Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / July 2005

When I was a girl in junior high, I would go to the movie theater after
school and give strange boys oral treats. Am I the only woman with such
guilty memories?
Sue

I just went thru and took a bunch of ppl off my yahoo IM list, mostly
because they are people that I have not talked to or seen in a couple of
years.
It got me to wondering, if I del. someone from my list do I still show up on

think they start in 3rd grade.
DD loves football. So last year she started to play tackle. I posted about that
and she kept improving and improving towards the end of the season even was
co-captain for one game due to her efforts.

Well just want to know if I am really that bad of a guy. Inlaws are accusing me
of not treating DW like an adult and basically doing everything wrong. IOW it's
all my fault.
For those who don't know I got a son with Aspergers (high functioning Autism)

Sent in my marketing case assignments yesterday eve... Now I'm waiting
for the verdict, which may take up to three (3!!!!!!!) weeks. The
blasted guy might be away on vacation, ack. I'm so not good at waiting,
sigh. Of course it's not as if I don't have anything else to do, what

My grandmother pulled through surgery ok.  She had it on Tuesday last
week and did not wake up until Sunday I believe it was.  Everyone was
crying and saying the good byes basicly.  She is still verry weak and I
am not sure what I want to do.  Basicly I need to decide how much I

We are at our local pool almost every day, the girls are in swim class w/
great teachers.  All of the lifeguards have been wonderful.  I would like to
give them a token of appreciation.  However I'm not sure how many guards
there are and probably couldn't afford to buy them each ...

it's very quiet here today...
or maybe I'm just not getting the posts?
/echo
Anni

The babies are doing well, both were head down(!) and they weighed in at 6
and almost 5 lb for the girl and the boy respectively at the 34w u/s. The
girl is taking after DS and DH, the boy seems to have the build of my male
relatives: tall and very skinny.

man 75 MPH winds will knock you over!

I haven't posted here in a while, but I thought now might be a good time.
My brother and SIL just lost a baby (miscarriage).  It was their first pregnancy and I am so sad for
them.  I want to do something for them, but I have no idea what.  They don't live far away, and I've

In case you were wondering......
Teen Titans is shown in Japan
and Uno is played in Japan.  We just had a bang up multi-language game of
uno which was enjoyed by all!

the smell of a sweet baby boy...
... when he pouts and smiles and coos
... when my 4 year old is snuggling with me
... when my 8 year old dances the wild dance of her youth to music on the

Today I went into a local games shop. Behind the counter I spied
a....PSP, they arent due out until Sep 1 (and even then theyre so pricey
I wont be getting one). I asked if I could have a go :) They were very
obliging :) wow it was sooo cool (ok I know Im sad) the graphics are

Dad passed away this morning at 6.25am NZ time.
Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers and support over the long
time of his illness.
He is now at peace with no pain.