I envy you that. I'm not in touch with any of my school buddy's.
that's the way of living in cuba, where you are born you will die
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that's the way of living in cuba, where you are born you will die
It is more me but the puppy was kind of calling for a little avi time plus I partied too hard today and now I feel kind of like the pup.
Your vapiversary? All the cakes, fireworks, cookies, hunks, dancing, and such stuff?
I only know horse and I can count to 10 and I know baño. I worked at a boarding stable that had Mexican workers so I picked up a few words.
I'm going back to my movie so see ya all later.
It's pretty much the same in New England, Lis. My number 2 niece moved to New York, near where Sandy is and now she is living in Philadelphia. Every time that we see her, we ask her when she is going to move back home (here). LOL
atually she lives closer to jerry than she lives from me
She lives closer to me than to any of you. Go visit her, Lis, but wait till May. You won't like the weather in Syracuse till then. And in May, it's beautiful, with all the spring flowers and fruit trees in bloom. And be sure to eat at the Dinosaur!
Internet is a good place to meet. The sexual imperative is held in check while they both check out other characteristics.
Sorry about the use of one word in two different contexts in one sentence, Lis. I have a Hispanic frined who has fun trying to use too, two, and to, all in the same sentence.
Sorry about the use of one word in two different contexts in one sentence, Lis. I have a Hispanic frined who has fun trying to use too, two, and to, all in the same sentence.
One more thing before I go. In case you hadn't heard, ECF is going to undo their upgrade next week and put the forum back the way it was. God only knows what will happen then.
Later..........
Later..........
Did you grow up with your Syracuse girlfriend in Cuba? Do you know people who know her? Tell us about how it works.
I agree, 0mg. Personality is extremely important in a relationship. It doesn't have to be face to face, to see their personality, especially after a lengthy time talking to that person.
Thank you, everyone, for the awesome day.
Y'all have been the "therapy" that I have needed for a while now. Some of the best parts of my day are when I come to ECF, and Voltville in particular. I will post my thanks individually to the best of my ability and if I forget someone, I'm truly sorry.
Rave, Thank you for being my first friend here (besides Imagine). I love your critter tales and trail cam clips. You sure can crack me up with your quick wit.
Sandy, Thank you for your tutoring reports (they never get old) and Penny stories. You always seem to have a video for every occasion which is pretty cool and I love your photos. Superb!
Terry, thank you for always cracking me up! You really brought a ray of sunshine here! Your art is amazing and I really enjoy your drawings! Awesome.
Lizzie, Your horsie tales are so funny and cute! And I like all the yardwork stories, though sometimes I think you work too hard.
That and sometimes you make me really hungry when you talk about the food you eat!
Awsum, Thank you for all your techno knowledge you share. I never know when I'll need to use it. I'm already repairing fans and space heaters. I also rebuilt a dead bolt! My future father in law showed me how.
Cindy, I love hearing about all your repair stories. You truly are the right one to be fixin' up that house. you go girl!
0, marlou, catlady, JoAnn(where are you?), Jerry, Lis, and Deb it's always a delight to hear from y'all.
Even though I might be lurking I still visit this page first! Y'all rock!
Y'all have been the "therapy" that I have needed for a while now. Some of the best parts of my day are when I come to ECF, and Voltville in particular. I will post my thanks individually to the best of my ability and if I forget someone, I'm truly sorry.
Rave, Thank you for being my first friend here (besides Imagine). I love your critter tales and trail cam clips. You sure can crack me up with your quick wit.
Sandy, Thank you for your tutoring reports (they never get old) and Penny stories. You always seem to have a video for every occasion which is pretty cool and I love your photos. Superb!
Terry, thank you for always cracking me up! You really brought a ray of sunshine here! Your art is amazing and I really enjoy your drawings! Awesome.
Lizzie, Your horsie tales are so funny and cute! And I like all the yardwork stories, though sometimes I think you work too hard.
That and sometimes you make me really hungry when you talk about the food you eat!
Awsum, Thank you for all your techno knowledge you share. I never know when I'll need to use it. I'm already repairing fans and space heaters. I also rebuilt a dead bolt! My future father in law showed me how.
Cindy, I love hearing about all your repair stories. You truly are the right one to be fixin' up that house. you go girl!
0, marlou, catlady, JoAnn(where are you?), Jerry, Lis, and Deb it's always a delight to hear from y'all.
Even though I might be lurking I still visit this page first! Y'all rock!
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I understand. In an effort to assimilate, a lot of people negate their foreign culture and language. I'm glad the Chinese kids are learning both. Not only do I tutor them in English, as well as them having to speak English in school, but they are taking Chinese lessons from another tutor who is teaching them to write in Chinese. Plus they have a math tutor, and the boy is taking violin lessons. That's a lot on the plate for a kid!
I still think you could find French-speaking people to converse with. Maybe there's a French club near you? You might have to speak Parisian French, not Canadian French, but you'd still have a head start over English-speaking people who want to learn to speak French.
Well, tonight, I noticed that every time I post, it goes back to page 1, so maybe that's already in the works, since I haven't had that problem for days. Thanks for the warning.
Well if you wanna talk spelling...pero means "but." Perro means "dog." Ahora means "now," but ahorra means "save." You roll your Rs just a little too long and you completely change the meaning. Luckily it doesn't turn into a bad word.
Cansado means sleepy/tired/irritable (like sick and tired of it all), but not so much lazy.My favorites: "¡Iman, Iman! ¿Donde está Iman?" (from Spanish 101), "¡Ay, que lástima!" and "¡Cheverre!" ...expressions that my Hispanic friends tease me about ("haha you talk like my grandma!" "laugh
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If we get "Last unread" back and it takes us to our post after we post, I'm all for it. The way it is now is kinda sucking.
This stuff is muy bueno!
If you ever have a craving for Pad Thai but you're too broke to go to a Thai restaurant, check it out. I made some last night.And yes, you CAN use the Chicken Piccata recipe on Hake fish (tonight's dinner).
haha finally got the boys to eat fish! 
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Tutoring report, now that I finally caught up.
I started with the girl. She lost her purple folder with the books from school somewhere between the restaurant and the house. I saw that she had it in her hand when we left the restaurant, and I never gave it another thought till it was time to read from it. She didn't have it. I sent the kids out to my car to see if she left it in the backseat, but no. It must have been left in the restaurant. I think I'll arrange a lesson around "Why I forget things." A writing assignment with my help. I told her we need to tie a string around her finger, then had to explain what that meant.
Never fear. I have plenty of stuff printed out for her to read. She did quite well at the story she chose, about people in the neighborhood like the policeman and fireman, mailman and trash collector. She completed the fill-in-the-blanks of the words from last time without too much trouble. Then she did a word search while I taught her brother.
We started with the alphabet book, then went on to the worksheet I had made up. I used the same words he had before, which he hadn't studied, and I made complex, adult sentences for him to fill in the blanks. So, not only did he not know the words, but there were a lot of words in the sentences he didn't know, too. And I told him I'll make more complex sentences from these words till he learns them. He's learning complex words like "emissions"and "ecology" as well as simpler ones that he should know by now.
I think I see a pattern here. The kids would rather do mindless busy work than think. I was the opposite. So my aim is to get them to think. Their parents make them copy words over and over again, which can help learning to spell them, but not to pronounce them or to know what they mean. Hmm … maybe this is why the girl likes word searches so well.
Anyway, the boy had difficult sentences that he needed to interpret, then find the word that went into the blank. It was hard work, and he fiddled around till I said I was going to have to get strict with him if he didn't do the work. I said I wanted to be nice, but if he wouldn't work that way, I'd have to get tougher. The boy straightened right up and worked. He completed the sentences with a lot of help.
Before I left the restaurant, their mom said she would like me to take them to the theater on Saturday to see the 4th grade class in a play they made up in school. I was thinking of doing this, anyway, but I thought the play would be performed at the school, and it would be redundant. But no. So we'll go see the play. See Project 4 • Upcoming Events • Hangar Theatre • Ithaca, NY for info about it.
Next year, the boy will probably participate in this, since it's a 4th grade thing, and he's in 3rd. That'll be really exciting!
I started with the girl. She lost her purple folder with the books from school somewhere between the restaurant and the house. I saw that she had it in her hand when we left the restaurant, and I never gave it another thought till it was time to read from it. She didn't have it. I sent the kids out to my car to see if she left it in the backseat, but no. It must have been left in the restaurant. I think I'll arrange a lesson around "Why I forget things." A writing assignment with my help. I told her we need to tie a string around her finger, then had to explain what that meant.
Never fear. I have plenty of stuff printed out for her to read. She did quite well at the story she chose, about people in the neighborhood like the policeman and fireman, mailman and trash collector. She completed the fill-in-the-blanks of the words from last time without too much trouble. Then she did a word search while I taught her brother.
We started with the alphabet book, then went on to the worksheet I had made up. I used the same words he had before, which he hadn't studied, and I made complex, adult sentences for him to fill in the blanks. So, not only did he not know the words, but there were a lot of words in the sentences he didn't know, too. And I told him I'll make more complex sentences from these words till he learns them. He's learning complex words like "emissions"and "ecology" as well as simpler ones that he should know by now.
I think I see a pattern here. The kids would rather do mindless busy work than think. I was the opposite. So my aim is to get them to think. Their parents make them copy words over and over again, which can help learning to spell them, but not to pronounce them or to know what they mean. Hmm … maybe this is why the girl likes word searches so well.
Anyway, the boy had difficult sentences that he needed to interpret, then find the word that went into the blank. It was hard work, and he fiddled around till I said I was going to have to get strict with him if he didn't do the work. I said I wanted to be nice, but if he wouldn't work that way, I'd have to get tougher. The boy straightened right up and worked. He completed the sentences with a lot of help.
Before I left the restaurant, their mom said she would like me to take them to the theater on Saturday to see the 4th grade class in a play they made up in school. I was thinking of doing this, anyway, but I thought the play would be performed at the school, and it would be redundant. But no. So we'll go see the play. See Project 4 • Upcoming Events • Hangar Theatre • Ithaca, NY for info about it.
Next year, the boy will probably participate in this, since it's a 4th grade thing, and he's in 3rd. That'll be really exciting!
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