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Old 05-20-2017, 01:11 AM

There's a lovely place I want to hike to this summer. I went there last year for work, and this year I want to take my own family. I'm not sure when I'll start doing those kinds of things--depends on how quickly the transition to part-time works. Technically I'll go part-time in June, but I won't see much of an hour decrease 'till one of my cases completely closes.

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Old 05-20-2017, 04:20 PM

i hope it happens quick enough that you can enjoy the nice weather while it exists <3

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Old 05-23-2017, 01:20 AM

I hope so. The dynamics just leave it all the more vague for all parties involved. e_e

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Old 05-23-2017, 01:22 AM

oh goodness. That doesn't help at all. Hubby's current job is in danger of closing. If they lose one more person it shuts down completely. So we don't know if we're going to have the job for awhile or its just going to dissapear.

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Old 05-23-2017, 11:51 PM

I really hope he gets to keep it. Am I remembering right that it took him a while to get a stable job, that the struggle had been so heavy for a while?

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Old 05-25-2017, 08:14 PM

Yup. We've been having rotten luck with jobs :[

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Old 05-25-2017, 11:27 PM

Not good. :/ Not having financial security really blows...

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Old 05-30-2017, 12:17 AM

**pokes about because back reading is hard*** Hello everyone.

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Old 05-30-2017, 09:47 PM

I hear you. >_> *waves* Someday we'll get chatty again! I'm glad we have FB though. And I know you're only a message away.

How's work?

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Old 06-02-2017, 09:00 AM

Aww i found back reading very hard. But i got a little more time nowadays. My lil man is so exhausted from kindy he literally is asleep just after i get home from work lol.

How is everyone? And how are our babies? :)

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Old 06-02-2017, 12:33 PM

My kiddo's doing well! She'll finish up first grade on the 14th, then it's summer break 'till September! She's a spitfire and knows it all, while being curious and caring all the while.

I'm officially part-time at work though I'm not cutting back too much yet. We have some home repairs pending, and once that's done we'll know what I can work or not work. xD

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Old 06-02-2017, 07:29 PM

Ohh wow, when does 1st grade start for you guys? I think it's a bit different here.
Glad she's doing well!! :)

Ohh i see, well thats cool. I remember the last time i spoke to you, you were burnt out almost.

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Old 06-02-2017, 09:21 PM

Oh, I'm still crispy-fried burned out. July is when things should really wind down for me. I spent today making a lot of preparations for my full-time to part-time status, like meeting with an insurance broker, contacting my student loan servicer for a lower monthly payment, etc. Then I got bills paid. xD

She'll start Grade 2 this September. She finishes Grade 1 on the 14th of this month. ^___^

I find it hard to believe Jax turns 3 soon. I wish I knew where the time went...

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Old 06-05-2017, 01:31 AM

My oldest Princess just turned 5. She'll be starting Kindegarten in the fall but will still be going to summer school so she doesn't lapse back... uhhh relapse? ugh words are hard.
Monkey is 3 and a half and will be going to summer school as well and than starting full day preschool next year. Though they're going to be riding seperate busses which is going to be a pain in my rear end >.<

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Old 06-05-2017, 02:54 PM

Yeah, separate busing is hard! I can't imagine. It'll make mornings difficult. x_x Hopefully summer school keeps any possible regressions at bay. And, hopefully you can get some mental respite. Will the littlest have full days at pre-k, or will she have half? When Terra started they were full days, which was an awful lot for someone so little. She got used to it though. Her school holds Pre-K through 8th grade and has under 40 children total. Everyone does an 8am - 2:45pm day.

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Old 06-09-2017, 12:28 AM

I believe she will be starting full day in the fall if not during the summer as well.

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Old 06-09-2017, 08:00 AM

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Oh, I'm still crispy-fried burned out. July is when things should really wind down for me. I spent today making a lot of preparations for my full-time to part-time status, like meeting with an insurance broker, contacting my student loan servicer for a lower monthly payment, etc. Then I got bills paid. xD

She'll start Grade 2 this September. She finishes Grade 1 on the 14th of this month. ^___^

I find it hard to believe Jax turns 3 soon. I wish I knew where the time went...
Haha i hear ya. You must be happier to be going to part time though :)

Pardon me, i have no idea how the grade system works there lol.
We start out with "Year Zero". And that is starting primary school at 5-6 years old.
Everything before that is either daycare or kindergarten. And none of that is compulsory for kids here. You could keep your kids at home up till they are 5-6 years old, and then you have to send them to school or home school them legitimately with the government making sure they're reaching all their goals.

Yes 3 i can't believe it also. We're thinking of taking him to his first movie at a movie theater for his birthday. Should be interesting lol.


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My oldest Princess just turned 5. She'll be starting Kindegarten in the fall but will still be going to summer school so she doesn't lapse back... uhhh relapse? ugh words are hard.
Monkey is 3 and a half and will be going to summer school as well and than starting full day preschool next year. Though they're going to be riding separate buses which is going to be a pain in my rear end >.<
Wow you guys ride your kids so hard lol.
I can't believe you send them to summer school at 3 1/2 lol. And on buses at that age. That to me is just crazy. To most Kiwis it would be. Sorry not mocking you or anything. But I'm just amazed as it doesn't happen like that here. And it's weird how different our upbringings are. May i ask why they go to school so early? Or would it be like here, like going to daycare? Or are they actually in a classroom and teaching environment?

I mean i send Jaxsyn to Kindy, which is just like daycare. But we do that because we work full time & we feel he needs the social interaction with kids his age. But say, if we could afford to stay home, or even just one of us. He probably wouldn't be in there full time.

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Old 06-09-2017, 04:28 PM

It would be like going to daycare for them except that they are both in speech therapy and I don't have a car so I can't get them to school so a special bus with car seats comes and picks them up at the house and takes them in to school. ^-^ There is some "teaching" to it, but really its just a glorified preschool/daycare. Its a lot of finger painting type stuff and the girls love every minute. xD

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Old 06-09-2017, 10:23 PM

For us, there is Headstart, Pre-K (age 4-5), Kindergarten (age 5-6), First (age 6-7), etc. The only "requirement" for kids is Kindergarten. For kids who benefit from year 'round schooling, some programs do exist, but there's usually a reason. Like Shadami, hers will have speech therapy, and without it consistently given, kids will regress and lose their gains. It's a hard decision to make, I bet.

Terra will attend daycare in the summer, though not full-time. I figure the days my husband works, I'll put her in daycare so that I can work, too. Our time off will be off together for family time.

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Old 06-13-2017, 03:42 AM

Life is just busy. I skim read this time at least.

Babies: Michael turns 13 in less than 3 week. THREE WEEKS and I will have a very mouthy disrespectful teenager (uhh not stereotyping just that is how is has been lately). I am not able wrap my head around that one. He starts 7th grade in August. He is doing well. We can't find an affordable older kid summer program for him and Sean so he has been home alone watching Sean a LOT. Which has me on edge more than I like to admit but he is doing mostly well with it.

Sean needs an "Eval" from our doctor for his OT this year. It was finally enough for me to say you know maybe you are just sucking the system every outside activity the kids need is an additional appt every year. EVERY DAMN year +4 well childs then allergies, ADHD, OT, poor fine motor control... I am over all of the extra appts I am running out of sick time over it. He is doing well his meds changed mid school year and he has been doing really well. OT has been helping a ton with hand writing and some other gross motor stuff. He starts 4th grade in the fall.

Elizabeth's struggles with hyperactivity and distraction are becoming more apparent to me. So I am bracing myself for the year to come. Kindergarten will be the tell tale of my suspicions that are so easily over shadowed by brothers on either side. She is insanely intelligent, curious and a wee bit morbit. She finished preschool and I just about died watching her sing and dance <3

Liam is still crazy and starts preschool this year! He has been making leaps and strides in so many places. He is officially potty trained!!!! We can't get him out of the daycare he is in because of lack of choices for new ones so old problems are still there but he has grown a TON! He can sign and write and spell his name now :)

Work is work. I had a beef with my supervisor that had me really upset for a good month. In a bad place kind of way but I am hoping that has passed. I disagreed with her reason for talking to me and she approached it really disrespectfully. Other wise it is going well. Work provides 3 hours of paid (like I get paid for self care) counseling a year so I have my last session this week. It has been quite the month. It is so hard to work so much in the summer. I feel like it is all slipping from under me. :( but overall it is good here.

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Old 06-13-2017, 10:49 AM

I'm glad that, overall, things are going well. I'm also glad you stuck through whatever your supervisor said, and that you guys have a smooth relationship now.

I'm still trying to figure out the bits and bobs I need to figure out for part-time stuff, like getting my medical insurance switched around. I think we'll take a ... oh, what are they called? Are they just called "short-term" policies? It basically won't cover preexisting conditions, but it will take care of me if I get in an accident. I'll take that from now 'till the end of the year because it's super cheap and we still don't know what finances will end up being until I work a couple months.

Remember when I talked about the wasp issue? Well, the home repairs were done, and though expensive, it was far less than what we budgeted because the only rotten wood was the exterior wood. It wasn't like the last repair where everything was nasty and destroyed. So! The house is fixed. There has only been one yellowjacket in the house, and it was before the repairs. Orkin has been treating the house, too, and will continue to keep an eye on it. With any luck, we'll be fine. They spotted, before the repairs, a tiny hole amidst the wood that they likely got into. There is a tiny tiny gap there now, but there has to be to account for shifting in the wood between the seasons and for ventilation.

The only thing left to fix is the garage, which has the same issues the house had, with someone constructing it shoddily. We were told it can wait another year or two, so... yeah. Not gonna fuss this year. We'll try to replenish our savings account if we can and go from there.

Does anyone here have experience in correcting past tax returns? I discovered I could have been getting deductions for my work mileage, and I just didn't know. I think we can go back three years?? Not sure how ridiculous the process is.

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Old 06-16-2017, 01:16 AM

Yup pretty much Chi. They regress over just a week long break during the school year for things like mid winter break. No matter what i do with them at home .They need the other kids as models constantly. and I don't have any kids that aren't struggling with speech around to help with that *sighs*

So summer school it is to get them all the help i can possibly give them. <3

Jaz as stressful as some of that sounds I hear alot of positive things in there too. i'm rather happy for you! You've got this!
I still have not succeeded in potty training. we were getting so close and than these last two weeks... another regression *sighs in frustration*
and kindergarten for Mary starts in September and if I can't get her potty trained she's going to be devastated when the cheerleaders won't let her in. It's seriously adorable. There's this kindegarten cheerleader team here, the coach is a friend of my mom in laws. But the main requirement is You HAVE to be potty trained. She has her own pom poms and she goes up to the fence where the cheerleaders are at high school football games and does everything with them.

my health insurance lapsed and hubby and told me he had dealt with it. So we're just waiting for a representative to come to our house or something now because we had to call in an emergency meeting to get it reinstated because I have a medication i need to get and we WERE on medicaid. *panics* i can't afford the bills.

*shivers* i forgot about that yellow jacket issue you had.... i'm keeping an eye on our kitchen cause we've already had a wasp in it this season . and there was huge mud wasps last fall just before it got cold. I'm hoping there's not a nest or something in the walls. we can't do anything about it cause its an apartment, and we'd have no where to go.

tax returns.. uhhh i'd have to ask my hubby. I make him deal with it >.> and he does a great job.

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Old 06-16-2017, 04:05 AM

Whenever my supervisor gets snappy I try really hard to remember she is pregnant and I can see on her face that she is struggling with her hormones. We actually have two pregnant supervisors right now. One is sick all the time the other has a really rough time with mood swings. This job is the hardest job I have ever had. It has made me cry Six or Seven times in the 8 months I have held it.

I remember you talking about the wasps. I am glad it wasn't as bad as you thought. I am no help with returns though.

Shadami, I think it's good that you are so attentive to their needs! Potty training is evil. Liam didn't respond to anything until I started bribing him. And just every bribe all smooshed together all at once was all that would do. He didn't care about not going to school. He didn't care about not getting to go places with aunty and uncles ( who don't do diapers we have several friends and family who don't) I would offer treats just for sitting on the potty. It was that bad. He finally got there. He spend a good chunk of this year potty trained for dad and daycare but would NOT go for me. So it was interesting. He does good now though we have an accident every week or two recently but it is usually because he is distracted. Maybe try to offer her a little cheer outfit or something for pottying. Bribes aren't the best way to go but sometimes they work!

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Old 06-16-2017, 05:46 PM

bribery is all i seem to be able to get out of them lately. .. i made this chore chart. if she poops on the toilet or has her room clean at bedtime she gets a sticker. and when they fill up the chart they can pull a paper out of the wish jar which has things like zebra and dog on it. things they've wished for and we'll go to a dollar store and try to find a little toy that matches whatever we pull fromt he jar when the chart is filled. they needed one more sticker to fill it the first time and she just went poop on the toilet. *thank goodness*

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Old 06-17-2017, 12:24 PM

Parenting is so brutal sometimes. Agh. I take for granted how easy Terra was to potty train. You guys are rockstars. ;-; <3

 


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