JaimeLynne

Yikes, that does sound very unsettling... hang in there!

Quote: Originally Posted by MoWife Thanks! Your paper sounds very interesting! Mine is for my practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis. I have to pick a case study I have been working on all semester (for me it's a student in the class I work in but it depends where you work it could be a client or patient). You of course don't use actual names. Anyway I have to operationally define his problem behavior(s). research effective interventions in peer reviewed journals. Come up with my own intervention that is backed up by this research and present it as a behavior support plan complete with baseline and intervention data and graphs. It's pretty interesting and hopefully it helps the student too. Just kinda tedious to do all the research but my husband just made a deal with me..if I get through 3 more journal articles and write their reviews he will take me shopping at Target, yay! Hope everything is going well with your paper! That sounds like a cool topic. How sweet of your hubby to motivate you like that. Got one more page out of the way... only 4-5 left

Saraha ~ Great suggestions! I love the idea of hiring a photographer from a HS. FI's little bro is an aspiring photographer just out of HS and he has an amazing camera and takes really good pics! I think this is a terrific idea and also does something great for the kid who's doing it! LOVE IT!

Stephanie, everything looks great - love the ceremony site!! I also cannot believe your day is almost here, time really has flown by! Best wishes! *Edit - didn't read all the way through before posting (bad Jaime!). I really hope the rain lets up so you can have it outside! Keeping my fingers crossed... *

Quote: Originally Posted by xandrafaye Aw, well if it makes you feel any better I had a 2nd one.. just for you! Thanks

Happy Birthday Martha!

Quote: Originally Posted by xandrafaye so now I'm sitting here in my comfy joggers, drinking a nice cold beer!! mmmm... beer... I'm eating carrots. lol

Oh Glenda I am so happy you are getting married! I wish I had something to offer you but sadly I'm way too far away from my own wedding to do that. I definitely think your FIL's are expecting WAY too much for what they're offering $$ wise. Why don't you just do the luncheon reception after the church (especially if you can agree on a cheaper restaurant!). I think that would be great Regardless, I know everything will work out and of course you know we all heart you!!!! You have been there for all of us and I hope I can return the favor somewhat - so, if there's anything I can do please let me know.

I just got off from work. Was a good night, but I'm pooped. Plus this detox thing is kicking my butt. Had to leave early cause I wasn't feeling too well. Not to mention we had a band out to the gallery tonight so it was a party atmosphere with alcohol flowing freely... so it was a little tough resisting the temptations to have a glass of wine but I DID IT!!!! YAY! Tomorrow will be Day 5 of my Detox...

Jen, you look amazing - the ceremony setup was fantastic!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Maura just coming from the other side of the stream, being a college professor, i hate grading papers just as much as you hate writing them. i should post some excerpts from papers turned into me last semester. you would die. i told one girl after she turned 3 papers into me that were all awful that she should drop my class because there was the prerequisite of knowing how to write in english. ouch. Aye yi yi... Yeah, I feel bad for my teacher. She has 50 8 page papers to grade within like 5 days of us turning them in. She says they take about an hour each. I think it would be funny being a foreign language teacher. My major was Spanish and I remember the stories our professors would tell us. People who obviously used online translation sources. Sometimes these turn out hilarious! I just revised FI's Span. I Presentation and I was in awe at what crap he found off of BabbleFish or whatever that site is... Quote: Originally Posted by MoWife Graduation will be here before you know it. You can do it! Ok that was me trying to be encouraging but in all honesty I feel your pain. I have a 20 page paper due Monday and I also have to make a 20 minute presentation on a case study on Monday. Can't wait for my last day of classes thise semester-May 5th..I will have to go out for Cinco de Mayo drinks afterwards. Good luck getting your work done, you will feel so much better once you get it done. Damn girl, good luck to you too! Let me know how the 20 page paper goes. What's it on? My current paper is in Interdisciplinary Studies. Min. of 6 Peer Reviewed Journal Articles for Sources. We have to take a real world problem that can best be looked at by 3 or more disciplines rather than one. My topic has to be related to the course theme of Pandemics. This is what I chose: How has the SARS virus impacted the travel and tourism industry? The 3 disciplines I am examining in relation to this are Economics, Psychology and Government. We then need to integrate these disciplines and come up with a new solution or way of looking at the problem. I'm still not sure on this integration stuff. It's tougher than it sounds. Maybe I should have just stuck with Spanish - I only had 3 classes left to graduate... ugh.

Thanks for the support ladies! Courtney, I know what you mean - anytime I even hear that someone has to write a paper it makes my stomach turn. But then I always get the BEST feeling when I've completed it and turned it in. Now, the 25 page paper I am freaking out about. I have never written a paper over 8 pages. But this class is geared completely towards this paper - that's all you do the entire semester. I'm hoping to have all my other classes completed (I only have 3 others left) by the Fall so that I can focus completely on that. Well, that and work Quote: Originally Posted by Mel The worst part about writing papers is when you can think of everything you could be looking up on BDW. It has been the death of my grades this semester...well at least has contributed the countless nights of no sleep! I just finished my final draft of the fourth paper this semester and only have two more drafts to correct...ughh makes me sick to think about it, maybe I should start...ohhh but I really need to find some ideas for my welcome letter, and I need to post the directions for the barefoot sandals and ... DUDE, YES!!!!!! I am sooooo guilty of this! I feel so ashamed to say this but I have actually skipped a lot of classes this semester because I've just sat around on BDW for too long in the morning!!!! Granted, it is a class where attendance doesn't count and it's only made up of 4 exams - each of which you are given the review sheet (exactly like the exam) a week before, allowed to take it home and fill it out (comes directly from the book) and take it with you to the exam! That is way too much temptation to miss class for this little Senior to take! Especially when there's all you lovely ladies to talk with all morning. Quote: Originally Posted by gkashmira Ok, this post just made me feel very nervous! I have been out of school for about 7 years and this fall I'm going back! Yikes! I don't even know if I remember how to write a paper anymore. I will just add this to what I already know if true - I am in for a big shock! Oh Kash don't worry - you are going to do GREAT! It will probably be a shock at first, yes but you seem so intelligent I have a feeling you're going to kick some serious butt. Like I said, even though papers make me CRINGE, I come out with such an amazing feeling of accomplishment every time that it's almost worth it... almost

Wow that is crazy. Sorry you had to deal with them! Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB Did you even ask her if she know what that word meant? maybe she meant like "picture whore" but in your case a bling whore.. but just used it in the wrong content. When I was little I called my niece a "pussy"... TOTALLY thinking it meant like "pussy CAT", you know - like "frady(sp?) cat". Wellll my older sisters (they are 12 and 16 years older than me) did NOT think that was funny. I got in BIG trouble because they insisted that I knew the "other" meaning of the word. To this day it still bugs me, and they still insist that I knew what it meant. I must've just been naive - I was probably 13 or 14 but I was a pretty big nerd then so that's probably why I didn't know the "other" meaning yet LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB he he, we have a two pet limit at our townhome as well. But so far we have been lucky.. We are really careful to only take out two at a time, and since they are all Bostons well most people can't tell the difference.. lol So shhh don't tell anyone.. :-) Quote: Originally Posted by lucy106 I am also working with our puppy in hopes of getting her fully trained as a therapy dog. Who wouldnt smile seeing a crazy bulldog with her teeth sticking out and snorting her way down the hall? LOL @ both of those images! Quote: Originally Posted by MrsBroon Thanks Monique, I get so much pleasure from working with my clients. A lot of society really look down there noses at them, but some of them are really nice people who have just travelled down the wrong path in life. I like to think I am able to get them back on track. MrsBroon - My mother was addicted to drugs and alcohol most of her life (she finally passed away of chirrosis of the liver). I think you do a great thing and it's wonderful that you can look at these people as "real" people. My mom was abused in every way possible and I believe this is why she did what she did. It's very unfortunate but I'm glad there are people like you out there. As for myself, I used to want to be a Big Sister but I think that time has passed. FI and I, like Tammy and some others of you, also volunteer with local animal shelters/rescue groups. The one we are focusing on right now is Oklahoma Westie Rescue. I would absolutely LOVE to help foster an animal. We are not in a position to right now, as we just got Conor (7 month old Westie boy) late December and he is really in need of some one on one attention with us. Plus we have our little Dachshund Ollie but he's great and well trained. Once Conor is trained Martin and I have discussed fostering an animal. Seeing how overloaded these rescue groups are breaks my heart. OKWR just had to turn down 3 dogs yesterday due to full capacity I don't know if it's something we'll actually be able to do but I really want to... For now I do what I can by helping to run adoption applications (I call personal and vet references). KUDOS to everyone for getting out there and helping others - no matter what you do!!!!

First off, I apologize if I hijack the thread for a minute - I was about to go post my own thread about detox but figured since this one was already here I'd tag on! Hope that's ok For those of you who are new or don't know, I've been very sick off and on this past year (just thought I was getting better tho - made it through my FI and boss catching bad viruses and I DIDN'T! ). Anyways, it's a very long story but to make a long story short and get to the point I have been on way too many antibiotics and pain relievers (I've taken so much Tylenol/Ibuprofen/etc it's ridiculous!). I've been having some lower back and abdominal pain recently and after ruling out a kidney stone and doing some research I think all those meds have reached toxic levels and are starting to hurt my kidney!!! I know, I know - DUUUUH JAIME!!!!! Very scary. Anyways, after seeing the harm OTC pain relievers can do to your kidneys it has really opened my eyes!!! Sooo I found this out on Monday night and since have been doing "my own" detox program until I can get in to see a professional lymphatic drainage/detox specialist in my area. This is what I've been doing so far: - TOOOOONS of water. - NO Tylenol, Ibuprofen, etc! - NO Alcohol - Freshly brewed green, white and red teas (about 1, maybe 2 a day depending on the caffeine levels) - Fresh veggies, as much organic as possible - Regular vitamins (multi, fish oil... plus an herbal Bladder/Kidney complex) - Trying to stay away from chemicals (household cleaners, etc.) as much as possible - Exercise or in general anything to make me SWEAT, including: - 20 minute hot Detox bath (last night) w/1 cup of Himalayan Sea Salt So far I have really been feeling the "yucky" effects of detoxing, and I'm wondering if any of you have been through this sort of thing before. Mostly it feels like a very slight flu - slight fever, aches, hot/cold spells, headache... I read on the internet last night that this is to be expected, especially the day after the hot sea salt bath. Btw, that was SO much tougher to do than I thought! I got the water as hot as I could stand (per the directions) and they said to lay in there for at least 20 mins, 30 preferably. I thought "30 mins - no problem!"...I got to 10 and was sweating so much - I asked my FI to sit in there with me because I started to freak myself out and panic a little. Now I remember why I don't like Saunas With him as a coach I finally made it through the 20 mins (I tried to run a few times and he kept sticking me back in LOL). I drank about 4 bottles of water before I went to bed. Woke up this morning feeling sort of yucky which they say is good - that's supposed to mean the toxins are coming out. I did read about liquid detoxes when I was trying to decide how to go about this and such but I read an article which really made a lot of sense in that water is the purest detoxifier out there. If I could do it I would do the 24 hour water cleanse (in case you're thinking about this do your research and be careful - 24 hrs is the MAX! It is supposed to give all of your organs a short rest, that is the point.) - I love food too much though Overall the pain in my side and abdomen finally started to calm down yesterday so I am happy and feel like I'm on the right track! It is actually pretty empowering to go through a detox - it really makes you think of what you're putting in your body every day. Ok, thanks for letting me jump in here!

Your dress is beautiful! Love the little one's OOT bag You're soooo close Courtney!!!!!! YAHOOOO!!!!

This is totally random but I am soooo sick of writing papers... blah blah blah my brain is starting to turn to mush. The best part is that I get to write a 25 page paper in the Fall for my Capstone - ... yeah.... not so much. I'm so ready for graduation in December!

Looks great - love the simplicity

Oh no! Good luck Kelly!!! And yes, keep those dreams nice from now on

LOOOOOST is coming back tonight!!!! WOOOHOOO!!!! I can't bare to click the spoilers... must... wait....

Oh yes, the LOVE pic spelled out in sparklers was AWESOME!!! I totally need to figure out how they did that....

Mrs: LC Rachel Bride to Be: Maura

Wow that girl is model-beautiful. There are so many amazing shots! Rachel, I cannot WAIT to see yours!!!!!!!

That email made me tear up a little. I'm so glad she's communicating with you and will send you updates and pics! Sounds like Elsie is adjusting well so far

Quote: Originally Posted by Hartyt509 Last time I was in mexico I had to have a translator for a guy from NY lol mind you I was doing some of it on purpose was he was a PITA lmao Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel I think that's a blessing. When Steve gets annoyed with people, he pretends he's deaf and starts signing. He thinks he's brilliant, but really- the people know he's not deaf and continue talking. HAHAHAHAHHAA OMG y'all are giving me a run for my money this morning with all this laughter! P.S. Rachel I think that is one of the most awesome things I've ever heard. Will have to try that sometime...