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[Another Lynn 44,429]

Sounds like Gymnast this morning. I was working on rearranging her morning schedule. I had to move the reading/writing portion, so our conversation went like this:

 

Gymnast: "yeah, move this!"

Me: "when should you do it?"

Gymnast: "after I die."

She doesn't know the rule, does she? 😜

[Southern Ivy 8,058]

Sounds like Gymnast this morning. I was working on rearranging her morning schedule. I had to move the reading/writing portion, so our conversation went like this:

 

Gymnast: "yeah, move this!"

Me: "when should you do it?"

Gymnast: "after I die."

She and Riv need to meet ASAP!

[Slache 87,773]

It didn't switch to kg or something?

Mine likes to switch to the stone setting. I like that since I don't remember how much a stone is but I don't weigh very many of them.

 

When my sister was pregnant in Scotland the midwives always recorded her weight in stones.

Nope.

 

Hi all - 

Haven't read all the days I've missed, but I hope everyone is well. 

 

Just popping in to give an update. We just got back from Colorado and kiddo DOES have Auditory Processing Disorder. 

Poor babySo,  is correctly hearing MAYBE 50% of what we say. It's no wonder everything has been such a struggle. 

The audiologist said that after she gets the ear filter, we should see progress. "Of course she can't remember the sounds or names. Up until now, she's probably only heard the correct sound or name every 3rd or 4th time. That makes it hard." 

 

Anyway, this clinic has a filter that they produce themselves. It looks likes a musicians ear piece, but has a small white piece in it that is the actual filter. 

(description stolen from someone else)

1. It filters out high-frequency tones from the one ear that it is in. This helps with background noise.

 

2. But the big magic is that it slows down the input into one ear, balancing the input signal in time between both ears. One of the major causes for CAPD can be that one ear is hearing before the other, so by the time the signal from both ears meets in the brain, they are off in time by a microsecond. (Actually what's really going on is that there is more brain circuitry connected to one ear than the other) The ear filter corrects for this.

 

So, Riv was a candidate for the filter and we should receive it in 3 weeks. 

 

 

 

I tell ya...this mama cried when all my gut feelings were validated. I mean, I knew I was right, but getting other people to listen? It's hard. I'm so happy to have an answer! 

:hurray:  :hurray:  :hurray:  :grouphug:

 

Um, yay?

Matt and I have come to the conclusion that I did not, in fact, lose 140 pounds. :(

[KrissiK 65,037]

Mary, I am so happy for you. Here’s some happy hugs!!!!

[KrissiK 65,037]

I'M ALL CAUGHT UP!!!!!!

Yay!!! You get a squillion points. And a Kit Kat bar.

[KrissiK 65,037]

My cat will be 17 years old this spring.

[Renai 38,043]

She doesn't know the rule, does she? 😜

 

I think she has. Think about it: if she doesn't die, reading will never be on the schedule...

[Renai 38,043]

She and Riv need to meet ASAP!

 

That would be some interesting trouble they'd get into...

[lanalouwho 9,234]

Mary, that's awesome! I'm so glad you finally have answers, and even a workable solution! I'm so happy for you and Riv.

[Renai 38,043]

Jethro people.  Coltrain.  Tull.

 

:mellow:

[Carolina Wren 18,661]

:party: Mary and Riv!

[Renai 38,043]

I think Gymnast is going through a growth spurt. All she wants to do is eat. What are some high-fat/calories options for this high-energy kid?

[Slache 87,773]

I think Gymnast is going through a growth spurt. All she wants to do is eat. What are some high-fat/calories options for this high-energy kid?

I'm on it! Hang on.

 

I'm home! I actually left work on time, and even though it was raining, traffic wasn't bad. I can't go to Planet Fitness because they won't allow anyone under 13 past the lobby.

 

I'm giving up caffeine. When does Lent begin?

 

Yay, Mary and Riv!!!!!

 

((((AMJ))))

 

Jean, how are you feeling?

 

Bookie, hugs and prayers!!

 

Slache, please don't fade away!

Valentine's Day.

[Renai 38,043]

And, just so I don't leave ya'll hanging, the schedule change is I'm switching her schooling to later mornings/afternoons. 

[Slache 87,773]

Breakfast:

 

http://abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/recipes/bacon-egg-cheese-biscuit-casserole-clinton-kelly Microwaves well so make 2.

 

https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/egg-sausage-breakfast-taquitos

 

Beef:

 

https://thrivinghomeblog.com/2013/06/burrito-pie-recipe/#_a5y_p=918512

 

Chicken:

 

https://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2015/08/chicken-enchilada-roll-ups.html Keeps well.

 

https://unboundwellness.com/sweet-potato-chicken-poppers-paleo-aip-whole-30/ I think you vetoed these?

 

http://www.number-2-pencil.com/2017/03/20/instant-pot-pressure-cooker-chicken-enchiladas/ :drool5:

 

http://rita-may-recipes.blogspot.com/2011/11/crock-pot-cream-cheese-chicken-chile.html

 

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/8758/white-cheese-chicken-lasagna/?internalsource=popular&referringcontenttype=home%20page

 

Fish:

 

http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/fantastic-fish-pie-147123

 

http://www.inspirationalmomma.com/crab-cream-cheese-crescent-ring/ Plain. Needs something.

 

https://www.livingwellspendingless.com/2012/11/12/best-fish-recipe/

 

Sausage:

 

https://www.foodiecrush.com/tuscan-pasta-salad/

 

http://www.theslowroasteditalian.com/2014/03/one-pot-cheesy-pasta-and-sausage-recipe.html

 

Vegetarian:

 

https://www.skinnytaste.com/creamy-corn-soup-with-queso-fresco-and/

 

http://www.theharvestkitchen.com/mexican-style-avocado-egg-salad/

 

http://www.theharvestkitchen.com/crunchy-detox-salad/ Love this!

 

Sweets:

 

https://physicalkitchness.com/paleo-carrot-cake-energy-balls/

 

http://www.runningwithspoons.com/2015/06/05/flourless-chocolate-zucchini-muffins/

 

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/11352/three-ingredient-peanut-butter-cookies/?internalsource=recipe%20hub&referringid=852&referringcontenttype=global%20nav Super easy.

[Slache 87,773]

For real?

 

Valentine's Day to April Fools Day.

 

Eta: This is not a joke; it's just weird.

Edited February 7, 2018 by Slache

[Critterfixer 54,447]

Which cornmeal do you usually use?

I used to be able to get Bob's at my local supermarket. They stopped carrying it.

[Critterfixer 54,447]

Want me to mail you some Bob's? I think it's at HEB.

I think I have a source in the big town I go to every two weeks. They were just out when I was there last. If they don't have it this time, I'll order it online. I just don't like doing that because I don't feel like storing a bunch in the freezer and it's cheaper to buy it in bulk.

[Critterfixer 54,447]

Writers' meeting was  :blink: .You just never can tell with writers. 

[Renai 38,043]

Writers' meeting was  :blink: .You just never can tell with writers. 

 

What happened?

[Critterfixer 54,447]

I painted some more on my apples. I don't know about this painting. It's kind of a mess. Thankfully, I didn't use a big bunch of paper for it, and there's still so much work to do that I have hopes it may turn out. If I don't like it, I'll turn it over and paint on the back.

[Critterfixer 54,447]

What happened?

Letz see--we had a homeless guy come in to the group, because he wants to write a book but doesn't write. Nice guy, but that was interesting. Also another writer delivered a treatise he wrote on how to plan a novel and those "pantsers" who don't can't possibly ever write anything good, or at best are time wasters.

Somebody forgot to tell that to Stephen King, I guess. 

 

I am a pantser. I invent my characters as they come to me, I let the story run and let it develop the characters and see the characters develop the story and then I revise the daylight into it afterwards. Seems to work for me. 

[KrissiK 65,037]

Writers' meeting was :blink: .You just never can tell with writers.

Oh dear!!

[Susan in TN 71,274]

YOU GOT TO MEET SWB?!?!?!?!?!?!?! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I'm so jealous! How was it? Did you have fun?

She snorted at us. :glare:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:lol:

[Susan in TN 71,274]

Valentine's Day to April Fools Day.

 

Eta: This is not a joke; it's just weird.

My kids think it's a weird plot. How could they put those two holidays on the same day?!?

[Susan in TN 71,274]

(((Bookie))) Continuing to pray.

[KrissiK 65,037]

(((Bookie))) Continuing to pray.

Yes, Bookie!! You are in our thoughts and prayers.

[AMJ 31,946]

Sounds like Gymnast this morning. I was working on rearranging her morning schedule. I had to move the reading/writing portion, so our conversation went like this:

 

Gymnast: "yeah, move this!"

Me: "when should you do it?"

Gymnast: "after I die."

 

 

:laugh:

[AMJ 31,946]

This clinic is wonderful. They're some of the few who will test this early. It was a gamble to go since we didnt' have a previous diagnosis, but I don't think I will ever doubt my gut again. 

 

 

Likety like like like!

[AMJ 31,946]

Yay!!! You get a squillion points. And a Kit Kat bar.

 

 

Thank you!  Thank you very much!

[AMJ 31,946]

I think she has. Think about it: if she doesn't die, reading will never be on the schedule...

 

 

Such a clever girl!  She wins on that either way!

[AMJ 31,946]

That would be some interesting trouble they'd get into...

 

 

One of them will be called "Pinky", and the other "Brain"....

[AMJ 31,946]

I know someone here has mentioned some low acid coffee they like. What kind was it?

 

 

My SIL drinks Simply Smooth, by Folger's, I think.  It's easily found in most grocery stores.

[Susan in TN 71,274]

Valentine's Day being on Ash Wednesday and all, dh and I are going out for dinner tomorrow. :D Dh found a gift certificate for a nice restaurant that he thought he'd lost. :)

 

Ds13's teacher told him today that he is supposed to be learning Elegie, which I have been telling him all week NOT to practice because she told me he should save it for a later time. 🙄 OK, then.

 

My soil ammendments have arrived (free shipping from Home Depot). It is supposed to continue raining until tomorrow so I might be able to get some things done Thursday. I printed out a bunch of free garden journal pages, many of which look actually helpful, so I now have my binder sort of set up. All three colors of my sweet peppers have now sprouted, and I am hopeful for colorful peppers this summer. I have to find and clean my wheelbarrow. Which doesn't seem like it should be difficult except you haven't seen our garage. I believe it is what inspired John Bunyan's "Pit of Despair". :D

 

Time for pj's! Sweet dreams, ITT!

[AMJ 31,946]

I used to be able to get Bob's at my local supermarket. They stopped carrying it.

 

 

Someone needs to go have a talk with your local store.   :toetap05:  :toetap05:  :toetap05:

 

Amazon carries it.  You could even get it in 25-pound sacks, if you like.

[AMJ 31,946]

Letz see--we had a homeless guy come in to the group, because he wants to write a book but doesn't write. Nice guy, but that was interesting. Also another writer delivered a treatise he wrote on how to plan a novel and those "pantsers" who don't can't possibly ever write anything good, or at best are time wasters.

Somebody forgot to tell that to Stephen King, I guess. 

 

I am a pantser. I invent my characters as they come to me, I let the story run and let it develop the characters and see the characters develop the story and then I revise the daylight into it afterwards. Seems to work for me. 

 

 

I see.  And what was the group's reaction to these two?

[Paige 17,074]

I was helping to put away some chairs tonight and a very nice lady who couldn't be less than 65 but probably is closer to 70 stopped me. She took my chairs for me and said that she'd get it because they looked "a little too big for you." My pride is gone. :blush:  I wanted to help the older ladies! Nobody was under 65 other than me. 

 

Oh, and she struggled much less with it than I was, so she probably wasn't wrong. I must lift weights!

[AMJ 31,946]

She snorted at us. :glare:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:lol:

 

 

Yeah, we are so famous!  She keeps checking in on us!

[AMJ 31,946]

Valentine's Day to April Fools Day.

 

Eta: This is not a joke; it's just weird.

 

 

So, what is Val's Day to AF Day?

 

typo correction.  I should go to bed.

Edited February 7, 2018 by AMJ

[AMJ 31,946]

I was helping to put away some chairs tonight and a very nice lady who couldn't be less than 65 but probably is closer to 70 stopped me. She took my chairs for me and said that she'd get it because they looked "a little too big for you." My pride is gone. :blush:  I wanted to help the older ladies! Nobody was under 65 other than me. 

 

Oh, and she struggled much less with it than I was, so she probably wasn't wrong. I must lift weights!

 

 

It was so good of you to let her take are of you like that!

[ikslo 31,844]

Sounds like Gymnast this morning. I was working on rearranging her morning schedule. I had to move the reading/writing portion, so our conversation went like this:

 

Gymnast: "yeah, move this!"

Me: "when should you do it?"

Gymnast: "after I die."

:LOL:

[luuknam 15,843]

Btw, youngest moved up to a full size violin yesterday.   :hurray:

 

Wow, Lynn's 9yo is a giant. Or Lynn's signature is seriously outdated. 

 

Broccoli is almost big enough for a 1/4 size, but since a 1/8 size is so insanely much smaller, he's had a 1/4 size from the start (i.e. 3 months ago). I'm almost 5'4", and I probably would be best off with a 7/8 size, though full size works. Didn't get it until 12yo though (and incidentally, I quit growing at 12yo - had been 5'+ since about 9.5yo). 

 

Yay! Dd11's teacher said yesterday that it's time for dd to get a full size. These kids keep growing! Renai's kids are growing too - it's like an epidemic!

 

Mine aren't. Celery is still like 4'3". I mean, I guess a year ago he was 4'2", and the year before that about 4', but still... hardly epidemic-level growth there. 

[ikslo 31,844]

:hurray: Mary and Riv :hurray:

[luuknam 15,843]

I remember nagging about getting a bigger violin when I had a 3/4 size, and my teacher was like "uh, you realize that all those 6'4" tall guys play on a full size, yes?" (Dutch people (my family excluded) are tall, so, there are tons of 6'4" guys around in NL). Me:  :(

 

Realistically, good 7/8 size violins are harder to find than full size violins. 

[luuknam 15,843]

I don't think I mentioned that the other day Broccoli was playing outside, and came inside bringing me a bloody tooth, wanting me to help stop his mouth from bleeding. So, I try, and when I'm done, he's like, okay, now I need to go outside and find the other tooth. He lost two teeth at exactly the same time while playing outside. He did find it though. Oh, and he'd lost a 3rd one just a couple of days before (the one that had been loose for months). At the most recent checkup the dentist said that he'd loose 6 within 6 months, probably much sooner even, so, waiting to see if he'll lose 3 at once next time. 

 

(okay, in all fairness, I think he said that Celery hit him in the mouth that caused him to lose two at once, but still. He now looks like a reverse vampire, with holes instead of fangs)

[AMJ 31,946]

yawny yawn yawn yawn!  Good night, everyone.  I really should go to bed. 

[luuknam 15,843]

I remember nagging about getting a bigger violin when I had a 3/4 size, and my teacher was like "uh, you realize that all those 6'4" tall guys play on a full size, yes?" (Dutch people (my family excluded) are tall, so, there are tons of 6'4" guys around in NL). Me:  :(

 

Realistically, good 7/8 size violins are harder to find than full size violins. 

 

 

And, I'm lucky that my armspan is longer than my height. Armspan is what really matters; height doesn't. 

[Jean in Newcastle 175,324]

She snorted at us. :glare:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:lol:

It was a snort of love. And amusement.

[Southern Ivy 8,058]

I know someone here has mentioned some low acid coffee they like. What kind was it?

Folger's has one as well - It's called Simply Smooth. My mom drinks it. It's not bad. 

 

 

[Junie 50,277]

(((Bookie)))  Praying for wisdom and courage.

 

Also praying for Ikslo's nephew's friend,

 

And Maize and Jean.  Hope you're feeling better soon.

 

(((Anyone who wants a hug.)))