Zahrah!
Cute kids :) Your youngest is sitting up really well! He looks pretty tall in the picture, but maybe the angle makes it difficult to tell.
Thank you! Your sweetpeas as well! Sorry I wasn't on last Friday.
That's actually a pretty interesting concept as far as childcare goes. What kid doesn't enjoy loafing around outdoors? It seems like trotting off to fieldtrips in parks and national forests or scouting. Not exactly sure why this would constitute an international gasp.
EDIT: Loved this blurb in particular...
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Children are natural explorers so the overcorrecting, protecting, taking over a task or barricading any possible danger areas instead of explaining what they are and how to be careful are all contrary to instilling trust and building confidence in kids.
DOUBLE EDIT: Are you two tinkering with the idea of enrolling the tots in a program like that?
I'm surprised so many variations of plums can withstand your climate.
Thinking of getting two peach trees since the previous owners already planted plums. Plums produce a ridiculous yield here.
EDIT: Officially jealous. We can't grow cherry trees here. (Cherry trees are primo climbing trees once they reach maturity. On par with live oak and magnolia.)
I'm surprised so many variations of plums can withstand your climate.
Thinking of getting two peach trees since the previous owners already planted plums. Plums produce a ridiculous yield here.
EDIT: Officially jealous. We can't grow cherry trees here. (Cherry trees are primo climbing trees once they reach maturity. On par with live oak and magnolia.)
hells ya! I was hoping to get some seeds into some eggshells this weekend.
The climate here is beyond seeding right now. So, I'll half-*** it this year.
What I should be doing right now: Turning soil in the plot since it was abused last year, or mulching the front bed. Whatever. We'll switch cars for the mulch load, and I'll get on it tomorrow or over the weekend.
If you can get installation on appliances at Lowes/Home Depot, why can you pay a little extra to get them to deliver and unload mulch? That'd be magic!
my work is giving me the option of taking some extra elective training. apparently i can learn an intro to software programing and a course on programming for android or iphones. the other option is a week long training management.
my work is trying to figure out what i want to do, but i'm not sure myself. programming seems super interesting and fun, but my strongest skill is interpersonal interaction. i think project management is the smarter thing to look at.
That would be really useful. Are they going to comp it?
yeah, they do random assessments. if you're within the top 5% they give you the option of doing stuff like this. it lets them track who isn't dumb and what interests them. the events are alwayas all inclusive including meals. i hope it's in another city and they pay for a room. i'd love to make a mess and not clean it up.
DOUBLE EDIT: Are you two tinkering with the idea of enrolling the tots in a program like that?
All kindergartens here are like this. At least all of them that are near us.
They'll move over from vuggestue to børnehaven (kindergarten) at age 3.
Our daughter has already done outings starting at 18 months to farms, the beach, and parks. They go via city buses or walking, depending on the location. As they get older (over age 6 iirc) they take bike tours with their classes.
Currently they have a bouncing matt in the main room where they allow/encourage jumping from a shelf and tumbling. I'll take a picture later and post it.
Prett sure it is the same in sweden, but you'd have to ask Drac.
I'm not a big fan of it myself, but I got an alarming number of requests for something to happen. This was harmless enough, and gave people some Easter eggs to find.
Edit: As of 2010-10-05 14:48:06 CST, Ni reached 10,000 pages.
Since we all can't be on the same linkshell in game, this can be our cross server linkshell thread.
Like most linkshells, it can be pretty dead at times. Other times it's full of intense conversations about either rl, gear, goals, pokemon or anything else you want to contribute.
We can cover any sort of topic at all, within reason of the forum rules. No real main topic, just a bunch of FFXIAH friends/people coming on and discussing random things.
Yeah Chuu. Bringing you up to speed, Ludoggy is the LS pedophile. I'm the fountain of random and useless knowledge that makes you go "Hrm" with the occasional side of "holy shit he said what?"
Kungfu is the LS nutjob, spouting super random things that are usually sexist, until Savvy or Alyria comes into the room. Then he's a classic case of sexual harrassment. Rumaha is also true to the second part; we're wondering about his sexuality though.
Daj is Ludoggy's gay lover. Not much else is known about this Asuran. Tairo is kinda new, but since is a female and Alyria's lesbian lover, she fit right in real quick.
Celene(F) and Rowland(M) are more of the shyer members, but often say things that are witty, have a good pun and sometimes cause three page discussions. Celene hates when people hit on her. It doesn't stop them from trying.
Krizz is just social and likes to kill time here during work Tbest is about the same, except tends to be a douche to guys and affectionate toward girls.
Alyria is the most social female, gets groped a lot without provoking it by others, and Tairo ends up stabbing people for it. Cai is just a barrel of lols, I might be gay for him. If I wasn't straight.
Not sure about Citag, s/he's new. Kiriyu is just an in-out kinda person. Says one thing every three days that every guy makes a big fuss over. Ludoggy gets really defensive since she's asian and underage (might be 18 now).
Artem is the wayward soul that makes you ponder the meaning of life by constantly reminding us life can suck. But he deals, and so do we. About the same for Savannah, except people are more "AWH!" to her because of a vagina involved.
Dasva is the ex military man (as is Krizz but this doesn't apply to him) who hates the world and plots a way to destroy most of it.
Number2 is kinda like a mix between Cai and I; never bashes, likes to laugh and has odd avatars. His current suits a lot of the convos this LS gets into. Barti is most well known for his moustache. He gives mousatche rides for a fee. I'm missing a few people but whatever. CARRY ON!
Luelle Smells.
Roster of FFXIAH Ni (as of April 1st, 2010 Pocoyo avatar craze)
Happy b-day ls.
Heres my lame gift to AHLS, since Row is lame and took away the OP, I made my own!
Haseyo/Bignose: He's got a bigass nose, Leader of the RL avi revloution or some junk no one gives a crap about...crazy about his asian pop/rock bands and is a closet pedo. AKA LAME
Dameshi: wont level his sam sub and is a lolblu, LAME
Citag: Doesnt put out, Really lame
Dasva: Uses Chu as a cover up for his desire for me greased up and naked on his bed, Lame.
Rydiya/Bra+Panties: Secret lesbien, doesnt wear bra+panties, like to knit and other old people stuff (bingo)
Pikachu/Chu: Hi Chu, I love chu
Kryee/Socks: Noms on socks, wears the sam red pair everyday and frequently sniffs her arm pits.
Cheyne: Domo origoto, Mr Roboto...I think he's gay.
Urial: SOCCER IS LAME AND YOU'RE LAME.
Thundars: LOLCANADIAN
Spence: LOLFRENCHCANADIAN
Enterius/ghost: He's a ghost...he'll say something witty to me later.
Ixe: Ducky face and cant seem to get a straw in her mouth (can get other things in there though)
Mairah: She cool...lame
Bart: Full times OPO-OPO, free mustache rides otherwise LAME
Sav/Mango: Field trips, yay!
Aly/thatgreenmodthatwillbanmeifIsayanythingbad: *tapes*
Woody: You're not Italian...no tea for you.
Sectum: My apprentice...loves asian girls, loves to cook...he's awesome. put me in a story where I wasnt a pedo and that'd cool
Rum:STOP RAIDING MY BASEMENT AND TAKING AWAY MY GIRLS GAWD. Long Islander...lame
Valencea:Wont tell me the color of her undies, you lost the bet...no we cant get married...NO MEANS NO
Kojo:Open pedo...he likes scat, ewww
Tohsou: I think he's a pedo with a girlfriend as cover up, lame.
Kiriyu/strawberry: Lurk Less post moar! I see you what you are doing!
Krizz: Mohawk guy #1
Triet: Mohawk guy #1...wait
Bloodbathboy: The Hulk
Kungfuhustle: AH%DUE%$JNSRGHSRHHEYHEHSA Y%HEDHGSR EAT AHUYY DONKEY NUTS
Celene: Quit...Canadian...who the hell quits?
Tbest: MIA
Eternaltriumph: Where the hell has he been? Is he gone cause he got pussywhipped or something? Whatever...
#2: GOD...I miss him /cry
Luelle/otherlu: The Other Lu.
Zekky: Quit, kicking ass, raped me :\
Krystale/Girlwithpiercing: Magnets stick to her, Toke Canadian, hawt...she's 15 right?
Marzbarz: NINJA
Rowland: All your Pocoyo are belong to...him
Weewoo/Tool: He liked Asura and wont admit it.
Miemo: Has a mithra avi c.c
Kalyna: is a girl right? right? oh...lame
Gimmeurselables: TOO MUCH BOUNCE...TOO BIG, EWWWW
Sagittario: Lame elf whu runs around in a diaper subligar
Ludoggy: Faggot
Edit: The Family Ni Tree
Luelle's (And Citag's too!) birthday present
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[h2]H2[/h2]
[h3]H3[/h3]
[figlet]Figlet[/figlet]
[spoiler="Custom spoiler!"][h1]Yay[/h1][/spoiler]
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/matas/hobnotropic[/soundcloud]
Will try to get to more stuff when I can.
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