8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 11

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

MR - hoping your son is well soon - especially for the trip!!!

Hi everyone!

I am sorry I haven't posted for awhile. I have been reading and trying to keep up except for the last day or two. Those days I couldn't even read because everytime *I* came to the board it was down for upgrades for hours! I told y'all I have bad luck! I must have been coming here everytime it was down.

happy to hear you are seeing improvement!!!!

Congrats to Ruby!!!! shounds like she really deserved it - 'cause of all the hard work!!!!

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

Spring of 91 was Adam's 1st trip to meet THE MOUSE! Yes, LG it does in many ways seem like yesterday. Adam was 2 in these pics.

great pics - and awesome scrapbooking!!!!

 

[PBader]

I wanted to give you all an update on my mom's DH. he finally got to come home Tuesday from the rehab center he was in. He is still weak, but doing good. He sure was glad to sleep in his own bed again.

 

[brack]

Hi everyone!


I do have some good news though!!!!

Both of those are very good news! Thanks for sharing them with us. We have missed you.

 

[Verandah Man]

Paula, seeing the pics of Adam during his first WDW trip reminded me of the countdown chart I made for Angelina. We started counting down the last 100 days leading up to our October 1993 vacation, each day a Disney sticker was added to the chart. We were potty training Angelina and told her in order to see Mickey she had to be wearing "big girl panties" by the time we left for vacation. The chart below worked!!!!!!!!!

 

[Verandah Man]

I wanted to give you all an update on my mom's DH. he finally got to come home Tuesday from the rehab center he was in. He is still weak, but doing good. He sure was glad to sleep in his own bed again.

Thanks for the update, glad to hear he is doing better!!!

 

[kap158]

Spring of 91 was Adam's 1st trip to meet THE MOUSE! Yes, LG it does in many ways seem like yesterday. Adam was 2 in these pics.

Paula,

Those pictures are priceless!

KAREN

 

[kap158]

It's also the CURSE of being an EARLY morning person...........

I agree with Andy - I am a morning person. Once I wake up I am up. Have to make coffee and let the dog outside. When I come back in the coffee is done, dog goes back to sleep in her bed and I go on the boards! What a life!

KAREN

 

[The FairyGodmother]

with a lil' ....so sorry that your daughter was sick.
[ to the fairygodmother ]...

i read your comments about how quickly kids grow up..is so true, more
than i like to admitt. it just seem like yesterday we were packing up
the car for their first wdw trip .......

speaking of growing up..well thanks alot ob'wv ...& your "girl" teenager.
this what i wanted to look forward [ ]. immediately, i went out and
placed another "brick" on jordan's head....as far as iam concern...that's
what happen to others' daughters..not ours! my lil' ,
is already prefect...as daddy's lil' girl! :

Thanks so much for the kind wishes for DD she is still hurting but she is managing.

Hi everyone!

II do have some good news though!!!!

First off I am getting some use of my right side of my face and mouth back! Things don't taste quite as weird (my saliva and water do not taste salty anymore and most foods taste okay, but anything 'sweet' still tastes weird. Which I guess is a good thing. I ended up losing 7lbs in less than 2wks without even trying, probably because everything tasted so horrible! LOL), my lips are funtioning better on the right side and my eye closes a little easier. I am still not 100% and my face is not back symetric with the left- but it's an improvement!!!


Okay on to my point- they had tryouts today and out of about 45 girls that tried out- she made the cheerleading squad of 13 girls!!! I am proud of her hard work, she made the squad when many of the girls trying out had been cheerleaders (private leagues- not in school because this is the first year they can try out for cheerleading in school) and/or tumbling for YEARS. Ruby has had neither, yet she still made the squad.
She is so excited, and I'm so excited for her. She's had some disappointments in the past and especially this year- not making the bball team, not making the volleyball team... she did make the track team but it also didn't work out for her on a soccer team this season (long story about that) after playing 2 seasons every year for so many years... they "forgot" to recommend her for GT this year even though they said they would (and should have when she was younger, like they did with Robert), etc. etc.
Ruby is more the athletic type than the "girly" type but she enjoyed getting fixed up for the tryouts (martha stewart I may not be, but I can sure make some mega-ribbons ponytail holders and triple ribbon/triple color shoelaces by gosh! LOL Okay so I learned that thru necessity with my youngest DD who does cheerleading for Upwards...) and even just the practice and tryouts seemed to help her get over some of her shyness, and that's good because she's going to have to get completely over it. Who ever heard of a shy cheerleader?!? LOL

BIP!!! so good to hear from you. I am so glad you are starting to see some improvement. Do you watch that Grease, your the one I want show? One of the finalists, Max, was saying last week that he suffered Bells Palsey when he was a little boy. He seems to be doing awesome now. I am sure it has been a strain for you and we continue to pray for you.

Also, awesome news about Ruby!! It warms my heart to know that they will pick kids for teams based on their talents not on whether they have been on the team before. Good for her!!!

Hello folks!

I've been off a couple of days due to an abrupt complications with my computer. My spouse was away one nite with her computer and the kids computer is still sort of new - and I had not installed the Wifi antenna - and I sort of forgot the administrator password and the wifi password. A double complication. Add to that my time has been extremely limited with one of the kids ill with a fever. So... I am accessing with my spouses' computer - while earlier tonight I ran my sick notebook over to friends' place asss he is extremely agile managing systems and fixing problems.

At any rate, I have limited access to this computer nutil I resolve the antenna and wifi passwords. Both managable once I get enough time to settle into it. Not now as I am about to tunr in... and the get around the admn password I have to call HP and get a USB token disc on key to use as a physical key

I'm turning in now.. cheers everyone!

TOM!! Was wondering where you had been. Glad to know your okay. sorry about the fever in your family. Hope that it goes away soon.

We have a program like this at our school also. It's called EPP (Extended Projects Program). It begins for students in the 2nd grade, but they are tested in the 1st grade.

They have programs for Language Arts and Math. Ds has been in it since 3rd grade, and dd, who is in the first grade now, is being tested for next year. It is extremely selective,though. You cannot get in on teacher recommendation alone. All students are screened, then some of those students will move on to further testing. You have to score in the top 95th %tile on a NATIONAL scale to move on to IQ testing. Then, they have to score a certain # or above on the IQ test to be allowed to participate. Dd will be finishing the IQ testing next Tuesday, and we will wait to find out if she gets into the program for next school year.

Keep your fingers crossed for her.....she really wants to get into this program like her big brother!

You got it. Toes crossed too!

NYC changes so much, it's hard to keep up. Not to mention that what's done in one region may not be done in another.

The G/T programs in my region and the regions near by, are actual schools. There are a few that are k-8, 6-12 and 5-8. Each school requires the students to pass an admission exam before entering the school.

My son attended the 6-12 school for four years, which also required parent and student interviews, letters of recommendations, high scores on the 4th grade state exams and a few other things. Getting my son into that school was worst than applying to college.

So many people complained about the lack of consistency from region to region, that this year the Mayor revamped the whole process. Now, everyone has to take the same exam when applying to elementary schools. If you pass the exam, then you are granted a seat in your region’s G/T school.

Wish we had a program like this. Our gifted program itself was more like after school play time for the gifted kids since they couldn't get any teachers to do it. It was parent volunteer. The teachers during the day would give extra work but it was hard to get DS to want to do more work than everyone else. He used to say he didn't want to be smart if that meant he had to do more work

Just wanted to drop in and day HI to everyone. Have been trying to keep up but with work and this darn cold I have been fighting it has been doable. Whishing all those with birthdays a happy one and to everyone who is ill or just plain stressed out a fast recovery.

Well got to go take more meds that will knock me out. So I guess it time to nap. Oh I better call the boss and tell him I'm taking part of the day off sick. Lois

Hope you feel better real soon. I know what you are going through. Still having ear problems from that cold/sinus thing I had last month.

Hello everybody! ixiedust:
Mark & Laura: and for your family, especially DD. IKWYM about hating to see your baby suffer and wishing that you could take it away. That is the mark of a fantastic mommy!!!! (and daddy too!) Prayers that the docs evaluate well and can find a permanent fix!

Thank you!!!

I wanted to give you all an update on my mom's DH. he finally got to come home Tuesday from the rehab center he was in. He is still weak, but doing good. He sure was glad to sleep in his own bed again.

So glad to hear he is home and getting to be around his own things will probably speed his recovery.

 

[tom31b]

It's also the CURSE of being an EARLY morning person...........

That's not EARLY morning, that's middle of the night!!!

 

[arlenesp]

NYC changes so much, it's hard to keep up. Not to mention that what's done in one region may not be done in another.

The G/T programs in my region and the regions near by, are actual schools. There are a few that are k-8, 6-12 and 5-8. Each school requires the students to pass an admission exam before entering the school.

My son attended the 6-12 school for four years, which also required parent and student interviews, letters of recommendations, high scores on the 4th grade state exams and a few other things. Getting my son into that school was worst than applying to college.

So many people complained about the lack of consistency from region to region, that this year the Mayor revamped the whole process. Now, everyone has to take the same exam when applying to elementary schools. If you pass the exam, then you are granted a seat in your region’s G/T school.

They make it very hard here in Fl to get your child into the gifted programs. First they say they test in the Spring. Not true. But if your child is overlooked and you insist on getting them into the program, you need to fund the testing out of your own pocket!!!
My DS was in gifted when we moved down here and reading at a 5th grade level in 2nd grade. The school didn't even test him for normal placement til the Spring and they normally do it during the first few weeks they transfer in. I made a fuss of course as all I kept hearing was "We do it different than they do up North." Well they finally tested Chad and the district called and told me in such a condescending way he didn't make it. What really happened was they literally broke the kids spirit. My DD on the other hand had a really super advisor who tested her asap and had her in the right classes the next week.
Now my youngest GS is in the 2nd grade now and reading at middle school level. They take him out of the class and give him work to keep him busy. His teacher is still fighting to get him placed and tested. You would think they would jump at a child excelling but here all the concern is for the schools getting good grades in the FCAT and that is the biggest problem we have here. The schools go into high gear around testing time and all they do is prepare for the tests rather than teach.

 

[arlenesp]

Without me having to go hunt down the HoJo's topic again, can you guys just tell who I need to talk to and what group name to give them when I call so I can book a couple of nights there. I sure hope they still have room!!

Thanks,

When I booked over a week ago, they stopped giving the real discounted rooms. They did give me a 20% discount but she wasn't budging from there. Good luck!

 

[Verandah Man]

I'll be back later, lunchtime is over for today............

 

[arlenesp]

Andy, those pics of Angelina were soo cute!!!!

 

[PBader]

Paula, seeing the pics of Adam during his first WDW trip reminded me of the countdown chart I made for Angelina. We started counting down the last 100 days leading up to our October 1993 vacation, each day a Disney sticker was added to the chart. We were potty training Angelina and told her in order to see Mickey she had to be wearing "big girl panties" by the time we left for vacation. The chart below worked!!!!!!!!!

What a great idea Doesn't it seem like yesterday in so many ways?
I am sure that Angelina would be so proud to know that her potty training was being discussed her.

 

[micmse2003]

The GT site shows that NY is one of many states that doesn't mandate a GT program (gifted & talented) and there is no money allocated for a program. I am feeling lucky that DS has had the little bit of motivation that he has the past almost three years and that there is a path for me to get him more challenges.

We don't have any kind of gifted program until they kids are in the 7th grade - then it's more like accelerated classes, doing 3 years of math in 2, AP becomes available in 9th. This is a big part of my problem with DS - he isn't challenged enough in school and he is BORED out of his mind, so he doesn't apply himself - thus starts a vicious circle.
I'm really hoping that we can just get through the next few years.

Thanks for clarifying this for me. We are having issues here with both kids that they test in the 90 percentile or higher but score poorly in math at school so they stand to lose the ability to take the advanced classes. I still contend that the teachers play a big role in wether they succeed or fail.
My DS just received his MEAP scores and he way exceeded the standards in Math and English and has been put in an advanced English class which is great but they won't use the same test to move keep him in his advanced Math class if he doesn't get his grade up. They don't take into consideration that maybe the teacher isn't doing that great a job in how they test or grade.

I went through all your frustration years ago. My son was just 5 when he entered 1st grade. (Cut off date was then Dec1) The third day of 1st grade, the teacher wanted to talk to me. She told me my son was spaced out. He would just be off some where. The teacher thought he should be held back because he was so young. To make a long story shorter, he was tested. He blew the his scale way off the charts. He was capable of doing 10 year old and above work. He was just so bored that he would just drift off. He was placed in gifted(I always knew he was smart ). He received straight A's throught school all the way through Grad-school. Just keep fighting for your children. Just because a person has a teaching degree, the teacher can be wrong!!! The challenge to apply themselves must be given. He is now the trouble shooter microbiologist for the largest drug company in the world. But I must say he has NO COMMON SENSE still.

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

I wanted to give you all an update on my mom's DH. he finally got to come home Tuesday from the rehab center he was in. He is still weak, but doing good. He sure was glad to sleep in his own bed again.

good news - hope all continues to go well for him!!!

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

the hotel is offering it to anyone who is sailing on the cruise - you do not have to be part of any group beyond that - it was the hotels decision.... the hotels discount. It isn't necessary to know the name - as the discount is not specific to that group.

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

AMANDA AND REBECCA

DESTIN

CARLEY

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[pansmermaidzlagoon]

HEY!!! where did everyone go - I'm talkin' to myself again!!! (must not answer myself!!!! )