The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 25

[MrsHeg]

I'd love to stay and chat but I have to work tomorrow,

Becky I'll keep your Grandpa in my prayers.

Good Night All

 

[tmfranlk]

Good Morning DDA!

I have the morning and afternoon to myself also!

DW and Leighanna are going to a graduation today, and since I work tonight, I couldn't go.

The house is nice and quiet, and I have been doing some planning for our vacation, so I am having a nice morning so far.

I do need to get the lawn mowed. If I wait until Tuesday, I will need a hay baler. Last night's rain sure perked everything up!

Tammi, I will get my DVD out to you on Tuesday!

Debbi, your DGS face is just priceless! I am sure he will laugh about it in the future!

Have a great day all!

I may need to borrow that hay baler for the back yard here. I managed to get the front done today, but got caught in the rain....AGAIN! I think that I am trying to set a season record for number of times rained on while raining. I have mowed 5 or 6 times I think and today was the 3rd time that it started to rain on my just before I finished. Today was the worst though because it sprinkiled for less than two minutes and then opened up and poured. I had three short strips left and felt like I was setting a land speed mowing record trying to finish before I was totally dripping in water.

 

[tmfranlk]

Prayers and pixie dust needed, Please!

I know the power of the DDA and just wanted to post this quickly before I leave.

The property supervisor of my Mom's complex found her laying on the floor of her apartment. Her gentleman friend had tried to call her for two days and got no answer. He called the supervisor and she found her there.

From the little news that I have so far, she was very disoriented, but conscious. They have rushed her to the hospital via ambulance, so I am on my way!

I will let you know what is going on when I find anything out!

Again, thanks!

You all will be in our thoughts and prayers. I hope that everything turns out okay and that your Mom is on the mend soon.

 

[yellowfish78]

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[tmfranlk]

I can use prayers and good thoughts for my Grandpa. Remember how at Christmas we had him go to the ER because of arthritis and Gout. Well he was supposed to go to an arthritis specialist he had an appointment but because his pain and problems had went away he never went.

Well he ended up back at the ER on Thursday or Friday for the same reason. Sorry my days are running together. He is in tons of pain and can hardly walk again. They of course sent him home with meds and now has an appointment with the arthritis specialist for August. I am hoping they will be able to get an earlier appointment or that the meds he has now work, so his pain goes away. He is staying at my Aunt's with my Grandma as she can't care for him with him having a hard time walking. This stresses her out and she has several health problems of her own aggravated by stress.

for your Grandpa and Grandma. I hope that the pain is gone soon.

 

[tmfranlk]

Good evening all. Sounds like some nice weekends going around, despite a little weather. I hope that most everyone has a nice day off tomorrow. Mom doesn't so it pretty much seems like a normal day around here. I was just saying we'd go to the library forgetting that they'll be closed for the holiday probably. Oh well, guess maybe I'll start working on my list of things I need to accomplish for the summer, family reunion planning, job searches for Phil, etc.

Have a nice evening everyone!

 

[PNO4TE]

Tom - I am hoping that as I catch up you have some better news about your Mom!

 

[Glynis]

Prayers and pixie dust needed, Please!

I know the power of the DDA and just wanted to post this quickly before I leave.

The property supervisor of my Mom's complex found her laying on the floor of her apartment. Her gentleman friend had tried to call her for two days and got no answer. He called the supervisor and she found her there.

From the little news that I have so far, she was very disoriented, but conscious. They have rushed her to the hospital via ambulance, so I am on my way!

I will let you know what is going on when I find anything out!

Again, thanks!

Prayers being said! I hope everything is ok.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Debbie - What sweet kitties! I agree with you NOT bringing them in the house, so hopefully they will stay near your laundry basket! Did you see the mama cat anywhere?
Aurora is still sniffly and sneezy, but she is eating and drinking and using her litter so I am sure it isn't anything serious. I don't know if she caught some sort of cold from the kitten, or if it is stress or allergies or what.

Tia - I hope the weather cooperates with you so you can get the yard done and not have to worry about it for a week or so! It stopped raining here for maybe an hour or 2 this afternoon, then it started right back in again.

I just got an e-mail from Dadboss2B, and he said the clarifications I requested for the contract are fine. They will revise the document and get it to me in the next few days! We're in the home stretch! I think the deal is going to close as planned! I hope it is!

 

[PNO4TE]

Becky - I hope your Grandpa gets in to see the specialist sooner than August!

 

[Glynis]

Glynis, You totally inspire me. What a great tradition and a wonderful thing you're doing for your kids.

Aw, thanks! We just got back and had a wonderful time! We cleaned Alan's dad's grave, and then sat around and talked about him. Alan told the kids stories about his Dad in WW II. It was so neat to see the kids asking questions about him. Then we did Alan's grandparent's graves, and by this time Alan's mom was there. She was able to tell stories that Alan didn't know. Finally, we went to my Dad's sister's grave. She was my favorite aunt, and I had a lot of stories to tell about her! We ended the day with a Dutch Oven meal of potatoes, and pork ribs. Yummy!!!

 

[PNO4TE]

Debbie - I am not a cat person, but those little kitties are just adorable!

 

[PNO4TE]

Good night, DDA!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

I just got an e-mail from Dadboss2B, and he said the clarifications I requested for the contract are fine. They will revise the document and get it to me in the next few days! We're in the home stretch! I think the deal is going to close as planned! I hope it is!

yay!!

 

[my3princes]

Thanks! We are lucky to have his diagnostician in the same office with the pediatrician so his care is coordinated pretty well. I think the only adjustment we might have to make for the new school year is a small increase in dosage to compensate for any growing he does over the summer. I HOPE he grows over the summer, because he is about the size of a third grader!

It is good that you have the summer to get Zack's meds worked out. I am sure you will find just the right combination of meds and other therapy to get him where he needs to be!

Hunter is very small too. Just today he needed a swim suit and didn't have his with him. He was able to wear Colby's (a size 3T) and it wasn't too tight. He's 9 years old.

It really all depends on the water that is used at the cemetery. If it's hard water, like ours, we use Lime-Away, and a steel brush. It helps a lot. You can't scrub too hard, or you can damage the stone. We also take some Soft Scrub to polish up. First of all, we do a generic wash with just soapy water to get rid of bird stuff, then, if it needs more cleaning, you just go from there. It's a lot harder to clean older headstones. Some of the ones we clean are about 100 years old, and you really can't scrub them too hard. The stone is just wearing away too much.

We take real flowers. I like the look of them better, and our cemetery leaves them up for a few days, and then donates them to a hospital nearby.

Good luck! We love Memorial day, as we get to tell family stories, and celebrate our loved ones who have passed.

We use bleach or simple green on our families headstones. We also are able to plant flowers at our cemetary. We usually plant geraniums and petunias. This year we may add something new too.

Prayers and pixie dust needed, Please!

I know the power of the DDA and just wanted to post this quickly before I leave.

The property supervisor of my Mom's complex found her laying on the floor of her apartment. Her gentleman friend had tried to call her for two days and got no answer. He called the supervisor and she found her there.

From the little news that I have so far, she was very disoriented, but conscious. They have rushed her to the hospital via ambulance, so I am on my way!

I will let you know what is going on when I find anything out!

Again, thanks!

I hope to hear good news as I read along

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I know we all use this in our classrooms on a daily basis, and I just wanted to encourage everyone to be sure and monitor the children with it. I honestly never even thought of this being an issue....scary! OK. I don't know where to begin because the last 2 days of my life have been such a blur. Yesterday, My youngest daughter Halley who is 4, was rushed to the emergency room by her father for being severely lethargic and incoherent. He was called to her school by the school secretary for being "very VERY sick." He told me that when he arrived that Halley was barely sitting in the chair. She couldn't hold her own head up and when he looked into her eyes, she couldn't focus them. He immediately called me after he scooped her up and rushed her to the ER. When we got there, they ran blood test after blood test and did x-rays, every test imaginable. Her white blood cell count was normal, nothing was out of the ordinary. The ER doctor told us that he had done everything that he could do so he was sending her to Saint Francis for further test. Right when we were leaving in the ambulance, her teacher had come to the ER and after questioning Halley's classmates, we found out that she had licked hand sanitizer off her hand. Hand sanitizer, of all things. But it makes sense. These days they have all kinds of different scents and when you have a curious child, they are going to put all kinds of things in their mouths. When we arrived at Saint Francis, we told the ER doctor there to check her blood alcohol level, which, yes we did get weird looks from it but they did it. The results were her blood alcohol level was 85% and this was 6 hours after we first took her. There's no telling what it would have been if we would have tested it at the first ER. Since then, her school and a few surrounding schools have taken this out of the classrooms of all the lower grade classes but what's to stop middle and high schoolers too? After doing research off the Internet, we have found out that it only takes 3 squirts of the stuff to be fatal in a toddler. For her blood alcohol level to be so high was to compare someone her size to drinking something 120 proof. So please PLEASE don't disregard this because I don't ever want anyone to go thru what my family and I have gone thru. Today was a little better but not much. Please send this to everyone you know that has children or are having children. It doesn't matter what age. I just want people to know the dangers of this.

 

[UP Disney]

Just a quick post to say graduation and the party went fantastic. Bill finally made it here from Japan JUST in time to make graduation - long story which I'll share later but he made graduation just before the graduates walked in. It was a great party. All that is left at the house are my mom, sister & her kids, brother Bill and his infant son. And of course, Chuck, Katrina, Becky & I. Becky is off to the all-night grad party and I'm off to bed.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Deb - I don't think DS could wear Brother's swimsuit, but he might have been able to when he was 9! He is 11, and he is about 54" and weighs 65 lbs. on a good day. He will be in a booster seat for the rest of his life. One family I interviewed with has a 3 year old that weighs 48 lbs. Can you imagine? My friend's kids are pretty big, but her DH is a BIG guy. Her DD is 2 years younger than DS, but has been bigger than DS for as long as I can remember. I guess somebody has to be at the bottom of those growth charts!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Vicki - I am glad everything went well! Congrats again to Becky!!

 

[my3princes]

I can use prayers and good thoughts for my Grandpa. Remember how at Christmas we had him go to the ER because of arthritis and Gout. Well he was supposed to go to an arthritis specialist he had an appointment but because his pain and problems had went away he never went.

Well he ended up back at the ER on Thursday or Friday for the same reason. Sorry my days are running together. He is in tons of pain and can hardly walk again. They of course sent him home with meds and now has an appointment with the arthritis specialist for August. I am hoping they will be able to get an earlier appointment or that the meds he has now work, so his pain goes away. He is staying at my Aunt's with my Grandma as she can't care for him with him having a hard time walking. This stresses her out and she has several health problems of her own aggravated by stress.

I hope he recovers quickly. Make sure that he goes to the next appointment

Just a quick post to say graduation and the party went fantastic. Bill finally made it here from Japan JUST in time to make graduation - long story which I'll share later but he made graduation just before the graduates walked in. It was a great party. All that is left at the house are my mom, sister & her kids, brother Bill and his infant son. And of course, Chuck, Katrina, Becky & I. Becky is off to the all-night grad party and I'm off to bed.

I'm glad that it went well. I'm sure that her graduation is a bit bitter sweet since she is your youngest. Enjoy her excitement and the time with your brother and the baby

Deb - I don't think DS could wear Brother's swimsuit, but he might have been able to when he was 9! He is 11, and he is about 54" and weighs 65 lbs. on a good day. He will be in a booster seat for the rest of his life. One family I interviewed with has a 3 year old that weighs 48 lbs. Can you imagine? My friend's kids are pretty big, but her DH is a BIG guy. Her DD is 2 years younger than DS, but has been bigger than DS for as long as I can remember. I guess somebody has to be at the bottom of those growth charts!

I'm not sure how tall Hunter is but he only weighs 52 lbs. Colby is 4 1/2 and weighs 42 lbs. I think it won't be long before my baby outweighs my middle son and there is only 5 years difference

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Just a quick post to say graduation and the party went fantastic. Bill finally made it here from Japan JUST in time to make graduation - long story which I'll share later but he made graduation just before the graduates walked in. It was a great party. All that is left at the house are my mom, sister & her kids, brother Bill and his infant son. And of course, Chuck, Katrina, Becky & I. Becky is off to the all-night grad party and I'm off to bed.

Glad everything went well..cant wait to hear the long story when you have time!

have a great night !