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Lynnie, thank you- it totally worked! :)

Susan, your poor daughter! It sounds like she was/is having panic attacks. That's pretty much how mine was. That's great that she's going to see a therapist, perfect idea! I know Eren improved once we got them to a therapist to talk through things. Eren was further diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety, then later (after virtual learning started) ADHD. Being a teenager IS so hard these days. I watch today's kids and wonder how they do it, you know? Hopefully your DD will start feeling better soon and you both can get some good rest.
 
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Lynnie, thank you- it totally worked! :)

Susan, your poor daughter! It sounds like she was/is having panic attacks. That's pretty much how mine was. That's great that she's going to see a therapist, perfect idea! I know Eren improved once we got them to a therapist to talk through things. Eren was further diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety, then later (after virtual learning started) ADHD. Being a teenager IS so hard these days. I watch today's kids and wonder how they do it, you know? Hopefully your DD will start feeling better soon and you both can get some good rest.
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Thank you - I do think that she is getting better. She's pretty clingy and doesn't want to be alone, but she's much calmer during the day and smiling more. I think she was so afraid she had something physically wrong and now that she has had the tests, she knows it's her mind that's controlling it. She's getting more sleep, and that helps as well.
 
Pachimac said:
It's so sad!! My nephew told me that his generation has NO HOPE. They drink, they do drugs, they are careless because they feel they have NO future. It's so hard to convince a generation that you make your OWN HOPE - you have to work hard and make it happen. However, they're so trained to get participation trophies, they're offended at everything and expect to be coddled because we did that to them. :(

I'm sorry you've gone through this and are going through this now. It's crazy. I would not want to be a teen growing up in this crazy, cancel culture world.
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Totally agree with your assessment Susan. They've been given trophies for just showing up that they don't know how to create their own happiness. I pray for this generation AND futures. It's so scary how this entire group of American school kids has basically lost a year of school and no one's doing a thing about it. You don't see "some" other countries closing schools. Even our private and religious/affiliate schools remained open during CV. Those kids are going to be so much further ahead than the public-based. Sorry, very sore subject for me. Our Kindergartner grandson doesn't even "like" school because he doesn't know what it is. He's been "in class" 15 days this year and that's more than a lot of kids his age. And I'm absolutely certain that they're going to push him right on to 1st grade even though I'm absolutely certain he's not ready, in the least, and it breaks my heart saying it.

I'm so sorry your daughter is going through all these horrible feelings. Doesn't surprise me in the least, not being unsympathetic, as most of us are feeling a lot of them too. People don't realize how "feeling" kids are. This is what "we've" been trying to tell the "powers" for months about reopening schools and businesses, etc. Kids, and people, NEED to be out with other people. It's human nature. Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now, before y'all boot me outta here. I'll pray for her, Susan and you and hubby.
 
I grew up with what was probably the first generation of 'participation trophy receivers', and I have to say that I think it's much more based on parenting and what you're trained to expect from life by your family than what school says or does. I work with folks that drive me batty because they haven't got the same work ethic I do, they don't have the same priorities of doing it, and doing it right. But I also know that those priorities didn't come from school, they came from my mother and grandmother impressing on me how important it was (grandmother's lessons stuck a little better since my mum's a procrastinator and it's REALLY HARD to say 'do as I say not as I do finish your schoolwork' to a child). I always struggled with maths and really excelled in writing, which meant at school half the time I was bored and the other half I was confused. (My mother had me take the SATs at 12 and was in the 97th percentile, so it really was a failure from the school to recognise what was going on and she argued with the school district constantly after I aged out of the "experimental 3-5 combined" school.). The thing that really did help me push through that though was finding my own 'areas' of study that I really liked, and getting books / materials on them for independent study. Nobody ever understood what I was doing or why at 12 I wanted to read 800 page books on the history of the American West, but they gave me space for it.

I think the most important part is looking at ways to make learning engaging in spite of the messed up method right now. Which is hard when a lot of people are working from home, and trying to do/be a million things.

In other news

I have been looking for an apartment, and keep getting asked 'why on earth I need so much space if there's only 2 of us' and it's really annoying. I understand they don't want a party house or illegal subletters. But I need a home office. I. Need. It. I need a guest room which can moonlight as a craft room. Either the living room has to be REALLY BIG to accomodate both a couch AND my office like it is here, or I need separate rooms. It's driving me batty. On the one hand, I don't really have any pressure to 'make the move' and on the other, I am really disliking the ambivalence of the old-new owners in not telling me what the heck's going on.

I'm hoping to get some more scrapping done this evening, my work ethic and I need to publish some newspaper apps.
 
Congrats, Susan! I have 2 over 18 and it's a tough milestone to reach for a mom!

We have had snowfall after snowfall here- not a lot but enough to cover the ground and add fun to these polar temps. Yesterday we visited a butterfly house. It was so fun! Today we went shopping and will just stay home the rest of the day. Tomorrow we will have in-person church for the first time since November. So nice!

What's everyone doing this weekend? Any plans for Valentine's? Hubby bought me roses and chocolate today. <3
 
Celebrating a birthday today.

Been scrapping.

i actually got two nights sleep, for this chronic insomniac that’s huge. But here I am at 4 am today.

been colder than hell here for awhile, typical for my birthday.

The girl is struggling with chemistry 30.

The boy is doing really well in aboriginal studies, a 77% 3/4 of the way through the course ....then wait for it ...lol ,,,,, his teacher busts him for not having read a single thing for the course ... omg. That kid. He can shock us. He was so disappointed to be caught out though. Apparently in the course the teacher can see what is read and what isn’t. Austin has not read a thing. Yet he has done every assignment and every test.
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS SHERRI!!!
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Hi, have been a little absent, but I had a tiny relapse. I am supposed to be getting total rest right now. I will be back in a few days, so sorry.
 
Lynnie, sending prayers your way... Do what you need to do to stay well... Gingerscraps will still be here, take the time you need and get well... BIG HUGS!
 
We are doing a DIY project - re-painting the laundry room and putting up cabinets instead of shelves. The hardest part? Agreeing on a color. UGH.

I got my hair dyed and the stylist put a color on that is the darkest brown before black, and I've been fighting with my husband ever since. He HATES it and insists it's black. I'm not happy with it, but I'm defending that it's NOT black, but dark brown. I'm going back in today for her to lighten it up. It's ridiculous how much I want my husband to like what I do, and so hurt when he doesn't. I also have this insane need to yell at him to just let it be. People tell me "screw what he thinks" but I just can't. I want my husband to look at me and be proud/happy of what he sees, and if he hates it, then he will feel that "yuck" feeling - and I just don't want that either. I wish I had the nerve to tell the stylist it was too dark when I was there, but I didn't. I hate being a pushover and a chicken.
 
As I said, I have been a little poorly this week, but I am on the upswing.

Sitting around all day, though, inspired me to sign up for a 'using your DSLR' class, a "60 hours of Adobe CC Training" class and I had already signed up for the iPhone photo academy. What was I thinking! Daughter Karen came over and we did the DSLR class together. I mostly signed up because she wanted to learn how to use her DSLR (My old one). She wants to be a photographer and she definitely has 'the eye!' She is a talented young lady. I have completed a few modules of the iphone photography class. It is fabulous. I want to visit Latvia now. The teacher is doing the demos with pictures from there. It is so beautiful.

Anyway, I am hoping to learn loads of interesting things from the Adobe CC class. I am pretty excited.

In the meantime I am trying not to do to much.

We have also started a new way of eating. It is called New Promise and combines faith and food. The interesting thing is that that there is a shopping list and meal plan every day. Normally there would be a few recipes that were not my cup of tea. However EVERY single recipe for 4 weeks is gorgeous. They are pretty easy. The only thing is that there is a bit of chopping along the way. I am hoping that I lose weight before I get tired of chopping veggies! Except for chopping, there aren't too many ingredients and it is not terribly hard. Everything tastes so good. The only problem is that I want to eat double helpings it is so tasty. I am enjoying it so far and have not been too hungry between meals.

For my Bible Study, we are creating planners that will be part of the next study we are doing. It is more work than I thought it would be. I have to go through the next study and create the pages that they recommend folks do by hand. I think that work is more important than hand crafting each of the pages individually and I love doing stuff like this. The planner folders arrive today and my friend and I will put them together next week. She has a nice big patio, so we can socially distance while we do it.

My 2nd vaccine shot was scheduled for today. Unfortunately, the bad weather from back east has prevented the vaccines from getting here, so most of our local places have closed down. Instead of me being scheduled today at Disneyland, I have an appointment next week at a convention center on a different day than my friend. We were going together. My mother and husband are still scheduled for today.

Our local paper said that there are 368 folks out of 18,000 who have contracted the disease and 28 who have died. It is better than I expected, given that we have a significant number in our community who are over 90 and over 85% who are over 65. Community management closed all of the gathering places, removed the chairs from outside and mandated masks. We are all still closed down. We have an organization that contacts individuals in their homes to make sure they are handling everything okay. They have organized golf club parades and as many things as they can to help us through. They recently reopened the gym by moving all the equipment outside, allowing short spells with people exercising, then cleaning the equipment and letting it rest before the next group of people come in. There are exercise groups out by the creek, 10 or less, socially distanced. It is a lovely community and I am so grateful to be here during these tough times.

That is probably all my news, I think.
 
Pachimac said:
We are doing a DIY project - re-painting the laundry room and putting up cabinets instead of shelves. The hardest part? Agreeing on a color. UGH.

I got my hair dyed and the stylist put a color on that is the darkest brown before black, and I've been fighting with my husband ever since. He HATES it and insists it's black. I'm not happy with it, but I'm defending that it's NOT black, but dark brown. I'm going back in today for her to lighten it up. It's ridiculous how much I want my husband to like what I do, and so hurt when he doesn't. I also have this insane need to yell at him to just let it be. People tell me "screw what he thinks" but I just can't. I want my husband to look at me and be proud/happy of what he sees, and if he hates it, then he will feel that "yuck" feeling - and I just don't want that either. I wish I had the nerve to tell the stylist it was too dark when I was there, but I didn't. I hate being a pushover and a chicken.
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If you like it, he will get used to it after a bit. If you were not pleased with it at the stylist and want it lightened, then do that. I hope the 'like what I do' aspect of your relationship goes both ways.

Good luck with the laundry room! We went through SO much effort to get the red wall that we have. I had to get in a consultant to help my husband make up his mind. I am pretty easy. I will say what I don't like, but I have a wide range of likes and if he is in love with something, then I am willing to let go of my first choice.
 
I wasn't really happy about it either. It was too dark, and I knew it was too dark when I left the styling salon, but in my non confrontational chicken way, I felt "Ill get used to it". Well, I didn't. I texted her this morning and asked her to fix it. I am now Hazel Nut Crunch - a mixture of dark brown, golden brown, and my auburn highlights. I"m happier and hubby said, "There is my absolutely stunning and gorgeous wife!!! I love it!!". All is good. :)

Our final choice is this:

Siena Clay, two walls:
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the other walls are Revere Pewter:
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We have antique white trim and doors.

FormbyGirl said:
If you like it, he will get used to it after a bit. If you were not pleased with it at the stylist and want it lightened, then do that. I hope the 'like what I do' aspect of your relationship goes both ways.

Good luck with the laundry room! We went through SO much effort to get the red wall that we have. I had to get in a consultant to help my husband make up his mind. I am pretty easy. I will say what I don't like, but I have a wide range of likes and if he is in love with something, then I am willing to let go of my first choice.
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Goodness, Lynnie, you stay down, OK? Except for getting your vaccine- definitely do that.

I like your colors, Susan! I'd have never thought of an orange wall, but it will certainly brighten the place up. :)

My life isn't nearly that exciting. We had the big snow and deep freeze that most everyone else had last week. It kept hubby home an extra day, and Eren got 2 snow days. The most exciting thing for me is my new glasses are in and I'm going to pick them up tomorrow. No change in prescription- I just needed a new look.

I was nominated for LOTW again! My LO is titled "My Grandmother." If you don't like it, please do go and vote for someone HERE. Thanks! :)
 
I am feeling much better now, thank heavens. I was on my feet a little more today and got some cooking done. My husband and I went grocery shopping and got the food for our new eating program this week. We are doing pretty well on it. It has been seven days on this and we are enjoying it.
 
Susan, love the colours. We had an orange room once with chocolate trim. It was lovely. It has to be the right shade of orange and the right shade of chocolate, but we never got tired of it.

Ane, congratulations on your Bakers' Best. That is wonderful! You have had quite a few lately.
 
Hi all. I cannot get over how cold so much of the country has been! Saw from a friend today they went 13 days without electricity. She lives in Kentucky!

Oh Lynnie- rest up!!! Take care of you. I hope you received your vaccine.

Susan- your remodel is coming along nicely. My hair is always too dark when it first gets done.

Sherrie- I hope you enjoyed your birthday and school will go well for the kids.

I received my second Covid vaccine yesterday! It was a week later than what my card said but there was a huge fiasco with the state run site. It all worked out. I had Pfizer. No problems. No reactions.

My knitting is coming along.

That's about it.
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Lynnie, hope you are now doing well. That diet sounds interesting. Online I found one with a similar name and it cost more than I can justify to join or I may have been interested.

Art Journaling challenge...... for those who may have taken part in the past I will not be hosting the Random Member hosted challenge anymore. I am fairly busy away from the computer and trying to get some other digi projects finished ( my childhood memory book and my Project Life for 2016 that I never finished and only completed two months). You will see me pop in at times as I am a guest CT for Connie Prince twice this year. Also I still design for the We Believe Blog Train each month.

Hope you all stay well and happy.
 
Have a restful and fruitful break!

A-M said:
Art Journaling challenge...... for those who may have taken part in the past I will not be hosting the Random Member hosted challenge anymore. I am fairly busy away from the computer and trying to get some other digi projects finished ( my childhood memory book and my Project Life for 2016 that I never finished and only completed two months). You will see me pop in at times as I am a guest CT for Connie Prince twice this year. Also I still design for the We Believe Blog Train each month.

Hope you all stay well and happy.
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I finally received my first dose of the Covid vaccine. Have not had any reaction in the last 4 hours since receiving it. It only took 45 minutes from the time we walked in the door until we walked out.
 
Happy Friday to all! The weather here this week has been awesome. The kind I would like to have everyday of the year.
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Does anyone else NOT do social media - or more to the point, has anyone given up social media having had it before?

I ask because I am really having a hard time with Facebook. I have a lot of friends that I keep up with only there and if I leave it, I know I won't do the email or chat thing. It just doesn't ever happen.

I know SM is invasive. I know it's toxic. I know I should leave it. I just don't know how to break the addiction.

What in the heck did we do before Facebook??
 
Susan, I do social media, but I limit myself. I'll scroll through my Twitter feed after breakfast, but I rarely post on it. I'll scroll through Instagram once in a while, but again, rarely post on it. I allow myself about 30 min. on Facebook, but don't post very much. I am the same as you though. If I left FB, I wouldn't keep up with my friends besides Christmas cards, I'm very introverted like that. It's not that I wouldn't want to keep up with my friends, it's just that I don't reach out.

As to what did we do before FB? Was texting even around yet? I suppose phone calls, although again, I really don't make those. It's just how I'm built. I don't like it, but there it is. I wish I was different.
 
Susan, I have a facebook account but it is very private and I mainly only have it for the We Believe Blog Train I design for. I removed myself from a lot of designers' groups so that way I stopped getting overloaded with items. I am also very careful to not click on any advertisements as that is how I had a Trojan on my last computer which was not fun as it corrupted lots of word documents I had and some PSD files. Thankfully I had them all backed up and was able to replace the corrupted files.

Who is taking part in Survivor this year? I might sign up even though I know that I usually get eliminated in the first or second round.
 
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Who is taking part in Survivor this year? I might sign up even though I know that I usually get eliminated in the first or second round.
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I am!! Don't worry about getting eliminated. Last year they didn't eliminate anyone. I didn't think it was as challenging or as fun, but it is what everyone decided they wanted.
 
Hi all long time between posts but life kicked my butt & I had to step back & refresh.
Just made a huge post about what I have been up to in the last 18 months but my screen froze & I lost it all.
I am taking it as a sign I wrote & novel & should have stopped lol

Want to say thanks to Lynnie who checked in on me while I was gone & apologise for not getting back to you between my nan passing & then our dog & covid I just wasn't in a space to scrap or talk until the last few months.

We have a few changes this year with my son being invited to join one of the University football teams (he's only 16 & in high school) he is loving it so far. My daughter quit her final year of high school to study nursing & is loving it. My hubby & I started a side business & we live stream & take photos of sporting events. We had been doing it for a while at our kids previous club but it became a toxic place there & we left. My 2nd youngest son was asked to join the music program at his school & he has been loving doing the extra classes.

Other than the original lockdown in March last year, covid has not really affected us too much. Minor lockdowns here & there & our first trip overseas to New Zealand was cancelled, thankfully we were able to get our money back on all but flights which they keep extending so we will be able to use them to travel within Australia.

We also just recently added to our family with this little gal - We called her Bindi & she has been such healing in our family right now. Loved & Spoilt way too much, she was a tiny little thing when we bought her home & is growing so fast. Our older dog is still not too sure of the bundle of energy but he is trying to love her.

Hope everyone is doing well, going to get some ct work done while I can as I have a hospital check up from last weeks minor surgery



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