General Discussion & Chat: ۞ Sweet Interruptions ۞ 58, 1 by zhinu

zhinu wrote:
I found the bread crumbs this time!

Thank you all for telling me that you love reading my posts; it is a great compliment.

Thanks for the compliments on the rings as well. I was quite happy how they turned out; I was a bit intimidated by designing my own rings. I think I’m going to have them tacked together so they don’t spin apart, but I guess that’s pretty common to have done.

BJ, both, I’m 5’ nothing and he’s 6’4”.

She has brown eyes and Sean and I have blue eyes, but I think she actually looks more like me than either of her parents. Our hair is the same color, we have the same toes, the same low normal temp., etc… then there are the temperament issues, we are both incredibly stubborn. She may not be “my” child but she is defiantly my child and the child my mother cursed me with when she said “may you have one just like you”.

I don’t have many pictures of her mom, or any good ones, but this might give you a clue as to what her mom looks like.

I’d start with moderation if I were you. See if eating less helps.

Deborah, when my brother and I moved out to go to college we decided we didn’t want the commurcials from watching tv, later we watched 24 on DVD, it’s 16 hours, so that means there are 8 hours of commercials in every 24 hours you watch. We do watch DVDs and play video games, etc… but Sage only gets to watch cable over at mom’s or friend’s houses.

We are actually having a very hard time getting her to learn to read. She is way below her age level in reading ability. She gets frustrated trying to read, therefore she “doesn’t like to read” and it’s really hard to get her to practice. I’ve tried everything I could think of and likely done harm with some of it, but… I think that if she ever does get comfortable with reading she’ll love it, it’s just getting her to that point. I guess it’s a common problem with “smart” children, they’re so used to things coming easy to them that they get really frustrated when they have to work at something; Sage is very intelligent, we had an IQ test done last year due to the trouble she was having in school and she rated between 110 to 130 on all the sections. I think she also has some self-confidence issues.

Donna, “that” is a hirmet crab. The have a “petting” pool up at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. She spent about a quarter of our trip there playing in the pool.

We would be no where near as whole without each other. For instance, Sean is a stress monkey and over reacts to a lot of things, I allow him to keep the actual magnitude of the problem in site. He keeps me centered so I don’t get too depressed or too manic. I agree, together it at least feels like we could face anything.

I have two cats, both small at about 7 to 10 lbs. Mom’s cat is about both of them, weight length, and fur quanity. Nero is an everybody cat. Koshka is skittish, but getting more comfortable with people. My various house sitters during my UK trips had to go find her to make sure she was ok and actually there, because she never came out while they were there. Nero’s a black cat with gold eyes and Koshka is a lynx point Siamese.

Jaye, I have thought about that quite a bit and more than half believe I have an “old soul”.

Oven mitten swap?