Girls Only Trip (old planning thread, see link to new one in 1st post)

[eatmypixiedust]

What are animal style fries??

My boyfriend and I like animal style fries They put thousand island with melted cheese and grilled chopped onions. It doesn't taste bad. When my siblings first told me about it I immediately pictured this:

 

[Boo Bear]

My boyfriend and I like animal style fries They put thousand island with melted cheese and grilled chopped onions. It doesn't taste bad. When my siblings first told me about it I immediately pictured this:

That made me smile

 

[DizNee Luver]

Hi everyone....sorry I'm totally out of the loop today.
We spent a large portion of our day at the Social Security office looking into getting the twins disability benefits......wow, what a process especially since they didn't let me get new cards for the girls when we adopted them. The gal we spoke to told me I couldn't do it until we had their new birth certificates. The lawyer told us the state was so back logged on them, that it would be about 10 mths before we got them.......great...now what? So today the lady said they could get it without the birth certificate as long as we had medical records with the new name & their birthdate. So we went to go get that & the dr took a long weekend so now we'll have to wait until next friday before we can go back in.... ugh, what a pain.

I knew nothing about disability with social security, but one of the nurses that comes & helps with the girls jumped me for not looking into this before now ok...????? She also is signing us up for a state program where we will be put on a waiting list & when our time comes up, we get monies thru grants to purchase equipment, pay for respite, or whatever else we need to take care of.

I think yesterday was an eye opener for us. The nurse also talked with us for quite a while & observed the girls & came to the conclusion that motor skills are about 12-14 mths (which we somewhat figured looking at milestones & such) but she said their cognative was that of a 6-9 mth old. I was stunned & then it really hit today....... I know they're delayed but I just ache at the thought of them going thru life being different than everyone else. It just breaks my heart. We truly hoped that being in a stable, loving home with parents & siblings with normal intelligence would help break the cycle that runs very deep in their birth family.

So between the frustration of government red tape & not having a clue about their program & feeling sad.....it's been a rough day!!

I hope everyone else had a good day (haven't had time to read thru everything)!!

The highlight of the day was hearing my exchange person got their package today and she LIKED it!!!!

 

[Boo Bear]

Hi everyone....sorry I'm totally out of the loop today.
We spent a large portion of our day at the Social Security office looking into getting the twins disability benefits......wow, what a process especially since they didn't let me get new cards for the girls when we adopted them. The gal we spoke to told me I couldn't do it until we had their new birth certificates. The lawyer told us the state was so back logged on them, that it would be about 10 mths before we got them.......great...now what? So today the lady said they could get it without the birth certificate as long as we had medical records with the new name & their birthdate. So we went to go get that & the dr took a long weekend so now we'll have to wait until next friday before we can go back in.... ugh, what a pain.

I knew nothing about disability with social security, but one of the nurses that comes & helps with the girls jumped me for not looking into this before now ok...????? She also is signing us up for a state program where we will be put on a waiting list & when our time comes up, we get monies thru grants to purchase equipment, pay for respite, or whatever else we need to take care of.

I think yesterday was an eye opener for us. The nurse also talked with us for quite a while & observed the girls & came to the conclusion that motor skills are about 12-14 mths (which we somewhat figured looking at milestones & such) but she said their cognative was that of a 6-9 mth old. I was stunned & then it really hit today....... I know they're delayed but I just ache at the thought of them going thru life being different than everyone else. It just breaks my heart. We truly hoped that being in a stable, loving home with parents & siblings with normal intelligence would help break the cycle that runs very deep in their birth family.

So between the frustration of government red tape & not having a clue about their program & feeling sad.....it's been a rough day!!

I hope everyone else had a good day (haven't had time to read thru everything)!!

The highlight of the day was hearing my exchange person got their package today and she LIKED it!!!!

to your family. Your're such amazing people and you have such beautiful hearts that are so full of love and compassion. I'm sorry your day was challenging. Maybe tomorrow will be better? Lets hope so.

 

[DizNee Luver]

to your family. Your're such amazing people and you have such beautiful hearts that are so full of love and compassion. I'm sorry your day was challenging. Maybe tomorrow will be better? Lets hope so.

Thank you.....tomorrow should be better.....no appts, no calls.....just get to spend quiet time as a family!!!!!

 

[Boo Bear]

So... it's 9:16 I'm going to bed! I've been writing this ding dang paper since 7am. I deserve it!

 

[MommyWithDreams]

I love Journey too--one of my favorite memories is driving up the Northern Calif. coast with the Pacific on one side (lighthouses and all) and a "Journey's Greatest Hits" cd cranked up.

Do you like lighthouses??? I absolutely love lighthouses!!!! We were able to take a roadtrip in November up the Ca and Oregon coast and stopped at all the lighthouses along the way. Now I just home to make the east cost ones as well.

 

[MommyWithDreams]

So here's a picture of animal style fries. I thought it was really gross when I first saw it...but they do taste pretty good. I can only have a few at a time but I love my burger animal style

 

[MommyWithDreams]

Hi everyone....sorry I'm totally out of the loop today.
We spent a large portion of our day at the Social Security office looking into getting the twins disability benefits......wow, what a process especially since they didn't let me get new cards for the girls when we adopted them. The gal we spoke to told me I couldn't do it until we had their new birth certificates. The lawyer told us the state was so back logged on them, that it would be about 10 mths before we got them.......great...now what? So today the lady said they could get it without the birth certificate as long as we had medical records with the new name & their birthdate. So we went to go get that & the dr took a long weekend so now we'll have to wait until next friday before we can go back in.... ugh, what a pain.

I knew nothing about disability with social security, but one of the nurses that comes & helps with the girls jumped me for not looking into this before now ok...????? She also is signing us up for a state program where we will be put on a waiting list & when our time comes up, we get monies thru grants to purchase equipment, pay for respite, or whatever else we need to take care of.

I think yesterday was an eye opener for us. The nurse also talked with us for quite a while & observed the girls & came to the conclusion that motor skills are about 12-14 mths (which we somewhat figured looking at milestones & such) but she said their cognative was that of a 6-9 mth old. I was stunned & then it really hit today....... I know they're delayed but I just ache at the thought of them going thru life being different than everyone else. It just breaks my heart. We truly hoped that being in a stable, loving home with parents & siblings with normal intelligence would help break the cycle that runs very deep in their birth family.

So between the frustration of government red tape & not having a clue about their program & feeling sad.....it's been a rough day!!

I hope everyone else had a good day (haven't had time to read thru everything)!!

The highlight of the day was hearing my exchange person got their package today and she LIKED it!!!!

You are so amazing! Everything your family does for these kids just amazes me more and more every day.

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Good Evening everyone!

Just spent the last several hours (with but a few interruptions ) reading every page of this delightful thread - not easy when the thread kept growing as I tried to catch up!

After a while, one page merged into another in this ole' brain, but most important, what came through loud and clear is what a beautiful group of women inside and out.

If you have room for one more, I would love to join you all for the Annual Girls Only Disneyland Trip! It would be a dream come true for me.

DL has always been my favorite, but our last visit was 1996! My children grew up (how dare them!!) and not one friend is interested in anything Disney as impossible as that seems to me! (still wonderful friends though).

I must warn you..I'm almost as old as dirt, but very young at heart (due to hanging out with 2/3 yr olds for 20+ yrs). First visit to DL was 1958 when we lived in Oxnard and many visits until that last trip waaay too many years ago.

I'm so sorry I missed the exchange - must have been fun!

Let's see...things to do...anything and everything except I'm a bonafide wimp, so will be a willing coat holder for TOT, Splash Mtn etc...hey, Soarin' is my thrill ride and I peek through closed eyes some of the time.

Would love to have a roomie, and especially stay on site for the first time. Not crazy about HoJo's as we had a rather bad experience there and it's kind of a hike walking...CCI is a fav though, if anyone is staying there. Of course, flexibility will become my middle name. A rollaway would be great.

Will try to post a photo - if anyone can photoshop it that would be terrific - not sure the others in the photo would want to be on the DIS.

Anyone here not on the 'other' coast?

Christine

p.s.I'm sorry...this is the only photo I can find right now. Can't believe I am doing this!!

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Laurie, bless your hearts.

I'm so sorry it was such a tough day.

With all the love and support you give those darlings, we can hope they will beat the odds and surprise everyone.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Thank you Janelle!!!! How's Ayden feeling?? and How are you doing???

Welcome Christine!!! I'm new to the group as well & after your first post.....you're in!!! Can't wait to meet you in February!!!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Laurie, bless your hearts.

I'm so sorry it was such a tough day.

We must hope they will beat the odds and surprise everyone!

Thank you very much!!! We always look for the positives...it's what keeps us sane & fighting for every service they deserve!!
They've already surprised the doctors & we hope to keep these surprises going!!

 

[MommyWithDreams]

Good Evening everyone!

Just spent the last several hours (with but a few interruptions ) reading every page of this delightful thread - not easy when the thread kept growing as I tried to catch up!

After a while, one page merged into another in this ole' brain, but most important, what came through loud and clear is what a beautiful group of women inside and out.

If you have room for one more, I would love to join you all for the Annual Girls Only Disneyland Trip! It would be a dream come true for me.

DL has always been my favorite, but our last visit was 1996! My children grew up (how dare them!!) and not one friend is interested in anything Disney as impossible as that seems to me! (still wonderful friends though).

I must warn you..I'm almost as old as dirt, but very young at heart. First visit to DL was 1958 when we lived in Oxnard and many visits until that last trip waaay too many years ago.

I'm so sorry I missed the exchange - must have been fun!

Let's see...things to do...anything and everything except I'm a bonafide wimp, so will be a willing coat holder for TOT, Splash Mtn etc...hey, Soarin' is my thrill ride and I peek through closed eyes some of the time.

Would love to have a roomie, and especially stay on site for the first time. Not crazy about HoJo's as we had a rather bad experience there and it's kind of a hike walking...CCI is a fav though, if anyone is staying there. Of course, flexibility will become my middle name. A rollaway would be great.

Will try to post a photo - if anyone can photoshop it that would be terrific - not sure the others in the photo would want to be on the DIS.

Anyone here not on the 'other' coast?

Christine

p.s.I'm sorry...this is the only photo I can find right now. Can't believe I am doing this!!

CHRISTINE!!!!

I'm fairly new to this group as well. 2010 will be my first official group with the Diva's, although I was lucky enough to meet some of them on my family trip in March. They are a WONDERFUL group of ladies! Oh and if you would like some company holding coats while they all do TOT I'll hang behind with you, that's not my kinda ride either. I'll even hang out during Splash Mountain as well.

I look forward to getting ot know you better.

 

[MommyWithDreams]

Thank you Janelle!!!! How's Ayden feeling?? and How are you doing???

Welcome Christine!!! I'm new to the group as well & after your first post.....you're in!!! Can't wait to meet you in February!!!!

Ayden is back to his old self. He's doing well. I'm not doing that great. I'm hanging in there though. I just havn't felt good for so long now it's really bringing me down. I'm just really trying to take it one day at a time. I don't want to sound like I'm whining so I just try not to talk about it. Tonight Chris and I are supposed to have a "date night" and honestly I just want to cry in his arms. Hopefully we'll just get a movie and all will be fine and I can keep it in just awhile longer.

 

[daisy_77]

Good Evening everyone!

Just spent the last several hours (with but a few interruptions ) reading every page of this delightful thread - not easy when the thread kept growing as I tried to catch up!

After a while, one page merged into another in this ole' brain, but most important, what came through loud and clear is what a beautiful group of women inside and out.

If you have room for one more, I would love to join you all for the Annual Girls Only Disneyland Trip! It would be a dream come true for me.

DL has always been my favorite, but our last visit was 1996! My children grew up (how dare them!!) and not one friend is interested in anything Disney as impossible as that seems to me! (still wonderful friends though).

I must warn you..I'm almost as old as dirt, but very young at heart (due to hanging out with 2/3 yr olds for 20+ yrs). First visit to DL was 1958 when we lived in Oxnard and many visits until that last trip waaay too many years ago.

I'm so sorry I missed the exchange - must have been fun!

Let's see...things to do...anything and everything except I'm a bonafide wimp, so will be a willing coat holder for TOT, Splash Mtn etc...hey, Soarin' is my thrill ride and I peek through closed eyes some of the time.

Would love to have a roomie, and especially stay on site for the first time. Not crazy about HoJo's as we had a rather bad experience there and it's kind of a hike walking...CCI is a fav though, if anyone is staying there. Of course, flexibility will become my middle name. A rollaway would be great.

Will try to post a photo - if anyone can photoshop it that would be terrific - not sure the others in the photo would want to be on the DIS.

Anyone here not on the 'other' coast?

Christine

p.s.I'm sorry...this is the only photo I can find right now. Can't believe I am doing this!!

Welcome Christine!!

I like your pic!

I live in Idaho. Soooo far from Mass and North Carolina. I did live in Sharon MA while working as a nanny in 1996. It's beautiful there!

So happy to have you! You will love this group!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Ayden is back to his old self. He's doing well. I'm not doing that great. I'm hanging in there though. I just havn't felt good for so long now it's really bringing me down. I'm just really trying to take it one day at a time. I don't want to sound like I'm whining so I just try not to talk about it. Tonight Chris and I are supposed to have a "date night" and honestly I just want to cry in his arms. Hopefully we'll just get a movie and all will be fine and I can keep it in just awhile longer.

I'm glad Ayden is better!! But you....... maybe a good cry would help!!! Sometimes you build up to the point of misery....time to let it all out....all those emotions just fester in there & THAT can make you feel ill too. Maybe Chris will bring home a tear jerker movie & you can cut loose..... then he won't take it so personal....

We luv ya.......

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Ayden is back to his old self. He's doing well. I'm not doing that great. I'm hanging in there though. I just havn't felt good for so long now it's really bringing me down. I'm just really trying to take it one day at a time. I don't want to sound like I'm whining so I just try not to talk about it. Tonight Chris and I are supposed to have a "date night" and honestly I just want to cry in his arms. Hopefully we'll just get a movie and all will be fine and I can keep it in just awhile longer.

Oh, how awful! It certainly is not whining when you are feeling so terrible.

Sending good thoughts, prayers and dust that things will take a turn for the better very soon.

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Thank you for the warm welcomes!!!

Idaho???? Is that what people mean when they say the middle of nowhere? I bet it's beautiful! MA is especially lovely in the Fall and summer. Were you able to go to the Cape? I was a nanny in 1998/99 & 99/2000. Closed my preschool b/c I wanted to do something different, but missed the munchkins.

 

[daisy_77]

My boyfriend and I like animal style fries They put thousand island with melted cheese and grilled chopped onions. It doesn't taste bad. When my siblings first told me about it I immediately pictured this:

Bwahaha!

Hi everyone....sorry I'm totally out of the loop today.
We spent a large portion of our day at the Social Security office looking into getting the twins disability benefits......wow, what a process especially since they didn't let me get new cards for the girls when we adopted them. The gal we spoke to told me I couldn't do it until we had their new birth certificates. The lawyer told us the state was so back logged on them, that it would be about 10 mths before we got them.......great...now what? So today the lady said they could get it without the birth certificate as long as we had medical records with the new name & their birthdate. So we went to go get that & the dr took a long weekend so now we'll have to wait until next friday before we can go back in.... ugh, what a pain.

I knew nothing about disability with social security, but one of the nurses that comes & helps with the girls jumped me for not looking into this before now ok...????? She also is signing us up for a state program where we will be put on a waiting list & when our time comes up, we get monies thru grants to purchase equipment, pay for respite, or whatever else we need to take care of.

I think yesterday was an eye opener for us. The nurse also talked with us for quite a while & observed the girls & came to the conclusion that motor skills are about 12-14 mths (which we somewhat figured looking at milestones & such) but she said their cognative was that of a 6-9 mth old. I was stunned & then it really hit today....... I know they're delayed but I just ache at the thought of them going thru life being different than everyone else. It just breaks my heart. We truly hoped that being in a stable, loving home with parents & siblings with normal intelligence would help break the cycle that runs very deep in their birth family.

So between the frustration of government red tape & not having a clue about their program & feeling sad.....it's been a rough day!!

I hope everyone else had a good day (haven't had time to read thru everything)!!

The highlight of the day was hearing my exchange person got their package today and she LIKED it!!!!

Aw, Laurie. I am sorry you had a rough day. You are doing a great job as a mom and don't let anyone make you feel inferior. You work hard at providing a good home to children who need it, along with love and emotional nourishment.

Your little twins are precious. I am not a psychologist AT ALL. But I do work with special needs children. The interesting thing I see with certain diagnosis is that sometimes they are wrong. The child will be on a certain therapy and the doc will be certain that this or that is wrong with the child...well, they are wrong sometimes. Your little girls are still little. Don't let what that nurse says make you feel like your girls are doomed. Your little one stood up and walked! After being told she would not be able to. That is amazing and those precious girls will show you more and more of what they CAN do. Don't let that nurse sell them short just yet.

Ayden is back to his old self. He's doing well. I'm not doing that great. I'm hanging in there though. I just havn't felt good for so long now it's really bringing me down. I'm just really trying to take it one day at a time. I don't want to sound like I'm whining so I just try not to talk about it. Tonight Chris and I are supposed to have a "date night" and honestly I just want to cry in his arms. Hopefully we'll just get a movie and all will be fine and I can keep it in just awhile longer.

Janelle...go chillax with your man and enjoy yourself! It sounds like you need a big ol HUG!

So glad to hear Ayden is back to his old self!