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26070. judithathome - 7/18/2010 9:07:24 PM You'll need a rich uncle to live downtown...though it's full of condos and such that make one want to poison that rich uncle sooner than later. ;-)
I'm prejudiced but I think the West Side is the only Side in town....
We have good friends in real estate...I'll be happy to get you in touch with them.
The West Side has areas that would suit you to a T! 26071. thoughtful - 7/19/2010 2:37:57 AM iiibbb what abeautiful little guy...really sweet.
so sorry about all the other stressors in your life.
do try to meditate...it has had a tremendous impact on my life.
how old is he???
my cousins have a new little one and I'm really quite worried about him...he's extremely docile, but makes very little eye contact with people...it's hard to get him to pay attention for any length of time ...not ever having had kids tho, i have no clue if his behavior is appropriate or not for his age... 26072. iiibbb - 7/19/2010 2:14:41 PM There are tons of reputable developmental milestones lists described on the internet. ... babycenter.com being the one that pops to mind.
B. was born in early January... he's basically 6 mo. Just figured out sitting yesterday (10 seconds repeatable).
We had a neighbor who had a baby with issues. My mom was ballsy enough to bring it up with them, and it put a real strain on their friendship because they were in denial. It's easy to be paranoid though because babies acquire skills at such a random order and rate.
The real scary one is that a baby can progress completely normal and then autism kicks in and they regress after age one or whatever.
If there's something wrong the pediatrician should be on top of it. 26073. judithathome - 7/19/2010 5:26:02 PM Babies DO progress at differing rates, too.
There's the old chestnut about a baby not speaking until he was two years old when he popped out with a completed sentence of "This tastes awful!" after being served some particular vegetable or other. The astonished parents looked at one another and said "Why hasn't he spoken before THIS?" and the baby replies "Everything has tasted fine up to now...."
26074. judithathome - 7/19/2010 5:28:30 PM Just got the video to work and I agree..he's an adorable little guy! Very alert in that he anticipates your doing the same motion again and again and he laughs because he's pleased to have trained you to do it over and over! ;-) 26075. Ms. No - 7/20/2010 7:01:04 PM What a cutie! 26076. iiibbb - 7/21/2010 2:11:47 AM We have a contract on our house!!! 26077. iiibbb - 7/21/2010 2:13:09 AM My mother in law also gave me a kindle today... a generous, belated birthday gift... too cool. 26078. arkymalarky - 7/21/2010 2:55:47 AM Congratulations! 26079. arkymalarky - 7/21/2010 2:56:26 AM Congratulations! 26080. thoughtful - 7/21/2010 2:28:45 PM Excellent!
We managed to sell my mom's house in FL in 2 days, no agent.
We managed to sell her condo in a month.
We've been very lucky....it's amazing when you put it to the universe, how it comes back to you.... 26081. judithathome - 7/21/2010 11:32:19 PM Well, today I am probably putting vile stuff into the universe and hoping it doesn't come back to me.
I'm in the foulest mood...something relatively foreign to me. 26082. thoughtful - 7/22/2010 2:17:37 PM why so? 26083. judithathome - 7/22/2010 5:02:33 PM I don't know...could be because Keoni's truck is in the shop and I'm trapped at home.
It's different than being here by choice. ;-) 26084. arkymalarky - 7/22/2010 5:25:37 PM Sorry Judith! Hope today's better.
We're leaving for FL Tues. Trying to get everything done in time. 26085. thoughtful - 7/23/2010 3:28:41 PM Opinions please...they are giving me an after work farewell party next week for my retirement.
Is it too weird if I read "the love song of j alfred prufrock"?
I mean there's so much in their that speaks to me and where I am in my life....counting out my life in coffee spoons....the footman holding my coat and snickering...wearing the bottoms of my trousers rolled...
wouldn't ts eliot say it much better than i ever could?
or is that just too weird.... 26086. arkymalarky - 7/23/2010 5:32:44 PM I don't think it's weird. I think about that poem lately as well, and instead of coffee spoons it little bits of paper, especially regarding rural education activisim, that I thought were so imprtant at the time which I sifted through and mostly threw away last summer.
However...it's very long, so could you possibly incorporate the most relevant lines to you throughout your speech where they fit?
And I know they must be sad as your friends and sad to lose such a competent person. I've told students things you've said here to help them understand complex economic issues and events that are important to them and to understanding the way history plays out. 26087. arkymalarky - 7/23/2010 5:35:44 PM And I always credit y'all and this forum, btw. People talk all the time about what makes good/better teachers, and the mote/fray helped me improve more than any other single thing I've done, in innumerable ways. 26088. judithathome - 7/24/2010 9:04:47 PM "the love song of j alfred prufrock"?
I think this poem speaks to everyone...go for it!
26089. thoughtful - 7/25/2010 9:05:02 PM Ok...I'll see how the room/atmosphere is and then decide last minute...but it's a most fabulous poem....especially to read.
Arky,thanks for the kind words. My sec'y wrote me a lovely note on my retirement and in it she said how much she's learned from our conversations...it so touched me, as have your words, knowing that in some small way, I've made a difference.
For that I am glad.
The mote has made a difference for me as well, esp the old mote where the level of argument was such that it forced me to think through and hone my own ideas or re evaluate those that needed tossing. It was really valuable on so many levels.
And even as a shadow of its former self, it's still worthwhile.
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