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FutureCEO

FutureCEO

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Gabe1 said:
It is 12 degrees. Really hating this.
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It's a winter wonderland!
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
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Windchill here is 3 degrees. My face is windburned. No wonder I walked outside and was immediately cold, even with my winter coat and a jacket underneath.

Don't know how all of you who get colder temps deal with it. Because I don't deal well with cold weather.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

Premium Member
StarWarsGirl95 said:
It is true that animals can help children on the autism spectrum.

Not ones who are generally afraid of animals, though. It would be nice if my brother were less afraid, but honestly, it's more trouble than it's worth, at least in his case. Being around dogs (or most animals for that matter) makes his anxiety level go up. Even cats make him somewhat anxious (he thinks they'll bite, except he knows that Belle would never nip him, so he's fine around her. Others that he knows will not nip him he's fine around too). For some though, it works great.

That's the tricky thing about autism; what might be fine for one person on the spectrum may not work for another. For my brother, and many others, going to WDW or DL is it's own kind of therapy. He's able to go and the stimulation is good for him, he makes progress in school upon returning, and his verbal communication skills improve. It's an opportunity to practice skills that they teach in class (saying hello to people, saying please/thank you, ordering meals at restaurants, etc.) For other kids, they might never be able to experience WDW/DL because the stimulation would be too overwhelming for them.

Autism is just one big puzzle that no one has been able to solve yet.
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Thank you for sharing that. I don't know anyone with autism, so it's always good to have some knowledge about it, while keeping in mind your comment that it's also a complicated situation. Let's hope that researchers will unlock more of the mysteries. Your brother is blessed that he has such a loving and supportive family around him.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Gabe1 said:
The Humanity! A truck rolls on the icy road last night carrying 40,000 pounds of cheese in Wisconsin. "The sight alone might have been enough to cause the hearts of true cheeseheads to skip a beat." said said Fox News adding it was unclear if anyone was injured. :eek:

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Hope the driver and the cheese escaped without harm.
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Yes, let's hope the driver is o.k.

On another matter, I'll bet there's plenty of happy mice running off with the cheese!
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
I may have stirred the pot, sort of without meaning to. That's a big "sort of".
Missionary Auntie is still not back to fighting form, and had to go to town (Mwanza) to a clinic for more medical treatment. Her lung infection is finally cleared up (after 2 months), but she still can't breathe without her puffers every four hours, and is completely housebound. Kinda hard to feed village kids or preach out of town, when you are unable to leave your house.

Anyway, all of her email updates are very vague ... deliberately.
She did however, ask her daughter to get things all set up with a respiratory specialist for when she gets home in June. There is a marked difference between her x-rays of this week compared to those from 6 months ago.

Cuz gave me a call to get a little info. She couldn't remember the name of Auntie's condition (ideopathic pulmonary fibrosis). And then ... we got talking, and told her what I knew about it. The Boss' much older second husband died of the same disease in June of 2006. The Boss, as you may recall, is a close friend of 25+ years, so I was intimately involved with the process.
Like Auntie, Frank was asymptomatic for three years, he started to get ill in year four, and once he got legit sick, he was gone in six weeks.

Cuz got on the internet and learned that the average life expectancy after diagnosis was 5-7 years. Auntie was diagnosed in 2011. Cuz is now very concerned, and so she should be.

She is going to complete her internet investigations, carefully word an email to her mom, and insist she come home. For once, I'm on her side, rather than Auntie's.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Gabe1 said:
And as much as I like to think the schools really want kids to excel in their education I have to slam my head into a wall when the highly educated administrators demonstrate how poor their judgement is. Yep, another administrator got hit in the head with the stupid stick.

In Kermit Texas (just the name makes you want to believe this story is fake) a 9 year old 4th grade boy was Suspended by administration. The boy had Seen the Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies over the weekend with his folks and told another student he could make him invisible with his fictional "One Ring."

Principal suspended the boy for alleged "terroristic threat." Yep, Terroristic Threat. :facepalm: Just demonstrates how easily someone gets labeled as a terrorist these days and the word is loosing its meaning. Dad reacted saying “Kids act out movies that they see. When I watched Superman as a kid, I went outside and tried to fly,” Steward says, adding, “I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence. If he did, I’m sure he’d bring him right back.” Even the US Department of Education has said these suspensions are getting out of hand.

These little Disney Princesses best watch out while dancing and singing Let it Go, they best not pretend to Freeze their little friends.
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Having not seen the movie, I'm uninformed about invisibility and fictional one rings? o_O Whatever--doesn't sound like the kid did anything other than be a kid. Kids are always mimicking characters in movies. Sheesh. :(
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

Premium Member
StarWarsGirl95 said:
Windchill here is 3 degrees. My face is windburned. No wonder I walked outside and was immediately cold, even with my winter coat and a jacket underneath.

Don't know how all of you who get colder temps deal with it. Because I don't deal well with cold weather.
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Just bundle up in layers. The key to staying warm in very cold temperatures is to forget about fashion. Practical clothing is the only "style" that works in bitter cold temperatures. Heh, heh . . . you should have seen the get-up I wore the other day. I think everything I had on clashed with the other pieces in colors and patterns and I didn't care. Why? I was toasty warm outdoors and happy! :happy:
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

Premium Member
JenniferS said:
I may have stirred the pot, sort of without meaning to. That's a big "sort of".
Missionary Auntie is still not back to fighting form, and had to go to town (Mwanza) to a clinic for more medical treatment. Her lung infection is finally cleared up (after 2 months), but she still can't breathe without her puffers every four hours, and is completely housebound. Kinda hard to feed village kids or preach out of town, when you are unable to leave your house.

Anyway, all of her email updates are very vague ... deliberately.
She did however, ask her daughter to get things all set up with a respiratory specialist for when she gets home in June. There is a marked difference between her x-rays of this week compared to those from 6 months ago.

Cuz gave me a call to get a little info. She couldn't remember the name of Auntie's condition (ideopathic pulmonary fibrosis). And then ... we got talking, and told her what I knew about it. The Boss' much older second husband died of the same disease in June of 2006. The Boss, as you may recall, is a close friend of 25+ years, so I was intimately involved with the process.
Like Auntie, Frank was asymptomatic for three years, he started to get ill in year four, and once he got legit sick, he was gone in six weeks.

Cuz got on the internet and learned that the average life expectancy after diagnosis was 5-7 years. Auntie was diagnosed in 2011. Cuz is now very concerned, and so she should be.

She is going to complete her internet investigations, carefully word an email to her mom, and insist she come home. For once, I'm on her side, rather than Auntie's.
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Wow. That's a tough bit of news to deal with. Will send prayers for best solutions all around.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
February 5/2015 - mark it down.

Son #2 just came up to talk about his future. While he loves where he is working, he wants more! Yay!!

He actually wants my job - or one like it. He thinks he would be good at sales, and may have natural aptitude, given that he is the progeny of two very good salespeople.

I explained to him that he is too young. I was the youngest person ever hired in the history of our company, and I was almost 22. He needs some time and life experience under his belt.

We talked a bit, and I suggested something that his dad and I have been discussing for a while:
- work until the end of August
- go back to school and get his high school diploma, continuing to work on the weekend
- go to college for a 2 or 3 year business diploma
- get his real estate licence
- and then I will see about getting him into the biz

Like I said, while he likes working, he is sick of coughing up a lung every day, blowing hideous things out of his nose, having his clothes catch fire at least once/week ....

This puts a wrench in my personal plans, but I would love him to finish high school and do some post-secondary. He wants to make more than $12/hr, and work 11 hours/day. Oh happy day - some signs of a greater ambition.
Now if I could just motivate that big lug, Son #1!
 

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