HERE ARE A BUNCH OF PICS I TOOK-YES, ME-ON MON. I BALANCED THE CAMERA IN MY RT. HAND & PUSHED THE BUTTON W/THE SAME HAND-NOT AN EASY TASK! BUT THE HARDEST PART WAS C-ING W/DOUBLE VISION!
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PICS OF TRUNK OR TREAT
I’M A FREAKIN’ TEXAN!
GRANTED, I CAN’T MOVE & HAVE POOR CIRCULATION, BUT I USED 2 MAKE IT TO 50 DEGREES B4 I GOT COLD-NOW IT’S 70 DEGRES! (AROUND 71 DEGREES!) AGAIN ,I SAY, I’M A FREAKIN’ TEXAN!
FRI. WE WENT 2 TRUNK OR TREAT AT CHURCH AGAIN. THERE WAS NO FISHING OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK THIS YEAR, BUT 1 VAN ‘RAN OVER’ SOME1 & HAD A CSI THEME. I GUESS THAT WAS LIKED, BECAUSE THE NEXT VAN PUT NOT JUST PANTS, BUT A REAL PERSON UNDER THEIR VAN! TURN-OUT WAS AMAZING (100 KIDS?). IT WAS WINDY, BUT I LASTED IN MY COSTUME ALONE UNTIL THE SUN WENT DOWN & IT WAS ABOUT 66 DEGREES. i came prepared w/a blanket & shawl! LOL & FIA, SITTING ON MY LAP, MAKES ME WARMER. STILL, I ENDURED ENOUGH COLD & A RUNNY NOSE, SO I OPTED 2 NOT TRICK OR TREAT ON THE ACTUAL HOLIDAY.
AS 4 COSTUMES, FIA WAS ARIEL (& COULD SING ARIEL SONGS-SHE PRACTICED!), JESS & ZACH WERE FROM LORD OF THE RINGS-JESS WAS ARWEN & ZACH A RING WRATH, MARK A COWBOY, & I WAS NOT JUST ANY CHEERLEADER, AS MANY THOUGHT, BUT I WAS SANDRA DEE FROM GREASE.
I LOVE THE MOVIE GREASE-DID U NOTICE THE “R” 4 RYDELL HIGH?- & HAVE BEEN JOKED SINCE HIGH SCHOOL I WAS SANDRA DEE (OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN) ; BECAUSE I LOOKED LIKE HER & MY HAIR WAS STRAIGHT IN THE DAY, BUT CURLY, LIKE HERS, WHEN I PERFORMED AT NIGHT!
HOWEVER, MARK POINTED OUT HOW I WAS LIKE THE C SUPERHERO CHEERLEADER WHO COULDN’T DIE FROM THE TV SHOW “HEROS.” HAVE U SEEN HERO? IF SO, IT’D MAKE MORE SENSE. THERE WAS A SMALL CHANCE I’D LIVE FROM MY STROKE, SO I FOUND THAT HILARIOUS, & WHENEVER THE SHOW’S PHRASE, “SAVE the Cheerleader–Save the world!”, WAS WHISPERED, I DIED LAUGHING!
AT CHURCH ON WED., I MEET THE 8 & 9 YR. OLD GIRLS 2X/MONTH. WE FOCUSED ON MANNERS & COURTESY THIS TIME. LET ME SHARE A FEW THINGS CONCERNING MANNERS & DISABLED/HANDICAPPED/ETC:
–The biggest courtesy is to not avoid a person who is different. It is a Little awkward at first, but those who do not have experience with people with disabilities will never feel comfortable until they just leave their comfort zone.
–AS A CARETAKER, MARK RAISED A GOOD POINT:
I dislike strangers approaching people with an obvious disability in public to satisfy their curiosity about why a person is in a wheel chair, blind, deaf, or whatever. How is that helpful to ask someone something so sensative in a public place, or from a stranger? SAY I’M IN THE MALL. I MAY NEED SOMETHING MOVED 2 MANUVER, BUT NO1 IN MY FAMILY SHOULD BE ASKED WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME. I SHOULD NOT BE STARED AT EITHER LIKE A CIRCUS FREAK!
–BE COURTEOUS & THOUGHTFUL-OPEN DOORS, ETC.
— WHEN C-ING A SHOW OR SOMETHING, DON’T STAND IN FRONT OF THEM.
—DON’T “BABY TALK,” TALK SLOW, OR TALK LOUD. REMEMBER, IT IS A COMMON MISTAKE 2 SIGN 2 ME–ASL is so they can understand me., NOT SO THEY CAN SIGN TO ME-IT IS A COMMON MISCONCEPTION!
—BE PATIENT—DISABLED R SLOW & OFTEN MAKE MISTAKES.
–Do not assume they can not participate in daily living activities because they have a disability.
–Ask before helping.
–FROM MARK, WHICH I LEFT IN, BECAUSE PASSENGERS IN A VEHICLE CAN COMMUNICATE THIS 2 DRIVERS: Do not park “momentarily” in handicapped spots- tons do this.
CAN I POST A PERSONAL COMPLAINT? I’M OFTEN ASKED ?S THEN PEOPLE RUN 2 MARK, MEANING WELL & BEING NICE, BUT I END UP DEALING W/THE MISCONCEPTION & APEARING 2 HAVE ‘CRIED WOLF.’ 4 EX., I CAN BE ASKED IF I’M COLD. MOST ANYTIME, IF I FEEL A CHILL — WHICH IS THE MAJORITY, I SIGN ‘SORT-OF.’ THIS DOES NOT MEAN I WANT A COAT! MY KIDS HAVE LEARNED THE ART OF ASKING ME THE RT. ?S & NOT ASSUMING EVEN THE ‘OBVIOUS’! WHEN I WANTED A COAT, I GOT 1, THANKS 2 THE HELP OF AN OBSERVANT SISTER-IN-LAW (SIL).
SCRAPBOOK EXPO
WHAT I WROTE 2 MY DIGI SCRAP CLASS:
I JUST GOT BACK FROM SCRAPBOOK EXPO. SINCE THERE’S NO FAMILY RESTROOMS, WE HAD A MINI VACATION BY STAYING IN A HOTEL. IT WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR–VERY TRYING, I MIGHT ADD! I LEARNED & WAS REMINDED OF TONS. I PLANNED SOME PAGES IN MY HEAD-WHICH I HAVEN’T DONE IN A LONG TIME-& REMEBERED SOME EASY TRICKS 2 MAKE THAT DARK PHOTO BACKGROUND SCRAP. PAGE I HATED THIS LAST THURS., 2 NOW WORK. I DID IT & IT HELPED A TON, BUT STILL NEEDS TWEEKING, SO I DIDN’T ATTACH IT 4 U 2 C. I WENT TO 3 CLASSES W/MY MOM & CAREGIVER, CARA, WHO’S ALSO LEARNING DIGI SCRAP. BOTH WON PRIZES AT THE EXPO, I GOT FREE STUFF A LOT 4 “INSPIRING” PEOPLE (1 OF MY FEW BONUSES, SO I ENJOYED IT!) , & MY MOM & I WON CLASS DOOR PRIZES! CLASS WAS ABOUT 1/2 OF R TUTORIAL, & R EPSON TEACHER’S KNEW LINDA S., WHO DOES R TUTORIALS, SO IT MADE SENSE THEY WENT HAND IN HAND!
I FOUND LOTS OF FUN STUFF 2 EITHER SCAN OR DO TRADIGITAL (TRADITIONAL & DIGITAL MIXED AS 1)PGS. ON DISNEY, PLACES LIKE SEA WORLD & LEGOLAND, STUFF 4 KIDS, LIKE CHARACTER FAVORITES, & A WAY COOL ART ALBUM FROM KIDZWORKS 2 STORE & LABEL KID ARTWORK.
HOWEVER, THE HIGHLIGHT WAS WHEN I TOLD THE TEACHERS, WHO KEPT PUSHING ME 2 UPGRADE FROM PSE 3 TO PSE 5, THAT I REFUSE 2 UPGRADE BECAUSE IT ISN’T ACCESSIBLE FRIENDLY. I KNEW EMMA HAD ALREADY PUT UP A FIGHT, BUT THESE WOMEN HAD MET ME & LEARNED I WAS BEING PUBLISHED. ARMED W/BEING MORE THAN A NAMELESS FACE & KNOWING AN ARGUEMENT ON IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MADE 4 ME, NURSING MOMS, ETC., I ENTERED THE BATTLEFIELD FROM THE OTHER SIDE! WE’LL C IF IT HELPS!
THERAPY
DID U KNOW OCTOBER IS PHYSICAL THERAPY MONTH? EVERYTHING’S CELEBRATED NOW!
4 THE LAST 3 WEEKS I HAVE BEEN GOING TWICE A WEEK 2 SWIM THERAPY (PIC. COMING-TAKEN ON A PHONE CAMERA, SO IT’S SMALL), IN PREPARATION 2 USE THAT SWIM-SPA AT MY HOUSE, & NOT FEEL I’M WASTING ‘ A DAY. I PERSONALLY PREFER MUSIC THERAPY (LIIKE PHYSICAL THERAPY IN MY CHAIR & SOME SPEECH-I ‘SING,’ PLAY 1-HANDED PIANO, PRACTICE BREATHING, & ‘PLAY’ INSTRUMENTS IN ODD WAYS; LIKE HITTING DRUMS W/MY FEET). I PREFER MUSIC THERAPY 4 MANY REASONS: THE BIGGEST RESULTS-PIANO HAS MADE ME TYPE FASTER; MY CONSONANTS, WHICH R NOT FOCUSED ON, R NOT BETTER, BUT MAKING SOUND WHEN I WANT INSTEAD OF WHEN I GET THE RT, BREATHE; BREATHING TECHNIQUES HAVE REALLY HELPED IN CONTROLLING MY PBA, I CAN PRACTICE ON MY OWN CLOCK, WHICH MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE; I WAS A MUSIC MINOR , IN CHOIRS, ETC., SO I BETTER RESPOND 2 IT’BUT SWIM THERAPY MAY HAVE ATTRIBUTED 2 MY LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT-IN MOST PIVOT TRANSFERS, I CAN NOW TAKE A STEP W/MY RT. FOOT, ONCE I’M SLOWLY ALLOWED 2 STAND & STRAIGTEN MY LEGS!
THURSDAY, I WAS WAITING 4 MY SHOES & 2 ATTEND MY LAST SWIM THERAPY POSSIBLY. FIA, WHO USUALLY MIXES UP HER OWN SHOES, DECIDED 2 TRY 2 PUT ON MY SHOES-A VALIENT EFFORT, SINCE EVEN NURSES IN THE HOSPITAL COULDN’T DO IT! SHE TRIED & TRIED, BUT DECIDED MY TOES WERE 2 BIG! HOWEVER, THERE WAS 2 INTERESTING COMMENTS WHILE TRYING. 1 WAS HOW SHE WISHED I WAS LIKE OTHER MOMS & COULD PUT ON MY OWN SHOES ( USUALLY IT’S A WISH I CAN TALK) & SHE POINTED OUT THAT SOMEDAY SHEE’LL BE IN A WHEELCHAIR & I’LL HAVE 2 PUT ON HER SHOES! INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE FRROM SOME YOUNG WHO’S SEEN MY 90 YR. OLD GRANDMA IN A WHEELCHAIR!
THURSDAY MUST HAVE BEEN ‘TAKE CARE OF MOM DAY,’ BECAUSE WHEN I SNEEZED LATER, SHE HEARD IT, RUSHED IN, GOT A KLEENEX, & WIPED MY CHIN & NOSE! 2 CUTE!
BTW, HAVE U NOTICED I TRY 2 POST WEEKLY?
EXCITING NEWS
I JUST FOUND OUT I’LL BE PUBLISHED IN THE February/March ISSUE OF Digital Scrapbooking from Simple Scrapbooks. I NEVER AM RECOGNIZED, THOUGH AM TOLD I SHOULD BE, SO I HAD NO INTENTION 2 ENTERR-JUST FELT I SHOULD THAT MONING! I ENTERED W/IN 2 HOURS OF IT ENDING! I REALLY THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT!
WHAT I WROTE & I’LL POST THE PG. THAT’LL BE PUBLISHED (& WAS SOOO EASY, ANY1 COULD HAVE DONE IT!):
I used to do all traditional scrapbooking and then switched over SINCE TRADITIONAL WAS NO LONGER FEASIBLE-I HAD A STROKE & COULDN’T TALK OR MOVE. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS, I GOT BACK ENOUGH MOVEMENT SO I COULD CONTROL A MOUSE. I HAVE DOUBLE VISION, SO INSTEAD OF A COMPUTER SCREEN, I USE A 44′ LCD (BIG SCREEN TV), BUT IT’S HARD TO SEE TO SCRAPBOOK. YET, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT IT IS WAY FASTER, EVEN WITH BAD VISION, THAN TRADITIONAL SCRAPBOOKING, EASIER TO MAKE A DUPLICATE PG. FOR KIDS, AND WAY MORE FORGIVING (I LOVE THE ‘UN-DO’ BUTTON). SINCE I HAVE SEEN HOW DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING HELPS ME, I WANTED OTHERS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING, SO EVERY OTHER THURS., I MEET WITH OTHER WOMEN AT MY HOUSE TO WATCH A TUTORIAL & PRACTICE WHAT WE’VE LEARNED IN DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING. I ALSO HAD A SISTER-IN-LAW & A CLOSE FRIEND, WHO’D PREVIOUSLY REBUKED TRADITIONAL SCRAPBOOKING, JUST WATCHED ME ASSEMBLE A PG., & STARTED DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING.
BEFORE MY STROKE, I TAUGHT KALEIDESCOPES & HOW TO USE CRYSTAL LACQUER. SINCE THEN, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT BOTH ARE POSSIBLE TO DO IN DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING, BUT I’M STILL A BEGINNER, SO I HAVE YET TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO DO CRYSTAL LACQUER, & ONLY RECENTLY WAS AMAZED BY HOW MUCH EEASIER A K-SCOPE PROGRAM IS!
http://www.jenannlynn.org/ TELLS MY STORY, DESCRIBES MY EYESIGHT & TELLS OF WHEN I STARTED DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING, & HAS MANY OTHER SCRAPBOOK PGS., BUT I HAVEN’T KEPT TRACK OF MY SUPPLIES, HOWEVER IT’S USUALLYFROM http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/ & http://www.digitalfreebies.com/.
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