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[Nanci]

Knot, it's his sausage, not mine...

He did ask if I wanted him to make cheesy eggs for breakfast!

Nanci

Remember that whole Loraina Bobbit thing? The local radio station, at the time, had a contest where people would drive by in their cars and throw a hotdog out the window to win a prize. I thought that was excellently creative. We all know what happened to him, I wonder whatever happened to her?

[mimitabby]

Hello, I am feeling sad because Jennifer forgot me.
I am glad that you are feeling better, and I'm not that sad
because I know I am just someone far away typing things
that you read occasionally.

We just got a letter from an old man in a town far far away
who says he wrote to us 3x since last Christmas and is sad because
we are not writing back. He might have written 3 times, but we didn't
get any of those letters, so how sad is that! Anyway, we hadn't gotten a christmas card out yet (okay, he's in Italy) and we realize that we MUST
send him something this weekend or he won't get it in time. he's like 92 years old now. My husband wrote a travelogue in english about our time there
and this old guy sent us a newspaper with Dh's travelogue beautifully translated into italian complete with the photos we took. DH was very touched.

went to a cookie party tonight, the first we've ever been to. It was our sons' circle of friends. They invited us, so we each dutifully cooked 7 dozen cookies and went. The other people showed up, all lovely young folk in their 20's and we all divvied up all the cookies. Then we all got on the floor and played with these magnetic sticks and made things with them.
what a riot.

Nanci
i do remember Lorena Bobbit. (such a name) that story just blew me away...

Kelownagirl, your son is beautiful. I can believe he's hyper, i had two of them. I promise, it will get better some day!

[Fredwina]

Fredwina, the doggie who went both to kindergarten show N tell and your bachelor's degree graduation, that was either a very old dog or you graduated when you were 10?

Tutti lived to a quiet old age(I was 22,and she was a puppy when she went kindergarten with moi). my understanding is that's common for small dogs. We finally had to put her to sleep.

[Xrayted]

Hey there Mimi! Jen is a bit beat tonight. Catching up and writing her posts kinda took it out of her. But believe me, she did want to include you in her thoughts tonight. Along with Snap, I also told her to go rest. But only after assuring her I would write you a nice little poem to ease your pain. So here's a post just for you from Jen...
*ducking* Please don't kill me.

...........................................................
There once was a Mimi from Seattle
Who rode her bike so fast it rattled
Whenever she trained
The pace was strained
And now her brains are a bit addled.
...........................................................

Sorry, it's the best I could do on short notice and without getting crazy and graphic. The other version included some dude from Nantucket... (that was Jen's idea ) See Mimi, it could have been much worse!

She'll see y'all tomorrow.

-X.

[mimitabby]

gee, X, i am honored. I don't think anyone has written a poem about me since i was 16!

I feel better now.

[salsabike]

We went to the annual Bellevue Botanical Garden D'Lights tonight (right after the contractor presented us with a bill that included a heretofore unknown $15,000 overrun, so we needed to do something to improve things). This is a garden done entirely with lights in classes the Botanical Garden teaches every year. The best part is actually a slug done in lights, with a little slime trail of lights, but we didn't get a good picture of him. It is the most fabulous sight and they do an incredible job with both plants and animals. Wanted to share with you guys,

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[kelownagirl]

Kelownagirl, your son is beautiful. I can believe he's hyper, i had two of them. I promise, it will get better some day!

Mimi - two of my three kids have adhd. My daughter is 21 now and although she gave me a few grey hairs, she is an absolutely wonderful young woman who lights up a room whenever she enters. She's still as scatterbrained as ever but I wouldn't change her for anything. I'm sure Jesse will grow up to be just as wonderful (if I don't kill him first. ) Both of them are very musical and artistic - I wonder if there's any connection?

[crazycanuck]

Slug here...Hey kids..

Jen-so good to hear you're at home resting & recovering. We was scareeeeeed for you.. as trek said!

The 12hr was so much fun except now my eyes hurt..not because of riding at night but staying awake pretty much the whole time. I felt guilty doing any sleep and had a 2hr nap at 1am...then went and did a lap at 4am..!

A before photo of Ian & I then one of me this morning..man my eyes hurt...

Yes, those lights on the handlebars are home made & are awesome. I use them along with my cat eye double shots..I have a hard time seeing at night esp with depth !

I have tomorrow off!!! Can't sleep in though..dr appt then pilates then interview..

c

[Kitsune06]

Woo CC! yeah, you look *tired* in that 2nd pic- Glad you had a good time
I don't think I could do a 12 hour... You've got some guts!

[mimitabby]

Mimi - two of my three kids have adhd. My daughter is 21 now and although she gave me a few grey hairs, she is an absolutely wonderful young woman who lights up a room whenever she enters. She's still as scatterbrained as ever but I wouldn't change her for anything. I'm sure Jesse will grow up to be just as wonderful (if I don't kill him first. ) Both of them are very musical and artistic - I wonder if there's any connection?

Kelownagirl, both of my sons qualified as having ADD and one ADHD but I did not believe there was anything wrong with my sons. It was clear to me that my active curious sons were victims of a crazy school system where active healthy young children were expected to sit all day at desks when their bodies wanted to run, jump, yell and climb trees. Then after having to sit all day in school, where they fidgeted and drove the teachers crazy, they came home and were expected to sit and do homework. I still have incredible feelings of remorse or guilt when I compare my own childhood, where I was sent outside to play everyday and I had NO homework, to theirs. I did try to get them outside to play, but too many of their young hours were wasted on homework. My "ADHD" son is now getting close to a 4. gpa in one of the hardest majors at the University; applied math. My other son is a grad student. oops, sorry i am ranting. I am passionate about my children, and when they were children, they drove me nuts. In a setting similar to the one with your son's picture, my older son was in a Suzuki violin performance. And he started acting silly. One little boy in an ocean of 50 tiny violinists, and he's getting goofy in there. We nearly died of embarrasment. Of course everyone else was watching their own pint-sized performer, but that memory of helplessness prevails. that boy knew we couldn't tell him to knock it off.
Today he performs on stage for a living playing the French Horn.

[mimitabby]

cc, you are a cutie. you did 12 hours on a MTB!!!!! wow! that is phenomenal!

[KnottedYet]

Today's Knotland theme music is brought to us by Queen:
"Under Pressure" and "I'm Going Slightly Mad"

Inpirational music also provided by Queen: "One Vision" (with the fabulous, Knot-like, deeply philosophical last line of "fried chicken")

Today I must write a first draft of my personal statement (hey, I can make a lot of personal statements! Oh, you mean about *myself*?!?!) for grad school. I also need to track down 2 more folks to write references. And it would be best if I could get into the library to use a PC (ick) to start the general app and print a couple things.

Can't use Mac for the online app for a school running with $$$$$ donated by Bill Gates. Says so right there: Mac use cannot be supported. (I'm talking actual computer systems here, kids)

All that AND I gotta go for a run (or my brain will explode) in my Chaco sandals (cuz I have no running shoes at the moment) AND I gotta go to church AND I'd better go get some groceries (can you believe CPS expects you to feed your kid EVERY day?)

The deadline for the whole she-bang is Jan 15. But I'm leaving town for a week and a half the day after tomorrow so I gotta BUST MY BUNS by Tuesday!

"I'm going slighty maaaaad, I'm going slightleeeeeee mad, it finally happened, I'm slightly mad, just veeeery slightly mad..."

[DebW]

BMo3, great to have you back!

Went into the city last night with dh to have dinner with our daughter and attend a performance of a women's choral group (www.voicesrising.org) which a co-worker sings in. Ended up almost late for the performance and jogged the last 7 blocks (so I got the directions wrong and we went 2 blocks past the place and had to turn around). Similar to Salsa's light show pictures, there was a decorated sailboat moored on the Charles River by the Longfellow Bridge as we walked across last night. Very nice with the mast and sails and all lit up. There was something made of lights on the back of the boat which looked to me like a chicken. DH said he thought it was supposed to be Rudolf.

The performance was all devoted to songs of wisdom and world peace, with songs like "Wage Peace", "Women's Peace Prayer", "1000 Grandmothers", "World Citizen". Too bad our leaders in Washington weren't listening. The culminating work was a 30 minute performance of "Song of Widsom from Old Turtle", based on the children's book "Old Turtle" by Douglas Wood. This piece contained violin, piano, percussion, and a didgeriedoo, dramatic spoken naration, and chorus. Very impressive.

The other thing I'm doing these days that always makes me happy is taking my 3 year old nephew Nolan to his Tae Kwon Do class every Wednesday afternoon. He earned his first stripe last week and was so happy. Tae Kwon Do is going to be so good for him in improving his balance and coordination and concentration (Trek will vouch for all this). And it's so cute to watch. I think I grin from ear to ear through the whole class.

[Xrayted]

Wow salsa, great pics! Thanks for sharing that. We don't have anything like that around here. Hershey sets up a drive through light display that starts by HersheyPark and winds out through the woods, past houses, along fields and takes about 1/2 hour to get through by car. But the detail is no where near what you've posted because you'd never be able to appreciate it from a car. Very, very cool.

mimi - It's refreshing to hear a parent stick up for their kids regarding ADD. I have 4 brothers who were "very active" but were dealt with through creative activities. They were given time to run off the energy and get it out of their systems. They all had kids who acted just like they did in adolescence. (Mom's curse really did come back to haunt them. ) Right away the suggestions were made to put the rambunctious ones on medication, no other alternatives were even suggested. Well, two of the boys were given the meds and they promptly turned into little zombies who never slept, never ate and couldn't think straight, but yes they were quiet and still in school. I talked myself blue in the face for months to get them to stop giving them that junk. Eventually, they both were weened off and we worked on having them understanding when they were getting nutsy and how to deal with it. Also, a change in diet really helped. It was definitely harder work that way, but oh so worth it. Most of them are grown up and out on their own now, some with kids of their own. My 11 nieces and nephews range from 27-7 y.o. I know they will go through the same things with their kids (7 so far that range from 8 y.o. to 3 mths with 2 more on the way this holiday season) and I hope they remember what two of them endured and make the right decision when the time comes.
BTW, without your son acting like that at the recital, would you ever have remembered that one night aside from any of the other ones? Probably not. If he'd been anyone other than who he was, you may have lost that precious memory of that night. That would have been a shame.

CrazyC- check you out! You biker babe you! I think a 12 hour would kill me girl. Jeez, I'm going to have to really train before I come down to visit you.

Knot - If your in a Queen mood, how about Seaside Rendezvous, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Somebody To Love or We Will Rock You... maybe Bicycle Race? Might calm you down a bit and get ya in the mood for upcoming events. Good luck with getting it written before you leave. Sorry you have to go "PC" for a while. I know how hard that must be on you. Good thing it's just a computer we're talking about.

Well, off to see the wizard (my bro) to put my new hitch on. Then I get to test out the new custom bike/kayak rack we designed. It's gonna need modified I'm sure. I'm also gonna try to find time to head out and check on a 4 bike rack to snap into it for when the kids wanna come along.