November 17, 2009

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  Yesterday didn't go exactly as planned.  In fact, it went nothing like I had planned!

  We were 30 minutes late getting started on our schooling.  Luci was being "impossible" and Rissy was hugely distracted.  I sighed and pushed forward.

  Rissy looked at me with those doe-like brown eyes and said, "Mom, I think I'm going to be really sick."  I told her to get to the restroom quickly.  She ran.  I followed.  She threw up twice. 

  And so the day started . . .

                                   

  Rissy was sent to bed with a throw up bucket and ginger ale.

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  I returned to the table and Luci went from impossible to out of control. 

  Many of my new friends don't know that she has been diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder - screaming outbursts and fits, in a nutshell.  We've prayed and prayed about her condition.  We've prayed for Godly wisdom  when dealing with her.

  I sent her to her room and continued to push onward with Annamarie and school.

  Luci came back, had another HUGE attitude problem and was sent back to her room. 

  This time she was over the top, standing on her bed, screaming threats, growling between gritted teeth, and jumping up and down on the mattress.  I sighed and decided she needed a nap (or something) and when she came out of her room again, I told her she was excused to her bedroom all day, as well as excused from school. 

  More screaming.  I prayed.  I always pray, but sometimes I pray more.

  Yesterday, I prayed MORE.

  Her problems have been going on since her birth and I have become rather immune to the screeches and growling.  Yesterday was no different.  I figured she needed the seclusion of her room (calm, with no stimulation) and we needed a break from her in the rest of the house.

  It's been through the grace of God that I have been able to separate my emotions from her outbursts.  It's not that I don't care - I just have learned to feel an enormous calm rather than the desire to beat her or some other form of punishment (to make ME feel better).

     
                                                          (Little Bit with his new sweater)

  We checked on Rissy frequently, and she, eventually, moved from ginger ale to saltine crackers. 

  Annamarie and I were able to spend some "alone time" together.  We prize our "alone time" with each other in our family, since we have so much going on all the time and there are "lots of people" - also, we do everything together as a family.  We had some precious time together, she and I.  We talked a great deal about the improvement in her behavior (she had become a habitual liar - a BAD one) and how proud God and I were of her accomplishments.

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  I still haven't made my recipe of cookies.  Everything is out on the counter and ready to go.  Everything is ready - except for me!
    

  No worries.  Eventually, they will be baked . . . AND eaten!

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  I opened up the Target boxes that cluttered the foyer near my desk area.  I was amazed that such large boxes held such small items.  The boxes were full of that plastic air pouch stuff - you know? looks like pillows full of air?  I think there was more of the packing then items ordered. 

  Annamarie's doll was pretty (Target's knock-off version of American Girl) and I think she'll be pleased.  She broke the leg off of her American Girl doll (it used to be Stephanie's doll    )  and, in retrospect, I should have never given it to Annamarie.  She isn't careful with things - mainly due to her inability to perceive and judge.  She will be 10 in March, but is more like a 4 year old (in a young lady's body) and I forget sometimes that she lacks ability to understand many things.

  I also cleaned my desk of the photo albums and small box of loose photographs.  Yay!  I can see the top of my desk again.  Besides those two things and the usually muddling through school - with only one child in class!!! - I think that was the extent of my day.

                                      

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  My youngest sister called last night and we talked for a little over an hour.

  Jesse came home from work and, immediately, went across the street to help install the furnace in the neighbor's house.  He came in around 10:30p and ate dinner.

  We talked while he ate and I told him about my dad's memorial ceremony - according to my sister's conversation.

  I told him we needed more firewood brought in.  Also told him the wood was smoking badly yesterday.  I think it was the same wood we brought from the old house 5 years ago. 

  The bird alerted me to the smoke when she shrieked her alarmed sounding chirp over and over, again.  I had to open the window a crack to encourage the smoke up the chimney.  It didn't exactly make for a warm room! 

  Anyway, Jesse brought more wood in this morning before leaving for work.

                                  

  I took a late bath (11:15pm) and fell into bed and, shortly after that, I fell asleep.

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  I think Jesse has to go back tonight to do more work on the neighbor's furnace.  At least the neighbor has heat,now.  With the cold temperatures and the blustery north winds, it's down right cold.  Even Jesse mentioned the cold and he is NEVER cold!

  I have a pork roast thawing for tonight's dinner.  I may save it until tomorrow night.  It depends on if Jesse will be able to eat with us AND how everyone's tummies feel.  Mine hurt Sunday evening and I'm guessing Rissy and I had a little bug.  She says she feels just fine today.  Headache and body aches are gone. 

  We washed our hands like crazy yesterday and I asked Rissy to use a disinfectant wipe on the toilet handle and faucet handles after using the bathroom, each time. 

  Lysol was sprayed in all rooms, continuously, to kill whatever was lurking!!!

        

  School will be short today.  Each child is being paced according to the "Thanksgiving Lesson" in their textbooks.  Rissy has the most math to finish before we break after next Tuesday.  We'll see how Miss Luci Lu does, today.  She apologized profusely yesterday evening after awakening from a long nap. 

  Be Blessed  ~

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