Re: Y'uns are just too quiet

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In a message dated 6/9/04 10:05:36 PM Central Daylight Time,

cindysue@... writes:

> Do I need to drag Tim to his pc to liven things up?

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HI

I am back from an exhausting vacation ......... Sara's school got out Friday,

May 28th and we left 3 hours later for Destin, FL. Basically dropping the

backpacks and picking up the suitcases lol We were supposed to leave that

Saturday but hubby was eager to hit the road so we left. Our phone lines went

out

that same day so when we returned I had no phone or online contact UGGGGGGGGGGGG

We got home Sunday (June 6th) and Sara started summer school June 7th. I am

taking advantage of her mornings away this week .... by resting lol The beach

was great and spending many days in a condo with all of my sibs and families was

so-so lol one member of my family reminded me everyday of my shortcomings

geeesh I thought I was perfect like she is heehee

We leave Thursday for Lake , LA, family reunion of my dads family

......... awesome group of relatives and I will have my own hotel room lol Sara

said she wants to hunt gators .......... I'll believe this when I see it

After next week things will be back to normal and I'll be outside a lot with

the kids. I need to paint this summer but I don't see this happening heehee

the kids are not cooperative with my summer time.

I'll be praying for , I played catch up on mail this week (since

I haven't been able to get online in so long) and I was worried about your

man. Also Sharon I am so sorry about your dad ........ geeesh this has been a

yr. for losses huh

I sure missed you all

Kathy mom to Sara 12

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As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. 24:15

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I started this 3 weeks ago, but never got it finished, so I thought now might be

a good time while every one is so quiet.

Well, I haven't posted in awhile, thought I'd let everyone know how we are

doing. I just had Caty's IEP yesterday. It went quite well, I don't have many of

the problems that I used to. Caty will be in 7th grade next year. Which means

lockers with locks, changing for gym, going to school dances, marching with the

7/8 band in local parades and her dream........ to be in the 1/2 time show at

the football game. (well almost, 7/8 grade band " helps " the senior band play the

Anthem at Homecoming)....wow it seems like just yesterday she was starting

Kindergarten!

They got her a laptop that will be used for a communication device. She isn't

going to carry it around because she can make her basic needs known. It's going

to be for her classroom (and right now at home). It uses software called

Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro It also has a program called Co-Writer

on it that has word prediction and voice output. One of our goals is to be able

to write an email to Uncle Mark in NC or to one of her friends. Because her

speech is so poor, she's never been able to talk much on the phone to friends.

But I guess most kids instant message and email anyway, so that's one of her

goals.

She still has a small button communication device that holds a few seconds of

a message. We use it to put things on that happened at home the night before and

she wants to tell the kids the next morning at school.

On the last day of school, I put on it " Would you sign my yearbook " and you

should see her yearbook! It's covered with signatures. I wished I had thought of

that last year.

At the end of the year concert, she was the 1st person performing (a solo).

She did 2 songs that she and the band director made up for her ability. (The

band director told the audience that she made up the pieces) I think maybe the

director asked Caty what she wanted to do, she showed her and the director put

in down on paper.....not sure. She played the snare drums & the bongos. I still

tear up when I think about it. In 7/8 grade, you have band every day, not just

once a week so we expect even greater things next year!

For those of you teaching your children keyboarding skills- we learned this

with Caty this year. While she was doing well before, (she was using a program

called Typing with Rings), the OT said her hand placement and posture improved

greatly when they decided to put a skin (that covers up the letters on the keys)

onto the keyboard. Now she has to keep her fingers placed properly or she messes

up. She really enjoys it.

This year I was hired as a substitute Teacher's Aide-countywide and Caty has

handled it very well. In fact, I wished I had tried to be hired a few years ago.

When she sees me at school working, she understands she can only say hi and get

back in line. She isn't upset she can't be with me. When I worked in her room

she also did quite well.

Well, didn't mean to write a book. ~

mommy to Caty soon to be 14yr.old

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I have missed you!! I checked my email to see when you had left and when

you should have returned...lol....is that bad or what?

I bet I know which relative reminded you of your shortcomings I'm a firm

believer in KARMA - her day is coming...lol.

Thanks for the prayers for . He had minor surgery to remove that

tube - the hospital staff was WONDERFUL! We went through the doors three

times and of course he wanted to bolt (and did the first two). He started

hitting, kicking, scratching, etc. and a nurse came and said " Hi ,

lets take a walk outside " . The intake person called me over to do the

paperwork (ahead of someone else) and by the time I was done, was in

a room with two nurses who gave him tons of attention. They had already

taken his vitals and got him prepped for surgery. Everyone was so kind and

helpful. I did tell them ahead of time about his behaviors and what works

(another adult giving him 1:1). Oh yea, when I got in the room, they gave

a bandaid to put on my arm (he drew blood when he scratched me) and

made a big fuss over me and not him...lol!

I also learned that knew how to play tic tac toe and is quite the

cheat at it!

I got tomorrow off as a holiday and will go to his school and eat lunch with

him. His last day is the 16th. Summer school starts in July - but we'll be

on vacation then.

I'll be praying for , I played catch up on mail this week

(since

I haven't been able to get online in so long) and I was worried about your

man. Also Sharon I am so sorry about your dad ........ geeesh this has been

a

yr. for losses huh

I sure missed you all

Kathy mom to Sara 12

¸...¸ ___/ /\ \___ ¸...¸

,·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ \__\ ,·´º o`·,

```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | | | ```)¨(´´´

¸,.-·²°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°²·-.¸

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. 24:15

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Ya know, , it does get pretty quiet round here when Kathy is away. ;-)

Never fear, she's baaaaacccckkkkkkkk! LOL

We missed you Kathy. And , it is good to hear that the staff at the

hospital treated so well.

nancy