jamie from aggieland texas

Gday Jamie, just dropping in to wish you and your family a safe and wongerful 2008.



Gail

Best wishes for the surgery, Jamie. See you when you get back.

Jamie dear hope everything goes well with your surgery. I do hope it is not the shoulder that would prevent from chatting with us.

Hi Jamie! Sending cyber wishes for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery
My husband had shoulder surgery last year. He has since recovered fully and is very happy with the results. He's pain free for the first time in a looong time
BTW, with his right arm strapped up, he taught himself to use the mouse with his left hand and continues to do so to this day!
Nothing was going to keep him away from the computer. Proves you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!

Prayers and love for you as you undego surgery, Jamie. May you heal quickly and be back to your feisty self! XO

Jamie, Good wishes for your shoulder surgery! I had that Sept. 13, 07. I managed with only aspirin and tylonal after, but the rehab is pretty uncomfortable. That was probably made worse for me since it happened the end of March and I did not know until August that I had torn cartilege and the bicept in the wrong place...out of "groove". I named my Physical Therapist "the princess of torture", but she was very good and encouraging. Is yours going to be arthroscopic? Mine was. I started what I thought would be a top 10 list of why slings s#u#c#k as soon as I got home....but it sort of turned into an encylopedia! Most challenges came from going to the bathroom and showering! When you go back to school, you may want to wear the sling a little longer than neccessary.....your students will be more carefull to not bump you! Let me know if you have questions. I don't have a page, but will watch yours!

Jamie: May all go well with your surgery. Follow the rehab exercise directions - it is the best way to recover. My prayers are with you, that all goes well.

My Mom was in her 80's when she fell and broke her arm going into the shoulder and leg going into the hip. (3 surgeries over 8 hours in Switerland). Once she returned to the USA to a hospital for rehab (stretcher flight back with a paramedic) - the doctors and nurses, thought she would be in a wheel chair the rest of her life. She sure showed them: 4 months later she was off to Maine on Holiday by herself - not even a cane (she had already climbed a ladder to pick plums - not smart). It has been 4 years and she is still doing her rehab exercises every morning - at 86 y/o. Drive & determination - you can do what you set out to do, if you believe in yourself and are willing to work for it. My prayers are with you.

PS if you read this today (Wednesday USA) - you may enjoy my seductive video from 1962 - It's not me (I could be pretty seductive back then - for hubby.)

Jamie, take care of yourself. And listen to the doctors! Don't go off trying to do something when they tell you not to! Listen to your wife! Life will be a lot easier if you do!

Jamie here's wishing you all the best with the surgery and that you are fighting fit in no time. Take care.

Hi Jamie. Just wondering how the surgery went.
Check in when you feel up to it, please. We miss you!
Sending (a very careful) cyber hug your way

Hi Jamie. Hope you are doing well and that your surgery was not your Chalkboard arm! How else would you draw geo figures on the board?

Hi Jamie! Glad to hear that you got your shoulder problem corrected, but sad to hear you will be immobolized for several weeks. Get Gus to do all the heavy lifting for you, and get well soon! Cheers!

Hi Jamie - I have had several friends who have had the surgery and they are doing great! I hope yours was successful also and your recooperation time will be short.

Jamie - I turned a couple of pages in your honor - to get to Ian's ire.

Your health was inquired about, several times - worried for you. Our prayers have been with you.

Glad to see you post. 4 weeks - Does that mean you can't grade any tests for that long?

You've been missed?

Hi Jamie! Just a quick suggestion..My husband found that sleeping in his recliner was much more condusive to sleep than trying to find a comfy position in the bed.

Hello Jamie. How's the shoulder doing? I hope it isn't causing you too much aggravation. Are you starting to gear down for retirement? Won't be more then a few months now will it? Good luck with everything.

Jamie, that is unreal, about privacy and legality issues, I had NO IDEA! like the kids do not compare grades the minute they get out of the door of your class. IDIOTS who make such rules. The pendulum has swung too far.

I have a math story that might interest you. I went back to college as an adult, nursing school. somewhere along, just before we were considered barely educated enough to give meds to patients, under supervision, we had to pass a math test. the test was figuring medication doseage. Converting mg per CC to a required amount to give, Changing CC to Miniums, and other medical stuff. Pass/fail, 85% accuracy required. practice test and two attempts to pass the test. If you did not, after all that, out of nursing program.

NOW, the way these nursing professors were teaching this, there were many many formulas that had to be learned, and if you forgot the formula, you could not work the problem. Stress makes me nervous, and forgetful.

When I was preparing for this test, I figured, there had to be some easier way to do this without all those formulas, some way that would be more accurate in the real world too.

I began working the homework problems with ratio and porportion. Checking my answers with the formula answers. In the second or third decimal space, or in fractions with large denominators, I might be off one number, ( 12/64 instead of 13/64 as example) but it would not change the amount of medication I would give. So I worked them with R and P on the "trial test" , and my instructor marked ALL of them wrong. all the instructors were checking was the results. I scheduled a meeting with both insturctors, and we had a discussion on math. Seems I knew a LOT more math than my insturctors, those formulas were the ONLY way they could work a problem! ratio and porportion was greek to them. But since I was an adult with a very high GPA, and talked nicely to them, they agreed to take my paper and thier paper to the math department and have them check.

The head of math dept looked at them and said my method and answers were perfectly right, and probably more accurate than thier formulas and with a much less chance of an error than using thier formulas!! Also asked why I had not taken any math there (one of the things I took right our of high school and was allowed to transer) AND I got to use that method on the final test, and he would check it for them. I made 100%!

Jamie, you are in my thoughts as you battle your way through the rehabilitation process. Remember, the achiness probably means that the exercises are working.

Wow, Jamie! Seems like you've had a busy couple of months! I hope your holidays were joyous, and I'm glad to see you're recovering well from surgery. And I love Molly! She is just adorable! But I still like seeing Gus, too.
I finally got a new computer, so I'm back to playing as usual. But it seems that lately the Easy game has been averaging at least 7 pages a day, and that's just too much to catch up on!
Well, I hope you have a fantastic week! (And keep doing your exercises!)

Jamie, how's rehab? going good I hope. I know how hard it is to not be able to do things as normal. Keep with the exercises and you will be as good as new, maybe better.

Jamie, Kathy's math post from yesterday:

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Here's a little exercise to check your math skills. I got it in three different e-mails yesterday. Anybody else tried it yet? Jamie, maybe your math students could have some fun with this one!!
Here is a little puzzle which will keep your brain thinking:
There are 7 girls in a bus
Each girl has 7 backpacks.
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats.
For every big cat there are 7 little cats.

Question: How many legs are there in the bus?

LOL jamie, it doesn't say they are going anywhere, so no driver is needed apparently. You don't count a driver because none is mentioned. My biggest question is "What school do they go to that they need to carry around 7 backpacks?"

Gorgeous Gussy!

Gus looks so darn cute Jamie! Very masculine! Hope you don't mind if I spike the punch!

Thanks for your good wishes, Jamie! You are going to just LOVE retirement! XO

Love Gus in his new attire. How is rehab going well I hope.

Green Gus. Oh my, you or someone (I imagine that your shoulder would still be too sore to paint) went through a lot of trouble for St. Paddy! Kind of reminds me of when I taught kindergarten. One of my very overweight student was painted green to resemble the Hulk for Halloween.

Hi Jamie,
I have cousins visiting Texas right now. They have been there three weeks and just love it.She told me that they have a choice of 75 activities...Today is 'Les Retrouvailles' meeting all francophones...with 80 tickets sold. Guess we are a bit everywhere. They usually spend all winter in Florida.

Thanks for dropping in with a welcome, Jamie. I think all the time about your retirement, and I feel badly that you are so busy now! Your day will come! The kids will really sense their loss when you leave them. XO

Jamie, Thank you! Where abouts in Maine did your daughter do summer stock theater? Just curious, as we have a theater right here in my little town. Maine is well worth the visit if you ever get a chance!

Hi again Jamie, There are several state universities in the Maine system: University of Southern Maine (USM), University of Maine,Augusta (UMA), University of Maine @Orono (UMO), University of Maine @Fort Kent (way up north in "the county"!) and one or two that I'm not thinking of off the top of my head. I would guess either USM or UMO for theater. My husband went to USM and I currently attend UMA.

The Irish-ape, Gus is adorable. Is his residence in your own yard?

where is that pesky wabbit
easter bunny where are you
are you at Jamie's house
oh come out from behind Gus
oh no he isnt there either

oops sorry bout the mess we left
vroom vroom, toot toot

OH James, oops sorry didn't mean to mix up all your papers, honestly it was that wabbit I tell you.

Happy Easter

nup, not here, nowhere to be found
easter bunny has hopped away
where has he gone
maybe he is hiding where she, who shall remain nameless, landed on her fanny
today ............
vroom vroom

where did they go, where did they go??

Happy Easter Gus.
May I have one please?

Jamie and Jeanie, you are in my thoughts.
I hope they are able to make your Mum more comfortable.
There is nothing worse than the night time phone call is there?

Jamie, so sorry about the latest development with Jeanie's mom. It's so hard on everyone dealing with the problems of aging parents. Just now took a look at your Alaska photos. So glad you were able to take that trip to "get away from it all" for a little while. Looks like you saw some wonderful sights & enjoyed yourselves. Have also marveled at the many changes Gus has gone through since Christmas!! How many coats of paint must he have on him by now???? Glad he had a few good finds on his Easter egg hunt. Hope you & all your family have a nice Easter. Also hope your shoulder is feeling much better. Are you done with physical therapy yet?

OOOOHHHHH HE IS SO CUTE!!!! I'll have a small 'hocolate egg, Gus!

Jamie - I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers! I hope you have a blessed Easter.

Give Gus a hug from me please.

Gus is really doing well with all the chocolates, hate to steal any from him...maybe later!
Happy Easter Jamie!