don't want the girl expelled or even suspended. I just simply want the bullying to STOP STOP STOP.. .it's all I want.. Im not asking for much! I told them that at this point Im not sure who I am more angry at..... the school for not protecting my daughter, the bully for doing this to my daughter, the parents for modeling this behavior to their daughter (she obviously gets it from her father.. he was outrageous!) or myself for not getting an attorney on this matter long ago.

And.. to make it clear, my actions last night were absolutely NOT ever directed at the girl herself. It was directed at all of the adults.... the staff, her parents, etc... I didn't say much to the girl herself. I don't want ppl thinking I went off on a kid, I didn't. I went off on the coach first for not handling this when it was happening right at that moment in front of his face, and then on her parents for thinking it was all so funny.

I asked the principal if she wanted me to apologize to anyone for my outburst...and she said "absolutely not, you had every reason to do what you did Laura. Someone has to protect your daughter and if noone else is going to then of course YOU as her mother is definantly going to. I can't expect a parent who feels totally at a loss in situation to be calm forever. I don't need an apology from you and neither does anyone else. We owe you one".

I still feel ashamed I handled it the way I did, but maybe some good will come from this. She said the girl admitted, in a one-one meeting (her and the principal) that she has done some things to my daughter.....she said she's slowly but surely starting to crack and own up to some things, so maybe this will be really good in the long run.

So... thank you to those of you who listened and lended a shoulder. I never needed one as much as I did today. It helped a lot to be able to write it out to someone.

[ReneT]

Hello Gundi Girls!!! Just wanted to stop in real quick and say HI!!! I've been in bed since Monday with a migraine that is just now starting to get a bit better. I will try to catch up here maybe tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers that I will feel back to normal by then.

Hope everyone is doing OK.:hug:

[idtwinmom]

I absolutely need a shoulder to lean on today... and if you don't mind, I'm going to use yours..

Have any of you had to deal with your teenager being bullied by another teenager at school.....either in the classroom or on a sports team, or both? Have you ever had to listen to the bullying going on, every single day? It's not just my daughter being bullied by this one girl, but it's several girls feeling bullied by the same girl. These girls have come to me about it. A couple of their parents have come to me about it. A couple of the parents have gone to the coach about it. A couple of the players have gone to a few of the teachers about it. A couple of the players, in addition to ANOTHER sports coach, has gone to the principal about it. ...... and quite literally nothing... NOTHING has been done to stop it. NOTHING.

Well..... last night, I snapped. I'm absolutely and totally ashamed of myself. Im embarrassed for my actions but I snapped. I found myself having witnessed the bully going off on my daughter and on another player, immediately following a game last night. I don't know what happen to me.... I became a totally different person than who I normally am. I'm normally very happy and very logical, and I always handle things the right way... the appropriate way. But not last night. Last night, I snapped. I do mean it when I say I snapped. I guess my head and my heart couldn't take it anymore. My "mother reaction" kicked in... and it was ugly. I wasn't vulgar in any way. But I admit, I was loud. I was the maddest I have ever been in my entire life.. and I absolutely mean that with all honesty. I was furious. I was just vocal, but then the girls dad, a big guy, came at me... and it was at that point that I was ready to go to blows with him. I'm not even like that!! But he's a big guy and he was charging at me, puffing his chest, telling me that all the girls are liars.

Now the girl is making veiled threats online. It's going to be ugly at school. That I know. My daughter is scared. My daughter is not mad at me, she says she was at a breaking point. She was giving it back to the girl when the girl would start on her, and I warned the principal that this was going on, and that I gave my daughter permission to give it right back, to not stand there and take it. But noone did anything to stop this situation from happening in the first place. The principal even admitted to me that she knows the girl is a brat (although she used other words). She said it's definantly not directed only at my daughter (which I already knew).

I can't fix my actions from last night, but I also know that had I just calmly gone to coach again... nothing would be done about it... again. Maybe now that they can see the situation is serious, maybe now they'll take notice and do something?

Anyways... thanks for listening.

I don't know what to do at this point. We don't really have a guidance counselor, the sheriff said there is nothing he can do, not until "something criminal has been done", the principal hasn't done anything, the coach hasn't done anything. I'm sitting here sobbing, I don't even know how to help my daughter at this point.

I have a complete understanding now of how people "crack" and end up doing bad things... they wonder why kids crack and come to school and shoot others, shooting the bully and the staff and those around that did nothing to help... I understand it now. It's incredibly painful.

OK, there are two pages of posts yet to read, and maybe someone has already mentioned this. And hopefully Carolyn will be around to put her 3 cents worth in because she always has really good advice! But here's my thoughts, hope they help!

First - do not worry, apologize, or incriminate yourself for what you did.

Second - It's obvious that the father is just as guilty as the daughter here. My actions would be: get all the parents together who you know have a child who has had a problem with this girl. As a group, make an appointment with the Coach and the Principal (both together, not either or!). Make it plain you want the issue dealt with and NOW! I even think I would want the Father and the girl present, but it may be best to lay the plan with the principal/coach first. But deal with this as a group, not as an individual. The father (and mother?) needs to be held as accountable as the girl. Be prepared with constructive ideas on how this should be handled by you, your child, and the school.

In the meantime: tell your daughter if the girl even comes near her to just turn and walk away! The more she sees the other kids cringing or giving in to her the worse it will get. Behaviour modification is in order, and now!

[idtwinmom]

I went there and I *bookmarked* it! That's a beginning, right? ;)


Yeah, right! :D

I suppose it's a start! Have you plugged it in yet? That is the next step you know!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:
It really is easier! Even my very first extraction with it went really fast and looked really good! No joke!

[idtwinmom]

Hello Gundi Girls!!! Just wanted to stop in real quick and say HI!!! I've been in bed since Monday with a migraine that is just now starting to get a bit better. I will try to catch up here maybe tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers that I will feel back to normal by then.

Hope everyone is doing OK.:hug:

:hug: Feel better soon! :hug:

[Shana34]

Laura I am SO glad that the school is finally FINALLY doing something. It doesn't make the fact that they waited so long right, but hopefully it will put an end to it. I hope they uphold their end of this and make sure there is never any possibility of this girl's bullying going that far. I respect your daughter so much after reading how honest she was. THAT in itself must have really opened the principal's eyes as to how serious a matter this is. :hug::hug: I hope you never have to go through this again. No one should have to go through something like this, but unfortunately some parents don't know how to teach their kids to treat others how they would like to be treated.

[Shana34]

Hello Gundi Girls!!! Just wanted to stop in real quick and say HI!!! I've been in bed since Monday with a migraine that is just now starting to get a bit better. I will try to catch up here maybe tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers that I will feel back to normal by then.

Hope everyone is doing OK.:hug:


:hug::hug: Ray-dizzle need no mo' mi-dizzle!

[carolyn d]

Laura- Bullying is serious business ! The school as a whole ( administation, teachers, coaching staff etc) was an abysmal failure in their lack of response to what they have admitted was a known problem ! They not only "owe you one" but they should be apologizing to YOU .. Many states have a zero tolerance policy in effect for this particular problem. And the school SHOULD be fearful you would contact a lawyer and authorities regarding the inherent physical saftey of your daughter. Not saying that you ever WOULD, but it doesn't hurt to make it implied you WILL NOT TOLERATE an administration that CONDONES bullying due to lack of response. EVERY child has the right to an education within a safe environment. your outburst was appropriate and long coming from what I've read.. and it's a shame you all had to go through that before positive action(s) of some sort were taken . The girl in question has obviously learned her behavior from her parent(s)... and it would not be outside the realm of reasonable to ask she receive some form of counseling as well as being uable to participate in that sport until said counseling is complete. Basically, she gets off with no accountability for her actions !

Your advice to your daughter, however, and her verbal comments are wonderful. She SHOULD stick up for herself. Bullys are basically cowards and once they are faced down either singly or by a group, their power to cower others is negated.

we have gone through a couple of incidents over the years involving bullies. All incidents were with my youngest son. i told him to tell the teacher, principal etc. But the boy continued to harrass Buddy off school property so there was little the school staff could do. he asked me if he could just deck the kid and I told him NO.... always try to talk first and NEVER throw the first punch. But if someone took a swing at him, then he had my permission to fight but if he did, he had better not "lose". ( boys are different than girls and it always gets physical) Well after 6 months of being teased, one day Buddy turned around and faced the kid down... Kid took a swing....Bud jumped him and hung him on a fence and then threw the second kid OVER the same fence. Picked up his books and walked home. My neighbor saw this happen and roared because the kid was litereally hanging on the wire fence and couldn't get down. He yelled to her to help him and she refused having known what Buddy was going through. Later that night , at football practice, I told the coach what had happened and that there was bad blood between Buddy and Nick.. and to keep them apart. Coach said he would "handle it"...and he handled it by putting them directly opposite each other on the offensive/defensive lines...Needless to say, Buddy had a field day ramming over the kid.. and then the coach told them if he EVER heard of any more bullying going on between ANYONE on his team the repercussions would be severe... AND HE TOLD EACH PARENT BULLYING WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES/TIME/CONDITION. should he hear of any bullying, the bully would be riding the pine for 3 games and a public apology was to be made in front of the entire team.

[carolyn d]

Holy cow, I wish I could keep up with you on all this camera talk! I have been meaning to ask a ? about the lense I bought. I try to use manual most of the time, but I get a lot of out of focus faces. Would this be because I am using a say f/2.8 and the lense is focusing on something else? Like I took a pic of my son and the leaves look great but his face is out of focus. How would I ensure I am getting good focused photos when they are throwing leaves in the air? I have been going back to auto just to make sure I have the pics come out good and it's annoying me. How do I know when to use shutter priority,capture/freeze action or imply motiion ap priority when you want total control of the background "softness" on a more stationary subject or in manual? when you want total control of all aspects of the image.. say with diffucult lighting...ususally with a stationary subject and when you have time to fiddle. . Did all that make sense? I am going to find a photo and put it up here so you can see and I'll give the specs!Using a very wide open aperture gives you a VERY shallow DOF both in front of and behind the object in focus... meaning WHATEVER your focus spot is on will be very clear and anything even a bit behind/in front of the object focused on will be "blurry" . Here is an example..... aperture was 3.5 and notice the sharpness of the crab and hands and yet Tiffany, who is not too far 'behind" the crab is "soft".. This was intentional. I wanted a sharp crab/hands and a softer Tiff. ( why, I don't know, I just thought it would be cool) At 2.8, she would have been even softer focus.! the hands are sharp because they are the SAME DISTANCE TO THE CAMERA SENSOR AS THE CRAB!
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs087.snc1/5068_96906116777_674041777_2091489_5773951_n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2091490&id=674041777)

In this case, your camera focused on the leaves and even though Mr Cutie Pie was not that far "behind" the leaves, the f/2.8 aperture rendered him "soft". Your shutter speed of 1/500 second indicates to me that you had plenty of available light, so you could probably have gone as high as f/6.3 and still have been able to handhold and get a very sharp image with Cutie Patootie in as sharp focus as the leaves.

Your camera should have some focus point indicator which shows up on the screen. and you should be able to move this point by means of a rocker switch or something. The camera will automatically focus on the area of greatest contrast unless you tell it otherwise.

The image with both kids looks more like camera shake to me...NOTHING is totally crisp and clear... your shutter speed is 1/60 second, so it may have been a bit too slow to handhold with that particular lens/ those particular settings. for good hand held images try to keep your shutter speed faster than "the inverse of the longest focal length".... i.e if you are using a 50-135 lens, your shutter speed should be no slower than 1/135 or the closest to that as possible... 1/125 probably... if the lens is a 70-300, your shutter speed should be no less than 1/300 ( 1/250 in reality) ...

[carolyn d]

ok how about try again this time in little words like, put the flash on your camera, push the button that says whatever, set your camera to xyz :DPut your flash on the camera and turn it on. Look at your subject and determine where the shadows are... turn the flash head away from the shadows toward a wall or upwards toward the ceiling that way the flash light will bounce TOWARD the shadowy area with a very soft light.....set your camera to the flash setting you want. Set your flash for TTL or TTLfill flash. ( My personal preference in most cases is for TTL fill flash with the camera set to rear curtain sync. But you need to play around to see what works best for you in the different conditions you find yourself in. ) Adjust your aperture/shutter/iso so that your shutter speed in NO FASTER THAN 1/125 or 1/250 (flash sync speed. Consult your manual) Click the shutter release. Pray for the best. LOL

red eye is caused by the flash going directly INTO the eye...the red is actually the blood vessels in the back of the eye.

You prevent red eye by NEVER shooting the flash directly at the subject,,, you bounce if from the ceiling or wall...

[>>aruaL<<]

Carolyn, thank you for your message. You would think in todays times that administration at ALL campuses would take this stuff serious. I personally think they didn't take it serious because they just figured my kid, and myself, were so passive that nothing would ever come of it. I guess they know little about emotions and how a human being can only take so much before they snap. I never in my life thought I could ever be so angry, let alone snap like that!

I'm hoping that todays message from Kaylin to the girl, will be an end to this situation. The principal said that Kaylin stood nose to nose with the girl and said it extremely stern, leaving little doubt where she stood in this matter and how she would handle it if she's picked on again. If the girl continues, she may end up in Nicks situation, on a wire fence hanging, asking for help down. :-)

[carolyn d]

Many schoold do... at least around here. I can understand administration not getting involved in every "perceived" bullying situation as I think kids can take it to the extreme, but when PARENTS are voicing complaints about the SAME CHILD, then admin should and MUST step in ! If not for the ethically/morally correct reason of protecting the students, but for the LEGAL LIABILTY ! Carolyn, thank you for your message. You would think in todays times that administration at ALL campuses would take this stuff serious. I personally think they didn't take it serious because they just figured my kid, and myself, were so passive that nothing would ever come of it. I guess they know little about emotions and how a human being can only take so much before they snap. I never in my life thought I could ever be so angry, let alone snap like that! MOTHER BEAR INSTINCTS rule us all.. amazing, huh? NO FEAR, NO HESITATION... just jump right in front of that bus as it were.. and you were so right to do so !

I'm hoping that todays message from Kaylin to the girl, will be an end to this situation. The principal said that Kaylin stood nose to nose with the girl and said it extremely stern, leaving little doubt where she stood in this matter and how she would handle it if she's picked on again. If the girl continues, she may end up in Nicks situation, on a wire fence hanging, asking for help down. :-)that happened when Buddy was 9. When he was 6 a kid tried to repeatedly run him over with his bike.. Buddy dogded it a few times, the finally knocked the kid off, threw the bike over the hedges and then held the kid on the ground... The next day, I bring him to school, drop him off and parked the car. When I got onto the playgrond that kids mother had my son by the collar and was yelling at him ! Now, I am normally like you, reasonably passive.. but I saw RED!! I'm not a physically big person but I grabbed her hand and shoved Buddy behind me, got INTO HER FACE and told her in no uncertain terms that if she were to EVER touch or talk to my child again without me present, I would file ASSAULT CHARGES and not think twice about it. If she had an issue with my son, then she could speak to me directly. yada yada yada... It was a hoot for the kids because I was SO UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL the kids were in a circle around us yelling" fight, fight".

I also at one point charged a football coach and it took 2 fathers to hold me back....

[stitchmich]

Laura, I'm glad the school finally stepped up and did something, even if long overdue. I am proud of your daugther and I don't even know her! I know you are proud of her too. She sounds like such a great kid. Kudos to you for finally getting through to the administration to take this seriously. ARe you feeling a bit better now?

[Christine]

Well.... so here is the update.... maybe some good is coming from my outburst.

The principal knows me very well, and we like eachother. She's been there every step of the way for my daughter and knows my daughter is a really good kid. She handled this situation, prior to today very terribly, but she knows how I NORMALLY conduct myself... and she also knows I'm not an overly sensitive person... so when she got the call late last night about the situation, she knew immediatly something must be done because "laura doesn't just freak out like that, she's not a sensitive mother trying to protect her princess at every turn... ". So, as soon as she was able to today (we have a weird schedule at school today) she got all the girls together and had them hash it out, while she supervised. She said all but 2 of the girls sat silent... but she said she knew by their faces and their silence how they all felt. They were just too scared of the bully to say it to her face. She told me that staff members that know the family well, and like them, told the girl (and I think she said they told her parents too) to her face that she's out of control, her attitude must stop before someone loses control and kills her, literally. They told her that they have witnessed this going on, so this isnt about "Kay's mom being a meanie to you". The girl told my daughter that she wanted to murder her last night, and my daughter laughed in her face and told her "now you know how it feels... I go home everyday wanting to come back to school to murder you... I just don't want to live my life in prison, so I constrain myself, but it's not always easy. I have wished death on you many many days". The girl looked at my daughter and gasped in shock... like what the heck, how dare you say that to MEEE! My daughter said "look... if you can dish it, you best be prepared to receive it because I am prepared to dish it back to you at every corner you turn when your being a jerk to me. I am not scared of you or your friends (she fibbed a little) and you will not scare me out of school and you will not succeed in making my life miserable. I will never like you. Lets get that straight right now. But Im willing to be cordial to you if your willing to do the same. You have no reason to dislike me, you don't even personally KNOW me, we don't share the same circle of friends". The girl went silent.... the principal said she thinks the girl was horrified that the girl known in school as being a pushover, easypeasy nice as pie, stood up to her.. and told her to her face that she isn't backing down to her. Well that, and the nice as pie girl now has a crazy mother that they are scared of! LOL!!

The girl never apologized, but the very heated discussion turned calm and they started to talk calmly to eachother and hash it out. They left calmly and my daughter sent me a text saying "things seem fine, Im driving my car tomorrow, I'm not going to let her dictate my life". I think what helped my kid was when the principal and the other staff told her that they are not upset with her mother at all, that they totally get why I did what I did and that they are sorry for not handling this sooner and for making her feel like she was alone in this fight.... like no adults were protecting her. She said in a text "mom, a lot of the teachers said they would have done the same thing and that they are happy you snapped because maybe now someone will take bullying serious when it comes up".

They asked me what will satisfy me as far as discipline.... I think they are scared Im going to get an attorney. I told them I don't want the girl expelled or even suspended. I just simply want the bullying to STOP STOP STOP.. .it's all I want.. Im not asking for much! I told them that at this point Im not sure who I am more angry at..... the school for not protecting my daughter, the bully for doing this to my daughter, the parents for modeling this behavior to their daughter (she obviously gets it from her father.. he was outrageous!) or myself for not getting an attorney on this matter long ago.

And.. to make it clear, my actions last night were absolutely NOT ever directed at the girl herself. It was directed at all of the adults.... the staff, her parents, etc... I didn't say much to the girl herself. I don't want ppl thinking I went off on a kid, I didn't. I went off on the coach first for not handling this when it was happening right at that moment in front of his face, and then on her parents for thinking it was all so funny.

I asked the principal if she wanted me to apologize to anyone for my outburst...and she said "absolutely not, you had every reason to do what you did Laura. Someone has to protect your daughter and if noone else is going to then of course YOU as her mother is definantly going to. I can't expect a parent who feels totally at a loss in situation to be calm forever. I don't need an apology from you and neither does anyone else. We owe you one".

I still feel ashamed I handled it the way I did, but maybe some good will come from this. She said the girl admitted, in a one-one meeting (her and the principal) that she has done some things to my daughter.....she said she's slowly but surely starting to crack and own up to some things, so maybe this will be really good in the long run.

So... thank you to those of you who listened and lended a shoulder. I never needed one as much as I did today. It helped a lot to be able to write it out to someone.

I know all you want is for it to stop, but maybe you also ought to request something in writing as to what will happen next if it does not. I mean it is all well and good for the girl to say yes yes I will be good, when the principal is sitting right there, etc. but doesn't even really sound like she is taking accountability for her actions. If she is not being punished right now, then I definitely think there should be some well established guidelines as to what's next if it does continue.

[idtwinmom]

Many schoold do... at least around here. I can understand administration not getting involved in every "perceived" bullying situation as I think kids can take it to the extreme, but when PARENTS are voicing complaints about the SAME CHILD, then admin should and MUST step in ! If not for the ethically/morally correct reason of protecting the students, but for the LEGAL LIABILTY ! that happened when Buddy was 9. When he was 6 a kid tried to repeatedly run him over with his bike.. Buddy dogded it a few times, the finally knocked the kid off, threw the bike over the hedges and then held the kid on the ground... The next day, I bring him to school, drop him off and parked the car. When I got onto the playgrond that kids mother had my son by the collar and was yelling at him ! Now, I am normally like you, reasonably passive.. but I saw RED!! I'm not a physically big person but I grabbed her hand and shoved Buddy behind me, got INTO HER FACE and told her in no uncertain terms that if she were to EVER touch or talk to my child again without me present, I would file ASSAULT CHARGES and not think twice about it. If she had an issue with my son, then she could speak to me directly. yada yada yada... It was a hoot for the kids because I was SO UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL the kids were in a circle around us yelling" fight, fight".

I also at one point charged a football coach and it took 2 fathers to hold me back....

Carolyn is right about not being a "big" person! I swear she must way 90 pounds soaking wet. But I will also tell you that I don't ever want to really make this woman mad! You can just tell - don't get in her way or you're not going to survive!

I can just see you and all those kids! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[idtwinmom]

I also have to say that Carolyn and Christine are right! A kid will say what they have to and do what they want! I'm having an issue with one as I type who has been told more times than I can count not to jump on his sisters bed (we've had a problem with one of the bolts coming loose and I'm so afraid that it will fall and some one will get really hurt). Well, the minute I tell him he's going to be punished it's "I'll behave now!" Sorry, bud, too late! You should have thought about that "before" you started jumping!

Any way - this girl needs to know there will be a major consequence for continuing this action! Not just a "We told you!" and expect her to act reasonably!

[Christine]

Put your flash on the camera and turn it on. Look at your subject and determine where the shadows are... turn the flash head away from the shadows toward a wall or upwards toward the ceiling that way the flash light will bounce TOWARD the shadowy area with a very soft light.....set your camera to the flash setting you want. Set your flash for TTL or TTLfill flash. ( My personal preference in most cases is for TTL fill flash with the camera set to rear curtain sync. But you need to play around to see what works best for you in the different conditions you find yourself in. ) Adjust your aperture/shutter/iso so that your shutter speed in NO FASTER THAN 1/125 or 1/250 (flash sync speed. Consult your manual) Click the shutter release. Pray for the best. LOL

red eye is caused by the flash going directly INTO the eye...the red is actually the blood vessels in the back of the eye.

You prevent red eye by NEVER shooting the flash directly at the subject,,, you bounce if from the ceiling or wall...

ok I didn't even know that my flash had a ttl option on it, but sure enough I turned it on and right there at the top it already said ttl. Yay!
It also says M Zoom 24mm AF-ILL and a light bulb looking thing. Any of these mean anything to you? On the flash itself I also have a zoom, +, -, and mode button. I also found out how to choose the rear curtain thing but when I look in the index for flash sync speed, it says look on page 42, but on page 42, I see nothing about the flash sync speed. When I look in the appendix, the only thing close I can find says shutter speeds available w/ the built in flash and under M mode it says 1/200 - 30s. Is that the same thing?

[stitchmich]

Many schoold do... at least around here. I can understand administration not getting involved in every "perceived" bullying situation as I think kids can take it to the extreme, but when PARENTS are voicing complaints about the SAME CHILD, then admin should and MUST step in ! If not for the ethically/morally correct reason of protecting the students, but for the LEGAL LIABILTY ! that happened when Buddy was 9. When he was 6 a kid tried to repeatedly run him over with his bike.. Buddy dogded it a few times, the finally knocked the kid off, threw the bike over the hedges and then held the kid on the ground... The next day, I bring him to school, drop him off and parked the car. When I got onto the playgrond that kids mother had my son by the collar and was yelling at him ! Now, I am normally like you, reasonably passive.. but I saw RED!! I'm not a physically big person but I grabbed her hand and shoved Buddy behind me, got INTO HER FACE and told her in no uncertain terms that if she were to EVER touch or talk to my child again without me present, I would file ASSAULT CHARGES and not think twice about it. If she had an issue with my son, then she could speak to me directly. yada yada yada... It was a hoot for the kids because I was SO UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL the kids were in a circle around us yelling" fight, fight".

I also at one point charged a football coach and it took 2 fathers to hold me back....

somehow i can totally picture this. Even though I've never met carolyn, this is right in line with my mental picture of you :lol:

[>>aruaL<<]

So I just got back from getting DD from her school, since she didn't drive herself there and she had practice afterschool she didn't have a ride home. I got there and my daughter and 4 others needed a ride home, so I got them all. On the way home they all were so happy... so calm... something I have never seen with these girls since all the bullying started... never. And they all said "Mrs P thank you for flipping out because today was the best practice EVER, everyone got along and it was nice to make mistakes and not be picked on for it". I told them I was ashamed for my actions and they all just kept saying "you shouldn't be because you helped not only Kay, you helped all of us". They said the bully and her "friend" were decent to them all day and even during practice she attempted to speak to them a little bit and all went very well.

When I pulled into the parking lot, one of the dads was there. He asked me if he could talk to me for a minute.. I thought to myself "oh heck.. he's gonna tell me how messed up I am after I did that last night" ... but instead he said the opposite. He thanked me for protecting the girls... he said he was happy when his daughter came home from the game and told him "Mrs P stood up for ALL of us, not just for Kay. She told them off and she told them that this isn't about JUST my daughter, Im taking a stance here for ALL of these daughters. They are all SOMEONES daughter and some of them don't have a parent to protect them". So thanked me. He said his daughter sent him a text from school and said "today is the best day since school started Dad".

So... Im happy not everyone hates me over it. Im happy that I took up a stance for all the kids, not just for my daughter. Two of the girls who are picked on heavily are daughters to parents who are serving life in prison for horrific crimes. They bounce from house to house, family member to family member. They have no stability and they have noone to stand up for them. Im glad I had their back last night.

The principal told me that she'll be sending me a letter confirming todays conversations and outlining what the plan is to remedy this situation. She said that my daughter has asked her to start a peer group, and to bring in people every so often to talk about the effect that bullying has on peoples lives forever. My daughter said that maybe if we did that at our school like alot of other schools do, then maybe the kids at our school would understand how dangerous and hurtful bullying is.

I will be watching things very very closely. My daughter told me that one of the girls best friends said to her "look, I love you. your my best friend. But you really need to change your ways. Your mean." My daughter said that when the friend said that to the girl that everyone was in shock... (and proud... that even though she's friends with her, that she was able to stand up to her and tell her the facts).

So Im hoping that my outburst has opened a lot of eyes and perhaps changed some attitudes and maybe it will even now be the basis for a peer group about bullying (and drinking and drugs).

Im feeling MUCH better tonight. Although my eyes are ugly from crying all day! LOL!

[suvgal]

Congratulations!!!! Just remember If you don't stand up for your child who will???????

[Christine]

I have been teary off and on too, just reading about this. I so hope it will result in some much needed changes. Hugs!

[ReneT]

Well, I finally caught up on the thread!! Wow Laura, you've been having a crazy couple of days!!! This is probably a day late and a dollar short, but good for you and good for your daughter!!! I sure hope the principal is really going to set a plan in motion to take care of this problem and others like it. Bullying is serious stuff! I'm so proud of your daughter for suggesting the peer group!!!

[Christine]

Helloooooooooo where is everyone? I count on u guys to hang with me while I exercise. Lol dang too bad it is not a swim morning.

[debilou]

hello, Gundi

I'm busy writing an action for CS4 that has about 30 steps... and will make it a droplet for light room

But, help.. I can't make my action stop so I can add a dialog box
I know you are supposed to click the second square... but it DOES NOT WORK.

I need it for about 250 vintage photos.. help!

[debilou]

So I just got back from getting DD from her school, since she didn't drive herself there and she had practice afterschool she didn't have a ride home. I got there and my daughter and 4 others needed a ride home, so I got them all. On the way home they all were so happy... so calm... something I have never seen with these girls since all the bullying started... never. And they all said "Mrs P thank you for flipping out because today was the best practice EVER, everyone got along and it was nice to make mistakes and not be picked on for it". I told them I was ashamed for my actions and they all just kept saying "you shouldn't be because you helped not only Kay, you helped all of us". They said the bully and her "friend" were decent to them all day and even during practice she attempted to speak to them a little bit and all went very well.

When I pulled into the parking lot, one of the dads was there. He asked me if he could talk to me for a minute.. I thought to myself "oh heck.. he's gonna tell me how messed up I am after I did that last night" ... but instead he said the opposite. He thanked me for protecting the girls... he said he was happy when his daughter came home from the game and told him "Mrs P stood up for ALL of us, not just for Kay. She told them off and she told them that this isn't about JUST my daughter, Im taking a stance here for ALL of these daughters. They are all SOMEONES daughter and some of them don't have a parent to protect them". So thanked me. He said his daughter sent him a text from school and said "today is the best day since school started Dad".

So... Im happy not everyone hates me over it. Im happy that I took up a stance for all the kids, not just for my daughter. Two of the girls who are picked on heavily are daughters to parents who are serving life in prison for horrific crimes. They bounce from house to house, family member to family member. They have no stability and they have noone to stand up for them. Im glad I had their back last night.

The principal told me that she'll be sending me a letter confirming todays conversations and outlining what the plan is to remedy this situation. She said that my daughter has asked her to start a peer group, and to bring in people every so often to talk about the effect that bullying has on peoples lives forever. My daughter said that maybe if we did that at our school like alot of other schools do, then maybe the kids at our school would understand how dangerous and hurtful bullying is.

I will be watching things very very closely. My daughter told me that one of the girls best friends said to her "look, I love you. your my best friend. But you really need to change your ways. Your mean." My daughter said that when the friend said that to the girl that everyone was in shock... (and proud... that even though she's friends with her, that she was able to stand up to her and tell her the facts).

So Im hoping that my outburst has opened a lot of eyes and perhaps changed some attitudes and maybe it will even now be the basis for a peer group about bullying (and drinking and drugs).

Im feeling MUCH better tonight. Although my eyes are ugly from crying all day! LOL!

Hugs Laura, I sent you an email.

[debilou]

Gundi...

Here's Reading material to help you help me:

Stop Where You Are. Normally, Photoshop won’t display any of the usual dialogs when you run an action. For instance, if you include a numeric transform step in an action, Photoshop just performs the transform without displaying the dialog. But you can force Photoshop to display the dialog, stop, and wait for the user to enter different settings before continuing. To do so, click once in the second column of the Actions panel, next to the step. A black icon indicating a dialog appears next to the step, and a red icon appears next to the action’s name.
Don’t click on a red dialog icon! If you do, it turns black and Photoshop adds a black “stop here” icon next to every step in the action that can have one. There’s no Undo here, so the only way to reset the little black icons to their original state is to turn them on or off one at a time. (You can, however, turn off all of them by clicking the black icon next to the action’s name.)
Note that if you insert a step using the Insert Menu Item command, Photoshop always opens the appropriate dialog and doesn’t even offer you the chance to turn this icon on or off (because steps inserted in this way are meant to simulate the user actually selecting the item).
Talk to Your Users. You can stop the action at any point and display a dialog with a message in it. This message might be a warning like, “Make sure you have saved your image first,” or instructions such as, “You should have a selection made on a layer above the background.” To add a message, select Insert Stop from the Actions panel menu. Photoshop asks you what message you want to show and whether the message dialog should allow people to continue with the action

[debilou]

But, I CAN'T GET IT TO WORK!!!

I CLICK ON THAT STUPID SECOND BOX... and, what happens NOTHING NADA ZILCH!

[GrandmaCrys]

Laura, it sounds as though everything is FINALLY on the right track. Just don't let anyone (NOT ONE PERSON THAT'S INVOLVED) let down there guard. It would be amazing for a bully to have a complete turnaround. It's a *learned behavior* and those don't stop easily. We're all so proud of MamaBear, her cubs and cubbie friends! :D


I suppose it's a start! Have you plugged it in yet? That is the next step you know!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:
It really is easier! Even my very first extraction with it went really fast and looked really good! No joke!

The "I suppose" kind of negates the kudo, Lisa! :annoyed: :annoyed: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I printed out the class instruction PDF this morning - that's step 2! (I've chosen Sunday as my plug-in date and trial. :yes: :yes: (if nothing gets in my way! :D) ;)

Hello Gundi Girls!!! Just wanted to stop in real quick and say HI!!! I've been in bed since Monday with a migraine that is just now starting to get a bit better. I will try to catch up here maybe tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers that I will feel back to normal by then.

Hope everyone is doing OK.:hug:

So sorry, Rene, I hope you get total relief soon.

This camera talk has made my brain go fuzzy! Ugh. :help: :help:

[>>aruaL<<]

I hope your feeling better today Rene!

My day started off good... I woke up in a good mood knowing that life is good right now! But darn it was freeezing! 30 degrees! Brrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

Anyone have any exciting plans for the upcoming weekend?

[>>aruaL<<]

Christine... I have always wondered and now Im just going to ask ya instead of continuing to wonder about it..... how do you hang with us while your exercising? I know that might be a dumb question... but I don't know if you literally mean your exercising or what, and it baffles my little mind how you accomplish that! So 'splain yourself please, I want to know about this talent you have!

[addicted]

Using a very wide open aperture gives you a VERY shallow DOF both in front of and behind the object in focus... meaning WHATEVER your focus spot is on will be very clear and anything even a bit behind/in front of the object focused on will be "blurry" . Here is an example..... aperture was 3.5 and notice the sharpness of the crab and hands and yet Tiffany, who is not too far 'behind" the crab is "soft".. This was intentional. I wanted a sharp crab/hands and a softer Tiff. ( why, I don't know, I just thought it would be cool) At 2.8, she would have been even softer focus.! the hands are sharp because they are the SAME DISTANCE TO THE CAMERA SENSOR AS THE CRAB!
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs087.snc1/5068_96906116777_674041777_2091489_5773951_n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2091490&id=674041777)

In this case, your camera focused on the leaves and even though Mr Cutie Pie was not that far "behind" the leaves, the f/2.8 aperture rendered him "soft". Your shutter speed of 1/500 second indicates to me that you had plenty of available light, so you could probably have gone as high as f/6.3 and still have been able to handhold and get a very sharp image with Cutie Patootie in as sharp focus as the leaves.

Your camera should have some focus point indicator which shows up on the screen. and you should be able to move this point by means of a rocker switch or something. The camera will automatically focus on the area of greatest contrast unless you tell it otherwise.

The image with both kids looks more like camera shake to me...NOTHING is totally crisp and clear... your shutter speed is 1/60 second, so it may have been a bit too slow to handhold with that particular lens/ those particular settings. for good hand held images try to keep your shutter speed faster than "the inverse of the longest focal length".... i.e if you are using a 50-135 lens, your shutter speed should be no slower than 1/135 or the closest to that as possible... 1/125 probably... if the lens is a 70-300, your shutter speed should be no less than 1/300 ( 1/250 in reality) ...


Carolyn, thanks so much for this!! I need to go out and practice with my new lense and get use to it! I'll let ya know how it goes.

Laura, holy crap you've been through a lot! If you mentioned before that your dd was being bullied I missed it, but so glad that things are getting on the right track! I hope you can get this problem taken care of once and for all.

Rene, I hope your migraine is gone! My sister gets them and I feel so bad for you that get them!

Well I'm such a terrible procrastinator that I had to bribe my kids, by paying them, to no have to do a pumpkin and then go to the school pumpkin walk. :rofl::rofl: Every year each class has a theme and they decorate their pumpkins and then the room mothers decorate and all the families walk through the school to see each classes theme. They had to be turned in today and something came up last night at the last minute so there was no way that pumpkins were getting done. I'm terrible, but I didn't want to deal with it. We are busy here getting costumes made and all the fun stuff for halloween. I ventured out this morning, really early, before all the shoppers got to the stores, because I had to have stuff for costumes. So I put Ethan in his stroller so he wouldn't have to tough the germy carts and it still stressed me out being in the store with him with hardly anybody there! Maybe by next summer I'll be ok! :lol: Have a great day!!

[stitchmich]

So I just got back from getting DD from her school, since she didn't drive herself there and she had practice afterschool she didn't have a ride home. I got there and my daughter and 4 others needed a ride home, so I got them all. On the way home they all were so happy... so calm... something I have never seen with these girls since all the bullying started... never. And they all said "Mrs P thank you for flipping out because today was the best practice EVER, everyone got along and it was nice to make mistakes and not be picked on for it". I told them I was ashamed for my actions and they all just kept saying "you shouldn't be because you helped not only Kay, you helped all of us". They said the bully and her "friend" were decent to them all day and even during practice she attempted to speak to them a little bit and all went very well.

When I pulled into the parking lot, one of the dads was there. He asked me if he could talk to me for a minute.. I thought to myself "oh heck.. he's gonna tell me how messed up I am after I did that last night" ... but instead he said the opposite. He thanked me for protecting the girls... he said he was happy when his daughter came home from the game and told him "Mrs P stood up for ALL of us, not just for Kay. She told them off and she told them that this isn't about JUST my daughter, Im taking a stance here for ALL of these daughters. They are all SOMEONES daughter and some of them don't have a parent to protect them". So thanked me. He said his daughter sent him a text from school and said "today is the best day since school started Dad".

So... Im happy not everyone hates me over it. Im happy that I took up a stance for all the kids, not just for my daughter. Two of the girls who are picked on heavily are daughters to parents who are serving life in prison for horrific crimes. They bounce from house to house, family member to family member. They have no stability and they have noone to stand up for them. Im glad I had their back last night.

The principal told me that she'll be sending me a letter confirming todays conversations and outlining what the plan is to remedy this situation. She said that my daughter has asked her to start a peer group, and to bring in people every so often to talk about the effect that bullying has on peoples lives forever. My daughter said that maybe if we did that at our school like alot of other schools do, then maybe the kids at our school would understand how dangerous and hurtful bullying is.

I will be watching things very very closely. My daughter told me that one of the girls best friends said to her "look, I love you. your my best friend. But you really need to change your ways. Your mean." My daughter said that when the friend said that to the girl that everyone was in shock... (and proud... that even though she's friends with her, that she was able to stand up to her and tell her the facts).

So Im hoping that my outburst has opened a lot of eyes and perhaps changed some attitudes and maybe it will even now be the basis for a peer group about bullying (and drinking and drugs).

Im feeling MUCH better tonight. Although my eyes are ugly from crying all day! LOL!

WOW, Laura! It's amazing what a tough momma bear and her cub can do. You are a really great mom. :hug:

[addicted]

Christine... I have always wondered and now Im just going to ask ya instead of continuing to wonder about it..... how do you hang with us while your exercising? I know that might be a dumb question... but I don't know if you literally mean your exercising or what, and it baffles my little mind how you accomplish that! So 'splain yourself please, I want to know about this talent you have!

She's on her itouch and probably on the treadmill or elliptical! She's a crazy women haven't you figured that out yet! :rofl: And you always know when she's on the touch because it's all lower case and bad english!! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[stitchmich]

How did I miss that shot of the crab!? Awesome shot!

Chris, did you decide what new lens you want?

Rene, are you feeling better today? It's too quiet here without you.

Hey cool! new smilies! pumpkin1witchwitchwitchpumpkin2

[stitchmich]

She's on her itouch and probably on the treadmill or elliptical! She's a crazy women haven't you figured that out yet! :rofl: And you always know when she's on the touch because it's all lower case and bad english!! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

pumpkin2pumpkin2pumpkin2pumpkin2 I don't think she's really human. :think:

[Teresa]

Christine... I have always wondered and now Im just going to ask ya instead of continuing to wonder about it..... how do you hang with us while your exercising? I know that might be a dumb question... but I don't know if you literally mean your exercising or what, and it baffles my little mind how you accomplish that! So 'splain yourself please, I want to know about this talent you have!

Because she is incredibly coordinated!!!

[stitchmich]

Well I'm such a terrible procrastinator that I had to bribe my kids, by paying them, to no have to do a pumpkin and then go to the school pumpkin walk. :rofl::rofl: Every year each class has a theme and they decorate their pumpkins and then the room mothers decorate and all the families walk through the school to see each classes theme. They had to be turned in today and something came up last night at the last minute so there was no way that pumpkins were getting done. I'm terrible, but I didn't want to deal with it. We are busy here getting costumes made and all the fun stuff for halloween. I ventured out this morning, really early, before all the shoppers got to the stores, because I had to have stuff for costumes. So I put Ethan in his stroller so he wouldn't have to tough the germy carts and it still stressed me out being in the store with him with hardly anybody there! Maybe by next summer I'll be ok! :lol: Have a great day!!

Sounds like what I would have done! pumpkin2 So what were their themes?

[>>aruaL<<]

Okay, Im feeling absolutely uncoordinated now! LOL!! I can barely use my itouch when I'm sitting down on the couch, let alone on the treadmill?!?!?!?!?!! Im doing good to BREATH on the treadmill... what the heck!

[stitchmich]

Because she is incredibly coordinated!!!

Hey, Woodsy, my fellow embroiderer, do you have any ideas for a clever username for me? I'm tired of seeing "yay, I can choose my own name" but I can't think of anything I like.

[stitchmich]

Okay, Im feeling absolutely uncoordinated now! LOL!! I can barely use my itouch when I'm sitting down on the couch, let alone on the treadmill?!?!?!?!?!! Im doing good to BREATH on the treadmill... what the heck!

:rofl::rofl::rofl: Not human, I tell ya! I've tried and I can't do it either.

[Shana34]

Hey Ladies! I'm going on day 4 this week of being out and about...have my nephew's playoff game this afternoon. Hopefully they'll win and I'll get to go to more now that I'm feeling okay! Saturday is hopefully another trip to the pumpkin farm with my friend and her kiddos! :D Life is good right now...thankfully.

I do need your prayers. My great-uncle (the last living sibling of my grandmother) was taken to the hospital this morning. He fell a few days ago and wasn't feeling well at all today. Please pray that either he gets well, or if it is his time, he goes peacefully. I only say that because he has had congestive heart failure for the past year, and the doctors can't do anything for him. He's been very well considering, but they don't think he has much longer.

[Teresa]

This is AWESOME!!!!



we have gone through a couple of incidents over the years involving bullies. All incidents were with my youngest son. i told him to tell the teacher, principal etc. But the boy continued to harrass Buddy off school property so there was little the school staff could do. he asked me if he could just deck the kid and I told him NO.... always try to talk first and NEVER throw the first punch. But if someone took a swing at him, then he had my permission to fight but if he did, he had better not "lose". ( boys are different than girls and it always gets physical) Well after 6 months of being teased, one day Buddy turned around and faced the kid down... Kid took a swing....Bud jumped him and hung him on a fence and then threw the second kid OVER the same fence. Picked up his books and walked home. My neighbor saw this happen and roared because the kid was litereally hanging on the wire fence and couldn't get down. He yelled to her to help him and she refused having known what Buddy was going through. Later that night , at football practice, I told the coach what had happened and that there was bad blood between Buddy and Nick.. and to keep them apart. Coach said he would "handle it"...and he handled it by putting them directly opposite each other on the offensive/defensive lines...Needless to say, Buddy had a field day ramming over the kid.. and then the coach told them if he EVER heard of any more bullying going on between ANYONE on his team the repercussions would be severe... AND HE TOLD EACH PARENT BULLYING WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES/TIME/CONDITION. should he hear of any bullying, the bully would be riding the pine for 3 games and a public apology was to be made in front of the entire team.

[>>aruaL<<]

at least I'm not alone then! lol

[Shana34]

Hey, Woodsy, my fellow embroiderer, do you have any ideas for a clever username for me? I'm tired of seeing "yay, I can choose my own name" but I can't think of anything I like.

How about "Queen Stitch?" :D

[>>aruaL<<]

Many good thoughts for him Shana!

[>>aruaL<<]

My husband is crazy... I have to go online this morning (deadline is tomorrow.. can we say PROCRASTINATOR!???) and order my DD's yearbook and I always pay extra for her name to be put on it too. I was saying out loud to myself "should I put first and last or first middle and last?" ... I always just do first and last.. but this is her senior year so I thought I'd do something different. My husband yells out put her new name I gave her last night.. and I said "okay... but what is it?" .... he yells back (he's in the other room) and says "Bully Buster". AHAHAH... he's nuts.

[stitchmich]

Hey Ladies! I'm going on day 4 this week of being out and about...have my nephew's playoff game this afternoon. Hopefully they'll win and I'll get to go to more now that I'm feeling okay! Saturday is hopefully another trip to the pumpkin farm with my friend and her kiddos! :D Life is good right now...thankfully.

I do need your prayers. My great-uncle (the last living sibling of my grandmother) was taken to the hospital this morning. He fell a few days ago and wasn't feeling well at all today. Please pray that either he gets well, or if it is his time, he goes peacefully. I only say that because he has had congestive heart failure for the past year, and the doctors can't do anything for him. He's been very well considering, but they don't think he has much longer.

Good for you being out and about! and sorry to hear about your great-uncle. I'll say a prayer. :pray:

[carolyn d]

ok I didn't even know that my flash had a ttl option on it, but sure enough I turned it on and right there at the top it already said ttl. Yay!
It also says M Zoom 24mm AF-ILL and a light bulb looking thing. Any of these mean anything to you? On the flash itself I also have a zoom, +, -, and mode button. The M mode is setting the flash manually. I have never used it but I have seen it set up like that for controlled/studio lighting situation. If the flash is in AUTO then the zoom of the flash will automatically match the zoom amount of the lens... i.e.. if your lens is zoomed to 150mm then you will see 150mm on the flash also. there is a way to do a "reset" of your flash to default settings, but right now I don't have my flash handy....there are two buttons that you press at the same time... where's my damn manual when I need it ! I also found out how to choose the rear curtain thing but when I look in the index for flash sync speed, it says look on page 42, but on page 42, I see nothing about the flash sync speed. When I look in the appendix, the only thing close I can find says shutter speeds available w/ the built in flash and under M mode it says 1/200 - 30s. Without being absolutely sure, then I would think that 1/200 is the MAX sync speed... Is that the same thing?Hmmmmmmmmmmm... on my camera body, I find the max flash sync speed in the flash submenu.... Having a different camera than you do makes this more difficult to direct you... Check your flash menus in the camera body... it may be listed there as mine is. If you can't find it, use 1/125 to be on the safe side.

[Christine]

hello, Gundi

I'm busy writing an action for CS4 that has about 30 steps... and will make it a droplet for light room

But, help.. I can't make my action stop so I can add a dialog box
I know you are supposed to click the second square... but it DOES NOT WORK.

I need it for about 250 vintage photos.. help!

I just do the drop down thing that says add a stop, will that work?

[>>aruaL<<]

I need to take a photography class! I tried to do one online and I didn't do well with it, I need hands on teaching for this I think. I wish our local (albeit 55 mins away) college had classes for it but the only classes it appears they have are for journalism photography.

[Christine]

Gundi...

Here's Reading material to help you help me:

Stop Where You Are. Normally, Photoshop won’t display any of the usual dialogs when you run an action. For instance, if you include a numeric transform step in an action, Photoshop just performs the transform without displaying the dialog. But you can force Photoshop to display the dialog, stop, and wait for the user to enter different settings before continuing. To do so, click once in the second column of the Actions panel, next to the step. A black icon indicating a dialog appears next to the step, and a red icon appears next to the action’s name.
Don’t click on a red dialog icon! If you do, it turns black and Photoshop adds a black “stop here” icon next to every step in the action that can have one. There’s no Undo here, so the only way to reset the little black icons to their original state is to turn them on or off one at a time. (You can, however, turn off all of them by clicking the black icon next to the action’s name.)
Note that if you insert a step using the Insert Menu Item command, Photoshop always opens the appropriate dialog and doesn’t even offer you the chance to turn this icon on or off (because steps inserted in this way are meant to simulate the user actually selecting the item).
Talk to Your Users. You can stop the action at any point and display a dialog with a message in it. This message might be a warning like, “Make sure you have saved your image first,” or instructions such as, “You should have a selection made on a layer above the background.” To add a message, select Insert Stop from the Actions panel menu. Photoshop asks you what message you want to show and whether the message dialog should allow people to continue with the action

OK so give me the specific steps of what you are trying to do and I will try to do it and see if it works for me.

[>>aruaL<<]

oh great... she's going to work on ACTIONS *AND* do it while on her itouch while ON the treadmill?!! Oh I think you ladies are right, she's not human!!! heeheh :-)

[Christine]

Christine... I have always wondered and now Im just going to ask ya instead of continuing to wonder about it..... how do you hang with us while your exercising? I know that might be a dumb question... but I don't know if you literally mean your exercising or what, and it baffles my little mind how you accomplish that! So 'splain yourself please, I want to know about this talent you have!

:lol: yes I get on the elliptical and use my iTouch, so while I am sweating I can read your posts and answer back, you can usually tell when I am on the touch cuz I do a lot of u r instead of you are. :D And fewer smileys etc, cuz they are sort of a PITB to do on there. :yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes:

Now I just need to figure out how to do it while I am swimming laps!

[stitchmich]

My husband is crazy... I have to go online this morning (deadline is tomorrow.. can we say PROCRASTINATOR!???) and order my DD's yearbook and I always pay extra for her name to be put on it too. I was saying out loud to myself "should I put first and last or first middle and last?" ... I always just do first and last.. but this is her senior year so I thought I'd do something different. My husband yells out put her new name I gave her last night.. and I said "okay... but what is it?" .... he yells back (he's in the other room) and says "Bully Buster". AHAHAH... he's nuts.

pumpkin2 that's funny! pumpkin2

[Christine]

She's on her itouch and probably on the treadmill or elliptical! She's a crazy women haven't you figured that out yet! :rofl: And you always know when she's on the touch because it's all lower case and bad english!! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
Heather!!! yes its true, but still :cry:

[>>aruaL<<]

:lol: yes I get on the elliptical and use my iTouch, so while I am sweating I can read your posts and answer back, you can usually tell when I am on the touch cuz I do a lot of u r instead of you are. :D And fewer smileys etc, cuz they are sort of a PITB to do on there. :yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes:

Now I just need to figure out how to do it while I am swimming laps!

That is just craaaaazzzzzyyyyy to me! I mean... crazy as in... I think I agree, your so not human! :rofl:

Okay, so I'm just jealous.. so what! :lol:

[Christine]

How did I miss that shot of the crab!? Awesome shot!

Chris, did you decide what new lens you want?

Rene, are you feeling better today? It's too quiet here without you.

Hey cool! new smilies! pumpkin1witchwitchwitchpumpkin2

no not yet, I think I am leaning toward the 100mm tokina, but then I think oh but a 70-300 would give me more zoom, but it does duplicate some of what I already have. sigh

[Christine]

Okay, Im feeling absolutely uncoordinated now! LOL!! I can barely use my itouch when I'm sitting down on the couch, let alone on the treadmill?!?!?!?!?!! Im doing good to BREATH on the treadmill... what the heck!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Christine]

Hey Ladies! I'm going on day 4 this week of being out and about...have my nephew's playoff game this afternoon. Hopefully they'll win and I'll get to go to more now that I'm feeling okay! Saturday is hopefully another trip to the pumpkin farm with my friend and her kiddos! :D Life is good right now...thankfully.

I do need your prayers. My great-uncle (the last living sibling of my grandmother) was taken to the hospital this morning. He fell a few days ago and wasn't feeling well at all today. Please pray that either he gets well, or if it is his time, he goes peacefully. I only say that because he has had congestive heart failure for the past year, and the doctors can't do anything for him. He's been very well considering, but they don't think he has much longer.

yay shana that things are improving for you personally. I wish peace to your uncle and your family, in accepting it if it is time and that he gets better quickly if not.

[carolyn d]

Carolyn is right about not being a "big" person! I swear she must way 90 pounds soaking wet. But I will also tell you that I don't ever want to really make this woman mad! You can just tell - don't get in her way or you're not going to survive!

I can just see you and all those kids! :rofl::rofl::rofl:Funny you should say that becasue at the time I weighted 97 lbs... I do weigh a bit more now ladies !!!

[stitchmich]

no not yet, I think I am leaning toward the 100mm tokina, but then I think oh but a 70-300 would give me more zoom, but it does duplicate some of what I already have. sigh

I like the idea of a 300, but I am afraid it would be so heavy. I would love a fixed aperture lens that so I could get that wide open aperture. That will be a while for me though, because I definitely need an external flash first. Though you've go t me a little nervous about learning to use it.

[Christine]

oh great... she's going to work on ACTIONS *AND* do it while on her itouch while ON the treadmill?!! Oh I think you ladies are right, she's not human!!! heeheh :-)

:lol::lol: Long since done w/ the elliptical for this morning. I have also gotten all the kids off to 3 different schools, then went over to the elementary for the Costume Parade (can I tell you how much I hate that thing?! but I go anyway cuz my kids like me there, :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:). Also cleaned up and had breakfast in there, and now I am working on finishing my element set, which goes with the kit that I finished last night, which goes with Wee William. (Does that give anybody a hint? LOL)

I even got my antibiotics taken, oh dang forgot the iron, still have to do that. (That last one is the hardest! I am such a BAD patient! but I am bound and determined to finish the whole 10 day course this time!)

[stitchmich]

I like the idea of a 300, but I am afraid it would be so heavy. I would love a fixed aperture lens that so I could get that wide open aperture. That will be a while for me though, because I definitely need an external flash first. Though you've go t me a little nervous about learning to use it.

okay that didn't make any sense at all. I think I mean a fixed length ???

[carolyn d]

I need to take a photography class! I tried to do one online and I didn't do well with it, I need hands on teaching for this I think. I wish our local (albeit 55 mins away) college had classes for it but the only classes it appears they have are for journalism photography.you are really looking for a BASIC photography course... it doesn't really matter whether they mention film or digital as the basics for each are the same. if you have any camera stores in your area, check with them as well, as often they run classes. A local photography club is an option as well.

The best thing, though, is to have that camera in your hands, pick a mode to work with and learn that mode...

[Christine]

I like the idea of a 300, but I am afraid it would be so heavy. I would love a fixed aperture lens that so I could get that wide open aperture. That will be a while for me though, because I definitely need an external flash first. Though you've go t me a little nervous about learning to use it.

I would love a fixed aperture too, but no way I will ever pay $6K for a lens. I wonder if they have a fixed aperture that is not so much zoom but less or something, I need to look into that further.

[Christine]

okay that didn't make any sense at all. I think I mean a fixed length ???

there are both a fixed focal length which is like an 85 mm or a 105mm, they don't zoom except w/ your feet

There is also a fixed aperture, which means that if you set it at 2.8, no matter how much you zoom it will stay at 2.8. Most of the cheaper lenses are a variable aperture. So like on mine, if I am all the way at 18, my lowest aperture is 3.5 but if I am all the way zoomed the lowest is 5.6 I think. So basically even if I set it at 3.5 at 18mm, as I zoom out I go up to 5.6 automatically.

[Shana34]

:lol: yes I get on the elliptical and use my iTouch, so while I am sweating I can read your posts and answer back, you can usually tell when I am on the touch cuz I do a lot of u r instead of you are. :D And fewer smileys etc, cuz they are sort of a PITB to do on there. :yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes:

Now I just need to figure out how to do it while I am swimming laps!

They should come up with an i-touch pad like they have for swim meets. Put it at each end of the pool, then you can catch up between each lap. LOL

[carolyn d]

I like the idea of a 300, but I am afraid it would be so heavy. I would love a fixed aperture lens that so I could get that wide open aperture. That will be a while for me though, because I definitely need an external flash first. Though you've go t me a little nervous about learning to use it. They do have some weight either the fixed or the variable aperture... take a look at some and check out the weight in the tech specs section. Most of the reasonably priced telezooms are variable aperture... while the monster priced ones are fixed...I think I made Chris have heart seizure with the price of one !

And again, there is no one lens that does it all... you really do need to decide what type of photography you want to do and spend the money in that direction.....I have fixed AND variable aperture lenses in my bag....along with a VERY GOOD tripod !

[stitchmich]

Yeah, I meant fixed focal length. I like using a low aperture, but like you said the lowest is 5.6 depending on the zoom.

[carolyn d]

I would love a fixed aperture too, but no way I will ever pay $6K for a lens. I wonder if they have a fixed aperture that is not so much zoom but less or something, I need to look into that further. yes they do... 180mm, 200mm,... fixed aperture AND focal lengths.... again not cheap and decent weight.....and neither of these will give you more reach than you currently have with your 18-200.... if you look into the fixed 300mm, 400mm, you will find the price is nuttier there too....

[ReneT]

Let's see if I can catch up with everyone without doing multi quotes. pumpkin1

I'm feeling much better today - no headache, just allergies today. Just took a Zyrtec so I should be good as new in a couple of hours.

Shana, yay for you getting out again this week! I'm sorry about your great uncle though. I hope he will be ok.

Chris, I don't know how you do it either on the treadmill with the Itouch. I have a problem on my Iphone because I'm always typing the wrong letter. I wish it were a touch sensitive screen instead of heat sensitive. My nails get in the way.

Laura, that was funny what your DH said about the name for her yearbook!pumpkin2

These Halloween smilies are funny. Yesterday when I uploaded a layout and copied and pasted the journaling, it had the word switch in it. When I went back and looked at it, the s from the word switch was there, but there was the witch smilie in place of the "witch" part of the word. It looks kinda funny!

Carolyn - I have never weighed 93 pounds in my life!!! :no:

I've gotta take the dogs in to the vet today for immunizations and a recheck on the epilespy med, and to find out what's going on with the lump in the abdomen of the one with epilepsy. Then I have to go grocery shopping. We are out of everything!

[ReneT]

Oh look, it did it again! Every time I type W I T C H, it put in the witch smilie! How funny!

[Christine]

They should come up with an i-touch pad like they have for swim meets. Put it at each end of the pool, then you can catch up between each lap. LOL

LOL I think I would be doing a lot of catch up :D

[ReneT]

Congrats Laura and Shana on your top 10 NKOTB wins!!!! I just now saw that!!! :yippee::yippee::yippee:

[addicted]

Shana, he'll be in my prayers!!

And Chris, you know I love ya!!:love3:

I am taking shots of Ethan and working on getting use to the lense. He's not a very cooperative subject though. He doesn't sit still and my SS has to be low because of low light. I don't want to go outside in 30 degrees, way to cold!!

[Christine]

Oh look, it did it again! Every time I type W I T C H, it put in the witch smilie! How funny!

so glad you came back and spelled it out nice and wide cuz I was laughing but not getting it. :D pumpkin1pumpkin1

[Shana34]

Congrats Laura and Shana on your top 10 NKOTB wins!!!! I just now saw that!!! :yippee::yippee::yippee:

TY! I was surprised...the layouts were amazing!

[Christine]

Congrats Laura and Shana on your top 10 NKOTB wins!!!! I just now saw that!!! :yippee::yippee::yippee:

oh yay from me too! and Rene so glad you are feeling better, hope you get everything sorted out with your pups. pumpkin1

[addicted]

Oh congrats you ladies!!

[GrandmaCrys]

Hey, Gundi Girls, for those of you who are planning on taking the November Tablet class, have you already signed up? I'm so confused! I signed up for the class that was listed under *November*, but just got an email from Kim, basically asking "where ya been?" :yikes: Don't tell me I signed up wrongly! ;) Guess I really am going to have to plug the darned thing in on Sunday! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ReneT]

oh yay from me too! and Rene so glad you are feeling better, hope you get everything sorted out with your pups. pumpkin1

Thanks. They are both 9 years old, and dachshunds usually live about 13 or so years, but I think with Halle, it may not be that long. She has epilepsy, back problems, allergies, and now this tumor thing. Plus the epilepsy med is making her have accidents at night. She gets so tired she can't seem to control her bladder. She's really active and a good weight. My other one is a chunk, she never runs or does anything but jump in her bed, and she rarely has any issues. Ironic.

[ReneT]

Oh guess what????? You know how I told you we were taking Drew to Dallas Thanksgiving weekend to see Tech play Baylor at the new Cowboy stadium? Well I had reservations at just a regular hotel close to the stadium. Then the girl who does my hair was telling me that at the Gaylord Texan they had special room rates for this game, so I called to see if I could get a reservation and cancel my other one. They were sold out of rooms when I called, so I didn't think anything more about it. Well 2 days ago my hair person called me and asked if I wanted their room because they are no longer going! It's a $99 room! The hotel is sooooooooo nice!!! Their regular rooms can be up to $500 depending on the season!!! So I cancelled my other reservation and took this one!! Then I saw on the website that starting in Nov they are having this big Christmas decorations thing. It has 1.5 million lights... 5,600 feet of garland... 2,300 wreaths... and 10,000 ornaments! And there is a huge ice sculpture exhibit of the Grinch with 2 million pounds of ice!!! How cool is this gonna be? I told Gary about it and he said "Sounds like a scrapbookers dream come true!" I said "I know, huh?" pumpkin2pumpkin2 I'm so excited!

[GrandmaCrys]

Hey, Woodsy, my fellow embroiderer, do you have any ideas for a clever username for me? I'm tired of seeing "yay, I can choose my own name" but I can't think of anything I like.

"KEEP 'EM IN STITCHES"

Hey Ladies! I'm going on day 4 this week of being out and about...have my nephew's playoff game this afternoon. Hopefully they'll win and I'll get to go to more now that I'm feeling okay! Saturday is hopefully another trip to the pumpkin farm with my friend and her kiddos! :D Life is good right now...thankfully.

I do need your prayers. My great-uncle (the last living sibling of my grandmother) was taken to the hospital this morning. He fell a few days ago and wasn't feeling well at all today. Please pray that either he gets well, or if it is his time, he goes peacefully. I only say that because he has had congestive heart failure for the past year, and the doctors can't do anything for him. He's been very well considering, but they don't think he has much longer.

YAY for your *outandaboutness* and prayers for your great-uncle! :pray: :pray: :pray:

Oh look, it did it again! Every time I type W I T C H, it put in the witch smilie! How funny!

For some reason the 3 new smilies don't require the : at each end.

And it does't seem to matter if there's other letters in the word! whichever - you can seem to type, but not the word "s w itch"! Too funny
switch

[sanra]

The things you learn on DSP.. I can just spell W I T C H and become one?

[sanra]

Nope didn't work for me... I must be too sweet.. :D:D
But I want to be a pumpkin anyway. pumpkin1pumpkin1

witchwitch

[ReneT]

Nope didn't work for me... I must be too sweet.. :D:D
But I want to be a pumpkin anyway. pumpkin1pumpkin1

witchwitch

pumpkin2pumpkin2pumpkin2

[>>aruaL<<]

Thank you!
NKOTB was fun! I was surprised I won anything! The gallery was full of beautiful layouts!

[Shana34]

Oh guess what????? You know how I told you we were taking Drew to Dallas Thanksgiving weekend to see Tech play Baylor at the new Cowboy stadium? Well I had reservations at just a regular hotel close to the stadium. Then the girl who does my hair was telling me that at the Gaylord Texan they had special room rates for this game, so I called to see if I could get a reservation and cancel my other one. They were sold out of rooms when I called, so I didn't think anything more about it. Well 2 days ago my hair person called me and asked if I wanted their room because they are no longer going! It's a $99 room! The hotel is sooooooooo nice!!! Their regular rooms can be up to $500 depending on the season!!! So I cancelled my other reservation and took this one!! Then I saw on the website that starting in Nov they are having this big Christmas decorations thing. It has 1.5 million lights... 5,600 feet of garland... 2,300 wreaths... and 10,000 ornaments! And there is a huge ice sculpture exhibit of the Grinch with 2 million pounds of ice!!! How cool is this gonna be? I told Gary about it and he said "Sounds like a scrapbookers dream come true!" I said "I know, huh?" pumpkin2pumpkin2 I'm so excited!

Ooooh that sounds like so much fun! Gary's right...it is a scrapbooker's dream come true! LOL I can't wait to see your pics. Congrats on getting such a good deal.

[ReneT]

Ooooh that sounds like so much fun! Gary's right...it is a scrapbooker's dream come true! LOL I can't wait to see your pics. Congrats on getting such a good deal.

Surely they will let me take my camera? They wouldn't let me take it in a Mamma Mia! :cry:

[ReneT]

Oh, and the website says it is 9 degrees inside the tent where the ice sculpture is!!! Brrrrrrrrrrrr!

[stitchmich]

YAY for Laura and Shana!!!

Crys, I just signed up for the November tablet class yesterday. I haven't gotten anything about it yet.

Rene, I'm glad you're feeling better. What an exciting deal on the hotel! A scrapbooker's dream! pumpkin2

I wonder if the witch would show up in my user name if I was Stitchwitch. :rofl:pumpkin1:rofl:

[GrandmaCrys]

YAY for Laura and Shana!!!

Crys, I just signed up for the November tablet class yesterday. I haven't gotten anything about it yet.

Rene, I'm glad you're feeling better. What an exciting deal on the hotel! A scrapbooker's dream! pumpkin2

I wonder if the witch would show up in my user name if I was Stitchwitch. :rofl:pumpkin1:rofl:

:yes: pumpkin1 :yes: pumpkin1 :yes:

[idtwinmom]

So I just got back from getting DD from her school, since she didn't drive herself there and she had practice afterschool she didn't have a ride home. I got there and my daughter and 4 others needed a ride home, so I got them all. On the way home they all were so happy... so calm... something I have never seen with these girls since all the bullying started... never. And they all said "Mrs P thank you for flipping out because today was the best practice EVER, everyone got along and it was nice to make mistakes and not be picked on for it". I told them I was ashamed for my actions and they all just kept saying "you shouldn't be because you helped not only Kay, you helped all of us". They said the bully and her "friend" were decent to them all day and even during practice she attempted to speak to them a little bit and all went very well.

When I pulled into the parking lot, one of the dads was there. He asked me if he could talk to me for a minute.. I thought to myself "oh heck.. he's gonna tell me how messed up I am after I did that last night" ... but instead he said the opposite. He thanked me for protecting the girls... he said he was happy when his daughter came home from the game and told him "Mrs P stood up for ALL of us, not just for Kay. She told them off and she told them that this isn't about JUST my daughter, Im taking a stance here for ALL of these daughters. They are all SOMEONES daughter and some of them don't have a parent to protect them". So thanked me. He said his daughter sent him a text from school and said "today is the best day since school started Dad".

So... Im happy not everyone hates me over it. Im happy that I took up a stance for all the kids, not just for my daughter. Two of the girls who are picked on heavily are daughters to parents who are serving life in prison for horrific crimes. They bounce from house to house, family member to family member. They have no stability and they have noone to stand up for them. Im glad I had their back last night.

The principal told me that she'll be sending me a letter confirming todays conversations and outlining what the plan is to remedy this situation. She said that my daughter has asked her to start a peer group, and to bring in people every so often to talk about the effect that bullying has on peoples lives forever. My daughter said that maybe if we did that at our school like alot of other schools do, then maybe the kids at our school would understand how dangerous and hurtful bullying is.

I will be watching things very very closely. My daughter told me that one of the girls best friends said to her "look, I love you. your my best friend. But you really need to change your ways. Your mean." My daughter said that when the friend said that to the girl that everyone was in shock... (and proud... that even though she's friends with her, that she was able to stand up to her and tell her the facts).

So Im hoping that my outburst has opened a lot of eyes and perhaps changed some attitudes and maybe it will even now be the basis for a peer group about bullying (and drinking and drugs).

Im feeling MUCH better tonight. Although my eyes are ugly from crying all day! LOL!

Laura - be proud of yourself, but not because you lost it! Because the behavior you have modeled for your daughter and her friends has lead to a very mature young lady! It really sounds like your daughter is very strong, level headed, and mature! Congrats!

[idtwinmom]

Hey Ladies! I'm going on day 4 this week of being out and about...have my nephew's playoff game this afternoon. Hopefully they'll win and I'll get to go to more now that I'm feeling okay! Saturday is hopefully another trip to the pumpkin farm with my friend and her kiddos! :D Life is good right now...thankfully.

I do need your prayers. My great-uncle (the last living sibling of my grandmother) was taken to the hospital this morning. He fell a few days ago and wasn't feeling well at all today. Please pray that either he gets well, or if it is his time, he goes peacefully. I only say that because he has had congestive heart failure for the past year, and the doctors can't do anything for him. He's been very well considering, but they don't think he has much longer.

My prayers are with you! :pray:

[idtwinmom]

My husband is crazy... I have to go online this morning (deadline is tomorrow.. can we say PROCRASTINATOR!???) and order my DD's yearbook and I always pay extra for her name to be put on it too. I was saying out loud to myself "should I put first and last or first middle and last?" ... I always just do first and last.. but this is her senior year so I thought I'd do something different. My husband yells out put her new name I gave her last night.. and I said "okay... but what is it?" .... he yells back (he's in the other room) and says "Bully Buster". AHAHAH... he's nuts.
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:pumpkin2pumpkin2pump kin2pumpkin2

I need to take a photography class! I tried to do one online and I didn't do well with it, I need hands on teaching for this I think. I wish our local (albeit 55 mins away) college had classes for it but the only classes it appears they have are for journalism photography.
Also check your area Parks & Recs. Some places they do as many or even all of the Adult Ed type stuff.

Oh look, it did it again! Every time I type W I T C H, it put in the witch smilie! How funny!

Hey, Gundi Girls, for those of you who are planning on taking the November Tablet class, have you already signed up? I'm so confused! I signed up for the class that was listed under *November*, but just got an email from Kim, basically asking "where ya been?" :yikes: Don't tell me I signed up wrongly! ;) Guess I really am going to have to plug the darned thing in on Sunday! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I emailed her and asked because I wasn't ready to start. She said I could wait until next week. It confused me too! Apparently because this class is part of the box, it starts whenever you sign up, not like the usual classes that start at the beginning of each month.

Oh guess what????? You know how I told you we were taking Drew to Dallas Thanksgiving weekend to see Tech play Baylor at the new Cowboy stadium? Well I had reservations at just a regular hotel close to the stadium. Then the girl who does my hair was telling me that at the Gaylord Texan they had special room rates for this game, so I called to see if I could get a reservation and cancel my other one. They were sold out of rooms when I called, so I didn't think anything more about it. Well 2 days ago my hair person called me and asked if I wanted their room because they are no longer going! It's a $99 room! The hotel is sooooooooo nice!!! Their regular rooms can be up to $500 depending on the season!!! So I cancelled my other reservation and took this one!! Then I saw on the website that starting in Nov they are having this big Christmas decorations thing. It has 1.5 million lights... 5,600 feet of garland... 2,300 wreaths... and 10,000 ornaments! And there is a huge ice sculpture exhibit of the Grinch with 2 million pounds of ice!!! How cool is this gonna be? I told Gary about it and he said "Sounds like a scrapbookers dream come true!" I said "I know, huh?" pumpkin2pumpkin2 I'm so excited!
Smart hubby! I can't wait to see the pics from this! Make sure you practice some slow shutter speed shots on a tripod!

YAY for Laura and Shana!!!

Crys, I just signed up for the November tablet class yesterday. I haven't gotten anything about it yet.

Rene, I'm glad you're feeling better. What an exciting deal on the hotel! A scrapbooker's dream! pumpkin2

I wonder if the witch would show up in my user name if I was Stitchwitch. :rofl:pumpkin1:rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Yay for our Gundi Girls! You do us so proud! Congrats Shana & Laura!

[GrandmaCrys]

Hey! My name went orange! pumpkin2

[stitchmich]

Hey! My name went orange! pumpkin2

I noticed that earlier! It's getting spooky around here... or should I say witchy pumpkin2

[stitchmich]

"KEEP 'EM IN STITCHES"[/B]
Ya'll are giving me good ideas but I think I'm going to give up on the sewing words. They're just not doing anything for me. My favorite user name is Kim's (yvspeck) which is GRAMARAZZI. That one makes me smile every time. I heard the word Geek today so I was trying to use that... like "Chic Geek" but there's nothing chic about me so... "2 Geek 2B Chic" :lol: or "Snap Happy Scrap Geek". Why is this so hard? Now I know why so many people still have "Yay, I can choose my own name" :p



Thank you!
NKOTB was fun! I was surprised I won anything! The gallery was full of beautiful layouts!

We weren't surprised pumpkin1

Hey, Gundi Girls, for those of you who are planning on taking the November Tablet class, have you already signed up? I'm so confused! I signed up for the class that was listed under *November*, but just got an email from Kim, basically asking "where ya been?" :yikes: Don't tell me I signed up wrongly! ;) Guess I really am going to have to plug the darned thing in on Sunday! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I thought I read that it was self-paced. So I was thinking there might not be a specific start and end date.

[Christine]

Hey! My name went orange! pumpkin2

all of team digital's did pumpkin1

[Christine]

Yeah I was really lucky cuz at the time I went over 5,000, I was on DET, then DET alum, then Designer etc, so I didn't really have to ever think to hard at it. pumpkin2

[Christine]

Yeah I was really lucky cuz at the time I went over 5,000, I was on DET, then DET alum, then Designer etc, so I didn't really have to ever think too hard at it. pumpkin2

[stitchmich]

You went straight from new kid to DET, right? Then how long before you were a designer?

[Christine]

Not really new kid and let's see about 4 or 5 months after I was DET I started as a designer.

[Shana34]

Thanks guys for the well wishes. My uncle is okay. I guess they said he was going to be fine, but they ran tests to make sure everything was as okay as it will be with congestive heart failure.

My nephew's team lost. :( They had a couple of chances at the end to tie it up, but the goalie made some good saves. Conor didn't get to play that much, so he wasn't in a very good mood after the game. I told him there's next year. He's only a sophomore.

Tomorrow I get to rest! Woohoo. Nice relaxing day so I can catch up on my Grey's Anatomy. pumpkin2pumpkin2pumpkin1pumpkin1pumpkin1

[ReneT]

Not really new kid and let's see about 4 or 5 months after I was DET I started as a designer.

Impressive!!!

[stitchmich]

Not really new kid and let's see about 4 or 5 months after I was DET I started as a designer.

Oh I thought you did DET right after NKOTB.

[ReneT]

Thanks guys for the well wishes. My uncle is okay. I guess they said he was going to be fine, but they ran tests to make sure everything was as okay as it will be with congestive heart failure.

My nephew's team lost. :( They had a couple of chances at the end to tie it up, but the goalie made some good saves. Conor didn't get to play that much, so he wasn't in a very good mood after the game. I told him there's next year. He's only a sophomore.

Tomorrow I get to rest! Woohoo. Nice relaxing day so I can catch up on my Grey's Anatomy. pumpkin2pumpkin2pumpkin1pumpkin1pumpkin1

Glad that your uncle is OK. That's a blessing.

Boo for losing!

Oh I forgot about Grey's tonight! I need a tv in my office so I can watch tv and scrap!

[ReneT]

Well doggies are fine. Yay. The tumor in her abdomen is just a fatty tumor, nothing to worry about and he gave her some hormones so maybe she can control her bladder at night. Hope it works.

Then I went to Walmart. That's a frustrating place after school lets out and at Halloween time! witch

[stitchmich]

bummer that they lost, Shana. Glad your uncle is okay.
It's not Grey night, it's Survivor night! witch

[stitchmich]

Well doggies are fine. Yay. The tumor in her abdomen is just a fatty tumor, nothing to worry about and he gave her some hormones so maybe she can control her bladder at night. Hope it works.

Then I went to Walmart. That's a frustrating place after school lets out and at Halloween time! witch

oh I'm glad the doggies are good. I hate Walmart any day, but I suppose it's pretty bad at Halloween time :annoyed:

[Shana34]

Well doggies are fine. Yay. The tumor in her abdomen is just a fatty tumor, nothing to worry about and he gave her some hormones so maybe she can control her bladder at night. Hope it works.

Then I went to Walmart. That's a frustrating place after school lets out and at Halloween time! witch

So glad the doggies are okay! And yes...WalMart is frustrating. I have trouble being there...well...shopping in general. I've never braved black Friday unless I was working. LOL

[debilou]

I just got off the phone...

My youngest brother - was just diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer - he's married - 3 kids

Through a series of events... she lost her job this year - they have NO health insurance.

He goes in for further testing next week...

what will they do? I hope and pray they qualify for some public help but don't know yet.

I can just Pray.

[stitchmich]

oh no, Debi. I'm so sorry to hear this sad news. I'll be praying too. :pray:

[Shana34]

Oh no, Debi. I'll make sure to pray as well. Can he see about SS? I believe he might qualify given the circumstances.

[debilou]

Their county doesn't qualify... for medicare... long story.

I'm off to bed...I'm just in tears.. nite.

[Shana34]

Their county doesn't qualify... for medicare... long story.

I'm off to bed...I'm just in tears.. nite.

:hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug:
My thought and prayers are with you and your family, Debi. Goodnight.

[ReneT]

So glad the doggies are okay! And yes...WalMart is frustrating. I have trouble being there...well...shopping in general. I've never braved black Friday unless I was working. LOL

Oh I don't do Black Friday either. One of my friends here always wants me to go shopping on Black Friday at like 6am. I'm like NO.

[ReneT]

I just got off the phone...

My youngest brother - was just diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer - he's married - 3 kids

Through a series of events... she lost her job this year - they have NO health insurance.

He goes in for further testing next week...

what will they do? I hope and pray they qualify for some public help but don't know yet.

I can just Pray.

Oh Debi. I am so so sorry. How scary!!!! I will be praying. :pray::hug::pray:

[carolyn d]

I just got off the phone...

My youngest brother - was just diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer - he's married - 3 kids

Through a series of events... she lost her job this year - they have NO health insurance.

He goes in for further testing next week...

what will they do? I hope and pray they qualify for some public help but don't know yet.

I can just Pray.

Oh Debi... so sorry to hear this... such devastating news...:pray::pray::pray:

[Christine]

I just got off the phone...

My youngest brother - was just diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer - he's married - 3 kids

Through a series of events... she lost her job this year - they have NO health insurance.

He goes in for further testing next week...

what will they do? I hope and pray they qualify for some public help but don't know yet.

I can just Pray.

Debi so sorry to hear this! Know we are hear for you and praying for the best!

[>>aruaL<<]

Debi, I'm so very sorry to hear this news. How terrible. I will keep him and his family in my thoughts. I hope they are able to qualify for some type of assistance to help with the medical care.

[sands_healy]

So sorry Debi.... will pray as well.

[sands_healy]

Been collecting quotes.... spoke too soon about getting better :(

if you bought that camera in a physical store, it should have been marked if it was a "grey market" item. You find this a great deal in online stores, but I've never heard of it in a regular store. Grey market items a the exact same as non-grey market, but the difference being with warranty issues. .......GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RR !!!!


And now you need to OPEN the book and READ the book !

I actually just got a call at 10:30pm last night from the store manager. I told him I was unhappy about purchasing a grey market camera without being told upfront it was one. He was astounded at first, that I even knew what I was talking about. To cut a long story short, he will be getting back to me on Saturday with regards to the repair of my camera free of charge.

He told me that the story that the girl gave me over the phone was incorrect (that the warranty only covers software and not parts and that I'd have to still pay for the parts) and that he will endeavor to get the camera repaired at no cost to me. He's going to discuss with his HO how to go about it since I'm in Oman and they are in Dubai.

Hopefully this can all still be done and dusted by the time I need to shoot the wedding.

Noooooooooooooooo! I just looked out my window and what did I see? NOT popcorn popping on the apricot tree. Looks more like popcorn falling from the sky! :cry: :cry:

(Anybody besides Heather know what the heck I am talking about? :lol:)

Are you getting any Heather? I bet if I am you have more.

Yay!!! Snow!!! Already?

I absolutely need a shoulder to lean on today... and if you don't mind, I'm going to use yours..

Well.... so here is the update.... maybe some good is coming from my outburst.

Laura I'm sorry I wasn't around to offer support during this time for you, but I've read and seen that it seems to have been resolved. Hopefully it will continue in that way, and I'm proud of you for sticking up for the girls!

Hello Gundi Girls!!! Just wanted to stop in real quick and say HI!!! I've been in bed since Monday with a migraine that is just now starting to get a bit better. I will try to catch up here maybe tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers that I will feel back to normal by then.

Hope everyone is doing OK.:hug:

Get better soon Rene!

She's on her itouch and probably on the treadmill or elliptical! She's a crazy women haven't you figured that out yet! :rofl: And you always know when she's on the touch because it's all lower case and bad english!! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

I physically witnessed this! Before the days of when she had her itouch, I found her on the elliptical exercising and reading her book !!!! :eek::eek::yikes: I would have broken my neck.

[Christine]

Been collecting quotes.... spoke too soon about getting better :(



I actually just got a call at 10:30pm last night from the store manager. I told him I was unhappy about purchasing a grey market camera without being told upfront it was one. He was astounded at first, that I even knew what I was talking about. To cut a long story short, he will be getting back to me on Saturday with regards to the repair of my camera free of charge.

He told me that the story that the girl gave me over the phone was incorrect (that the warranty only covers software and not parts and that I'd have to still pay for the parts) and that he will endeavor to get the camera repaired at no cost to me. He's going to discuss with his HO how to go about it since I'm in Oman and they are in Dubai.

Hopefully this can all still be done and dusted by the time I need to shoot the wedding.



Yay!!! Snow!!! Already?





Laura I'm sorry I wasn't around to offer support during this time for you, but I've read and seen that it seems to have been resolved. Hopefully it will continue in that way, and I'm proud of you for sticking up for the girls!



Get better soon Rene!



I physically witnessed this! Before the days of when she had her itouch, I found her on the elliptical exercising and reading her book !!!! :eek::eek::yikes: I would have broken my neck.

Good that they are doing something for you and you forgot the part about how quiet I was trying to be since it was early :) Besides I stopped reading and talked to you guys once you found me. :lol:

[Christine]

dang it girl get feeling better!

[Christine]

oh yeah Sands has it gone on more than a week? You probably have a secondary bacterial infection and need to get an antibiotic. Can you get them w/o an rx? Catch me on yahoo and I will tell you what you need.

Off to do Josh's Halloween parade today, oh joy! If I repeat I love Halloween parades and they are not a complete waste of my time enough times, do you think I will believe it? :D

[stitchmich]

Off to do Josh's Halloween parade today, oh joy! If I repeat I love Halloween parades and they are not a complete waste of my time enough times, do you think I will believe it? :D

I think not, but give it your best shot. pumpkin2pumpkin1pumpkin2

[ReneT]

oh yeah Sands has it gone on more than a week? You probably have a secondary bacterial infection and need to get an antibiotic. Can you get them w/o an rx? Catch me on yahoo and I will tell you what you need.

Off to do Josh's Halloween parade today, oh joy! If I repeat I love Halloween parades and they are not a complete waste of my time enough times, do you think I will believe it? :D

What is he dressing up as?

[sands_healy]

oh yeah Sands has it gone on more than a week? You probably have a secondary bacterial infection and need to get an antibiotic. Can you get them w/o an rx? Catch me on yahoo and I will tell you what you need.

:yes::yes::yes::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry: I'll try to catch you but you're just too quick for me :D

[stitchmich]

Been collecting quotes.... spoke too soon about getting better :(

Awww, I'm sorry. It may have turned into something else like Chris said. Get well soon. :hug:

I actually just got a call at 10:30pm last night from the store manager. I told him I was unhappy about purchasing a grey market camera without being told upfront it was one. He was astounded at first, that I even knew what I was talking about. To cut a long story short, he will be getting back to me on Saturday with regards to the repair of my camera free of charge.

He told me that the story that the girl gave me over the phone was incorrect (that the warranty only covers software and not parts and that I'd have to still pay for the parts) and that he will endeavor to get the camera repaired at no cost to me. He's going to discuss with his HO how to go about it since I'm in Oman and they are in Dubai.

Hopefully this can all still be done and dusted by the time I need to shoot the wedding.

I hope he fixes it quickly and FREE.



Yay!!! Snow!!! Already?


I was reading in the news this morning about blizzards in Colorado. It's so early for that! Did you guys get a lot?


I physically witnessed this! Before the days of when she had her itouch, I found her on the elliptical exercising and reading her book !!!! :eek::eek::yikes: I would have broken my neck.

Well, I can't do the iTouch on the treadmill, but I do like to read a book on the treadmill. Makes the time pass much faster, and sometimes I get a library book to be my motivation for getting on the treadmill. pumpkin1

[ReneT]

Well, I can't do the iTouch on the treadmill, but I do like to read a book on the treadmill. Makes the time pass much faster, and sometimes I get a library book to be my motivation for getting on the treadmill. pumpkin1

If and when I get on the treadmill, I listen to loud 80's music on my Itouch so I can pretend I'm not really exercising! But can't get on it now because Drew has invaded the gameroom and that's where it is. Good excuse, right? pumpkin2pumpkin2

[stitchmich]

If and when I get on the treadmill, I listen to loud 80's music on my Itouch so I can pretend I'm not really exercising! But can't get on it now because Drew has invaded the gameroom and that's where it is. Good excuse, right? pumpkin2pumpkin2

sounds like a good enough excuse to me :lol:

[GrandmaCrys]

Yeah I was really lucky cuz at the time I went over 5,000, I was on DET, then DET alum, then Designer etc, so I didn't really have to ever think too hard at it. pumpkin2

witch witch zoom...zoom...

bummer that they lost, Shana. Glad your uncle is okay.
It's not Grey night, it's Survivor night! witch

:tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: Is this the first Survivor in history that's going to have a murder at the reward ceremony, after all the players have found out what a scumbag Mr. Millionaire is? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

I just got off the phone...

My youngest brother - was just diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer - he's married - 3 kids

Through a series of events... she lost her job this year - they have NO health insurance.

He goes in for further testing next week...

what will they do? I hope and pray they qualify for some public help but don't know yet.

I can just Pray.

Debilou..........:pray: :hug: :pray: :hug: :pray: :hug: :pray: :hug: :pray: :hug:

Oh I don't do Black Friday either. One of my friends here always wants me to go shopping on Black Friday at like 6am. I'm like NO.

That is the absolute last day in the year I would ever consider going shopping. :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:

Good that they are doing something for you and you forgot the part about how quiet I was trying to be since it was early :) Besides I stopped reading and talked to you guys once you found me. :lol:

Yes, but we're pretty sure you were still reading your book out of the corner of your eyes. :annoyed: :annoyed: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

If and when I get on the treadmill, I listen to loud 80's music on my Itouch so I can pretend I'm not really exercising! But can't get on it now because Drew has invaded the gameroom and that's where it is. Good excuse, right? pumpkin2pumpkin2

Rene, I have a huge, clunky, old, bedraggled, hand-me-down treadmill on my front porch. After you whip my grumpy DH into shape, you're welcome to use it! ;) :pumpkin1: :pumpkin1: :pumpkin2: :pumpkin2: :pumpkin2: :pumpkin2: :pumpkin2:

[Christine]

What is he dressing up as?

His costume could be called a dinosaur, alligator or Yoshi from the Mario games. So depends on what he wants to be at the moment. :lol:

[Christine]

sounds like a good enough excuse to me :lol:

no! bad excuse, we want to be fit and healthy gundi girls. Let's go ladies!!! and Gary if he pops in :D

[Christine]

witch witch zoom...zoom...



:tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: Is this the first Survivor in history that's going to have a murder at the reward ceremony, after all the players have found out what a scumbag Mr. Millionaire is? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

I don't even watch it but just listening to when the kids do, yeah total scumbag

Debilou..........:pray: :hug: :pray: :hug: :pray: :hug: :pray: :hug: :pray: :hug:



That is the absolute last day in the year I would ever consider going shopping. :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:

not me, I love it, but I also have a system: have a list, get out early, stick the kids in line while I get my stuff, buy it next store, hope by like 9 or 10 AM at the latest. :D

Yes, but we're pretty sure you were still reading your book out of the corner of your eyes. :annoyed: :annoyed: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:no::no::no::no::no:no way not me

Rene, I have a huge, clunky, old, bedraggled, hand-me-down treadmill on my front porch. After you whip my grumpy DH into shape, you're welcome to use it! ;) pumpkin1 pumpkin1 pumpkin2 pumpkin2 pumpkin2 pumpkin2 pumpkin2

Wow I checked out a dvd of Jillian Michaels from the library and did it today, my delt's are going to be soooooooorrrre tomorrow!

[Christine]

I got to bed so late last night. I was a woman on a mission. I finished up Wee William 2, Wee William Element pack AND a Wee William alphabet yesterday. I just kept thinking of cute things I wanted to add. :lol: (Finished mind you, this has been an all week project) but they are all on their way into the store. You will have to check them out and tell me what you think! I did a baby hatching dinosaur. He just cracks me up!!!

I am off to the temple, will put up the Alizarin challenge when I get home.

Oh yeah!!!! to anyone who still has a BAG pending, I have an idea for a vintage gangster type kit, does anyone want to claim it? Stitchie, I haven't forgotten you, I just have several things "in process" and trying to get caught up. :D Shana, did you send me some pics yet? I am not ready for you either but just making sure you are thinking about it.

[stitchmich]

His costume could be called a dinosaur, alligator or Yoshi from the Mario games. So depends on what he wants to be at the moment. :lol:
:pumpkin2: :pumpkin1: :pumpkin2: :pumpkin1:


no! bad excuse, we want to be fit and healthy gundi girls. Let's go ladies!!! and Gary if he pops in :D

right, that's what i meant to say :pumpkin1:



:tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: Is this the first Survivor in history that's going to have a murder at the reward ceremony, after all the players have found out what a scumbag Mr. Millionaire is? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

LOL! Yes, that could be true. I wouldn't say I "like" the guy, but then again, we do laugh at him every week. He is certainly playing the game. It will be interesting to see what happens if they go after him.

That is the absolute last day in the year I would ever consider going shopping. :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:

I don't like shopping on any day, but I really hate it on Black Friday. Somehow it doesn't surprise me that Chris would shop then... ya know since she's superhuman anyway.

Yes, but we're pretty sure you were still reading your book out of the corner of your eyes. :annoyed: :annoyed: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

busted!



Any chance you're "plugged in" yet Crys? You do know you'll need it plugged in for the class... right? pumpkin2

I am so confused today. THe kids are out of school for a teacher's workday and I made them do some housecleaning so I keep thinking it's Saturday. Our LAST football game is tonight. :tup: Whew! I am so glad this season is almost over.

[GrandmaCrys]

Oh, crud! The WebMaster discovered the error of her ways and not we have the words witch, pumpkin1 and pumpkin2 all over the place! :eek: :eek: It was so much more fun the other way! :pumpkin2:

And NO, Stitchie; apparently you missed that plug-in target date is Sun., Nov 1.

[GrandmaCrys]

I'd say superhuman as a description of Chris would be about perfect! :pumpkin2:

[stitchmich]

Oh, crud! The WebMaster discovered the error of her ways and not we have the words witch, pumpkin1 and pumpkin2 all over the place! :eek: :eek: It was so much more fun the other way! :pumpkin2:

And NO, Stitchie; apparently you missed that plug-in target date is Sun., Nov 1.

LOL! no I saw that it was Nov 1. I just wondered if you had a moment of inspiration yet and plugged it in early. :pumpkin2:

(i noticed the :'s on the new smilies now too :()

[stitchmich]

I got to bed so late last night. I was a woman on a mission. I finished up Wee William 2, Wee William Element pack AND a Wee William alphabet yesterday. I just kept thinking of cute things I wanted to add. :lol: (Finished mind you, this has been an all week project) but they are all on their way into the store. You will have to check them out and tell me what you think! I did a baby hatching dinosaur. He just cracks me up!!!

I am off to the temple, will put up the Alizarin challenge when I get home.

Oh yeah!!!! to anyone who still has a BAG pending, I have an idea for a vintage gangster type kit, does anyone want to claim it? Stitchie, I haven't forgotten you, I just have several things "in process" and trying to get caught up. :D Shana, did you send me some pics yet? I am not ready for you either but just making sure you are thinking about it.

Good for you on Wee William! I know you won't forget me. Vintage gangster sounds interesting :D

[stitchmich]

I'm going to ask a bold question ( I hope it isn't inappropriate) When someone uses a prize coupon for a kit, does the designer of the kit get any compensation? Or would she just be giving it away?

[Shana34]

I got to bed so late last night. I was a woman on a mission. I finished up Wee William 2, Wee William Element pack AND a Wee William alphabet yesterday. I just kept thinking of cute things I wanted to add. :lol: (Finished mind you, this has been an all week project) but they are all on their way into the store. You will have to check them out and tell me what you think! I did a baby hatching dinosaur. He just cracks me up!!!

I am off to the temple, will put up the Alizarin challenge when I get home.

Oh yeah!!!! to anyone who still has a BAG pending, I have an idea for a vintage gangster type kit, does anyone want to claim it? Stitchie, I haven't forgotten you, I just have several things "in process" and trying to get caught up. :D Shana, did you send me some pics yet? I am not ready for you either but just making sure you are thinking about it.

I did send you some pics, but I think I may change my mind on them. I do have some vintage pics, but I don't know if they fit under gangster. LOL I am going to see about going down to Wilkes-Barre next week to go to the library there. My uncles played professional basketball for the team there (it was before the NBA) and I did a scrapbook for one of them while I was still at Wilkes. The other one was wondering why I didn't get to him, so maybe I could send you some of those if you think that would work?

[ReneT]

Rene, I have a huge, clunky, old, bedraggled, hand-me-down treadmill on my front porch. After you whip my grumpy DH into shape, you're welcome to use it! ;) :pumpkin1: :pumpkin1: :pumpkin2: :pumpkin2: :pumpkin2: :pumpkin2: :pumpkin2:


I figure whipping your DH into shape is going to be enough exercise to last me awhile. :pumpkin2::pumpkin2:

[ReneT]

His costume could be called a dinosaur, alligator or Yoshi from the Mario games. So depends on what he wants to be at the moment. :lol:

I need to see a pic of this. Can't picture it in my head.

[ReneT]

no! bad excuse, we want to be fit and healthy gundi girls. Let's go ladies!!! and Gary if he pops in :D

Gary won't pop in - he doesn't like his Halloween costume I made for him. He says he doesn't like me pretending he's Capt Jack Sparrow. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[ReneT]

Wow I checked out a dvd of Jillian Michaels from the library and did it today, my delt's are going to be soooooooorrrre tomorrow!

Quit being an overachiever. You're making the rest of us lazy lugs look bad. ;)

[ReneT]

I got to bed so late last night. I was a woman on a mission. I finished up Wee William 2, Wee William Element pack AND a Wee William alphabet yesterday. I just kept thinking of cute things I wanted to add. :lol: (Finished mind you, this has been an all week project) but they are all on their way into the store. You will have to check them out and tell me what you think! I did a baby hatching dinosaur. He just cracks me up!!!

I am off to the temple, will put up the Alizarin challenge when I get home.

Oh yeah!!!! to anyone who still has a BAG pending, I have an idea for a vintage gangster type kit, does anyone want to claim it? Stitchie, I haven't forgotten you, I just have several things "in process" and trying to get caught up. :D Shana, did you send me some pics yet? I am not ready for you either but just making sure you are thinking about it.

Oohhh vintage gangster kit sounds way cool! And I just checked out the Wee William stuff! You're right, that baby hatching dino is super cute. Love the volcano and dino footprints too!!! This is going to be fun!

[Shana34]

Quit being an overachiever. You're making the rest of us lazy lugs look bad. ;)

Lazy? I get exercise. I walk to the refridgerator and back! :pumpkin2::pumpkin2::pumpkin2:

[>>aruaL<<]

Hey now! Speak for yourself! I am sooo not lazy!! I exercise every single day.... my hand from using my tablet all day long is very very exercised!! :-)

Ohhhh how I love Wee William kit!! Can't wait to see #2.

[Shana34]

Oh yeah! I forgot, my clicking finger is STRONG! hahaha

[ReneT]

Lazy? I get exercise. I walk to the refridgerator and back! :pumpkin2::pumpkin2::pumpkin2:

Hey now! Speak for yourself! I am sooo not lazy!! I exercise every single day.... my hand from using my tablet all day long is very very exercised!! :-)

Ohhhh how I love Wee William kit!! Can't wait to see #2.

Oh yeah! I forgot, my clicking finger is STRONG! hahaha

:pumpkin2::pumpkin2::pumpkin2:

[idtwinmom]

Well, I didn't grab quotes so here's the best I can do:

Debi - I am soooooo sorry! My prayers are with you and your family!

Chris - you'll have to do better than that if you want to see me on a treadmill! (like buy one ship it to Alaska and build a room to put it in!) :lol:

Guys, I'm totally drained! I really kind of wish I didn't have photography class tonight. This week has just been too much:
If any of you read my blog, well, it didn't stop with Monday. Tuesday I went to get the kids their flu shots, and got told, Nope - can't do that until Friday! Then I hurried home to wait for the new washer, which didn't show up until Wednesday! Wednesday, they delivered it, hooked it up and turned it on but didn't stay very long. The hoses leaked! Yesterday, nothing terrible happened! Today, go to get the flu shots: We can do the boys, but we can't do her, she's too young for the vaccine we've got, Oh, and we aren't getting the H1N1, you have to get that somewhere else (but I can't get it somewhere else because they haven't had a physical and they won't do it unless they are "established" patients and the insurance won't pay for new physicals because it hasn't been a year since their last one so how the devil am I supposed to get them established!!!!!!!!!) I take them to the place that they say we can at least get the H1N1, they take 2 people ahead of us that walked in just like we did to get the flu shot but after we showed up and after they had all our paperwork too! When I asked for the second time, they finally checked and the gal was like, I just got your papers, but what is this that these two got shots already! About 10 minutes later and with someone's permission (don't know if she was a Dr or not, they all had costumes on) they gave all 3 the H1N1 and Rai her seasonal! Oh, and a bunch of tears too!

[Christine]

I'm going to ask a bold question ( I hope it isn't inappropriate) When someone uses a prize coupon for a kit, does the designer of the kit get any compensation? Or would she just be giving it away?

nope our % is based on what is actually paid, so if you use a coupon on my kit I get my % of zero. :lol:

[Christine]

I'd say superhuman as a description of Chris would be about perfect! :pumpkin2:

Either that or super stupid to take on so much stuff ;)

[ReneT]

Either that or super stupid to take on so much stuff ;)

No, we Gundi Girls are smart, and since you are the original Gundi Girl, that makes you the most smartest. :pumpkin2::pumpkin1::pumpkin2:

[Beachcomber]

Hey All. Happy Halloween!!

The boy has a late afternoon soccer game tomorrow. Last night we made some ghost lollipops for his friends. He also gave some to his favorite teachers. Hubby has been on a "making fresh pumpkin pie" kick this week. He has made 2 pies so far. lol

My son's school Halloween parade was this morning and in the afternoon his class had their halloween party. They decorated sugar cookies with frosting and sprinkles and made popcorn hands. Easy peasy party. I helped at least 63 kids fill their gloves with popcorn and helped them tie it off. The boy is so excited for halloween.

[sands_healy]

Lazy? I get exercise. I walk to the refridgerator and back! :pumpkin2::pumpkin2::pumpkin2:

Hey now! Speak for yourself! I am sooo not lazy!! I exercise every single day.... my hand from using my tablet all day long is very very exercised!! :-)

Oh yeah! I forgot, my clicking finger is STRONG! hahaha

:pumpkin2::pumpkin2::pumpkin2::pumpkin2::pumpkin2: Yeah I'm with you guys. I have very good intentions though.

Oh, and a bunch of tears too!

sorry to hear you've had such a bad week Lisa. Hope it improves next week!

Hey All. Happy Halloween!!

:wave::wave: Happy Halloween.

[stitchmich]

Gary won't pop in - he doesn't like his Halloween costume I made for him. He says he doesn't like me pretending he's Capt Jack Sparrow. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

gee, i can't imagine why not :pumpkin2:


Guys, I'm totally drained! I really kind of wish I didn't have photography class tonight. This week has just been too much:
If any of you read my blog, well, it didn't stop with Monday. Tuesday I went to get the kids their flu shots, and got told, Nope - can't do that until Friday! Then I hurried home to wait for the new washer, which didn't show up until Wednesday! Wednesday, they delivered it, hooked it up and turned it on but didn't stay very long. The hoses leaked! Yesterday, nothing terrible happened! Today, go to get the flu shots: We can do the boys, but we can't do her, she's too young for the vaccine we've got, Oh, and we aren't getting the H1N1, you have to get that somewhere else (but I can't get it somewhere else because they haven't had a physical and they won't do it unless they are "established" patients and the insurance won't pay for new physicals because it hasn't been a year since their last one so how the devil am I supposed to get them established!!!!!!!!!) I take them to the place that they say we can at least get the H1N1, they take 2 people ahead of us that walked in just like we did to get the flu shot but after we showed up and after they had all our paperwork too! When I asked for the second time, they finally checked and the gal was like, I just got your papers, but what is this that these two got shots already! About 10 minutes later and with someone's permission (don't know if she was a Dr or not, they all had costumes on) they gave all 3 the H1N1 and Rai her seasonal! Oh, and a bunch of tears too!

I'm sorry you are having such a bad week, Lisa. I hope you have a great weekend to make up for it.

nope our % is based on what is actually paid, so if you use a coupon on my kit I get my % of zero. :lol:

Thanks, that's what I wanted to know.


Either that or super stupid to take on so much stuff ;)

Let's just stick with superhuman :pumpkin1:

Hey All. Happy Halloween!!

The boy has a late afternoon soccer game tomorrow. Last night we made some ghost lollipops for his friends. He also gave some to his favorite teachers. Hubby has been on a "making fresh pumpkin pie" kick this week. He has made 2 pies so far. lol

My son's school Halloween parade was this morning and in the afternoon his class had their halloween party. They decorated sugar cookies with frosting and sprinkles and made popcorn hands. Easy peasy party. I helped at least 63 kids fill their gloves with popcorn and helped them tie it off. The boy is so excited for halloween.

Sounds like you're enjoying Halloween the right way... with food! I can't say I like pumpkin pie but sugar cookies sound good :pumpkin1:

Happy Halloween everybody!

[stitchmich]

Oh my heck, Chris!! I just saw the Wee William collection in the store. It is so stinkin' cute!! You must have had so much fun making that.

[sands_healy]

Well I'm feeling much better today :D.... just the drumming in my head to get rid of, then I'll be 100% again.
Thought I'd be first to post in Alizarin Thread, but alas I was beaten to it :D.
Happy Halloween everyone, hope you have a fantastic weekend. Mine's over :cry:

[ReneT]

HAPPY PUMPKIN DAY GUNDI GIRLS!!!!! :witch::witch::pumpkin1::pumpkin1::witch::witch:

Lisa, man that sounds like a yucky week!!! I hope today will be a good day with Halloween festivities with your kids.

Sands, glad to hear you are feeling a bit better.

Dorene, sounds like you had fun with the Halloween party yesterday!!!

What is everyone else doing for Halloween? We have a TX Tech game today, then probably won't do much tonight. I really miss having little ones to dress up and take trick-or-treating. I would love to adopt a baby, but Gary's not having it since he'll be 50 in June, which I understand. I'm torn sometimes between loving the independence we have now that the kids are older and wanting another baby. OK, not sure how I got off on that subject, I guess it's just been on my mind a lot lately.

[stitchmich]

What is everyone else doing for Halloween? We have a TX Tech game today, then probably won't do much tonight. I really miss having little ones to dress up and take trick-or-treating. I would love to adopt a baby, but Gary's not having it since he'll be 50 in June, which I understand. I'm torn sometimes between loving the independence we have now that the kids are older and wanting another baby. OK, not sure how I got off on that subject, I guess it's just been on my mind a lot lately.

Funny you should mention that cuz I was thinking I needed a baby boy so I could use Wee William. :rofl::rofl::rofl: But I was just joking. I have no desire at all to give up my increasing independence. Hang in there girl. It won't be long before you have grandkids to enjoy. ;)

Have fun at the game. I am planning to spend my Halloween inside being lazy. DD is off with friends but DS can't find a friend to hang out with so I think our evening will be watching a movie with the boy. Since I didn't buy us any Halloween candy maybe I'll bake cookies or brownies with him. :pumpkin1:

Sandy, I'm glad to hear you're almost well. :) Sorry to hear your weekend is over though. :(

[Shana34]

Happy Halloween everyone! Sands, it's good to hear you're mostly feeling better. I hope the drumming goes away soon.

So I'm going over to the BFF's house today and watching the yankees game with her family. We're going to have a little non-party-party too. Her youngest is sick so no Halloween festivities this year. We were supposed to go to the pumpkin farm with them. Thankfully they weren't going to go trick or treating anyway (LOOOOOONG story - her ex is a PITB to put it nicely) so they won't be too upset about that. I got some candy for them to find around the house and we're making funnel cakes for them so it should be a good night regardless.

Rene...my cousin's in his 50s and he just had 2 more kids. Gary can do it! *runs and hides from him* Just kidding. Everyone in the family thought he was nuts, so I can understand where Gary's coming from.

[carolyn d]

Gundi will be so proud to know that you are willing to have more children so that you can appropriately use her kits ! ROTFL !!

[Christine]

CRAZY day today, I am in that dejunk frame of mind. I have been gathering stuff up left and right and CHUCKING it! Lots going to the DI (goodwill kind of place)

[Christine]

gundi will be so proud to know that you are willing to have more children so that you can appropriately use her kits ! Rotfl !!

yes exactly!!! :d

[stitchmich]

Gundi will be so proud to know that you are willing to have more children so that you can appropriately use her kits ! ROTFL !!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[stitchmich]

CRAZY day today, I am in that dejunk frame of mind. I have been gathering stuff up left and right and CHUCKING it! Lots going to the DI (goodwill kind of place)

you're my hero!! I get in those moods a lot. My DH is a pack rat, but I am a CHUCKER!:pumpkin2:

[addicted]

We have been way too busy around here! If I were a paid taxi service, I'd be rich!!

Sands, glad you are feeling better!!

Chris, which DVD did you try out? I have the 30 day shread and just need to start!

I hope you all have a great Halloween!! My kids have been celebrating since school got out yesterday with parties, haunted houses and carnivals! So much to do!!

[Christine]

We have been way too busy around here! If I were a paid taxi service, I'd be rich!!

Sands, glad you are feeling better!!

Chris, which DVD did you try out? I have the 30 day shread and just need to start!

I hope you all have a great Halloween!! My kids have been celebrating since school got out yesterday with parties, haunted houses and carnivals! So much to do!!

exactly! and yes that is the one, ummm just so you know, I usually use 10# weights for bicep curls etc, so started w/ those moved down to the 8# and wish I would have used the 5#'s my shoulders are so sore!

[addicted]

When I was doing P90X this summer I was getting the best muscle tone, but an hour a day is just too much with all my kids, so I bought Jillian's hoping it would work, but if not I might have to go back to P90X! I'm starting it Monday, so you all keep me accountable and make sure I do it!

[addicted]

Oh and thanks for the tip!

[Christine]

yeah I was definitely sweating w/ Jillian's

[stitchmich]

When I was doing P90X this summer I was getting the best muscle tone, but an hour a day is just too much with all my kids, so I bought Jillian's hoping it would work, but if not I might have to go back to P90X! I'm starting it Monday, so you all keep me accountable and make sure I do it!

Isn't that Tony Horton? I like him. I have one of his sets called Power Half Hour (i think) that is a real workout. I am way too out of shape for P90.

[>>aruaL<<]

Christine was probably dejunking WHILE she was on her itouch AND while she was on her treadmill!! She is like superwoman!! LOL :-)

[addicted]

Isn't that Tony Horton? I like him. I have one of his sets called Power Half Hour (i think) that is a real workout. I am way too out of shape for P90.
Yes and it's a butt kicker! The first week you can't even move and then it gets easier.

Christine was probably dejunking WHILE she was on her itouch AND while she was on her treadmill!! She is like superwoman!! LOL :-)

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[ReneT]

Funny you should mention that cuz I was thinking I needed a baby boy so I could use Wee William. :rofl::rofl::rofl: But I was just joking. I have no desire at all to give up my increasing independence. Hang in there girl. It won't be long before you have grandkids to enjoy. ;)

Have fun at the game. I am planning to spend my Halloween inside being lazy. DD is off with friends but DS can't find a friend to hang out with so I think our evening will be watching a movie with the boy. Since I didn't buy us any Halloween candy maybe I'll bake cookies or brownies with him. :pumpkin1:

Sandy, I'm glad to hear you're almost well. :) Sorry to hear your weekend is over though. :(

When he says something like I'd be 68 before the child graduated from high school, I get it, but a part of me would really love to be a mom again. I always wanted to have more than one baby, but it just didn't work out that way. Last week at the tailgate, I held a 4 month old baby boy for about an hour and it was nirvana! But I've always LOVED babies. The best job I ever had was when I was in college and I worked as a teacher in the infant room at a child care center. I loved every second of it.

Happy Halloween everyone! Sands, it's good to hear you're mostly feeling better. I hope the drumming goes away soon.

So I'm going over to the BFF's house today and watching the yankees game with her family. We're going to have a little non-party-party too. Her youngest is sick so no Halloween festivities this year. We were supposed to go to the pumpkin farm with them. Thankfully they weren't going to go trick or treating anyway (LOOOOOONG story - her ex is a PITB to put it nicely) so they won't be too upset about that. I got some candy for them to find around the house and we're making funnel cakes for them so it should be a good night regardless.

Rene...my cousin's in his 50s and he just had 2 more kids. Gary can do it! *runs and hides from him* Just kidding. Everyone in the family thought he was nuts, so I can understand where Gary's coming from.

Gary would be telling you "Don't egg her on!" :rofl::rofl:

Gundi will be so proud to know that you are willing to have more children so that you can appropriately use her kits ! ROTFL !!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

CRAZY day today, I am in that dejunk frame of mind. I have been gathering stuff up left and right and CHUCKING it! Lots going to the DI (goodwill kind of place)

I love doing that!!!!! It makes me happy to throw things away or give them to charity.

you're my hero!! I get in those moods a lot. My DH is a pack rat, but I am a CHUCKER!:pumpkin2:

Me too!

exactly! and yes that is the one, ummm just so you know, I usually use 10# weights for bicep curls etc, so started w/ those moved down to the 8# and wish I would have used the 5#'s my shoulders are so sore!

I decided today that I am going to move the treadmill out of the gameroom and put it downstairs in Drew's old room where I can get on it and either listen to my Itouch or watch tv. I have some hand weights and am going to do lunges and arm exercises too. I had to go to the doctor last week because after lifting all that paper during this last busy season, I have now got tendonitis. Chris, will the exercising help it or make it worse? Should I wait till it calms down or go ahead with it? The doctor put me on anti-inflamatory meds twice a day.

Christine was probably dejunking WHILE she was on her itouch AND while she was on her treadmill!! She is like superwoman!! LOL :-)

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[ReneT]

yay red raiders!!! 42-21 over kansas state!!! Woot!!!!

[Christine]

Christine was probably dejunking WHILE she was on her itouch AND while she was on her treadmill!! She is like superwoman!! LOL :-)

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Christine]

Rene, where is the tendonitis? If it is in one of the main joints that you use on the treadmill, I would be really careful about doing it until it calms down. You could maybe just do it nice and easy and see how it goes, then stop if it hurts.

[ReneT]

Rene, where is the tendonitis? If it is in one of the main joints that you use on the treadmill, I would be really careful about doing it until it calms down. You could maybe just do it nice and easy and see how it goes, then stop if it hurts.

The tendonitis is in my shoulder/upper arm. So I'm not concerned about the treadmill, just the hand weights. Like it hurts to lift my arm up over my head, take off a shirt, clap, etc.

[Christine]

oh yeah I would wait until it is under control to add weights, maybe some gentle range of motion unless that really hurts, you don't want to injure it worse

[Christine]

Wahooooo the Utes beat Wyoming while I was out being a good mom and taking my kids trick or treating! :D

[sands_healy]

Rene...my cousin's in his 50s and he just had 2 more kids. Gary can do it! *runs and hides from him* Just kidding. Everyone in the family thought he was nuts, so I can understand where Gary's coming from.

My Brother fathered his 6th son at the age of 54!!! Not bad for someone who was meant to be sterile from having mumps at the age of 19 :D.

you're my hero!! I get in those moods a lot. My DH is a pack rat, but I am a CHUCKER!:pumpkin2:

I'm a packrat and everytime I look at it I try to get motivated to chuck, but just can't seem to, unless I get pressured to do it, like when when we have to move.

Christine was probably dejunking WHILE she was on her itouch AND while she was on her treadmill!! She is like superwoman!! LOL :-)

:think::think: I would not put that passed her!

yay red raiders!!! 42-21 over kansas state!!! Woot!!!!

Wahooooo the Utes beat Wyoming while I was out being a good mom and taking my kids trick or treating! :D

Congrats to your teams for winning :D

[sands_healy]

Wahoo!!! Just got a call from the guy I bought the camera from :D.... he wants me to ship him the camera via DHL / Fedex and he'll cover the cost of the repair and shipping!!! Yay!!!....

[stitchmich]

Wahoo!!! Just got a call from the guy I bought the camera from :D.... he wants me to ship him the camera via DHL / Fedex and he'll cover the cost of the repair and shipping!!! Yay!!!....

woohoo! :tup:

[stitchmich]

When he says something like I'd be 68 before the child graduated from high school, I get it, but a part of me would really love to be a mom again. I always wanted to have more than one baby, but it just didn't work out that way. Last week at the tailgate, I held a 4 month old baby boy for about an hour and it was nirvana! But I've always LOVED babies. The best job I ever had was when I was in college and I worked as a teacher in the infant room at a child care center. I loved every second of it.

Yeah, I get that. I bet you were really good at that job too.

I decided today that I am going to move the treadmill out of the gameroom and put it downstairs in Drew's old room where I can get on it and either listen to my Itouch or watch tv. I have some hand weights and am going to do lunges and arm exercises too. I had to go to the doctor last week because after lifting all that paper during this last busy season, I have now got tendonitis. Chris, will the exercising help it or make it worse? Should I wait till it calms down or go ahead with it? The doctor put me on anti-inflamatory meds twice a day.


Ouch! Sorry to hear about your shoulder. I hope it's better soon.
Aren't the Gundi Girls good motivation? (esp. the original Gundi girl) I was thinking it was time to dust off the Tony Horton tapes and get moving myself.

[sands_healy]

Does it count if my flattie does it with you?

[stitchmich]

I'm a packrat and everytime I look at it I try to get motivated to chuck, but just can't seem to, unless I get pressured to do it, like when when we have to move.



LOL! I've always thought moving was the best way to get a fresh start on decluttering and cleaning. But we've been in the same house for over 10 years and no move in sight. DH hates throwing anything out because he thinks he'll find a need for it as soon as it's gone. Unfortunately, that has happened several times so the idea continues to be reinforced. :p

[sands_healy]

LOL! I've always thought moving was the best way to get a fresh start on decluttering and cleaning. But we've been in the same house for over 10 years and no move in sight. DH hates throwing anything out because he thinks he'll find a need for it as soon as it's gone. Unfortunately, that has happened several times so the idea continues to be reinforced. :p

Yeah I'm afraid that my DD may be a hoarder like me :).... she won't even let me get rid of the clothes that are way too small for her. I'm still trying to work out a way where I can talk her into being amicable about getting rid of them. Once I took a very pretty dress which she only wore a few times when was 2..... she's now 6, to send to my great niece, but she got all tearful when she saw me packaging it up, which broke my heart, so I removed it from the package.

[stitchmich]

Yeah I'm afraid that my DD may be a hoarder like me :).... she won't even let me get rid of the clothes that are way too small for her. I'm still trying to work out a way where I can talk her into being amicable about getting rid of them. Once I took a very pretty dress which she only wore a few times when was 2..... she's now 6, to send to my great niece, but she got all tearful when she saw me packaging it up, which broke my heart, so I removed it from the package.

uh-oh! When she gets older, she'll have a closet full of clothes. How is she with shoes? That's the one thing that I don't like giving up. My son is a packrat. He always threw a fit when I wanted to get rid of old toys. He still hangs onto toys he had when he was little even though he hasn't played with them in years.

[sands_healy]

uh-oh! When she gets older, she'll have a closet full of clothes. How is she with shoes? That's the one thing that I don't like giving up. My son is a packrat. He always threw a fit when I wanted to get rid of old toys. He still hangs onto toys he had when he was little even though he hasn't played with them in years.

Yep I have the same problem with shoes and toys.

[carolyn d]

Wahoo!!! Just got a call from the guy I bought the camera from :D.... he wants me to ship him the camera via DHL / Fedex and he'll cover the cost of the repair and shipping!!! Yay!!!....WOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO TO YOU!! It was perhaps the mention of grey market item that did the trick???? Imagine the misery he expects you could make for him if it was known they were selling grey market for non grey market prices????? wow big time. It is so worth his time/investment to get this done for you at no charge !

[sands_healy]

WOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO TO YOU!! It was perhaps the mention of grey market item that did the trick???? Imagine the misery he expects you could make for him if it was known they were selling grey market for non grey market prices????? wow big time. It is so worth his time/investment to get this done for you at no charge !

yep I think it was.... Thanks to my very knowledgeable friends at DSP :hug:

[ReneT]

oh yeah I would wait until it is under control to add weights, maybe some gentle range of motion unless that really hurts, you don't want to injure it worse

Ok, well I will start on the treadmill only tomorrow then. Gary's going to move it downstairs this afternoon after golf. My doc said if the anti-inflamatories don't work he would send me to physical therapy. I don't know how long I'm supposed to give it before I know if it's going to work or not.

Wahooooo the Utes beat Wyoming while I was out being a good mom and taking my kids trick or treating! :D

Yippee!!! :yippee:

Wahoo!!! Just got a call from the guy I bought the camera from :D.... he wants me to ship him the camera via DHL / Fedex and he'll cover the cost of the repair and shipping!!! Yay!!!....

That's a relief!!! :yahoo:

Ouch! Sorry to hear about your shoulder. I hope it's better soon.

Thanks. I wonder if this means in April that I won't have to work when we get busy again? :rofl::rofl:

Aren't the Gundi Girls good motivation? (esp. the original Gundi girl) I was thinking it was time to dust off the Tony Horton tapes and get moving myself.

Yes the Gundi Girls are great motivation - that, and the fact that I put on a pair of pants the other day and immediately took them right back off because I apparently have 2 butts now! :cry::cry::cry:

Does it count if my flattie does it with you?

I say yes!

[ReneT]

http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/funny-dog-pictures-hoarding-behaviour.jpg

[stitchmich]

http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/funny-dog-pictures-hoarding-behaviour.jpg

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Shana34]

How adorable is that puppy? LOL

[idtwinmom]

Well, you guys were not as chatty as I had feared, and I have actually read all the posts since Friday afternoon!

Sands - WooHoo on both the camera and feeling better!
Rene - I don't think that we (as women) ever really want to "not" have a baby around, but there are just some things that we have to live with. Remember, the kids are getting old enough that it might not be that long until you have a GK and they can often be better than having your own (spoil and send them home)!

Excercise? What's that!

Well, yesterday was extremely quiet! I actually never got dressed, spent most the day in bed reading! DH made cinnamon rolls for me for breakfast and he timed it so perfectly they were warm when I dragged myself out of bed at 8AM. The kids would come in and cuddle with me from time to time. It was great! Of course, it would have been better if I'd slept last night but I guess you can't have it all! :lol: At least I don't feel so overwhelmed today. I may even get some scrapping done this afternoon. I still have Alizarin to complete and a LO I'm doing for a contest!

Thanks for the well wishes guys!

Oh, we don't do Halloween at my house! It's a choice I made years and years ago and since the kids don't ever eat the candy anyway, why bother! We do other things instead.

[Christine]

Ok, well I will start on the treadmill only tomorrow then. Gary's going to move it downstairs this afternoon after golf. My doc said if the anti-inflamatories don't work he would send me to physical therapy. I don't know how long I'm supposed to give it before I know if it's going to work or not.

Well first off make sure you take the anti inflammatory on a regular basis not just when it is hurting. For example if it is written for three times a day do it every 8 hours around the clock. That will make it help w/ inflammation not just pain.

Yippee!!! :yippee:



That's a relief!!! :yahoo:



Yes the Gundi Girls are great motivation - that, and the fact that I put on a pair of pants the other day and immediately took them right back off because I apparently have 2 butts now! :cry::cry::cry:



I say yes!
lol about the description of ur pants. Somehow I don't think so miss skinny minny.

[ReneT]

lol about the description of ur pants. Somehow I don't think so miss skinny minny.

I am supposed to take it twice a day.

OK, maybe not 2 ENTIRE butts, but one of 2 things has happened. I'm just not sure which of the 2 it is, not sure I really want to know.
1) My original butt has fallen or
2) My original butt has grown a fat roll and has placed it underneath the original one.

But I have come to the inescapable conclusion that there is truth what Gypsy Rose Lee said "I have everything I had twenty years ago, only it’s all a little bit lower." :rofl::rofl:

[idtwinmom]

I am supposed to take it twice a day.

OK, maybe not 2 ENTIRE butts, but one of 2 things has happened. I'm just not sure which of the 2 it is, not sure I really want to know.
1) My original butt has fallen or
2) My original butt has grown a fat roll and has placed it underneath the original one.

But I have come to the inescapable conclusion that there is truth what Gypsy Rose Lee said "I have everything I had twenty years ago, only it’s all a little bit lower." :rofl::rofl:

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
In my case, it's just a bit bigger too!

[idtwinmom]

Hey Crys - It's November 1st! Did you plug it in? Did ya? Did ya?

I'm starting the class homework right now! (of course, I used it for my Alizarin LO already today though too!)

[idtwinmom]

Chris - thanks for your comments on Little Lady Cub Scout! It feels good that you could "see" what I was trying to do!

[Christine]

Chris - thanks for your comments on Little Lady Cub Scout! It feels good that you could "see" what I was trying to do!

oh yay! I always wonder when I "see" symbolism etc, do I write it down and the person thinks I wasn't trying to do that at all. :lol:

[Christine]

uggggg my tendons in my "elbow pits" are sooooooooooo sore!!! I have several other sore muscles but those are the worst! every time I try to straighten out my arms completely it HURTS! Interestingly it is worse on my right one, which I find odd cuz you would think my dominant arm would be more immune

[sands_healy]

I say yes!

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yippee::yippee::yippee: yay, so this should account for some exercise too :D

http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/funny-dog-pictures-hoarding-behaviour.jpg

:rofl::rofl: too cute!

uggggg my tendons in my "elbow pits" are sooooooooooo sore!!! I have several other sore muscles but those are the worst! every time I try to straighten out my arms completely it HURTS! Interestingly it is worse on my right one, which I find odd cuz you would think my dominant arm would be more immune

:(:(

[sands_healy]

Some more good news on my camera :).....

When I called the Canon Service Centre in Muscat to tell them I'd be collecting the camera on Wednesday so that I can ship it to the Dealer in Dubai, they told me they had already shipped it to the designated Canon Repair Dealer in Dubai, so that they could get a quote for me :D.

So that means I don't have to drive 2.5 hours there and 2.5 hours back to get it. The Dealer will just liaise direct with the Canon Repair Dealer and sort out expenses then ship my camera back to me. Which also means I should get my camera back sooner than I anticipated!

[ReneT]

Some more good news on my camera :).....

When I called the Canon Service Centre in Muscat to tell them I'd be collecting the camera on Wednesday so that I can ship it to the Dealer in Dubai, they told me they had already shipped it to the designated Canon Repair Dealer in Dubai, so that they could get a quote for me :D.

So that means I don't have to drive 2.5 hours there and 2.5 hours back to get it. The Dealer will just liaise direct with the Canon Repair Dealer and sort out expenses then ship my camera back to me. Which also means I should get my camera back sooner than I anticipated!

Awesome!!!! :applause::applause:

[ReneT]

uggggg my tendons in my "elbow pits" are sooooooooooo sore!!! I have several other sore muscles but those are the worst! every time I try to straighten out my arms completely it HURTS! Interestingly it is worse on my right one, which I find odd cuz you would think my dominant arm would be more immune

Ugh! No fun!

Gary didn't get the treadmill moved downstairs yesterday - something about being tired after golf :D, so I am hoping he can do it tonight. :yes::yes:

[ReneT]

And now for your daily dose of doggie humor brought to you by.....me:

http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/cute-puppy-pictures-really-hotdog.jpg

[>>aruaL<<]

awwww look at that puppy face!!!

[GrandmaCrys]

Does it count if my flattie does it with you?

Yes, because my Flattie will be there with you, every step of the way! ;)

Yeah I'm afraid that my DD may be a hoarder like me :).... she won't even let me get rid of the clothes that are way too small for her. I'm still trying to work out a way where I can talk her into being amicable about getting rid of them. Once I took a very pretty dress which she only wore a few times when was 2..... she's now 6, to send to my great niece, but she got all tearful when she saw me packaging it up, which broke my heart, so I removed it from the package.

How about trying to stike a deal with her. Something like *If you can wear it, you can keep it. If not, some other gorgeous little girl will get to wear it and she will think of you and your generosity every times she puts it on.* Try appealing to her charitable side. With toys, if she can't give them up, insist that she play with them for ½ an hour each day, until she gets to bored, she willingly give it up, again trying to appeal to her charitable side. So and so will SO enjoy playing with this because of you...etc...etc...

...Rene - I don't think that we (as women) ever really want to "not" have a baby around, but there are just some things that we have to live with. Remember, the kids are getting old enough that it might not be that long until you have a GK and they can often be better than having your own (spoil and send them home)!

...

From my experience and every other grandma I know, they're ALWAYS better than having your own children. And I cannot explain and I cannot tell you why, but you will definitely understand when you're in that wonderful place! The closest I can come is that when we're the mothers, we so busy being just that; when we're the Grandmas, we seem to have all the time in the world, and added patience, too! :D :D

uggggg my tendons in my "elbow pits" are sooooooooooo sore!!! I have several other sore muscles but those are the worst! every time I try to straighten out my arms completely it HURTS! Interestingly it is worse on my right one, which I find odd cuz you would think my dominant arm would be more immune

Could it be that your *dominant arm* works harder because it's just that?

Some more good news on my camera :).....

When I called the Canon Service Centre in Muscat to tell them I'd be collecting the camera on Wednesday so that I can ship it to the Dealer in Dubai, they told me they had already shipped it to the designated Canon Repair Dealer in Dubai, so that they could get a quote for me :D.

So that means I don't have to drive 2.5 hours there and 2.5 hours back to get it. The Dealer will just liaise direct with the Canon Repair Dealer and sort out expenses then ship my camera back to me. Which also means I should get my camera back sooner than I anticipated!

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Lisa, and everyone else who has been on pins and needles, yes I did actually plug the Tablet in yesterday. And installed it! ;) And played around with it for a while. Two main *issues* and I'm hoping one will work itself out over time and the other, I hope y'all will help.

1. I cannot draw a straight line with a pencil and ruler, so how can I draw a straight line with the pen and tablet? :yikes: :yikes: :help: :help: (That's the one I'm hoping will work itself out) and

2. I have no idea WHERE to put the tablet. Picture my work area as an upsidedown *U* shape, where I'm sitting at the top of the *U*. In front of me is the desk. On my left is an available pull out shelf and on my right is a pullout entire piece of the desk with a writing surface on top. My desk has one of those *lower* pull out shelves, right in front, where my keyboard sits. My monitor is pretty close to the front edge of my desktop. Because of sight issues, I cannot move the monitor back further. The side shelves are about 2 inches too high, which is what got me in carpel tunnel trouble in the first place, 'cause that's where I used to use my mouse. I had to teach myself to use it in the limited space on the pullout shelf. There is NOT enough room on that shelf for both the keyboard and the tablet. Any ideas???????

[ReneT]

From my experience and every other grandma I know, they're ALWAYS better than having your own children. And I cannot explain and I cannot tell you why, but you will definitely understand when you're in that wonderful place! The closest I can come is that when we're the mothers, we so busy being just that; when we're the Grandmas, we seem to have all the time in the world, and added patience, too! :D :D

That's what I keep telling myself - just wait for your grandkids, just wait for your grandkids. :D I saw that phenomenon in my own mother. We were NEVER allowed to eat or drink even water in our bedrooms or any place other than at the kitchen table, and then when I had Drew, she let him jump on the beds, carry his cup all over the house. I was like "Who are you and what have you done with my mother?" :lol::lol: You have to understand that my mother had pretty serious OCD and for her to allow anyone to sit on the bed or drink anywhere but at the table was HUGE! :)

[suvgal]

Some more good news on my camera :).....

When I called the Canon Service Centre in Muscat to tell them I'd be collecting the camera on Wednesday so that I can ship it to the Dealer in Dubai, they told me they had already shipped it to the designated Canon Repair Dealer in Dubai, so that they could get a quote for me :D.

So that means I don't have to drive 2.5 hours there and 2.5 hours back to get it. The Dealer will just liaise direct with the Canon Repair Dealer and sort out expenses then ship my camera back to me. Which also means I should get my camera back sooner than I anticipated!

Great news!!!!!:yippee::yippee::yahoo::yahoo:

[suvgal]

I just got back from the orthopedist....my Achilles tendon is healing but I will have to wear the big black boot for another month. Unfortunately the medical place I was sent to gave me the wrong boot...should have been up to my knee ... not short ... but since it's healing we'll stick with this boot for now.I was hoping to start walking again but that will have to wait.

[Shana34]

I just got back from the orthopedist....my Achilles tendon is healing but I will have to wear the big black boot for another month. Unfortunately the medical place I was sent to gave me the wrong boot...should have been up to my knee ... not short ... but since it's healing we'll stick with this boot for now.I was hoping to start walking again but that will have to wait.

I'm sorry you have to keep it on, but thank gosh it's healing! :D

[Shana34]

Okay, big reply in coming! Hehe.

Chris, I'm sorry about your elbows. Don't you wish we could go back to the time where we had a ton of energy and barely any aches and pains?

Sands I'm so glad you're getting the camera repaired at no cost! Hopefully it will be back soon so we can see some more of your wonderful photos.

Rene I am LOVING those doggie pictures. They are too cute.

I think I've covered everyone since my last update. I'm sorry if I missed anything! We had another good day yesterday! Little Venice at my brothers. It's my favorite spaghetti sauce EVER! I'm thinking about keeping my getting out streak going, but I am exhausted! LOL This getting back on the horse thing is harder than it seems!

Can anyone else believe it's November already? Crazy stuff!

[Christine]

Good morning everyone!!! I did both swimming laps and that dreaded DVD this am, trying to loosen up my arms. :lol: Getting old is soooo NOT for wimps!

Yay Sands!
and too cute Rene!

[stitchmich]

Chris, ouch for your elbow pits (never heard them called that before :P) and yes, Shana, it would be SO nice to go to that magical place before aches and pains.

Sands, great news on your camera.

Rene, I hope Gary gets your treadmill moved but in the meantime try these jumping jacks with me :yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee: :rofl:

Suvgal, sorry to hear about your heel. No jumping jacks for you. I hope it heals quickly.

Crys, YAY for you getting started with the tablet. I would say that the first thing will fix itself. I was skeptical for the first few days, but the more you use it the more control you get. As far as the "where" question, you have me stumped. I don't have much room on my desk either. I have mine on the right side of my keyboard. I have one of those pull out keyboard drawers too and I know they won't both fit in there. Could you boost you chair up so the side surfaces are at a better height? Or would it work to put the tablet in front of you and the keyboard to the side... probably not because you'd be twisting to type.

Hey everybody, head over to the October Lyrical Challenge and vote for Rene. She's got a great LO of Drew.

[ReneT]

I just got back from the orthopedist....my Achilles tendon is healing but I will have to wear the big black boot for another month. Unfortunately the medical place I was sent to gave me the wrong boot...should have been up to my knee ... not short ... but since it's healing we'll stick with this boot for now.I was hoping to start walking again but that will have to wait.

I'm glad it's doing better. Maybe with the holidays coming the month will go by before you know it.

I think I've covered everyone since my last update. I'm sorry if I missed anything! We had another good day yesterday! Little Venice at my brothers. It's my favorite spaghetti sauce EVER! I'm thinking about keeping my getting out streak going, but I am exhausted! LOL This getting back on the horse thing is harder than it seems!

Now I'm hungry.

Can anyone else believe it's November already? Crazy stuff!

I was just thinking that this morning. I am usually 1/2 done with my Christmas shopping by now and I've barely started. :(

Rene, I hope Gary gets your treadmill moved but in the meantime try these jumping jacks with me :yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee: :rofl:

I could maybe do those kind of jumping jacks with you, but the regular kind would make me cry right now with my tendonitis. Chris and I are falling apart. :cry::cry:

Hey everybody, head over to the October Lyrical Challenge and vote for Rene. She's got a great LO of Drew.

Thanks Michelle!

[stitchmich]

Usually half done by now!?!?! Yikes, I'm lucky to start before December.

Ya'll go check the November 2PSC (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40910). Julia made a free QC from a LO by yours truly :D Come play along.

[ReneT]

Usually half done by now!?!?! Yikes, I'm lucky to start before December.

Ya'll go check the November 2PSC (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40910). Julia made a free QC from a LO by yours truly :D Come play along.

I like to be done before Thanksgiving so that I can get them wrapped and under the tree so it looks good for awhile before it's all over.

I am thinking of doing something different with my tree this year. It's been red and gold, but I saw this shiny lime greenish color with the red in a magazine, so I'm thinking of adding some lime green in this year. Kind of a Grinchish/Whoville meets shiny divaliciousness look. :D

[carti]

Originally Posted by suvgal View Post
I just got back from the orthopedist....my Achilles tendon is healing but I will have to wear the big black boot for another month. Unfortunately the medical place I was sent to gave me the wrong boot...should have been up to my knee ... not short ... but since it's healing we'll stick with this boot for now.I was hoping to start walking again but that will have to wait.
<<Sorry to hear you are having problem with your Achilles tendon, I didn't know. I haven't been online for awhile so behind in keeping up with posts. I hope you heal quickly.>> carti

[addicted]

I'm going to have to see if I can catch up on you all a little later! I have been so busy with Halloween and kids. Oldest dd is sick and it's freaking me out! I knew it couldn't happen for long, for all of them to stay healthy, but geez, I wanted a month. :( I'm taking her to the doctor to see what she has since she says it's hard to breath and her throat hurts. I'm pretty sure we'll be walking out of there with "it's just a cold" since she's my drama queen and makes a big deal out of everything, but since Ethan was sick I want to really make sure it's nothing!

SO, I did it! Did anyone read what I was going to do today????? :think::think: I'm going to make you guess. HINT- It was a killer though! :lol:

Also I've been working out medical bills all morning. I was pretty upset when I got off the phone with the life flight place. I can make a small payment this month and next and then pay it off in January. I called to see if I could do that and they said that there is a 90 day payment plan and so that would be like $620 (that's not small) for the next 3 months. Or I can just wait until January and pay it all because that would be before the 90 days to go to collections! I was upset because what about the people who can't even do this? And if it were earlier in the year, I couldn't do it! I can get the money before it goes to collections but what about people who really have no options. She hardly gave me any others and I'm sure there is, but couldn't they work with ya a little more? That's my vent for the day!

[stitchmich]

I'm going to have to see if I can catch up on you all a little later! I have been so busy with Halloween and kids. Oldest dd is sick and it's freaking me out! I knew it couldn't happen for long, for all of them to stay healthy, but geez, I wanted a month. :( I'm taking her to the doctor to see what she has since she says it's hard to breath and her throat hurts. I'm pretty sure we'll be walking out of there with "it's just a cold" since she's my drama queen and makes a big deal out of everything, but since Ethan was sick I want to really make sure it's nothing!

SO, I did it! Did anyone read what I was going to do today????? :think::think: I'm going to make you guess. HINT- It was a killer though! :lol:

Also I've been working out medical bills all morning. I was pretty upset when I got off the phone with the life flight place. I can make a small payment this month and next and then pay it off in January. I called to see if I could do that and they said that there is a 90 day payment plan and so that would be like $620 (that's not small) for the next 3 months. Or I can just wait until January and pay it all because that would be before the 90 days to go to collections! I was upset because what about the people who can't even do this? And if it were earlier in the year, I couldn't do it! I can get the money before it goes to collections but what about people who really have no options. She hardly gave me any others and I'm sure there is, but couldn't they work with ya a little more? That's my vent for the day!


I'm guessing you did an exercise DVD. Did you do P90X? or the one Chris is doing?

Geez, you do think they'd try to work with people better on the life flight. They gotta know it's a huge expense that no one EVER plans for. I hope your DD gets better quickly, and that the rest of you stay well. :hug:

[stitchmich]

I like to be done before Thanksgiving so that I can get them wrapped and under the tree so it looks good for awhile before it's all over.

I am thinking of doing something different with my tree this year. It's been red and gold, but I saw this shiny lime greenish color with the red in a magazine, so I'm thinking of adding some lime green in this year. Kind of a Grinchish/Whoville meets shiny divaliciousness look. :D

I wish I could get presents wrapped and under the tree early, but I never do. I love lime green and red together, great color combo. Take pictures for us!

[addicted]

I'm guessing you did an exercise DVD. Did you do P90X? or the one Chris is doing?

Geez, you do think they'd try to work with people better on the life flight. They gotta know it's a huge expense that no one EVER plans for. I hope your DD gets better quickly, and that the rest of you stay well. :hug:

Yep, I did Jillian's and holy cow I will be sore! It was good workout and I think I like it a bit more than Tony's, only because it's shorter and it has strength, cardio, and abs all in 1 workout! I know Tony's goes throughout the entire week, but I need something quick. So when I'm in shape again and it's summer maybe I can get back to P90X.

So who are you liking in Survivor? I'm not sure who I like. I'm thinking when they merge maybe someone will stand out more!

[GrandmaCrys]

I'm hoping when they merge they'll smarten up and get rid of Mr. Millionaire. ;)

[stitchmich]

Yep, I did Jillian's and holy cow I will be sore! It was good workout and I think I like it a bit more than Tony's, only because it's shorter and it has strength, cardio, and abs all in 1 workout! I know Tony's goes throughout the entire week, but I need something quick. So when I'm in shape again and it's summer maybe I can get back to P90X.

So who are you liking in Survivor? I'm not sure who I like. I'm thinking when they merge maybe someone will stand out more!

I don't have a stand out favorite. If I had to pick one it's probably the doctor. I liked Jacon a lot at the beginning but he's being such a big whiny baby that I am over him. Although, I have to say, I wouldn't survive a day in the conditions they are living in this season. Cold and wet for days on end... NO THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I'm no fan of Mr. millionaire but I am wondering how things will work out for him after the merge.

[ReneT]

I'm going to have to see if I can catch up on you all a little later! I have been so busy with Halloween and kids. Oldest dd is sick and it's freaking me out! I knew it couldn't happen for long, for all of them to stay healthy, but geez, I wanted a month. :( I'm taking her to the doctor to see what she has since she says it's hard to breath and her throat hurts. I'm pretty sure we'll be walking out of there with "it's just a cold" since she's my drama queen and makes a big deal out of everything, but since Ethan was sick I want to really make sure it's nothing!

SO, I did it! Did anyone read what I was going to do today????? :think::think: I'm going to make you guess. HINT- It was a killer though! :lol:

Also I've been working out medical bills all morning. I was pretty upset when I got off the phone with the life flight place. I can make a small payment this month and next and then pay it off in January. I called to see if I could do that and they said that there is a 90 day payment plan and so that would be like $620 (that's not small) for the next 3 months. Or I can just wait until January and pay it all because that would be before the 90 days to go to collections! I was upset because what about the people who can't even do this? And if it were earlier in the year, I couldn't do it! I can get the money before it goes to collections but what about people who really have no options. She hardly gave me any others and I'm sure there is, but couldn't they work with ya a little more? That's my vent for the day!

Good grief!!!! That's crazy!!! Who can afford that, and at holiday time too! I can't believe they only give you 90 days to pay it completely off! Wow!

Hope your daughter gets better soon.

I wish I could get presents wrapped and under the tree early, but I never do. I love lime green and red together, great color combo. Take pictures for us!

I will. I figure I'll be putting it up by myself this year because we will be out of town Thanksgiving weekend and the weekend afterwards, so I'll probably put it up during that week in between. Plus I have my pink tree, which Gary refuses to help me put up. He has an aversion to it for some reason. :rofl: He just doesn't understand fabulosity. :D

[ReneT]

OH Michelle, I checked out the sketch challenge. Can't wait to use the QC!!!

[addicted]

I'm hoping when they merge they'll smarten up and get rid of Mr. Millionaire. ;)
:rofl::rofl::rofl: You don't want to see him and his belly anymore!


I don't have a stand out favorite. If I had to pick one it's probably the doctor. I liked Jacon a lot at the beginning but he's being such a big whiny baby that I am over him. Although, I have to say, I wouldn't survive a day in the conditions they are living in this season. Cold and wet for days on end... NO THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I'm no fan of Mr. millionaire but I am wondering how things will work out for him after the merge.

Here's the thing that drives me crazy about him. At first he want to mess with them and get them all crazy and doesn't care about the million. And now he wants to win challenges and win the entire thing?!?!? What is he thinking, he's CRAZY!!

Rene, I like to have Christmas done by Thanksgiving too. It won't happen this year it might be the week before Christmas when I can get stuff. I already told the kids that they aren't getting much because of the hospital bills so hopefully they believe me. It really shouldn't be a big deal since we don't go overboard here, but they are getting older and the stuff they want is WAY more expensive.

[idtwinmom]

Some more good news on my camera :).....

When I called the Canon Service Centre in Muscat to tell them I'd be collecting the camera on Wednesday so that I can ship it to the Dealer in Dubai, they told me they had already shipped it to the designated Canon Repair Dealer in Dubai, so that they could get a quote for me :D.

So that means I don't have to drive 2.5 hours there and 2.5 hours back to get it. The Dealer will just liaise direct with the Canon Repair Dealer and sort out expenses then ship my camera back to me. Which also means I should get my camera back sooner than I anticipated!
:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yippee::yippee::yippee:
(I'm not only jumping for joy, I'm exercising with you!) :rofl:

Yes, because my Flattie will be there with you, every step of the way! ;)
Mine too!


How about trying to stike a deal with her. Something like *If you can wear it, you can keep it. If not, some other gorgeous little girl will get to wear it and she will think of you and your generosity every times she puts it on.* Try appealing to her charitable side. With toys, if she can't give them up, insist that she play with them for ½ an hour each day, until she gets to bored, she willingly give it up, again trying to appeal to her charitable side. So and so will SO enjoy playing with this because of you...etc...etc...
The voice of experience maybe?


From my experience and every other grandma I know, they're ALWAYS better than having your own children. And I cannot explain and I cannot tell you why, but you will definitely understand when you're in that wonderful place! The closest I can come is that when we're the mothers, we so busy being just that; when we're the Grandmas, we seem to have all the time in the world, and added patience, too! :D :D



Could it be that your *dominant arm* works harder because it's just that?



:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Lisa, and everyone else who has been on pins and needles, yes I did actually plug the Tablet in yesterday. And installed it! ;) And played around with it for a while. Two main *issues* and I'm hoping one will work itself out over time and the other, I hope y'all will help.

1. I cannot draw a straight line with a pencil and ruler, so how can I draw a straight line with the pen and tablet? :yikes: :yikes: :help: :help: (That's the one I'm hoping will work itself out) and

2. I have no idea WHERE to put the tablet. Picture my work area as an upsidedown *U* shape, where I'm sitting at the top of the *U*. In front of me is the desk. On my left is an available pull out shelf and on my right is a pullout entire piece of the desk with a writing surface on top. My desk has one of those *lower* pull out shelves, right in front, where my keyboard sits. My monitor is pretty close to the front edge of my desktop. Because of sight issues, I cannot move the monitor back further. The side shelves are about 2 inches too high, which is what got me in carpel tunnel trouble in the first place, 'cause that's where I used to use my mouse. I had to teach myself to use it in the limited space on the pullout shelf. There is NOT enough room on that shelf for both the keyboard and the tablet. Any ideas???????
WooHoo! First, if it really needs to be a straight line, hold your shift key just like you did with the mouse! Otherwise, I promise you will get used to moving it around without even looking.

As for location, you could put it in your lap when you are using it for scrapping (I do that if I'm extracting or something where I'm not using the keyboard much. It's also possible to place it slightly in front of the keyboard if you have a deep enough tray. Mine sits in front of the number pad unless I'm paying bills. It may take a little getting used to, but if you want it here I recommend putting it in the "left hand" position so that the cord goes out and around the keyboard instead of dragging over the top. And since you are still getting used to it anyway, why not just get used to the buttons on the right instead of left. Let us know what you figured out!

Usually half done by now!?!?! Yikes, I'm lucky to start before December.

Ya'll go check the November 2PSC (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40910). Julia made a free QC from a LO by yours truly :D Come play along.
Got it open in my browser, will have to give it a try!

I'm going to have to see if I can catch up on you all a little later! I have been so busy with Halloween and kids. Oldest dd is sick and it's freaking me out! I knew it couldn't happen for long, for all of them to stay healthy, but geez, I wanted a month. :( I'm taking her to the doctor to see what she has since she says it's hard to breath and her throat hurts. I'm pretty sure we'll be walking out of there with "it's just a cold" since she's my drama queen and makes a big deal out of everything, but since Ethan was sick I want to really make sure it's nothing!

SO, I did it! Did anyone read what I was going to do today????? :think::think: I'm going to make you guess. HINT- It was a killer though! :lol:

Also I've been working out medical bills all morning. I was pretty upset when I got off the phone with the life flight place. I can make a small payment this month and next and then pay it off in January. I called to see if I could do that and they said that there is a 90 day payment plan and so that would be like $620 (that's not small) for the next 3 months. Or I can just wait until January and pay it all because that would be before the 90 days to go to collections! I was upset because what about the people who can't even do this? And if it were earlier in the year, I couldn't do it! I can get the money before it goes to collections but what about people who really have no options. She hardly gave me any others and I'm sure there is, but couldn't they work with ya a little more? That's my vent for the day!
This is one part of our health care system that really sucks (sorry if the term offends)! Thankfully the Dr that did DH's surgery is being a bit more lenient. We thought we could pay them off by the end of November, but now that his car has died, we either pay the Dr or get it fixed. And all that in the middle of a job change which means we won't have as much actually coming in. You know how they usually are a paycheck behind! Plus we have both car and life insurance and a Cobra payment of $1000. Hope they keep being nice about it.

Any way, all that to say I'm sorry they are biting you that way! It seems to me, if you had just sent them what you could they would have waited until January to make problems about it anyway!

[addicted]

Oh and I know, I wouldn't survive either. I don't like going to the family cabin that has and OUTHOUSE! Yuck!