i am not so sure which one should i choose?.
I love my Blackberry. I bought the "World Edition" but wish I had just bought the "Curve." Mine has no camera and I really miss it. I will check out the "Storm" next. I like the big touch screen.
I use mine constantly. Phone, text, email for work and personal, facebook, scheduling, shopping lists. I'm completely lost without it. Sad, but true.
Rachel
i went to the dentist yesterday with a tooth ache and the dr. said i cracked a tooth.
now he wants to put a crown on it.
the dr said he will be able to do the whole thing in one visit.
Come on Else, you know all you have to do is hook up with Mega's neighbor and his sweet dentist across the border.
Rachel
this is our new grandson and his santa picture last saturday.
our santa is a genius, and always poses brilliantly with the kids.. .
He's a great Santa. My kids have been going to him since 2002 when they were 4 and 6, before that they only had one other visit with Santa and he looked so much like this one that they never noticed the switch. The kids are 10 and 12 but I still managed get them to pose with him this year too.
He always managed to strike a great pose with funny Santa smiles too. I love it.
We weren't visiting Santa when the kids were babies but it's great having those photos of Gid and Ethan.
Rachel
licensed plumberHe doesn't need a license for residential work.
You do in Washington state. If you aren't licensed, you must be working under the direct supervision of a licensed, journeyman plumber.
Steve and I own a plumbing company. We have two plumbers running residential service calls. There is a huge difference between GROSS and NET which I'm not sure Joe understands. We grossed $250K by May. Net is another story.
I find the whole story amusing.
guys my little one is doing a "flat stanley" project..... if you've never read the kids book, it's about a boy who has been flattened by a falling bulleting board.
written in the 60's.
the best part about being flat, is, you can mail yourself to your friends in an envelope.
We did the yarn map too. I forgot about that. I think Rhys ended up with his own map since his Stanley traveled the most of all the Stanleys in the class and it got to be a bit of a yarn mess.
I love the digitized version too.
R
guys my little one is doing a "flat stanley" project..... if you've never read the kids book, it's about a boy who has been flattened by a falling bulleting board.
written in the 60's.
the best part about being flat, is, you can mail yourself to your friends in an envelope.
Rachel, as I understand you, it went directly from one poster to another? how did you handle confidentiality.....I would not want to expose anyone's identity because of the nutters....I was planning on having Stanley come home to me every time.
I wasn't under the pending board closure. I sent it to Ross. He posted that Stanley was ready to travel and another poster would claim it and away Stanley flew. Poster to poster, he was able to really travel that way. At that time, we were spending a lot more time on the board and I was familiar with everyone Stanley visited. If a potential nutter asked about Stanley, they were either ignored or there were others already waiting for him so it wasn't really a problem. The names and addresses were passed around via IM so nothing was every posted. I'll see if I can find our stash of Stanley postcards and letters and give you an idea of where he went.
Rachel
guys my little one is doing a "flat stanley" project..... if you've never read the kids book, it's about a boy who has been flattened by a falling bulleting board.
written in the 60's.
the best part about being flat, is, you can mail yourself to your friends in an envelope.
My son did this in second grade...he is now in sixth. We started off by sending it to Ross (LittleToe) in Scotland. When Ross received it he posted and someone called dibs and away it went! It was fantastic!
It's been too long for me to remember everywhere it went but Stanley flew around the world (and all over the US) that year thanks to the great people on JWD. As a bonus, many of the recipients sent candy or mementos from their country (or state in the case of Xenawarrior who sent cheesehead pencil toppers!) back to the classroom. It was amazing!
Here's the only thread I could find on it:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/87419/1.ashx
I'd be happy to get things started here in Edmonds, WA!
Rachel
has anybody seen the ads on the discovery health channel for the show autism times 6?
they have 6 children and apparently all 6 of the children have autism.
i was doing some reading about this family.. its very sad.
My twelve year old son was just diagnosed earlier this month with Aspergers and ADHD. In first grade he took an IQ test where he scored in the genius range. He's always been different, it wasn't until probably three years ago that we started thinking aspergers rather than just generally a weird smart kid.
I used to think vaccinations were a contributing factor until my son, nephew and brother were all diagnosed with aspergers. Now I think it's quite possibly genetic. The fact that this family has six autistic children supports that theory. If my son had been diagnosed as a baby, I probably wouldn't have had another. He wasn't and I did. My daughter is not in the spectrum and thinks her brother is profoundly weird and a pain in her ten year old ass. Not having another baby would have been a huge mistake. Having said that, I would not have another because 1. I don't want another and 2. I don't think I could handle another ass burger without being on meds myself or drinking more than I already do.
I have no idea what's going to happen with my son. After six years in the public schools, some good, some bad, I'm coming to the conclusion that he probably is going to have to have specialized education to finish his schooling. I don't know what that means. The administrators tend to try for the least amount that they can get away with (a 504 plan) and the last time I told them to even pretend that was going to work was a waste of everyone's time. He needs an IEP and we won't settle for less. The school counselor seemed profoundly butt hurt by that, but she doesn't get daily phone calls and emails from me complaining about her kid's behavior, so I honestly don't care and she better be moving on with the IEP BS.
He's a genius in the local school district's highly capable program. The teachers don't know how to talk to him and as a result, they usually end up frustrating him and things go downhill fast from there. I get phone calls and emails from the teacher and dean almost daily. I spent yesterday afternoon crying in the dean's office (which was mortifying). I finally reached my breaking point. As we were driving home, I told Rhys I wanted him to come with me to kickboxing because we both needed to kick the sh*t out of something. He agreed. We had a great time. School's out in an hour and I haven't heard a word from anyone. A good day indeed.
i took him to the vet yesterday because he was drinking alot of water, peeing alot, and losing weight.
i walked in and said, "my cat has diabetes".
the vet said, "well ma'am, what makes you think that?
I had a cat with diabetes. I can't remember how old he was when he was diagnosed, but he lived for years with daily insulin injections. It's easy, the needles are small and my cat never even flinched.
Once you have the dosage figured out it's just a yearly visit to the vet and the cost of insulin, needles and Sharpes containers. It wasn't bad.
He was about 10 or 11 when he died. Must have had diabetes for 5-6 years or more. Great cat. I still keep a picture of him on my kitchen window sill. The cats I have now don't even come close to being as cool as Vlad was.
Rachel
i was officially installed as a member of kiwanis international last evening.
one other member and i had been attending since spring as members but never had the ceremony.
they finally got around to it this week.
The local chapter donated $30,000 to my daughter's school in June so we could build a new playground. We were able to get a grant to match the funds and just last weekend we installed a $65,000 beautiful new playground. The school has a lot of low income families and it would have taken years for us to raise that kind of money.
The club is mainly a lot of seniors but they were digging holes and assembling the structure right along side us 30 and 40 somethings. We would have struggled to get the install done without them, they were a tremendous help.
We love the Kiwanis Club at College Place Elementary, in Lynnwood, Washington. We have a great surprise for them at our ribbon cutting ceremony later in September.
Rachel
