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[Ronyell]

Kathy wrote: "Boy, it seems this chat is one for the birds this morning. LOL! I love the cardinals that hang around here, but I haven't seen them lately. I wonder if the hot, hot weather has affected their ha..."

That's great to hear Kathy! I'm glad that you are really excited about buying new furniture!

[Ronyell]

Jeannette wrote: "Well, now it's official: My kid's a National Merit Semi-Finalist! :)"

Congrats Jeannette to your daughter!!

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Jeannette wrote: "Well, now it's official: My kid's a National Merit Semi-Finalist! :)"

Yay!! Very Good News!

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Lisa wrote: "I'm reading what is going to be a depressing book, I can tell, so I just enjoyed my new favorite uTube video several times:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgZ4ZT...

and then I had to rewatch my..."

They were both awesome Lisa. Great way to start my morning!

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Ronyell wrote: "I don't start grad school until October 4"

What are you studying Ronyell? And how far along are you?

[Ronyell]

Hayes wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "I don't start grad school until October 4"

What are you studying Ronyell? And how far along are you?"

I'm currently studying in Business Administration in the area of Management. So far, I'm trying to get my papers together so I can get ready for grad school! I hope I'll do well!

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I'm sure you will! Organization is the key to everything, I think. Good luck!

[Ronyell]

Hayes wrote: "I'm sure you will! Organization is the key to everything, I think. Good luck!"

Thanks!!!

[Ronyell]

Hayes wrote: "I'm sure you will! Organization is the key to everything, I think. Good luck!"

Thanks!!!

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Ouch. I woke up wondering who had beat me up while I was asleep, and then remembered my gardening yesterday....holy cow! I am going to go watch Lisa's video links to help me start my day. Good morning to all!

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Ronyell wrote: "Hayes wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "I don't start grad school until October 4"

What are you studying Ronyell? And how far along are you?"

I'm currently studying in Business Administration in the ar..."

Good luck, Ronyell! Enjoy all the late nights while you can -- pretty soon you'll be studying all night! :)

Cute picture, Hayes!

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Jeannette wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "Hayes wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "I don't start grad school until October 4"

What are you studying Ronyell? And how far along are you?"

I'm currently studying in Business Administrati..."

Thanks Jeannette. Couldn't see the other icon, which prompted me to find some new glasses... ;-)

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Could you find where I put my glasses last night? :)

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You can have one of mine!

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Thanks, Hayes, spoken as a true friend! I wear regular vision glasses and have a separate pair for reading, as well as an older reading pair for the computer. I could pick a place to put them, but no, I just set down one when I switch to the other. *sigh*

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I used ot have that problem until I got the multi-focus lenses. Now the glasses go on my face in the morning and come off at night on the bed table. Only problem is that I forget I have them on and go into the shower with them.

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Hayes wrote: "I used ot have that problem until I got the multi-focus lenses. Now the glasses go on my face in the morning and come off at night on the bed table. Only problem is that I forget I have them on and..."

lol!

[Manybooks]

Jeannette wrote: "Thanks, Hayes, spoken as a true friend! I wear regular vision glasses and have a separate pair for reading, as well as an older reading pair for the computer. I could pick a place to put them, bu..."

Jeannette, a belated congratulations to your daughter!! I hope you find your glasses. I only have a pair of reading glasses, but I keep misplacing them (or sitting on them etc.).

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Thanks, Gundula! So far I have avoided sitting on my glasses. :)

[Manybooks]

Jeannette wrote: "Thanks, Gundula! So far I have avoided sitting on my glasses. :)"

So, did you find your glasses or are they still AWOL?

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Gundula wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "Thanks, Gundula! So far I have avoided sitting on my glasses. :)"

So, did you find your glasses or are they still AWOL?"

I'm pretty sure they are upstairs. I have to hit the shower, so I won't need them -- unlike Hayes.... :)

[Mary]

Congratulations to your daughter, Jeannette! Very impressive.

Loved those videos! Thanks Lisa.

Ronyell, good luck in school.

And hello to everyone else! Hope you all have a good day!!

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Thanks, Mary!

I still have to watch the videos. I have my parental controls set on my browser, and it blocked them for supposed drug content! I had a butterfly website blocked once for sexual content. It's pretty hit-or-miss.

[Manybooks]

Jeannette wrote: "Thanks, Mary!

I still have to watch the videos. I have my parental controls set on my browser, and it blocked them for supposed drug content! I had a butterfly website blocked once for sexual co..."

I remember you mentioning that before, how silly.

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The really silly thing is that the filter seems to fail for images altogether! Some of the things that come up are not kid-friendly!

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Jeannette wrote: "I had a butterfly website blocked once for sexual content."

The birds and the bees, dontcha know!

[Lisa]

Jeannette, I can assure you that neither video should be blocked. One couldn't possibly be considered as containing drugs unless drinking tea counts and one mentions drinking a toast at a wedding, which I guess does have one line that mentions alcohol. But, in my opinion, they're both kid friendly.

I've rewatched both too many times to count now, and I grin wildly every time. The perfect antidotes to a depressing book or other sadnesses.

Ronyell, Congratulations and best wishes with your graduate program studies.

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Lisa wrote: "Jeannette, I can assure you that neither video should be blocked. One couldn't possibly be considered as containing drugs unless drinking tea counts and one mentions drinking a toast at a wedding, ..."

The really stupid thing here is that youtube is being blocked -- like, the entire site! What's up with that, I ask you? My daughter thinks it's hilarious. Now I'll have to put youtube in my safe list. I imagine someone at Trend will fix this. Of course, at 16 I guess I can take the parental controls off now! lol

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Hayes wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "I had a butterfly website blocked once for sexual content."

The birds and the bees, dontcha know!"

That was too funny!

[Mary]

Hayes wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "I had a butterfly website blocked once for sexual content."

The birds and the bees, dontcha know!"

Very good, Hayes!!

[Kathy]

Jeannette wrote: "Well, now it's official: My kid's a National Merit Semi-Finalist! :)"

Oh, Jeannette, that's absolutely fantastic!!!! What a smart girl she is, and she must have had some great teaching, too (give yourself a big pat on the back)! I am thrilled for her. Can you say scholarship money, yay!

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Lisa wrote: "Jeannette, I can assure you that neither video should be blocked. One couldn't possibly be considered as containing drugs unless drinking tea counts and one mentions drinking a toast at a wedding, ..."

OMG!! The wedding video was awesome! I laughed so hard I have tears in my eyes!

I had seen the do-re-mi dance before. I wonder how many people missed their trains??

Thanks, Lisa! I had to set my parental controls to mature teenager. :)

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Kathy wrote: "Oh, Jeannette, that's absolutely fantastic!!!! What a smart girl she is, and she must have had some great teaching, too (give yourself a big pat on the back)! I am thrilled for her. Can you say scholarship money, yay!..."

Thanks, Kathy! I know that is for sure what her dad is hoping! :)

[Kathy]

Lisa, I loved the videos! I had seen the second one before, but it has been a while, so I really enjoyed it again. The wedding video was amazing, too! Now that's a wedding!

[Brenda]

Thank you for sharing the videos! Loved them both. I will be humming the second one all day now :)

[Lisa]

Jeannette, I'm glad you were able to reset your parental controls. Too bad about the entire uTube site. I guess it's easier but there are so many excellent and completely G rated videos on it that it's a real shame to have the entire site blocked.

[Lisa]

I'm happy for all of you who enjoyed these. I keep watching and smiling, and singing both songs.

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Lisa wrote: "Jeannette, I'm glad you were able to reset your parental controls. Too bad about the entire uTube site. I guess it's easier but there are so many excellent and completely G rated videos on it that ..."

I am sure it's a glitch in Trend Micro. I watch Youtube all the time.

[Joy]

Those are fun videos Lisa! I especially enjoyed the Sound of Music one.

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Lisa wrote: "I'm happy for all of you who enjoyed these. I keep watching and smiling, and singing both songs."

I have watched the first one over several times today, it's so cool!

[Ronyell]

Jeannette wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "Hayes wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "I don't start grad school until October 4"

What are you studying Ronyell? And how far along are you?"

I'm currently studying in Business Administrati..."

Thanks Jeanette!! I'm going to need all the luck I can get!

[Ronyell]

Thanks Mary and Lisa!! I hope I can get through grad school!!!

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Ronyell wrote: "Thanks Mary and Lisa!! I hope I can get through grad school!!!"

I am sure that you'll do very well. Although grad school wasn't easy, I enjoyed it more than my undergrad work. It's excellent that you are taking this step.

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I went to Back to School night at the middle school last night. It's a parent thing only, and the purpose is to meet the teachers and get a feel for the curriculum. Some things went really well, but one teacher made my blood boil. Unfortunately, it's one of the more significant teachers in Benjamin's day. The skinny of it is that she isn't making modifications for his processing disorder (he doesn't understand the directions, but he finishes an entire packet wrong without redirection, then gets a bad mark...and I know he knows this material. It's obvious that he just followed directions incorrectly). When I asked her about it all she could do was talk about getting him on medication again.

Every other teacher in the program says that he manages fine without medication, but she tuned out every other thing that I said and just talked about meds. So today I am going to be "that mom" again. I have already sent an email to his case manager, and I am ready to compose one to this teacher as well, and copy the principal. Here I go....

Signed-That Mom

[Ronyell]

Christine wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "Thanks Mary and Lisa!! I hope I can get through grad school!!!"

I am sure that you'll do very well. Although grad school wasn't easy, I enjoyed it more than mu undergrad work. It..."

Thanks Christine!!

[Ronyell]

Christine wrote: "I went to Back to School night at the middle school last night. It's a parent thing only, and the purpose is to meet the teachers and get a feel for the curriculum. Some things went really well, b..."

I'm sorry to hear that Christine. It's like some teachers don't seem to listen to parents alot, especially when it concerns their child. I remember an incident when my mom was working at a day care center and one of the parents told one of the workers there that their baby child cannot be near other children because the child tends to bite other kids, but one of the workers did not listen to the parent and the child ended up biting other kids.

[Brenda]

Christine it sounds like you are being a mom, not "that mom." Getting the support you need from the principal and others involved seems to be reasonable and hopefully will be beneficial as well.
Congratulations Ronyell! Grad School can be fun. I personally enjoyed it more then undergrad. I felt like I was applying all of those things that I learned.

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I'm going to make you a Super-Mom cape, Christine! You have to advocate for your kids. How can putting a child on drugs help him to understand the directions? If he's finishing the assignment, then he is obviously focusing on the task. *double-sheesh*

I hope this is resolved quickly. :)

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I just got an email from one of the Japanese exchange students that we will be hosting this week. It's kind of exciting to be doing this -- I've never hosted any students before. I hope they like Iowa!

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Jeannette wrote: "I just got an email from one of the Japanese exchange students that we will be hosting this week. It's kind of exciting to be doing this -- I've never hosted any students before. I hope they like..."

That is so cool!