MOOvin' Along - Goog Times, Goog Friends . . . Part 2

[celerystalker]

It is a big day here: Princess Twink is Happy Helper at Kindergarten. That means we get to bring a snack AND show and tell AND she is line leader, errand runner, and calendar girl.

We have been counting down the days till this momentous occasion. They only have 16 kids in the class so everyone should get plenty of chances to be Happy Helper but I think it will remain a Really Big Deal.

Awww!

Hey all! I've been getting some work done this morning, so I'm just now getting a chance to check in with everyone.

Marita - steal your daughter's crocs and see if you like them -
that way you'll know what size to order and you won't have to go shopping.

I rearranged my budget since we decided not to move -
so we went to big lots last night to finish buying things for the foster kid room.
one more trip to Wal-mart and we should be ready for a kid!
well, besides the certification part. but that's coming soon.

we found out the reimbursement rate last night.
I was expecting 600 a month for one kid, with $110 of that going directly to the child for clothing and allowance.
they quoted the numbers last night.
it's between $900 and $1860.00 per month for EACH child!

our kids are going to be spoiled rotten!
what in the world do these foster parents do with all of that? Cuz you know a lot of these kids never see it.

one person in the class who has a mother who is a foster parent says it really is not that much - that all the traveling you do to take them back and forth to appointments adds up.
umm.
I do not see how.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Come over to the CROCS side Marita! You KNOW you want happy feet Try them on first. I see you in a Black Mary Jane or Alice (only one hole) in brown or black.

There's another company called Nothingz that I LOVE! They aren't the cheap Payless or Walmart version. They're even squishier. I wear them around the house all the time like slippers. Since I'm a Lady of Leisure, and all.

Thanks, I'll check it out shortly!!

Awww!

Hey all! I've been getting some work done this morning, so I'm just now getting a chance to check in with everyone.

Marita - steal your daughter's crocs and see if you like them -
that way you'll know what size to order and you won't have to go shopping.

I rearranged my budget since we decided not to move -
so we went to big lots last night to finish buying things for the foster kid room.
one more trip to Wal-mart and we should be ready for a kid!
well, besides the certification part. but that's coming soon.

we found out the reimbursement rate last night.
I was expecting 600 a month for one kid, with $110 of that going directly to the child for clothing and allowance.
they quoted the numbers last night.
it's between $900 and $1860.00 per month for EACH child!

our kids are going to be spoiled rotten!
what in the world do these foster parents do with all of that? Cuz you know a lot of these kids never see it.

MOO HOOTY Cel!
And we only get a $1,000 exemption per child for income tax? And I think $3,000 per something or other deducted from gross income? (yeah, I know I am an accountant, I try to block it out, though and I don't do taxes).

I tried on DD's crocs ( dont know if they are real or imitation though, and they are too small for me. I didnt like the feel of those prickly things. But I am willing to give it a try, since the thought of wearing closed in shoes is not a happy thought to me.

NAB, why did 2 girls walk in to use your computer? Did Hannah have a friend over?

 

[Backstage_Gal]

I just read a DISUNC update, and he might my on Who wants to be a millionaire.

Which reminded me, my former boss tried out for Jeopardy like a year ago, and just got notified he was chosen. He is taping next week, I think. Don't know when it will air yet.

 

[celerystalker]

I'd love to be on jeopardy, but I bet I'd freeze up and not get anything right.
poly should be on it - she almost always wins trivia.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

I don't know any trivia, so I dont play.

I just had to rip up 3 rows on the baby blanket cause I messed up

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

yep, utahm. right...backstage gal...* not that i would know anything
about them.. ,

i'm swamp...which is why i am havin trouble getting around [to the other site]

tell my buddy, w.t. iam trying! [utah girl~--plez!!!]

..however, i am trying to keep up....so.."stand by me"...

ha! life repeating itself...can be seen alot...in the great movies...hmmm,
wondering if there something to that?


..yes, m.p., "we" need more mothers...like yourself...

...oh boy, this is [these boards/not here ] a great place..for finding
..mood disorders?...he,he,he....

just a lil reminder...i loathe the "whole process" of labeling...is it a big
surprise that the weather changes?..why then would the same not be
for people? sooo, acting or experiencing feelings we don't necessarily
want to be --isn't abnormal..at all! "we" are equipped...with the abilites
to cope & adjust and sometimes endure..life lil' & major stressors..even
the good ones...* i said it before..but it can't be stessed enough...,
one does not have to be happy ..all the time..to have a "happy life".
which of course. i had to learn the hard way-

..when one is unable to move on...accept/readjust....& functional abilites
are compromised ..to the extent..where physical needs are not being
met..then support systems..should be activated...[ sought or refer to]..
not , "here take this pill". one of a person best recovery is "family, friends,
and co-workers...ha! we used each other..to "bounce" off advice all the
time.

...i haven't always been the supporter husband...but over the years, learning
the strssors being placed on my lil'miss ..just from hormonal changes..has
allowed me to support her better and better. . i think the most
remarkable thing..i have acquired thru life.. the "willness" to learn from one's
mistakes..is the driving force behind sucess. 2 much, are no longer being
taught..is handicapping our future generations. lil'miscomceptions most
often leads to diasters..even in relationships...* there is a major outcome
potential..from grasping.."selfishness versus self awarness." these
basic principles not only can be taught but should be required learning...
what is a partnership? when it is "something" accomplished by 2 people
working together?..the joys are everlasting....minus the losses. & it
something..we all must decide for ourselves by finding someone to share
our life with.

ahhh, what i know now...the alternatives, may have produced more material
things but less values to my life. much less..than i can imagine today.


....even our begining.....had whirl winds of ups & downs..i should known,
we were "in" for the wildest adventures..beyond my imagination...but i
wouldn't missed it for anything. my wife taught me there were alot more
to living than money...or material things... then being happy all the time.
struggles..we have had our shares...including disappointments...and dwatts!
never won the stupid lottery...or did we?~! we don't rattle as before,and we
laugh more & more, and we find more joys..in less and less. today, when
i got my coffee..jordan, informed me...her fiber tablets...from chilli-coffee?
thta's nice dear...i'm glad you can get them here-chilllicothe. you know?
i kept thinking..mu coffee..was tasting differently...hmmmm, what
this floating at the bottom!...its a fiber tablet! oh, she was telling me-"
fiber tab. in my coffee"..not chilllicothe- ..like mother, like
daughter....& a very accurate example..of the way we have communicated
thru the years...i swear, our biggest fights..were over things not worth
a pile of beans...

my point? i wish people would not fear mental health....learning to take care
of our bodies...is a separate part toward findness "real" happiness...physical
health= how long we sustain life on earth, while the mental parts...determine
what we get out of it. dsiney world..is connected to our well being by
suporting family values...outside all the $$$.

oh, we are starting o get ready [= my lil'miss]..for our christmas trip!

& this all started when my li'sweetie looked up @ me..."once upon a time",
to say,- heck no! i'm not going out with you-" animal"... thank
goodness..i read her right....& reacted...before she could spit her denial
out,...[ i made eye contact..& said "plezzzz"- ]...

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

So if I show up or the meet with purple crocs and red pants, dont blame me. blame it on my fiscally conservative nature!

I have purple crocs!!! And I love them!

GOOG MORNING!

I made breakfast today!

GET UP, PJ!!!

Sorry, I overslept today. Some people kept me up too late last night. I still made it to school in plenty of time but there was no time to make breakfast. Thanks for stepping in for me.

p.s. please do not wake me up tomorrow morning, it's Saturday.

That basically summed up my whole class, except I did add "Don't feel guilty if you send the baby to the nursery at night. Believe me, you'll have TONS of other opportunities to feel mommy guilt for the rest of your parenting life." Including going to WDW without them.

What kind of a parent would do such a thing????!

This is for you:

Is it just me or is that a red X for everyone?

p.s. 30 minutes? Try 3!!!!!!

I would like you to come up with one example of when I couldn't sit still for 30 minutes.

only if there's peanut butter involved.

Don't be ridiculous. Peanut butter and cool whip is a complete meal whereas just cool whip is dessert. It's really not that complicated, come on now, use your head.

No, I'm not. But company will probably show up anyway. These people, aka PJ, can't get enough of me. And she's met me, so I think that speaks highly of me, don't you? I'm addictive....just sayin'

Last night when I told Mr. Trollop I was coming this weekend he said "you're welcome anytime, Lauren." You were there! I'll be over in a few hours. I'll be on the trampoline if you need me. Please tie the dog up.

It is a big day here: Princess Twink is Happy Helper at Kindergarten. That means we get to bring a snack AND show and tell AND she is line leader, errand runner, and calendar girl.

That is a lot of jobs for a kindergartener! Go Princess Twink!

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!!!!!!

My weekend has officially started.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

oops.. almost forgot.. so when others may call you crazy..all
you need to do is point 'um in my 'direction..i'm have become pretty
good @ redirecting delusional thinking @ setting limits on those
projecting parnoia....& having fun doing it!

...baby land, c'mom...health care workers..if you're doing it, there
aren't any excuses for not learning to be better @ it every day!

..we're talking about helping our future generations arriving safe &
sound. in this day & age...we should expect our professionals to have
standard operating procedures..that at least gives the mother & baby
their best...by problem solving & reducing the risks....

..just think...m.p.? i can't help but wonder..if all was needed was to
have lay her baby on her belly, could have made a difference..between
life and death? you know?..when i started...i didn't know anything!
in any of the fields i was working....but i figured if i was going to do this
work..i needed to learn. more than anything else....thru all my experiences..
was the discovery..how valuable the lil'things can be. * under no
circumstances, should i been the only one willing to help that lil'13 y/o
girl..in the begining of labor..simply put~ i was the only one willing..as
the others were "punishing her"..[how did i know?}..her mother literally,
was begging me.."no body helping us & we're in trouble!"...by the grace
of god...i was well prepared..by the nurses who had taught me...
* afterwards,. all those that should 've but didn't..took all the credit...
"that enraged..her mother"... so she stormed up to my instructor & told
her the story....which she later took me aside. & she hugged me. isn't
that a hoot!..."our instructor"..was the top rated ob nurse educator
in the country..[based on her students'state boards/nln preformances].
however, the biggest implication.,.this should never been in the first
place. & now our death rates..is rising-

and c'mom...if they are recognizing the problems..then start doing something
about them ..before its to late..& begin with common sense and expecting
positive outcomes. remember..awhile back...1/166 autism= , what
are we not doing to help our pregnant mothers..and their babies..getting
here..safe and sound!

sorry, this bothers me...because..its so simple...
p.s..i appricate you'all being so tolerant..esp. of my wrting skills, hmmm,
lack of... ..does it count?, i am so happy?

 

[celerystalker]

we love ya lil g. Writing "skills" or not!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

..what have i learned in mental health? everyone has it..and everyone
will have problems sooner later...the outcomes..are helped by old-
fashioned values and common sense....

life..do indeeds may have happy endings...& sometimes disappointments,
even tradgies..however if one still living..there a "new begining" will
follow...and those results will be undetermine- until we chose..again. so
by common sense, in the game of life, if one "learns" to chose better-
next time..they're on their way..where they want to go..

it is true...there has been alot of pain -emotional/physical ..in my
life...&.. all medical professionals must help their clients in the same
areas..because its~ the nature of life.....so how does one cope? the
redeeming factors...are quite simple..there are the lil' things we can do
to change any problem/pain into a positive outcome!

ironically, one significant person.."for me"..was a nurse...who got me
into the "cripple children" program...way back when...i wonder what
she realize...what she started?

dear c~girl, i like your reporting , its making me excited to
see what you all get into!!! don't you dare stop!
[ i get a charge out of you!]

dearest kay, i'm sorry . plez don't give up...i feel you will return...bigger
and better opporturnities...mostly because//the type of person you are...
is very desirable...by sucessful compaines...

utahm,,,why do i get the feeling....this is going to be one "whale" of a trip?
ps..are you making me something?..well..besides an apron?

...the more i look at the blue top...a prefect fit! no wonder your
husband does...



oh...mental health...can be so........ , and enriching one value
system...& its so easy!

baby nurse...you and your pictures stories..are the best!

oh.. c~ girl... ..a long time ago..i wrote stories/cartoons and
poetry..yep, me- and you might be surprised...the ways i sling it,
..except, unorthrodox-my middle name...well? i got be me..

,


but i can't stress..looking!!! how happy & sucessful..i've been "at"
life...even though i've been thru the mill..every way - most can think of...
so if i can do it..anyone can!!! , sometimes...all it takes
is alil'emcnoragment..from hose around us....* every accomplishements
on my 'mantle"..has come from those around me! & the older i get, it
is the lil' things..like my lil'muskin girl! that makes me...feels so
she is! all the things i mentioned..and more. my lil'darling !

ha! have anyone noticed, how differerent we all are....& how neat?

pseaking of....utahm!..where's sdy these days!!! ok? i hope!

 

[celerystalker]

..dear c~girl, don't you dare stop!
[ i get a charge out of you!]

Ohhhhhhhh! Sounds kinky!

 

[NAB]

It is such a beautiful day out today.

Hubby came home early and what did they want to do ..... go watch a movie!

We just got back from seeing Mr Bean. It was pretty funny I was surprised. The kids watch Mr Bean tapes at my Mom's house all the time. So they loved it.

Now the kids are outside with there friends and hubby is washing the car.

I didn't get anything done today.

Marita -- hope you ate something today. You seem to forget all the time.

Celery-- How many more foster classes? Yes you will spoil the foster child I am sure. Is it true some come with nothing at all or a few things in a bag? I think I saw a show once about someone giving kids suitcases or something because they had nothing. I think that is where the money will come in handy.

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

Hi lil g

It is such a beautiful day out today.

I know, it needs to stay this way. I am so over summer heat.

I didn't get anything done today.

Sounds like a goog day to me.

 

[NAB]

Yes I am loving this weather. Going to be like this all long weekend. I sent the cold weather down to Lil'g...

Lots of time for you to be on that trampoline... Even take a ride on a horse.

Marita -- how is your weather?

 

[celerystalker]

nab - they used to throw their stuff in a garbage bag when they were placed into custody.
our director said things are better now, but I guess we'll see when we get our first kid.
There are 6 more classes, but we're going to miss the last three because of the trip. They said they will make them up with us later.

Tammy's sick.
We're leaving in a bit to go back to the ENT again.
Her ear was draining this morning and there was



twinkie! close your eyes!!!



blood in it.

SSo needless to say, she's been grumpy, and not feeling good and scaared all day.

 

[NAB]

Hope Tammy is ok.

Get going.....and hold her hand for us.

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

Lots of time for you to be on that trampoline... Even take a ride on a horse.

If I was allowed at the crazynurse ranch.

Tammy's sick.
We're leaving in a bit to go back to the ENT again.
Her ear was draining this morning and there was



twinkie! close your eyes!!!



blood in it.

SSo needless to say, she's been grumpy, and not feeling good and scaared all day.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Yes I am loving this weather. Going to be like this all long weekend. I sent the cold weather down to Lil'g...

Lots of time for you to be on that trampoline... Even take a ride on a horse.

Marita -- how is your weather?

It was raining this afternoon, Otther than that, HOT as usual, Havent been outside all day.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Marita -- hope you ate something today. You seem to forget all the time.

I just made some mushrooms, fried in butter then doused in sour cream and worshestshire sauce. The original plan was to have meat to dip into it, (Fondue) but we are fresh out ( Or should I say it expired?) The mushrooms were from the HUGE pachagage DH bought a while back. The held up surprisingly well. I I used some, and then DD made some of her own, So goodbye to huge mushrrom packag
I suppose I will graze on something later. Mushroom soup is probably not very filling.

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

I don't think I've ever eaten a mushroom.

I'm heading out for the night. Have a goog Friday everyone.