Kelliness
A mother of six can easily lose herself in the needs of her family. I prevent this by spending time pondering, nourishing, and trying to appreciate what I have come to think of as My Essential Kelliness. I’ll share some of my observations on this ”About Me” page:
I love the color pink.
I’m probably too opinionated. I usually figure I’m right. I can accept that there are often several right answers, though.
Misspelled words make me cringe.
Sentence fragments, too. 
Except sometimes. If they’re done on purpose. For emphasis.
I’m astounded that I’ve been around for almost half a century.
If there aren’t kids in my lap, there’s usually a laptop there.
If I spend time doing something, I like to see results. That’s why I don’t play computer games or watch television.
For some reason, reading is an exception to the above. Maybe it’s because I can visualize how many pages I’ve plowed through.
I don’t sleep much. I have more interesting things to do.
My husband and kids couldn’t get along without me, and I find that scary.
I was probably born to be a teacher.
I think God is actively working on me, but only because I’ve asked Him to.
I would never cry in front of anyone else.
I have no desire to travel.
My mood is easily influenced by fragrances, music, and color.
I love to write.
I would never show anyone most of the things I write.
My dream is to write a newspaper or magazine column.
Most of my other dreams have already come true.
When I play a board game, I have no desire to win. I usually do, though.
I try to make amends for things I’ve done wrong, even if they happened years ago.
I like my kids better than yours. Really. I set out to have a large family, but I find babysitting in the church nursery to be excruciatingly dull.
People without a sense of humor puzzle me.
I can find a solution to most problems.
I’ll probably add to this list over time.
Selena said
Mispeled werds mayke me kringe, toow
Black Belt at 50 said
Kelly. You might have been born to be a writer. Great stuff. thanks.
Meredith said
Hi there,
I saw a post of yours on another blog and linked into yours here. Your post was asking about a touchscreen.
I am a speech therapist and mom to a 3 1/2 year old little girl with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome. She has been using a touchscreen monitor since about 18 months of age. At that point it was mostly exploratory play, but it grew quickly into skills learning. I can’t say enough about how we use it and its value in our house. We have actually just ordered another touchscreen for her preschool so that the school has one to use as well.
Ours was $350 and it’s been EXCELLENT. It’s got speakers in the monitor as well, which brings the action right to what’s happening on the screen. My husband just ordered it last night and it was on sale at NewEgg.com…we can give you the actual model number, as it’s great to know that this model is the one that has survived many, many peanut butter fingers.
If you’d like to talk live via phone, I can list many, many great learning games that were $10 or less on amazon.com USED.
But suffice it to say that the touchscreen has more than paid for itself as far as learning vocabulary, fine motor skills, attention, concentration, problem-solving, and many other cognitive skills. It is a great way to practice anything…and with so many software choices and free choices (like sesamestreet.com) there is a neverending supply of content to practice across different games.
Hope this helps!
Meredith
sternsmk@hotmail.com