Pinky! :)
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Hi Jes, wow... I didn't expect this kind of response. But thanks, I'm flattered and glad that it looks good.
I've been thinking of doing something like this for so long -- a place my mom can check online so she can see how her grandson is doing. Andrew's her only grandchild she doesn't get to see everyday.
Anyway, there are pages there that still need work and I have more photos to upload, so the site will change as the weeks go by. I haven't told my mom about it yet, not until I can get some fitness-related pics taken. She gasped when I told her I'd just bought 30-pounders. "You wanna look like the Hulk?" she said. Obviously I want to show her I don't look like a radioactive green man.
Pinky
I've been thinking of doing something like this for so long -- a place my mom can check online so she can see how her grandson is doing. Andrew's her only grandchild she doesn't get to see everyday.
Anyway, there are pages there that still need work and I have more photos to upload, so the site will change as the weeks go by. I haven't told my mom about it yet, not until I can get some fitness-related pics taken. She gasped when I told her I'd just bought 30-pounders. "You wanna look like the Hulk?" she said. Obviously I want to show her I don't look like a radioactive green man.
Pinky
allwildgirl
Cathlete
Pinky, your site is amazing! I love your earthy collections and your son and DH are lovely. Your artwork is beautiful, and so is Andrew's. He obviously inherited his mama's creative juices
Thanks, Shelley. I encourage Andrew's art most especially because his fine motor skills are very slow to develop. I have seen him through many outbursts that were triggered by the simple fact that he can't write a letter or draw a shape even though he knows exactly how it looks. It's heartbreaking.
Occupational therapy has been helping him a lot, and to encourage him further, when he draws something that doesn't look like anything he wants it to look, I turn the paper every which way, and at every turn, I say, If you see it from this angle, you see a bird, but if you turn it this way, you see a house...and so on... just to teach him to appreciate what comes from his hands. I also let him put up his work on the wall.
And when I see something beautiful, like a sunset, I point it out to him and show him the gradations of colors in the sky. I want him to see detail. If he can't copy it with his hands, the least he can do is sense it and pay attention to it.
It has been a long, long road.
Pinky
I encourage Andrew's art most especially because his fine motor skills are very slow to develop. I have seen him through many outbursts that were triggered by the simple fact that he can't write a letter or draw a shape even though he knows exactly how it looks. It's heartbreaking.Occupational therapy has been helping him a lot, and to encourage him further, when he draws something that doesn't look like anything he wants it to look, I turn the paper every which way, and at every turn, I say, If you see it from this angle, you see a bird, but if you turn it this way, you see a house...and so on... just to teach him to appreciate what comes from his hands. I also let him put up his work on the wall.
And when I see something beautiful, like a sunset, I point it out to him and show him the gradations of colors in the sky. I want him to see detail. If he can't copy it with his hands, the least he can do is sense it and pay attention to it.
It has been a long, long road.
Pinky
Bobbi
Cathlete
It's a wonderful site and I am not surprised that you are beautiful. And you are.
Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"
Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.-Charles Spurgeon
Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"
Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.-Charles Spurgeon
Oooops. Okay, now it makes sense. Because I know Shonie works in the tech industry.
Thanks, Marla. I'll tell Andrew you love his spring painting. And Shonie, I tell ya... I once went to Rex's office and here were all these men in tailored blue shirts and blue/black/dark brown pants with ID tags around their necks carrying a cup of coffee or a glass of soda around. These tech guys, they start looking alike after a while. I had to squint to figure out which one was mine.:7
Pinky
Thanks, Marla. I'll tell Andrew you love his spring painting. And Shonie, I tell ya... I once went to Rex's office and here were all these men in tailored blue shirts and blue/black/dark brown pants with ID tags around their necks carrying a cup of coffee or a glass of soda around. These tech guys, they start looking alike after a while. I had to squint to figure out which one was mine.:7
Pinky
Thanks, Bobbi. I hope to meet you someday. You have been an inspiration to me. You don't know this, but I remember a lot of your stories about being a mom, even the most mundane. And I always say to myself, okay... this CAN be done. Talking 'bout done, I gotta pick up the boy from school and take him to OT.
Pinky
Talking 'bout done, I gotta pick up the boy from school and take him to OT.Pinky
bestoutwest
Cathlete
Hi Pinky!
I visited and left a comment, but didn't sign it. Very nice site! Lovely garden, artwork, family, etc....!!:7
I visited and left a comment, but didn't sign it. Very nice site! Lovely garden, artwork, family, etc....!!:7
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dmstefanos
Guest
Hi Pinky,
Yes, love the web site. That's such a good idea. I, too have family in Orlando, Atlanta, oh lots of places to far away to see every day. I may have to look into setting something like this up, so they can see the kids grow up too.
You do have a beautiful family. Love the artwork! Such talent. You are a beautiful person. You look so young!
Dallas
Yes, love the web site. That's such a good idea. I, too have family in Orlando, Atlanta, oh lots of places to far away to see every day. I may have to look into setting something like this up, so they can see the kids grow up too.
You do have a beautiful family. Love the artwork! Such talent. You are a beautiful person. You look so young!
Dallas
Bobbi
Cathlete
Wow, Pinky! That is, I think the lovliest compliment I have ever been paid and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love being a mom and I am feeling really blessed to get to do this as I do. My sixteen year old came down and told me "Mommy, I'm sick." this morning. I can't tell you how much I love when she calls me mommy, like she did when she was small and I was the center of her universe. She doesn't need me to simply sit and hold her the way the baby boy does when he's sick and I did when she didn't look so grown up and I still had a thing or two to teach her. She knows everything now. She no longer fits across my lap but I'm the mommy! Sam still brings me love notes from school, telling me to can't wait to get home to see me. But the teenagers, they pull away quite a bit and you have you be very cool and not too invasive to get a feeling for all that goes on with them. It's so scary and tough to trust them and everyone out there who will encounter and influence them. But they are great kids and I thank my own mother for lessons about holding on and letting go, enough but not too much.
My husband has an idea that I should come and work for him as a car saleswoman at Dobbs Honda! I continue to delay starting school, again, so I can someday help build that retirement fund and stay busy when my nest is empty. Haven't figured out how to fit it in with three kids in three schools and various sports and other stuff we cram into our lives. He informs me our kids are grown. I had no idea that at 7, 14 and 16, they'd be fully independant and ready for me to move on! LOL! I made up the voodoo doll story to entertain Angie in the Friday the thirteenth thread but I may just have to make one and see if I can't poke some sense into that boy! But I won't; pain in the butt that he is, he's enabled me to get to be a SAHM and that's a gift even if I don't always realize it. I will smile and stall. My hat is off to working mothers and single mothers, who do what I do and work on top of it.
You inspire me too, Pinky. I often think about the days when my creative side was fully developed and I wrote and drew and read books other than Captain Underpants and considered myself an artistic woman. Where's that woman? I'll be 52 when my youngest goes off to college. That's when I'll start school or get a job there's no good reason not to start redeveloping my artistic side. Your artwork is beautiful and there's poetry in the way you offer to share it with us. And it's obvious your Masterpiece is waitng to be picked up from school. Our children are our life's work and the legacy we leave the world and that's a huge responsibilty. It's such a joy to know it's in the hands of such a wonderful and capable woman as you.
Am I your muse? Just kidding! Now I'm just getting full of myself! LOL!
Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"
Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.-Charles Spurgeon
Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"
Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.-Cha
She no longer fits across my lap but I'm the mommy! Sam still brings me love notes from school, telling me to can't wait to get home to see me. But the teenagers, they pull away quite a bit and you have you be very cool and not too invasive to get a feeling for all that goes on with them. It's so scary and tough to trust them and everyone out there who will encounter and influence them. But they are great kids and I thank my own mother for lessons about holding on and letting go, enough but not too much. My husband has an idea that I should come and work for him as a car saleswoman at Dobbs Honda! I continue to delay starting school, again, so I can someday help build that retirement fund and stay busy when my nest is empty. Haven't figured out how to fit it in with three kids in three schools and various sports and other stuff we cram into our lives. He informs me our kids are grown. I had no idea that at 7, 14 and 16, they'd be fully independant and ready for me to move on! LOL! I made up the voodoo doll story to entertain Angie in the Friday the thirteenth thread but I may just have to make one and see if I can't poke some sense into that boy! But I won't; pain in the butt that he is, he's enabled me to get to be a SAHM and that's a gift even if I don't always realize it. I will smile and stall.
My hat is off to working mothers and single mothers, who do what I do and work on top of it. You inspire me too, Pinky. I often think about the days when my creative side was fully developed and I wrote and drew and read books other than Captain Underpants and considered myself an artistic woman. Where's that woman? I'll be 52 when my youngest goes off to college. That's when I'll start school or get a job there's no good reason not to start redeveloping my artistic side. Your artwork is beautiful and there's poetry in the way you offer to share it with us. And it's obvious your Masterpiece is waitng to be picked up from school. Our children are our life's work and the legacy we leave the world and that's a huge responsibilty. It's such a joy to know it's in the hands of such a wonderful and capable woman as you.
Am I your muse? Just kidding! Now I'm just getting full of myself! LOL!
Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"
Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.-Charles Spurgeon
Bobbi http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/chicken.gif "Chick's rule!"
Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.-Cha
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dmstefanos
Guest
Bobbi
Oh Bobbi,
You brought tears to my eyes...wait a minute. I have to wipe them away so I can keep typing.
There that's better! You make me want to hold on tighter because they do want me all the time right now and I know that that is going to change someday. It really upsets me, but I know that they have to grow and become their own person. Luckily, for me my kids are only 7,5 & 2. However, since my daughter started 1st grade I can see a big change in her. All for the good, but much more independent.
I'm sorry don't want to change the thread, but had to respond to you, Bobbi. Thank you for all you insightful wisdom to motherhood.
And thank you Pinky for all your help with fitness.
Dallas
Oh Bobbi,
You brought tears to my eyes...wait a minute. I have to wipe them away so I can keep typing.
There that's better! You make me want to hold on tighter because they do want me all the time right now and I know that that is going to change someday. It really upsets me, but I know that they have to grow and become their own person. Luckily, for me my kids are only 7,5 & 2. However, since my daughter started 1st grade I can see a big change in her. All for the good, but much more independent.
I'm sorry don't want to change the thread, but had to respond to you, Bobbi. Thank you for all you insightful wisdom to motherhood.
And thank you Pinky for all your help with fitness.
Dallas
Ah yes...it must have been the Dilbert-vibe that seemed familiar You know, us tech people, we can spot each other a mile away!
Pinky, you DO have a beautiful family for sure.
take care and have a great weekend! Oh...I'll send you an email soon about the trip (or maybe I'll call). Yay!
Shonie
You know, us tech people, we can spot each other a mile away!Pinky, you DO have a beautiful family for sure.
take care and have a great weekend! Oh...I'll send you an email soon about the trip (or maybe I'll call). Yay!
Shonie
libra01971
Cathlete
Hi Pinky,
Love your site! What a beautiful family you have! You and your son are very creative and artistic! Thanks for sharing! I really admire you - you are such a strong woman in every way!
Love your site! What a beautiful family you have! You and your son are very creative and artistic! Thanks for sharing! I really admire you - you are such a strong woman in every way!
Thank you, Beverly, Edie, Dallas and Laura. I'm blown away by what you all have said.
Dallas, most days I feel 10 years older, so thanks for the "young" comment.
Laura, I've never really thought of myself as "strong". "Struggling" is the word I keep using to describe myself. But thanks for allowing me to see myself through your eyes.
Pinky
Dallas, most days I feel 10 years older, so thanks for the "young" comment.
Laura, I've never really thought of myself as "strong". "Struggling" is the word I keep using to describe myself. But thanks for allowing me to see myself through your eyes.
Pinky