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07 May 2008, 5:51 pm
Congratulations, Lemon, on your full time job!! !
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07 May 2008, 6:27 pm
07 May 2008, 7:02 pm
lemon wrote:
my part time job has now become a full time job ...
Congratulations, Lemon!
07 May 2008, 7:39 pm
Llamas are wonderful creatures when they aren't spitting at you. This Saturday at work we are having what is known as the "Back to Back Wool Challenge". A couple who raise sheep and shear and spin the wool bring one or two sheep. This year we will have two, one black and one white for the team to choose from and they just had their lambs last week so there will be 3 lambs in the mall, as well. Another lady that also comes to show off her yarn, raises llamas and she brings one or two of her stock to the mall for the kids to pet. Lil' girl got a kiss from Rupert a couple years ago. (She can't remember if his breath was stinky or not. 
)
What happens at the Challenge is that from the time the sheep is sheared using old-fashioned manual shears, the knitters are timed while the yarn is spun, and then knit into a raw wool sweater that is then auctioned off. There are also teams knitting in New Zealand, and the US on the same weekend. We have never had the fastest time, but it is a fun event that brings all sorts of odd yarn people together.
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07 May 2008, 7:45 pm
Good to see you back, Lauri. 
The Challenge with the sheering and spinning seems like it would be a really neat event to watch. Great picture! I'll bet you made the vest Lil Girl is wearing.
07 May 2008, 8:11 pm
cosmiccat wrote:
BlessedMom, where are you. I miss you and hope you are okay. 
CC, the past year finally caught up with me when I had to put Pongo to sleep. I had never stopped long enough to look at all the bad stuff that happened to me and my kids since January 2007 and when I did, I was stunned, and speechless. Unfortunately, I tend to lose the desire to communicate with anyone when that happens. I was lurking, but whenever I started writing an response or a post, it seemed pointless and as if whatever I had to say was of absolutely no importance to anyone. I suppose saying I've been depressed is an understatement. I have been feeling very small and insignificant.
So, I bought the kind of clothes that I used to wear before I met my first husband (I think you'd approve, CC), I made a couple new friends with some people who may not be Aspie but they are definitely quirky and I decided to get in touch with the me I really am. Just who I am as me, not as the kids' mom or my parents daughter or whatever. The kids were a little surprised at first but have adjusted. And I am happier again. We're still waiting for Soccerdude's appointment at the Children's Hospital and my youngest son is still having trouble with the idea that he goes to highschool next year, but I think we'll work through it all and make it out the other side.
My freak flag's flying just a little higher these days.
And I did make the vest that Lil' girl is wearing.
07 May 2008, 10:15 pm
morning_after wrote:
And I do miss blessed_mom 
Does anyone know if she's okay?
Does anyone know if she's okay
?Ahhhh.... here's a ((((hug))))! I didn't want to bum you out, Sam, so I thought it best to get a grip on my emotions before I came back. You are definitely a sweetie.
07 May 2008, 10:26 pm
cosmiccat wrote:
Tomorrow I'm going to see the Frida Kahlo exhibit with my two daughters and great grandson. My great grandson, Blaze, is an artist. Six years old and lives for art. First thing in the morning and last thing at night he is working on or thinking about a work of art. He roots through the trash cans at school (he is in kindergarten) for materials such as lunch bags and cardboard, straws, etc., anything he can make into something else. My daughter never knows what she is going to find in his backpack. He makes very neat costumes for my daughter's two little dogs. He makes them out of paper and fabric that he tapes or staples together after first drawing a sketch and then a pattern. Capes, hats, jackets and pants. The school psychologist thinks he has Asperger's and he is being evaluated for it. Duh. I told my daughter that he had it (last year when I learned about Asperger's for the first time) and so does his father (my first grandchild).
It seems Blaze likes to make up stories (as I did when I was a child and still do only now I stay out of trouble for story telling by calling my stories fiction.
My great grandson likes to draw the human body (and not so human bodies) and recently asked my daughter if he could see her "boobs". When she told him no, he said "Well how am I supposed to learn about anatomy?" She got him an anatomy book. When he learned about Frida Kahlo and saw some of her paintings in an art book and then heard that she was coming to Philadelphia, he said "I would love to see those paintings in the art museum" so we sent for tickets.
Frida Kahlo - Short Bio
It seems Blaze likes to make up stories (as I did when I was a child and still do only now I stay out of trouble for story telling by calling my stories fiction.
My great grandson likes to draw the human body (and not so human bodies) and recently asked my daughter if he could see her "boobs". When she told him no, he said "Well how am I supposed to learn about anatomy?" She got him an anatomy book. When he learned about Frida Kahlo and saw some of her paintings in an art book and then heard that she was coming to Philadelphia, he said "I would love to see those paintings in the art museum" so we sent for tickets. Frida Kahlo - Short Bio
My middle son went through a phase at about 6 years old that involved drawing huge anatomically correct nudes on the sidewalk outside our very busy town house complex with sidewalk chalk. That was around the same time as his "mooning" phase that he passed on to his younger brother. Oh, and I forgot about the one where he found it necessary to point out that some women were better endowed than others. That didn't go over well with a few of my lesser endowed friends.
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07 May 2008, 11:27 pm
08 May 2008, 1:49 am
08 May 2008, 1:59 am
cosmiccat wrote:
lemon wrote:
i wish i was cosmiccat's grandchild
(can i be in the next life ?)
(can i be in the next life ?)
Speaking of little Blaze. He just got suspended from kindergarten for one day. Why? He tried to moon one of his classmates that was bugging him. It was only a "half moon" and before it became a full moon he was carted off to the priniciple's office. My daughter was called to come and take him home immediately. The principle, Dr. Goldy was very disturbed by the whole thing. Kind of makes you wonder why he/they reacted in such a way. He said to my daughter who had been through similar (if not exact) incidents with her other 4 boys and did not seem sufficiently shocked or distraught when she arrived to pick up Blaze, (she may even have appeared to be amused), (imagine deep, gruff, authoritative voice of Dr. Goldy making it even more amusing), "Mrs. K, this is a very serious matter. We can not tolerate this kind of behavior. This is very disturbing. We must act quickly on this kind of thing. I have no choice but to suspend your grandson for a day. He may come back on Tuesday." My daughter said "Well he's not coming back on Tuesday. He's going to the art museum. He'll be back on Wednesday. I think it's ridiculous to suspend a 6 yr old anyway. He's going to love it so your really only rewarding him." Blazes father was suspended for the same thing when he was in kindergarten. It runs in the family.
Like Asperger's. So yes, Lemon. You can be my grandchild in your next life. But you must promise not to pull your panties down and moon your classmates.
Generation to generation is one thing, but we can't have that sort of thing passing from life time to life time. Yes!! ! Don't mind school shootings. They happen.
Drugs?? They get passed around in school from time to time. Nothing major.
Is that kid MOONING??! !! Quick!! Take that kid away!! !! Lock him up!! !! Leave him in his room where he wants to be so that he can enjoy the consequences. We need to stop children from mooning NOW!! ! Before another one suffers from it. Quick, someone get me a cigarette and a motivational CD.
08 May 2008, 2:09 am
blessedmom wrote:
morning_after wrote:
And I do miss blessed_mom
Does anyone know if she's okay?
Does anyone know if she's okay
?Ahhhh.... here's a ((((hug))))! I didn't want to bum you out, Sam, so I thought it best to get a grip on my emotions before I came back. You are definitely a sweetie.
Laurie!! It's so nice to see you!! ! *kisses*
I'm so glad you're feeling better. Being quirky is ok. It's you. I honestly think you should be your quirky self. In all honesty, I do that and have found it is so much easier to make friends when you don't ever worry about how you come off, but just try to be nice and I just pull out of any situation where that makes me feel wierd.
So it's ok if your quirky flag is a little higher. I say fly it nice and hi, so that the birds can perch on it and people can see it and appreciate it for what it is.
And I want you to know that I love you for the person you are and with me you shouldn't worry about contributing anything..
08 May 2008, 2:11 am
08 May 2008, 2:50 am
08 May 2008, 8:26 am
Glad you are finding yourself, Lauri, and finding happiness in that process!
Lemon, I hope you enjoy your new position!
Back to the drawing board for me. (sketching a lot of ideas lately).
Take care all!
Chuck
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08 May 2008, 8:42 am
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blessedmom wrote:
cosmiccat wrote:
BlessedMom, where are you. I miss you and hope you are okay.
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CC, the past year finally caught up with me when I had to put Pongo to sleep. I had never stopped long enough to look at all the bad stuff that happened to me and my kids since January 2007 and when I did, I was stunned, and speechless.
I understand completely. I am going through a similar awakening. A little late perhaps for me, but then again, better late than never.
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Unfortunately, I tend to lose the desire to communicate with anyone when that happens. I was lurking, but whenever I started writing an response or a post, it seemed pointless and as if whatever I had to say was of absolutely no importance to anyone. I suppose saying I've been depressed is an understatement. I have been feeling very small and insignificant.
Girl, do I understand that pointless feeling! So many times I attempt to respond or share in the cafe and elsewhere on WP and then think "Why bother. Who gives a flying _______ what I have to say. But I must confess, I have felt that way many times before WP so I think it comes from a deeper place, as you say, of insignificance. When my girls were teens I went through a period of about two weeks without saying a word. I told everyone "That's it. I'm through talking. No one listens to me anyway. I only communicated through written words on a little notepad - when it was absolutely necessary. They became very frustrated with me. When I decided to call of the moratorium on speech, I found it hard to get back into the speaking mode. It was a little frightening. As if I had been mute all my life and had to learn speech all over again.
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So, I bought the kind of clothes that I used to wear before I met my first husband (I think you'd approve, CC),
I'm sure I would approve, not that my approval would be necessary, but I know what you mean. Clothing is a big deal with me, as in dressing to please myself, or having the gonads to dress that way and be impervious or unflinching to the opinions or criticism of others. After the Frida Kahlo exhibit we visited he museum gift shop which had a nice selection of Frida inspired clothing, but they wanted way too much money for them. $120.00 for a simple cotton blouse. They could be helping seamstresses from Mexico rise above poverty by paying them a decent price for their work and selling their amazing creations in the gift shop at a reasonable price. Only the rich main-line or Society Hill type woman can afford those prices. It's sickening to watch the clerks in the gift shop kiss rich womens' asses and look down their noses at us working class people who can only afford post cards, calendars and coffee mugs.
Frida herself would puke. So I decided to pull out my sewing machine and design and make my own Frida collection. I love the long skirts and the cool, billowy Mexican blouses. I have tons of fabric, and the blouses are so simple to make. Like a tee shape without having sewn-in sleeves. Instead of embroidery, though, I will use applique to decorate the blouses. Quote:
I made a couple new friends with some people who may not be Aspie but they are definitely quirky and I decided to get in touch with the me I really am. Just who I am as me, not as the kids' mom or my parents daughter or whatever. The kids were a little surprised at first but have adjusted. And I am happier again.
This is good
Friends are important. We need a support system and people who can help us celebrate who we are as women and men, as human beings, over and above Asperger's which does not define us to the exclusion of what we are first and foremost.Quote:
We're still waiting for Soccerdude's appointment at the Children's Hospital and my youngest son is still having trouble with the idea that he goes to highschool next year, but I think we'll work through it all and make it out the other side.
Your parenting skills and where your
is when it comes to your children is evident to all of us here in the cafe. Quote:
My freak flag's flying just a little higher these days. Quote:
And I did make the vest that Lil' girl is wearing. Thought so.
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