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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Jun 13 2009 : 8:58:07 PM
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Nora has been very bad this week with my things!
Earlier this week, she was watching a movie on my computer while I did some Farm chores. I came back in after only being outside for about 5 minutes to find that she had pried off about a quarter of the keys off the laptop's keyboard. The all went on okay except for the space bar which isn't completely anchored anymore.
Then today, she found some contact rinse solution and squirted it all over the computer. My touch pad mouse isn't working and my Y key and a few others aren't working properly. Luckily, I have a voice recognition program that I have "trained" a bit before so I am able to use it to click when the mouse is needed and it types for me when the key is broken.
So please forgive any typos that might appear.
Hugs
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 13 2009 : 9:27:11 PM
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Oh, that sounds very frustrating - but please print out a copy of your posting and stick it away in her baby book and read it about 15 years from now. It'll be a memory then that you'll laugh about (I promise!). But until then, I'm sorry - I know how you feel. When my kids were little they did the same kind of things but with much more primitive tools than the computer!!
Farmgirl Sister #98
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 14 2009 : 05:28:31 AM
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Alee, I could write a book with all the things my kids tore up or messed up. The thing that sticks most in my mind in the record player needle Heather broke off. We never had another one after that.
They would always get into things when they were by theirselves. Whenever it got too quiet I'd know something was happening. That's just being a kid, I think. It gets better as they get older, don't worry.
Kris
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Marcy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marcy
Tiverton
Rhode Island
USA
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Posted - Jun 14 2009 : 05:46:19 AM
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I'm sorry your frustrated. Anyone who has children can sure relate. I cannot begin to remeber all of the things that my two boys got into at that age. It does get better as they get older. So much easier. Only when they become teenagers like mine are, I think the worrying increases by leaps and bounds.
Lilwing, toilet paper used to be my Patrick's thing. He used to think it was the funniest thing in the world if he could get even a few sheets around the house before I noticed. He's 14 now and taller than I am. It can get annoying when everyone tells you to enjoy them while they are little because they grow up so fast. But it sure is true.
(((Hugs Alee))) and know that we are thinking of you.
Farmgirl #170
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Corrine
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Jun 14 2009 : 06:49:41 AM
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alee,
i know that weeks can be really long and frustraiting, but you will miss this stage. as for the computer, lonnie squirted my laptop screen with a squirt gun and i just about freaked when everything went black. i took it apart and let it dry for a few days and when i put it back together it was fine.......maybe you'll have the same luck.
What we write today slipped into our souls some other day when we were alone and doing nothing.
-Brenda Ueland
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jun 14 2009 : 07:52:59 AM
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Well, it looks like most of my keyboard is back to functioning properly. My FN key that controls volume and all the other little "shortcuts" is still not working which is frustrating and my left ALT key isn't working either. My mouse is still fried as well. I think she must have shorted out a section of the controls or something. But luckily all the FN key thinks can be worked around or not used, and I do have another ALT key and I can buy a mouse to go into the USB ports- I am just sad that my brand new computer is broken already :(
Sherri- I knew you weren't making light of the situation! :D It's good advice to remember that "This too shall pass" in both the good and the bad ways. I am sure that I will be nostalgic for this age once she is out of it. She has a very sweet innocence about her and it is so funny to see her "pull an attitude" and then the next minute she will be hugging me so tight and raining kisses on my face. I love her lots but wheeoo! Some days she needs to be in a padded room with lots of toys because she bounces around so much! LOL
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 15 2009 : 09:14:01 AM
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They are just so curious when they are small!
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 15 2009 : 10:40:09 AM
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Alee:
I bet Nora thought she was doing something helpful for you Mommy! Funny.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
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West Seneca
New York
USA
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elma
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True Blue Farmgirl
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West Seneca
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 12:25:02 AM
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I learned a plastic drinking cup dropped down the duct work will melt and run everyone out of the house with the toxic fumes. My oldest son taught me that one when he was about 18 months old. At about the same age both he and then later his younger brother taught his dad and I that Ivory soap does not break apart if flushed down the toilet. It requires a major rotor rootering job. We loved that little lesson....TWICE.....LOL Hang in there Alee :) Children teach us patience and new cuss words....LOL.
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 01:05:25 AM
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I don't know I think as they get older the repairs just get more expensive. In the last month we have had 1 G1 cell phone totally destroyed, 1 car totaled, one laptop which had to have the fan replaced because of cat hair and one laptop screen replaced because the older daughters great dane stepped on it. Plus the hospital and surgery bills for the one that was driving the car. Yup, just more expensive to repair.
Farmgirl Sister 572
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NikkiBeaumont
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 04:48:49 AM
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Oh, Alee! It will get better with time! I promise!
When I was little my parents left me alone in a room with a brand new white couch and pens lying around. What did they expect?
They left my two-year-old brother in the car (with it running) and he tried to drive it. He ended up plowing into the tractor at the bottom of the hill. What were they thinking?
I think that kids realize that as soon as they are alone it is Carpe diem, baby!
Farmgirl Sister #554
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
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Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 2:19:58 PM
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I thought about this post this morning when Owen broke my eye glasses. I guess I know what I'm getting for my birthday now.
Trish
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