My 8-year-old threw up on the way home from family celebration Christmas Eve, all over the back seat
Posted By: Here too on 2005-12-27
In Reply to: How was everyone's Christmas? Good, I hope. - Merry Christmas!
Then threw up approximately every hour from 10:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. Christmas morning. Not the Christmas I had planned, up cleaning bodily fluids all night. Somehow Santa managed to come overnight, too. My husband, me and the 2-year-old didn't get the bug until last night, it's vicious! Hopefully that's all over now and we can enjoy the rest of our vacation!
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With short arms, I need chair with shallow seat, good back support and high back. Want arm rests
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Fine. Be sure to post back here in a year and tell me about her at-home job. nm
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I like a chair with arms, deep seat and high back (sm)
so I bought a leather chair from Costco about a year ago and have never regretted it. Think it is made by Lane. It was a little expensive but since I'm in it for hours a day - sometimes 12 - I figure it was an important investment... plus it is so good looking we often wheel into other parts of house when we need extra seating :)
I threw my back out playing dodge ball in 2nd grade. nm
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That's been a hit with my family this Christmas, too.
Everybody bought Sudoku books for everyone else. Oh, well. The kids are actually doing puzzles, reading and Sudoku instead of playing video games.
With all you've said about your family, I think it would behoove you to stop by Christmas Eve and
avoid the whole thing on Christmas day. Just my opinion, of course.
Our family enjoys our traditional lasagna Christmas dinner; less fuss, more fun. nm
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Union diesil mechanic - good pay, great benefits. We swap year to year on who brings home more sm
money.....but I am an IC and he has all the benefits...health insurance/dental that the company pays for, pension plan, 401k, etc. Factor all of that in and he makes way more than I do.
So I guess he's off your Christmas list this year?
It's amazing how some relatives will put money before blood. Maybe your brother's broke and needs the money badly?
Would definitely capitalize "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" However,
happy holiday season is nondescript and would put in small case.
Did everyone have a great New Year? I saw family I had not
seen in years and years. We had so much fun. My nieces and nephews are so big now. The getting home at 3 AM this morning wasn't so much fun but the whole trip was a gas!
Leaving home & Family
I appreciate your comments and respect your opinion, but it would probably be wise to have all of the information before you make an assumption.
Obviously, the five MTs I was coming out to train had all applied, agreed to the IC status, pay rate, and agreed to attend the training at a hotel conference room that was a 20 minute drive for them. They were aware the training would take a minimum of two days to get familiar with us, all of the software we use, and to answer whatever questions they had. We anticipated being in the room perhaps 4 to 6 hours, depending on individual need.
The fact that one showed up, one called and canceled that morning, and three simply did not show, did not call. That was the basis of the "frustration" note.
Remote training is possible, and it's fairly simple to do, but if I spend several hours on the phone with five individuals answering the same questions for each, we have found it easier at times to go to a central location if we are hiring a group from the same general area. It gives them a chance to actually meet who they will be working with, as well as open up a new cell of networking MTs who would probably never meet each other.
Naturally, there are some people who are very computer literate who can virtually "train" themselves. Others are not, and with the opportunity to ask questions while you are actually learning can be benificial.
I do quite a bit of remote training and, in fact, was a trainer for our audio platform for several years at hospitals, clinics and other services all over Canada and the US. However, as a service owner, I also enjoy actually meeting face to face the transcriptionists who work with us. I have some that I've not had a chance to meet in person who have worked out beautifully and are just as much our family team as those I've met.
At any rate, thanks for your opinion.
Merry Christmas right back atcha, Renee!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Has anyone considered going back to college after having a family?
Any advice? My husband is wanting me to go back to school and get a nursing degree, but I don't know if I have the stamina to work (which I would have to), take care of my family and go to school full time. I don't think you can enter a nursing program part time.
I don't know that I would like to enter nursing but the thought of going back to school is tempting. Of course, there are going to family obstacles to overcome first, the biggest being having someone available to take care of my son. We have no family close by, so it would be up to me and my husband to work our schedules to make sure he was okay. My husband's schedule is not flexible at all but it is such a weird schedule we could work around it. My son is only 9 (soon to be 10) but I don't feel comfortable leaving him home alone yet. He has some friends whose parents have let them come home from school to an empty home since 1st or 2nd grade, but I would NEVER consider that.
Thanks for listening. I would appreciate any advice or stories from others. This is really on my mind now and I guess I am weighing my options.
I didnt ask for ANYTHING. Merry Christmas and watch your back when u work for a national.
thats MY point.
We have a huge 4 day celebration in our little town
There is something going on from tonight right through until the fireworks on the 4th. There is a street dance, a bean hole bean supper, a lobster bake and just tons of stuff going on.
Our town is only population 7500, but the celebration has grown to over 30,000 attendees for the 2 hour parade, followed by fun, games, entertainment and music in the park and then fireworks that start at 9:00 and last for hours. It's great fun!
I'm lucky too. I live just a mile from the festivities, so I'm home for a long time while people are still waiting in traffic. The traffic goes smoothly though. The events have always been very well organized with our school bus drivers giving free shuttle bus rides.
Happy 4th everyone!
TO MT30+ Don't let these posts ruin your celebration!
Yes, they are confused. I have seen the other MT 30-whatever they are talking about and can see where it is confusing. If the woman says she is not the poster - then she is not the poster!!! Who in the world has the time to pick apart every post they can! Forget about trying to explain. Anyhoooow - CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Yes, there are still good jobs and companies out there. They may be hard to find and it will take a little time. I too landed one with no weekends, nights, or holidays - employee status. Straight typing, one specialty, and more money than I was making. Someone else did bring up in another post that a new job making 8 cpl with a good schedule and lots of work is better than 10 cpl and no work!! That in itself will cause many people to make the change, even for less money.
I have a 3-1/2 year at home
And it definitely is hard. I started working at home when she was about 6 months old. I worked and still work crazy hours even now. I work in the mornings for a few hours and after she's asleep. I usually work until 4:00 a.m. (I also have another part-time job). I've been doing this so long it's second nature. I think it was a lot easier for me when I started out because I worked for a small local MTSO as an IC and had a fairly good turnaround time so I could tend to her and still get my work done. She's now in Preschool two full days a week so that certainly helps. Try not to be discouraged. Do what's best for you. You're baby is only a baby once.
Got $$$$ back last year but this year
I have to pay them, sold a property I never lived in but I had enough sense to set aside $45,000 so just waiting on them to send me my WT2s so I can get started.
So you could end up getting more back at the end of the year
if you have your home office deduction, etc.? At least if that happens I can feel like I am making more money doing this! GRR, I hate the IRS!
I did it for a year and have just gotten back
from a 6 week trip, though don't usually travel much now except for weekends and vacation.
I had 2 babies in less than a year and kept them at home with....
no outside help. BUT.... Do not think for a minute that you can sit down and put in an 8 hour day with an infant in the house. You will have to dramatically alter your working style if that's what you are used to. I made sure I worked for a company where I made my own hours, which basically amounted to "catch as catch can", but you know what? I still managed to make 25,000 a year working VERY part-time. I typed a few reports, got up, fed the kids, typed a few more while they played, got up and played with them, ran errands, put them down for a nap, typed while they slept.... blah blah blah.. My work revolved around the kids and their needs, but it worked. It has to be that way with a baby (in my case 2 of them). I don't believe in daycare for infants and small children. Had we not been able to afford to live of what I could make with them at home, we probably would not have had them. I feel that strong about it for my family (not judging others mind you). They're 11 and 12 now and very secure loving connected kids. I hope my early sacrifices had something to do with it.
I saw them in concert about a year back...
It was at a venue that was tiny, compared to most places anyways. They were on a stage that would spin around. It was so intimate and probably the best concert I have been to. The opening band was awesome too, Lennon. It was mostly just her playing the piano and singing. Awesome, awesome time. And, this is coming from a 26-year-old who loves them! lol
I went back to school this year
In my area both the RN-AD and dental hyg. programs have wait lists, however the dental hyg. wait is like 4 years versus the RN wait being 1-1/2 years. I am just finishing up all my gen eds and I should be off the wait list and into the core program next fall. I am taking extra psych classes to fill my "elective" courses as I was told that hospitals prefer nurses with their BSN to have psych minors, and I'm only in the AD program (associate degree), but I can still list extra psych courses on my resume. I wish you the very best of luck!!!
back in the mid 1980s it was 80K a year.(sm)
I worked with an MT who went and that's what she made.
Going back home
It was awesome to see them visit back home and all the support they have there. Elliott's mom just makes me cry. Did you see when they were riding in the parade and his mom just hung her head and seemed so overwhelmed. She is so proud of her son. They are always showing their family/friends in the audience. I've been wondering about something though. Where are Katherine's friends? They show her parents all the time, but I don't recall seeing any of her close friends. Seems like she would have a ton there since she lives so close by.
Right-on.... if I went back it'd only be as an at-home
'in-house' person. I have no use for all the petty office rules, peering over shoulders, dress codes, politics, power-plays, etc. I'd rather have my cats as co-workers.
Not getting back - how much we made gross for the year. nm
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Congratuilations! I did a year ago and never looked back!
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Happy New Year back at you! Have fun! We'll
be fine, won't we, folks?  Have a good time!
but don't worry - next year BOS will more than likely change it back! nm
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Love being back home...
but frustrating at times. Seems everyone wants my job. It's soooo easy they say. Now I'm not an expert by all means and I continue to learn as I go. Discipline is one of the keys...my poor house doesn't get cleaned anymore (I wonder when someone will notice).
And those moms who think I work at home and call on you to pick up their kids because their "working". That's my boiling point.javascript:editor_insertHTML('text',' ');
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I have been waiting since I first heard they were coming back last year...
and I'll probably fall asleep before the ending. Happens all the time. 
A study a year or two back was assessing if hormone changes were
Specifically, does LOSS of estrogen cause memory loss in women. Multi-year study, BIG study, lots of subjects.
Upshot? There WAS memory loss happening. It was not due to hormones. Middle-aged women were SO busy and SO stressed and had SO many things on the brain and things to do and places to be and things to remember about spouse, kids, job, parents, extended family, that they were STRESSED TO THE POINT THEY COULD NOT REMEMBER IT ALL! Bah on the hormone theory. We just get full up to our eyeballs of all the things we have to do and something has to give.
Like, spelling the word school or something. No can do, school does not exist in this brain any more, it got kicked out so I can remember to pick up beer on the way home!
Paula just signed a 3 year contract with AI. I can't believe they want her back. She really get
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I'm 46 and I went back to school this year full time for a BSN...sm
I was worried about because, let's face it, my short term memory isn't what it used to be LOL. Plus the program is ONLY full time. They had 1000 applicants and picked the top 70 of us. If you didn't have a 3.5 GPA, you didn't get in. But I am doing really well in school - after I got past the shock of the first 6 weeks - tons of work- and I am at the top of my class. My husband, bless his heart, is doing all the cooking and we are basically kind of ignoring the dirt. My house will be clean again another day. I am finishing up my second semester, have 3 more semesters for a BSN, and then another 2.5 years to get my masters and be an advanced practice nurse. 41 is definitely not too old! You will have to work smart to save your back but it can be done. Also MT is starting a slow slide out...you would be smart to start your second career now while you still have a job... IMHO
good luck!
Sure! As soon as I'm back from my summer home in the Hamptons!
Can you cut your hours back at your current job and do MT at home PT? (sm)
This would be a way to break away some for your FT without actually giving it up and at the same time staying current in the outside world. Then if you had a PT or p.r.n. MT job at home, you could get a feel for how it would be.
I had back pain for an entire year. They did a trigger point
injection and it's gone. I couldn't believe it. I wish I'd found it sooner.
Love to know how far back it goes, was a member for about a year in 1998, we could use $$, furnace b
so its cold here! Actually it broke the 15, the night before we left for Disney on a Make-A-Wish trip for my daughter Jenny....(we had a blast)...got back 2 days ago, it broke again that night (21st). DH got it running again, but the heater guy disassembled it last night and has not returned yet to put it back together and fix it. Luckily we have a propane fireplace or we'd be in big trouble, still chilly though especially since it goes down to 25 at night, brrrr!---so any $$$ if we are included or entitled would be wonderful...but I doubt we will get so lucky since it was so long ago that I was a "member" of AOL. Guess I will just have to work even more to pay for the repair, fun.
I'm a hospital employee, working local at home, so I get a raise every year.
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Merry Christmas! There is a story named Cat and Mouse Christmas...search Google and you'll find
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I worked at Home Depot awhile back
for 3 years in the paint department. I have done them all and also taught the classes on Sundays. You might want to call your local Home Depot and ask when they have their paint classes. Lots of information, and they should let you try out the techniques as well.
Yes, I lost 42 pounds on LA Weight Loss, but gained back 50 a little more than a year later . .
I was on the program for approximately four months and lost 40 pounds. The weight did come off really fast. At the time I was a member, there was a rebate if you kept the weight off for one year. It sounded good, but you had to buy the supplements for the entire year, which by the end of the year added up to a few thousand dollars.
In any case, after I finally lost the weight, I got pregnant with my fourth child. I am now trying to lose the 50 pounds that I gained while pregnant, but my metabolism seems so much slower now. The weight isn't coming off nearly as fast as before. :(
Been at home for over a year now and I switched to night shift. I work for a national. Started out
working the night shift and sleeping in shifts during the day. My kids are way older but that doesn't mean they don't interrupt me. Besides, there the phone issue, more interruptions, the dogs bothered me a lot, too. Love them dearly but, oh so spoiled. It was taking me 10 hours to do what I can do in 8 on nights, plus I manage to get more sleep, if you can believe that. I still get supper on the table, vacuum, laundry, etc. So far it is working pretty good, so I think I will put in for permanent night hours for awhile. No sense in working 10 when I can work 8.
I have never had links on the left side. I have always had to go back to the home page to get them.
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You're so right - I gave my notice - 5 more days & Im back home!!
I worked at home 9 years - back in an office for a year -cannot WAIT to be back home again. Office politics and BS, silly little rules that make no sense, traffic, hours less in each day because you spend that time commuting, people who care if you have a $200 purse or not...when you work at home you can still have friends, but you get to choose who you spend your time with!
A Christmas Story is my fave Christmas movie...forgot that one!
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There is a seat for every butt, there is the
"one" for everyone, you just have to find them or they have to find you. I believe there is a soulmate out there for everyone.
I have mine!
Are you looking for the one where the seat raises up?
Our local Wal-Mart sells them for about $400.00, but they are kind of small. I know you said your mom was short, but if she is wide too the Wal-Mart one wouldn't be comfortable. If you have a local medical supply company they would probably have them, or the info where you can order them. I wouldn't get one that is fabric in case of accidents.
I'm 4'11" and I have trouble with recliners too. I have to have them where they have the lever on the side to raise and lower the foot rest.
The seat in my Blazer
I wish I could get a chair like that! Adjustable back support, an arm rest when you feel like it...
Right know I have a crap chair but I sit on pillows and I find it helps my bum from going numb. Good luck!
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