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post #141 of 667
3/5/09 at 7:17pm
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Originally Posted by kaPOW! View Post
ondemand isn't working so our supply of "educational" garbage is unavailable. gosh darn comcast!
I don't get ondemand. TIVO all the way baby!!! you don't get PBS kids or Noggin?
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post #142 of 667
3/5/09 at 7:21pm
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Originally Posted by aniT View Post
I don't get ondemand. TIVO all the way baby!!! you don't get PBS kids or Noggin?
I have no idea, we don't really watch tv except for the occasional ondemand sesame. I just scrolled through the guide until I saw a cartoon that looked ok. When it ended, it was replaced by spongebob. It's all going off now anyway.
post #143 of 667
3/5/09 at 8:04pm
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Originally Posted by kaPOW! View Post
I saw it and am glad to see it. Stay out you Callies
I'm so two faced on that... I totally wish nobody else would move here 'cause it's MINE! And the traffic and the house prices and and and...but I have lots of Cali transplant friends and appreciate the freshness and vitality that must partially be from the people who move here from somewhere else.

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Originally Posted by kaPOW! View Post
Awe, that got my insides all gushy. That boy has a very special mom. I'm glad that you're able to tap into these resources now.
Me too! Zoe, you rock. :

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Originally Posted by cellarstella View Post
I'm completely out of my winter funk and it is AWESOME.

And the more time I put into being a mama, the more I do not understand my parents. I thought parenthood would bring more clarity, but instead I'm like, "what's wrong with you people?
Yay for springtime happiness! I've been feeling much happier when the sun is out. I think this winter is the worst funk I've ever had. I'm glad you're feeling better. I get that, "What have I done?" feeling too. Not in a regretful way, but sometimes it feels kind of crazy. I remember right after my first baby was born, I would wake up and be startled that I had these precious amazing people next to me. MY husband and OUR child. It was overwhelming. Maybe while I was asleep, I had forgotten how BIG my life had become and it took a second to come back to me when I woke up. It was the weirdest feeling. I was so thankful and happy and humbled and also so scared because I felt so vulnerable. We're all just skin sacks full of gushy stuff, and how could I even contain all this love and good fortune? It's good stuff. :

And I'm totally with you on the family thing. Getting pregnant and having kids brought out some serious issues for me around that. Most of my mom friends were saying, "OH now I understand my parents so much more". Not me. I thought, if they loved me in the same way that I love my babies, HOW could they do some of the things they did? But, I try to remember that they were young and they did the best they could with the knowledge and resources they had. It doesn't do me any good to be upset about it. I know they love me in the best way they can. Which is maybe not always the best. I'm lucky that both my parents really want to be around my girls. My mom has even said she was clueless back then, but my dad seems to think everyone needs a rough childhood to toughen them up and as long as you're still alive you should quit complaining.

All the henna talk is making me want to henna my hair. Sara, when I did mine, it was always flaming orange for the first couple days, and then mellowed out like Laura said.
post #144 of 667
3/5/09 at 10:03pm
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Originally Posted by LucyRev View Post


And I'm totally with you on the family thing. Getting pregnant and having kids brought out some serious issues for me around that. Most of my mom friends were saying, "OH now I understand my parents so much more". Not me. I thought, if they loved me in the same way that I love my babies, HOW could they do some of the things they did? But, I try to remember that they were young and they did the best they could with the knowledge and resources they had. It doesn't do me any good to be upset about it. I know they love me in the best way they can. Which is maybe not always the best. I'm lucky that both my parents really want to be around my girls. My mom has even said she was clueless back then, but my dad seems to think everyone needs a rough childhood to toughen them up and as long as you're still alive you should quit complaining.
I had a conversation close to this today with my dad. I question why some things have happened in my life, especially when I was younger and growing up. I love Campbell so much and I strive to do everything for her. I kinda wonder if my parents did that for me.
Then while I was talking to him about my mom, I said that whats done is done and I can't dwell on it. I can only move on and not make the same mistakes. Forgive and let go, maybe not forget, but def. let go.
I am grateful that my mom and step dad love Campbell as much as they do, but I do wonder why they treat her ten times better than they ever treated me. I am also glad to have my dad and step mom in her life.....they love her in ways that I don't think my rich mom and step dad even know how to.
I guess I am grateful that she gets the best of both worlds. Although I'll never understand why they did what they did or why. Being a mom to campbell does not ever make me think "now I understand my parents more".
post #145 of 667
3/5/09 at 10:27pm
Being a parent totally helped me to understand my parents better. I'm far more aware of how screwed up they were/are. I used to just kind of "accept" that their perspective on life was reality, when in fact it was just the world viewed through their broken and cloudy lenses. Nico has opened my eyes to a lot of things that I was perfectly willing to let go without benefiting from. But every one of their flaws and eff ups is rich with lessons and learning. It's hard to be angry or resentful towards them when examining them, and myself, and our lives together, brings such depth to my understanding of humanity and our myriad foibles.

Not saying I wouldn't have traded up, but y'know.
post #146 of 667
3/5/09 at 10:49pm
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Originally Posted by kaPOW! View Post
Not saying I wouldn't have traded up, but y'know.
My friend still to this day says, My real family is coming to get me any day now.
post #147 of 667
3/5/09 at 11:12pm
Alex says, "Mommy, please, please booby"
post #148 of 667
3/5/09 at 11:29pm

New Yahoo group for PDX/AP/NFL

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Portla...Family_Living/
post #149 of 667
3/6/09 at 12:13am
I need bagel-making lessons. The first time I made them, they came out like hockey pucks. This time they are gooey. :
post #150 of 667
3/6/09 at 12:17am
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Originally Posted by spottiew View Post
like a certain preschool, or just that they will help you at any preschool? i thought you didn't want to do preschool?
It's preschool with teachers experienced with AS (Autism Spectrum) and other disabilities that is completely free because he qualifies for services through the county education district. I am interested in the right pre-school for Elliott, which I have been unable to find that I can afford. He still doesn't like the idea of school but I am willing to try it out if he gets the help that will help him interact in a socially appropriate way. He wants to interact with other people and kids but the skills are not there.
post #151 of 667
3/6/09 at 12:20am
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Originally Posted by kaPOW! View Post
ondemand isn't working so our supply of "educational" garbage is unavailable. gosh darn comcast!
Elliott loves magic school bus on You Tube and sesame street stuff is on there too, but then computer is not available for you.
post #152 of 667
3/6/09 at 2:10am
Talula watches Spongebob all the time. Good thing I don't believe in hell.

I go back and forth with understanding my parents and thinking WTF about my parents. Still don't understand sending your kid away to a Fundamental Baptist boarding school for 3 years, don't think I ever will, no matter how much acid my kids take in high school.
post #153 of 667
3/6/09 at 2:19am
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Originally Posted by papayapetunia View Post
Talula watches Spongebob all the time. Good thing I don't believe in hell.
Oh, I was totally joking. I love me some spongebob. Hell, I'm Soil-side Spongebob.
post #154 of 667
3/6/09 at 2:19am
I mean hecky dern.
post #155 of 667
3/6/09 at 12:39pm
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Originally Posted by aniT View Post
Yes.. an I recieved an automated call from Fred Meyer stating that I may have bought this. I am sure the info came from my rewards card profile.
hm, i just get notices on my recepits... buy 5 things, get 5 inches of 'WARNING! CLIF BAR ALERT!'.

so i have the day entirely off. yep, work is that slow. and yet, there is much to be done, just no money to pay us to do it. kieran got invited to omsi, and i get to take my cat around town...
post #156 of 667
3/6/09 at 1:11pm
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Originally Posted by kaPOW! View Post
Oh, I was totally joking. I love me some spongebob. Hell, I'm Soil-side Spongebob.
Just wanted to let you know you won't be alone in hell. Sometimes I hear what they're talking about on that show and I do a double-take. Pretty bizarre. But Talula chooses it over a lot of other shows, strangely.
post #157 of 667
3/6/09 at 2:28pm
I think today is Nico's best day ever at the preschool! : He was more teary eyed with me this morning, and in the car to drop me off at work, but it was a really great kind of teary eyed. And we had a great talk about it last night. Ryan called and said the drop off was the smoothest yet (confirmed by a kid who whispered to his friend "Nico is doing muuuuuuuuuuuuuch better" and )

Today they make their cake.
post #158 of 667
3/6/09 at 3:35pm
Sara, where does he go to school? I forgot, is it Childroots?
post #159 of 667
3/6/09 at 4:06pm
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Originally Posted by papayapetunia View Post
Sara, where does he go to school? I forgot, is it Childroots?
Mountain Valley Community School.
post #160 of 667
3/6/09 at 4:34pm
Oh, OK. Don't know why I thought it was Childroots. I asked because the owner contacted me and asked if I could do my workshop for parents at their school.