Re: Introduction

[Guest guest]

Welcome officially to the group Selena! I know how you feel going from

working to staying home with the kids! Money is tight, but it does get

better...you and the kids are worth it.

Andie : )

Tilley, Wife to

Work-at-home/Homeschooling Mom to a(11), (6) and (3)

Introduction

Hi, I'm new here too. I subscribed right before Thanksgiving but with

everything going on with my life right now it's been kind of hectic to

take time out and post. Susie and PJ, your affirmations are great.

They always seem to be right on time.

I am married with two kids, ages 2 and 3. My husband travels a lot with

his job, and I recently quit my job (because of the stress level) to

stay at home with the kids. I quit last month and I believe that it's

the best thing that I've ever done in my life. I've had a rough year

and I decided that I wasn't going to take it any more. Money has been

tight lately but I know all of that is going to turn around. And with

my new found freedom and extra time on my hands - when I'm not taking

care of my kids - I started back up with my writing again.

This is a great group and I'm glad to be here. Hopefully, I'll be able

to post more often soon.

Blessings,

Selena

[Guest guest]

Selena,

Thanks for saying my affirmations are great and on time. )

I was a stay at home MOM the whole time. God will bless you

I'm sure of it. I think anyone can live on one income we are

living proof of it.

Hugs,

Susie

Hi, I'm new here too. I subscribed right before Thanksgiving but with

everything going on with my life right now it's been kind of hectic to

take time out and post. Susie and PJ, your affirmations are great.

They always seem to be right on time.

I am married with two kids, ages 2 and 3. My husband travels a lot with

his job, and I recently quit my job (because of the stress level) to

stay at home with the kids. I quit last month and I believe that it's

the best thing that I've ever done in my life. I've had a rough year

and I decided that I wasn't going to take it any more. Money has been

tight lately but I know all of that is going to turn around. And with

my new found freedom and extra time on my hands - when I'm not taking

care of my kids - I started back up with my writing again.

This is a great group and I'm glad to be here. Hopefully, I'll be able

to post more often soon.

Blessings,

Selena

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Andie -

Right now it's kind of rough but I know deep down that after the

holidays are over and done with it will get so much better. The biggest

problem I'm having now is adjusting to having the kids home all of the

time. I thought work was stressful enough but when those two get to

fighting and stuff it tends to wear me down. But I have tons of ways to

relax after they get to bed, I am grateful for that!

Selena

RE: Introduction

Welcome officially to the group Selena!  I know how you feel going from

working to staying home with the kids!  Money is tight, but it does get

better...you and the kids are worth it.

Andie : )

Tilley, Wife to

Work-at-home/Homeschooling Mom to a(11), (6) and (3)

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the welcome PJ. I'm working on a couple of novels right now

along with some short stories that I've been tossing around in my head.

I do motivational stuff too, it started out being just for me but I

decided to start sharing it with others. So I keep myself busy when I'm

home with my terrible two's.

Juggling work and the kids was hard for me too. I worked full time and

this was when I was still in the military. It was really hard because

my bosses would never give me the time off I needed because I was the

most valuable person they had - too bad they didn't compensate me for it

or I might have stayed in longer. But that's another chapter of my life

that has been thankfully closed this year. That was major stress!

It's hard finding good sitters without paying an arm and a leg. I went

through 3 with my daughter before my son was born and then still went

through a couple of more. But when my husband received a discount from

his job for one of the day care centers around here we jumped on it. It

would cost us more, but the service they gave was really good. The kids

would wake up wanting to go to daycare even on the weekends. So we

decided to let them go part time now for a couple days a week so they

can play with their friends. Plus Ashlyn (my 3 yo) is in the preschool

class now and I can't get her into any of the public school preschool

programs because she's not four yet. We decided it was a good idea to

let her go and keep up with the kids her age.

You're right PJ, they are only young once. It broke my heart when I

took my kids to a picnic on base and my daughter saw her sitter there

and ran straight to her and her kids. At least she never called any of

her sitters 'mommy' like I've seen other kids do. But I knew for a

while that I would have to stop working soon because they were spending

way too much time being taken care of by someone else. And everyday it

was something new they did that I missed.

Ok, if I keep going I will end up writing a book. Lord knows I've been

through enough to write a couple of anthologies.

Selena

         Welcome, Selena. What kind of writer are you?  You might not

believe this, but we have several writers in this group!  Really! 

Maybe, they should all get together and write a book!?  Ok, maybe not. 

Glad to hear you are home with the kiddo's.  That is something I always

struggled with also.  My kids are now 22, 20, and 11 years old.  I DID

stay home with all three when they were little, although I did have to

work some off & on when all three were young, but I tried to limit it. 

I seemed to have a hard time finding the " perfect sitter " for them, and

every morning going to work, and leaving them was awful for me.  It made

me a basket case! I am now working full time and still feel guilty when

my 11 yr. old needs me during the day, and I'm only available some of

the time.  It tears at my heart. I commend you for trying to stay home

with your children.  They will only be young once, and t         

pj4mollyann

[Guest guest]

Susie,

Some days it would seem like your affirmations were meant just for me.

Especially with everything going on right now. And living on one income

isn't hard, it's convincing my husband that we can make it that's the

problem. Let's just say he isn't the affirmation type and I've tried and

I've learned that I can't make him do what he doesn't want to do. And maybe

one day he'll turn around, but it definitely won't be anytime soon.

Blessings,

Selena

Selena,

Thanks for saying my affirmations are great and on time. )

I was a stay at home MOM the whole time. God will bless you

I'm sure of it. I think anyone can live on one income we are

living proof of it.

Hugs,

Susie

[Guest guest]

Selena,

This probably isn't the case with you but back when I was feeling

unappreciated I thought " why doesn't he thank me for the things I

do " and then I asked myself " Do I thank him everytime he comes

in the door after work for all the things he does while he is there " ?

I guess now I just accept the fact that this is my job and that is.

He now does say thanks more often and I to him without even

thinking about it. I guess it comes with being together for so long. )

Hope it all works out,

Susie

Oh Susie,

One would think that true, but unfortunately he doesn't think that way.

He's out of town a lot and it would be nice if he said thanks once in a

while for all of the things I do when he's gone. But he doesn't and I'm

getting used to it. Plus it's a lot quieter when he's gone, there's

less for me to complain about (i.e. what he doesn't do) and I get a lot

of my work done. So I guess it works out, in an odd way at least.

Hopefully he catches on soon.

Blessings,

Selena

[Guest guest]

I never thought of it that way....I think I'm going to start thanking my husband

more often for the things he does for me...and see if that improves things :-)

thanks

I want him to feel appreciated, the same way I want to feel appreciated for

being a dutiful house-wife

Susie wrote:Selena,

This probably isn't the case with you but back when I was feeling

unappreciated I thought " why doesn't he thank me for the things I

do " and then I asked myself " Do I thank him everytime he comes

in the door after work for all the things he does while he is there " ?

I guess now I just accept the fact that this is my job and that is.

He now does say thanks more often and I to him without even

thinking about it. I guess it comes with being together for so long. )

Hope it all works out,

Susie

[Guest guest]

,

That is great.

I guess the changes we want to see should always start with us after all

we do reap what we sow.

Hugs,

Susie

I never thought of it that way....I think I'm going to start thanking my husband

more often for the things he does for me...and see if that improves things :-)

thanks

I want him to feel appreciated, the same way I want to feel appreciated for

being a dutiful house-wife

[Guest guest]

Without going into too much specifics, the academy decided about two

years ago not to pursue an electronic medical record developed by

the academy. There are a number of reasons and I believe they are

sound.

we are pushing for the number of critical things:

1. The continuity of care record (CCR) is a core data set that

certified electronic health records will be able to output into

various file formats (such as HTML). This includes things like

medications, past medical history, problem list, demographics et

cetera. In this way, a CCR will be able to be generated by one

electronic medical record and input into another electronic medical

record. This partially mitigates the issue of companies with strong

services and going out of business. I'm certainly well aware of the

issues with Alteer discussed on this listserv and elsewhere. you

can see a demonstration of the CCR by following a link from the CHIT

web site.

2. That companies in our partners for patients program adhere to

certain standards-the " acid test " -affordability, compatibility,

interoperability and data stewardship. This will be a way to at

least direct our members to those products that have these

reasonable features.

3. So, we are trying to standardize the system in certain ways.

I've seen prices at least in our area come down to a more reasonable

degree and competition in the marketplace seems to be working.

Regards,

Lou Spikol

Louis Spikol M.D.

Senior Healthcare IT Consultant

Center for Health Information Technology a(CHIT)

American Academy of Family Physicians

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lspikol@...

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> > I've been lurking for a number of months but would like to

> introduce

> > myself. My name is Louis Spikol and I am presently working half-

> time in

> > a two-person office in townPennsylvania.(as part of a

larger

> > hospital in practice.). I'm also the new third member of the

AAFP

> > Center for health information technology (CHIT) and would like

to

> > introduce myself in this capacity also. I've been greatly

> influenced by

> > Gordon as well as the entire IHI philosophy and I am " a

believer "

> along

> > with the rest of you. I'm also greatly influenced by business

> concepts

> > such as the Toyota production system, continuous flow, decrease

> waste

> > etc. and believe strongly that information technology greatly

> enables

> > this. In my capacity at CHIT I would like to extend an offer of

> > assistance in the realm of information technology. I would

highly

> > recommend that if you have not been at the web site-

> > www.centerforhit.org that you check it out as there is a lot of

> great

> > stuff there.This is a great discussion group with lots of

> wonderful

> > people and great ideas.

> >

> > regards,

> >

> > Lou Spikol

> >

> > Louis Spikol M.D.

> > Senior Health Care Information Technology Consultant

> > Center for Health Information Technology (CHIT)

> > American Academy of Family Physicians

> > lspikol@p...

> > lspikol@a...

> > Cell: