You Are the Mother |
 You have an abundance of love for humanity. You care about all the people of the world. You love helping others more than anything else. You love to be needed. At your best, you unconditionally love people. You are very nurturing. You are a wise and gentle teacher. You are happy to guide anyone who needs your advice or explanations. At your worst, you are controlling and overbearing. You smother people with affection and gifts. And with this attention you give, you are expecting something in return. |
Sunday, September 28, 2008
LOL - I Guess So
Friday, September 26, 2008
Funny - Can't Imagine This For Me
You Should Live in Mississippi |
 If you don't want to live in Mississippi, you might also consider: Alabama Alaska Arkansas Indiana Missouri |
Monday, September 15, 2008
Fun
Your Learning Style: Competent and Cooperative |
 You have a great head for facts and figures. You can remember and use any fact you've read. You Should Study: Dentistry Education Environmental Science Finance Nursing Nutrition Science Medicine Law |
Saturday, September 6, 2008
3 Cops
This morning while I was sleeping in, my husband got Jonathan started ..ing his cleaning up from Sunday. He mostly needed to finish picking up. When I got up, my husband mentioned that Jonathan started to rage, but after giving is a lot of consideration, he decided not to rage. Then, soon after I got up, Jonathan started raging. I'm not even sure what got it going. I was just kind of working on my own things. Hubby suggested we retreat to the bedroom again. We did and checked on him frequently again.
Shaving cream on my chair this time, TV on again, hubby tried opening the breaker, but Jonathan figured the breakers out and had the TV back on again. My hubby went out and disconnected the cable. He hasn't figured that one out yet. I went out and told my son that I heard he put the shaving cream on my chair. I just wanted him to know that even if he was treating himself like garbage, I didn't think he was. His therapist talked to him on Thursday about him treating and viewing himself like this. We are watching "24" again. We decided that in one more episode we will go out and baby him.
BUT, my dear husband just got a surprise when he went out to check on our sweet son. There were 2 cops in the living room and a third one arriving. Jonathan had dialed 911. He told them he saw someone driving by and he was scared. With the cops appearing on alert, but not too sure how to take the situation, my husband explained that he was raging and we retreated to the bedroom. They asked if we usually do this. He told them we started trying this last weekend. They noticed Jon's pants were wet. He admitted that he sat in my wet chair - lol. My husband asked if they had received the memo about RAD and they all nodded. He explained that Jonathan had been throwing things at us and this was a lot better than it had been last week when he raged, and that he is making progress. He told them what the kitchen floor looked like last week and that that is what the smell in the house is from. Somewhere between pinesol and mentholatum. They all nodded in recognition of the odor. As they were leaving, one of them noticed some white foamy stuff on the porch, Jonathan admitted to spraying something out there. My husband thought it was my shaving cream. My husband had Jon start to clean it up and said it dries like latex paint. We just found out, as Jon showed us the empitied bottles in the garbage, that it was white shoe polish. My husband said, "man, Jonathan, I'm glad you told me that! I was getting concerned about was mommy was putting on her legs." They thought my husband worked nights. He told them he works days and where he works. He told them, "that my wife is a stay at home mom and gets the brunt of it." With recognition on their faces, they all nodded to this. They looked a bit uncomfortable with the whole situation and unsure how to assess it. He said the older officer looked a little more comfortable with it. This officer told Jonathan that he didn't want to discourage him from calling 911, but it's only for emergencies. They asked for our cell phone numbers. I am sure they are all talking about the crazy parents at this house.
Shaving cream on my chair this time, TV on again, hubby tried opening the breaker, but Jonathan figured the breakers out and had the TV back on again. My hubby went out and disconnected the cable. He hasn't figured that one out yet. I went out and told my son that I heard he put the shaving cream on my chair. I just wanted him to know that even if he was treating himself like garbage, I didn't think he was. His therapist talked to him on Thursday about him treating and viewing himself like this. We are watching "24" again. We decided that in one more episode we will go out and baby him.
BUT, my dear husband just got a surprise when he went out to check on our sweet son. There were 2 cops in the living room and a third one arriving. Jonathan had dialed 911. He told them he saw someone driving by and he was scared. With the cops appearing on alert, but not too sure how to take the situation, my husband explained that he was raging and we retreated to the bedroom. They asked if we usually do this. He told them we started trying this last weekend. They noticed Jon's pants were wet. He admitted that he sat in my wet chair - lol. My husband asked if they had received the memo about RAD and they all nodded. He explained that Jonathan had been throwing things at us and this was a lot better than it had been last week when he raged, and that he is making progress. He told them what the kitchen floor looked like last week and that that is what the smell in the house is from. Somewhere between pinesol and mentholatum. They all nodded in recognition of the odor. As they were leaving, one of them noticed some white foamy stuff on the porch, Jonathan admitted to spraying something out there. My husband thought it was my shaving cream. My husband had Jon start to clean it up and said it dries like latex paint. We just found out, as Jon showed us the empitied bottles in the garbage, that it was white shoe polish. My husband said, "man, Jonathan, I'm glad you told me that! I was getting concerned about was mommy was putting on her legs." They thought my husband worked nights. He told them he works days and where he works. He told them, "that my wife is a stay at home mom and gets the brunt of it." With recognition on their faces, they all nodded to this. They looked a bit uncomfortable with the whole situation and unsure how to assess it. He said the older officer looked a little more comfortable with it. This officer told Jonathan that he didn't want to discourage him from calling 911, but it's only for emergencies. They asked for our cell phone numbers. I am sure they are all talking about the crazy parents at this house.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Ups and Downs of Being RAD
Some interesting things came out tonight. We went to attachment therapy. We discussed Jonathan's rages. We discussed the 7 hour one. We talked about all the fish oil pills. I had forgotten that everytime my husband saw Jonathan he was munching on one of those pills or putting another one in his mouth. Well, at therapy tonight I found out the consequences of this. Jonathan got one of those old time fall cleaning outs. Guess he made a few trips to the old outhouse. By the way, I decorated the main bathroom with outhouse decor.
We got home and I wrote Jonathan's reading time on his reading log for school. I had already seen that he had written one in this morning and signed my initials. I had already talked to him about it. I pointed it out to my husband. He was questioning the date that Jonathan wrote down. 10/3 - didn't make sense for yesterday. It was the third. Then he noticed that the first entry was in August (8), next was in September (9) and so of course the third entry had to be in October (10). We about died laughing. My husband very dearly defended the sweet boy - he said, "it makes sense."
In therapy tonight, I helped Jonathan remember what he said to me this last week. He didn't want love because it makes him feel sad. He feels sad about love because he thinks about his birthmom and that she didn't love him. The AT talked with him. After a bit, I told him that the caseworker had told me that his birthmom had said that she just wanted him to be loved. Jonathan said a serious, "WHOA" and got quiet and serious. He had a totally contemplative look on his face. The AT then talked with him about how would the birthmom feel if she knew that he wasn't weeking to let his parents love him. Big things for an 8 year old to thing about.
We got home and I wrote Jonathan's reading time on his reading log for school. I had already seen that he had written one in this morning and signed my initials. I had already talked to him about it. I pointed it out to my husband. He was questioning the date that Jonathan wrote down. 10/3 - didn't make sense for yesterday. It was the third. Then he noticed that the first entry was in August (8), next was in September (9) and so of course the third entry had to be in October (10). We about died laughing. My husband very dearly defended the sweet boy - he said, "it makes sense."
In therapy tonight, I helped Jonathan remember what he said to me this last week. He didn't want love because it makes him feel sad. He feels sad about love because he thinks about his birthmom and that she didn't love him. The AT talked with him. After a bit, I told him that the caseworker had told me that his birthmom had said that she just wanted him to be loved. Jonathan said a serious, "WHOA" and got quiet and serious. He had a totally contemplative look on his face. The AT then talked with him about how would the birthmom feel if she knew that he wasn't weeking to let his parents love him. Big things for an 8 year old to thing about.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Meme
What were you doing ten years ago?
I did daycare for a neat family. I really enjoyed their kids. Our family went camping in the summers and hiked.
Favorite Snacks
It depends on my mood. Sometimes something salty like nuts or chips. Sometimes I just want sugar like sugar cookies or peppermint ice cream. Or other times it has to be chocolate like mint chocolate cookies or a blizzard with lots of chocolate.
To Do List
Pick up the clutter around the house, organize the school stuff to homeschool Jonathan part-time, get a routine going, finish our bedroom.
Jobs I Have Had
Hamburger Joint Person, Nurse's Aide, Nurse, Daycare Provider, Mom to normal kids and difficult kids
Places I Have Lived
Oregon, Washington
5 Things People May Not Know About Me
I would still be happy if I had a baby.
I have always wanted twins.
I was the oldest of 3 girls, my mom one of only girls and her mom was one of only girls.
I have gone from only having neutral colors on the walls to bolder colors - our bedroom now has one black wall, two red walls and a tan wall. Looks better than it sounds. lol
I am a junk hoarder. I still have toys and clothes from my older kids that I had planned to use for future kids but they are too hard to find.
CD's I'd Want If I Were Stranded On A Desert Island
Michael W Smith
Casting Crowns
Michael Card
Matt Redman
Chris Tomlin
Mercy Me
What I'd Do If I Were A Billionaire
Pay for Becca to be in the best place for her healing.
Tear down our house (it has a poor foundation) and rebuild a new and similar house in about the same location with a basement and a second story but the main living areas of the second story would be cathedral ceilings instead. The second story over the bedrooms would have a portion that is a loft. The second story over our bedroom would have a library with comfy chairs for reading.
Buy a trailer so we can go camping again - I can't handle tents anymore.
Contribute to the church for our new building. Buy more land for the church. I think they need 15-20 acres.
Travel some more - Guatemala again, Hawaii again, Europe, tour the whole USA.
Get my husband retired so we can just enjoy life together.
Hire someone to take care of the yard.
Contribute to whatever ministries my kids end up in.
Invest in something so we can do more.
Take in foster babies and transfer them over to adoptive families properly so that they can be attached and not go through what our kids have gone through - in between our travels. This would have to be committed times. Part of our retirement years. A reason for early retirement, while we still have SOME energy.
I did daycare for a neat family. I really enjoyed their kids. Our family went camping in the summers and hiked.
Favorite Snacks
It depends on my mood. Sometimes something salty like nuts or chips. Sometimes I just want sugar like sugar cookies or peppermint ice cream. Or other times it has to be chocolate like mint chocolate cookies or a blizzard with lots of chocolate.
To Do List
Pick up the clutter around the house, organize the school stuff to homeschool Jonathan part-time, get a routine going, finish our bedroom.
Jobs I Have Had
Hamburger Joint Person, Nurse's Aide, Nurse, Daycare Provider, Mom to normal kids and difficult kids
Places I Have Lived
Oregon, Washington
5 Things People May Not Know About Me
I would still be happy if I had a baby.
I have always wanted twins.
I was the oldest of 3 girls, my mom one of only girls and her mom was one of only girls.
I have gone from only having neutral colors on the walls to bolder colors - our bedroom now has one black wall, two red walls and a tan wall. Looks better than it sounds. lol
I am a junk hoarder. I still have toys and clothes from my older kids that I had planned to use for future kids but they are too hard to find.
CD's I'd Want If I Were Stranded On A Desert Island
Michael W Smith
Casting Crowns
Michael Card
Matt Redman
Chris Tomlin
Mercy Me
What I'd Do If I Were A Billionaire
Pay for Becca to be in the best place for her healing.
Tear down our house (it has a poor foundation) and rebuild a new and similar house in about the same location with a basement and a second story but the main living areas of the second story would be cathedral ceilings instead. The second story over the bedrooms would have a portion that is a loft. The second story over our bedroom would have a library with comfy chairs for reading.
Buy a trailer so we can go camping again - I can't handle tents anymore.
Contribute to the church for our new building. Buy more land for the church. I think they need 15-20 acres.
Travel some more - Guatemala again, Hawaii again, Europe, tour the whole USA.
Get my husband retired so we can just enjoy life together.
Hire someone to take care of the yard.
Contribute to whatever ministries my kids end up in.
Invest in something so we can do more.
Take in foster babies and transfer them over to adoptive families properly so that they can be attached and not go through what our kids have gone through - in between our travels. This would have to be committed times. Part of our retirement years. A reason for early retirement, while we still have SOME energy.
Sweeping the Hard Way
Jonathan was given the task of sweeping a portion of the driveway. I told him he could take the push broom from the back patio. He came in after awhile to ask how he could get the sides near the grass. I told him he could use the part of the broom that was left that he had broken.
He just came in and said, "I have to tell you the truth. I threw the broom up in the tree and I can't get it down." My response? A chuckle and "That might be a complication." He says, "so I have to climb the tree to get it down?" I told him he would figure it out.
I turn my chair to look outside to watch him solve his problem. He was trying to use the push broom to knock it down. He got a chair and tried to climb the pine tree, then he tried another pine tree. He came in for a brief moment and informed me, "no sign of it."
No big deal - Daddy had already told him he had to pay for the broom since he broke it. lol
He just came in and said, "I have to tell you the truth. I threw the broom up in the tree and I can't get it down." My response? A chuckle and "That might be a complication." He says, "so I have to climb the tree to get it down?" I told him he would figure it out.
I turn my chair to look outside to watch him solve his problem. He was trying to use the push broom to knock it down. He got a chair and tried to climb the pine tree, then he tried another pine tree. He came in for a brief moment and informed me, "no sign of it."
No big deal - Daddy had already told him he had to pay for the broom since he broke it. lol
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