Aw poor Kai. Oscar had a similar moment because he wanted to be a mommy. Unfortunately I can't buy the parts for that.
Myles, where're you staying? DC is one of my favorite towns... good thing since I get stuck there with clients more often than I'd like. You'll have a blast, I'm sure.
Every day is a gift. It's just... does it have to be a pair of socks?
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My children were used as fake orphans in a Nigerian scam.
http://blog.lyds.org/2010/09/21/my-orphans/
Our baby is 3 years old already!
Oh, WEIRD. Did she send you the picture? Think it was swiped from here?
Every day is a gift. It's just... does it have to be a pair of socks?
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No, she never wrote back to me. It is really hard to take a picture off APA. It would have been far easier to take it off my blog.
Our baby is 3 years old already!
Every day is a gift. It's just... does it have to be a pair of socks?
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I'm not really sure how much to believe of her story, anyway.
Our baby is 3 years old already!
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Oh Lydia! That's really frightening.
Mama to Bobbie 20 ~ Jesi 18 ~ Syd 14 ~ Conner 6
I'm gonna be a Gramama!
Don't worry about one setback. Hey it's great that you can afford a PT. Back when I could afford one, mine told me that the key to lifelong weight management is the ability to "get back on the horse" with little drama when you stray off whatever path you're on. I think it could totally have been water weight anyway.Originally Posted by daylilies
I couldn't ever do meal replacement. *shudder* I love real food way too much!
Both my dogs are rescue mutts, but the one on the left is brindled too and - according to the vet - mostly Aussie Shepherd and Akita, so I can see why your Gwennie could look like him. I'd love to see a pic.
I don't think anything you did could have forced either one of them to choose to end it. Maybe you just contributed some information that wasn't out there before, but it's their choice whether or not to stay together.
This made me smile. You're such a good mommy.
Kai said to me last night that he really wants to be a girl when he grows up. When Savana told him he couldn't his little bottom lip started to quiver and his eyes filled and he said he doesn't want to be a boy anymore. I asked him what it was about being a girl that he liked and he said, "Girls get to wear beautiful shiny earrings and boys don't."
I assured him that he could wear beautiful shiny earrings if he so chooses. I'm going to pick up some sticker ones when I get a chance.
I think my hotel is in G-town on 30th & M. I'm excited about D.C. I haven't been there in 7 years, maybe? I wish I could stay longer, but I can't miss Halloween with the family and besides that, I'll probably miss Bodhi too much. This'll be my first time away since he was born (door still open to bringing him). My favorite thing to do in D.C. is eavesdrop. I always overhear interesting conversations when I'm there.
That is just a shame. If that woman's story is true, I think about what she must have invested in the adoption emotionally.
If it makes you feel better, or just chuckle meanly for a little bit, here's a link to a website of a bigtime "scambaiter":
http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/
I heard about this guy on NPR. The site might be a few years old now. He starts writing back to the Nigerians that try to scam him, posing as an easy target. And then he gets the scammers to do all these crazy things to get to his fictional money, like send pictures of themselves holding up crazy signs, travel outside the country and get stranded without enough money to get home. His pranks are kind of cruel and infantile, but he's quick to remind his critics that he scams that are coming out of Nigeria are a billion dollar industry. Plus, some of the links/photos on his site offend me, but I confess I laughed a lot reading all the back-and-forth e-mails he posted with him posing as a rap mogul, a porn star, etc.
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Oh that's funny!! I love his disclaimer...we love all people, but not in illegal ways!
Mama to Bobbie 20 ~ Jesi 18 ~ Syd 14 ~ Conner 6
So Josh said he wanted to be a witch for Halloween, and it got me wondering, why are there only girl witch costumes?
I'd totally go for him being a witch. It would be a nice homage to my favorite musical, WickedI'd even paint him green.
I bought him a pirate costume so he can dress up for King Richard's Faire, and then I nearly blew a gasket because I reminded him many times not to lose any pieces and he ran around in it for a bit and when I took it off him I couldn't find the belt. I asked and asked where he hid it and he wouldn't tell me. I turned the house upside down looking for it. Turned out it was stuffed in one of his trucks. I feel like I'm losing my mind some days. I was mostly mad at myself because I know he loses (hides) things easily and I didn't keep a good eye on what he was doing.
Oh and I thought I posted this already but apparently it didn't go through. How totally weird about your kids, Lydia. How did she find out who they really were and how did she find you? What happens next?
Every day is a gift. It's just... does it have to be a pair of socks?
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I used to browse 419eater.com back in the day, which is pretty similar. And yes, if it's true I really feel for her. I googled her and she's got a somewhat naive presence on the internet looking to adopt, so if that is not a created identity she would definitely be vulnerable. I even liked the names she chose for them and they would have fit them. I'm not giving really specific details because I don't want posts about this to be searchable.
See, this is what I don't get. I'm not sure how she found my blog, or how she found out who they really were, and I'm suspicious that she hasn't written back after I answered her inquiry. She offered to send me the information the scammers had sent her, and I asked her to also give me any information the police had provided her. That was 10 days ago. She has not replied. I was sympathetic and understanding, but not too involved if you know what I mean.
Our baby is 3 years old already!
Every day is a gift. It's just... does it have to be a pair of socks?
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I twisted my ankle coming out of the twins' preschool today while I was holding Soren. I fell down on the pavement, elbows and knees and managed to mostly protect Soren. He has a little red mark on the side of his face. I tore a hole in my knee, both pants and flesh. My heart skipped about 10 beats. Soren stopped crying before my heart stopped pounding.
Our baby is 3 years old already!
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Oh no! I hope you're both ok. That must have been really frightening. I know I've fallen while holding a child before...it's just awful, but amazing how mommas can instinctively protect their children
Mama to Bobbie 20 ~ Jesi 18 ~ Syd 14 ~ Conner 6
Robbie does this too. The other day he took his bottle and put it in his toy box and covered it with his blanket. Then like four hours later he got it back out and started drinking his rancid formula
He took my phone and covered it with his stuffed dog, took dh's wallet and hid it in one of his diapers. We think he threw our remote in the garbage too
Lydia, that is so scary and weird. Hopefully you can get some answers.
"We cannot withhold facts for fear of offending because the importance of the information outweighs people's right to not be challenged in their beliefs." -Maddy Reid
In memory of all APA babies gone too soon; always loved and never forgotten
Anytime something is missing and we ask Savana where it is she runs in her room and comes out with it. She's a huge hoarder. When I deep clean her room I find things like toys stuffed in a sock inside a purse inside a suitcase. All the dogs leashes wrapped in a baby doll blanket. My wooden spoons tied with yarn and shoved into a paper bag. Strange stuff.
Lydia, I'm glad you're okay. I tripped with Savana in my arms once trying to step over a baby gate and felt like my heart stopped. Luckily I just stumbled into the wall before I hit the floor.
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I really wish I could go too! How awesome.
That is so strange.
I confess I've been so busy, and usually I'm holding Charlotte if I'm on the computer, and I hate typing one handed, that I've been very quiet around these parts. But I try to keep up.
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Yes! he sounds exactly like Savana (except he never tells us where he hides things, and we find it like a week later)
Glad you're both okay, Lydia! I'm actually really surprised I've never fallen with Josh. I fell once when I was pregnant though and it was really scary. I remember I posted about it on APA, lol
I hope the whole adoption scam is fake. My husband was wondering how someone falls for that kind of thing (not you, fake adoptions I mean). Not to insult anyone who has...but if you were adopting a child wouldn't you really look into the adoption's credentials, and do people really adopt kids they've never met before from Nigeria?
Every day is a gift. It's just... does it have to be a pair of socks?
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I'm not sure. Like I said, I don't know if her story is real. But some people want so badly for something to be real that they'll believe some sketchy stuff.
Our baby is 3 years old already!
She texted me and asked if my mom told be the bf emailed her. I said yes, and she said she hadn't confronted him yet, and asked what I thought...Uh oh. What happened?
I said I didn't know what to think, and thought it was kind of weird that he would email that and then ask us not to talk to her about it..
then she replied "Wait.. What exactly did he email mom??"
Apparently all my mom said was that he emailed introducing himself and saying he couldn't wait to meet us.. we had to be great with as wonderful as my sister is......
oops... so I spilled the beans, and apologized. I guess they were fighting anyways, and this was the final straw... they broke up late last night.
1- Thank you...Ash, is it because you told your sister what he confided in you? Because I think that's okay, for what it's worth. She's your sister. Perhaps he should have found someone else to confide in.
Also just wanted to throw out there that I have no illusions of dbf making any significant changes. I know eventually we won't be together anymore. It's just a matter of time.
2- I honestly knew that B and I wouldn't last either.. and that it was just a matter of time. I think the biggest reason I was so upset about it is because I had JUST had Charlie... and my hormones were all over the place... and I was in a place with NO ONE but him, and his family.
Thank you.
Miss you 'round here!
Without providing any detail, I spent the morning at the courthouse today and am not happy. At all.
I agree, don't feel bad. It's not your doing, and your sister was armed with information to make a good decision.
So I'm not the only one living in a TV movie of the week? That is so bizarre!
Here's Gwennie ... never mind the destroyed table behind her.
Me (38) DH (45) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
Lydia, I just read your blog entry ... it does sound fishy if she did that that she would stumble on your blog and realize it was the same children. Something here doesn't quite add up.
Me (38) DH (45) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
hugs Gwenn
Why do I insist on reading threads I know are only going to irritate me?
Me (38) DH (45) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
Somehow the pile of checks from my daycare parents that I put in the back pocket of my jeans, fell out while I was shopping and Goodwill with the kids. They paged me while I was paying and as soon as I heard it I knew and my hand went straight to my pocket to realize they were gone.
Well, someone had kindly turned them in and I was so so grateful. While I was profusely thanking the employee that handed it to me she said, "It's not me you need to thank" and handed me a piece of paper where was written the name, address and phone number of the woman who turned in the checks.
Why would you leave that information aftter turning something it? It wasn't like a scarf, where maybe she could have it if I never claimed it. And now what? Am i supposed to call her, send her a thank you card? Wft?
Sounds like she was hoping they would give it to her ... which, if they were checks, she wouldn't have been able to deposit anyway as they were not made out to her. At least, my bank wouldn't accept them. They had a hard time with DH and I trying to deposit a check made out to DH into my account, even though we were both there in person with ID. That's strange ... I don't think I would want to thank her. Then again, I would appreciate that she did it!
Me (38) DH (45) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
I don't really want to contact her. But the employee that handed them to me was all serious like, "This is who you need to thank." AND said she needed to make a copy of the paper before she gave it to me so I stood there and waited while she did that. Why do they need it?
The thing is I appreciate it so so much. But I also don't feel like she's a hero or anything. I mean, it's common decency right? And common sense.
How odd.... I agree with Gwenn... I would appreciate that she turned it in, but I dont think I would want to thank her!!!Somehow the pile of checks from my daycare parents that I put in the back pocket of my jeans, fell out while I was shopping and Goodwill with the kids. They paged me while I was paying and as soon as I heard it I knew and my hand went straight to my pocket to realize they were gone.
Well, someone had kindly turned them in and I was so so grateful. While I was profusely thanking the employee that handed it to me she said, "It's not me you need to thank" and handed me a piece of paper where was written the name, address and phone number of the woman who turned in the checks.
Why would you leave that information aftter turning something it? It wasn't like a scarf, where maybe she could have it if I never claimed it. And now what? Am i supposed to call her, send her a thank you card? Wft?
I confess my mom called me while I was at work, which she NEVER does.. I automatically assumed something happened with one of the kids...
She said Charlie broke out in a really bad rash... She called the doctor and after a few minutes of questions etc he said she has Roseola...
Its viral so theres nothing we can really do, but give her lots of fluids and try to get her to rest as much as possible..
After reading about it when I got home I saw that one of the other symptoms/side effects is Irritability...
Maybe would explain why I had to pack the girls up and leave from their first sleepover since Charlie was screaming non stop the other night...
Hey Midge, I've been wondering how you've been-good to see your post.
Bridget, that's weird about the address thing. I wouldn't do anything with it. The woman did the decent thing by turning the checks in, so I don't see why you'd need to do anything with her address.
Yes.
Maybe she just left her info in case there was any reason why you might need to find out where she had found them or something. Whatever the case, I'm sure she went home feeling good about having helped, and you feel good that you didn't lose the checks, and the store clerk probably felt good about doing a super thorough job somehowSo, everyone feels good.
I am still decompressing from having spent a full week with my brother, his wife and their kids. They are like the opposite of me in some of how they parent. It's really strange, because it's like they're super super attached to their older daughter, but not in a healthy way - I don't know how to explain it, more like they just have zero boundaries...and then with their younger two, it's as though they're just an afterthought, and absolutely no thought or planning goes into how they are raising them. And the middle child has some pretty significant delays, and really needs more attention, although she doesn't *demand* it, so she doesn't get it. It makes me sad, and it makes my mom sad too. My mom is always wanting to step in and help, and say something, or help them get parenting classes or something - but she doesn't want to come across as The Mother In Law kwim?
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