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We agree? Sorry about that, should I change my post or somethin'.For once we agree.
Sure got that one right Jerry. Ours has been strong for 41 years and I wouldn't be any other way.
Since March !!! And you two aren't hitched yet? Time's a wastin' away, Raven dear !!!!! If he hasn't proposed yet, then you may have to do a Sadie Hawkins on him.
I have absolutely no interest in getting remarried and was very up front about that with him. For one thing: I really enjoy living life as I please and truly need a solitary lifestyle. I'm a woman that requires A LOT of space. It would also cause all kinds of inheritance problems with my properties. Nope! I am free and have every intention of staying that way. He understands, respects this, and doesn't push; which is why we have stayed together since March.
Marriage isn't everything. It usually spoils the relationship.
Amen to that. I was extremely fortunate the last time, and had the best husband a woman could ever want. I'll not push my luck again.
I have absolutely no interest in getting remarried and was very up front about that with him. For one thing: I really enjoy living life as I please and truly need a solitary lifestyle. I'm a woman that requires A LOT of space. It would also cause all kinds of inheritance problems with my properties. Nope! I am free and have every intention of staying that way. He understands, respects this, and doesn't push; which is why we have stayed together since March.
Amen to that! We have so much in common it's spooky with one exception that I can think of off hand and that is you hardly ever get angry. I wish I knew how to do that.
Amen to that! We have so much in common it's spooky with one exception that I can think of off hand and that is you hardly ever get angry. I wish I knew how to do that.
Yes - we are very much alike with the temperament exception. I guess I'm just not wired for anger. Unless my friends or family are being attacked. Then the claws come out. Just sayin'.
Again, a tutoring report.
First, I included both kids in the lecture on dental hygiene. It went well. At first, the boy wasn't interested, but he can't help himself; he has to get involved somehow in anything that's going on. I read off a lesson plan I found on the Internet with lots of questions the kids had to think up answers for. I notice that the boy is getting a lot better at thinking things up these days. Maybe he still has problems with imagination, and expressing it, but if you ask him something, he usually can figure out what to say. I attribute this to Mad Libs, which remains something the kids beg for at the end of every lesson. Anyway, back to the teeth. I showed them a diagram of a tooth cross section and explained the different parts. I explained how the nerve in the middle is protected by the outer layers, but if a cavity gets deep enough, then the nerve can make the tooth hurt.
The concept of fluoride was a bit difficult for the kids to grasp. I explained that Ithaca doesn't add fluoride to the water, so they need to use toothpaste with fluoride and the dentist needs to give them fluoride treatments. I described what they were. The kids asked if a fluoride treatment hurt, and I assured them it didn't. In fact, I went to the dentist just the other day, and instead of that icky mouth rinse, they painted stuff on my teeth. I liked that much better. But even rinsing your mouth with stuff isn't painful.
Then we discussed eating healthy food instead of sweets.
After the lecture, I gave them a chart to fill out each time they brush their teeth. The little girl wanted to fill it all in immediately, and I had to repeat several times that she's to do it when she brushes her teeth. Maybe she thought if she filled it in now, no one would know whether or not she brushed. They are going to fill out these charts for 2 weeks, and I'm hoping by then brushing will become a habit.
Then the girl and I went over some words she had for homework, which she had lost. And her mom gave me some words that she needed to learn to spell. She sort of got them, and they were added to last time's words as homework this time.
We did some word searches using the dental words. The kids really like word searches, too. They probably rate right under Mad Libs.
Time was nearly up, so the boy's lesson was short. He, too, had lost his homework from last time, so we went over those words and he was assigned them again, plus some new words, which we went over, too.
Last was Mad Libs, and then it was time to leave. So most of this lesson was on brushing teeth and fluoride treatments, not so much reading.
First, I included both kids in the lecture on dental hygiene. It went well. At first, the boy wasn't interested, but he can't help himself; he has to get involved somehow in anything that's going on. I read off a lesson plan I found on the Internet with lots of questions the kids had to think up answers for. I notice that the boy is getting a lot better at thinking things up these days. Maybe he still has problems with imagination, and expressing it, but if you ask him something, he usually can figure out what to say. I attribute this to Mad Libs, which remains something the kids beg for at the end of every lesson. Anyway, back to the teeth. I showed them a diagram of a tooth cross section and explained the different parts. I explained how the nerve in the middle is protected by the outer layers, but if a cavity gets deep enough, then the nerve can make the tooth hurt.
The concept of fluoride was a bit difficult for the kids to grasp. I explained that Ithaca doesn't add fluoride to the water, so they need to use toothpaste with fluoride and the dentist needs to give them fluoride treatments. I described what they were. The kids asked if a fluoride treatment hurt, and I assured them it didn't. In fact, I went to the dentist just the other day, and instead of that icky mouth rinse, they painted stuff on my teeth. I liked that much better. But even rinsing your mouth with stuff isn't painful.
Then we discussed eating healthy food instead of sweets.
After the lecture, I gave them a chart to fill out each time they brush their teeth. The little girl wanted to fill it all in immediately, and I had to repeat several times that she's to do it when she brushes her teeth. Maybe she thought if she filled it in now, no one would know whether or not she brushed. They are going to fill out these charts for 2 weeks, and I'm hoping by then brushing will become a habit.
Then the girl and I went over some words she had for homework, which she had lost. And her mom gave me some words that she needed to learn to spell. She sort of got them, and they were added to last time's words as homework this time.
We did some word searches using the dental words. The kids really like word searches, too. They probably rate right under Mad Libs.
Time was nearly up, so the boy's lesson was short. He, too, had lost his homework from last time, so we went over those words and he was assigned them again, plus some new words, which we went over, too.
Last was Mad Libs, and then it was time to leave. So most of this lesson was on brushing teeth and fluoride treatments, not so much reading.
People are talking about choosing not to get married, too. Don't be afraid. I think you can handle it. No one's suggesting you should get married.
Self-sufficiency is an essential for a man who wants to stay single. Lis, I think you ought to just give it up and find yourself a good woman.same old garbage
Self-sufficiency is an essential for a man who wants to stay single. Lis, I think you ought to just give it up and find yourself a good woman.
I have been forced to find her in the real world , i have tried and tried here in ECF but no one takes me seriously
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Sometimes the best surprises happen when you aren't looking. Maybe you are trying too hard.
perhaps i have been looking in the wrong direction and perhaps 2014 is depairing a good surprise for me
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