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Was Rei under the name Reiyuki on FB? Or did she have her real name on it?
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Her real name. I am not sure she'd want me to call her that outside of facebook though xD
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Oh I figure... I wonder if I do have her on my fb still O_o;;
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Yes, you do! lol I just saw her "like" a picture of Ellie. :D
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For shame, Jazzy, forgetting all about me!
Though granted, we meet so many people online, it's hard to not remember all of them. But I am still on your facebook, Jaz - I'm Ellen~ Thanks for sending me that message, Leels! I basically strayed away from here (and other avatar based forums) because you guys all left. ;-; Wasn't in the mood to go out and mingle again, really. So now that you're back, and I have a bit more free time, I'm all for going back to having fun here-! I read back a bit, and got caught up to most of what's been going on. Oh man, it's so WEIRD to think about the kids growing up so fast. We're getting old, sob! ;-; |
I didn't forget you ><;; I forgot your real name.... I have too many people on my FB that add me for games that I lost track of who was who and whether I met certain people on the forums or not... I have a terrible memory anymore... Glad your back I've been around for a bit... I think I've been steadily visiting Mene for 2ish years now :) I'm proud
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Yay!!!! I am happy to see you back too Rei!
Ugh, I just got back from the clinic. My reg doc could not see me until Monday and they thought I should get assessed for this pain and now low fever...It was packed in there and when I got to see the doc, the lab was closed so I have to go right back in tomorrow morning for blood work! |
Hehe, even if you had forgotten about me, Jaz: I would've understood completely. But I know what you mean... I have a couple of people on my list - 3 or 4 - whom I don't actually know, either. It's hard to keep apart where you know whom from.
Leela: Seriously?! That blows. o: I think they should have just taken blood and then phoned in the results later... and what lab doesn't work on a week day? o.O Bah-humbug. I hope it's nothing too serious, though. What prompted you to visit the clinic in the first place? As in, where're you hurting? o: |
Morning all, just a quick note before I head off to the lab. At least the snow held off.
Rei, it was after 7pm so the blood lab was closed :( The pain in my right side and low fever prompted the visit. I have had tenderness there since Jan and not getting any better. Back in a bit. |
I hope the bloodwork comes out showing at least SOMETHING. It's no fun feeling iffy and having no clue what the cause is.
Hmm, it's a good thing you went in, then. If you've been having trouble since January... and low fever usually indicates some kind of infection, so humn. I wonder what it is. o: |
Yeah, now I sit here and wait. The doctor told me she'd have the results right away, but the clinic tech said it takes a day or two, so who knows. If the blood work shows a high wihte blood cell count, that indicated infection and I go in for further testing. If the blood is normal, an ultra sound is next. She wants to rule out appendix, but if I have any unbearable pain in the mean time I am to go to ER. The snow has started, so lets hope I don't have to go anywhere tonight!
So, tell me all about what's new? How's life as an aunty? |
Canada, you and your snow, tisk tisk tisk. I hope the pain won't become unbearable!
But riight, it could be appendicitis... I hope not. I hear that can SERIOUSLY hurt. Poor Leels, I hope you get the results in soon. Ohohoho, well, not much is new, except that I am LOVING being an aunty. I see Airini a whole lot, and it's just so much fun. She's already almost a year old, can you believe it? March 30th will be her first birthday, and I can't believe it went by so fast. Being a godmother is truly something I'm enjoying, and I think our little Airini will probably give us a lot of trouble... but even more joy. My sister is already pregnant again, and the little belly-baby is supposed to make an appearance around May 24th. Sadly, I don't know the gender, because Kelly only wants the godparents to know. I don't mind that much, though, because as much as I'm itching to know, is as badly my sis wants to tell me. x'D So that's quite a consolation. |
Yeah, just alot of tenderness and the odd stabby feeling right now...xD not funny, but I am not in great pain or anything, just frustrated with all the waiting.
Oh I can't believe she is almost a year! That did go fast! Is she walking and talking now? Another niece/nephew?? woohoo! |
Plus, constant pain kind of wears you down. :/ Like, even if it's not hugely bothersome, it still becomes a drag. As does the waiting. I get that they need their time to figure it out, and that they have other work, but honestly. :/ It would be nice if it went a bit faster, so that at least you'd have a clue.
Nope, no walking or talking yet! She's very chatty and says a lot of "mama" and "papa" but without it meaning the actual thing. She dances a lot, standing up and holding unto something and swaying back and forth and such. She's really into music. Like, we just start singing a song and she'll immediatly start "boogieing" to it - twisting and swaying and she has this adorable little shoulder-shrugging dance... kyaaaaa~ I can talk about her all day, she's got the funniest little habits that i love. YUP, another niece/nephew! It went way faster than anyone expected, but, I'm seriously happy for my sis. She always wanted two, but Sven was kind of on the fence about it for a long time... but then he changed his mind after Airini was born. ^^ |
It was so busy in both the clinic last night and the lab this morning too >.< Love sitting squished in a room full of strangers...
Ah cute! Babies are great. Kimberly walked at 10 mnths and Kaitlyn didn't untill close to 2 years. lol I hope they capture all these moments, they go by so fast! So how is your sisters pregnancy going so far? |
Morning gals :)
Awww new baby nieces/nephews... My niece is going to be 3 in May.... I love her but she has no manners, no ability to share and she is sooooo mean... Her daddy and mama and grandma and uncles let her get away with murder. If she hit one of the boys everyone but Dillon and I will tell me not to say anything she's a girl and she's too little to know better. But if Sean does it in retaliation he gets scolded like the dickens |
Morning, well no call yet..I hate waiting. I am all full of anxiety..>.>
I wish I had a niece/nephew. Unfortunately my only brother was killed in a car accident in '96. :( Kerry (hubby) has a niece, but she is grown, so it's not like a child and she doesn't call me "Aunt". |
I have 4 siblings... None of which have kids which is probably for the best.... Since their ages range from almost 17 to just turned 21... My sister in law is 30 it's her daughter that is the hell raiser... And Dillon's mom's "favorite" in my personal opinion... She doesn't call me aunty she calls me Brittany :/ Dillon's other brother is only 22 and has no real interest in woman...
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Hey ladies-!
Jazzy; it's so unfair that they let your niece get away with it. I don't get things like that; honestly, I see so many parents who measure by a double standard, even amongst their own children... it upsets me when grandparents do it. I can see the difference between Airini and my other little cousins who are the same age, and I also see how the parents and grandparents interact with them... and often, how they don't chide certain behavioural patterns in there children, the way I feel would be best... but oh well, everyone has their own way of raising a child, so I feel weird when I end up chiding the young ones for behaviour that their parents never dissaprove off. As the youngest of my generation of the family, I'm always the go-to babysitter at family meetings. ^^' I mean, Airini's very stubborn, she has a will of her own and is very strong-willed about it... but at the same time, she's really social - never afraid of new people, always smiling and waving at them, kind of an attention addict, really - and absolutely sweet, has no problem sharing her toys and is extremely curious and eager to learn things. I know that we're going to have a hard time with her, because of her strong will, but NOW is exactly the time to keep that in check. Granted, she's a baby, but if we don't start learning her to share and to stop bad behaviour now, it'll be impossible to get her to learn it later on. But that's my opinion, really. I'm quite stern with her when she refuses to listen, and then she'll cry for 5 seconds, pout, and then all is well again and she won't do what I forbade her again, unless she's tired... she gets into all kind of mischief when she's tired. x'D Basically, Airini knows the meaning of the word "no" VERY well. I remember about your brother, Leels. /snugs/ It's a shame Kerry's niece doesn't call you aunt; I don't think age should have much to do with it, but that might just be me. Being an aunt is quite nice, though I don't think it can compare to being a parent or grandparent. Mou, I hope the call happens soon. |
I call my aunts all "Aunt" and all my Uncles "Uncle" still :) I even call someone who isn't my Aunt "Aunt" as a sign of respect for a very old family friend.
I fear for my nieces future, she is SUPER stubborn. I watched her from the time she was 6 weeks to the time she turned I think 5-6 months. And I couldn't take the stress of my own two plus her anymore... Then i watched her again when she was 15 months.... And her little personality started to show... If I disciplined her for ANYTHING she'd SCREAM... The worst was eating problems... She would shove all (and I do mean all) of her food in her mouth and then start gagging... and choking. My mom suggested just letting her gag (something she had me to with the boys and it stopped them pretty much after the first time), I did and she continued to do it ... She also would spit on my floor... If she didn't like something in her food she would lean over her chair and spit it on the floor... It was so flippin gross... She also had never fed herself (much less had she ever used utensils) at by the time she was 18 months except over here so she was super messy and would refuse to try the spoon and would start shoveling with her hands when I would look away to help Sean or Michael... But that wasn't the worst of dealing with watching her again... She started coming to me in the fall ish if I remember right... And she never came with a coat, never had shoes on, never had her hair combed was always in shorts and spaghetti staps etc... I went out and bought her some clothes and shoes so that I could take her out since I was always running about with Mikes. And the clothes would never come back.... I think I bought her 4 pairs of tennis and she would still come to my house bare foot with no coat in 30* F or less degree weather... I want to say that it is only child syndrome. But I know that my best friends daughter (who calls me Aunty Jazzy when she can talk better) is 20 months and is much better behaved then that... She's not 100% but she is better. I know I annoy Burande's husband cause in my house it's MY rules... No running around during a meal, no kids on the rocker unless they are being held, no standing on the couch, no banging on the windows, no playing with the curtains... Etc etc... I am pretty sure he thinks I'm an anal retentive b word but again... My house... MY RULES... :) /ramble |
So do I! That's what strikes me as being odd about Kerry's niece not calling Lia "aunt", or your niece not calling you that. It's just... one of those things you do, you know? But maybe, because they weren't brought up with it, they don't do it.
...oh god. You're sketching such a horror story for me, sob. ;-; I hope Airini never becomes that bad, but I'm pretty sure we would have seen signs of such behaviour already. Still, that does make me fearfull! You're absolutely right, though. Your house, your rules. While you should respect other people's way of raising children, that still doesn't mean that you have to push aside your own desires. Respect, manners, and kindness are three of the most important things I think a child should learn; and honestly, your niece sounds like the has none of that. No wonder it's so difficult to watch her! I just declined a request to babysit a child much like that, really. My sisters' friend has a daughter of around 3-4 years old, and she's kind of... really brash, and a bit on the mean side. But the main reason why I declined it is because I have no idea how the child's parents would react to my way of minding their daughter. If people are fairly lax in the raising of their child, they will not appreciate someone like me, who is gentle but likes to have a firm hold over kids, and demands & expects their respect. SO YEAH. /ramble/ Honestly I doubt if you're an anal retentive. All of the things you summed up seem like perfectly normal things to expect from a child. |
When Kerry and I started seeing each other, his niece was already in her early teens, so she just wasn't brought up with me and doesn't see me as her Aunt I guess. We also only see them once a year.
Children need to be taught manners and respect, I insist my kids have both. Kimberly is the nicest teen you'd ever meet and adults love her. I always get compliments about her manners and behavior. When they aren't taught these things, we get all these rude adults running around. lol Also, I don't think you are unreasonable Jaz, children should respect other peoples homes :O I called the clinic and they do not have the results yet...>.> prob Monday. |
My niece is going to turn into one of those uncontrollable teenagers... Knowing her mom and dad I wouldn't put it past her to be heavy into drugs or pregnant as a teen etc... and stuff like that scares me cause my kids love their cousin, and Ellie will more then likely look up to her and be very close to her. Every time we visit her (mostly on holidays and birthdays) I see her baviours come out in the boys and it takes almost a week to get them back to their normal selves... I get compliments on the boys behaviour when we go out. They aren't angels by any means Mikes has issues keeping himself under control at school and Sean is my wild child. But they know manners and generally respect my instructions... Particularly when out of the house... :) I am hoping that it will continue into their teen and adult years
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It will Jaz, you are instilling good values in them. :)
Kimberly has had had her fair share of troubles with adhd and aspergers. Elementary school was tough, but she always had respect and manners. |
My younger sister made it through with very little issues, well so far that is. She's only 23 right now. Bi-Polar is a hell of a thing to grow up dealing with, especially when high school is already a pain.
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