I asked some of the yaya's yesterday in chat, but let's see what the rest of you think. MIL told me and Steve that she thinks Stef is getting very friendly with strangers lately and she wants to know how we want her to handle it - because there are so many creeps and pervs out there.
I had to ask for clearer clarification as to what she meant by "very friendly". She said, "Well, she's going up and talking to the kids more now. And she's been talking to the parents and adults more lately too" (I'll have to assume she means at Gymbo class or storytime) I could tell by the look on her face as she was saying it that she could hear just how ridiculous it sounded. I mean, come on. My 2 yr old is talking to kids **GASP** and their parents in a familiar, controlled, supervised environment.
Steve and I talked about it last night. His point to his mom was "well aren't YOU watching her? you're supposed to be right there with her at Gymbo and storytime" I haven't actually responded back to her yet other than "let me think on it and talk to Steve" I totally agree with arming Stef with protective information. But we both agree Stef is too young to understand that stuff yet. I plan to teach her about not allowing anybody to touch her private parts, but I really think we should wait til after she's potty trained or she'll be yelling at US for wiping her at diaper changes.
What do you all think?
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
questionaire
1. FIRST NAME. Terri
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My great-aunt's middle name was Tressa, so my mom borrowed the spelling a little bit for Terrisa and my grandmother's and aunt's middle name is also my middle name.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? When I dropped Stef off with MIL this morning
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? usually
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? honey ham
6. KIDS? 3 if you count the furbabies (I do)
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? absolutely
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Just this blog
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? all the time
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Nope
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Not only no, but Hell no !
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Apple Cinnamon Cheerios
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Yes, emotionally for what I've lived thru and physically fairly strong (I came in 2nd place in the Basewide Arm Wrestling competition/females category in 1993)
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Reese's PB Cup (Breyer's brand)
16. SHOE SIZE? 9-1/2
17. RED OR PINK? pink
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? my weight
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? living - my friend Judy from B'more; passed - my grandparents
20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Don't matter I love these no matter what
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? black pants black shoes.
22.WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? shredded wheat with banana on top and skim milk
23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? 101 WROZ
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? purple
25. What is your FAVORITE SMELL? hyacinth
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? I don't even remember - probably a client, but maybe a co-worker
27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? smile
28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes :)
29. Favorite drink? hot chocolate - Swiss Miss Fat Free Marshmallow Lovers
30. FAVORITE SPORT? none really
31. EYE COLOR? green
32 DO YOU EMBRACE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY? yes
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? I used to but my allergies are too bad now, so it's just glasses
34. FAVORITE FOOD? chocolate
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? ummm - some DVD we got for Christmas.....I can't remember
37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? brown with a black jacket
38. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
39. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? Pellman's peanut butter pie
41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? All yaya's likely will do this, we're freaks.
42. Least LIKELY TO RESPOND? anyone who already did it.
43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Star Wars (of course) Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
44. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? our Christmas family picture
45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Deal or No Deal and the beginning of Heroes
46. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Stef's laughter
47. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles!
48. THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Panama or Germany - not sure which is further away
49. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I can sew
50. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? 1965 Columbia PA
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My great-aunt's middle name was Tressa, so my mom borrowed the spelling a little bit for Terrisa and my grandmother's and aunt's middle name is also my middle name.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? When I dropped Stef off with MIL this morning
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? usually
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? honey ham
6. KIDS? 3 if you count the furbabies (I do)
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? absolutely
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Just this blog
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? all the time
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Nope
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Not only no, but Hell no !
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Apple Cinnamon Cheerios
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Yes, emotionally for what I've lived thru and physically fairly strong (I came in 2nd place in the Basewide Arm Wrestling competition/females category in 1993)
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Reese's PB Cup (Breyer's brand)
16. SHOE SIZE? 9-1/2
17. RED OR PINK? pink
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? my weight
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? living - my friend Judy from B'more; passed - my grandparents
20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Don't matter I love these no matter what
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? black pants black shoes.
22.WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? shredded wheat with banana on top and skim milk
23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? 101 WROZ
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? purple
25. What is your FAVORITE SMELL? hyacinth
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? I don't even remember - probably a client, but maybe a co-worker
27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? smile
28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes :)
29. Favorite drink? hot chocolate - Swiss Miss Fat Free Marshmallow Lovers
30. FAVORITE SPORT? none really
31. EYE COLOR? green
32 DO YOU EMBRACE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY? yes
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? I used to but my allergies are too bad now, so it's just glasses
34. FAVORITE FOOD? chocolate
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? ummm - some DVD we got for Christmas.....I can't remember
37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? brown with a black jacket
38. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
39. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? Pellman's peanut butter pie
41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? All yaya's likely will do this, we're freaks.
42. Least LIKELY TO RESPOND? anyone who already did it.
43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Star Wars (of course) Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
44. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? our Christmas family picture
45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Deal or No Deal and the beginning of Heroes
46. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Stef's laughter
47. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles!
48. THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Panama or Germany - not sure which is further away
49. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I can sew
50. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? 1965 Columbia PA
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Mary
I'm feeling quite disturbed by this story. Meredith - the only reason I thought of you when I heard this is because of foster care. Anyway, here goes...
My 14 yr old neice Sarah has a best friend, Mary, 15 yrs old. A few weeks ago, Mary's little sister came to my sister's house around 6am asking her to please call the police because her dad was beating Mary all night long. Of course my sister called. They came and put the dad in jail and took Mary out of the home. Turns out, he'd beat her with a belt for 2 hours and she had cuts all over her legs from it. Not knowing that the police would do so, Sarah gave her digital camera to the little sister to take pictures of Mary's injuries.
After my sister spoke to a detective on the phone, she explained about the camera and that Sarah was afraid to call or go down there to get it back. The detective assured her that it should be okay, so Sarah called and asked if they could come get the camera back. After the little sister said it would be okay, that they could do a drive-by pick-up, the mom got on the phone. She doesn't speak English very well (the whole family are naturalized citizens originally from Egypt) but kept asking Sarah "Why you mom call police have my daughter taken away?" Sarah simply told her she wouldn't discuss it with her (yay Sarah).
Then they drove down to get the camera. Well, here comes the mom and she started in on my sister with the same line. She ended up having to have the little sister come out and translate the conversation. Poor little thing (11 yrs old I think) was terrified. My sister's answer was simply "Because your husband was beating on her with a belt. I did what you should have done. I protected your daughter. You should be ashamed of yourself" At first the mom denied even knowing about the beating, which was a total lie because it was the mom who told the dad that Mary had been talking to a boy on the phone, knowing full well he'd beat her for it. Then she changed her story saying, "He no hurt her bad. Just a little; here (pointing to her butt)" My sister asked her to explain the cuts on her legs then. "Well, no bad. Just a little. He had to or Mary end up pregnant at 16" (Gee - if I'd know THAT'S how you get pg, I wouldn't be wasting all this time and money on infertility treatments!!!) The conversation just kept going in the same cirlces, so they took the camera and drove off.
Meanwhile, Sarah found out that the dad was threatening to shave off all Mary's hair and slice her face up and if he couldn't do it, he'd send her back to Egypt so they could do it there. He made bail and was talking about taking the whole family back to Egypt. My sister passed that info on to the detective.
As disturbing as all that is, last night put the icing on the cake. I was at my sister's for my monthly massage and Sarah was on the phone in the kitchen when we came downstairs. She's not what you could call a quiet talker so we overheard everything she said. The first thing we hear is "You went all the way?!?!?!? Ewwwwwwwww! With Kevin??!!?? Dude! You've only known him for 3 months!" So my sister went into the kitchen and quietly asked Sarah about it. She confirmed that it was Mary and that she did indeed say she went all the way. My sister asked if she had at least used protection. Sarah mouthed "probably not". My sister came back in to talk to me and said that was the only thing she didn't like about Mary, how boy-crazy she always was. Apparently her parents had something real to worry about with her, but tried to resolve it in all the wrong ways. The last thing I heard from Sarah was "NO! I do NOT want to know what it felt like" at which point my sister went back to talk to Sarah some more. As I was going out the door, I heard "I won't, mom! I'm not stoooopid!"
Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Just plain disturbing.
My 14 yr old neice Sarah has a best friend, Mary, 15 yrs old. A few weeks ago, Mary's little sister came to my sister's house around 6am asking her to please call the police because her dad was beating Mary all night long. Of course my sister called. They came and put the dad in jail and took Mary out of the home. Turns out, he'd beat her with a belt for 2 hours and she had cuts all over her legs from it. Not knowing that the police would do so, Sarah gave her digital camera to the little sister to take pictures of Mary's injuries.
After my sister spoke to a detective on the phone, she explained about the camera and that Sarah was afraid to call or go down there to get it back. The detective assured her that it should be okay, so Sarah called and asked if they could come get the camera back. After the little sister said it would be okay, that they could do a drive-by pick-up, the mom got on the phone. She doesn't speak English very well (the whole family are naturalized citizens originally from Egypt) but kept asking Sarah "Why you mom call police have my daughter taken away?" Sarah simply told her she wouldn't discuss it with her (yay Sarah).
Then they drove down to get the camera. Well, here comes the mom and she started in on my sister with the same line. She ended up having to have the little sister come out and translate the conversation. Poor little thing (11 yrs old I think) was terrified. My sister's answer was simply "Because your husband was beating on her with a belt. I did what you should have done. I protected your daughter. You should be ashamed of yourself" At first the mom denied even knowing about the beating, which was a total lie because it was the mom who told the dad that Mary had been talking to a boy on the phone, knowing full well he'd beat her for it. Then she changed her story saying, "He no hurt her bad. Just a little; here (pointing to her butt)" My sister asked her to explain the cuts on her legs then. "Well, no bad. Just a little. He had to or Mary end up pregnant at 16" (Gee - if I'd know THAT'S how you get pg, I wouldn't be wasting all this time and money on infertility treatments!!!) The conversation just kept going in the same cirlces, so they took the camera and drove off.
Meanwhile, Sarah found out that the dad was threatening to shave off all Mary's hair and slice her face up and if he couldn't do it, he'd send her back to Egypt so they could do it there. He made bail and was talking about taking the whole family back to Egypt. My sister passed that info on to the detective.
As disturbing as all that is, last night put the icing on the cake. I was at my sister's for my monthly massage and Sarah was on the phone in the kitchen when we came downstairs. She's not what you could call a quiet talker so we overheard everything she said. The first thing we hear is "You went all the way?!?!?!? Ewwwwwwwww! With Kevin??!!?? Dude! You've only known him for 3 months!" So my sister went into the kitchen and quietly asked Sarah about it. She confirmed that it was Mary and that she did indeed say she went all the way. My sister asked if she had at least used protection. Sarah mouthed "probably not". My sister came back in to talk to me and said that was the only thing she didn't like about Mary, how boy-crazy she always was. Apparently her parents had something real to worry about with her, but tried to resolve it in all the wrong ways. The last thing I heard from Sarah was "NO! I do NOT want to know what it felt like" at which point my sister went back to talk to Sarah some more. As I was going out the door, I heard "I won't, mom! I'm not stoooopid!"
Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Just plain disturbing.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Old age
One of my clients told me the other day that her mother always said "Old age is a curse, but what the hell else is there??" I only quote her now because I couldn't get into make comments or update here at all on Tuesday and now, for the life of me, I can't remember what I was going to write about. LMTO!
I just called and bugged the insurance company. They say it will take 14-21 days for the claim to be finalized. I will just keep following it online until Jan 26. If it's not updated by then, I'll be calling again. Because my biological clock is ticking like THIS!
The boss came around with the "notifications" this morning which just means he told us all how much our raises and bonuses are this year. 3% raise for da GEEK! Yay! and the bonus is up about 10% over last years, so I'm pleased with that. My rating for the year is a 4 (on a scale of 1-5) Last year it was 5 but EVERYBODY was getting a 5 unless they were screwing up. So they re-skewed the scales again, back to where they are supposed to be. 3 is a good employee. 4 is a super star. 5 is a super duper rock star. I'm okay with being a 4 in that case.
Nothing else new. I'm still having back spasms. Steve is enjoying his new job (he's doing the same thing, just for a new company). Stef is super cute as ever.
I just called and bugged the insurance company. They say it will take 14-21 days for the claim to be finalized. I will just keep following it online until Jan 26. If it's not updated by then, I'll be calling again. Because my biological clock is ticking like THIS!
The boss came around with the "notifications" this morning which just means he told us all how much our raises and bonuses are this year. 3% raise for da GEEK! Yay! and the bonus is up about 10% over last years, so I'm pleased with that. My rating for the year is a 4 (on a scale of 1-5) Last year it was 5 but EVERYBODY was getting a 5 unless they were screwing up. So they re-skewed the scales again, back to where they are supposed to be. 3 is a good employee. 4 is a super star. 5 is a super duper rock star. I'm okay with being a 4 in that case.
Nothing else new. I'm still having back spasms. Steve is enjoying his new job (he's doing the same thing, just for a new company). Stef is super cute as ever.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Christmas pix
This is my new fave pix of Stef
Here she is in her "clubhouse" with all her goodies
acting like she's in the WWE
with her spotting scope
how cute is this glove/hat set?
Good pix of my mom and aunt
why do men think this kind of picture is funny?
Here she is in her "clubhouse" with all her goodies
acting like she's in the WWE
with her spotting scope
how cute is this glove/hat set?
Good pix of my mom and aunt
why do men think this kind of picture is funny?
Against direct orders...
Here I am at work again after a lovely 4 day weekend. Stef told me this morning "No work mommy! Jammers!" meaning I was supposed to be in my PJ's and staying home with her again. LOL. She cracks me up and makes it really hard to be sad about anything. Yesterday, she called me out to the kitchen and said "Look! Balloons!!" as she pointed to the kitchen ceiling. Next it was "Here mommy. Cake. Blow candle" She had her own invisible cake and candle too. When we both blew out our candles, she told me "Happy Birthday!!" What a super sweetheart! I've been telling her my birthday is coming soon (tomorrow) and so she threw me a surprise party!
She was "writing" on a piece of paper yesterday afternoon and handed it to me to write on too. So I wrote Stefanie Jaina Hohn and read it to her. She flipped the paper over and "wrote" some more then passed it back to me so I wrote Mommy and read it to her. She looked at it and said "Mommy Jaina Hohn" LMTO! I love her little mind.
She was "writing" on a piece of paper yesterday afternoon and handed it to me to write on too. So I wrote Stefanie Jaina Hohn and read it to her. She flipped the paper over and "wrote" some more then passed it back to me so I wrote Mommy and read it to her. She looked at it and said "Mommy Jaina Hohn" LMTO! I love her little mind.
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