We watched Rain Man last
night. I don’t think I’d seen it since we started doing Gracie’s
program last summer. I’m curious what NACD could do for autistic
children. Not that I wish Gracie was any different….um….my
brother just came and cleaned the computer screen while I was
typing…
Anyway, as I was saying, it’s interesting to learn all
this stuff about development in children, and to learn phrases like proximal distal, sequential processing, proprioceptive awareness, and central macular vision.
Equally fascinating is to see how physical therapy is often linked to
neurological development. Thank God for groups like NACD and
their staff. I never would have known that we’d need to teach
Sonya something as basic as chewing. And even if I did figure out
that she needed it, I’d have been clueless as to how to go about
teaching it. What a blessing this program is!
Edit: I visited NACD’s website (www.nacd.org) and read testimonials about autism…wow.
PennyDaisy 
Haven’t seen that in years.
Remember, practice good computer hygene.
Hey! We (Joel and I) watched that movie for the first time last Friday. Our family had been talking about dyslexia and how that most of us children show signs of having very slight cases. It was actually very funny. Mom and Dad went and heard a lady talk about learning how to help her dyslexic daughter. Her methods work for children who are considered “normal”, also. I loved the pictures of you and Gracie!!
A few days ago I was reading old e-mails from you and remembered that you had some trouble with a knee. How are you doing now? I wanted to tell you that for years I have had trouble with my left knee even before injuring it and had to wear a brace occasionally. Recently I have noticed that the pain was less and I was having less and less times where I was limping. Mom mentioned to me that eating flax seed is good for arthritis (sp?) and that she has been having less joint pain. That is when I told her that my knee was doing better. It is possible that I have inherited something since Dad and one of my grandma’s also have knee problems. I just thought you might like to know this. I have been eating 2 tablespoons of toasted flax every day. Also, is there anyone in your family that cannot eat wheat?
But you make the assumption that it’s always like that with the opposite sex. Surprisingly, the ladder theory, and When Harry Met Sally (which I have actually never bothered to see) aren’t completely correct. It really isn’t always like that with us guys. So what if it is a female “friend” who doesn’t care to know if you’re still around? That’s actually what prompted me to post that. Not that it hasn’t also happened with more than a few male “friends” recently.
If you really do consider someone a friend, even if it is one-sided, I would assume you’d care to make life pleasant for them. Would that not also include not forcing your presence on them, if they seem to make it clear that they don’t care for it?
I ramble all the time. I figure my mind is just going with age. When it’s really enjoyable it becomes babble, which I guess I’m doing now. Any way, I was probably getting far too cerebral, and think I will dumb down that post with some celebrity images.
Hi! Thank for your comment! I’m glad that your knee is doing better. I have another question. We have lost the words to the song “Israel is my vineyard”. David said we got it from your family and I cannot find anything on the internet. If you still have the words somewheres could you please let me know?? Thanks!!
Hello! I miss you, you should take me to France=)
I think we remember tune pretty well. I started playing it and David picked up his guitar and picked out the chords. There for a little while I was playing it in one key and he was playing it in another. It was interesting. Thank you so much for helping us with the words!!! I appreciate it very much!
Also, did you eat all kinds of weird and gross things in France? My Dad’s boss and his family just left to live in France for a year. They were here last week and told us about the food that their French friends fed them. Some of it was really gross!!
Southern slang
HEIDI – (noun) – Greeting.
HIRE YEW – Complete sentence. Remainder of greeting.Usage: Heidi, Hire yew?”
CHESTER DRAWERS…. (noun) an item used to place folded clothesUsage: “Mawma, where’s my new tube socks?” “Dija check ‘da chester drawers?”
BARD – (verb) – Past tense of the infinitive “to borrow.”Usage: “My brother bard my pickup truck.”
JAWJUH – (noun) – The State north of Florida. Capitol is Lanner.Usage: “My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck.”
BAMMER – (noun) – The State west of Jawjuh. Biggest city is Berminhayum.Usage: “A tornader jes went through Bammer an’ left $20,000,000 in improvements.”
MUNTS – (noun) – A calendar division.Usage: “My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I ain’t herd from him in munts.”
THANK – (verb) – Ability to cognitively process.Usage: “Ah thank ah’ll have a burger.”
IGNERT – (adjective) – Not smart.Usage: “Them bammer boys sure are ignert!”
RANCH – (noun) – A tool used for tight’nin’ bolts.Usage: “I thank I left my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago.”
ALL – (noun) – A petroleum-based lubricant.Usage: “I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck.”
FAR – (noun) – A conflagration.Usage: “If my brother from Jawjuh don’t change the all in my pickup truck, that thing’s gonna catch far.”
TAR – (noun) – A rubber wheel.Usage: “Gee, I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh don’t git a flat tar in my pickup truck.”
TIRE – (noun) – A tall monument.Usage: “Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise, I sure do hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Paris sometime.”
RETARD – (verb) – To stop working.Usage: “My grampaw retard at age 65.”
FAT – (noun), (verb) – a battle or combat; to engage in battle or combat.Usage: “You younguns keep fat’n, n’ ah’m gonna whup y’uh.”
RATS – (noun) – Entitled power or privilege.Usage: “We Southerners are willin’ to fat for are rats.”
FARN – (adjective) – Not domestic.Usage: “I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed…must be from some farn country.”
DID – (adjective) – Not alive.Usage: “He’s did, Jim.”
EAR – (noun) – A colorless, odorless gas: Oxygen.Usage: “He cain’t breathe…give ‘im some ear!”
BOB WAR – (noun) – A sharp, twisted cable.Usage: “Boy, stay away from that bob war fence.”
JEW HERE – (noun) and (verb) contraction.Usage: “Jew here that my brother from Jawjuh got a job with that bob war fence cump’ny?”
HAZE – a contraction.Usage: “Is Bubba smart?” “Nah…haze ignert. He ain’t thanked but a minnit’n ‘is laf.”
SEED – (verb) – past tense of “to see”.
VIEW – contraction: (verb) and pronoun.Usage: “I ain’t never seed New York City… view?”
GUBMINT – (noun) – A bureaucratic institution.Usage: “Them gubmint boys shore is ignert.