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[anabellee]

my camera came with photo editing crap. that's what i use.

just got back from the yarn store.....(insert scary noise here)
i got the yarn that i needed to make the blankets for my firend (my first paid adventure!) and i found a pattern for a knit toddler hoodie! so i got yarn to make ds one for the fall. so excited

plus, we left the dog out of her crate and she didn't eat anything or kill any cats! way to go T! she's two and it seems that labs are pups forever. this was a major step as she is the one who ate the $150 last winter

[bamamom]

i think my camera did too....but i have no freaking idea how to use it....:

my dd looks like she has the pox.....she got bitten by mosquitos last night on her back...poor girl. :

[twouglyducks]

Bama... no clue how that program works. But look for something like "Image size" or something and change that to smaller. I usually do like 4x6" and 72-100dpi for online pics.

[Meli65]

Bama, I use a free download called "IrfanView" -- I am not at all digital photo savvy but it is very easy to use. If you can find a free download site (can't help with that, I have no idea how I heard about this in the first place) you can download it -- then you open your pictures up in that program and you can just keep reducing the size by half until they're small enough to fit. That's what I do, anyway.

Dh is still away on a biz trip and I have to admit I am enjoying the quiet, the mess that is only my own (and the kids, of course), and not having to sweat dinner, the laundry, etc. so much. God bless him, I love him dearly but he is just so LOUD and brings so much wild energy into the house, the kids just start bouncing off the walls when he gets home!

[anabellee]

my dh does that too! i think it's because he likes to "wrestle" with ds and get him all worked up. they can get really loud!

[bamamom]

see, I downloaded that irfanview thing from myspace...that's what they tell you to do if you cant fit your pics in.

i downloaded it, but once i get the program open and put a pic in there, i cant make it do right. I must not know how to save the pics in irfranview. I am sick of it.

davina...would you send me your email addy? just so i can get one freaking pic up on myspace!

[twouglyducks]

I PM'ed ya Bama.

[bamamom]

woohoo!!

here it is!

[anabellee]

i added you as a "friend" bama! i'm not huge on myspace especailly since i'm not sure how the darn thing works.

[twouglyducks]

i am waiting for your approval.

[Meli65]

Irfanview, for anyone who cares:

Open the program. Go to "file" and "open" -- pick a picture that's already on your computer. It will open up the picture and, if you're like me, it will be huge. Then click on "image" and then "resize/resample" -- in that box under "some standard dimensions" you can click on "half" a couple times and that should shrink it right up nicely. Then go back into "file" and click on "save as" and save it to your computer again with a name like "Miles - small" or whatever.

My mother has been hugely helpful while dh was gone and we've had a couple of really nice days -- still I am completely spent and have a crick in my neck. Wah wah wah. This church business is also getting me down -- there are so many bad feelings floating around. That's human nature for sure, but it's hard for a naturally fairly gloomy person like me to keep her spirits up.

BTW, sorry for my political diatribe -- I was counting on the spirit of "we're all friends, we can say anything here" :

[bamamom]

its ok meli...this is a flame free zone...

and i added davina, meli, and anne! woohoo!!

[anabellee]

Meli!

way to go bama!

[SharonAnne]

Hi everyone! Hectic day around here...one of my dear friends is in labor; has been since about 3am. She went to the doctor's at about 11ish and was at 4cm, so she went on to the hospital. Last update from her was around 6pm; she was still at 4

She's trying for a vbac and this does not bode well. Anyway, it's been a busy day of checking for updates and prayers and keeping people informed and trying to get informed and worry and such. She wants a vbac so badly. If you guys pray, please keep her in your prayers tonight.

In other news...how do you guys handle temper tantrums. My first instinct is to scoop Joey up and nurse her But there's a nagging voice in the back of my head that says that if I nurse her everytime she starts whining, screaming, throwing herself back, kicking and punching and flailing because we can't go play outside in the rain....that I'm sort of rewarding "bad" behavior.

So, what do you all do?

[anabellee]

for us, tempertantrums aren't too bad. they're usually quick and over with in a minute or so. they used to be longer but i make sure i'm firm in my stance and really, we only have "rule" about major things. generally, just about things that hurt people/dogs

[bamamom]

try just walking away. or saying No Joey, we dont kick and scream.

i dunno...

[ex-stasis]

Originally Posted by SharonAnne

In other news...how do you guys handle temper tantrums. My first instinct is to scoop Joey up and nurse her But there's a nagging voice in the back of my head that says that if I nurse her everytime she starts whining, screaming, throwing herself back, kicking and punching and flailing because we can't go play outside in the rain....that I'm sort of rewarding "bad" behavior.

So, what do you all do?

Istra's only had one major temper tantrum so far, and I tried nursing her as well and it seemd to work, until she BIT ME... REALLY HARD... and then continued her screaming and flailing. You might want to watch out for that.

The only thing that worked was just riding it out... but this is the full blown screaming, kicking, throwing herself backwards type tantrum. Usually if she's just screaming I can distract her with something... like the cat. "Look Istra, there's the KITTY!" At which point she runs after the kitty with (no doubt) some diabolical plan in mind. Poor kitty.

Oh, and since this is my first post to this thread, I should say congrats Michelle on #4 on the way! Woot!

[tuppence]

I was in NYC for 9/11 also. We lived on 14th St in between 5th and 6th which means that we could watch the towers fall from the corner. It was awful in a way that I don't have words for but as the PP said, it was NYC afterward that was even worse (for me anyway). I still get a little freaked out thinking about it.

As far as tantrums go, Royce gets mad when he's thwarted and throws himself to the ground and cries. I'll tell him that it's ok and that I know that's he frustrated bc of X, but we don't do much else and he stops after a minute.

[SharonAnne]

Thanks for the input on tantrums.

Just to update on my friend in labor from yesterday, her son was born at 4am, via c-section. She never progressed past 5cm. But she seemsto be in good spirits and she said she's glad she tried to vbac.

[angel04345]

Hmmmmm I missed a lot and came back in on a very personal subject! Way to go Bama!

I have been mudding and painting all naps and so haven't been able to get online. I haven't even been able to balance my checkbook!

OMG I feel like such garbage with all the allergies! Nolan is sooooo sick too: We went to the docs and the doc wouldn't give him anything without seeing an allergist. DH and I decided that is dramatic and that we would try some herbal remedies and over the counter things to help him out. They say this is the worst time of year for allergies so hes just going to be like me:

Wow Anne you are three months already!

I have to go help Ali play hide and seek with her friend. Talk with you all later!