Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Our church offers a meat-free dinner every Friday in Lent except for Good Friday. We used to go to those every week but for the past few years it has been too hard to take the family. Enrique absolutely will not go and someone must stay with him too. Putter was way too wild and difficult. But I thought I would try again this year. At least the dinner part. After dinner is usually some talk or some other non-Putter-type activity; we'll save that for future years, thank you! Sophie and are to trade off staying with Enrique and the two younger ones will accompany me. I knew that Putter would not eat the noxious foodstuffs provided by the church, so for the first Friday in Lent, I stopped off at Mc's and bought him some french fries to take with him. I realized that this might look odd, but I knew what I was doing and did not care. Fortunately the Lenten dinner attendance is full of people who I know and am on friendly terms with so it was a pretty comfortable and accepting atmosphere. Putter finished his french fries though and was NOT happy. So, after a variety of attempts to console him, we ate quickly and went home. I was not displeased; I had considered it to be a learning experience . Last week, we returned, armed with TWO large orders of fries. Putter refused to leave his carseat, but, after much persuasion, I got him to leave the car. He fussed and fussed and Marie, the director of religious ed, let him and I and Sophie and Robbie into Putter's empty religious ed classroom so that he could settle down. After a bit, he was calmer. The line for food was now non-existent and it was easy for me to go and get myself a plate of food. Putter sat gloomily on my back, making complaining sounds, but the whole experience was much better. I expect that next week will be better still. One thing kind of bugged me though. Near the end of the meal, Putter began filling cups of juice and setting them up in a nice orderly row and I ordered Sophie to put a stop to it. She is an experienced girl and she did so. It was a normal Putter problem, as I laughlingly told Marie, the religious ed director. She said to me, " Well, it's something he can make a success of, I guess. " Hmm. I always thought Putter was capable of making a success at many more things than filling cups of juice from a juice dispenser. Probably just one of those careless, nothing remarks that people make when they can't think of anything better to say. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 > Mouth engaged before brain, eh? Yup. > Hmm. I always thought Putter was capable of making a success at many more > things than filling cups of juice from a juice dispenser. > <<<<<< > > We all know Putter has greatness ahead. Geez, he was just filling cups..he > was having FUN..brother. Exactly. Nothing fits a boring church dinner full of food you cannot eat better than a nice obsessive activity. > > > Like I said, Mouth engaged before brain. > She probably felt bad afterwards. > She is a nice person. But she may not know Putter very well. People are often telling me excitedly about Putter things that do not impress me at all, like my sister in law telling me that Putter repeated the letters of her name after she said them. She didn't seem to know that he can read, well, people do not expect that when someone's speech is as delayed as Putter's. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 In a message dated 3/18/03 4:40:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, bunnytiner@... writes: > She said to me, " Well, it's something he can make a success of, I guess. " > I think what she really meant to say was whatever keeps him busy and happy. Just worded really crappy. WE all know how smart and wonderful he is! Hugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 Look at it this way, If Putter fills up all the cups and has them sitting out than people don't have to fill their own cups. It's a time saver. Pre-prepared drinks! (I might just be rationalizing too) Georga Hackworth Men. Can't live with 'em...can't trade 'em in for their weight in chocolate. Enter to win $50 worth of free books http://www.ubah.com/F1549 Lenten Dinners > Our church offers a meat-free dinner every Friday in Lent except for Good Friday. We used to go to those every week but for the past few years it has been too hard to take the family. Enrique absolutely will not go and someone must stay with him too. Putter was way too wild and difficult. > > But I thought I would try again this year. At least the dinner part. After dinner is usually some talk or some other non-Putter-type activity; we'll save that for future years, thank you! > > Sophie and are to trade off staying with Enrique and the two younger ones will accompany me. I knew that Putter would not eat the noxious foodstuffs provided by the church, so for the first Friday in Lent, I stopped off at Mc's and bought him some french fries to take with him. > > I realized that this might look odd, but I knew what I was doing and did not care. > > Fortunately the Lenten dinner attendance is full of people who I know and am on friendly terms with so it was a pretty comfortable and accepting atmosphere. > > Putter finished his french fries though and was NOT happy. So, after a variety of attempts to console him, we ate quickly and went home. I was not displeased; I had considered it to be a learning experience . > > Last week, we returned, armed with TWO large orders of fries. Putter refused to leave his carseat, but, after much persuasion, I got him to leave the car. > > He fussed and fussed and Marie, the director of religious ed, let him and I and Sophie and Robbie into Putter's empty religious ed classroom so that he could settle down. > > After a bit, he was calmer. The line for food was now non-existent and it was easy for me to go and get myself a plate of food. Putter sat gloomily on my back, making complaining sounds, but the whole experience was much better. I expect that next week will be better still. > > One thing kind of bugged me though. Near the end of the meal, Putter began filling cups of juice and setting them up in a nice orderly row and I ordered Sophie to put a stop to it. She is an experienced girl and she did so. It was a normal Putter problem, as I laughlingly told Marie, the religious ed director. She said to me, " Well, it's something he can make a success of, I guess. " > > Hmm. I always thought Putter was capable of making a success at many more things than filling cups of juice from a juice dispenser. Probably just one of those careless, nothing remarks that people make when they can't think of anything better to say. > > Salli > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2003 Report Share Posted March 18, 2003 >>>>>> She said to me, " Well, it's something he can make a success of, I guess. " <<<< ick. Mouth engaged before brain, eh? >>>>>> Hmm. I always thought Putter was capable of making a success at many more things than filling cups of juice from a juice dispenser. <<<<<< We all know Putter has greatness ahead. Geez, he was just filling cups..he was having FUN..brother. >>>>> Probably just one of those careless, nothing remarks that people make when they can't think of anything better to say. Salli <<<<<< Like I said, Mouth engaged before brain. She probably felt bad afterwards. Penny :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2003 Report Share Posted March 19, 2003 > One thing kind of bugged me though. Near the end of the meal, Putter began filling cups of juice and setting them up in a nice orderly row and I ordered Sophie to put a stop to it. She is an experienced girl and she did so. It was a normal Putter problem, as I laughlingly told Marie, the religious ed director. She said to me, " Well, it's something he can make a success of, I guess. " > Well, can we name anyone whose expectations of Putter are just a bit too low? Holy cow. <sigh> Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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