DDA Chapter 6

[Blueeyes101817]

My mom's bone scan and CT were clear!

She is going to the OB/GYN on April 24. Maybe she was just having an especially bad day yesterday. This is definitely encouraging!

Good news!!!

How Smart Are You?

Am I winning?

i got..81.56%

 

[Blueeyes101817]

What is the date for the proposed philly meet?

 

[tink2020]

I'll give my mom until Friday, then I will insist that she call and press them for the results if she doesn't already have them. I am concerned that this is the behavior I am gong to see going forward - she will be passive abut trying to get info and she will be secretive when she talks to me. I'm sorry, but that is unacceptable. She needs to be very proactive in getting results ASAP, and she needs to tell me what's going on so I won't be blindsided down the road.

She had that pelvic ultrasound that shows what they THINK are fibroids and an area of "thickening" in the uterine wall. Her primary Dr. told her to follow up with an OB/GYN. But she hasn't done that. And I don't know if she even mentioned it to the oncologist. Given the fact that she has breast cancer I think somebody better get hopping on figuring out what those "fibroids" and "thickening" really are! I don't know if the CT will be helpful in further diagnosis of those things or not. Susan's ExMomboss is a GYN oncologist so I may try to chat with her.

You're right... I hope she will get them checked out soon!

And we will have a few matching shirts: Bra Mickey, new Epcot world one (with help from Amy's Kevin), new monorail (with help from Amy's Kevin), and the Solar shirts. That's 4 out of 8 days. Any ideas for more? and what color shirts for the 1st 2? The Bra Mickey goes on yellow.

Looks good!

Just wanted to let you guys know that my interview went well today i wont know anythin til may/june, but its over

Hooray!

So i bought a camera today ( a sony DSC-W120)...After talking to a friend, im wondering if i should have gotten a canon powershot..

I wanted something simple but i want to make sure i will like the pictures--anyone have a sony

Not currently, but I've loved other sony products I've had!

Good night, friends! I have a 7:30 dental appointment in the morning! See you after that.

Hooray for no cavities!

My days seem to be never ending. Yesterday I managed to get Nick's room painted a 3rd time. I got it cleaned up and with the help of Chris and my Dad we got the hall floor laid as well as Nick's floor. Chris and I finished up at 11 PM last night. Dad was here at 7:30 this morning. He helped me cut the baseboard moldings for Nick's room and hall then we laid the floor in the entry. He left and I went out on the deck and painted all of Nick's molding and started painting his closet doors. I had to leave for work, but my Dad came back and secured the molding in Nick's room. Chris painted the closet doors when he got home (the need a second coat though). I got out of work very early as we were very slow at work and I was ansty having so much to do. I ran to Home Depot, Bj's and the mattress store. I got Nick a new bed frame and box spring. I came home to Chris working on the trim around the closet with some BIG mistakes on my blue paint I was and still am pretty mad. Apparently the tape wouldn't stay stuck so he tried to freehand with a big brush Now I will have to touch up his messes and do it myself tomorrow. I keep threatening to quite my job just to stay home and babysit the house progress. I really want to delegate jobs, but so far it has all come back to bite me in the butt. There were other little things tonight, I really love the man, but sometimes he drives me crazy. Rant over.

Tomorrow Colby has an 1 1/2 hour speech eval then I will try to get more done in Nick's room. I really want to put it back together. Then we need to reorganize the mess as I can't stand how bad the house looks and the fact that I can't find ANYTHING. Since this seems to be moving so slowly we will have disorganization for another month or so. I need some sort of normalcy.

and to everyone as it seems we can all use some.

I hope Colby's speech eval goes well, and that your whole family gets and stays well soon!

I hope your speech appt. goes better than Bob's did when he had Bethany evaluated a few weeks ago. She is difficult to understand, can't pronounce R, S, TH, etc. The therapist said that according to state guidelines if her ability to learn isn't affected, she doesn't need speech, and that her issues are 'age appropriate'. If that was my child I would have been furious. Every adult who talks with her thinks she has a speech issue, she is NOT average amongst her piers, and it is going to become a social issue with friends if it doesn't get corrected soon. And of course she isn't my daughter so I can't push the issue.

That's ridiculous! We get weekly speech therapy (to start anyway) for almost all of our clients, even if they don't show a delay or impediment! It never hurts, and they can work on cognitive stuff, too! If a child really does have some difficulty, it's absurd that they don't get it!

Elin-thanks for the great dittoable posts!!

I was ready to hand in my mom license or whatever the heck it is you get when you have kids. Cassidy has been stealing from the disney fund (I have no idea how much because it's a piggy bank) and then lied about it and used some very mean tactics in trying to argue with me. The only funny line was "fine, don't expect any calls from me tommorrow" AFTER I took away her phone. She had me so upset I couldn't sleep so I wrote her a note.

A couple of good things came out of it:
I found a very funny trip report....along the lines of Delswife

Cassidy actually apologized to me this morning, without prompting. We'll see how much she likes me after the note.

So I am trying to function today on what equates to 2 hours of sleep. Good golly, I feel bad for parents who have this crap more often than I do.

Thanks for the shoulders to vent on.

Quick question, if you were going to drive down the night before, where would be a good place to stay? We'd arrive around 11pm.

Also, which Park would be quickest (parking, getting into the park) to use my ticket that I got from Undercovertourist and then upgrade it to the AP? I have to have the AP to check into the CR, and you can only upgrade a "used" ticket so I have to physically go into the park. I think MK would be a bad choice since you park at TTC and AK is far away. So, Epcot or MGM?

Thanks!

I have no advice, but I am SO excited for you guys!

Good afternoon, DDA! I lost my place a couple of days back so I'm not sure where I left off. Did I miss anything big? Nothing too much here. Just on kid duty alot this week and seems it will continue the rest of the week. At least the next two days I get paid for. I get double paid tomorrow subbing at MOPS babysitting and then again Friday subbing for preschool.

The biggest news is that I may be looking at a nanny job. Someone in the church needs a nanny for her 3 girls and we're supposed to talk this afternoon. She has a 10yo, 5yo (one month younger than Terra) and a 9mo. She knows up front from my initial email response that Terra would be with me and wants to talk to me so that should be good. Elizabeth - if you have any advice for me up front, I'd love to hear it!

Good luck! I hope that, if the job is one that works for you, all goes well!

My mom's bone scan and CT were clear!

She is going to the OB/GYN on April 24. Maybe she was just having an especially bad day yesterday. This is definitely encouraging!

Elizabeth, that is all VERY great news!

 

[lovesdumbo]

My mom's bone scan and CT were clear!

She is going to the OB/GYN on April 24. Maybe she was just having an especially bad day yesterday. This is definitely encouraging!

That is wonderful!!!! AND did she call to tell you?

How Smart Are You?

Am I winning?

 

[lovesdumbo]

I picked up Emma's autograph book today from Staples. It is a million times better than the WalMart version but the lamination on the cover is a bit bubbled. The other side of the lamination is perfect. I provided the 35 sheets of card stock for 70 pages. I paid $13.50 for a package of 250 sheets so $1.89 for paper, $1 to laminate, $2.49 to bind, .99 to trim and $2.00 to cut the paper. So a total of $8.37 vs $8.96 for the WalMart one.

Here's the cover:

The inside has my address on top of Emma's photo so it could be returned fo us if we lost it. Joe took that mask photo of Emma when he was 5 with a Sony camera.

and the back:

The inside of the back looks simular to the back but with different photos.

 

[ReAnSt]

What is the date for the proposed philly meet?

I think it was the last weekend in June so the 27th-29th.

I also have had two Sony cameras, which I have had a good experience with.

 

[tink2020]

Samantha Who? is back!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

I think it was the last weekend in June so the 27th-29th.

I also have had two Sony cameras, which I have had a good experience with.

o good--i didnt know there was a date! hahaha

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

That is wonderful!!!! AND did she call to tell you?

Yes, she did call me. But we were at that birthday party and I didn't hear my phone. She left a voice mail that the tests were clear, then I called her back after the party.

Samantha Who? is back!

That show makes me laugh!

 

[ReAnSt]

o good--i didnt know there was a date! hahaha

But I could be mistaken.

 

[tinknme]

Elin for no cavities!

Karen

Theresa hope things calm down between you & Cassidy

Elizabeth wonderful news about your mother

Tia good luck with the job interview

 

[tinknme]

My Donner bag arrived today & I love the chocolate color

Thank you Lindsay for posting the link & the discount code!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Where is that "Beat your head on the brick wall" smilie?

My mother called to ask me if I can pick up Diva Girl at the Dallas airport on May 9 because she wants to go to a Super Sweet 16 party.
WHY is this necessary? This is the exact sort of thing that feeds my sister's impression that she is 1) Elite and 2) Entitled. I asked my mom what Diva Girl will be giving up in order to help pay for the plane ticket. Like maybe her EVERY DAY fast food habit? Mom was outraged at the notion! Of course she isn't giving up ANYTHING because she didn't get to have a sweet 16 party of her own! Right. How dense of me to miss that.

So I am supposed to go to the airport in the middle of a work day to pick her up and get her to this birthday party. The party starts at 7 PM so she HAS to miss school and HAS to interrupt my work day or she will be late. Perfect.

As soon as I started to protest my mother said she would get my other sister to pick her up. My other sister lives about 120 miles from that airport. But Mother likes to threaten to get the other sister to do things I won't in an attempt to force me into doing them. This really is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! Oh, wait. No, the stupidest thing I have ever heard is that Mother might just burn her last personal day, RESCHEDULE her oncology follow-up , rent a car and DRIVE down here for the party! WHY is this even on the table as an option?!

I told my mother if she will put my sister in counseling I will buy the plane ticket, but there is no dropping out of counseling after the ticket is paid for. I better just go ahead and acknowledge that there will be no counseling whether I buy the ticket or not.

The whole thing is just silly. She does NOT need to fly down here to go to a party for a girl she hasn't seen in 2 years! But I am sure she will anyway.

 

[Tammi67]

Tammi, I hope the Speech works out for Bob's DD too.

Thanks, Denise. Feel better!

 

[Tammi67]

Good afternoon, DDA! I lost my place a couple of days back so I'm not sure where I left off. Did I miss anything big? Nothing too much here. Just on kid duty alot this week and seems it will continue the rest of the week. At least the next two days I get paid for. I get double paid tomorrow subbing at MOPS babysitting and then again Friday subbing for preschool.

The biggest news is that I may be looking at a nanny job. Someone in the church needs a nanny for her 3 girls and we're supposed to talk this afternoon. She has a 10yo, 5yo (one month younger than Terra) and a 9mo. She knows up front from my initial email response that Terra would be with me and wants to talk to me so that should be good. Elizabeth - if you have any advice for me up front, I'd love to hear it!

Good luck Tia!!!

 

[PNO4TE]

Depends if you think 6 hours is close.

more importantly... do you think it is?

 

[Tammi67]

I would love to join you, but I am not sure if it will work out. I added it to my planner in pencil. I could probably do Friday afternoon/evening into Saturday night. It looks like it will take about 5 hours each way. I am not sure if that is worth it for one day. I would love to stay through to Sunday, but I am supposed to help at the Relay for Life Pancake breakfast.



I would love to do this as well. It is tentatively penciled in my calendar. If I get a camp job, I would not be able to go.

Do you hear that, Elin? We aren't worth it.


Just kidding, Becky. I know it's a long drive for you all, but we wanted to extend the invite.

 

[Tammi67]

My mom's bone scan and CT were clear!

She is going to the OB/GYN on April 24. Maybe she was just having an especially bad day yesterday. This is definitely encouraging!

 

[Tammi67]

The book looks great, Bernadette!

 

[PNO4TE]

I have no clue what to do about my mother. My Dr. said I need to do as much as it takes for me to back away with a clear conscience. She doesn't want me to abandon my mother, she wants me to turn ownership of the decisions over to my mother and just be an observer. But that's not the way I roll.

Let's see how I can say this, Elizabeth, and not have it come across in a way I don't intend. Your Dr. is right. Sometimes you have to let the other person do the rolling, no matter what the outcome. It is one of the hardest things we adults still have to learn. And for some reason it usually occurs when the "child becomes father to the man."