Update: We went ice skating yesterday pm and he had a great time (sm)

• My 10 year old, non-sports-oriented son is so sad! (sm) - Worried mom
  • Update: We went ice skating yesterday pm and he had a great time (sm) - OP - Thanks all!
    • You're a good mommy! - Me
  • Encourage him - mt6547
  • Street hockey - Malki Reed
  • Team sports are for 'sheep' - has he been to a local - skateboard park? Lotsa potential pals there!
    • PS: Skateboarding & skating ARE 'sports' - and can - San Francisco
      • I would not encourage him to resort to name calling. - trose
  • Been there...sm - The Other Sunshine
    • Thanks - He actually wants guitar lessons (sm) - Worried Mom
  • See if there is something he would - Z
    • Very good suggestions, thank you (nm) - Worried mom
  • he is not a Minority; you don't use that word in front of him, right? Focus on his talents; tell - there are others who skateboard/rollerblade - n/m
    • I definitely do focus on his talents and of course I don't use that word with him (sm) - Worried mom
    • ....tell him you are proud of his talents - n/m
      • Believe me, I tell him - but he's a kid, he wants other kids to approve of him. (nm) - Worried mom
      • If there are fewer nonball players than players, then - he is minority of nonball players. nm
        • Right - he IS a minority in the group of kids he is around on a reg. basis (nm) - Worried mom
          • and THAT makes him a nonconformist which is - A WONDERFUL THING.....support this!...n/m
            • That is true - and I LOVE that about him - but also want him to be happy (sm) - OP
  • Invite son's friend for day to they can "train" 1on1, - provide helthy lunch, make this fun for both. nm
  • Ask older neighbor boy, etc to work with him? - Practice, even by himself, footwork etc. nm

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Dealing with in-laws is awful sometimes.  I just need to vent so whoever does not want to hear it you mine as well stop reading now.  My father-in-law is crazy and I mean he is bipolar.  He thinks he is so innocent and people are out to get him when he stirs up trouble constantly.  This is the first time we have seen him at Christmas in 3 years.  He has caused trouble with my BIL and SIL and they have wrote him off yet again.  My hubbie says he does not want to do that because of the fact of what if something happens to him, he would regret it.  He wants to be forgiving which I understand it is his dad, but oh my gosh he stood in our living room last night and told us a bunch of lies which I am know for a fact are lies and then starts preaching to us about people and unforgiveness.  I was getting so mad I wanted to cry right there and I could not go to sleep last night I was so frustrated.  AAAHHHAAHHH!! 

Anyways just wanted to vent.  I do love this time of the year with the decorations and Christmas music just could do with a little less of the drama.  I wish people did not have to be dumb sometimes.  Okay I am done,  Thanks for letting me vent!! 

while I was scooping the back so thought I'd try to get a couple of pics for DH, who is gone for the next 10 days for work.  He's a labradoodle that we got last summer at 4 months old and before anyone jumps in here and says they're overpriced mutts (which they are ) we got him from a shelter in another city.  All of the dogs I have had have been from shelters and would never pay hundreds or thousands when there are so many dogs that need homes.  We saw a brown one last summer that DH fell in love with, so I did some searching and this shelter had several.  The others had been picked up as strays, a couple of older dogs and several puppies, which I guess all but a couple died from parvo.  Jake was turned in by a family who thought he was too energetic for their 2-year-old.  He had kennel cough, we discovered, when we got him home and was sick for a few weeks, but not too bad a case, had some snotty nose and coughing, was really worried about pneumonia, but the vet said to go ahead and give him the vaccine and sometimes that helps them get over it a little easier.  He's got a nice combination of lab and poodle coat, needs to be raked once a week or so, but he doesn't shed.  He's a little pill for sure but I think is going to be a great dog with a little more work.  He's still pretty ~boisterous~ you might say on walks.  I'm a Dog Whisperer fan, just love that show and Cesar Millan, so we ordered the collar that he uses on that show, and it really is making a huge difference.  Also, I was really impressed when we got it.  How many things do you find these days that are made in the US?  His packaging on the collar had ~~we proudly support our country, made in the USA~~!!  Even more of a fan now!

I have been checking out boxer rescues and if we can afford a home of our own, hopefully next year sometime, I'd like to get a pal for him.  I'm actually a big boxer fan from way back, have a pic mom took of me as a baby in diapers sitting in the middle of a litter of boxer puppies with them crawling all over me!  a wonder any of us grew up, huh , with all the things we came in contact with like that, she'd probalby get hauled away for child abuse these days.  Dad found the mamma boxer wandering the country roads one hot summer day when he was hail adjusting.  She was struggling, pregnant, really hot and thirsty, so he brought her home, no one ever claimed her, so Duchess became a part of our family.  I had a boxer some years ago that I adopted from a puppy mill raid, where I helped take care of some of the dogs that were rescued, 200 and some of all varieties and ages, mostly all sick, filthy, malnourished, etc. in the the middle of January, below zero, snow, and a lot of them kept outside with no shelter, was a horrible mess, but people in that town really stepped up to the plate, donated all kinds of food, leashes, collars, bedding, vets donated their services, and all but a few of the dogs (too sick and had to be put down) were adopted.  Duke was a very sick pup at first and didn't know if he'd make it, but he was a wonderful dog with my kids when they were young!

Anyway, just sitting here browsing the board and rambling on...By the way Hayseed, I visited your website the other day because I wanted to see your web cam (really cool!) and saw you had an RIP pic for Arf, sorry for your loss.  I remember you said awhile back you thought it wouldn't be long but must have missed when he passed and crossed the bridge.

How long do you bake the muffins and at what oven temp?  These sound wonderful & so much easier than making pumpkin bread.   Thanks!

guy was walking along talking to a young girl. He rounded the corner and I was coming toward them. He stopped his conversation with her and said loudly to me,

You're pretty . . then went back to his conversation with her!  LOL! She did not seem upset at all.  Her brother? a friend? 

Question. . jerk or just a darn nice guy?  LOL 

I just wanted to thank all of you again for your kinds words to help me get through a very difficult time yesterday.  My little girl is gone.  She went very peacefully and fast.  She is now resting in my garden with a couple of garden statues to keep her company.  Her name was Sixer, as she had 6 toes on her left foot.  We got her from a shelter 10 years ago and we knew she was the one.  I wanted to get a female cat so that I would not be the only girl in the house.  She was the little girl I never had. 

I had a very difficult morning today. It still feels so strange to not have her walking around the house.  Very lonely without her, especially working at home. The sun is shining again today, and I know she is in a better place.  My tears will subside and my heart won't be so empty some day, but right now not so much. 

Again, my sincere thanks for being so kind.

Anything good happen?  Did Nick reappear?  Please update me...

I'm a little upset here folks.

My 15-year-old daughter is a freshman this year and this high school (small town) has had 3 sexually motivated attacks in the past 2 years, all of them last year.

As a precaution, my husband and I bought my daughter a little keychain for her house key that has a tiny little pepper spray cannister.  It's so small, it's only good for 1-2 sprays but enough to deter anyone from an attack.  It also has a safety button on it that has to be moved into position before you can spray it but its very easy to move with the thumb.  She has carried this with her since late last spring when two of the attacks happened. 

Not to mention the fact that there have been several instances where the kids are walking home from the bus stop or home from a friends house when they are approached by a car of young men harrassing them.  Also, there have been numerous reports of attempted lurings recently, here and in the next town over.

Yesterday, as she was getting her book bag together before the end of school, getting ready to go out and catch the bus home, she had the keychain sitting out on the desk.  Her teacher happened to walk by and see the keychain laying out and picked it up to look at it.  You can't even tell it's a pepper spray until you look at it closely because the cannister slips into a holder that looks like a little bear. The spray comes from the bear's mouth.

So the teacher picks it up and says something like oh how cute.  Then my daughter told her that it was her protection.  The teacher questioned her about what she meant and she told her.  The teacher snatches the keychain, grabs my daughter's arm and marched her to the office for "having a weapon."

My daughter has now been suspended for 2 days.  I'm mad.  They don't keep an eye on the bullies, there are 2 kids in the school who have been convicted of sexual battery, and there was a stabbing right in front of the school about 3 years ago, where the buses drop and pick up.  No increased security at the school after ANY of these attacks.

I have read the policies for the district and in the list of multiple items classified as "weapons" NOWHERE does it say that pepper spray is considered a weapon.

I plan on meeting with the principal and the district superintendant today to discuss this.  

No wonder the kids here don't like this school.  They don't feel safe here. 

There's my rant.