Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / November 2006

Parent-teacher meeting this evening. Ks new teacher is lovely.
She pointed out two problems
1) she doesnt show her maths workings and for the national test in the
summer she needs to. Problem is that K just knows the answer.

I'm doign NaNoWriMo this year, and between therapy sessions with Alena I've
been doing 15 minutes sprints to get the writing done.
The grammer probably sucks and I know I have a ton of editing to do later,
but it feels great to be this far into hte book!

Not much was happening here until mid-september, but then it started.
First we all had a bad flu. As I was recovering, I got stomach aches,
but I thought it was due to the flu. Then they got bad, REAL bad and I
was literally rolling around on the floor. It felt like gallstone ...

dh told me to come outside. Its dark out and there is a layer of fog
just above our house. We can bounce our torch light off it in a very
clear circle.
bit freaky lol!

we got a call from our caseworker looking to place a newborn boy.  He
had been born 4:30 in the morning somewhere in the city and pretty much
dropped off at the hospital after that.   Thankfully he was okay after
the trauma of a homebirth and a 911 call.

just venting.
whole evening of dh and I work towards the grotto completely pointless
cos I did something stupid. plus kitten ruined recording of german
christmas carols for austria by playing with the record player so we

We are thinking of adopting a doggie for our family.  I've found a shelter
that deals strictly with border collies and have always wanted one.  Does
anyone here have any experience with BC's?  I'd greatly appreciate any info
you could provide!  thanks

On Saturday night, asked DD10 to help make dessert. So her job was to make
the crumble while I prepared the apples. Took a while to get things
happening, so I started to hurry. Not thinking too clearly when the core got
stuck in the apple corer, stuck my thumb through. Normally I ...

I found them!  Jeff packed them really goofy.. think a container wrapped in
newspaper and then stuck in another container.
Tori

talked with the local bird afficianado...
The bird we found was/is a Golden Crowned Kinglet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-crowned_Kinglet
Our bird was a girl... the female has the gold(yellow) and the male has

I wonder what you might suggest to this parent.  She has a sheep farm
and her toddler is currently chasing her dogs and hitting them where
he used to be gentle.  She did just have a baby as well and he is
hitting and throwing things at baby and at grandma too.

Got word from one of our former members this morning that my favorite
wiggle is out... (actually I like them all!)
I'm sad about this.... I hope he recovers well!
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=61825

This might seem like a strange question but there is evidence that
finger length is related to prenatal hormone levels and that this in
turn influences brain development and function. In this study we are
trying to find out if finger length is in anyway related to personality

who stole all my forks?
Really I can not find a single fork.. but hey almost all the pans are
unpacked :P
Tori

Next few weeks are beyond hectic, why does everything happen at once?
Santas Grotto is going well, got a good team going who are defintely
doing their share of work but it takes a *lot* of work to organise it
all even with lots and lots of delegating.