Hello,
We had a request for a separate little forum to just share everydat chit chat.
Here 'tis!
Glad to have a chance to just visit!
Blessings,
Christine


www.HomeFieldAdvantage.org

This is cool!

Today has been a crazy day! I took my girls to Sunday School this morning and came home to clean the house. We had showings scheduled at 1:30 and 4:00 this afternoon. I picked them up at noon, came home so they could change clothes, then left at 1:00 to go to lunch (with the dog in tow, so we had to get take-out). We ate lunch in the van and drove around our neighborhood until 2:45 and the first realtor never showed up! I called to check on her and was told she was out showing properties but didn't have her cell phone with her, so we had no way of knowing if she was still coming or what. So we came in the house to wait, and at 3:15 the second realtor showed up, 45 minutes early! Thankfully we hadn't messed anything up, so we just took the dog and left again. I was gone until 4:45, dropping my girls off at various places. When I got home the second realtor had come and gone. My realtor called me back and said he had talked to the first realtor after she got home, and she said she couldn't find the lock box. She didn't know when she'd be in our area again so she may or may not reschedule.

So now I'm home, all alone with just the pets. My son and middle daughter are at his church for youth group, my other two daughters are at our church for youth choir. I have an hour before I go pick up my middle daughter and take her back to our church for youth group, then come home for an hour, then go back to pick up all three girls. We should all be home by around 8:00 and my son should be home soon after that. So like I said, today has been a crazy day!!

I copied this from the old chat thread.
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Just a quick post.....

We went to a different church yesterday. I think we're going to move our membership and it just kills me! Our entire lives are bound up in our church and the thought of leaving is difficult. We've been active members since August, 1997.

I think I'm going to post about this in the prayer request thread.

I hope everyone had a good weekend and Monday is going well. Lori, how was your weekend? Christine, when are you gonna slow down long enough to post again? Cinda, Wendy, Amanda???? Where is everyone????

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Originally posted by Lori in FL:

the first realtor never showed up!

When I got home the second realtor had come and gone.

she said she couldn't find the lock box. She didn't know when she'd be in our area again so she may or may not reschedule.

How maddening!!! Sometimes it seems that they aren't as motivated as we'd like...
STILL praying for you Lori!

Hey Lori,
How is your sister?

I did the same thing OOPS

Well, Quiver

I'm here just don't have much to talk about.

I've been achy all over but not sick iykwim.

I have a birthday party for Lina on Wed. that I'm not ready for. Really have had made some strides around here but at a stand still.

Trying not to embarrass myself as I'm very emotional lately and who knows why??? Probably just ran myself down with all the extra stuff I've been trying to do. My dh worked a long week 7 days and that always affects my mood. I NEED at least one day of him being here to help me.

I'm praying for you Lori to be able to move on with your dh VERY VERY soon.

And Quiver you must be very use to having your dh away to not be going bonkers every week.

Well I could certainly whine a bit more as tonight has been no exception of crazy messes to clean up and discipline problems.


I will choose to change the subject though first PTL Lori that your house is showing more often!!!

And ladies I have been wondering about a funny thing that my boys exhibit.

They understand most of the things that they should at their age but I think this is so weird if they were asked to recite say their abc's or numbers (they know them in asking a question like sight recognition but not so much to recite in order. Not that they have never been able to recite but as of late I've been trying to refresh them on the basics and this has come to my attention. They can not sing the abc song with me at 5 and 6 years old

Also I was wondering your ideas about this. I have always been more realist in my entertainment maybe too mushy liking Pollyanna type movies but not so much sci fi other worldly movies stories etc... My dh is different in that he'd rather escape to another time and world than to watch / play some thing more real for instance he'd rather play a game that has bad guy /good guy creatures than a simulated war game.

My boys are following him in this they want to like what he does and so are already playing games that are other worldly or fantasy about aliens, robots etc ...

My ds 6 says to me today mom I wish I were a robot so I could live forever and I remind him we should be glad for what/ who God made us to be and that he will live forever with Jesus in the BEST place ever some day etc ....

How would you try to strike and maintain a balance in this situation?
 

Who said I'm NOT bonkers...

I'm not sure I understand your question. I know my boys HATED singing the Cubbie song in AWANA's, is this something close to what you mean?

My boys seem to live in a fantasy world and only maturity and my insistance have brought them out. In the past, they've been Frank & Joe Hardy from the Hardy Boys, Luke Skywalker from Star Wars, John Wayne from some cowboy movies, Army guys, President Bush,

Augh, gottta go! be back later

Quiver,
Thanks for asking about my sister, altho' I don't have much to tell. I haven't heard from her directly since she e-mailed about the divorce. My other sister is down here right now helping her get settled into her new home. I did speak to her the other day and she told me Michele was meeting with her ex- that evening to discuss a settlement. I haven't heard how that went. She said Michele says she's fine and she's handling things, but that's typical Michele. She "handles things" very well, on the surface. I think really she's in shock, and when it really hits her, who knows? She has a good support system, though, so I think she'll be okay. She's supposed to get her Internet hooked up tomorrow so then I'll be better able to keep in touch with her. She's been going to the library every few days to use their computers.

Cinda,
I don't think there's anything "wrong" with your boys. Really, I think they're being typical boys! My son has ALWAYS been much more into fantasy-type things than my girls (like Star Wars and things like that) and really he still is even now. I never really thought about it before, but thinking back, he didn't really learn by singing as well as the girls did, either. We had a phonics song we used when the kids were learning to read. He never really learned the song, or at least never sang it. He'd listen to it, and I think learned from it, but didn't care to sing it himself. Whereas my oldest daughter STILL remembers that song (at 16 yrs old). I wouldn't worry about them not being able to recite or sing back to you. If they're learning, it doesn't really matter how they go about that. They do need to be able to know the alphabet in order, but does it matter if they can sing the song? I don't think so. Everyone is different and will learn in their own way and at their own pace. Just try not to compare them to what they "should" know at their age. It's easy to get caught up in that, but really doesn't help anyone I don't think. BTW, my son didn't learn to read well until the 3rd grade. My daughters (two of them) were reading in kindergarten. But now, no one would ever be able to tell that. My son reads, writes, and expresses himself verbally exceptionally well. He just had to be ready before things "clicked".

Thanks ladies,

I told the Lord when i got married that I really should have a girl first. I was very happy to get a boy but I knew it would be a challenge to me. I don't readily understand them LOL and I am a type of person that has to make sure I try to understand everyone. My brothers were the youngest of our family and they were in many ways to the most part neglected, parents life was more busy by the time they came along. I was oldest and had a lot of responsibility out of the home so I spent less time with them. So that's the story of me and boys I'm often clueless.
Thanks and I may have more questions about boy things later.

I guess one of the reasons I ask this question is b/c my 2 yo dd has been doing lots of dancing and sing song type talk and I don't remember the boys ever doing that much as toddlers. I'd bought them SS songs and folks songs galore on VHS and cassette tape like cedarmont kids and they rarely sung along or on their own. Well finely after being tv less for a while my ds Tim was singing some songs but now he constantly makes NOISES he has to always be making noises even into the wee hours of the night but they are like the sound effects of an action movie the theme songs from StarWars is constantly on his lips/ he's actually very good at simulating these sounds. So he's obviously picking up on the orchestrated sound. I've been on a no words music kick for the last year or so Lots of piano radio it's so soothing.

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now he constantly makes NOISES he has to always be making noises

That was one of the hardest things for me to deal with when my son was younger. He was ALWAYS making noise! If his mouth couldn't make noise, he'd find another way (tapping something, banging things together, etc.) It's as if his mind needed to have noise in order to function! It used to drive me nuts! Especially when we were trying to do school, and he was in the same room with my daughter who requires absolute silence to concentrate. Very interesting combination!! Maybe that's a personality trait, maybe it's a boy thing. I'm not sure. I do have one daughter who tends to be that way, too, altho' not quite to the extreme. But the good news is, as they got older, they learned to control it. My son still loves to make noises, sound effects, whatever. But he has learned when it is and is not appropriate (most of the time) and usually he can and will contain it so that it doesn't drive us all up the wall. I think maybe the key is not to try to get him to stop, but to help him to learn when it's okay, when it's not okay, and how he can meet that need for himself without bothering other people.

Lori this is all very interesting to me.

I all the sudden don't feel as tormented by Timmy's noisiness ~ to know that I can very possibly help him control it. I often say please take it up stairs or can we wait until sister wakes from her nap / falls asleep for a nap, My headache is gone a million reasons to wait. So maybe if I tell him it's okay at some point then he will not be so rebellious about wanting to defy my wishes.
Late at night is my biggest need for more peace I often end up making it more noisy by yelling at him about how he is ruining our story / calm down time ...
Thanks again Lori

well, this is the first time that nothing I voted for was passed....

Today is soooo beautiful outside. We didn't school yesterday 'cause it was election day and we made it an all day event. It's so difficult to school today... We wanna play!

We're still wondering what God has in store for us regarding church. It's difficult keeping quiet about it, wanting to talk to friends but Husband has been so busy with work that he hasn't spoken to Pastor or our Small Group leader... I feel a little deciteful in keeping quiet but this is what Husband wants.

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Originally posted by cindahomaker:


Late at night is my biggest need for more peace I often end up making it more noisy by yelling at him about how he is ruining our story / calm down time ...
Thanks again Lori

I crave quiet in the morning AND I find myself yelling more when I'm stressed. My children like to quote one of my more memorable moments when I shouted at the top of my lungs,

"STOP YELLING!!!!!!"

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one of my more memorable moments when I shouted at the top of my lungs,

"STOP YELLING!!!!!!"

Been there, done that!!

My favorite was when my son was giving me a hard time about doing his math (he was about 12). I had reached my limit and then some. I sat him down, got right up in his face, and yelled "Sit down and do this work NOW!" Almost immediately the Furby (remember those?) said "OH! Loud sound!" Can you imagine how it feels to be reprimanded by a Furby!?

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Originally posted by Lori in FL:
Can you imagine how it feels to be reprimanded by a Furby!?

ROTFLOL!!!!!!!

You ladies are so funny my dh is asking what am I laughing about.

Well we had a great birthday for Lina will tell more later but we ended up having 8 little girls and our baby Sophia and my sons with three adults and three that just stopped by to say happy birthday. So we had up to 15 people in our living room at once it was pretty busy in here especially with my Timmy's excitement.

She ha smore friends than any of us

I was real thankful for each part the other adults played in making it go well.PTL

I'm working in my son's bedroom today. I haven't done a lot toward getting ready for the move in any of the kids' room, mainly because I wanted them to have their "space" for as long as possible. But my son's room is what used to be the master bedroom, and we're trying to show prospective buyers that it still could be one if they didn't want five bedrooms. So I'm trying to make it look less teenager-ish, which is a major challenge! As he said, his room is a museum of himself! It's a lot better now than it was but I still have a lot to do. I just ran out of steam so I took a break.

This morning three of us went to the eye doctor for checkups, and we all need new glasses. I wasn't really surprised at that. I figured when I had to start handing things to my daughter to read to me when I couldn't read the fine print that it was probably time for reading glasses, and I was right. I guess that's just part of being 40-something

Happy Veteran's Day to you all!

Quiver, I was thinking of you as I was reading this info about seeking biblical fellowship
Thought it might be of interest and encouragement to you.
How is it going in your decisions on church membership?

http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/findinga.htm

http://www.biblebelievers.net/Church/kjcchurch.htm