Ask Me Help Desk - Michelle's Growth

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Originally Posted by br_hjs

I can't believe this thread had over 40 pages and it isnt even a week old

Just means you have a bunch of people loving you! That my friend is wonderful... Keep up the good work guys and br... hugs to you sweet!;)

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Originally Posted by br_hjs

You don't deserve a cookie if you cheated. :( Yeah, you need to go study some more

Whaaaa!! But, I want a cookie!! I didn't totally cheat!! Whaaaa!! :( :( :( :(

Would you please give me some more acronyms to study? I promise that I won't kind of, sort of cheat the next time!

Here's some baklava from Harry & David. Enjoy!

Tmi
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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

Here's some baklava from Harry & David. Enjoy!

tmi
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Those are kind of hard, teacher! Are you sure that I can study and remember what they mean?

Several are review.

Memorize these by next Monday --

Chat and Usenet Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

Several are review.

Memorize these by next Monday --

Chat and Usenet Acronyms and Abbreviations

Yes MA'AM! MA'AM! :p

I sat up last night until 3 a.m. waiting for you and to hear stories about your gig. I just have to go to bed now. It's 1 a.m. already.

Any ideas on what adventure a 4th or 5th grader could have (in 1200 words)? I need an adventure idea.

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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

I sat up last night until 3 a.m. waiting for you and to hear stories about your gig. I just have to go to bed now. It's 1 a.m. already.

Any ideas on what adventure a 4th or 5th grader could have (in 1200 words)? I need an adventure idea.

Hey, thanks! I didn't know that you wanted to hear about the gig. Want to hear a short version about it now?

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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

Any ideas on what adventure a 4th or 5th grader could have (in 1200 words)? I need an adventure idea.

Considering that Winter is just around the corner, how about something concerning Winter activities like sledding? Having snowball fights? Building igloos or snow forts, etc.

Of course, we also know how much children at that age like to go ice fishing! :D Right? ;) Not! :eek:

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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

Here's some baklava from Harry & David. Enjoy!

tmi
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Even I can't figure out those last two

Do you have school tomorrow, Michelle?

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Originally Posted by Clough

Do you have school tomorrow, Michelle?

Hahahahaha! Your words quiet the spirit, Craig. :)

Hugs, Didi

You make me chuckle too, Didi!

Well, last night I was up until 3 am and then I had a bunch of night mares and I wish I wouldn't had slept at all... I have never had a nightmare in my entire life until yesterday... that's kind strange

But I stay up til' around 3 sometimes and I'm fine because I also sleep earlier on like when I get home from school for abour 4 hours. But every day I go to sleep at a different time... I just can't keep it the same... sometimes its 8 pm one day and 3 am the next... pretty much just when ever I feel tired

I apologize for not responding to this post, Didi! You obviously spent a great deal of time writing it!

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Originally Posted by grammadidi

Sounds like a busy but fun-filled, exciting day! Seeing as I see you speaking of pets, I thought I'd tell you about mine. I have a 125 lb. Bernese Mountain Dog named Thunder. He will be 3 in January. He is stupid/smart and a real puppy in an elephants body. :) I also have a 62.5 lb. Chocolate Lab named (yech) Browni. I actually call him my chocolate moose, a term of endearment that became necessary after seeing the way he bends down to take a drink of water then it drains out of his mouth for 5 minutes. Afterwards just like a big moose! Heehee! He is 3 years old. I took him in as a foster dog 2 years ago. He suffered from EXTREME separation anxiety. After all the progress that I had made with him there was no way I was giving him up. It would have set him back so far. So, I adopted him.

I have had pets all of my life. Mostly just cats and some birds also. I love dogs! But, because of the amount of maintenance that they require, I don't have one. You must have an awful lot of room where you are in order to have so many pets!

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I have three cats: Tara, a Bengal cross rescue with a stage 5 heart murmur. She was given a very poor prognosis - less than a year and probably not six months. Three vets who I have taken her to have never heard a heart murmur as severe as hers. It seems that the main artery to her heart isn't working. Surgery had a potential success rate of less than 1%. They wouldn't spay her or give her shots because they felt she wouldn't survive them. When we moved to the country she was 1 year old. My daughter let her out by accident one day and she was gone all night. We found her in the barn. A few months later she presented us with 5 kittens. Sigh... couldn't be spayed or get shots but... :) So, I took her to my vet and had her spayed and receive her vaccinations. I figured if she got out once, she'd do it again. The Bengal in her makes her a little more determined to get outside. She survived it all and is now over 4 years old. I kept 2 of her kittens, both females and named them Bubble and Squeak originally, but my daughter took offense to it so we renamed Bubble to Bubo (owl) and Squeak took on the name of Baby. All of my canine/feline pets are neutered or spayed.

I'm glad that you have your animals neutered or spayed. It is the most humane thing to do. I just have one cat now. Used to have two. One was the mom and the other was the son. The son Boots, is the one who remains. I think that he is 15 years old. You would never know it by looking at him or his behavior!

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I have a nasty little "love" bird, Laura, who was also a rescue with her husband, Luke. She was very badly mistreated and it shows! She ended up killing her husband and now lives a meaningless life in a cage, surrounded by animals who want to eat her. In addition, there is Franklin... a rescued red-eared slider. He was about the size of a silver dollar when I first took him in 8 years ago. He suffered from soft shell because of not being fed properly and was near-death. Now he is larger than my head and very, very healthy. He has been used as a teaching aid in the primary grades for many years, but is now retired. He had a girlfriend, Fern, a Midland painted turtle for a year and a half after she was brought to me after being run over by a car. I nursed her and healed her and she was released this summer. Franklin misses her a lot!

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She ended up killing her husband and now lives a meaningless life in a cage, surrounded by animals who want to eat her.

I love your sense of humor!

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Originally Posted by grammadidi

I also breed angelfish and fancy swordtails for extra cash, and feeder fish of various kinds for Franklin, so I have 3 aquariums. My home is like a zoo! There is usually always a wild animal, bird or something here being taken care of. I have nursed fawns, fox kits, baby groundhogs, raccoons, skunks, chickens, goats, squirrels, robins, starlings, swallows, even a baby bear! I think I will have my own sanctuary if I ever get rich.

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Originally Posted by grammadidi

Anyhow, just thought I'd tell you about my pets. They keep me VERY busy and kind of poor, but I could never live without an animal of some kind. I used to have a wonderful dog, Sam. She was part lab and part husky and a real sweetheart. She, too, was a pup that I rescued. She came to me with parvo and almost died. She turned out to be the best dog who ever owned me. She used to visit schools as well as seniors residences as a Therapy Dog. Sadly, I lost her September/05 to kidney failure at 10 years of age. We were just going to start a new therapy dog program for people in hospice, so it was a huge loss. Her temperament could never be beat.

Anyhow, I'm off to bed again. Have a good time tomorrow, Clough!

Hugs, Didi

Thank you for sharing! I agree. I could not live without an animal of some kind as a pet either! Hugs, Craig

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Originally Posted by br_hjs

well, last night i was up until 3 am and then i had a bunch of night mares and i wish i wouldnt had slept at all.... i have never had a nightmare in my entire life until yesterday.... thats kind strange

The nightmares might be caused by watching horror movies, did you watch any lately

No. I haven't watched any in a long time... but earlier that day I was talking to my boyfriend on the phone and I was joking around about being afraid of someone breaking in and all kinds of stuff and I used to have a really bad fear of everything that happened in that nightmare.

Hi everyone! This is very sad what I am about to say... I have never thought about doing heroin before. However I have tried marijuana but don't even do that now. I know that heroin is a lot more dangerous and I've heard of many dying from it. Anyway, a guy came to our school and talked to us about his 20 year old daughter dying from heroin. He had pictures and the call he made to 911 and you could hear him giving her cpr. He gave us great detail and everything that happened. Well, that was today and this last week or so... something about me had just change and I feel like it wouldn't matter if I died. I would just kill myself but because of my boyfriend I cant. Its good that I think before actually killing myself. I think do I really want to do this? Is it worth it? Is their anyone or anything worth living for? And he's all I have. And I'm not sure he does. If he doesn't then I just want to die. And anyway, after hearing that story that was supposed to scare us away from heroin, it made me want to do it. But because I know my boyfriend would be mad, I won't do it. I guess I was just so interested in the story... it was sad, but I felt like they were telling it about me for some reason.. and another thing... he showed us the notes she left and everything before she died and told us everything about that day... I wish I could have recorded it. I mean it put a perfect image in your head of everything that happened. And I feel like a horrible person to my boyfriend for even thinking about doing it. I picture it like for him, if he loves me and tells me over and over not to do that, its drugs or him and I just believe he doesn't care which is why I feel like it shouldn't matter what I do, even though he does care, he shouldn't have to deal with me being like that. And even if I did die, I feel guilty just thinking about what all he might would go through if he cares... but honestly I don't know if he does