June 4, 2016 at 10:39 pm

I am not afraid of the number 13. I know a lot of hype is around the whole Friday the 13th, but I don’t go along with most of it. Bad things happen on any other day as well.  There was a Friday the 13th club that would meet every Friday the 13th at 13:13 pm to walk under ladders, spill salt shakers, and smash mirrors. It met from 1936 until 2000 when they disbanded because of the clubs rules. Here is an interesting article about this club and other clubs like it.

Friday the 13th: The Original Viral Marketing Stunt?

Hope you enjoy!!

June 4, 2016 at 9:55 pm

@kaka135  You are very good at writing guides on how to navigate a website and teaching about what you need to know about them as well. Your guides for LiteracyBase are excellent resources for people who are not familiar with this site.

@peachpurple  You have some wonderful recipes and I like that you include very easy to follow instructions and a little personal tidbits too. It makes it interesting to read.

June 4, 2016 at 9:47 pm

@melissa  I am looking forward to next school year since they will be in a different school. You would think that going to a private school would mean they were getting a better education but when the teacher tells you that they would be better off in a public schools where they adhered better to the education laws. I mean what is my money going for anyway?

My daughter also has Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD) too and that does not mix well with homework or any kind of work for that matter. Sometimes, I would just let her homework go because I am not spending two hours fight with her to do it. It is not worth it.

I hope next year will be better for your daughter. Is there another school that she could go to? I am lucky that we can send them to whatever school we want to but we are moving and it is not like that there. I am keeping my fingers crossed and I will do that for you as well.

June 4, 2016 at 7:11 pm

I just thought that I would share my link to my post about this writing challenge

The 5 Flowers Of My Name

June 4, 2016 at 7:03 pm

@grecy  I believe she has a super power and I would love to have even a little bit of it so I can get more accomplished in a day. Lol  She is super woman but she will deny it.

June 4, 2016 at 6:45 pm

@ruby3881  She has been getting better and they are fewer than they were, but they are explosive when they happen. I try to be patient and will usually make her go to her room or somewhere where she can calm down and desensitize from everyone. Sometimes, she gets too overwhelmed when there is a lot of activity or people around her. Usually it only takes about 5 minutes for her to calm down and she will come out and apologize for her behavior. She has matured much this past year and she is turning into a young lady.

@melissa  My daughter is the same way when it comes to homework. She will tell me that she has none so that she does not have to do it. At the beginning of this year, the teacher had assigned weekly spelling words and they had to write 15 definitions and 15 sentences. I was floored by the amount of work was required for spelling words. They also had to do a special project that was due at the end of the week involving the words. This was to be done in conjunction with any other homework they had throughout the week.  Of course, this did not go over well with my daughter and so that brought many struggles. It wasn’t long before this changed for the whole class.

My daughter’s teacher found a planner for her, but like everything it was never used. I will be glad when school is out on Thursday.

June 4, 2016 at 7:47 am

@ruby3881  A roller coaster is a good thing to compare it to. I remember when she first started school and she had such a  hard time adjusting and it took half of the year for her to go in the room and do the tasks that they were supposed to do each morning. She would just stand at the door and stay there. Sometimes as I was leaving her there, I would turn back and see her standing there looking at me as if I was abandoning her. I felt so bad. There were many mornings that I would cry the whole way to work. I felt like a horrible person making her go through this.

I dreaded school I think more than they did. It was such a struggle to get her up, get her dressed, and ready for school that by the time I was dropping them off, I was already frazzled and then it was off to work where I had a lot of stress. It was like that for four years. Then this year,  they get up and get everything ready for school without me. I stay up late to work online so they wake me up when they are ready. I am very proud of her because she has come along way.

Now if we can get past the meltdowns then we will be on easy street. Well sort of, but as much on easy street as she can be.

June 4, 2016 at 7:39 am

I have only been putting text on the pictures, but now that I have done 3 pics it is getting much easier. I am sure that once I get in there and play a bit I will get the hang of it. There is just so much that you can do and it is somewhat confusing at first. Tutorials would be good if I would just set the time to do them. Sometimes, I have to just dig in and get my hands dirty.  I like doing it though and maybe once I get done with my deadline that I created for myself here I will do more trying to make my own pictures with text.  I am amazed at how much I am learning which I love to do.

June 4, 2016 at 6:20 am

I am going to have to learn to use Buffer now. It sounds like a very useful tool. I have been sharing all day today and have gotten quite a few visitor referrals doing that. I love when that happens. Easy work for a little pay is always nice.

June 4, 2016 at 6:00 am

I will tell you this experience with my children is making me more outspoken about these things. I hate confrontation of any kind, but my children are not going to suffer. My daughter’s teacher had training in special education and yet she cannot address the issues. I told her that I would get my daughter a planner so that she can write down all her assignments for the day. Last year her teacher did that with all the students and it worked for my daughter really well. She had a visual aid to help her keep on task and know what she had to do next. That way she did not have to rely on her memory to finish her work.

@Mark  I think that is a great idea. Something needs to change because there will always be children with problems like ours and it is sad that they do not get the attention that they deserve. My daughter is very smart and before she was in school her pediatrician said that she was above average intelligence. Unfortunately, she is not one that likes to show her intelligence for fear that it will cause her to get attention. She does not like to be in the limelight, but when she does things and gets praise from her classmates she absolutely glows.

June 4, 2016 at 5:48 am

I finally downloaded Gimp and have been trying to find my way around there. But I was able to put text onto the picture I have downloaded from Pixabay. It has been a little frustrating and it takes me what seems like forever to make them but I have been having fun. I need more practice with Gimp and I had to export it to a jpg file. This was a first for me. I am learning so much and having fun doing it.

June 4, 2016 at 5:41 am

@ruby3881  I will check it out. You are inspiring me to be bold and take a risk. I mean the worst that can happen is that they do not accept my article right? I won’t know if I don’t try. I need to find a more lucrative online income anyway. I will give it a try this weekend. Thanks for the confidence.

June 4, 2016 at 4:06 am

I just had this happen with notification of a mention. It showed up in the little orange box in the lower right corner so I clicked on it. Got to my activity screen and it showed a 1 by notifications so I went there and it said that I had no notifications. So I clicked back to activity and clicked mentions and when I got there it said no mentions were there. So then I clicked on comments and found my mention that I had.

June 4, 2016 at 4:00 am

@JoDee  Great job. I loved your post. You picked some unique colors. I tried to stay away from the normal colors to find some unique shades that are among my favorites. You are right each color is important in their own light. Without primary colors we would have a very dull world to live in.

June 4, 2016 at 3:49 am

@ruby3881  I am so happy that this is working out for you. I knew you would have no problem having your articles accept since you are a very good writer. I may just check it out myself and see what happens. Lord knows I could use the money. Hope you get the “professional” writer category since I consider your writing professional.