Daily Inspirational Message
Friday, November 21, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Weekend report
We had a great weekend. I went to a flea market in New Hampshire where they sell pocketbooks (mostly knock offs) with the girls on Saturday morning and then did a few errands on my way home. I left the house about 6:30am and didn't get home until about 4PM. I was only home for a little while and my husband asked if I would mind spending a little more time in the car. We hemd and hawed for a while and at 7 headed down to Foxwoods (the casino). We went to MGM for a change and ended up having a real good time. We didn't win but I found a penny machine that let me play. At 2AM my hubby was beginning to pace around my machine and we had to leave. We didn't get home until 4am.
We got up early on Sunday to get ready for company. My girl friend of 40 years and her husband came for brunch. I think that brunch is "my thing". I set a real pretty table and we had fruit salad, bacon, eggs, toast, juice and coffee. Laura brought scones and bloody Mary stuff. My daughter and the kids came out and I got to show off my grandchildren. My husband finds Laura’s husband very interesting and they always have lots to talk about. He was a Marine in Vietnam and has many stories to tell and my husband just eats that stuff up. My husband was also a Marine; he was a JAG and served after Vietnam. So while they visited Laura and I went for a walk and caught up on all kinds of stuff. We had a great weekend.
My ulcer isn't really bothering me and the medicine seems to be working great. I will go and see the Dr. in three weeks and I will have to have the scope done again in 3 months to make sure that it is healing properly.
I talked to my son yesterday and he sounded good. He seems to like this job and the man he is working for. He worked all weekend for the overtime. I am keeping my fingers crossed and I continue to pray that he will make this job stick.
My youngest daughter is doing fine and she is reading (at my request) for practice. We went to the bookstore this weekend and picked up a book that is a 7th grade reading level and she is doing okay with it. She said the story is good and she is enjoying reading it. I ordered software to help her with some phonics instruction and that should come sometime this week. Once I have that we will start working a couple nights a week to increase her reading skills. I am confidant that we can get her to where she needs to be with some effort.
My 4 year old grand-daughter was so cute this weekend as she told me all about going to vote. It went like this:
Madison: Mammy, Rakabama wined ya know.
Me: Oh yeah, what did he win?
Madison: A trophy.
Me: Cool…
Madison: He’s getting a puppy too, and he’s goin to live in a white house far, far away. Not the white house on my street.
So I explained that he won after all the people voted on who should be the President and the most people picked him to be in charge. She told me that she went to vote. It went like this:
Madison: I went to vote with Mommy.
Me: I went to vote too.
Madison: Did you go to church?
Me: No, I had to vote in my town where I live.
Madison: I had to show daddy how to vote.
Me: You did? How do you vote?
Madison: You go in and tell the lady your name and where you live. She gives you a paper and you sit at the table and fill it out then you tell another lady your name and where you live again. I don’t know why you have to tell the other lady, you live at the same place. Then you put the paper in the machine. That’s all.
My daughter went to vote and she took the kids with her. My son-in-law had to go up a little later to vote and this was his first time voting. He was a little nervous that he wouldn’t know what to do so my daughter sent Madison with him so she could show him. LOL
She is like a little sponge and she doesn’t miss much. I told Melissa she really needs get that whole thing on video, it was very cute and I love the way she says his name. One word rakabama.
I walked at the mall with my sister this morning and I am going to join the YMCA so I can start going with her to Pilates. I really need to do something to increase my muscle tone. I am not losing weight right now. It’s no surprise, I can eat more and I have found that I don’t have a problem with sugar. (big mistake on my part) I shouldn’t have tested it. I’m not gaining, but not losing either. I guess if I’m going to eat more than I need to exercise more. So I’m going to find out what I need to do to join and start going with her soon.
My youngest daughter had every leave out of our yard last Tuesday but by Friday it looked like someone had trucked them all back in plus more. She isn’t at all happy. It’s cold and fall like here, most of the leaves are down now and it’s sort of depressing. It will be winter before you know it. I saw deer in the yard over the weekend. They are really very beautiful animals.
We got up early on Sunday to get ready for company. My girl friend of 40 years and her husband came for brunch. I think that brunch is "my thing". I set a real pretty table and we had fruit salad, bacon, eggs, toast, juice and coffee. Laura brought scones and bloody Mary stuff. My daughter and the kids came out and I got to show off my grandchildren. My husband finds Laura’s husband very interesting and they always have lots to talk about. He was a Marine in Vietnam and has many stories to tell and my husband just eats that stuff up. My husband was also a Marine; he was a JAG and served after Vietnam. So while they visited Laura and I went for a walk and caught up on all kinds of stuff. We had a great weekend.
My ulcer isn't really bothering me and the medicine seems to be working great. I will go and see the Dr. in three weeks and I will have to have the scope done again in 3 months to make sure that it is healing properly.
I talked to my son yesterday and he sounded good. He seems to like this job and the man he is working for. He worked all weekend for the overtime. I am keeping my fingers crossed and I continue to pray that he will make this job stick.
My youngest daughter is doing fine and she is reading (at my request) for practice. We went to the bookstore this weekend and picked up a book that is a 7th grade reading level and she is doing okay with it. She said the story is good and she is enjoying reading it. I ordered software to help her with some phonics instruction and that should come sometime this week. Once I have that we will start working a couple nights a week to increase her reading skills. I am confidant that we can get her to where she needs to be with some effort.
My 4 year old grand-daughter was so cute this weekend as she told me all about going to vote. It went like this:
Madison: Mammy, Rakabama wined ya know.
Me: Oh yeah, what did he win?
Madison: A trophy.
Me: Cool…
Madison: He’s getting a puppy too, and he’s goin to live in a white house far, far away. Not the white house on my street.
So I explained that he won after all the people voted on who should be the President and the most people picked him to be in charge. She told me that she went to vote. It went like this:
Madison: I went to vote with Mommy.
Me: I went to vote too.
Madison: Did you go to church?
Me: No, I had to vote in my town where I live.
Madison: I had to show daddy how to vote.
Me: You did? How do you vote?
Madison: You go in and tell the lady your name and where you live. She gives you a paper and you sit at the table and fill it out then you tell another lady your name and where you live again. I don’t know why you have to tell the other lady, you live at the same place. Then you put the paper in the machine. That’s all.
My daughter went to vote and she took the kids with her. My son-in-law had to go up a little later to vote and this was his first time voting. He was a little nervous that he wouldn’t know what to do so my daughter sent Madison with him so she could show him. LOL
She is like a little sponge and she doesn’t miss much. I told Melissa she really needs get that whole thing on video, it was very cute and I love the way she says his name. One word rakabama.
I walked at the mall with my sister this morning and I am going to join the YMCA so I can start going with her to Pilates. I really need to do something to increase my muscle tone. I am not losing weight right now. It’s no surprise, I can eat more and I have found that I don’t have a problem with sugar. (big mistake on my part) I shouldn’t have tested it. I’m not gaining, but not losing either. I guess if I’m going to eat more than I need to exercise more. So I’m going to find out what I need to do to join and start going with her soon.
My youngest daughter had every leave out of our yard last Tuesday but by Friday it looked like someone had trucked them all back in plus more. She isn’t at all happy. It’s cold and fall like here, most of the leaves are down now and it’s sort of depressing. It will be winter before you know it. I saw deer in the yard over the weekend. They are really very beautiful animals.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Why didn't I know?
It’s funny how easy it is to get away from posting. I think daily about the things I should be putting here on my blog but never actually get around to typing. My weightloss seems to have to come to a stand still. I know why, it’s no surprise to me. I am eating more and more often and I’m not making the best choices. I need to pay more attention and stop this crazy behavior.
I spent the day yesterday at the hospital having an EGD or upper endoscopy and biopsy. It seems that I have an ulcer in my pouch. It’s been a bit painful but the doctor says we caught it early and with meds it should be fine. I will have to have another EGD in three months to check on it again. I had this done about 4 years ago and at that time I remember them getting me on my left side and putting something in my mouth… then I was waking up in another room. NOT THIS TIME! I was hardly sedated at all. I watched the whole thing on the monitor and was very uncomfortable with that thing gagging me. Very glad it only took about 10 minutes. I’m not in a big hurry to do it again.
My daughter is done with Volleyball for the season and basketball has begun. Those practices are only one or two nights a week and games on the weekends. She is going to start working on some extra things with a tutor. I recently discovered that she has a great deal of difficulty reading. I’m sure you are wondering how come I didn’t know about this, I am asking my self the same thing. She was reading out loud to me a few weeks ago and I realized that there was a problem. I mean a BIG problem. I contacted the school and got no help there, she is a senior with good grades and they don’t see the problem. Without some intervention she will not succeed in college. This is very difficult for me to say out loud, my daughter is 17, a senior in high school with good grades… and she can’t read. Amazing.
I took her for some private testing and she has been diagnosed with dyslexia. Fancy word that means she has trouble reading. When she was in Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade she went to a school that did not teach phonics… they taught the kids to read using the “whole language” approach. I would say that it failed her. She has memorized many words in her 17 years and that is how she gets by. If she is reading and doesn’t know what a word is she replaces the word with a word that is about the same length, starts with the same letter… and may even be close to the same shape. However, the sentence makes no sense. So we have ordered special software and I will begin tutoring her next week. If it doesn’t work with me helping her we may have to send her to a tutor, it’s just so very expensive that right now we have to try it this way first. She is open to the idea and also pleased to know that she isn’t just stupid, but actually has a real learning disability. I’m still not sure how it went this long before I figured it out.
My son likes his new job taking care of the pigs. He seems happier than I have seen him in quite some time. I am keeping my fingers crossed and I am sending up prayers like crazy that this continues.
My husband has been very supportive and helpful with all that is going on around us. He is the step-dad to my children… but you would never know that he wasn’t their biological father in the way that he cares for them. He is a good man and I love him dearly. Last week he had to have some minor surgery to remove a cyst from his back. It wasn’t a big deal and he will get the stitches out next week. He took most of the day off yesterday to be with me at the hospital and give me a ride home. I don’t mention him too often in my blog, unless I am complaining about him, but he really is a good man.
On Tuesday I got tickets to take my two daughters and my grand daughter on a special trip. We are going to North Conway, NH and taking an evening train ride to the North Pole. It’s the Polar Express Event. http://www.polarexpress.org/index.html I am keeping this a surprise for a couple more weeks. This was my daughter’s favorite book as a child and she is going to like this more than all of us.
I am waiting now for my grand daughter to come to my office. She has swimming lessons tonight at 5 and I take her. She is much more comfortable at the pool and with her instructor now so she is enjoying it more.
I am looking forward to a quiet weekend. I may do some flea markets and yard sales tomorrow and we have friends coming for brunch on Sunday. Tonight I am going to meet up with my hubby and we will go have dinner and then spend some quality time at the grocery store. LOL We need to do some stocking up. They are also having a big buy 1 and get 2 free sale of several items that I know my kids will eat/use. So I buy one and give the “free:” things to them.
I have spent no time at all working on my personal mission statement, a project I am supposed to be working on for my weight loss support group. I guess that will be next weeks project. I’ll post it as soon as I figure out what it is.
And one last thing for today:
Dear God, I pray for optimum health, wisdom, mental clarity and political prosperity for Barack Obama, and for his protection, as he seeks to become our President! Amen.
I spent the day yesterday at the hospital having an EGD or upper endoscopy and biopsy. It seems that I have an ulcer in my pouch. It’s been a bit painful but the doctor says we caught it early and with meds it should be fine. I will have to have another EGD in three months to check on it again. I had this done about 4 years ago and at that time I remember them getting me on my left side and putting something in my mouth… then I was waking up in another room. NOT THIS TIME! I was hardly sedated at all. I watched the whole thing on the monitor and was very uncomfortable with that thing gagging me. Very glad it only took about 10 minutes. I’m not in a big hurry to do it again.
My daughter is done with Volleyball for the season and basketball has begun. Those practices are only one or two nights a week and games on the weekends. She is going to start working on some extra things with a tutor. I recently discovered that she has a great deal of difficulty reading. I’m sure you are wondering how come I didn’t know about this, I am asking my self the same thing. She was reading out loud to me a few weeks ago and I realized that there was a problem. I mean a BIG problem. I contacted the school and got no help there, she is a senior with good grades and they don’t see the problem. Without some intervention she will not succeed in college. This is very difficult for me to say out loud, my daughter is 17, a senior in high school with good grades… and she can’t read. Amazing.
I took her for some private testing and she has been diagnosed with dyslexia. Fancy word that means she has trouble reading. When she was in Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade she went to a school that did not teach phonics… they taught the kids to read using the “whole language” approach. I would say that it failed her. She has memorized many words in her 17 years and that is how she gets by. If she is reading and doesn’t know what a word is she replaces the word with a word that is about the same length, starts with the same letter… and may even be close to the same shape. However, the sentence makes no sense. So we have ordered special software and I will begin tutoring her next week. If it doesn’t work with me helping her we may have to send her to a tutor, it’s just so very expensive that right now we have to try it this way first. She is open to the idea and also pleased to know that she isn’t just stupid, but actually has a real learning disability. I’m still not sure how it went this long before I figured it out.
My son likes his new job taking care of the pigs. He seems happier than I have seen him in quite some time. I am keeping my fingers crossed and I am sending up prayers like crazy that this continues.
My husband has been very supportive and helpful with all that is going on around us. He is the step-dad to my children… but you would never know that he wasn’t their biological father in the way that he cares for them. He is a good man and I love him dearly. Last week he had to have some minor surgery to remove a cyst from his back. It wasn’t a big deal and he will get the stitches out next week. He took most of the day off yesterday to be with me at the hospital and give me a ride home. I don’t mention him too often in my blog, unless I am complaining about him, but he really is a good man.
On Tuesday I got tickets to take my two daughters and my grand daughter on a special trip. We are going to North Conway, NH and taking an evening train ride to the North Pole. It’s the Polar Express Event. http://www.polarexpress.org/index.html I am keeping this a surprise for a couple more weeks. This was my daughter’s favorite book as a child and she is going to like this more than all of us.
I am waiting now for my grand daughter to come to my office. She has swimming lessons tonight at 5 and I take her. She is much more comfortable at the pool and with her instructor now so she is enjoying it more.
I am looking forward to a quiet weekend. I may do some flea markets and yard sales tomorrow and we have friends coming for brunch on Sunday. Tonight I am going to meet up with my hubby and we will go have dinner and then spend some quality time at the grocery store. LOL We need to do some stocking up. They are also having a big buy 1 and get 2 free sale of several items that I know my kids will eat/use. So I buy one and give the “free:” things to them.
I have spent no time at all working on my personal mission statement, a project I am supposed to be working on for my weight loss support group. I guess that will be next weeks project. I’ll post it as soon as I figure out what it is.
And one last thing for today:
Dear God, I pray for optimum health, wisdom, mental clarity and political prosperity for Barack Obama, and for his protection, as he seeks to become our President! Amen.
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