I was checking out some of the videos that are posted on Xanga and came upon this video posted by gamachesr. I just love it and it is so true. The laughter from the school children listening tells its own story since except for the references to computers and Ipods......it could have come from my own Mother's mouth too. I know I recognize myself too. We Mothers must just pass it down since the job doesn't really change, it just gets different wrinkles to work out with all the technology added to the mix.
Look who is getting ready for his Halloween debut....
Yes, Neko is getting into the Halloween spirit.....all 22 lbs and 2 oz of him on his last checkup. Five month old at the visit and the doctor says he is right on the money for his size. He is such a sweetie.....all I want to do is hug him and kiss him and hear his laugh and see his smile. He is such a happy contented baby.......unless you are late with his bottle....then all bets are off until he gets his food. I just love my grandchildren and especially the baby ones. I love babies.....always have, even as a very small child.
Woman Admits Bite On Child's Shoulder, Authorities Say
POSTED: 12:49 am EDT September 27, 2007
INDIANAPOLIS -- A former lab technician admitted to investigators she bit an autistic boy during a blood test, but she added that the 3-year-old had bitten her first, Indianapolis police said Wednesday.
The county prosecutor's office will determine whether charges will be filed against the technician, who was fired after Friday's incident at St. Vincent Hospital, 6News' Rafael Sanchez reported.
The boy's mother, Faith Buntin, took him to St. Vincent for a blood test because of recent recalls of toys involving lead. Buntin told 6News that as the technician restrained the boy so a colleague could draw blood, the worker restraining the child put her mouth on the boy's shoulder.
Buntin said the worker told her, "it was just a play bite," and that the boy wasn't hurt.
"I did hear her ... comment to her colleagues, 'That's the way we treated kids at the group home.' And I thought to myself, 'Glad my child is not in a group home,'" Buntin told 6News.
Buntin said she overlooked the incident because her son was crying over the testing. Back at home, she said, she saw teeth marks on his left shoulder.
Her husband drove the boy back to the hospital, where he was prescribed antibiotics. The family filed a report with police and is seeking criminal charges.
The fired technician told investigators that she bit the boy after he bit her arm. She said she has a bruise to prove her claim, police said.
The technician worked for Mid America Clinical Laboratories, a subcontractor that does blood work for St. Vincent. In a faxed statement Wednesday, Mid America said it doesn't "condone the behavior of the laboratory employee."
"Based upon our findings, we have taken appropriate action," the company said. "We are cooperating fully with the authorities and St. Vincent Hospital and we cannot comment further due to the ongoing investigation."
Police said the fired technician has expressed remorse. Attempts by 6News to reach her for comment weren't successful.
Buntin said her son is autistic. She said he was supposed to start preschool this week, but she and her husband are keeping him home because he has clung to them since Friday's incident.
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I am appalled! For a grown woman to use the "old chestnut" that I have heard time and time again from my children, "he/she hit me first", is so infantile. Of course a three year old child is going to fight back if you start to draw blood......it is a scary thing for a child. With the child being autistic, that just complicates things that much more since you can not be sure just how they are going to react. This is why is can take up to three people to restrain a child for blood work....and for my oldest son it took four people since he did not want to have anything to do with needles. Then for them to try to justify their behavior by stating that is how they handle the kids in the "home" makes me hope that the children in the home are examined for child abuse.
While shopping at WalMart today......well, more like recuperating from shopping at WalMart since I was sitting on the bench after I had checkout my purchases waiting for my daughter, Heather, to do the same....I saw the cutest scene. A baby about 9 or 10 months old sitting in the shopping cart being pushed by his Mom. The baby was a chubby wubby version of his father who was bouncing a small spiderman ball around like he was one of the Harlem Globetrotters. After the father had gone through his little routine, he would toss the small ball into the empty part of the seat of the cart next to his small son. His son would promptly manhandle the ball until he was able to toss the ball out of the seat and into the direction of his dad. The dad would then go into his Harlem Globetrotter routine.....and each time his son would get the biggest grin on his face and break out into giggles and laughter. Since this WalMart is a superstore, it was a long way to the exit and I got to witness this heartwarming bit of male bonding for a goodly bit of time. It put a smile in my heart and made me proud to be an American.
They are playing SpongeBob Squarepants Monopoly......Jen, Jessie, and Dad. They have been playing since about 9 o'clock. Right now Dad is winning since he has the hotels on the Krusty Krab property but the girls are hanging in there avoiding landing on his propery. He keeps going to jail! They have now put a Midnight deadline on the game since the Plankton coin was removed early in the game since they want to win....not just cash out. For those that do not know, the Plankton coin is moved a space every time a 1 is thrown on the dice. Once the coin moves completely around the board....the game would usually end. Makes it a lot easier if you are playing with a younger crowd since then the winner is determined by who has the most money and property. My crew go for the Big Win.......so Plankton was evicted. The girls are trying to finagle a way to defeat Dad but I have a feeling I am going to hear his crows of victory soon. He is such a bad winner.....but he is an even worse loser. They are having a lot of fun though as I hear the laughter and the giggles. The girls are keeping him in line too but he is unmerciful in collecting his "rents". I was putting the grandson to sleep so I am just a spectator this time. Good thing too or my Husband might not be the one winning this time. Jessie already has played two games with me this week and I won both of them. Sadly to say......Plankton was evicted from the game as soon as he made his first circuit around the board. Midnight.......They decided that they would declare a three-way tie! But he thinks he won since he had all the hotels but the girls are making him stick to the three-way tie decision. So it is time for me to go......bedtime!
Had a great trip to North Carolina to bring Jessie back even though working to clear and clean her house was soooo tiring in that heat. Even with the air conditioner, I had to rest about every 20 minutes. We got to visit with Scott, my oldest son, and his wife, Lindy, too which made the trip even better. They even came down and helped us clean the last day after chiding me for not asking for help sooner. Jessie had not gotten much done in preparing the house for the move beyond having all the clothes packed for transporting to the car. She found that when she started packing that she got hung up on the idea that she was packing up James and removing all evidence that they had once had a home together. I sort of understood since I had similiar feelings when I had to pack up and leave Kentucky after my divorce was almost processed. The judge made him give me a plane ticket back to California as part of the divorce settlement. He balked at first until his lawyer told him that he might has well give it to me since the judge was going to give me everything I asked for anyways. I loved the man and did not want a divorce but Kentucky had allowed a No-Fault Divorce and I was one of the first few cases that they processed under the new proceedings. Life seemed so unfair and I cried on the court steps. The judge told me that he was going to let the divorce go through since I could do better than him. I still do not think it should have been his decision to make since he did not have to live with the results. Anyways.....Jessie had a hard time motivating.....but that changed when we got there. It had to change since we had a limited time to accomplish the move. It did not help that our car threw a timing belt on Labor Day. My Handy Dandy Husband saved the day with my son Scott by getting the car up and running. Whew!!!! That was a scary moment for me when the car died and a relief when it was discovered that it was a timing belt and could be fixed. Long trip back home since we were so tired from all the work and short on money. We pulled into rest stops for naps when we got tired. Alex, the baby, took the ride in stride and was an angel. Still unpacking and getting organized and dealing with family members coming back to the shelter of our home. Funny, just a few months ago, my Husband was glooming and dooming over the fact that his kids were leaving the nest and now some are coming back to roost for a bit. It will not be for long since my two daughters are planning on going back to NC and my Husband will have an even harder time to deal with it since Alex is getting cuter by the minute with his winning smile, dimples, and curly locks. My three daughters have had a few squabbles since our return but I am insisting that they handle themselves as adults and find a solution without running to Mom to settle lit for them. Sometimes coming home has an effect to turning back the mental clock in one's brain. I know that when I have gone home to my Mother's house, I have to resist that pull of childhood so I understand the concept. My grandson, Damien turned 5 last weekend and found that the Spongebob Squarepants pinatas are really hard to break. It took Adrianna letting out all her aggression to even slightly puncture it. Cardboard is not the same as paper mache! So now I am getting ready to start getting the outside prepared for winter. The rains have started coming so that means that winter is not far and the trees are starting to don their crimson leaves. I didn't bring up any deep subjects during our trip to NC but our minister has been having some sermons that seem to have touched my Husband. Last Sunday, he kept telling me how much he loved me. Sometimes, I think that he is really seeing me for the first time and is amazed at who I really am since I have run into opposition that have their own agendas and jealousy that have tried to taint his view of me for years. At least I hope so, since it would make my family so much more enriched to have a loving Husband and Father around to enjoy the laughter and joy we share as a family.
I wish! Instead we will be driving down to NC to bring my daughter Jessica and my grandson Alex back home to stay with us until Heather, Tom and she find another better location to live down there. Needless to say, James and Jessica's first apartment was not located in an area that brought peace of mind to her parents. When her sister Heather and her husband Tom go down there and get a three bedroom house, I will be more at peace with the situation. Personally, I would have trouble with communal living but the kids do not seem to be like me in this regard. Then again, none of them particularly like being alone either and that is something that is a requirement for me at least at sometime during the day.....alone time with just myself. We anticipate that we will get to have them stay with us until at least the end of November. I know they want to move out of here before the snow flies since none of us are exactly snow lovers. It is something to be enjoyed from inside of your warm toasty home but the reality is that you have to bundle up and chip and scrape it off your windshield everytime you want to go somewhere and makes every car ride an adventure. Makes me want to leave the state too since I am definintely not a snow lover. We will have a long ride down there and that should be interesting. Probably not, since I do not really want to have any conflict going on since we will be trapped with each other........but then again......I think that is the only way he will not be able to wiggle away from dealing with any of the issues brought up. Since I would have to be the one to bring it up, I probably won't since the ride is too long. I will have to save it for a trip that takes about an hour....after all....that is all you get when you go to a therapist. By the way, therapy is great but to do any good you have to go and then actually talk about the problem. We have tried this a different time and place and he goes as long as he gets to list his complaints and issues and quits soon after I start dealing with my issues and complaints. Why?.....he says that I am trying to make him look bad to the therapist so he doesn't want to go. Going to the therapist is nice if you need someone to talk to since I have read enough reading material on the subject that I know my different options. I understand what needs to be done, it is how to get my husband to cope with the damage that he has created in my family.....not only to me but to my children. He thinks by saying that he knows that he did wrong and is sorry for what he had done that should be enough on his part. That attitude alone is causing a problem with everyone. Normally, I tend to be careful with the tender male ego but in this situation.....welllll.....screw that!! If there every was a time that I expect him to go the extra mile.....now is the time. He did at first for a very short while but that part was easy for him since most of my feelings had been placed in storage for the time being until I was strong enough to deal with them. It is easy dealing with a person that only allows "happy" thoughts. I am a complete person so I have positive and negative thoughts and feelings so that I can be a balanced person.......and not a shallow person that only lives on the surface of Life. Intelligence has a high price since ignorance can be bliss.....like being a butterfly until a cruel wind throws you into a wall crushing your wings. I just get tired of being smart and having to deal with everything .....since everyone knows that I can and will. Working my way through this....one day at a time.....trying to create a path to follow in this darkness of sorrow that has cast its shadow onto my Life's progress. Actually, I think I have already created a narrow path....I just have to broaden it now to make it a safe and secure path to follow since the narrow path resembles stepping stones more than a very narrow path. Communication is the key.
Tonight seems to be a crying night for me. I have tried to deal with the pain and disillusionment my Husband's unfaithfulness since the anniversary of my discovering his betrayal. I had no time or energy during the first year since all my energies were focused on saving my marriage and family. Now........the pain is starting to eat its way out of the hidden place I placed it so that I could even function. Songs take on an entire different meaning to me now. Last weekend, I finally let him see just an inkling of the pain that he has given me and I don't think he even has a clue! I love him but his actions have changed me and I am still dealing with the ripple effects never mind the fact that I haven't actually dealt with graphic details of his infidelity. I understand that he had unusual circumstances putting pressure on him ........but am I just trying to find excuses for him? I knew we were having troubles in our marriage and at the time, I didn't know where it was orginating from or why. I went to him.......let's try to find our way through our troubles and find a middle ground to find a solution that we both can be happy with. Stupid Me!!!! He went to someone else.......someone he says told him everything he wanted to hear and I was not saying. I asked him what did she say that would make you think that you could walk away and lose your family and that you would be alright with that. He will not tell me! I really want to know. I really need to know! Was she telling him lies that she could not fulfill to get him away from us? I do not think a wife should lie to her Husband and that she is there to be his helpmate. As his wife, he should be glad that I say the things that he needs to hear even if he does not want to hear them most of the time.....like our grown children have issues with him, money problems, day to day challenges. If he had such a need for certain words to be said......try communicating once in a while. I need to come full circle in dealing with damaged part of my life....dreams...hopes...future....and I need the truth from him no matter how much it hurts me since I have a need to build my Life on Truth and not on Lies. I deserve the Truth so that I can pick the right path for my soul to travel. I have always told my girls and sons too for that matter, you do not leave until you do not love them anymore. Until then, you fight for your love and keep trying to find a way to work through the difficulties that marriage can bring. I need the Truth and he is withholding it from me. This is not a good thing and my soul cries tears of fire that burn when they are shed. I am having trouble putting my "Happy Face" on tonight........so I am allowing myself to be unhappy and cry....I wish I could share my unhappiness with my Husband so he just might reassure me but, unfortunately, his guilt makes it where he gets defensive and then angry that I can not just "let it go". I don't want to deal with it that way....I can't! I have to understand first and I have too many unanswered questions still. But .....I am dealing with it and what does not kill me, will make me stronger.......though I do not understand just why I need to be this strong. So ....to bed I go, to snuggle up close to him and when he draws me up close, I will pretend that he is comforting me. Tomorrow is another day....another fresh start.
I want to post.....really I do! It is just that I am so busy and have so much going on in my mind right now. I will post soon if for no other reason than to download some of my thoughts onto this journal so that they do not have to chase around in my mind. It soothes me when I post. So, on the the bank to deposit money and to find out why I can not reorder my checks online. The bank is doing all kinds of changes to its structure and it is starting to annoy me since they are making their banking site user unfriendly in my opinion. Plus the fact that they cut off all transaction prior to 13 Aug 06 and made them unavailable online.......poor planning on the banks part as far as I am concerned.......or maybe just cheapness on their part. Not a happy camper right now with them!!!! I have other errands to run too so and I still have to play those Cribbage games for Club Pogo to get my badge this week. I really hate Cribbage and wished my Husband would have played at least some of the games for me since he LOVES to play Cribbage. He didn't so now I just have to suffer through the games........I so am addicted to Pogo!
Alex, my grandson, is back from North Carolina........Yay!! Oh, by the way, so is Jessie and James......lol. A time of rejoicing and a time of uncertainity since they are here because James will be leaving for Iraq shortly after his leave is over. For Jessica, the wait then will begin for his return. This is going to be hard for her but it is just another challenge in being a military wife.
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