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Post by Inigo Montoya on Oct 8, 2011 10:16:50 GMT -5
They look great, lnh,  . Is that your grandbaby in the one pic? She's adorable. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2011 0:51:47 GMT -5
You have a beautiful family I really love the proudly happy, warm feel some of your pics have. Thx Peony... I am proud of my kiddos, very happy, and consistently 98.6 degrees or warmer...you got me pegged...  |
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Post by Inigo Montoya on Oct 9, 2011 11:59:47 GMT -5
They look great, lnh, . Is that your grandbaby in the one pic? She's adorable. Thx Inigo... that's Jayden, she calls me ''pop pop''. She knows that I'm too young to be a Grandpa Awwww... |
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Post by Peony on Oct 10, 2011 4:30:10 GMT -5
You have a beautiful family I really love the proudly happy, warm feel some of your pics have. Thx Peony... I am proud of my kiddos, very happy, and consistently 98.6 degrees or warmer...you got me pegged... Naturally hot, eh? Good for you  |
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Post by Pisti on Nov 10, 2011 9:11:16 GMT -5
You look great with it!
(But remembering earlier posts, I'm probably the only one on this board who likes facial hair. ;d )
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Post by Gaby on Nov 10, 2011 22:09:16 GMT -5
You look great with it! (But remembering earlier posts, I'm probably the only one on this board who likes facial hair. ;d ) Of course you aren't the only one! I love facial hair!!!!! You look very good, LNH! |
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Post by wheelieInCali on Nov 11, 2011 1:27:31 GMT -5
que es la significa de la palabra "cosita"?
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Post by wheelieInCali on Nov 11, 2011 1:28:09 GMT -5
wait, pretty thing?
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Post by Gaby on Nov 11, 2011 2:50:36 GMT -5
Yes. "Cosita" means "little thing" ¡De nada, amigo! |
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Post by Pisti on Nov 11, 2011 3:33:01 GMT -5
Thx Judit....I went back to clean-shaven the next day...it was fun for ten days or so. SHAME!  But you look great witout beard, too. |
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Post by Gaby on Nov 12, 2011 13:56:10 GMT -5
Awwwww!!! Cinderella is soooo beautiful and your costume is very original BTW! Thanks for calling me "cosita hermosa"... I'm not little but is a very sweet nickname (now my boyfriend call me that way ) |
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Post by Inigo Montoya on Nov 12, 2011 14:38:02 GMT -5
LNH, Cinderella's cuter than you. I was looking at your "hand" and wondering why we don't have better, in common use, arm/hand prosthetics than what my granddad was given in the friggin' 60's. |
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Post by Pisti on Nov 12, 2011 14:43:44 GMT -5
Cindarella is soo cute - and has a very good taste. |
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Post by Inigo Montoya on Nov 12, 2011 16:41:01 GMT -5
LNH, Cinderella's cuter than you. I was looking at your "hand" and wondering why we don't have better, in common use, arm/hand prosthetics than what my granddad was given in the friggin' 60's. you're right dear, this is a 60's-ish looking prosthetic. In my case, it has more to do with a non-progressive prosthetist. Emma has shared videos of cooler, more versatile (hooks) out there. I tried the myoelectric hands back in 1999... for me, they were very heavy and impractical. I.E. I couldn't type with them. The next time around I'm going to go to a nearby city, and discuss some more modern options. I'll be honest, before I posted that I looked at some vids on youtube and saw some amazing stuff... but I'm not sure how practical it is. Also, the one I mainly looked at required surgery! I hope you can find something that is better and equally practical. One of what my mom calls my dev moments... the auctioned off my grandparents stuff after my grandmother died... Everyone else was looking at their furniture and other stuff. I spent a good part of the day wondering if they were gonna auction Granddad's hands (he had a pinchy one and a "real" looking one) lol. I don't think it ever made it on the block so I hope they donated it somewhere. |
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Post by Inigo Montoya on Nov 12, 2011 18:09:25 GMT -5
Interesting about your Gpa... how did he handle his disability? How did you handle it as a child? As far as more functionality goes, I'm not interested in doing anything invasive. I just about died a third time in my last surgery(I had pseudamonis areginosa? sp?) I don't want to screw with anymore super bugs... I've cheated death twice...I'm pretty certain that the third time WILL be the charm... I am eating a Crunch in honor of the adorable Cinderella. Grandad only lost his right hand right below the wrist... which happened years before I was born. He was much more disabled later by an ankle crush injury which eventually required the use of a crutch. It never slowed him down much as far as I could tell. He played the piano and guitar, drove tractors, and (as far as I knew) pretty much did what he wanted. Even when he was seriously hobbled and using a crutch, he'd still climb up on the tractor and go. I was certain that he'd either die like that or I'd kill him by rear ending him in my car when he was driving his lawn mower down the road to take care of my Aunt's lawn. He couldn't tie his shoes and Granny would hold the nails he hammered. (Now there's love for you! lol) As far as how I dealt with it... it just was. I remember being scared of his pincher hand. And I 'think' I remember my little sister being startled about his amputation once and crying. She'd have been really little... a toddler. Our very sensitive family just laughed at her and went on with whatever we were doing. I also remember being scared of his pinchy hand... most likely because he almost never wore it. I honestly never thought much about it. He had a hobby of building things with rock and mortar... my sis and I helped him rock parts of my parents' house when I was 10ish and she was 6ish. When I was 14, I went to shake his hand for some reason and realized that would be an issue for him. He laughed at me, I asked some questions and he told me that he often shook with his left. I was shocked later, when my dad told me that it hurt to take a punch from Granddad's nub. I had an OMG! he's disabled moment. "You were sparring with your dad? How unfair is that?" (Grandad won.) There must have been a period of adjustment, but all that was over by the time that I was born. I honestly can't remember a time when he seemed frustrated or upset by it. My mom did tell me once that the other daughters in law were shocked when she went in and handed me off to him as a small baby for him to hold. I think that because he did everything else, it never occurred to her that he couldn't do that too. It prolly seriously affected how I view disability... my expectations. How have your kids dealt with it? I'm sure it was a much bigger deal for the kids than the grandkids. |
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