Happy birthday, Liese!
Right, what's a little sweater sniffing between sworn enemies?
Riley ,'Sleeper'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Sep 03, 2010 6:39:01 am PDT #21911 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
DavidS - Sep 03, 2010 6:40:56 am PDT #21912 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Happy birthday, Liese! May it rock from here to Dogtown.
But the whole thing from elementary is part of why I won't be having kids. My spotty memories of what kids are like makes that thought appalling. All the truly delightful kids I've met as an adult haven't been able to change my knee-jerk horror at the thought of living with what my formative experiences of children convinced me they are—bullies or victims.
Have you read Ray Bradbury's short story "The Playground"? That's basically the premise. Very chilling story.
JZ's got Monday off, but as I've had Matilda all week (she's transitioning to a new class at preschool), she'll probably be taking Matilda off for some adventures to give me a break. This all-day, every day SAHD business is wearying.
Though yesterday, I took Mailda over to EM's house after I dropped Emmett off at school, and they played for a couple hours. After I got Emmett I brought him back and we all went to the pool, which was good.
Jesse - Sep 03, 2010 6:41:50 am PDT #21913 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In the process of making moon sand, you could play with cornstarch goo for a while [link].
Oobleck! My favorite.
sumi - Sep 03, 2010 6:44:16 am PDT #21914 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Happy Birthday, Liese!
Amy - Sep 03, 2010 6:45:47 am PDT #21915 of 30001
Because books.
Sara's having a really hard time, missing her friends from Fulton. But it made me remember that when I was her age, I didn't have any neighborhood friends -- until sometime in third grade, when we moved to NJ, I went to school, and came home and played with my brother. I don't remember minding, either, but I suppose I didn't know any better. We were in a pretty new development and I think most of the families were younger, with babies and toddlers.
Gudanov - Sep 03, 2010 6:46:47 am PDT #21916 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Happy birthday, Liese!
msbelle - Sep 03, 2010 6:48:50 am PDT #21917 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
calming is the goal, partially. I am working on a longish lj post about lots of mac stuff. I feel like I have earned a minor in both child psychology and education, and now am working on one in developmental therapy.
Yesterday's activities between homework assignments were: 1 - mac got chewing gum, then I played with him with the pokemon figures(this is story play where they are families and the kids go to school and interact - it is learning familial and social skills), 2 - Played catch with a nerf softball and used our baseball gloves, 3 - pitched and hit to each other using nerf ball and bat, 4 - moon sand in a plastic bin, 5 - tossed frisbee (nylon fabric frisbee with foam outer ring), 6 - listened to music, 7 - dinner, 8 - tv show.
Fred Pete - Sep 03, 2010 6:49:00 am PDT #21918 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Happy Birthday, Liese!
Jesse - Sep 03, 2010 6:52:12 am PDT #21919 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
From Kat's therapy link, I want this so bad! [link]
Calli - Sep 03, 2010 7:03:54 am PDT #21920 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy birthday, Liese!
Tiggy, that tattoo looks very nifty. I hope the tattooing process goes well for you.
David, I don't think I've read "The Playground." I did read "All in a Summer's Day," which struck me as accurate.
This weekend I'll be cleaning up my apartment after my upstairs neighbor's hot water heater died a gushy death. My landlords were great about shampooing the carpet and setting up fans, but I have a ton of laundry and the like to do,as the water ran onto my bed and into my bedroom closets. In rather more exciting news, my canceled flight lesson on Sunday has been uncanceled, so I'll be able to flip my water-logged mattress the bird and go spend a couple of hours practicing stalls. Whee!