joined on 12/14/05
last updated 12/11/09
March 1, 2008
Does Hank Azaria know of your interest, 'cause crazy as this may sound...I can totally see it! I say we do some sort of love dance ritual during the next new moon and order up an unexpected NYC encounter.
:)
September 7, 2007
This girl makes me laugh every time.......no kidding. I really have no idea how we became such fast friends.......it may have something to do with a little common traumatic experience and how we can make each other laugh away all the troubles of the day. The work that she does with kids is what I admire about her the most.
And she gave me the sweetest compliment yesterday - she loves my voice. Which, from a speech pathologist is a grand compliment.
Best of all, she lets me call her "Princess Stephanie".
July 10, 2007
Stephanie's a newfound friend with a profession I most admire. I'm honored, nay humbled - by our befriending of one another & hope to correspond to cultivate a burgeoning friendship. (ok, that sounded corny - sorry!). Anywayz, someone else who works with people is a good egg in my book. Plus, how can anyone resist such a captivating smile. :)
J.
December 11, 2006
There are so many words that describe Steph so well
Yet mere words can't define her, but hey what the hell
Intelligent, gorgeous, and kind to a tee
Gregarious, sincere and very friendly.
She's smart and she's funny and really quite cute
A good sense of humour and has talent to boot
I could go on and draw out this ditty
But I'll close in just saying that Steph is quite witty!
So as this terrible poem comes to an end
I am happy and lucky to count Steph as a friend!
September 7, 2006
The exotic beauty first attracted me
The intelligent wit keeps bringing me back
The face and body of a Goddess
The mind as sharp as a tack
The type of person I want to fill my life with
And that I will miss when it’s time to go
She can choose which knife to cut my heart out with
Because it’s hers already you know
Ever and always
In the winds of grace
Tom
"She's all up in my Kool-Aid and she doesn't even know the flavor!" -Jessica complaining about her mother's constant harping.
"Are you kidding? I'm vacuuming around this kid!" -- Pam's response to my hesitation about the noise calling her would make with a newborn in the house.
"If the child is anything less than stunning, she'll deny parentage and send it back!" -- Dori's thoughts if I should ever have a baby.
"Just relax...you know what to do...go through the steps and try not to kill the dummy." -- My CPR instructor's sound advice and encouragement.
"I wonder if you will rule the world...you like have an evil mind." -- An observation of me from one of my Sunday course classmates.
"Another day...another hanger." -- Robin, owner of a local boutique.
October 26, 2006
Three second graders, all boys. We're answering "Who" questions:
Me: Who fixes cars?
Kid 1: Car fixer?
Me: Yes, but he has a name...what do we call him?
Kid 1: Joe?
Me: No, not his real name...is the person who fixes cars called a doctor?
All: Nooooo!
Kid 2: A mechanical!
Me: Almost...a mechanic. Now, who fixes broken pipes?
Kid 3: A piper!
Me: Close...a plumber.
Kid 3: That's dumb...if he fixes pipes he should be a piper...if he fixed plums...then he's a plumber.
Me: Good point!. Now, who takes bad guys to jail?
Kid 2: The cops.
Me: Right...police officers. Does anyone know where a police officer works?
Kid 1: In jail.
Me: Or a police station... what things does he need to do his job?
Kid 1: A gun!
Kid 2: That big stick...
Kid 3: Donuts...coffee!
(wow, police officers really do have a bad reputation for hanging out at Dunkin Donuts, huh?)
July 25, 2006
Another new client: 2.5 years old and no bigger than a peanut. The language he does have is very unclear and he is easily frustrated and prone to tantrums which include: hitting, kicking, smacking, pinching and biting. He is also quite non compliant. Mom and I have been working diligently on getting him out of his fits before he gets too carried away as well as implementing "time out". He almost always refuses to repeat words or communicate using anything but gestures. Today, I was pretty angry with his behavior...I got right down to his eye level and said very firmly: STOP and NO! The crying stopped immediately and he just stared at me silently for a good 20 seconds. At this point, he looked to his Mom and said in a little voice, eyes wide with shock: "I scared!" Too funny...but we had a great session after that and he even granted me with a kiss when I left.
March 29, 2006
I have a sweet and fun group of first graders that I see twice per week in school for speech. We were talking about "groups of things" and that certain groups have names: a flock of birds, a herd of cows, etc.
Me: So, does anyone know what "batch" means?
Kid 1: Ooooh! that's a bad word!
Me: No...there's nothing bad about the word. Why do you say that?
Kid 1: That's what my dad called the guy that hit his car last week...he said he had a son too. A son of that batch...
Me: Um, I think you might have misunderstood...
Kid 2: Oh! I know what it is!! It's what you get when you're big.
Me: What do you mean?
Kid 2: When you go to college....you get a batches degree.
Me: (laughing) That's a Bachelor's degree, honey. No, a batch is when Mommy makes a whole bunch of cookies...
Kid 3: (interrupts) Oh!! It is a bad word! Mommy called Daddy a batches yesterday when he ate all her cookies!
Me: Ok, kids, I think we're getting a little off topic here...
March 3, 2006
So I'm screening this fourth grader for possible speech and language services. I'm giving him an auditory processing test (for verbal comprehension). I read a story to him about a black dog named Shadow. One of the questions that followed the passage was...
Me: Why do you think the dog was named Shadow?
Kid: Cause he was black and followed the boy around.
Me: Great answer! Can you think of another good
name for a dog with black fur?
*thinking*
Kid: Fred?
Me: Ok....why?
Kid: It's a good name.
Me: Yes it is...but does it make you think of something
that is black in color?
Kid: No.
Me: So, can you think of another name?
Kid: *thinking* No.
Me: Ok, what about Midnight? or Blackie?
Kid: Yea, those are good names.
Me: How about thinking of a name for a dog with
white fur?
Kid: Hmmm....(silence)....um....(more silence)...Oh!
I know...Chuckles!!
Me: Why Chuckles?
Kid: Why not?
Me: Indeed.
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If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. Clio: 1991-2008
Whereas I love meeting new people and am open to doing so, friend invites with no message, no prior contact or exchanges, no common tribes we belong to, or members we are connected through will most likely not be accepted.
Laying low for now...2010 will bring the Caribbean and Italy for sure!!
about me
Speech-Language Pathologist working with EI and elementary school children for the past ten years...in the entertainment industry before that...
I find as I grow older and (hopefully) wiser, that it is important to constantly expand one's horizons, whether that be academically, socially, spiritually... I am looking to connect with interesting people to learn from, to grow with, to impart some of my knowledge to...and yes, perhaps even to form lasting friendships with...(the music swells, fade to black, cut to commercial)
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