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Lian’s sweet red, white and blue dress ends this evening on Ebay. (Saturday) If you want to see it, you can click on the picture at the right side bar or you can click HERE.
Well, the sandals and flip flops were a huge success but I spent the majority of my day (except when I was at the Food Pantry), getting orders ready and making duplicates… I have a few left to go and hopefully I can get them finished in the morning, (actually THIS morning) … (But my hubby has asked me to help him plant some Morning Glories!) Oh honey, not today… I have shoes to make! :o)
I heard Reuben barking once in the house and my hubby said, “Reuben, she’ll take you out in a little bit… she’s busy manufacturing shoes today!” :o)
I really don’t have much else to say… because it’s (YIKES) 2:30 a.m. and I HAVE to get to bed!
See you Monday!
Blessings, Jeanne
Well, it stands to reason, Jeanne; those sandals and flipflops were all just darling! I’m sure my girls are going to be thrilled. Not sure how we’re going to decide who gets to model them first!! 😄
Out here in western Washington, morning glories grow wild and are considered a pest, and something to be removed! But I remember when we lived in Michigan, people did plant them there on purpose, too. It certainly did seem strange after we got out here, and found out they were “weeds”!
I hope you got some sleep last night, Jeanne. You were keeping My kind of hours!! 😂🤣😂
Karen, thanks for the update yesterday about your decision regarding your daughter. It was the right thing to do (which you can tell by how you feel about it!), and now everyone can relax a little bit. Will continue to keep your family in prayer; sometimes issues like this can be every bit as stressful as, say, a serious health issue, just in a different way. Also, Happy birthday to you!
Thank you very much, Charlotte! Your prayers are much appreciated. Yes, it is like your soul is in pain or your heart is breaking.
In Minnesota when I was a kid, we used to pull morning glories from the fields. It could take a while because they were wrapped around the beans, and we didn’t want to hurt the bean plants. My husband has planted them here in Kentucky or Missouri though. I hope you have a wonderful day!
Yes, those sandals are so cute, Jeanne, and Betsy is already waiting for hers to arrive, although I’m sure you are still snoozing away! So happy that others found them so irresistible too!
Morning glories do pop up where we don’t plant, but I haven’t come across any in years. If you have a trellis for them to climb, they do very well, and of course, you have too plant them there! I love their beautiful blue flowers that greet the dawn every morning!
A big congrats on the sandal sales. It was very difficult to make a decision with so many choices. However, the boys are still a bit miffed and would like to see some for them in the future. 🙂
As to the Morning Glories, they are also considered a pest around here, and are poisonous to dogs as well. I think it is kind of an LSD trip for them. Maybe they will need a cage to keep Reuben away.
Glad to hear Karen’s daughter will be able to experience 4th grade with her friends. Fourth grade is such a wonderful year with the curriculum here in CA, being state history. It includes things like pioneers, and field trips to local historic places. So many things can be extended for those high learners as well. If her class isn’t providing what is needed, perhaps she can do some in depth activities/projects at home and present to the class? I loved 4th grade. 🙂
We have fog this morning. First time in quite awhile, so it is cool until the fog lifts later on. Very refreshing.
Something is nibbling on my young plants. Very distressing. Even though they are surrounded with netting and critter bait, I’m still seeing signs. Ugh.
Have a fun summer weekend everyone. 🙂
So glad the shoes sold so well! They are just so cute! You will have had a great sales week by the time ☺️
When we moved to the little farm we had in 1971 there was a wind mill between the house and barn and I planted the pretty blue and purple Morning Glories to grow up it….was so pretty. The retired farmer that we bought the farm from would visit quite often. One morning I looked out the window and he was cussing in German and ripping all the vines down. Translation was “ I dig them out of the fields for years and now SHE plants them.”@#%$&. He meant bindweed but the Morning Glories were close enough in his opinion🥴
Karen…so glad your daughter will be able to stay with her class and glad your hubby was able to read all the good advice from the educators on this blog.😍 Have a good weekend everyone🤗
There was no question in my mind that your shoe sales would be quite successful. I couldn’t resist and hopefully will be able to buy more in the future.
I too loved fourth grade because I was over the moon happy with my teacher. It is the only class picture I have from my elementary years. They weren’t taking pictures back then like they do now so my teacher paid for it out of her own pocket. The truth is I wasn’t supposed to be in her class. I think I told this story before but for those who missed it here goes. We were assigned to classes based on our bus routes since most of us lived in the new developments and we didn’t have local schools so we were bused to wherever they had room for us. I wanted to be in Mrs. Dietz class because I had heard such good things about her. Most of my teachers back then were back working after raising their children and many, such as Mrs. Dietz were grandmothers. So the first day of school I marched into her classroom and took a seat. But when they read the roster, guess who wasn’t on it. They told me I had to move to another classroom. I burst out crying. My mother was there that day because my sister was starting first grade so they went and got her and my mother, the principal, Mrs. Dietz and the teacher of the room I was supposed to be in decided if it was that important to me then I should stay. It was not only my happiest year in elementary but it was also my best as far as grades went. Teachers definitely do matter.
I’m so happy for Karen’s decision for her daughter. In the long run it will be for the best. Now I have a dilemma of my own. My granddaughter informed me yesterday that she is dyslexic and ADHD. This knocked my socks off because it was news to me. She is going into fifth grade.
She is an excellent reader and got all As and Bs on her report card so she is a good student. I had a friend whose child is dyslexic and that child struggled terribly and my friend and her husband did everything they could to help.
My daughter-in-law jumps on bandwagons so she can feel part of a crowd or be a victim but I sure wish she hadn’t jumped on this one because I’m a true believer children live up or down to expectations. Dionne, my DIL, is one of the sharpest people I have ever met, but she did not do well in school. Her mother abandoned ship when she was two months old and her dad is a mess and pushed his son and daughter onto any family member who would take them. He didn’t want to exert himself to help his kids achieve so he told them they were learning disabled even though Dionne was reading under her own motivation at a young age.
And if Jaiden were truly ADHD being confined to a classroom in a chair all day without medication during COVID would have driven her nuts. It didn’t. She actually tends to be calm until her brother starts niggling at her. A true problem that we’re working on. I actually was nearly in tears when she told me this yesterday because my granddaughter has great potential and I’m afraid this will make her give up before she even tries. I do not exert nearly the influence over her that her mother does. Dionne had a terrible childhood. Her dad did not understand girls at all and favored her brother over her in all ways. In an effort to make her dad not look so bad, she tends to do some of the same things toward Jaiden her dad did. She thinks she escaped unscathed. She didn’t. She loves her daughter but tends to favor her sons. The boys always look well groomed and dressed nice but Jaiden tends to look like she dressed from the rag bag. She really does the best with what she has to work with so I know she wants better. I do what I can even though it’s often not welcome. I’m hoping to have more influence as Jaiden gets older since we are developing more of a relationship. I think I have her next Friday by herself since Skyy will be at camp. I’m planning to take her to the American Girl store. She’s into 18″ dolls right now and I know her eyes will totally light up since she had the AG catalog yesterday and I told her dad he was going to need to take out a second mortgage on his house. Dionne is definitely more to be pitied than censored (to use words of my mother) so I try to avoid head-on collisions with her. I really want to keep my granddaughter from falling through the cracks but I have to tread so lightly that it wears me out sometimes. This diagnosis is purely per her mother but it could have a long lasting effect if it’s allowed to proliferate. And I sure wish she’d stop posting things like that on Facebook.
Thanks for listening – I mean reading.
Dear Barbara,
I am sorry you are going through this situation with your granddaughter. There was a story on SuperNanny on YouTube about a child that was thought to have ADHD, but he really didn’t. I am not sure if they gave him more structure or what the solution was, but his behavior improved. It might be worth a search.
I hope you have a lot of fun at the American Girl store with your granddaughter. I will be praying for you.
Thanks, Karen. The worst part of this is that the school has no complaints at all about her behavior. She goes to a charter school and some of the problem she is having is that so many learning activities were cut out during COVID and I think she was bored because the only thing her teacher mentioned was that she seemed distracted sometimes. She may be a visual/hands-on learner like me – which is why she is going there in the first place. It is a STEM school and promised lots of hands-on. When I was in school, if the teacher was talking too much, I was doing some serious daydreaming. I found the same thing when I was studying Geology in college. I was going at night after working all day so I was a bit tired anyway, but on lecture night I nearly fell asleep but the night we had lab I could have gone on for hours. I was taking 7 hours a week and had a 3.8 average and was in Phi Theta Kappa. One size definitely doesn’t fit all when it comes to learning.
Barbara, thinking about your grand. I found this on the gov. site for ADHD. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/diagnosis.html
Being dyslexic shows in many different ways. The cases can be severe or mild. I’m sure you know the signs. It would be interesting to find out what evidence your DIL has found. And if either are evident, testing would be helpful.
Be thinking of you. I’m sure that trip to the AG store will be so fun for Jaiden. 🙂
Thanks, Joy. I’m not sure why my DIL has decided on this. There has been no indication of any learning disability and Jaiden is going into fifth grade. But I do wonder if she may need her eyes checked. I’m going to ask my son about that.
Hi Jeanne,
I’ve been MIA again… My computer has crashed very time I’ve started a comment on your blog lately. I’m not sure why… I think it may be something I’m doing but for the life of me I don’t know what I’m doing to cause it. It’s sooo very frustrating! Yikes! I’ve decided that writing my comment in an email and then cutting and pasting will help if my PC crashes at least most of what I’ve written will be saved. Ha! Take that computer! LOL
Anyway one of the last times it crashed I was writing to comment about doll photo’s. It was so nice to see everyone that sent a photo in and their dolls what a treat! Thank you so much for sharing. It’s fun to put a face with the name. Linda I loved your camping photo’s… so much fun!
Jeanne, I was wondering which sandals are left if any are left. I meant to place my order but It slipped my mind. Oops!
Karen… I’m happy you have come to a decision and pray everything works out for the best. In my sons case he was a very young graduate but so very bright. He had his choice of schools… in the end he joined the Marines. It was just after the towers came down in New York City. I was one worried Mom when he had a tour of duty in Fallujah, Iraq not once but twice. Each one lasting longer than the last. While in Fallujah he broke his back so he is a disabled vet. When he got out of the Marines he attended Brown University. He now has a government job in internet security. I am so very proud of my son for serving his country but I can’t help but think it was his young age that had something to do with his decision to join the Marines rather than attend college right out of high school.
Hope everyone is well on the sofa and staying cool or at least comfie!
Hugs
Ingrid
Your comment on your computer problems reminds me of my husband. Neither Sean, Jason nor myself – and we’re all pretty computer savvy – can figure out what exactly he does to irritate his computer so it won’t work right for him. We try the same thing he does and everything works fine. But at least you’ve figured out how to foil your recalcitrant computer. Hubby just throws temper tantrums until someone does whatever he needs for him. Sadly he has a DOS mentality in a Windows world.