Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
I DON'T WANT TO WEAR IT!
She's doing better with it, but still manages to get herself out of it rather quickly...
Updates...
Update #1: I had kittens the other day over a medical record at my office. The good news is that the company who originally requested the 677 page file and then said they didn't want it, called back saying, "Wait a second--we really do want that."
The bad news: I had already shredded it and had to spend another three hours copying it again.
Okay--just kidding. It wasn't shredded so we're sending it off to them along with their happy little bill. WAHOO!
Update #2: I spent an afternoon making Tori's Halloween costume and was mucho excited about it. Then she woke up from her nap and I showed it to her and she freaked out.
*FREAKED OUT*
Ran down the hall, arms in the air, screaming mee-mee type freak-out. Seriously. I did manage to finally get it on her, but the result was NOT what I was hoping for. She pulled at it, turned beet-red in the face and screamed until I took it off.
The funny part is that its not what you're probably thinking. You're probably thinking, "Lani must've made her an animal costume of some kind. And it's a sleeper-type thing with a hood that has a spot for the face of the animal. So, of course Tori might freak out over a faceless animal when Lani shows it to her."
Nope. Its a tu-tu. A poofy, pretty, blue & white netting tu-tu. This child LOVES dresses. LOVES them. So I thought making her a ballerina for Halloween was a GREAT idea! No such luck.
I tried showing her pictures of babies (which she loves) in ballerina costumes on the internet. She sat with me, squealed over the babies (BEEE-BEEEES!!!) and clapped her hands. Then I said, "Look! Babies in tu-tus! Pretty babies in pretty tu-tus! Like your tu-tu!" and held up her pretty blue and white tu-tu. She screamed and pushed it away.
*HEAVY SIGH*
Maybe I'll make her a faceless animal type sleeper of some kind...
The bad news: I had already shredded it and had to spend another three hours copying it again.
Okay--just kidding. It wasn't shredded so we're sending it off to them along with their happy little bill. WAHOO!
Update #2: I spent an afternoon making Tori's Halloween costume and was mucho excited about it. Then she woke up from her nap and I showed it to her and she freaked out.
*FREAKED OUT*
Ran down the hall, arms in the air, screaming mee-mee type freak-out. Seriously. I did manage to finally get it on her, but the result was NOT what I was hoping for. She pulled at it, turned beet-red in the face and screamed until I took it off.
The funny part is that its not what you're probably thinking. You're probably thinking, "Lani must've made her an animal costume of some kind. And it's a sleeper-type thing with a hood that has a spot for the face of the animal. So, of course Tori might freak out over a faceless animal when Lani shows it to her."
Nope. Its a tu-tu. A poofy, pretty, blue & white netting tu-tu. This child LOVES dresses. LOVES them. So I thought making her a ballerina for Halloween was a GREAT idea! No such luck.
I tried showing her pictures of babies (which she loves) in ballerina costumes on the internet. She sat with me, squealed over the babies (BEEE-BEEEES!!!) and clapped her hands. Then I said, "Look! Babies in tu-tus! Pretty babies in pretty tu-tus! Like your tu-tu!" and held up her pretty blue and white tu-tu. She screamed and pushed it away.
*HEAVY SIGH*
Maybe I'll make her a faceless animal type sleeper of some kind...
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Totally Random...
But I *HAD* to share. I just made Tori's Halloween costume and it is CUTE! Hee-hee-hee! I love it!
Thursday 13
13 Things Andrew is Trying to Teach Tori:
1. Counting. He counts to four and then points to her and she says, "FIIIIIIIVE!!!"
2. Potty training. Today he has asked her, several times, "Sister, do you need to use the potty?"
3. Using scissors. During a crafty type project (pictures later) he said, "Sister, you put your hands like this and cut like this. But be careful. You might cut yourself. So I will cut for you."
4. Which toys she is NOT allowed to play with. "Sister, that's Momma's camera. No touch."
5. Colors. "Sister, this is green. This is a blue block. This one is red. Say RED."
6. Temper Tantrums. He teaches by example.
7. How to use the DVD player. Today he said, "You push this button and it pops out. You put the movie in the tray and push the button again. Then the tray goes back inside and runs up to the TV!" He put on their favorite DVD "Elmo's Potty Time" today in demonstration.
8. Manners. "Sister, you need to say please before you get this toy."
9. Shoes. "These are my shoes. These are your shoes. Your shoes are little. Mine are big. Daddy's shoes are...Daddy size."
10. Sesame Street. "This is Elbow (Elmo). This is Grover. This is Cookie Monster. This is Zoe. Pay attention, Sister! I'm speaking to you!"
11. Ketchup. Again with the teaching by example. He dips EVERYTHING in ketchup. Apples. Cucumber. Carrotts. Fries. Chicken. WHATEVER.
12. Locations. Whenever we pull in front of a house, he announces to Tori where we are at. "This is Nana's house! This is Landon's house!"
13. Love. Today he went into her room and gently hugged her when she was waking up. Then took her by the hand and led her out here and said, "Momma, Sister is waking up and needs a Momma hug."
1. Counting. He counts to four and then points to her and she says, "FIIIIIIIVE!!!"
2. Potty training. Today he has asked her, several times, "Sister, do you need to use the potty?"
3. Using scissors. During a crafty type project (pictures later) he said, "Sister, you put your hands like this and cut like this. But be careful. You might cut yourself. So I will cut for you."
4. Which toys she is NOT allowed to play with. "Sister, that's Momma's camera. No touch."
5. Colors. "Sister, this is green. This is a blue block. This one is red. Say RED."
6. Temper Tantrums. He teaches by example.
7. How to use the DVD player. Today he said, "You push this button and it pops out. You put the movie in the tray and push the button again. Then the tray goes back inside and runs up to the TV!" He put on their favorite DVD "Elmo's Potty Time" today in demonstration.
8. Manners. "Sister, you need to say please before you get this toy."
9. Shoes. "These are my shoes. These are your shoes. Your shoes are little. Mine are big. Daddy's shoes are...Daddy size."
10. Sesame Street. "This is Elbow (Elmo). This is Grover. This is Cookie Monster. This is Zoe. Pay attention, Sister! I'm speaking to you!"
11. Ketchup. Again with the teaching by example. He dips EVERYTHING in ketchup. Apples. Cucumber. Carrotts. Fries. Chicken. WHATEVER.
12. Locations. Whenever we pull in front of a house, he announces to Tori where we are at. "This is Nana's house! This is Landon's house!"
13. Love. Today he went into her room and gently hugged her when she was waking up. Then took her by the hand and led her out here and said, "Momma, Sister is waking up and needs a Momma hug."
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Why do we like swimming lessons so much?
We get to make new friends:
We get to learn new skills:
We get to jump off the edge:
We get to use the rope swing over and over again:
And we like it most of all because it makes our little man tired:
He "graduated" from session one tonight and moved up to session two! Next time, he gets to learn how to go off the diving board! WAHOO!
We get to learn new skills:
We get to jump off the edge:
We get to use the rope swing over and over again:
And we like it most of all because it makes our little man tired:
He "graduated" from session one tonight and moved up to session two! Next time, he gets to learn how to go off the diving board! WAHOO!
Why would we call...?
So...where I work, we get a lot of requests for copies of doctors' chart notes and previous medical records. If its going to an attorney's office or a company that is NOT a medical facility, we charge $3.50 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page (yes, it sounds like a lot, but when you're actually copying the files, it makes PERFECT sense). Yesterday I received such a request. We received a letter notifying us of a patient's appointment with another facility and they stamped the notifycation with a stamp that reads "SEND COPIES OF MEDICAL RECORDS AND X-RAY REPORTS". This particular patient has an EXTENSIVE file. By all indications of the request, they wanted EVERYTHING. So I spent the morning copying 677 pages. YES. That's right: 677 pages. That's more than one ream of paper. More than three hours of copying.
As I was finishing up, I was discussing how I was going to ship this particular file. One of the gals in the office suggested calling the facility (located in Portland--about a half hour away) to see if they had a messenger service so we (or they) didn't have to pay shipping. The receptionist at the facility was not only annoying (chewing gum in my ear and using the words, "Ummm...like..." A LOT), but she was not intelligent.
"Oh...ummm...like, does the letter you received actually ASK for the records or, ummm...like, is it just stamped with a red stamp?"
"I don't know what the difference is. A request is a request when it comes across my desk. Its a stamped letter."
"OH MY GOSH. I wish you would have called before copying that file. Like, we already have everything we need."
"Why would we call when we received a letter less than a week old?"
"Well, see, we SEND the letters notifying all doctors of the patient's appointment (smack, chew, slurp) but we don't really expect the doctors to respond to the request for medical records."
*At this point, I'm about to have kittens. A whole litter.*
She says, "I'm, like, REALLY sorry. I don't know what to say..."
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?!
I was polite. But she knew I was NOT happy.
We are still billing them. $341.50
EVERYONE in the office heard about that one. I wasted my entire morning copying 677 pages that no one needs. NICE.
As I was finishing up, I was discussing how I was going to ship this particular file. One of the gals in the office suggested calling the facility (located in Portland--about a half hour away) to see if they had a messenger service so we (or they) didn't have to pay shipping. The receptionist at the facility was not only annoying (chewing gum in my ear and using the words, "Ummm...like..." A LOT), but she was not intelligent.
"Oh...ummm...like, does the letter you received actually ASK for the records or, ummm...like, is it just stamped with a red stamp?"
"I don't know what the difference is. A request is a request when it comes across my desk. Its a stamped letter."
"OH MY GOSH. I wish you would have called before copying that file. Like, we already have everything we need."
"Why would we call when we received a letter less than a week old?"
"Well, see, we SEND the letters notifying all doctors of the patient's appointment (smack, chew, slurp) but we don't really expect the doctors to respond to the request for medical records."
*At this point, I'm about to have kittens. A whole litter.*
She says, "I'm, like, REALLY sorry. I don't know what to say..."
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?!
I was polite. But she knew I was NOT happy.
We are still billing them. $341.50
EVERYONE in the office heard about that one. I wasted my entire morning copying 677 pages that no one needs. NICE.
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