The gas prices are really starting to put a dent in my pocket. At three dollars and eighty cents a gallon it is costing me around fifteen dollars every time I drive up to Lafayette. I am so relieved that school is almost out for the summer, and I don't have to drive up to Lafayette five days a week. But what about next school year? Who knows I may not even be able to afford to drive to school anymore, and I'm sure I'm not alone on that matter. People are trying to better them selves by going to school and it's just getting harder to do. How is anyone supposed to live when we are paying four dollars a gallon?
I saw on the news a month or so ago that oil companies are making billions of dollars in profits. How can our government let this go on? The gas prices and increasing rates of food, etc are dragging every one into a huge hole that we one day aren’t going to be able to get out of. Minimum wage is like six dollars or somewhere around there and the people that are making this kind of money are having to spend pretty close to an hours work pay for a gallon of gas. This is ridiculous!
Us working people can't even enjoy our money when we get it because everything is increasing and no one is making more money. Someone need to do something soon, because gas is just going to keep going up. When the gas goes up everything else goes up. I am so glad that I still live at home and I don't have to worry about paying for food, a house, and other life necessities. I could never make it.
Someone out there is getting rich and it sure isn’t us “normal” people. I think that every one should boycott buying gas. If every one stuck together and didn’t buy gas, didn’t go to work and so on then no one would lose their job, because if that was the case then everyone would have to be fired. I believe the semi-drivers tried to do this and some of them, but not all semi-drovers stuck to the plan. The reason why these oil companies are charging so much is because they can. If we keep paying, then they will keep increasing the prices of oil. It’s going to be a never ending cycle if we don't do something about it.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
My Son
Blog 4
Now there is an example of memories and observation, to which I’m sure I can not begin to do justice to in close to 500 words. All the way from his first breath, to coming up on his 18th birthday in less than 3 months. That boy has taught me a thing or to of course I have him to, that is my job and I do my best with what I have. As I had mentioned he will be 18 soon, he just received his learners permit recently so I let him drive me every chance I get. He has a very delightful girlfriend whom loves him dearly, as he does her. He is admired by many of people young and old, my landlord for example thinks he is a wonderful young man, as do I. he gets good grades in school, and is active in diving, band, cross country, and many other school activities. He is a hard worker, he has worked for the same construction company every summer for the last 3 summers, and I’m sure he will again. On top of that he does odd jobs of all sorts and mows lawns to make extra money, for what ever he has a already planned to purchase.
He has grown to be my best friend and sometimes that makes it hard to be dad, but I take a deep breath and do what I know is rite, if I did not I would be cheating him and I. Him and I have been through a lot together, we live alone just the two of us, and have for about 5 years. Before that it was him, his little sister and I so we have had plenty of time to bond. He stood beside me through 2 years of fighting cancer, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and numerous surgeries. He knows god and believes in his word, and tries hard to be a good Christian. He tolerated the days when I used to drink, and I know that sometimes that was hard for a young man. He has had to spend numerous hours home alone while I was working, but we had fun spending those paychecks on the weekend, I really miss that part myself, I bet he does to. He has had to deal with all the crazy woman in my life, but we have a deal about that they are not aloud to live here.
There was a time how ever when he was young and needed dad for different reasons. We had to go swimming, fishing, hunting, canoeing and many other activities that we both enjoyed. Ill be back to normal someday I hope and we can those things once again. As I said I cant do my son whom I love so much, any justice in 500 words, and I was correct because I have not began to scratch the surface of the memories or observations about this delightful young man, than I get to call my son.
Blog 4
Now there is an example of memories and observation, to which I’m sure I can not begin to do justice to in close to 500 words. All the way from his first breath, to coming up on his 18th birthday in less than 3 months. That boy has taught me a thing or to of course I have him to, that is my job and I do my best with what I have. As I had mentioned he will be 18 soon, he just received his learners permit recently so I let him drive me every chance I get. He has a very delightful girlfriend whom loves him dearly, as he does her. He is admired by many of people young and old, my landlord for example thinks he is a wonderful young man, as do I. he gets good grades in school, and is active in diving, band, cross country, and many other school activities. He is a hard worker, he has worked for the same construction company every summer for the last 3 summers, and I’m sure he will again. On top of that he does odd jobs of all sorts and mows lawns to make extra money, for what ever he has a already planned to purchase.
He has grown to be my best friend and sometimes that makes it hard to be dad, but I take a deep breath and do what I know is rite, if I did not I would be cheating him and I. Him and I have been through a lot together, we live alone just the two of us, and have for about 5 years. Before that it was him, his little sister and I so we have had plenty of time to bond. He stood beside me through 2 years of fighting cancer, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and numerous surgeries. He knows god and believes in his word, and tries hard to be a good Christian. He tolerated the days when I used to drink, and I know that sometimes that was hard for a young man. He has had to spend numerous hours home alone while I was working, but we had fun spending those paychecks on the weekend, I really miss that part myself, I bet he does to. He has had to deal with all the crazy woman in my life, but we have a deal about that they are not aloud to live here.
There was a time how ever when he was young and needed dad for different reasons. We had to go swimming, fishing, hunting, canoeing and many other activities that we both enjoyed. Ill be back to normal someday I hope and we can those things once again. As I said I cant do my son whom I love so much, any justice in 500 words, and I was correct because I have not began to scratch the surface of the memories or observations about this delightful young man, than I get to call my son.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
My House
Blog 3
When I was a very young boy I was fortunate to live deep in the hilly woods of central Indiana, just on the North-East side of shades state park. We lived in a house trailer on my grandfather's lake (LOK SHANGRELA). It was in my opinion the best place in the world to grow into a young man. It was very secluded and surreal there was a five acre lake and his property totaled ninety acres of woodland full of hills and hollows. It was fun, educational, although at times very harsh, if you can imagine going back in time about two hundred years. My childhood was much comparable to that of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer I spent most of my time trying to stay as far from authority as I could. Deep in the woods I was free and I loved it, the longer I could spend in the woods the happier I was. There was more to do in the woods than I could get accomplished in ten childhoods, building forts, playing Indians, climbing trees, building rafts, carving spears, or digging a hole in the side of a hill the list goes on and on.
I can not fathom how a young boy living in a fun filled place such as this could ever say he was bored, but my brother sure did he was what I call a momma’s boy, Always hanging around the house watching TV and playing video games. I imagine as his older brother I should have invited him to go on my adventures with me, but to tell the truth I really did not like him much, and still do not. I was quite content all alone in those majestic woodlands, and never got bored. Once I stepped into those woods my imagination was the only limitation there to the amount of fun I could have.
Although as I said it could be a very harsh place, the winter time was the worst. The infamous winter of 78 that was an extremely harsh time. We missed 30 days of school sounds fun huh, 30 snow days in a row. Well it was just the opposite I thought I would rather do anything than go to school, but let me tell you that winter I learnt a big lesson. Our driveway was 1 mile long and the snow had drifted it closed, so we had to pull a sled all the way to the road 1/8 mile west our driveway, to meet someone who would pickup supplies and bring them to us. Yep it could be nasty, but those summers by the lake made it all worth the hard work. If I had a chance to do it all again, you could bet your last dollar I would.
Blog 3
When I was a very young boy I was fortunate to live deep in the hilly woods of central Indiana, just on the North-East side of shades state park. We lived in a house trailer on my grandfather's lake (LOK SHANGRELA). It was in my opinion the best place in the world to grow into a young man. It was very secluded and surreal there was a five acre lake and his property totaled ninety acres of woodland full of hills and hollows. It was fun, educational, although at times very harsh, if you can imagine going back in time about two hundred years. My childhood was much comparable to that of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer I spent most of my time trying to stay as far from authority as I could. Deep in the woods I was free and I loved it, the longer I could spend in the woods the happier I was. There was more to do in the woods than I could get accomplished in ten childhoods, building forts, playing Indians, climbing trees, building rafts, carving spears, or digging a hole in the side of a hill the list goes on and on.
I can not fathom how a young boy living in a fun filled place such as this could ever say he was bored, but my brother sure did he was what I call a momma’s boy, Always hanging around the house watching TV and playing video games. I imagine as his older brother I should have invited him to go on my adventures with me, but to tell the truth I really did not like him much, and still do not. I was quite content all alone in those majestic woodlands, and never got bored. Once I stepped into those woods my imagination was the only limitation there to the amount of fun I could have.
Although as I said it could be a very harsh place, the winter time was the worst. The infamous winter of 78 that was an extremely harsh time. We missed 30 days of school sounds fun huh, 30 snow days in a row. Well it was just the opposite I thought I would rather do anything than go to school, but let me tell you that winter I learnt a big lesson. Our driveway was 1 mile long and the snow had drifted it closed, so we had to pull a sled all the way to the road 1/8 mile west our driveway, to meet someone who would pickup supplies and bring them to us. Yep it could be nasty, but those summers by the lake made it all worth the hard work. If I had a chance to do it all again, you could bet your last dollar I would.
the aftermath blog 12
Well this class is almost over; Thursday is the last day for meeting in classroom number seven. It has been an enlightening experience through this whole semester. Our professor did give us food for thought when it came to our writing assignments. As a whole, the class has been great. I have made new friends that I needed in my life, and I have learned to write a lot better through this experience. I am grateful to have had such a small class that individual attention was available. The teacher was kind and courteous to everyone’s ideas, thoughts, and voice from the beginning; and almost all the way to the end. We have written three papers in this class, twelve blogs, and numerous in class writings to help us better our writing. We even did a presentation over what our research paper is going to be over. We were all able to provide input for everyone’s presentations to help them better their papers. So were we graded fairly on these? I am not quite sure. I know that it is not my place to correct a teacher, so I won’t. But I am going to address my fellow students about this subject and the grades that I received from them. While I was presenting my information I noticed that those who were grading me were staring out into space the whole time not even listening to the information. On a positive swing, I just wanted to say thank you to the teacher for his great input. I know that he has had a hard semester. He had a lot of personal family problems that he unfortunately had to deal with, and I do have sympathy for him. I want to congratulate him on his new home, and I wish him a long prosperous employment here at Ivy Tech Community College and/or at Purdue University. I want to wish him luck on his dissertation and whatever the rest of the year holds for him. I would like to wish the class luck on earning their majors or certifications. So thank you for a great semester and I wish you all luck.
postpartum presentation information also outline for paper blog 11
Postpartum Depression
By Bonny Ellingwood
What is postpartum depression?
Also known as PPD
It is a depression that can affect a new mother after the birth of a child.
This depression not only affects mothers; it can affect the entire family as well.
There is a difference in the severities of the depression.
These are three different types of postpartum depression in order of severity.-
Baby blues
Postpartum Depression
Postpartum Psychosis
Next, I am going to tell you the difference between the three, what their symptoms are, and how they can be helped through medication and therapy.
Baby Blues
Effects 70-80% of new mothers
Occur 3-4 days after the birth of child
Usually go away in 14 days
The symptoms of the baby blues are:
Anxiety
Sadness
Irritability
Crying
Headaches
Exhaustion
A sense of inadequacy
Baby Blues Continued
Since this down period is usually short and not severe; it does not need medical attention.
There some things that can be done to help ease these symptoms:
Try to sleep when the baby sleeps.
Don't try to be super mom; do what you can but try to rest as much as you can.
Swallow your pride and ask for help from family for chores and, if bottle feeding, nighttime feedings.
Talk! Tell your husband, friends, and/or family how you are feeling. You could also join a support group of new mothers feeling the same way.
If this period of “blues” last longer than 2 weeks; the mother or family should seek help.
If it lasts longer than 2 weeks the baby blues can turn into postpartum depression.
There is a 10-20% ( 1 out of 5) chance of a mother developing postpartum depression after those 2 weeks.
Postpartum Depression
Though the signs of postpartum depression are very similar to the baby blues; the depression’s symptoms are more severe and they last longer.
the symptoms of the depression are:
Constant fatigue
Lack of joy in life
A sense of emotional numbness, feeling like a failure, feeling guilty, or feeling overwhelmed
Withdrawal from family and friends
Lack of concern for self and baby
Scared of hurting self or baby
Decreased sex drive
Severe mood swings
Impaired thinking or concentration
Sleeping too much or too little
Constant crying
Eating too little or too much
Having panic attacks
Headaches, chest pains, heart palpitations (heart beating very fast and a feeling like it is skipping beats), and/or hyperventilation.
Postpartum depression continued
Postpartum depression can come into affect anywhere within the first year after the child is born.
10-20% of new mothers will end up with PPD
This part of depression can last for months to years; it usually does not go away without help.
This depression can affect family life severely, but I will talk about that later.
Now onto the scariest part of PPD -postpartum psychosis
Postpartum Psychosis
This is the most severe but rarest form of PPD
Occurs about 1 or 2 out of 1000 births
Usually appears within the first six weeks after the child is born.
Some of the symptoms for the psychosis are:
Total loss of grip on reality
Delusions
Hallucinations
Sleep disturbances
Rapid mood swings
Obsessive thoughts about the baby
Paranoia
Thoughts of suicide or thoughts of killing the baby
A mother experiencing these symptoms needs to receive medical attention as soon as possible.
The most famous case of this is Andrea Yates.
Drowned all five of her children because she thought if she didn’t they would go to hell. She was tried and found guilty of capital murder. She was sentenced to life in prison. In July 2006, she was retried and was found NOT guilty by reason of insanity.
What causes PPD?
They have found that three major factors that can lead to PPD-
Physical changes
Emotional changes
Lifestyle changes
Physical changes:
A major drop in estrogen and progesterone after the child is born
Hormones produced by the thyroid may drop suddenly
Leaving the mother feeling tired, sluggish, and depressed
changes in blood pressure, blood volume, immune system, and metabolism
Can cause fatigue and mood swings
Possible Causes of PPD
Lifestyle changes:
A demanding baby or older children
Which can lead to exhaustion
Having difficulty breastfeeding
Financial problems
Lack of support from family, friends, and/or partner.
Having been diagnosed with depression/bipolar disorder
Also if it runs in the immediate family there is an increased risk
Also severe PMS has been attributed
Marital discord
Young age
The pregnancy was unwanted or unplanned
Possible Causes of PPD
Emotional Changes:
When you are exhausted, it is harder to manage simple things. So you may feel:
Overwhelmed
Anxious about the new arrival
May feel less attractive
Feel a loss of self identity
Feel loss of control over life and decisions
Why do I need to know this?
If a mother is suffering from PPD; it is vital for that mother to receive some sort of help.
If the mother is not treated:
Could harm herself
Harm the child
Since the mother doesn’t really care
May not be as involved with the child
Early childhood interactions are found to be important to development of the child. This can cause the child to have behavioral and learning problems.
could cause the couple so much stress; could lead to divorce
This makes it very important to identify this disorder early so that the mother and family can cope with it.
How do you treat it?
They are using a either hormone therapy, talk therapy, medication, or a combination of all three.
Hormone therapy:
Estrogen replacement may help counteract the drop after childbirth
Runs risks of drying up breast milk, and increased risk of developing blood clots in legs and lungs. Weigh the pros and cons of this treatment before trying it.
Talk therapy:
Talking to a counselor, psychologist, psychiatrist, or a group of mothers going through what you are going through.
Helps you find better ways to deal with stresses, feelings, helps set realistic goals, and helps with problem solving.
Treatment continued
Medication:
Antidepressants:
Found to be the most effective
There are certain ones that can be given to mothers who are breast-feeding
Can enter the breast milk if breast-feeding; but there are have been studies that show, with certain antidepressants, the amount that goes from that mother to child has little to no effect on the child later on.
Anti-psychotics:
These are given to the mothers with postpartum psychosis.
The one that is best known is Lithium.
It is used as a mood stabilizer.
What can you do?
To help mothers who are going through this the family and partner can play a very important part.
Talk to her
Help her with household chores
Sweeping, dishes, general cleaning
Taking over the baby so she can catch a cat nap or a break
If she is having trouble sleeping:
Provide a hot bath
Ear plugs
A snack and/or warm milk
Encourage activity but don’t pressure her
Swimming
Walking
Deep breathing
More you can do…
Don’t take her attacks at you personally
If you do get mad; get mad at her depression not her. It is hard for her to control her outbursts.
Don’t expect her to just “snap out of it.”
It is a serious illness, much like a flu or cold, but it affects her hormones and chemicals on the brain. It is a serious thing that takes time to recover from.
Encourage her to take her medication and to seek a group/counselor to talk to about how she is feeling.
Also remember, it is okay for you to feel overwhelmed and depressed too.
If you feel this way; find someone to talk to as well. What’s it going to hurt?
As you can see, this is a serious disorder that needs to be recognized and dealt with. It does not just affect the mother, but the whole family. Be on the look out for the symptoms and you could be able to help someone you love.
EL FIN
The End
By Bonny Ellingwood
What is postpartum depression?
Also known as PPD
It is a depression that can affect a new mother after the birth of a child.
This depression not only affects mothers; it can affect the entire family as well.
There is a difference in the severities of the depression.
These are three different types of postpartum depression in order of severity.-
Baby blues
Postpartum Depression
Postpartum Psychosis
Next, I am going to tell you the difference between the three, what their symptoms are, and how they can be helped through medication and therapy.
Baby Blues
Effects 70-80% of new mothers
Occur 3-4 days after the birth of child
Usually go away in 14 days
The symptoms of the baby blues are:
Anxiety
Sadness
Irritability
Crying
Headaches
Exhaustion
A sense of inadequacy
Baby Blues Continued
Since this down period is usually short and not severe; it does not need medical attention.
There some things that can be done to help ease these symptoms:
Try to sleep when the baby sleeps.
Don't try to be super mom; do what you can but try to rest as much as you can.
Swallow your pride and ask for help from family for chores and, if bottle feeding, nighttime feedings.
Talk! Tell your husband, friends, and/or family how you are feeling. You could also join a support group of new mothers feeling the same way.
If this period of “blues” last longer than 2 weeks; the mother or family should seek help.
If it lasts longer than 2 weeks the baby blues can turn into postpartum depression.
There is a 10-20% ( 1 out of 5) chance of a mother developing postpartum depression after those 2 weeks.
Postpartum Depression
Though the signs of postpartum depression are very similar to the baby blues; the depression’s symptoms are more severe and they last longer.
the symptoms of the depression are:
Constant fatigue
Lack of joy in life
A sense of emotional numbness, feeling like a failure, feeling guilty, or feeling overwhelmed
Withdrawal from family and friends
Lack of concern for self and baby
Scared of hurting self or baby
Decreased sex drive
Severe mood swings
Impaired thinking or concentration
Sleeping too much or too little
Constant crying
Eating too little or too much
Having panic attacks
Headaches, chest pains, heart palpitations (heart beating very fast and a feeling like it is skipping beats), and/or hyperventilation.
Postpartum depression continued
Postpartum depression can come into affect anywhere within the first year after the child is born.
10-20% of new mothers will end up with PPD
This part of depression can last for months to years; it usually does not go away without help.
This depression can affect family life severely, but I will talk about that later.
Now onto the scariest part of PPD -postpartum psychosis
Postpartum Psychosis
This is the most severe but rarest form of PPD
Occurs about 1 or 2 out of 1000 births
Usually appears within the first six weeks after the child is born.
Some of the symptoms for the psychosis are:
Total loss of grip on reality
Delusions
Hallucinations
Sleep disturbances
Rapid mood swings
Obsessive thoughts about the baby
Paranoia
Thoughts of suicide or thoughts of killing the baby
A mother experiencing these symptoms needs to receive medical attention as soon as possible.
The most famous case of this is Andrea Yates.
Drowned all five of her children because she thought if she didn’t they would go to hell. She was tried and found guilty of capital murder. She was sentenced to life in prison. In July 2006, she was retried and was found NOT guilty by reason of insanity.
What causes PPD?
They have found that three major factors that can lead to PPD-
Physical changes
Emotional changes
Lifestyle changes
Physical changes:
A major drop in estrogen and progesterone after the child is born
Hormones produced by the thyroid may drop suddenly
Leaving the mother feeling tired, sluggish, and depressed
changes in blood pressure, blood volume, immune system, and metabolism
Can cause fatigue and mood swings
Possible Causes of PPD
Lifestyle changes:
A demanding baby or older children
Which can lead to exhaustion
Having difficulty breastfeeding
Financial problems
Lack of support from family, friends, and/or partner.
Having been diagnosed with depression/bipolar disorder
Also if it runs in the immediate family there is an increased risk
Also severe PMS has been attributed
Marital discord
Young age
The pregnancy was unwanted or unplanned
Possible Causes of PPD
Emotional Changes:
When you are exhausted, it is harder to manage simple things. So you may feel:
Overwhelmed
Anxious about the new arrival
May feel less attractive
Feel a loss of self identity
Feel loss of control over life and decisions
Why do I need to know this?
If a mother is suffering from PPD; it is vital for that mother to receive some sort of help.
If the mother is not treated:
Could harm herself
Harm the child
Since the mother doesn’t really care
May not be as involved with the child
Early childhood interactions are found to be important to development of the child. This can cause the child to have behavioral and learning problems.
could cause the couple so much stress; could lead to divorce
This makes it very important to identify this disorder early so that the mother and family can cope with it.
How do you treat it?
They are using a either hormone therapy, talk therapy, medication, or a combination of all three.
Hormone therapy:
Estrogen replacement may help counteract the drop after childbirth
Runs risks of drying up breast milk, and increased risk of developing blood clots in legs and lungs. Weigh the pros and cons of this treatment before trying it.
Talk therapy:
Talking to a counselor, psychologist, psychiatrist, or a group of mothers going through what you are going through.
Helps you find better ways to deal with stresses, feelings, helps set realistic goals, and helps with problem solving.
Treatment continued
Medication:
Antidepressants:
Found to be the most effective
There are certain ones that can be given to mothers who are breast-feeding
Can enter the breast milk if breast-feeding; but there are have been studies that show, with certain antidepressants, the amount that goes from that mother to child has little to no effect on the child later on.
Anti-psychotics:
These are given to the mothers with postpartum psychosis.
The one that is best known is Lithium.
It is used as a mood stabilizer.
What can you do?
To help mothers who are going through this the family and partner can play a very important part.
Talk to her
Help her with household chores
Sweeping, dishes, general cleaning
Taking over the baby so she can catch a cat nap or a break
If she is having trouble sleeping:
Provide a hot bath
Ear plugs
A snack and/or warm milk
Encourage activity but don’t pressure her
Swimming
Walking
Deep breathing
More you can do…
Don’t take her attacks at you personally
If you do get mad; get mad at her depression not her. It is hard for her to control her outbursts.
Don’t expect her to just “snap out of it.”
It is a serious illness, much like a flu or cold, but it affects her hormones and chemicals on the brain. It is a serious thing that takes time to recover from.
Encourage her to take her medication and to seek a group/counselor to talk to about how she is feeling.
Also remember, it is okay for you to feel overwhelmed and depressed too.
If you feel this way; find someone to talk to as well. What’s it going to hurt?
As you can see, this is a serious disorder that needs to be recognized and dealt with. It does not just affect the mother, but the whole family. Be on the look out for the symptoms and you could be able to help someone you love.
EL FIN
The End
next queen of england blog 3
Emily is an interesting, beautiful, charismatic individual. She has this gorgeous red hair. Her hair does not lie about her temper either. She has a fast, furious temper that gets the better of her right now. As you go farther down you see her eyes, which are a sharp contrast to the red of her hair. They are brown as dirt one moment, then the dark green of an evergreen tree the next moment. Looking into her eyes, you see a little girl that loves life and loves her family. Her eyelashes, thick and dark, extend past her eyebrows, accenting her eyes beautifully. With pale skin she looks like a porcelain doll, but her skin holds up to the sun very well. If this fair skinned diva gets sun burnt, all she has to do is sleep that night and she will have a beautiful tan. I know I might be slightly biased because she is my daughter and she is my first, but she is a beautiful child inside and out.
Underneath her outer beauty, this diva of the family can be the biggest troublemaker you could know. With her being twenty months old I understand where this energy and vitality comes from, but it can be exhausting. She is always into everything. She is very intelligent but she uses this intelligence to find any way to drive us insane. She can’t sit still for even a minute. The only time that she will sit or lie down is if you hold her down when she is tired. Emily has shown that she loves music. She loves to dance to it, head bang to it, and she will drum on anything. With her always being on the move, she has become proficient at climbing everything that she isn’t supposed to. Her favorite thing to climb has been the stairs. The past time of choice is sticking her head between the bars in the railing, until it gets stuck and she has to cry for help. She has also found another place to get her head stuck, in the entertainment center. Emily does believe that she is the queen of the house; just seeing how she walks around you can see that. Her cousin Terran came over Friday night and she asserted her authority. She beat up her cousin who is almost two years older than she is. This little diva is the princess of the house. Someday she will be a queen, but not yet.
I have been watching my daughter in a different light lately. I have started to see what she will probably be like when she gets older. She is friendly to everyone she meets. Just watching her I know that she will make friends very easily. Hopefully she will be more successful than I am at making friends. I want her to have a life full of possibility, and I think that she will achieve that. Watching her dance around like a fool makes me see that she is very talented. She is very full of life and I think that will help her with everything that will come towards her. Seeing her happy makes me want to give her every opportunity that I can to help her achieve whatever she wants in life. It has been very interesting watching my daughter in a different light than what I usually do. I will cherish this experience as a way to better understand her and myself.
Underneath her outer beauty, this diva of the family can be the biggest troublemaker you could know. With her being twenty months old I understand where this energy and vitality comes from, but it can be exhausting. She is always into everything. She is very intelligent but she uses this intelligence to find any way to drive us insane. She can’t sit still for even a minute. The only time that she will sit or lie down is if you hold her down when she is tired. Emily has shown that she loves music. She loves to dance to it, head bang to it, and she will drum on anything. With her always being on the move, she has become proficient at climbing everything that she isn’t supposed to. Her favorite thing to climb has been the stairs. The past time of choice is sticking her head between the bars in the railing, until it gets stuck and she has to cry for help. She has also found another place to get her head stuck, in the entertainment center. Emily does believe that she is the queen of the house; just seeing how she walks around you can see that. Her cousin Terran came over Friday night and she asserted her authority. She beat up her cousin who is almost two years older than she is. This little diva is the princess of the house. Someday she will be a queen, but not yet.
I have been watching my daughter in a different light lately. I have started to see what she will probably be like when she gets older. She is friendly to everyone she meets. Just watching her I know that she will make friends very easily. Hopefully she will be more successful than I am at making friends. I want her to have a life full of possibility, and I think that she will achieve that. Watching her dance around like a fool makes me see that she is very talented. She is very full of life and I think that will help her with everything that will come towards her. Seeing her happy makes me want to give her every opportunity that I can to help her achieve whatever she wants in life. It has been very interesting watching my daughter in a different light than what I usually do. I will cherish this experience as a way to better understand her and myself.
The Sign
Blog 2
It is all alone with visitors as few as the deepest parts of the forest. Its black silhouette stands in the sun at the end of the three months or so of darkness at the North Pole. If that was a window on the north side it would be a great place to view the local scenery.
So cold and bleak yet says more in one sentence than we do in a whole paragraph. It probably wants to come inside with us to get warm, but it and I both know that will never happen. I somehow thanks to MR. Josh Brewer have become almost attached to this cold lonely piece of unappreciated art. Its sole purpose is to speak to us, but no one ever speaks back. If they did we would think that they were as crazy as I am writing 450 words about the cold piece of steel that, my English teacher forced me to go out in the freezing cold to stare at the lonely tower of advertisement. Not just once, but twice in one day I’m not sure what is going through his mind, but he’s the teacher so ill be a good boy and do as I am told.
I really can’t see the other side to see what it says, so let’s imagine maybe a beer commercial, no that would not be the case this time of year how about fireplaces that would suite me rite about now. There are 3 hotels in the nearby area that could be a possibility, there are 3 restaurants that would be appropriate, or just maybe by coincidence it is telling people about the Ivy-Tech which I am attending.
I bet MR. Brewer would freak if he new we out here smoking ha ha!!! Anyway this sign I speak of could be telling us any number of things, this I know for sure it is doing its job everyday either informing us about something, or selling us something, probably something we don’t even need. That’s what its main purpose is I imagine, selling us things we don’t need. Companies pay big money to put there product up there, so if they are paying big money you know they are making big money, off of guess who, us.
I wonder how long it took to pay for itself I can imagine that a structure as big as that is very expensive and I imagine it took along time to make that money back. That’s the way it works though kind of like nature one big cycle, someone gets paid to build it they spend money, someone gets paid to rent it they spend money, someone makes money off of what it says then they spend money. Such is the cycle of money, and the purpose of the huge sign.
Blog 2
It is all alone with visitors as few as the deepest parts of the forest. Its black silhouette stands in the sun at the end of the three months or so of darkness at the North Pole. If that was a window on the north side it would be a great place to view the local scenery.
So cold and bleak yet says more in one sentence than we do in a whole paragraph. It probably wants to come inside with us to get warm, but it and I both know that will never happen. I somehow thanks to MR. Josh Brewer have become almost attached to this cold lonely piece of unappreciated art. Its sole purpose is to speak to us, but no one ever speaks back. If they did we would think that they were as crazy as I am writing 450 words about the cold piece of steel that, my English teacher forced me to go out in the freezing cold to stare at the lonely tower of advertisement. Not just once, but twice in one day I’m not sure what is going through his mind, but he’s the teacher so ill be a good boy and do as I am told.
I really can’t see the other side to see what it says, so let’s imagine maybe a beer commercial, no that would not be the case this time of year how about fireplaces that would suite me rite about now. There are 3 hotels in the nearby area that could be a possibility, there are 3 restaurants that would be appropriate, or just maybe by coincidence it is telling people about the Ivy-Tech which I am attending.
I bet MR. Brewer would freak if he new we out here smoking ha ha!!! Anyway this sign I speak of could be telling us any number of things, this I know for sure it is doing its job everyday either informing us about something, or selling us something, probably something we don’t even need. That’s what its main purpose is I imagine, selling us things we don’t need. Companies pay big money to put there product up there, so if they are paying big money you know they are making big money, off of guess who, us.
I wonder how long it took to pay for itself I can imagine that a structure as big as that is very expensive and I imagine it took along time to make that money back. That’s the way it works though kind of like nature one big cycle, someone gets paid to build it they spend money, someone gets paid to rent it they spend money, someone makes money off of what it says then they spend money. Such is the cycle of money, and the purpose of the huge sign.
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