And My Journey Thru' Breast Cancer
We are in the market to get some patio furniture.. and as you can see.. who the tester is.. and liking it alot. She even had everything arranged nicely.. and laid on the outdoor set.. as if she was taking a nap on it. And promptly said goodbye to the patio furniture as we were going towards the car.
It is things like these that drives me nuts..!! and it gets me all fumed up.. and wanting to shake some ppl up. Parents Place in Y-Town.. is a place where they have programs to prepare our kids for school this coming fall, and because of the short of funding. .instead of 2 weeks.. of this program. .they are cutting it back to one.
On top of it, this year.. there will be a surge of students entering Grade Primary because of the new rule that children turning 5 by 31 December 2008, is allowed to enter school this fall. With the lack of funding, that would mean that there will be less teachers and more children in each class.
Yet.. the town can spend millions of dollars for different things that ain’t important..!! where’s the help.. these ppl should be getting..?? what about my kid..?? the welfare of my kid..??? It is infuriating.. and disappointing. Parents Place is a non-profit organization .. a place where our children, our future .. is being looked after.. and trained.. and helped. I hope against all hope .. that parents who will have children attending school for the first time this fall, will come forward to help. I am .. are you ..??
We really lucked in on Chloe in alot of things. For example here.. taking her medication. You see ..she gives us no trouble.. taking her medication, i have seen some kids puke and scream .. and cry.. and throw tantrums.. because of taking medication.. but not this brat.. she would even squeezed them outta the syringe.. and feed herself. Awesome kid..!
The brat is very fussy .. when taking her pictures with Grampie. We never have any great pictures of her and her grampie.. so I was extremely pleased with this one.. but you see the bribe.. over there..?? yes..!! had to bribe her with her indulgence.
We won’t buy flowers on occasions like this .. because they are way too expensive. So the mother-in-law allowed the brat to pick some flowers for me.. just before we left for home. But she needs 2 of course.. instead of just one.. because one is for herself… muahahahah!!
She didn’t know how to break the tulips.. so grampie came over to help her pick two of them.
Whenever I am home alone with Chloe and start cooking for her dinner.. she would asked to help me cut the corns. Most of her meals has got corn in it.. because she loves it. Of course i would say “no” in which her reply was . .that Keegan would let her cut the corn up. I didn’t think too, too much of it.. thinking that Keegan must have given her something plastic to play with.. to cut the corn up.
Guess i was wrong.. and wasn’t paying too, too much attention to what the brat had to say. See.. she was really cutting up some corns.. with a butter knife. And Keegan was watching over her. And the brat was very serious about doing her job right too.
And doing a darn good job too..!
My in-laws are very outdoorsy people .. and so is Richard my brother-in-law.. but PB and I donch get to do alot of outdoor stuff.. because we have a business to look after (that’s our excuse .. and we are sticking by it). Although we are not the outdoorsy type.. we hope to let Chloe try everything we can get her to. But chloe being chloe.. she is afraid of everything.. and wouldn’t even go into the canoe. .even though it wasn’t in the water during the weekend.
After much cajoling.. she agreed to go in .. sitting on Papa’s lap. What wuss..! muahhaha!!
Yes.. the brat has a very special bond with Keegan her babysitter. But how can she not.. right..?? afterall.. Keegan had been babysitting her for 3 yrs now.. and it seems like just yesterday..when Keegan first babysat for me. And she is like an older daughter .. i never had. Yes.. I am old enough to be her mother.
So when someone hurts Keegan.. like her ex did.. we are of course upset too. I am not saying that Keegan is perfect.. i’m sure far from it.. but it is sad .. that i had to say to myself.. “i told her so..! ” .. which of course i didn’t. Such a lovely kid.. deserves someone better.. with less drama eh..? Of course if Keegan was my daughter.. someone would be getting a beating..!!
While other kids run wild and screaming or some even crying and thumping the floors for candies not bought for them., and calling their parents name, the brat went to find a book .. and was looking at it.. and reading it. She never asked for presents.. or to buy anything .. unless she was told that we were going out to buy her something.
She wouldn’t destroy the book either.. and she would just flip it thru’ and sometimes asked you to read to her. She would asked if she can buy it .. and when you tell her.. it doesn’t have a red tag.. she wouldn’t fuss at all.
At the end of the trip.. she would put the story book back where she found it. .and leave with us.. no fuss.. nothing. Absolutely nothing at all. We sure lucked in on this behavior.
Just a quick update on Chloe, she did her pee pee in the bottle this morning without much fuss. In fact, I was taken by surprised .. because she was fussing about it .. last nite.. and said.. she didn’t want to do it. So i guess explaining and giving her time to absorb .. what was to be done .. is better than forcing her to do it immediately.
We sent her pee pee to the lab this morning.. and an hour later.. the doctor’s office called.. and yes.. she does have an infection. An anti-biotic is being prescribed.. in liquid form.. and she took it .. with very little fuss. She didn’t want to drink the cranberry juice though.
A culture is being ordered by the doctor.. and we will go from there. She seems to be pee less already since this morning even before the medication, and her redness around her peepee area.. is not so red already.