Off-topic randomness - a place to ramble?
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marypops! said:guess what!!!
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i just wasted over a minute of your life while scrolling this down so
Thank you for that. That minute, like so many others, could have been used to enrich my brain through word power or by eating some sort of new, VMK-free bran cereal that tastes like somebody dumped a pencil sharpener in my bowl. It's long, vacuous minutes like that one which make me wonder what the internet really is for, and why you didn't take the opportunity to lease the vacant space out to banner advertisements? A wasted opportunity, you know... "make money while you hit the return key..." Although it was a break from work, so thank you.
hagen
Glad to know that isn't so!
Tinkerbelle739
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What a tease! 
JeanJoe said:
Your ebay ad should read thusly:
Near-new 13 month old daughter for sale:
- extraordinary motor skills and independence coupled with fascination for gravity and physics
- strong interest in culinary skills, in both both baking and sauté forms
- adventurous and vivid imagination, showing skills of sharp insight into the ways of the world
... and then you just find a picture, Photoshop the deadly knives out, and name a price (of which I get 7%).
You're welcome,
hagen
MaliaMichelle
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I am so upset.
My youngest son has had a lot of problems growing up. At one point at age one they suspected Autism. It wasn't that though. He has had speech therapy, OT, special ed, etc. since age one. He has been released from all except speech therapy, which he still really needs. He also has a auditory processing delay and sensory issues. He is able to attend regular school though, and is smart in all other areas.
Anyways, I get a phone call awhile ago. It's the speech therapist from the school. My son may not meet the minimum standards for speech therapy, he may be below them. That means he can't be put into speech. We live on an Army base in the middle of no where. The next closest town is almost 40 miles away and they wouldnt' have services for him also. If they can't meet his needs, then they have to move us. The Army can not station us anywhere that his IEP can't be met. He is being retested.
I don't understand the reasoning though. If he is below standards, he needs speech even more. It would be like saying "you 4th grader can't read at the 4th grade level, so we can't teach him reading".
I'm just frustrated!!
My youngest son has had a lot of problems growing up. At one point at age one they suspected Autism. It wasn't that though. He has had speech therapy, OT, special ed, etc. since age one. He has been released from all except speech therapy, which he still really needs. He also has a auditory processing delay and sensory issues. He is able to attend regular school though, and is smart in all other areas.
Anyways, I get a phone call awhile ago. It's the speech therapist from the school. My son may not meet the minimum standards for speech therapy, he may be below them. That means he can't be put into speech. We live on an Army base in the middle of no where. The next closest town is almost 40 miles away and they wouldnt' have services for him also. If they can't meet his needs, then they have to move us. The Army can not station us anywhere that his IEP can't be met. He is being retested.
I don't understand the reasoning though. If he is below standards, he needs speech even more. It would be like saying "you 4th grader can't read at the 4th grade level, so we can't teach him reading".
I'm just frustrated!!
MaliaMichelle said:
Oh, I so feel for you! My friend is a special needs teacher and she sometimes gets frustrated with the IEP and tests for her kids. She and I have talked about the system and how sometimes it does not work. She gets so upset when she sees kids that need her help being sent to mainstream classes or kids that don't need her help being sent to her. I don't know if there is any way to fix it... I hope you'll be able to reach a solution without major headaches!
Thinking good thoughts for you!
MaliaMichelle
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PeachyT said:Oh, I so feel for you! My best friend is a special needs teacher and she sometimes gets frustrated with the IEP and tests for her kids. She and I have talked about the system and how sometimes it does not work. She gets so upset when she sees kids that need her help being sent to mainstream classes or kids that don't need her help being sent to her. I don't know if there is any way to fix it... I hope you'll be able to reach a solution without major headaches!
Thinking good thoughts for you!
If they retest him and find that they can't help him, then the Army will have to relocate us because this base is not meeting the needs of his IEP and he is in what's called the EFMP program to ensure his needs are met.
This isn't just a slight speech problem. You can understand him, but it's something he has to have corrected.
OK, this morning I barely was able to get out of bed...
We had some super nasty storms this week and even a few tornado warnings for the area. The storms last night happened from 12am-3amish and knocked my neighbor's tree down and it blocked the road! I'm just glad it didn't take out any power lines.
Totally freaked me out...
We had some super nasty storms this week and even a few tornado warnings for the area. The storms last night happened from 12am-3amish and knocked my neighbor's tree down and it blocked the road! I'm just glad it didn't take out any power lines.
Totally freaked me out...
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OK, I think my DD3yo has invented my all-time favorite make believe game. It's called "Sleeping Baby," and I got to play it while post-call today.
I got to be "Sleeping Baby." Apparently, my job was to lie on the couch and sleep, and DD3yo spent about 20 minutes covering me with a blanket, getting me a stuffed animal, giving me a hug and a kiss, and then going off to prepare my lunch for tomorrow.
Later on, I was supposed to be "mommy," but I told her I was pretty tired, so I got to be "Sleeping Baby" again.
Oh yeah! I like this game. I'll be sleeping baby any day.
I got to be "Sleeping Baby." Apparently, my job was to lie on the couch and sleep, and DD3yo spent about 20 minutes covering me with a blanket, getting me a stuffed animal, giving me a hug and a kiss, and then going off to prepare my lunch for tomorrow.
Later on, I was supposed to be "mommy," but I told her I was pretty tired, so I got to be "Sleeping Baby" again.
Oh yeah! I like this game. I'll be sleeping baby any day.
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JeanJoe said:
Reminds me of a game my cousin and I play at family gatherings (we are both in our 30s, mind you). Our mothers (they are sisters) try to get us to play board games after we eat, and my cousin and I tell them that the only game we will play is the Nappy Game. And we do...and we win, too!
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JeanJoe said:
Perhaps marypops can confirm, but in England, isn't a Nappy a diaper?
So, how are those depends?
Arg the Depends won't die!!
Pixie still has yet to see the "new fit" Depends commercial though, complete with gratuitous old lady butt shot.
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Good Morning VMK Ramblers!! 
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Tinkerbelle739 said:
Good morning to you too Bella 
So today was one of the best days ever!
I started back to work...three days of inservice and then the kiddies come. Work is fun because as I said before I work with my two best friends. We tried to be good all day!
I was told I looked beautiful, cute, great, and well rested...I think anyone who has a 8 week vacation would look good as well! LOL!
I was nominated to be our district team leader meaning I would plan the agenda and run the meetings all year for our grade level.
And I found a book at the library that had been reported on my card as missing. Did not having to pay for the book that was already there!
Woot woot!
I started back to work...three days of inservice and then the kiddies come. Work is fun because as I said before I work with my two best friends. We tried to be good all day!
I was told I looked beautiful, cute, great, and well rested...I think anyone who has a 8 week vacation would look good as well! LOL!
I was nominated to be our district team leader meaning I would plan the agenda and run the meetings all year for our grade level.
And I found a book at the library that had been reported on my card as missing. Did not having to pay for the book that was already there!
Woot woot!
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