Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

That’s gorgeous Ribh!

Thank you. I like the pattern but it is a little time consuming.

 

[MaryJanet]

WEDNESDAY WHEREVER.
The unicorn blocks was finished with a deep border, which I think goes surprising well with it . I am now working a moss stich from a cake. I am liking this one. It is working up fast. The stitch is easy & it's not full of big holes, as crotchet patterns tend to.​

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Beautiful edging!

I'm breakfasting indoors today because we had rain overnight (yayyyy!!) and my outside chairs are damp.

 

[LozzyR]

Yep. I have heard of it & always wondered if that's my problem. Like Dyslexia it seems to manifest in different forms with different people. Most teachers haven't heard of it but it is debilitating & calculators are a godsend for people like me even for simple math. Anything complicated & I can't even remember the procedure so can't apply it on the calculator. Pages of figures are so overwhelming I can become physically ill. And like a dyslexic I have a whole heap of hacks to get around mathematically. For me, I don't learn in *straight lines* ~ which is how math operates. I tend to see the big picture & work backwards from that & that doesn't work for math.

For the last 6+ months I have been seriously wondering if I’m on the spectrum. It would explain a lot of why I am how I am and I’ve been tentatively exploring these avenues. However, as Australia places almost zero priority on mental health (I say ‘almost zero’ as there is more conversation and funding around it than there was 30 years ago), there are no public avenues in this area and ASD assessments seem to come in around 2-3K. Now, if you’re trying to get your child assessed so you can give them as much support as you can, that’s a stonkingly large amount to fork out. And for adults who want to understand themselves better, it’s almost not worth it.

 

[Ribh]

Yes, I know. I had an Aspie [pretty sure but undiagnosed] & 3 ADD ~ again undiagnosed but I had worked with enough of them to be pretty sure of my call. I also had some of these with dyslexia. Their father could barely read when I first met him ~ really bad dyslexia ~ so I know first hand how impossible it is. At my age it really doesn't seem worth chasing a professional diagnosis. Some schools are better than others, some teachers are better than others. So much depends on the luck of the draw.

 

[Ribh]

Beautiful edging!

I'm breakfasting indoors today because we had rain overnight (yayyyy!!) and my outside chairs are damp.

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I'm glad you got some rain, MJ. I saw this morning the Darling Downs area is celebrating the flooding after years of debilitating drought. Silver linings are always good.

 

[Ribh]

For the last 6+ months I have been seriously wondering if I’m on the spectrum

I meant to say there are on~line tests that will give you some idea. I found them when dealing with my lot. It's how I knew about the math thing ~ which came up when I was looking up dysgraphia, which my youngest has & which caused all sorts of drama @ one time.

 

[Ribh]

All together for this morning's ablutions.​

 

[MaryJanet]

All together for this morning's ablutions.​

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Such lovely hens! Look at them all having a session together

 

[Ribh]

Yesterday's issue was Olivia. She wanted in. Missy figured out if she opened the door Olivia would shoot in & she could then pick her up & tell me *Libby* was being bad.

We had a to~do about it in the end. Missy was told she was either in or out but she wasn't to encourage Olivia by standing in an open door. Olivia was told she was out! She wasn't getting to sit in the cat carrier & contemplate laying her egg there.

 

[Shadrach]

And plastic bubble-wrap. We call it “nom-pops”.

I have just got to find something I can use that name for.