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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 287920" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, all.</p><p></p><p>Trish, I deal with the time thing by having a widget on my computer that tells me when it's past midnight at Conduct Disorders central. By then I figure the morning thread is fair game!</p><p>I'm glad the kids are back in your care - a good friend of mine goes through this with a boy she fosters informally - they are registered foster carers but have a quietrrngement with this particular family. I;m convinced the family she's helping are justusing her as a convenient (and crazy) free babysitting aervice. They've even been known to drop their laundry over for her to do. And whenever she picks up the kids, they're always in dirty, worn, too-small clothes. My friend was always buying them new clothes but the kids (when with bio-parents) would never have the new clothes but instead would turn up, in winter, in skimpy dirty summer clothes. And whenever she gets them, she automatically de-louses. She's had me over frequently doing hair checks - I'm short-sighted which means I take off my glasses and have built-in magnified vision! When easy child was small her best friend was a foster child living with her grandmother. The kid was always lousy, easy child got dose after dose of head lice from her so I got a lot of practice.</p><p></p><p>Linda, I'm glad you're getting sturdy handtails in. You can't afford a fall. I hope you get the paperwork sorted with husband's affairs. It's rough having to do this.</p><p></p><p>Andy, it sounds like a tricky day, schedule-wise. I hope it all works out OK.</p><p></p><p>Fran, the hiking trip and the festival sound lovely (apart from worrying about the bears). It's lovely to hear good reports of your kids especially when as parents we've spent so many years being apprehensive.</p><p></p><p>A crowded busy day in the Marg household today. Cold (for Sydney). I'd finally got difficult child 1 to come and do some mowing (for which he gets paid a small amount in cash which helps balance out the pension). Before he could begin on the second lawn however, some surprise rain began.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile daughter in law & easy child 2/difficult child 2 were working on daughter in law's bridesmaid's dress for the wedding. It's taking shape well. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is becoming a talented seamstress - I wish my mother could have seen this (but my mother would be 98 this year if she had lived). Her father was a tailor (no, she didn't sew my new blue jeans!) and my mother taught me all I know about sewing. I tried to teach my kids but it seems only easy child 2/difficult child 2 (and maybe difficult child 3) have picked it up. However, we had an accident - easy child 2/difficult child 2 ran the sewing machine needle right through the tip of her thumb, through the nail and all. OUCH! She got the needle back out and the thumb away from the fabric before it began to bleed and then immediately put it in to soak in hot water. I will have to remind her to get to a doctor to get it seen, but knowing her, she won't take the time to go. Instead she must remember to soak her finger every three hours to kill any potential infection.</p><p>difficult child 1 walked in and asked why she had her thumb bandaged. We told him, "She put the sewing machine needle right through it." </p><p>He said without thinking, "Does it need stitches?"</p><p>Then almost immediately smacked his forehead at what he had said.</p><p></p><p>Even when things are stressful we can always find something to laugh at.</p><p></p><p>The rain has just started again and my hands are numb as I type. difficult child 3 is trying to convince me he doesn't need to take the melatonin his doctor has prescribed. It's not arrived here yet, it's still at the compounding pharmacy waiting on difficult child 1's prescriptions to be sorted out so they can despatch all the medications in one go and save us added postage. So to convince me he doesn't eed melatonin, difficult child 3 has gone to bed "early". By 11 pm! He's supposed to be in bed by 9.30 pm and lights out at 10. So we'll see how well I can get him out of bed in the morning.</p><p></p><p>We got the assessment task extension sorted out yesterday morning, so he's been busy working on one of them at least, so he can hand it in when we go to school for a study day on Thursday. It was difficult for him to work on it today with a house full of people but he says he's making good progress and will be ready to hand it in on Thursday morning. I wish we were handing BOTH in, but we could be lucky...</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Tuesday. May it be warmer than ours!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 287920, member: 1991"] G'day, all. Trish, I deal with the time thing by having a widget on my computer that tells me when it's past midnight at Conduct Disorders central. By then I figure the morning thread is fair game! I'm glad the kids are back in your care - a good friend of mine goes through this with a boy she fosters informally - they are registered foster carers but have a quietrrngement with this particular family. I;m convinced the family she's helping are justusing her as a convenient (and crazy) free babysitting aervice. They've even been known to drop their laundry over for her to do. And whenever she picks up the kids, they're always in dirty, worn, too-small clothes. My friend was always buying them new clothes but the kids (when with bio-parents) would never have the new clothes but instead would turn up, in winter, in skimpy dirty summer clothes. And whenever she gets them, she automatically de-louses. She's had me over frequently doing hair checks - I'm short-sighted which means I take off my glasses and have built-in magnified vision! When easy child was small her best friend was a foster child living with her grandmother. The kid was always lousy, easy child got dose after dose of head lice from her so I got a lot of practice. Linda, I'm glad you're getting sturdy handtails in. You can't afford a fall. I hope you get the paperwork sorted with husband's affairs. It's rough having to do this. Andy, it sounds like a tricky day, schedule-wise. I hope it all works out OK. Fran, the hiking trip and the festival sound lovely (apart from worrying about the bears). It's lovely to hear good reports of your kids especially when as parents we've spent so many years being apprehensive. A crowded busy day in the Marg household today. Cold (for Sydney). I'd finally got difficult child 1 to come and do some mowing (for which he gets paid a small amount in cash which helps balance out the pension). Before he could begin on the second lawn however, some surprise rain began. Meanwhile daughter in law & easy child 2/difficult child 2 were working on daughter in law's bridesmaid's dress for the wedding. It's taking shape well. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is becoming a talented seamstress - I wish my mother could have seen this (but my mother would be 98 this year if she had lived). Her father was a tailor (no, she didn't sew my new blue jeans!) and my mother taught me all I know about sewing. I tried to teach my kids but it seems only easy child 2/difficult child 2 (and maybe difficult child 3) have picked it up. However, we had an accident - easy child 2/difficult child 2 ran the sewing machine needle right through the tip of her thumb, through the nail and all. OUCH! She got the needle back out and the thumb away from the fabric before it began to bleed and then immediately put it in to soak in hot water. I will have to remind her to get to a doctor to get it seen, but knowing her, she won't take the time to go. Instead she must remember to soak her finger every three hours to kill any potential infection. difficult child 1 walked in and asked why she had her thumb bandaged. We told him, "She put the sewing machine needle right through it." He said without thinking, "Does it need stitches?" Then almost immediately smacked his forehead at what he had said. Even when things are stressful we can always find something to laugh at. The rain has just started again and my hands are numb as I type. difficult child 3 is trying to convince me he doesn't need to take the melatonin his doctor has prescribed. It's not arrived here yet, it's still at the compounding pharmacy waiting on difficult child 1's prescriptions to be sorted out so they can despatch all the medications in one go and save us added postage. So to convince me he doesn't eed melatonin, difficult child 3 has gone to bed "early". By 11 pm! He's supposed to be in bed by 9.30 pm and lights out at 10. So we'll see how well I can get him out of bed in the morning. We got the assessment task extension sorted out yesterday morning, so he's been busy working on one of them at least, so he can hand it in when we go to school for a study day on Thursday. It was difficult for him to work on it today with a house full of people but he says he's making good progress and will be ready to hand it in on Thursday morning. I wish we were handing BOTH in, but we could be lucky... Enjoy your Tuesday. May it be warmer than ours! Marg [/QUOTE]
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