The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

Cesar R M

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Can somebody please make a gif of Thumper laughing after Bambi calls Flower the Skunk a "Flower". Especially where he started laughing so hard he falls on his back. Along with Flower getting flattered after Bambi calls him pretty. Maybe post them in this thread for future use. :)
something like this?
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this one seems inversed...

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MinnieM123

Premium Member
Our town really didn't want to do ordinances for all this. We had a few that were that were not just lets leave it up a bit longer it was lets light our house up for Christmas on Easter. One lady championed it, she was trying to sell her home and the neighbor had Christmas lights shining. The town actually encourages lighting for the season, they sponsor a contest. Our town is lit with tiny white lights and our carriage lights are Bowed.

In my little Hamlet We can only have one commercial vehicle in our driveway up to the size of a large van. Snowmobiles can be on drive from November until April. Campers/motorhomes, boats, jet ski's March until November. You can get a free permit to bring them back for 2 days coming and 2 days returning like if you take the camper out of storage to go to Florida at Christmas so you can load and unload it so there is leadway and understanding. Trash cans can't go out until 4pm and must be stored behind the home and be there by 10pm. Flood lights (I have 4) can only shine on your own property, mine are on the back of the property so I could see if critters were out there before I let dogs out.

And then there is a mega list of things that can't touch public property from mini bikes to motor razor scooters or little kid battery operated cars. I laughed when when of my DD friends who has always been in a wheelchair most hours of the day. She got a Barbie motorized battery car to give her some freedom. Yep hers could be on the sidewalk as it became ADA compliant! Woot! I live in a very unique little hamlet.

:jawdrop: Too many RULES! My goodness, it must take a year to learn all the in's and out's of living there. ;) Rules aside, it sounds like a very nice place to live. :)
 

Songbird76

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That's a very fair price. I wish they had one in her size!
I do too!! I will just keep looking back. I have been there so many times looking for things and you have to be fast...I was looking for the bedding in a double size for ages before they finally had it. They get new stuff in and it's gone right away. I'm sure with the holidays coming up, they will get more in. I'll just have to keep trying...it's kind of like getting the ADRs you want.
 

BAChicagoGal

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Today I have an appointment for an echocardiogram. I have read up on the procedure, and realize that it is nothing too weird, or invasive. I called my insurance company last week, and obtained information on what my cost may/should/could be. The lady on the phone was so helpful. Actually I had a gentleman at first, and he could not help me at all, so he switched me over to another Aetna employee that "knew her stuff".

I have also decided to switch insurance, and normally folks don't trade in their PPO for an HMO. However, I am trying to keep my costs down, and my doctors all in the same network. I wished my eye doctor was part of more plans like my primary care doctor, but I had to find one that matched up. I must educate myself on all of the referral, and precertification procedures. I'm sure I will get the hang of it after while.

I have Aetna, and I am going to need to fill my prescriptions at CVS beginning in January, because Walgreens is no longer the preferred pharmacy. The difference is cost, of course, but also a 4 city block walk in my case.
 

Songbird76

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My oldest is 11 and in 6th grade now - new school, very supportive, and understanding that he basically went through hell in elementary school. We're still getting systems in place (he's in integrated classes), but the kids in his class like him and don't bother him, so so far, so good. :) It REALLY helps that I'm finishing up my bachelors in Education, so I'm able to speak to the teachers, admins, etc. in their own language and that there's really no communication gap...which is sort of why I chose that as my second major to begin with. I will say that I don't get involved in ANY of the school activities anymore, and it's definitely had an effect on my kids' social lives, which really stinks, but I refuse to subject any of us to the snobbery that is so prevalent. (It was so bad at his old school that one kid was calling him names all day DURING class and the excuse "his teacher had a really difficult group of kids" was thrown at me. I don't care - that's unacceptable and the school has a zero tolerance policy that's worthless.)

My youngest is 6. He has a severe speech delay (he talks as if he's maybe 3-4-ish depending on the subject), but he understands everything you say to him. He's in a separate autism program and he ADORES school...to the point where I can use it to my advantage if he's being a skootch! He goes to the same school my oldest went to for elementary, but where he's in a separate program we haven't had any issues.

Honestly, we're in MA where we're supposed to have the "best" schools around, and I have yet to see evidence of that. Not to get political, but the extreme liberalism here is causing some things that I really have issue with and we're working towards moving to Florida. Tons of reasons for the decision, but Disney is definitely one of them as both my boys thrive there (and seem to make developmental leaps on every trip), and it's our family happy place.

I'm so happy you guys were able to find a great place for your son!!! :) Honestly, I can make money from home, and my goal once I finish my degrees (English and Education, specialization in instructional design, and you can bet I have tons of life experience with special needs) is to parlay them into tutoring and using my other skills to earn enough so that I can home-school my oldest. He really, REALLY hates school and is a technological wiz-kid (like his mom, lol). That wouldn't happen until after we move, but we know enough people down in FL already that socializing really would be a non-issue. Up here we're out in the middle of nowhere and pretty much by ourselves.
It's sad that he hates school already...my DS did, too, but he LOVES his new school. What you were saying about the excuse...that's one of our school's, too. And to be fair, in his case it really was true...there aren't enough adults in the school to keep an eye on all the jerks in his year. Already in 1st grade, they had so many kids who were just difficult to deal with and they had put ALL of them in one class. So there were 5 kids who had been held back that year, and then a whole bunch of aggressive kids all in one class. In 2nd grade, they split them up because the 2 teachers with the difficult class said they couldn't do it for another year. The 2 for the other 1st grade class didn't understand what all the fuss was about...they had all the easy ones. Then once they split it up, the other teachers started complaining that it was such a difficult class...and they only had HALF of the difficult ones. But my DS was bullied by about 15 kids and several were in classes above his...kids who were 3 years older than him. And the school's reaction was that MY kid needed to learn to behave differently so he wasn't a target. We didn't have a diagnosis until about a month ago, and something I've learned is that people can't accept "different" without a diagnosis. They need a reason to allow you to be "weird". At least in my experience. People couldn't accept DS and the way he is until there was a label attached to it, and suddenly "Oh...well then he can't help it...ok." Before that, it was "Well, if he would just not cry all the time..." or "Well, maybe he shouldn't play soccer with those boys...they play rough and he can't handle it." No...there's a difference between "Let's play a new game called 'kick the ball as hard as you can at <DS>'" and "playing rough". That's not playing rough...that's assault. But it was all on DS to change what HE was doing, so he wouldn't be a target. They never addressed it from the standpoint of changing what the bullies were doing...teaching them not to bully. I'll be so glad when this school year is over and DD goes to high school and we won't have to deal with that school ever again!!
 

Pixieish

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It's sad that he hates school already...my DS did, too, but he LOVES his new school. What you were saying about the excuse...that's one of our school's, too. And to be fair, in his case it really was true...there aren't enough adults in the school to keep an eye on all the jerks in his year. Already in 1st grade, they had so many kids who were just difficult to deal with and they had put ALL of them in one class. So there were 5 kids who had been held back that year, and then a whole bunch of aggressive kids all in one class. In 2nd grade, they split them up because the 2 teachers with the difficult class said they couldn't do it for another year. The 2 for the other 1st grade class didn't understand what all the fuss was about...they had all the easy ones. Then once they split it up, the other teachers started complaining that it was such a difficult class...and they only had HALF of the difficult ones. But my DS was bullied by about 15 kids and several were in classes above his...kids who were 3 years older than him. And the school's reaction was that MY kid needed to learn to behave differently so he wasn't a target. We didn't have a diagnosis until about a month ago, and something I've learned is that people can't accept "different" without a diagnosis. They need a reason to allow you to be "weird". At least in my experience. People couldn't accept DS and the way he is until there was a label attached to it, and suddenly "Oh...well then he can't help it...ok." Before that, it was "Well, if he would just not cry all the time..." or "Well, maybe he shouldn't play soccer with those boys...they play rough and he can't handle it." No...there's a difference between "Let's play a new game called 'kick the ball as hard as you can at <DS>'" and "playing rough". That's not playing rough...that's assault. But it was all on DS to change what HE was doing, so he wouldn't be a target. They never addressed it from the standpoint of changing what the bullies were doing...teaching them not to bully. I'll be so glad when this school year is over and DD goes to high school and we won't have to deal with that school ever again!!

OMG...that kind of thing burns my butt something fierce!!! I've adopted a hashtag that another autism mom uses for her blog, and I adore it...#teamquirky - I especially love it because hubby and I are pretty dang quirky ourselves! It's so hard trying to help them understand that yes, it stinks, and yes, mean kids stink, but they only have to deal with them for a little while.

She really DID have a tough bunch of kids - but in my opinion, if that's the case, they should do EVERYTHING in their power to help the teacher dealing with that kind of burden - including hiring someone to help with classroom management. It was horrible. And that was just the worst of it he dealt with in 4th grade. In 2nd and 3rd grade, there was a kid constantly doing things he knew bothered my son just so that he'd get himself in trouble either defending another kid or himself. Mean kids really stink and it makes one pause to think about what they must deal with at home.

And yes, that's been my experience too...they're more bent on protecting the bully's privacy and expect the victim to make all the changes. Completely backwards to what should happen, in my opinion, because it sends the wrong messages to everyone.
 

StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
No
DD had a few groaners to add here:

A termite walks into the bar and asks "Is the bar tender here?"

I asked a Frenchman if he played video games. He said Wii.
What do you call a camel with no humps?
Humpfree.

What did one plate say to the other?
Dinner's on me.

What do sea monsters eat?
Fish and ships

What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
A dinosnore

Playing Ketchup. Yesterday was a big huge craft fair and I took DD to it. We had a great time and I needed it. Friday was a sucky day. I pulled a stupid...DS's new school is awesome, but they have a different schedule that I'm not used to yet. Wednesdays and Fridays are half days, and for some reason I had 12 in my head instead of 12:30. So I left my house at 11:20 so I would get there about 10 minutes to 12. I get halfway there and I realize my mistake and normally I bring a book with me so I have something to do while I wait, but since I thought I was only going to be there 10 minutes early, I didn't bother. So I'm right by the city center, berating myself for the mistake and thinking where I should go for that half hour, and a woman on a bike turned right in front of a car...I didn't see her at all until she flew over the hood of the car. I actually thought it was a kid because I thought what I saw flying over the car was a backpack...but it was the woman. I called an ambulance and I wasn't the only one, or even the first, but someone was doing CPR and someone else jumped into the street to direct traffic...there must have been about 20 other people who saw it. And then the ambulance came...well, actually 3 or 4 showed up, and they called for an airlift. They ended up canceling the airlift...it was too late. My husband had to come home from work to pick DS up from school. I was SOOOOO glad it wasn't on the way BACK, that HE didn't witness that. When I got home, I was still so shaky I ended up pouring myself a large shot. I hardly ever drink, but that called for some booze. The policeman I gave my statement to was really nice, though. He asked me how I was handling it and told me to ask my doctor for help if I needed someone to talk to. Really nice guy. So that was my Friday. Well, and I worked, but at least that was a good distraction.
Good grief. I can't even imagine what it must've felt like to witness that.
 

Goofyernmost

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As the parent of 2 kids on the spectrum who has had those kinds of parents up to her eyeballs...I can't love this post enough!!!!!!

EDIT: My oldest now despises school because of bullying from the kids of these horrible people, and one actually had the cajones to hold her pointer finger up at me while I was waiting for her and her friend to be done chit-chatting so they would move their cars so I could drop my kid off for school 1st thing in the morning. People like the ones we've both described are what is wrong with the world.
Well they have official sanction now. You have heard of America First. America is made up of individuals and now it will be ok to take care of ourselves first, the hell with the rest of the people. Not a new idea at all, just one that is now encouraged.
 

StarWarsGirl

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
So I came home from work today with a migraine and am now in the darkest place in the house: the basement. I went into the utility room to get something and left the door open. I found Belle in there a few minutes later and asked her what she was doing in there. Then I heard a squeak. I was like...um, on second thought, you can stay in there.

Then, about five minutes later, out walks Belle with a dead mouse in her mouth. Brings it out to me for approval.

Then, I find Jasmine in there, after I heard another squeak. I'm not 100% sure, but she came out licking her chops a few minutes later...
 

MySmallWorldof4

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So I came home from work today with a migraine and am now in the darkest place in the house: the basement. I went into the utility room to get something and left the door open. I found Belle in there a few minutes later and asked her what she was doing in there. Then I heard a squeak. I was like...um, on second thought, you can stay in there.

Then, about five minutes later, out walks Belle with a dead mouse in her mouth. Brings it out to me for approval.

Then, I find Jasmine in there, after I heard another squeak. I'm not 100% sure, but she came out licking her chops a few minutes later...
Eeewww!!! By the way. I read that vitamin k can help with migraines. Maybe see if you can search that on the internet.
 

SteveBrickNJ

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Reflecting back on the topic I exchanged with a couple of posters who said they only look at THIS thread....they don't look at the stack of thread options on the entire Chit Chat forum........( imagine a trumpet tooting out an announcement-style fanfare :cool:.....)
I have posted a new picture on my Fall Foliage thread that can be accessed by actually leaving this thread and selecting that one.
Have a nice evening everyone. :)
 

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