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Is it me or do the games in the NBA seem to have lower scores this year? I haven’t looked to see if there are rule changes that would affect play but I am betting there is something that is different this year. I still find College Basketball more exciting than the NBA.
I see that Steinbrenner is trying to buy himself another ring by going for Randy Johnson. Don't do it Randy! You don't need the grief. I could see Jaret Wright or Al Leiter going to the Yankees. Not that I would be happy about that.
The Giants are looking into the wrong end of a loaded gun right now with all the injuries they have sustained. I don’t think they are out of the race for the Super Bowl but I think they are very hamper now. The Jets have to get their stuff together and show up for game day ready to play. Sloppy is an understatement for last weeks defense. The offense was not doing much better. Out of the two New York teams, I see more potential not being lived up to in the Jets than I do in the Giants.
Caroline
I had a long talk with her teacher yesterday about Caroline and circle time. She assured me that Caroline will participate in time but right now we should be happy when she does join the group. All the kids are older than her but she is bigger than most of them so her size makes her “look” older than she is. I will say she did drift in and out of circle more this week than last and she solidly participated in the last 15 minutes with the other kids. She also made a conscious choice to sit with the other kids rather than by herself like she had done before. Progress is always in little steps with sudden unexpected leaps with her. She does do what is known as focus play when she wants to. I gave her paper and crayons the other day and she was drawing on the papers for almost an hour. She will spend long periods of time playing with her Magna Doodle.
Controlling Chaos
Peter and I managed this week to get through all the stacks of paper around various parts of the living room and sort out what can be recycled since this was paper week. We received a flyer with yet more new policies for recycling like the papers can no longer be in plastic bags (grocery sacks) but either tied or in paper sacks. The plastic bags are apparently gumming up the works at the recycling plant. They won’t take the plastic sacks with the plastic/glass/metal recycling. They suggest you return those bags to the grocery store and get cloth bags to reuse rather than use plastic grocery sacks. I am all for recycling and am willing to separate the various types of things that can be recycled but I don’t like when I have any options except turning something that should be on the recycling list into landfill. We have instituted a new magazine policy to try to keep the number of magazines in the house at any one time down to something manageable. Also so we can read some of the time sensitive periodicals while the information is still relevant to what we do.
I should have another chunk of the NaNo up later today. Still don’t have a word count but such is life. No art yesterday either unless you count dinner. I caught up on some sleep and helped my husband with a couple of projects.
I am grateful for Caroline’s teachers which includes her family.
Is it me or do the games in the NBA seem to have lower scores this year? I haven’t looked to see if there are rule changes that would affect play but I am betting there is something that is different this year. I still find College Basketball more exciting than the NBA.
I see that Steinbrenner is trying to buy himself another ring by going for Randy Johnson. Don't do it Randy! You don't need the grief. I could see Jaret Wright or Al Leiter going to the Yankees. Not that I would be happy about that.
The Giants are looking into the wrong end of a loaded gun right now with all the injuries they have sustained. I don’t think they are out of the race for the Super Bowl but I think they are very hamper now. The Jets have to get their stuff together and show up for game day ready to play. Sloppy is an understatement for last weeks defense. The offense was not doing much better. Out of the two New York teams, I see more potential not being lived up to in the Jets than I do in the Giants.
Caroline
I had a long talk with her teacher yesterday about Caroline and circle time. She assured me that Caroline will participate in time but right now we should be happy when she does join the group. All the kids are older than her but she is bigger than most of them so her size makes her “look” older than she is. I will say she did drift in and out of circle more this week than last and she solidly participated in the last 15 minutes with the other kids. She also made a conscious choice to sit with the other kids rather than by herself like she had done before. Progress is always in little steps with sudden unexpected leaps with her. She does do what is known as focus play when she wants to. I gave her paper and crayons the other day and she was drawing on the papers for almost an hour. She will spend long periods of time playing with her Magna Doodle.
Controlling Chaos
Peter and I managed this week to get through all the stacks of paper around various parts of the living room and sort out what can be recycled since this was paper week. We received a flyer with yet more new policies for recycling like the papers can no longer be in plastic bags (grocery sacks) but either tied or in paper sacks. The plastic bags are apparently gumming up the works at the recycling plant. They won’t take the plastic sacks with the plastic/glass/metal recycling. They suggest you return those bags to the grocery store and get cloth bags to reuse rather than use plastic grocery sacks. I am all for recycling and am willing to separate the various types of things that can be recycled but I don’t like when I have any options except turning something that should be on the recycling list into landfill. We have instituted a new magazine policy to try to keep the number of magazines in the house at any one time down to something manageable. Also so we can read some of the time sensitive periodicals while the information is still relevant to what we do.
I should have another chunk of the NaNo up later today. Still don’t have a word count but such is life. No art yesterday either unless you count dinner. I caught up on some sleep and helped my husband with a couple of projects.
I am grateful for Caroline’s teachers which includes her family.
