DDA Chapter 5

[my3princes]

Thanks, Glynis! I will mention the grape juice to her!
The thought of purple grape juice makes me queasy - it was one of the things I couldn't keep down when I was pregnant.

I hope you get things sorted out with Alan! It's no fun to be in a fight. I hope he makes time to help Jacob with the derby car soon. It is a really time consuming project! DH lined the bottom of the cars he made with DS with flattened lead fishing weights to make it heavier. They could weigh 1 lb., but not more than that. DH said the car will go faster if it is heavy.

We used stick on tire weights. The kind they use when you get your tires balances. They are awesome for the project. I'm sure any local dealership or tire place would give you a few for your car. We also found that the cars that were shaped or should I say not shaped at all, still looking like a block of wood, seemed to do better. It is probably the complete weight distribution. The kids that put no time in would win

I need to get moving, my house looks a mess! Funny how fixing up one room can make the rest of the house look horrible lol

Imagine doing most of your rooms at once. I should post pictures so that you can all see my living hell

 

[UP Disney]

Hope you like it! I wish I had it cooking here at my house. I love the smell of it while it's in the crockpot!

Absolutely! The smell was fantastic.

 

[Glynis]

It smells very good! Do I need to add more water or will the juices make enough for the gravy?

You'll be fine as it is. No need to add anything else.

 

[Glynis]

We used stick on tire weights. The kind they use when you get your tires balances. They are awesome for the project. I'm sure any local dealership or tire place would give you a few for your car. We also found that the cars that were shaped or should I say not shaped at all, still looking like a block of wood, seemed to do better. It is probably the complete weight distribution. The kids that put no time in would win



Imagine doing most of your rooms at once. I should post pictures so that you can all see my living hell

I'll let them know about the tire weights. It should be interesting, anyway. There are about 10 other boys in Jacob's den, so it will be quite the competition.

 

[tinknme]

I feel for you, one room at a time is enough for me!

Imagine doing most of your rooms at once. I should post pictures so that you can all see my living hell

 

[tinknme]

Thank you!

You'll be fine as it is. No need to add anything else.

 

[kc10family]

Thank you everyone. I am mad not at what he said, but that he (who when through something like this, so he said) didn't give any helpful hits about change the wording and here is how you can do it.

I just got what I think will give us the rest of the money we need and I feel like I got kicked in the face and not given a towel to clean up the mess.

I know he had good info to stay safe, but I feel crushed. I sepnt a lot of time working this out once the cruise was donated to us. I guess I better look into it a bit more (no clue where to find the info) and see how I can fix this ASAP.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Elizabeth-glad you & DS will go visit your mother soon!

Imagine doing most of your rooms at once. I should post pictures so that you can all see my living hell

BUT...you'll be so happy to have it ALL done!!!!!!!! AND...I'm sure it will look great too.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Thanks, Bernadette.
I have been reading and reading trying to figure out what will happen next. If they are going to do chemo first it looks like it goes in doses every 3 weeks. That sounds like it would definitely go longer than the school year. But I am not sure if she was mentioning the school year because of my sister or because she (my mom) works in a school cafeteria. The thing is, I don't know if she will be able to work while she has the treatments. I think that is her plan. I found a website that kind of tells you step by step, and it said after your first oncologist appt. they do additional tests and things before the first treatment. So hopefully they won't have done anything to make her feel sick yet when we get there.

 

[babytrees]

Thank you everyone. I am mad not at what he said, but that he (who when through something like this, so he said) didn't give any helpful hits about change the wording and here is how you can do it.

I just got what I think will give us the rest of the money we need and I feel like I got kicked in the face and not given a towel to clean up the mess.

I know he had good info to stay safe, but I feel crushed. I sepnt a lot of time working this out once the cruise was donated to us. I guess I better look into it a bit more (no clue where to find the info) and see how I can fix this ASAP.

do you have a county commissioners office??

That's where I would start.

I know that we (the church) have to hold a gaming license for raffles....it involves one person going to a class and paying a minimal fee...hope that is all it is for you!!

 

[babytrees]

Thanks, Bernadette.
I have been reading and reading trying to figure out what will happen next. If they are going to do chemo first it looks like it goes in doses every 3 weeks. That sounds like it would definitely go longer than the school year. But I am not sure if she was mentioning the school year because of my sister or because she (my mom) works in a school cafeteria. The thing is, I don't know if she will be able to work while she has the treatments. I think that is her plan. I found a website that kind of tells you step by step, and it said after your first oncologist appt. they do additional tests and things before the first treatment. So hopefully they won't have done anything to make her feel sick yet when we get there.

My volunteer who has been battling cancer of the face for over a year had about 3-4 weeks of prep tests and other work before each of her rounds of chemotherapy. It can be a long process...depending on when school gets out she may not start until school is out...I would hope not but it might be that way.

I will be praying for open mindedness for your mom and patience in dealing with her for you (and for her to beat it too!!)

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

Can I say just how frustrating it is when you volunteer happily to take something on and then when you go about doing what the volunteering entails you get knocked down. I told Emma's assistant coach that I would gladly be the team mom and take on snack duty she told me great and that she would let the coach know. I sent out an email today regarding the snack list and was told that it had already been taken care of at practice last night. Eric knew nothing of it. It just infuriates me that when they ask for help and you offer it they don't want it. Same thing happens at Emma's school with the PTA. It's seems so trivial and petty. Why bother asking for the help~

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

That would drive me crazy too, Robyn!

Thank goodness the replacement comes tomorrow!

Good afternoon, DDA! Not too much going on around here today. Terra spent the morning mothering Tutter along with Erin and Kaylin. If Erin fed or changed Kaylin, Terra did the same. I guess we're headed to the mall soon to get a piece of Disney scrapbook paper to decorate a box and then walk a little until Phil gets off of work.

Tonight I get to start helping Rachel's friend's mom plan their Disney trip. Apparently she asked my mom how much I would charge her to help them out. I have no idea how to answer that question, but I know she'll insist as she did when I hemmed some pants for her. It should be fun though as I think it's their first trip! Oh yeah, and we're going to a play at Rachel's school. She's only been doing publicity, but it's her first time being involved in something like this and she's really excited for us to see it. It's called 50 Reasons Not to be in a Play and is apparently really funny.

Well, Mother Terra and Baby Tutter are apparently ready to go so I'd better run. Catch you all soon!

Sounds like a fun night! Enjoy!

Until his laptop finally died completely, my dad's space bar didn't work. We had to copy and paste the "space" after every word, etc. It drove me bonkers to use it even for a few minutes. And this wasn't short term...it went on for well over a year as he didn't want to start taking his new computer in the van with him until he had to in order to save the extra bouncing around.

That sounds even more frustrating! I am grateful that Dell replaced the keyboard under warranty even though it's really not!

Absolutely! The smell was fantastic.

I think I will have to make the roast on Saturday, the smell is fantastic!

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

Thank you everyone. I am mad not at what he said, but that he (who when through something like this, so he said) didn't give any helpful hits about change the wording and here is how you can do it.

I just got what I think will give us the rest of the money we need and I feel like I got kicked in the face and not given a towel to clean up the mess.

I know he had good info to stay safe, but I feel crushed. I sepnt a lot of time working this out once the cruise was donated to us. I guess I better look into it a bit more (no clue where to find the info) and see how I can fix this ASAP.

I hope you can get this all figure out!!

My volunteer who has been battling cancer of the face for over a year had about 3-4 weeks of prep tests and other work before each of her rounds of chemotherapy. It can be a long process...depending on when school gets out she may not start until school is out...I would hope not but it might be that way.

I will be praying for open mindedness for your mom and patience in dealing with her for you (and for her to beat it too!!)

Ditto to this!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

My volunteer who has been battling cancer of the face for over a year had about 3-4 weeks of prep tests and other work before each of her rounds of chemotherapy. It can be a long process...depending on when school gets out she may not start until school is out...I would hope not but it might be that way.

I will be praying for open mindedness for your mom and patience in dealing with her for you (and for her to beat it too!!)

It's so funny that you chose the word "patience". That is exactly what I need. I get so impatient and frustrated with her, and I hate to be that way because that was the way my father treated her.

It is just so hard when I tell her something and she does the opposite. It is like dealing with Princess. I am worried about how she will approach this because her mindset and perception of things is very screwy. That is because she endured almost 40 years of being belittled and controlled by my father. She would much rather ignore something (anything - not just this) and let it spiral completely out of control instead of trying to solve it.

When I took her to an attorney about getting a divorce she just sat and listened, then she thanked the guy and said "I believe I'll just stay married." And she did, and things got worse and worse and worse until she finally lost her house. Eventually a guy she had done some part-time work for offered to help her. He referred her to an attorney who worked pro-bono but made such an incredible mess of things that my mom was completely destitute and had NO child support coming in. ExMomboss offered repeatedly to help her, but she wouldn't take the offer. It's almost like she is thumbing her nose at me, to see how far she can deviate from what I tell her. Then she comes back and tells me I was right.

Patience.

 

[tinknme]

Robyn I can understand being frustrated about this, how rude!

Can I say just how frustrating it is when you volunteer happily to take something on and then when you go about doing what the volunteering entails you get knocked down. I told Emma's assistant coach that I would gladly be the team mom and take on snack duty she told me great and that she would let the coach know. I sent out an email today regarding the snack list and was told that it had already been taken care of at practice last night. Eric knew nothing of it. It just infuriates me that when they ask for help and you offer it they don't want it. Same thing happens at Emma's school with the PTA. It's seems so trivial and petty. Why bother asking for the help~

 

[tinknme]

Elizabeth I have faith in you, I know you will find the patience to handle this with your mother

Patience.

 

[my3princes]

Can I say just how frustrating it is when you volunteer happily to take something on and then when you go about doing what the volunteering entails you get knocked down. I told Emma's assistant coach that I would gladly be the team mom and take on snack duty she told me great and that she would let the coach know. I sent out an email today regarding the snack list and was told that it had already been taken care of at practice last night. Eric knew nothing of it. It just infuriates me that when they ask for help and you offer it they don't want it. Same thing happens at Emma's school with the PTA. It's seems so trivial and petty. Why bother asking for the help~

Chris was in a similar situation tonight. He had volunteered to be assistance coach for the boys lacrosse team. The woman that is president of the club said that they already had enough coaches. He went to the organizational meeting and the head coach told him that he did need help and that he would love Chris to work with the defense. So tonight he shows up with his stick and his shorts and was told first that he needed to have a background check run then he was told that they don't need his help at all. To make things worse the parents aren't even allowed in the gym during practice. This is something that he was really looking forward to doing with the boys and they were looking forward to it too. He did say that they coaches seemed to do a good job tonight, but that he felt like an *** having showed up in shorts with a stick. He also felt like they have their own little click and he feels left out.

 

[tinknme]

Well that bites! What is up with these people

Chris was in a similar situation tonight. He had volunteered to be assistance coach for the boys lacrosse team. The woman that is president of the club said that they already had enough coaches. He went to the organizational meeting and the head coach told him that he did need help and that he would love Chris to work with the defense. So tonight he shows up with his stick and his shorts and was told first that he needed to have a background check run then he was told that they don't need his help at all. To make things worse the parents aren't even allowed in the gym during practice. This is something that he was really looking forward to doing with the boys and they were looking forward to it too. He did say that they coaches seemed to do a good job tonight, but that he felt like an *** having showed up in shorts with a stick. He also felt like they have their own little click and he feels left out.

 

[babytrees]

I am sorry Robyn and Chris (and boys) that the volunteering didn't work out