I watched a show the other day called "Hoarding- buried alive" on TLC. I've seen previews, but just have never sat down and actually watched. Today, it was pretty much the only thing on T.V. so I watched one of the shows. If they are all like this one, I probably will not watch another one! I was actually sick to my stomach. This particular one was not necessarily about hoarding per say, but more about filth! This lady had so much trash in her kitchen that she had roaches crawling around everywhere. Not just 5 or 6 roaches, there were thousands. Her bed room had clothes everywhere and you could see the roaches crawling around the clothes. Her son is 20 something and said that he can't sleep at night because roaches will crawl across his face and wake him up! GROSS! I probably will not be able to sleep tonight. When I think about hoarding, I think about boxes and boxes of stuff that people keep in their house with stuff that they absolutely do not need! This show did not have boxes and boxes of things, this particular show had trash, dishes, clothes and bugs everywhere! This was a show about filth, should have been called "Roaches take over my house!"
Why can't you get things to look like other people's things. Like hair. When you go get your hair did, as most people would say. They make it look awesome. You get home, try to do it your self, use the same exact products. Do the same step by step actions that they did and it looks like shit. Why is that?
Then there is food! I watch Food Network all the time. That is my favorite channel. I will try and copy a recipe. I write everything down. I even watch the show and pause it while I'm making the product just to make sure it looks like the picture. Get done and mine looks like a smashed up piece of brownie that has already been eaten instead of a normal brownie.
Also, I have never been to so many 'specialists or surgeons' in my life. Ever since I started seeing a Dr. here in Lincoln instead of Seward, she has sent me to a specialist every time there is something wrong.
- I had to see a "specialist" - a Neurologist, to be exact because I was having migraines, and they didn't want it to be something else, so they had me go talk to him to be approved for a MRI of my brain. My brain is normal, I guess.
-I was having problems with my stomach, so they sent me to St. Elizabeth to see a "specialist" for an ultra sound to tell me that there was nothing wrong with me that it was just probably the flu. ??
- I broke my pinky. My doctor actually took the x-rays and conformed it was broken, then taped it up and sent me to a "specialist, surgeon" - a orthopedic to be exact. He conformed it was broken and gave me a little splint that does as much good as the tape that my doctor put on my finger!
- I had really bad pain in my pelvic area about a month ago. Went to see my doctor in Seward, because I can trust her with my women problems that I have down below (she diagnosed me with 'precancerous' cells of the cervix about a year ago, so she knows what is going on), so she checks me out and sends me to a " specialist" another ultra sound of my pelvic and a vaginal probe. This one comes back with a large cyst on my left ovary. I guess some times seeing "specialists" are worth it.
- Keira recently got glasses and the eye doctor told us to come back in 6 months and if her eye sight wasn't any better, he would make her wear a patch. Well, we went back in and he told her she had to wear a patch. But he couldn't approve that, so Keira had to see a surgeon at Eye Surgical Associates. He did the same tests that her eye doctor did, 20 minutes later he said "Yep she needs an eye patch." Hmmm, well, give us one so we could be on our way.
- Keira starts school on Wednesday, so I was going through her school hand book to see if there was anything else I needed to do since her open house is Monday. I got to the last page and it says, " Suggestions for Kindergarten Readiness." So I was reading it and thinking that Taygen (2) and Aden (3) could probably start kindergarten along with Keira. All 3 of them could do everything that is on that list! Here is the list.... If it wasn't for the age requirement for school, Taygen and Aden would be there!! ;)
- Knows first name and phone number
- Knows parent's name and where they work
- Is able to put shoes on independently
- Is able to put on boots, coats, hat and mittens
- Is able to buckle belt and zip pants and jacket
- Ia able to button shirt or jacket
- Is able to draw a line and circle with some degree of accuracy
- Is able to count to 10
- Is able to recognize some alphabet letters
- Is able to identify colors
- Is beginning to develop large muscle coordination by being able to skip, hop, jump, and run with some degree of proficiency
- Has some experience with cutting, pasting, and coloring
- Is able to stay with a friend or babysitter for an extended period of time without becoming overly upset. Is able to play with others and realize the necessity of sharing and taking turns
- Is able to play with a given activity
- Takes pride in belongings by caring for them
- Is able to listen to a short story read by an adult and retell some of the happenings.
