As for husband, he just looks at me like what do you want me to do.
Not sure if insurance will cover, they don't cover Autism stuff anyway. But if it turns out that we are suspecting brain damage due to the delivery, I don't know how that would pan out.
Treatment options would be the same for C but the autism label would be removed and I can't think of the term but it would be like other medical issue or something.
AP - I don't know this for sure, just wondering. If they don't let a suspected shoplifter actually leave the store before stopping them, they couldn't prosecute for shoplifting, could they? (Not saying you were a shoplifter, LFoB!). It's not illegal to carry something around in your pocket in the store so long as you pay for it, right? I don't know, just thinking.
BD, what's A. got? Any idea? Hope she feels better quickly.
And yes, I saw the Walmart story. What a disgusting thhing. I will say, anyone could pick up a phone at a Walmart and make an announcement, though...it could have been a customer. I hope they can figure it out by the videos and I hope the person's name gets published.
Sandy, I'm so sorry about this whole thing with the school. Where do you live?
RiM: Mr. BD is a KU guy. If Kansas takes it the whole way, as Mr. BD (and Obama, apparently) predict, I could ask for an elephant with a diamond encrusted saddle, and I'm pretty sure I'd get it. So I'm rooting for KU, I guess.
Actually, two of my dad's players are going to be duking it out; one plays for KU, the other for Syracuse. So either one would make me happy, because my dad would be so psyched. But I think Mr. BD would be less devastated by a KU loss than he would by a Syracuse win. :)
RiM when I worked for Target our asset protection lead used to laugh because I would threaten to shoplift all the time. He would tell me I could shoplift what ever I wanted so long as I didnt leave the store with it....that would be on me or in me LOL
AP, are they giving Miss Arse steriods for her eye. Cause if they are my mom was a royal pain in the arse on them. LOL She said she couldn't even stand herself.
Sandy - God knows I'm not big on suing willy-nilly, but if your daughters issues are a result of a doctor's actions, I'd be all over a malpractice suit, and maybe at least then you'd have the funding to be able to get the treatments that would help her best. I am just so sorry.
SHannon - I am glad you're getting a doctor to listen to you.
Kristin - I didn't do any brackets, but I think there's a pool at Kelly's work that he's doing. Neither of us follow college ball all year, but we both love watching the tournament. I see President Obama picked Kansas to win the whole thing.
AP: I think it's just a cold or a minor flu. She says her mouth hurts, and I figured out that it was her throat because I don't think she's ever referenced it before. It's a tiny bit red, but no streaks/strips of white. I think she just needs to take it easy. Between preschool and playdates, she's around a lot of kids; she was bound to come down with something.
Morning Daisies! Just popping my head in to wish everyone a good day. Work is busy and I am in the shop today. Sandy, sorry you and C are getting treated like crap. That is wrong on so many levels. They are supposed to fight for kids, not against them. Kristin Sorry you have stupid people today. :P Shannon, glad the appt. went well. SW, hope your birthday dinner was good. hi RiM, Linds, Corinne and all who I have missed..Margaret :)
"It's not illegal to carry something around in your pocket in the store so long as you pay for it, right? I don't know, just thinking."
Nope, I don't think that's illegal at all. I also know Walmart's corporate policy is to not pursue into the parking lot or to retrain anyone in any manner. A local doorgreeter here was just fired for following a man who refused to show him a receipt for an item out into the parking lot. The guy beat the hell out of the door greeter (old guy) and was arrested but then the door greeter was fired for violating company policy. It's been on our local news because people were pissed.
"AP, are they giving Miss Arse steriods for her eye. Cause if they are my mom was a royal pain in the arse on them. LOL She said she couldn't even stand herself."
Yes, at least I'm assuming it is since it starts with "predniso..." Thanks for the warning!
BD - See if you can get two of those elephants. :nod:
Shannon -- lol. I do think that's why they stopped LFoB out in the parking lot. One time when I worked in court, I was kind of friends with the oss prevention guy at Mervyn's and I was in there shopping and I kept hearing a knock on the wall. :::looking around, don't see anything::: and all of a sudden a mirror opened and there he was, grabbed me by my arm and yarded me in there, to watch this employee they suspected of stealing from the cash register. Very cool, but oogy to think someone was watching me wander around touching clothes, lol.
Yeah, and then I get back from lunch to this e-mail -
Next time we are short handed, let me know you’re leaving.
I told one guy that I was leaving and he was in the hall. Last I checked - you weren't my momma and I don't need to tell you anything.
That baffled me b/c I always let everyone know I'm out - and I'll be back - and no one offers me the same courtesy. So today as I was leaving, I passed one of the guys and said, going to the bank - be back in a few and walked out.
Seriously - get the corn cob out of your ass please and thank you!
AP, I missed it Miss Arse eye infection? I had a weird bout with strep in my eye. Gross I know. My eye was scratchy and there was a little white spot on my iris. Meds cleared right up. Could not wear contacts for a week. Sandy, I can not believe the lack of support you get from everyone who surrounds you. Hugs to you. Margaret, sorry about your fil.
and then he goes to lunch and doesn't mention a thing.
WTF!
Anywho - people are pissing me off today :) I think it is b/c it is a beautiful day outside and I really don't want to be here - and answer the phones :(
In a more disturbing note...I worked in a pediatrician's office during my college vacations. One woman brought in her 5 year old daughter with a weird hive-like rash around her eye, thinking it was an allergic reaction.
Um, no. It was herpes. Genital herpes. On the 5 year old's face.
BD - that is horrible. I've typed a lot of sex abuse cases, and most of them do not stick in my mind, but the ones with little, little kids just kill me.
L - I think he should go but he HATES hospitals. I'll call tonight and find out what is going on. His father thinks I'm a physician so he tells me more than he does the rest of them.
M - keep us posted. At least your FIL will tell you the honest truth.
Ice packs on the vagine. Ha!
Last night my parents were showing us pictures from their Olympic trip and there was a picture of the the bobsled team from Kazhikstan (or however you spell it) and I thought of Borat! Btw, the view point they had from where they snuck up in to the treeline was pretty awesome - those cheap-o's.
What is this world coming to? Has she no shame? Those poor children. In 10 years they get to look back at their "online baby book" and see this crap. Lucky little ones.
I am in no way sticking up for JM, but I do feel bad about all the hate sites. When the kids are older and they Google their parents...it makes me sad for them.
OMG, someone on MWOP said that JM's sex post is up! Oh noes! I still haven't technically lost my Mcksobriety yet (as I've defined it). Someone please read it and tell me it's lame and not worth it. Or, if you'd prefer, tell me to STFU already and read the damn blog. :-)
SW - You could send me in. I haven't achieved sobriety yet. But I just had lunch and don't want to leave a mess of vomit on my keyboard. So maybe after my lunch settles :)
She should have posted a picture of fabio so the mcklemmings could have a visual as they salivate onto their keyboards, hearts bursting with the joy, sharing their sexual conquests with their leader.
Bible verses about sex? Thanks Margaret, that's not at all appealing.
Speaking of sobriety, my sister has a friend who's been "sober" in overeater's anonymous for 30 years. Apparently in OA you get to define "sobriety" however works for you. Obviously it's different from AA, because you HAVE to eat. But you don't have to OVEReat. So my sister's friend defined his sobriety as not ever eating a "whole" thing. So he could eat 9/10 of a pie, and still maintain his sobriety. So long as he didn't eat the whole thing.
And he's got 30 years of chips out of his definition. I think that's pretty funny.
Can I vent for a minute - my cousin is an alcoholic - she is younger than me and recently married. They have struggled with her addiction. I know my aunt and uncle are very supportive but her sister has issues.
I just saw her hubbies status yesterday - and he mentioned something about St. Patty's day and drinking beer.
I am so mad at him for that - I would think he would be more supportive and refrain from drinking around her or mention it. This is the second time I have seen his status mentioning alcohol.
Taiya - I recently went to a party and we did sock puppets - there was a kit she bought - but it involved parent help.
She also had a princess party and had princess crowns that the girls can do - and since LM was the only boy besides her son - she had pirate hats - she found them at Hobby Lobby or Michael's.
I also found some foam letters with animals mixed in and bought some foam rectangles - LM likes sticking those every where.
Sandy - Damn, damn, damn. Hopefully the new principal will be an advocate for children, rather than a gate keeper for special ed funds. That is just so wrong.
Shannon - Hope the flonase helps!
Margaret - Sorry to hear about your FIL.
Lindsay - LMAO off at Big O little p. Yet another blitz of marketing strategy for the McKTwits.
AP - I hope so much the prednisone works and Mrs. Arse can get both eyes done.
RiM - Love Montana - but gotta go with my 'ZAGA boys!
RiM - I was out brushing mares and worming the others, but just read your post. Do you have a place you can rent a trailer? Better yet, friends with a trailer?
AND, I came back in the house because I found a stray dog (short haired golden retriever or lab) hanging out in our barn. He is now laying passed out beside me-well on the floor, me on the couch. He is old, starved and limping (arthritis) and so sweet. I called the pound and they have no reports of a dog missing that fit him. Left name and number. Took the dog in car around neighbors and they don't know him. Going to the State Park after he rests up (my three dogs love him and wore him out) to see if some campers there lost a dog. Poor baby.
Sandy - I love the Zags, too, and unfortunately for Montana, I don't think it's really going to come to me having to make a decision between the two. I fully expect to see MT getting trounced on tonight. :(
Kaytie - awww about the dog. I am wanting a big dog so bad, and I think once we move we will get one. We really liked that husky at the shelter that I talked about last week, but after we walked him again and kind of got his story we just kind of figured he was going to be trouble -he apparently doesn't stay home, or in a yard, unless he's chained, and I really, really hate that.
And when we got back from that walk there had just been a tiny little chocolate lab female dropped off, and we were very, very tempted by that. We did finally decide no, just too hard right now with trying to move, etc., and according to the girl Kelly works with (who volunteers at the shelter on the weekends) that puppy was gone within a half hour. There is also a rottweiler/australian shepherd (I know!) puppy there, and the whole litter was there at one time and according to Linda (the woman from work) they have been the *nicest puppies, totally mellow, figuring out the potty training thing, etc. So maybe ... I don't know. We shall see.
And I do have friends with a trailer, but I just want one here. We'll be about five miles from a really great riding spot on the reservoir, which has miles of sand (good for wearing out the piss & vinegar of a long winter, I'm hoping) and I'd like to be able to just grap the horses and go without dealing with anyone. I'd prefer a gooseneck trailer, but for the vehicles and situation we have now, a bumper pull would work better.
I know what you mean about having your own trailer so you can load and go. The sand is a great ride! You are so lucky to have it close.
If this dog were a young one, I would scoop him off to the pound/shelter right away. This one I am holding back on because he looks and acts abandoned. All his ribs and hip bones are sticking out. So he has been "lost" for some time. He is so old and crippled up some on the hips. My heart aches at the thought of him being in the pound. They have my name and number and are going to call me if someone calls or comes in for him and I will hi tail it down there to reunite them. If no calls or hits from the inquiries, he has a home here.
Kaytie - good for you for taking him if you can't find him a home. This is a no-kill shelter which makes me feel better.
There is this dog there, God love him, I would never in a million years take him, but I so hope he finds a good home. He's blue heeler and pit bull. Probably one of the worst imaginable combinatinos out there, lol, but he is *SO stinking happy and just wanting attention so bad it breaks my heart.
I wish ours was a no kill shelter :-( That is what I am afraid of for him.
Yikes - to the blue heeler/pit bull. So sad. I am sure that when the right dog comes around for you, you will know it. If you were closer and I can't find this dog a home, I'd bet you would love this one. So far he is very sweet, but very timid and shaking. He calmed down a lot though after I made a fuss all over the other dogs and he let me pet him and get him in the car.
Mmm. Kelly really wants a puppy, me not so much. And yes, the right dog will come along. A week or so ago we walked a mutt sort of dog named Sadie -- from coloring I'd say she was maybe some Doberman, australian sheperd, who knows what, and she was *so sweet. But at the pound, she barks incessantly and I can't deal with that.
In an aside, because I know Kristin likes to know these things, on the menu for tonight is ribs, mac and cheese and some kind of veggie. Healthy. Not.
Sandy: Just got in from the sugarbush (maple syrup) and while I was standing in those ridiculous lines (ponies, wagons, bathrooms, lunch) I was catching up here, and I am *so angry at how Sandy and her daughter are being treated. I was getting all worked up in line because I still haven't figured out how to post on BlackBerry (I've clicked everything clickable but nothing).
Okay, Sandy... nice how the principal ends the conversation when she has to provide a direct answer to your question. Okay, never mind the school, they are not worried about you clearly. What you need is to contact the closest chapter of the Autism society of xxxx whatever region or district you live in or however they divide that up. If not autism, span out. The Society for the Advocacy of whatever. What you need, my friend, is an advocate. So right now what you have to work with is autism (never mind it might not be that, that's what you have NOW, right?). Okay so call every business with the word autism or spectrum in it in your immediate county or whatever or call the National Society for... there MUST be one. Go to the Headquarters of whatever even if they're in another state, make a call, please. Do you know any other parents with children with similar diagnoses? Ask them what groups they "belong" to or which groups advocate for them. Ask your pediatrician. Ask your mayor, your statesman, call a law society and ask them. This just CANNOT end here. Make demands. It sounds like you are making some noise and nobody is worried about you. MAKE them worry about you. Everybody wants to keep their job. Nobody likes negative publicity (well, maybe JM but I digress). Identify their Achilles heel and attack. Things change so much depending on where you are, I wish I could help you more, find a local teacher who is not "involved" and scope her out. Use your friends and associates, your husband's associates. Make good detailed notes. These will be their worst nightmare. Start now while it's fresh and go backwards. If dates are vague, note what month and year it was in. Note who was in the conversations, and roughly what was said.
Call the papers (small and local is your best bet), call the guy who goes on the local news with the outrageous way pets or seniors are treated or whatever, get him to listen to you. Nobody likes people who kick underdogs.
I am *so angry and rambly, I hope I have made sense, I would be happy to talk with you further on this. I am *so sorry for what you are being put through. These people should not be anywhere NEAR children. Not animals even.
Kaytie, I {heart} you for keeping that dog. I really really do. Is it a girl? Maybe "Daisy"?
Stepped away to make dinner and realized my post sounded very loud-mouthish. My apologies. I've had that post in my head for hours now and I'm really worked about it.
FT!!!!!!! My heart is still pounding after reading your marvelous, and I mean MARVELOUS post to Sandy. Sandy, go for it. It could work. And many hugs to you Sandy.
SW - I'll be VP of the I-want-to-make-sure-that-Principal-never-has-another-job-near-kids-club.
Kaytie: I am so outraged. Wishing I lived closer or understood the school / political system there better. I have learned there are so many differences.
FT: I wish you did, too. It is Sandy's story so did not want to step on it. I had a horrible time with the school and getting Christopher in a program due to his ADD. The teachers out and out called me a liar and that he only was lazy - because he is very smart and does well on tests. I had two ADD experts diagnose him, brought those in, and the plan they gave me was for him to hold a red rubber ball to keep his hands occupied so he could concentrate better. The Speech Therapist was his advocate, though, and she is the one that really got the teachers turned around to at least stop calling him lazy and recognize that he has ADD. Thank goodness for her.
We had a kid at my school (graduated last year) whose father was a Spec Ed teacher in high school. This kid was the most complicated thing I'd ever seen. He had Tourettes, set fires (never in school), picked at his skin to make himself bleed and then smeared it on walls, hallucinated. I was his French teacher for all of his Grade 6 year, a few weeks into Grade 7 I had to put in a work refusal because I was seriously afraid of him (he once overturned every desk and chair in the classroom and I had to evacuate the kids, close the door and hold it shut, never showing him my back). So that got him exempted from French for the remainder of elementary.
Let me just tell you that by the time his father was done with the principal and the school, this kid has his own laptop (on which he played war games all day), his own office (!) which was the empty VP office (our numbers dropped and we lost qualification for a VP), he got passing grades but didn't do anything because nobody could make him. He was on various meds for his psychoses, and got his own mini school bus (small white, not big yellow) for him and his brother who went home with him because he was threatening the other kids and the bus driver and they were all afraid of him. Oh but before he got his own bus, the then-principal (before this one) she would ride the bus after school to make sure he didn't attack anyone.
This my friends,is the other end of the spectrum. And suggests the services you can get when you have the right people behind you. I'm still not exactly sure how the father got all this done with the principal since nobody would share that with me obviously, but the dad would be in there like once a week minimum, to update the kids' needs and get special services all the time.
Gotta go here as well. Son getting off bus and we're off to find the stray's owner. I decided to call the stray (a boy) "Shortround" in honor of our glorious FT!
Okay, must go get kidlets from school. Where hopefully nobody got a "think time slip" today. Grady got one yesterday because apparently you are *not allowed to kick a freaking ball on the playground. And he kicked a ball. What is this world coming to? At their school you can't run on the pavement and you can't kick a ball. Yup.
I'm out soon too, these nuts want to go bowling after walking in the sugarbush all day. Oh well, at least it's mostly sitting. Who was it that suggested cosmic bowling the other day? Gee... thanks.
FT--Can I marry you? When I was typing the school update, all I could think was FT is going to be PISSED! lol
I gotta get dinner going, I have a teacher story to share later! (Do I sound like a professional blogger? Sorry no details on my sex life or my husband's willy!) LOL
Sandy: yes, I will marry you. But I think (technically) we have to let AP and SW marry first since they announced their engagement first. Oh and maybe Bella and BD. But we'll be next, promise.
I'm leaving soon but will be back later tonight. Do you have APs email? She has mine and has my permission to give my email address to you if you wish. I don't want to post it here cuz, well the stalkers, you know....
And I think you've been reading MckMama too long (click! click! click!).
Okay, really really last post until later tonight.
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Morning guys, AP I've been sick since december 16th 2008, diagnosed with meningitis january 19th 2009. I'm glad it's not just me who's been followed in a walmart, we plan to pursue this because it's very much wrong.
Sorry family members that are sick, sick kids, sick mothers are horribe.. I'm tieed, just dealing with life ((hugs))
thanks for sharing your walmart story, it seriously helped me feel less stalked.. I wonder if cottage cheese, toilet paper theft is rampant in our society?
KaytieJ: They started calling my girl "lazy" in kindergarten. 1st grade it was lazy with ADHD. 2nd grade lazy with ADHD. 3rd grade autism, adhd (and the teacher asked her once "Did Mommy give you your medicine this morning").
Yesterday I sent an email to the Spec. Ed. teacher stating that Caitlyn is constantly forgetting homework assignments, etc. I asked if we could have someone check to see that everything is being sent home. C comes home and she doesn't have her social studies folder. I make a note of it in her assignment book. I again send an email stating COULD SOMEONE PLEASE make sure that Caitlyn is bringing everything home that she needs to.
Once a month I work Market Day afterschool. Who's there but the stinking teacher. She walks over to me with her head hanging, not once looked me in the face. She said I understand you have questions about homework procedures. I said um, no we need to have someone check to make sure she is bringing home all of her assignments. That's what I requested yesterday and it obviously wasn't done. She said oh, I thought it was about procedure. Again no. We need to m.a.k.e. sure that Caitlyn is bringing home all of her assignments. She has missing homework assignments daily.
The f'ing bitch has kept Caitlyn in at recess and has done so every day this week to make up work.
Not once during this 5 minute conversation would she look me in the eye. I wanted to bitch slap her but there were kids there and I didn't want to be known as the crazy person who punched the shit out of Mrs. B and got arrested at Market Day.
went to dinner at a really piss poor Mexican restaurant but had a Margarita (large) so I am kinda tipsy since I drank it kinda fast - b/c I wasn't going to just leave it.
Okay, must go to football practice and stand in the freaking 40 degree weather. Okay it might be 45. Wish I was even eating crappy mexican food with a margarita instead.
It's so sad and incredibly weird. I don't know why she kept stopping in places and saying she was lost. The guy at the gas station pulled up a map. And where she was lost at was not anywhere near where she was going. And someone said she tripped on her way to her car. I wonder if she was drunk or if she had some weird brain trauma going on. It just breaks my heart.
"Yeah, LM kept wanting mine - I finally had to get him his own - I let him have two drinks and decided I did not want CPS called on me."
Well he should sleep well tonight. :-D
They've confirmed on Nancy that it *is the little boy's body. They say she had a drinking problem and has recently fallen off the wagon...on one of her stops, she bought a jug of wine. They found the jug sealed and half empty near their van. So very sad.
Taiya - I just got this in my inbox - http://www.babycenter.com/210_tissue-paper-butterflies_23360.bc?scid=weekender_20100318_preschool_bk:2&pe=2TRusZp
they also break it down by age group - so you might find something better suited.
Well...Shortround he may be :-D No claims with the Ranger Station at the State Park, still no calls from pound or neighbors. No signs at our only cornerstore/gas mart, nor at our only coffee stop hut. Only thing BAD with him is rotten doggie farts, but I think that is because of his near starvation. And I can't get clear of that smell because he is stuck to my side everywhere I go. Oh, and he looks blind in one eye. Oh, and he has a basset hound "once only" woof when the UPS truck pulled up. And he did not even try to tree our Ninja Squirrels. Did not even attack the chickens when I fed them, just stood there glued to my side. It did not even phase him encountering one of our dog-loving-barn-cats (I mean this cat goes up and rubs all over our dogs). Nor did he go circling the horses and grabbing their tails when I gave them oats. Nor did he fight and squabble for his place in line when I do my outdoor chores. This is an absolute pattern with my 3 dogs. Dog 1 in front, Dog 2 in back, Young Dog 3 circling. Stray here stayed right by my side and the other dogs LET him. How lame is that? I will not, repeat NOT fall in love with this dog....for at least 7 days...or 4...or...Crap. I am such a wuss.
Kristin-Isn't it amazing? They are so light. What kind of owl did you rescue? Were you able to save it? We had a great horned owl down in our woods a couple years ago that my DH found. He scooped it up and brought it up on the tractor. It looked like it had a broken wing. When I held out the towel to take it from DH, I was so surprised at how light it was!
So I'm a bit annoyed because no Survivor tonight. WTF is up with this basketball shit? Oh, I know, some of you like that, but I h-a-t-e basketball.
I'm also annoyed because I left work early and have been waiting for the last three hours for my nephew to deliver an antique file cabinet that belonged to my grandfather and that my Mom refinished for me for my birthday. He drove it up from my Mom's house in South Alabama (four hours away), and then ran into a bunch of traffic and I waited and waited and waited for him to get here. He brought a friend with and they had to get back so just dropped it off and left. But while he was here I noticed a new-looking tattoo on his calf and asked him about it. He said it was a pentacle.
I said, "Like a Satan-worshipping thing?" I was just joking him, because I know the difference between a pentagram and a pentacle. Pentacles are associated with witchcraft, and pentagrams are associated with satan-worship, or so my limited research for halloween parties has taught me. Anyway, he said, "No Aunt Angie, you mean a pentagram." I said, "I know, Billy. Does that mean you are a witch?" He said, "Well, basically."
I think it was just a barn owl - it was when I was in college and my dog kept barking - I ended up going to see what it was all about and it was this owl. I put the dog up and rescued the bird - I called up my Cell teacher because she was also the ornithology (sp) teacher - and called the local rehabber.
I went to this ladies house and she had owls all over and as i walked in, a bird flew over and landed on her screen door. It was awesome.
:::frantically googling pentagrams and pentacles::: That would be a shocker. Did he say what kind of witch he is? Totally clueless on this subject regarding boy witches. On something I know a wee bit more about, having your mom refinish a family antique for you is really nice!
SW - it sure looks that way since this stray is at least a week or two starved. And thank you, very much. I'd give you a cyber hug, but AP made me pinkie swear I would NOT give out cyber hugs.
Kay, my nephew is something of a lost cause, so I didn't bother asking. He's 22, jobless, with few prospects and no desire at all to be a productive citizen. He just wants to be taken care of, and I bribed him with $200 to entice him to bring the cabinet, because I didn't want my (elderly) parents to have to. If he is a witch, then that's a step up from being just a loser redneck. My Mom wouldn't think so though, so I definitely won't tell her. :-)
Everyone is welcome! The only real rules here are no spamming shit and no posting personal addresses, phone numbers or other similar info. I don't need that kind of stress. That's it, although it could change if someone gets creative or something. If you don't like what is said here, you can: 1) Say so; 2) Hold it in and stew on it; 3. Address it privately to the person who said it; 4) Snark about it to your friends; 5) Leave. Don't bother me with it, I don't care and I won't get involved. I might, however, talk about you behind your back or post your email/message to me on here. *grins*
Them's the rules...all of them.
Have fun!
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Not sure if insurance will cover, they don't cover Autism stuff anyway. But if it turns out that we are suspecting brain damage due to the delivery, I don't know how that would pan out.
Treatment options would be the same for C but the autism label would be removed and I can't think of the term but it would be like other medical issue or something.
AP - I don't know this for sure, just wondering. If they don't let a suspected shoplifter actually leave the store before stopping them, they couldn't prosecute for shoplifting, could they? (Not saying you were a shoplifter, LFoB!). It's not illegal to carry something around in your pocket in the store so long as you pay for it, right? I don't know, just thinking.
RiM - did you do brackets - I did. SO is big on them. I did them last year just because and kicked his A$$ - so we did it again this year.
I thought it was funny that I beat him last year. I don't follow college ball at all.
Sandy - I would follow AP's advice.
AP - sorry about Miss Arse's eye - I hope it gets better and they are able to fix them both.
Shannon - glad that the dr. is listening to you but sorry about the no hysterectomy.
Margaret, I'm so sorry about your FIL. :-(
BD, what's A. got? Any idea? Hope she feels better quickly.
And yes, I saw the Walmart story. What a disgusting thhing. I will say, anyone could pick up a phone at a Walmart and make an announcement, though...it could have been a customer. I hope they can figure it out by the videos and I hope the person's name gets published.
Sandy, I'm so sorry about this whole thing with the school. Where do you live?
RiM: Mr. BD is a KU guy. If Kansas takes it the whole way, as Mr. BD (and Obama, apparently) predict, I could ask for an elephant with a diamond encrusted saddle, and I'm pretty sure I'd get it. So I'm rooting for KU, I guess.
Actually, two of my dad's players are going to be duking it out; one plays for KU, the other for Syracuse. So either one would make me happy, because my dad would be so psyched. But I think Mr. BD would be less devastated by a KU loss than he would by a Syracuse win. :)
RiM when I worked for Target our asset protection lead used to laugh because I would threaten to shoplift all the time. He would tell me I could shoplift what ever I wanted so long as I didnt leave the store with it....that would be on me or in me LOL
AP, are they giving Miss Arse steriods for her eye. Cause if they are my mom was a royal pain in the arse on them. LOL She said she couldn't even stand herself.
Poor Miss Arse :(
Sandy - God knows I'm not big on suing willy-nilly, but if your daughters issues are a result of a doctor's actions, I'd be all over a malpractice suit, and maybe at least then you'd have the funding to be able to get the treatments that would help her best. I am just so sorry.
SHannon - I am glad you're getting a doctor to listen to you.
Kristin - I didn't do any brackets, but I think there's a pool at Kelly's work that he's doing. Neither of us follow college ball all year, but we both love watching the tournament. I see President Obama picked Kansas to win the whole thing.
AP: I think it's just a cold or a minor flu. She says her mouth hurts, and I figured out that it was her throat because I don't think she's ever referenced it before. It's a tiny bit red, but no streaks/strips of white. I think she just needs to take it easy. Between preschool and playdates, she's around a lot of kids; she was bound to come down with something.
BD, I'm in Illinois. Our state is broke. They are closing schools left and right. One area here is losing 3200 teachers due to no funding.
Morning Daisies!
Just popping my head in to wish everyone a good day. Work is busy and I am in the shop today.
Sandy, sorry you and C are getting treated like crap. That is wrong on so many levels. They are supposed to fight for kids, not against them.
Kristin Sorry you have stupid people today. :P
Shannon, glad the appt. went well.
SW, hope your birthday dinner was good.
hi RiM, Linds, Corinne and all who I have missed..Margaret :)
Ok, back to it bbl..
"It's not illegal to carry something around in your pocket in the store so long as you pay for it, right? I don't know, just thinking."
Nope, I don't think that's illegal at all. I also know Walmart's corporate policy is to not pursue into the parking lot or to retrain anyone in any manner. A local doorgreeter here was just fired for following a man who refused to show him a receipt for an item out into the parking lot. The guy beat the hell out of the door greeter (old guy) and was arrested but then the door greeter was fired for violating company policy. It's been on our local news because people were pissed.
AP, I heard about that. They were playing the video of the poor guy getting the crap beat out of him.
"AP, are they giving Miss Arse steriods for her eye. Cause if they are my mom was a royal pain in the arse on them. LOL She said she couldn't even stand herself."
Yes, at least I'm assuming it is since it starts with "predniso..." Thanks for the warning!
BD - See if you can get two of those elephants. :nod:
Shannon -- lol. I do think that's why they stopped LFoB out in the parking lot. One time when I worked in court, I was kind of friends with the oss prevention guy at Mervyn's and I was in there shopping and I kept hearing a knock on the wall. :::looking around, don't see anything::: and all of a sudden a mirror opened and there he was, grabbed me by my arm and yarded me in there, to watch this employee they suspected of stealing from the cash register. Very cool, but oogy to think someone was watching me wander around touching clothes, lol.
Hmmm. I wouldn't think that policy applied to their actual loss prevention people, though; right? How else would they do it?
Yeah, and then I get back from lunch to this e-mail -
Next time we are short handed, let me know you’re leaving.
I told one guy that I was leaving and he was in the hall. Last I checked - you weren't my momma and I don't need to tell you anything.
That baffled me b/c I always let everyone know I'm out - and I'll be back - and no one offers me the same courtesy. So today as I was leaving, I passed one of the guys and said, going to the bank - be back in a few and walked out.
Seriously - get the corn cob out of your ass please and thank you!
AP, I missed it Miss Arse eye infection? I had a weird bout with strep in my eye. Gross I know. My eye was scratchy and there was a little white spot on my iris. Meds cleared right up. Could not wear contacts for a week.
Sandy, I can not believe the lack of support you get from everyone who surrounds you. Hugs to you.
Margaret, sorry about your fil.
BD - sorry about the sickie - hopefully it is nothing to serious.
I think next time I take a shit - I will e-mail him :)
Kristin, LMAO!
and then he goes to lunch and doesn't mention a thing.
WTF!
Anywho - people are pissing me off today :) I think it is b/c it is a beautiful day outside and I really don't want to be here - and answer the phones :(
Kristin, LMAO.
In a more disturbing note...I worked in a pediatrician's office during my college vacations. One woman brought in her 5 year old daughter with a weird hive-like rash around her eye, thinking it was an allergic reaction.
Um, no. It was herpes. Genital herpes. On the 5 year old's face.
Lovely.
BD, OMG!
Sandy, I saw a lot of awful stuff at that office, even other cases of sexual abuse, but that's the one that stays with me.
That is horrific BD
BD - that is horrible. I've typed a lot of sex abuse cases, and most of them do not stick in my mind, but the ones with little, little kids just kill me.
BD - that - is the saddest thing.
AP - sorry about Miss Arse. One eye is better than not, though.
M - I am so so sorry. Is your hubby heading down to be with him?
Kristin - I double dog dare you to tell him when you are going to the bathroom and let him know if it's #1 or #2 :)
And RiM - GO ZAGS! Forget the stupid Huskies who are playing today. Yack.
Oh, and Shannon - I hope the flonase works. Sorry no hysterectomy though :(
Linds - the Zags are favored to win their first round game, something like 70% to 30%, I think.
And the first score is in, with Notre Dame out ...
I think I picked ND - damn! I don't have my brackets with me. :(
My freshman year of college UMass was in the championship game, and lost. You want to talk pandemonium? It was INSANE.
Both of my kids are napping at the same time.
I think this is unprecedented.
That's the best thing about college hoops is that it's anybody's to win. I just love a good underdog story.
L - I think he should go but he HATES hospitals. I'll call tonight and find out what is going on. His father thinks I'm a physician so he tells me more than he does the rest of them.
Shannon - sorry no hyster and ice packs on your vagine. I've loved every minute of not having a uterus!
Margaret, saying a prayer.
M - keep us posted. At least your FIL will tell you the honest truth.
Ice packs on the vagine. Ha!
Last night my parents were showing us pictures from their Olympic trip and there was a picture of the the bobsled team from Kazhikstan (or however you spell it) and I thought of Borat! Btw, the view point they had from where they snuck up in to the treeline was pretty awesome - those cheap-o's.
YIKES - just saw on FB from JM:
I'm writing a post about sex.
Way to get those clicks - seriously?
Oh dear God no!
I wonder if she is going to mention her husband's small penis size?
Sandra Bullock moves out of family home according to my Yahoo page.
What is this world coming to? Has she no shame? Those poor children. In 10 years they get to look back at their "online baby book" and see this crap. Lucky little ones.
Kristin - Please tell me you're kidding!
I am in no way sticking up for JM, but I do feel bad about all the hate sites. When the kids are older and they Google their parents...it makes me sad for them.
K - it's going to be an instructional video on how to get the big O with a little p.
Sandy- I read that too. I'm sad for her, she seemed so happy a few days before.
Men are idiots.
(And so are the people at C's school)
OMG, Lindsay. Please no. Where's the bleach!!!!
LMFAO Lindsay! I was thinking the same thing - although wasn't thinking video - just instructional!
Sorry, my mind went to a bad place. A very bad place.
Her kids are going to be the losers all the way around. And that's just sad. They didn't ask to have them for parents.
I can think of no one's sex life, barring my parents, about which I would like to know less.
If she's not careful, she's going to have to put up and explicit content warning. Seriously.
BD - LMAO. I second that.
Bd- I third that.
Gross!
I'm disappointed in Jesse James.
I think I shall turn my disappointment into tomorrow's blog post - an open letter to Jesse James...
What a dirty dog he is. Here she is standing up for him with the daughter custody thing. That can't look good for him right now.
Margaret - LOL. I think you should. ::nod::
I do feel bad for Sandra Bullock, especially in light of how emotional she just got about him in her Academy awards speech.
Well. I just sent an email to AP that was most *definitely not meant for her. My face is red...
Oh no RiM - who was it for?
Now I'm curious as to what it said?
I guess it can't be as bad as sending an e-mail/text (can't remember which one) to the ex.
RiM- Email was meant for Kelly? ;)
It was to Kelly. It wasn't a picture or anything, lol. But she will torment me about it now.
RiM- LOL :D
Oooh, RiM.
Yeah. You'll never live that down. :)
Alright ladies, I'm off for today.
I'm leaving for Dublin tomorrow morning (as in 6 a.m. :P) and coming back Sunday evening so I most likely won't be on until at least Sunday night.
Have a nice weekend all!
I knew the second I hit send it went to her - went back and checked, and *dammit! lol.
Corinne:
Have fun!
Corinne, have a GREAT trip!
OMG, someone on MWOP said that JM's sex post is up! Oh noes! I still haven't technically lost my Mcksobriety yet (as I've defined it). Someone please read it and tell me it's lame and not worth it. Or, if you'd prefer, tell me to STFU already and read the damn blog. :-)
That's funny RiM!
Bye Corinne - have fun!
Have fun Corinne! I could not be any more jealous of you than I am right now!
Robin - that *is funny. But then, it didn't happen to me :p
M - You should, totally. Cuz this other girl I know did it and now she's raking in piles of dough from her blog.
SW - so not worth it! Really!
SW - You could send me in. I haven't achieved sobriety yet. But I just had lunch and don't want to leave a mess of vomit on my keyboard. So maybe after my lunch settles :)
SW - don't do it - it's bible verses on sex... not worth losing your 30 day pin for.
K - let me guess. It wasn't really about sex at all. That was just her marketing strategy.
she quotes the Bible - ")all quotes in this post are from the NIV version of the Bible, in the book of Song of Solomon)"
with a few blurbs - but nothing telling - and then asks her sheeple what they think - saying its okay to talk about it and enjoy it, etc.
Fersher just made a funny -
"And so this is what Christian porn reads like. Thank you, MckMama, for enlightening me. "
Talk about and enjoy sex or talk about and enjoy her blog post :p Either way, phew, how did I live without her telling me it was okay?
You mean me and Mr. BD can move past holding hands? Thanks, JM!
She should have posted a picture of fabio so the mcklemmings could have a visual as they salivate onto their keyboards, hearts bursting with the joy, sharing their sexual conquests with their leader.
Bible verses about sex? Thanks Margaret, that's not at all appealing.
Speaking of sobriety, my sister has a friend who's been "sober" in overeater's anonymous for 30 years. Apparently in OA you get to define "sobriety" however works for you. Obviously it's different from AA, because you HAVE to eat. But you don't have to OVEReat. So my sister's friend defined his sobriety as not ever eating a "whole" thing. So he could eat 9/10 of a pie, and still maintain his sobriety. So long as he didn't eat the whole thing.
And he's got 30 years of chips out of his definition. I think that's pretty funny.
"And Lo, when PC renders me breathless, we are both joined in hosanna and hallelujah. And also, Target gift cards from you, dear ones."
Unfortunately King Solomon never penned any verses about small penises, because that would have come in handy in that little blog post.
SW:
The Bible does have its racy bits, but really, it's not like JM invented the whole "Solomon" means Christians can enjoy sex idea.
I cry libel on Lindsay and Robin - RV doesn't have a small penis he just thinks he does.
Can I vent for a minute - my cousin is an alcoholic - she is younger than me and recently married. They have struggled with her addiction. I know my aunt and uncle are very supportive but her sister has issues.
I just saw her hubbies status yesterday - and he mentioned something about St. Patty's day and drinking beer.
I am so mad at him for that - I would think he would be more supportive and refrain from drinking around her or mention it. This is the second time I have seen his status mentioning alcohol.
RE: tiny peen...
As my husband would say, maybe IM is a grower, not a shower.
"As long as there are small penises, there will be big SUV's..."
M - I will retract my statement as I *clearly have no proof of the size of his member. I swear to that on a stack of a trillion bibles.
Christian Porn!! Woo Hoo!!
Buy some plastic beach balls and sharpies - they can color them and then use them in the pool.
I wish I had some advice Taiya. All those seem like great ideas. That's kind of a hard age to entertain away from home!
Okay, must get off my duff and get a few things done and hopefully go for a walk on this gloriously sunny day.
Taiya - I recently went to a party and we did sock puppets - there was a kit she bought - but it involved parent help.
She also had a princess party and had princess crowns that the girls can do - and since LM was the only boy besides her son - she had pirate hats - she found them at Hobby Lobby or Michael's.
I also found some foam letters with animals mixed in and bought some foam rectangles - LM likes sticking those every where.
How about sidewalk chalk?
Sandy - Damn, damn, damn. Hopefully the new principal will be an advocate for children, rather than a gate keeper for special ed funds. That is just so wrong.
Shannon - Hope the flonase helps!
Margaret - Sorry to hear about your FIL.
Lindsay - LMAO off at Big O little p. Yet another blitz of marketing strategy for the McKTwits.
AP - I hope so much the prednisone works and Mrs. Arse can get both eyes done.
RiM - Love Montana - but gotta go with my 'ZAGA boys!
Big beads strung on to big string to make necklaces? I don't know, it's tough when you're not at home and can't make a mess.
RiM - I was out brushing mares and worming the others, but just read your post. Do you have a place you can rent a trailer? Better yet, friends with a trailer?
AND, I came back in the house because I found a stray dog (short haired golden retriever or lab) hanging out in our barn. He is now laying passed out beside me-well on the floor, me on the couch. He is old, starved and limping (arthritis) and so sweet. I called the pound and they have no reports of a dog missing that fit him. Left name and number. Took the dog in car around neighbors and they don't know him. Going to the State Park after he rests up (my three dogs love him and wore him out) to see if some campers there lost a dog. Poor baby.
Thanks for the suggestions! Off to drop Ryla at grandma's for some playtime. :)
Sandy - I love the Zags, too, and unfortunately for Montana, I don't think it's really going to come to me having to make a decision between the two. I fully expect to see MT getting trounced on tonight. :(
"As my husband would say, maybe IM is a grower, not a shower."
That saying was created to make guys with small penises feel better. If it ain't a showin', it ain't a growin' enough to make up the difference.
Kay, poor doggie. I'm so glad he found you!
RiM - Oh good one! AP is going to cherish that e-mail moment :-D
awww - Kaytie - that is awesome.
Kaytie - awww about the dog. I am wanting a big dog so bad, and I think once we move we will get one. We really liked that husky at the shelter that I talked about last week, but after we walked him again and kind of got his story we just kind of figured he was going to be trouble -he apparently doesn't stay home, or in a yard, unless he's chained, and I really, really hate that.
And when we got back from that walk there had just been a tiny little chocolate lab female dropped off, and we were very, very tempted by that. We did finally decide no, just too hard right now with trying to move, etc., and according to the girl Kelly works with (who volunteers at the shelter on the weekends) that puppy was gone within a half hour. There is also a rottweiler/australian shepherd (I know!) puppy there, and the whole litter was there at one time and according to Linda (the woman from work) they have been the *nicest puppies, totally mellow, figuring out the potty training thing, etc. So maybe ... I don't know. We shall see.
And I do have friends with a trailer, but I just want one here. We'll be about five miles from a really great riding spot on the reservoir, which has miles of sand (good for wearing out the piss & vinegar of a long winter, I'm hoping) and I'd like to be able to just grap the horses and go without dealing with anyone. I'd prefer a gooseneck trailer, but for the vehicles and situation we have now, a bumper pull would work better.
That saying was created to make guys with small penises feel better. If it ain't a showin', it ain't a growin' enough to make up the difference.
Howling! (Ooops, woke up the stray dog) Oh....y'all are too fun!
I know what you mean about having your own trailer so you can load and go. The sand is a great ride! You are so lucky to have it close.
If this dog were a young one, I would scoop him off to the pound/shelter right away. This one I am holding back on because he looks and acts abandoned. All his ribs and hip bones are sticking out. So he has been "lost" for some time. He is so old and crippled up some on the hips. My heart aches at the thought of him being in the pound. They have my name and number and are going to call me if someone calls or comes in for him and I will hi tail it down there to reunite them. If no calls or hits from the inquiries, he has a home here.
Kaytie - good for you for taking him if you can't find him a home. This is a no-kill shelter which makes me feel better.
There is this dog there, God love him, I would never in a million years take him, but I so hope he finds a good home. He's blue heeler and pit bull. Probably one of the worst imaginable combinatinos out there, lol, but he is *SO stinking happy and just wanting attention so bad it breaks my heart.
I wish ours was a no kill shelter :-( That is what I am afraid of for him.
Yikes - to the blue heeler/pit bull. So sad. I am sure that when the right dog comes around for you, you will know it. If you were closer and I can't find this dog a home, I'd bet you would love this one. So far he is very sweet, but very timid and shaking. He calmed down a lot though after I made a fuss all over the other dogs and he let me pet him and get him in the car.
Mmm. Kelly really wants a puppy, me not so much. And yes, the right dog will come along. A week or so ago we walked a mutt sort of dog named Sadie -- from coloring I'd say she was maybe some Doberman, australian sheperd, who knows what, and she was *so sweet. But at the pound, she barks incessantly and I can't deal with that.
In an aside, because I know Kristin likes to know these things, on the menu for tonight is ribs, mac and cheese and some kind of veggie. Healthy. Not.
:) Thanks RiM!
I am now watching an owl in a box - thanks to Jeanette! I went to her site - pretty damn cool. I'm gonna have to show LM.
Kristin - can you link me?
http://www.ustream.tv/theowlbox
Sandy: Just got in from the sugarbush (maple syrup) and while I was standing in those ridiculous lines (ponies, wagons, bathrooms, lunch) I was catching up here, and I am *so angry at how Sandy and her daughter are being treated. I was getting all worked up in line because I still haven't figured out how to post on BlackBerry (I've clicked everything clickable but nothing).
Okay, Sandy... nice how the principal ends the conversation when she has to provide a direct answer to your question. Okay, never mind the school, they are not worried about you clearly. What you need is to contact the closest chapter of the Autism society of xxxx whatever region or district you live in or however they divide that up. If not autism, span out. The Society for the Advocacy of whatever. What you need, my friend, is an advocate. So right now what you have to work with is autism (never mind it might not be that, that's what you have NOW, right?). Okay so call every business with the word autism or spectrum in it in your immediate county or whatever or call the National Society for... there MUST be one. Go to the Headquarters of whatever even if they're in another state, make a call, please. Do you know any other parents with children with similar diagnoses? Ask them what groups they "belong" to or which groups advocate for them. Ask your pediatrician. Ask your mayor, your statesman, call a law society and ask them. This just CANNOT end here. Make demands. It sounds like you are making some noise and nobody is worried about you. MAKE them worry about you. Everybody wants to keep their job. Nobody likes negative publicity (well, maybe JM but I digress). Identify their Achilles heel and attack. Things change so much depending on where you are, I wish I could help you more, find a local teacher who is not "involved" and scope her out. Use your friends and associates, your husband's associates. Make good detailed notes. These will be their worst nightmare. Start now while it's fresh and go backwards. If dates are vague, note what month and year it was in. Note who was in the conversations, and roughly what was said.
Call the papers (small and local is your best bet), call the guy who goes on the local news with the outrageous way pets or seniors are treated or whatever, get him to listen to you. Nobody likes people who kick underdogs.
I am *so angry and rambly, I hope I have made sense, I would be happy to talk with you further on this. I am *so sorry for what you are being put through. These people should not be anywhere NEAR children. Not animals even.
Kaytie, I {heart} you for keeping that dog. I really really do. Is it a girl? Maybe "Daisy"?
<<--joining the I-heart-Kay-for-keeping-the-dog fan club; hoping to be elected Vice President
<<--starting the I-heart-FT-for-her-passion-re-Sandy's-fucked-up-school fan club; hoping to be elected Secretary
<<--starting the I-want-to-burn-Sandy's-daughter's-school-to-the-ground-if-they-don't-shape-up club; hoping to be President
By the way, I love love FT's advice about calling autism societies and calling the media. A lot. That could work.
FT - I like that you are so passionate and I hope that C gets into a good school.
I want a club dedicated to me that SW can join :( lol
Stepped away to make dinner and realized my post sounded very loud-mouthish. My apologies. I've had that post in my head for hours now and I'm really worked about it.
It didn't sound loud-mouthish at all, FT. It's nice to have a friend like that in your corner, IMO.
SW: you could *totally be my secretary. But please don't bring *your secretary. :0)
I loved it FT. So much. Really.
No FT - you are passionate about it and bring great ideas to the table.
Going to research tonight on study guides for Special Ed - and put aside $60.00 for the test. :)
Loving what you said, FT.
It's 2:23 and I've cracked a beer over here. If that's wrong, I don't want to be right.
Okay, I"m out for the night. I am getting ready to crack a beer here myself, and don't mind being wrong myself.
bye RiM!
nothing wrong with a beer at 2:23 - wish I had one!
::wishing she could drink a beer without passing out cold::
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"SW: you could *totally be my secretary. But please don't bring *your secretary. :0)"
LOL excellent point! She did something else annoying/stupid today. Hard to explain without being long/boring, but she freaking needs to go.
FT- Bet it kind of redefined luck for that guy.
And Rock On for the post to Sandy!
FT!!!!!!! My heart is still pounding after reading your marvelous, and I mean MARVELOUS post to Sandy. Sandy, go for it. It could work. And many hugs to you Sandy.
SW - I'll be VP of the I-want-to-make-sure-that-Principal-never-has-another-job-near-kids-club.
BD & RiM :::glaring at my pepsi because I really want a beer but I can't because I gotta drive:::
Cheers!
Kaytie: LOL, I think the parents council has already filled all the posts on that club!
Kaytie: I am so outraged. Wishing I lived closer or understood the school / political system there better. I have learned there are so many differences.
FT - As they should! Heck, I will be the one bringing them donuts and coffee then!
FT: I wish you did, too. It is Sandy's story so did not want to step on it. I had a horrible time with the school and getting Christopher in a program due to his ADD. The teachers out and out called me a liar and that he only was lazy - because he is very smart and does well on tests. I had two ADD experts diagnose him, brought those in, and the plan they gave me was for him to hold a red rubber ball to keep his hands occupied so he could concentrate better. The Speech Therapist was his advocate, though, and she is the one that really got the teachers turned around to at least stop calling him lazy and recognize that he has ADD. Thank goodness for her.
We had a kid at my school (graduated last year) whose father was a Spec Ed teacher in high school. This kid was the most complicated thing I'd ever seen. He had Tourettes, set fires (never in school), picked at his skin to make himself bleed and then smeared it on walls, hallucinated. I was his French teacher for all of his Grade 6 year, a few weeks into Grade 7 I had to put in a work refusal because I was seriously afraid of him (he once overturned every desk and chair in the classroom and I had to evacuate the kids, close the door and hold it shut, never showing him my back). So that got him exempted from French for the remainder of elementary.
Let me just tell you that by the time his father was done with the principal and the school, this kid has his own laptop (on which he played war games all day), his own office (!) which was the empty VP office (our numbers dropped and we lost qualification for a VP), he got passing grades but didn't do anything because nobody could make him. He was on various meds for his psychoses, and got his own mini school bus (small white, not big yellow) for him and his brother who went home with him because he was threatening the other kids and the bus driver and they were all afraid of him. Oh but before he got his own bus, the then-principal (before this one) she would ride the bus after school to make sure he didn't attack anyone.
This my friends,is the other end of the spectrum. And suggests the services you can get when you have the right people behind you. I'm still not exactly sure how the father got all this done with the principal since nobody would share that with me obviously, but the dad would be in there like once a week minimum, to update the kids' needs and get special services all the time.
Kaytie: that's what Sandy needs, a local advocate. So glad you found one too.
alright ladies - I'm out - it's 5:00 here!
I'll see ya guys later!
FT: :::shudder::: What a nightmare!
Gotta go here as well. Son getting off bus and we're off to find the stray's owner. I decided to call the stray (a boy) "Shortround" in honor of our glorious FT!
Yay FT! I really heart you.
Kaytie - I'm sorry about your situation, too.
Okay, must go get kidlets from school. Where hopefully nobody got a "think time slip" today. Grady got one yesterday because apparently you are *not allowed to kick a freaking ball on the playground. And he kicked a ball. What is this world coming to? At their school you can't run on the pavement and you can't kick a ball. Yup.
Between Robin's email and JM's blog post, I need a nap. :-D
Shortround the Dog, yay!
I'm out soon too, these nuts want to go bowling after walking in the sugarbush all day. Oh well, at least it's mostly sitting. Who was it that suggested cosmic bowling the other day? Gee... thanks.
AP: do you need a cigarette, too?
FT--Can I marry you? When I was typing the school update, all I could think was FT is going to be PISSED! lol
I gotta get dinner going, I have a teacher story to share later! (Do I sound like a professional blogger? Sorry no details on my sex life or my husband's willy!) LOL
Sandy: yes, I will marry you. But I think (technically) we have to let AP and SW marry first since they announced their engagement first. Oh and maybe Bella and BD. But we'll be next, promise.
I'm leaving soon but will be back later tonight. Do you have APs email? She has mine and has my permission to give my email address to you if you wish. I don't want to post it here cuz, well the stalkers, you know....
And I think you've been reading MckMama too long (click! click! click!).
Okay, really really last post until later tonight.
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer
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FT- The AP has my email addy too.
Making Bella's Linguini again! Yum
Morning guys, AP I've been sick since december 16th 2008, diagnosed with meningitis january 19th 2009. I'm glad it's not just me who's been followed in a walmart, we plan to pursue this because it's very much wrong.
Sorry family members that are sick, sick kids, sick mothers are horribe.. I'm tieed, just dealing with life ((hugs))
thanks for sharing your walmart story, it seriously helped me feel less stalked.. I wonder if cottage cheese, toilet paper theft is rampant in our society?
I'm watching peter pan with my daughter - what a scary movie!
Not one of my kids was in trouble at school today. Go me!
KaytieJ: They started calling my girl "lazy" in kindergarten. 1st grade it was lazy with ADHD. 2nd grade lazy with ADHD. 3rd grade autism, adhd (and the teacher asked her once "Did Mommy give you your medicine this morning").
YAY Lindsay!!!
Why on earth is it sunny and beautiful all day and now we are heading to football practice and it's getting all yucky? Bum deal.
M - I never really liked Peter Pan. Even the animated version scared me! I'm a wuss.
Yesterday I sent an email to the Spec. Ed. teacher stating that Caitlyn is constantly forgetting homework assignments, etc. I asked if we could have someone check to see that everything is being sent home. C comes home and she doesn't have her social studies folder. I make a note of it in her assignment book. I again send an email stating COULD SOMEONE PLEASE make sure that Caitlyn is bringing everything home that she needs to.
Once a month I work Market Day afterschool. Who's there but the stinking teacher. She walks over to me with her head hanging, not once looked me in the face. She said I understand you have questions about homework procedures. I said um, no we need to have someone check to make sure she is bringing home all of her assignments. That's what I requested yesterday and it obviously wasn't done. She said oh, I thought it was about procedure. Again no. We need to m.a.k.e. sure that Caitlyn is bringing home all of her assignments. She has missing homework assignments daily.
The f'ing bitch has kept Caitlyn in at recess and has done so every day this week to make up work.
Not once during this 5 minute conversation would she look me in the eye. I wanted to bitch slap her but there were kids there and I didn't want to be known as the crazy person who punched the shit out of Mrs. B and got arrested at Market Day.
Damn sandy, my heart aches for your and Miss C.
Oh dear God in Heaven! My son is running down the street with the toliet bowl plunger!
Sandy - that is just plain rotten. But the plunger? That is hilarious!
I'm thinking I won the White Trash Award this week! LOL
sad that no one wants to marry me :(
...still catching up!
went to dinner at a really piss poor Mexican restaurant but had a Margarita (large) so I am kinda tipsy since I drank it kinda fast - b/c I wasn't going to just leave it.
Yeah Lindsay for no children in trouble.
LM won't let me go walk the dog with him and Kerby - I'm stuck with you guys. lol!
Sandy - give me her address and I will bitch slap her...:) You are in Chicago right? I'll send my cousin.
and I'm talking to myself - where the hell is everyone? :(
I'll shut up now until someone else posts.
I here, Kristin...been cleaning litter boxes. Woooo, me. I want a margarita now, though.
K - I'll marry you. And you can never leave a margarita behind. It's the law.
Yeah, LM kept wanting mine - I finally had to get him his own - I let him have two drinks and decided I did not want CPS called on me.
Are you watching Nancy? So sad.
I finished Lindsay - but can we marry if we are hip sisters?
Okay, must go to football practice and stand in the freaking 40 degree weather. Okay it might be 45. Wish I was even eating crappy mexican food with a margarita instead.
I would have traded you Lindsay - I can do football in cold :)
Our offspring might be doomed to have bad hips ;/ Hmmm.
What's on Nancy? Did you hear about that lady up here who disappeared and now they might have found the son's body?
It'll be okay. Some of our parents have these nifty propane heaters. I really hope they bring them tonight. Yeah, I said nifty.
yeah, that is what they are talking about. Sad!
true Lindsay, very true!
It's so sad and incredibly weird. I don't know why she kept stopping in places and saying she was lost. The guy at the gas station pulled up a map. And where she was lost at was not anywhere near where she was going. And someone said she tripped on her way to her car. I wonder if she was drunk or if she had some weird brain trauma going on. It just breaks my heart.
Okay, now I really must go!
bye lindsay!
"Yeah, LM kept wanting mine - I finally had to get him his own - I let him have two drinks and decided I did not want CPS called on me."
Well he should sleep well tonight. :-D
They've confirmed on Nancy that it *is the little boy's body. They say she had a drinking problem and has recently fallen off the wagon...on one of her stops, she bought a jug of wine. They found the jug sealed and half empty near their van. So very sad.
That is so sad AP - I heard about her drinking problem and the jug o' wine but not that they found it washed up with 1/2 gone. :(
AP - sadly, I don't think it will phase him, maybe if he had 1/2 the glass but 2 drinks - not so much.
Oooooooh, when you said drinks you meant sips! Damn...lol.
Anything new going on at MWoP today? I'm wondering if it's worth checking out tonight or not.
you said the "s" word -for shame for shame!
mwop is boring today - too much speculation about nothing
I just posted on MWoP an alternative version of Song of Solomon that I found on-line.
I saw that - when I first got on and saw lyrics I thought it was you know who.
I'm now addicted to this owl thing - reminds me of the time I actually rescued an owl.
Has anyone held an owl? I am amazed at how light they are. It's like holding air.
Taiya - I just got this in my inbox - http://www.babycenter.com/210_tissue-paper-butterflies_23360.bc?scid=weekender_20100318_preschool_bk:2&pe=2TRusZp
they also break it down by age group - so you might find something better suited.
Hope it helps.
Well...Shortround he may be :-D
No claims with the Ranger Station at the State Park, still no calls from pound or neighbors. No signs at our only cornerstore/gas mart, nor at our only coffee stop hut.
Only thing BAD with him is rotten doggie farts, but I think that is because of his near starvation. And I can't get clear of that smell because he is stuck to my side everywhere I go. Oh, and he looks blind in one eye. Oh, and he has a basset hound "once only" woof when the UPS truck pulled up. And he did not even try to tree our Ninja Squirrels. Did not even attack the chickens when I fed them, just stood there glued to my side. It did not even phase him encountering one of our dog-loving-barn-cats (I mean this cat goes up and rubs all over our dogs). Nor did he go circling the horses and grabbing their tails when I gave them oats. Nor did he fight and squabble for his place in line when I do my outdoor chores. This is an absolute pattern with my 3 dogs. Dog 1 in front, Dog 2 in back, Young Dog 3 circling. Stray here stayed right by my side and the other dogs LET him. How lame is that? I will not, repeat NOT fall in love with this dog....for at least 7 days...or 4...or...Crap. I am such a wuss.
Oh the poor thing. I'm glad he found you.
OMG, Kay, *I'm in love with that damn dog! He's so yours for life, hon. It just seems meant to be, you know?
Kristin-Isn't it amazing? They are so light. What kind of owl did you rescue? Were you able to save it?
We had a great horned owl down in our woods a couple years ago that my DH found. He scooped it up and brought it up on the tractor. It looked like it had a broken wing. When I held out the towel to take it from DH, I was so surprised at how light it was!
So I'm a bit annoyed because no Survivor tonight. WTF is up with this basketball shit? Oh, I know, some of you like that, but I h-a-t-e basketball.
I'm also annoyed because I left work early and have been waiting for the last three hours for my nephew to deliver an antique file cabinet that belonged to my grandfather and that my Mom refinished for me for my birthday. He drove it up from my Mom's house in South Alabama (four hours away), and then ran into a bunch of traffic and I waited and waited and waited for him to get here. He brought a friend with and they had to get back so just dropped it off and left. But while he was here I noticed a new-looking tattoo on his calf and asked him about it. He said it was a pentacle.
I said, "Like a Satan-worshipping thing?" I was just joking him, because I know the difference between a pentagram and a pentacle. Pentacles are associated with witchcraft, and pentagrams are associated with satan-worship, or so my limited research for halloween parties has taught me. Anyway, he said, "No Aunt Angie, you mean a pentagram." I said, "I know, Billy. Does that mean you are a witch?" He said, "Well, basically."
So my nephew is basically a witch. Nice.
I think it was just a barn owl - it was when I was in college and my dog kept barking - I ended up going to see what it was all about and it was this owl. I put the dog up and rescued the bird - I called up my Cell teacher because she was also the ornithology (sp) teacher - and called the local rehabber.
I went to this ladies house and she had owls all over and as i walked in, a bird flew over and landed on her screen door. It was awesome.
:::frantically googling pentagrams and pentacles:::
That would be a shocker. Did he say what kind of witch he is? Totally clueless on this subject regarding boy witches.
On something I know a wee bit more about, having your mom refinish a family antique for you is really nice!
SW - it sure looks that way since this stray is at least a week or two starved. And thank you, very much. I'd give you a cyber hug, but AP made me pinkie swear I would NOT give out cyber hugs.
Kay, my nephew is something of a lost cause, so I didn't bother asking. He's 22, jobless, with few prospects and no desire at all to be a productive citizen. He just wants to be taken care of, and I bribed him with $200 to entice him to bring the cabinet, because I didn't want my (elderly) parents to have to. If he is a witch, then that's a step up from being just a loser redneck. My Mom wouldn't think so though, so I definitely won't tell her. :-)
Poor doggie has all of our hearts, Kay. You need to take a picture for us of our newest Shortround and get AP to post it!
I'm off to bed to watch Project Runway, my only show that survived this basketball madness! Hope everybody has a good night!
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