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Why does this child insist on taking on these steps?  She gives me little heart attacks every time she goes up or down.  I just need to remember that children were raised in houses with stupid staircases for a hundred years.  Yeah.  Remember that. 

I started a chart for chores in which the chore kid can earn 1 star for every chore he/she does.  5 stars equals 1 ticket.  the tickets, in turn get saved up for fun stuff.
50 tickets = small treat (a soda, dollar store toy, etc. )
100 tickets = 5.00
150 tickets = 8.00
200 tickets = 10.00
300 tickets = king for a day-no chores, I bake them a cake, 10.00 to spend on fun, can stay up, supper out.
Each week 1 ticket is given for allowance.  Special good behavior will earn tickets, cooperation, thoughtfulness, being helpful without asking, doing chores for grandma, etc.  On the other hand, bad behavior can lose you tickets. Either they are lost to me, or to the person you have wronged.  An example would be if Lucas hit his sister, he would need to apologize and give Yaya one of his tickets.

Today is the first day and so far, Luke has 3 stars and Yaya has none.  Meh.

I went to see the surgeon today.  I'm normal.  I guess all the crap I am going through is due to my extended limb, that is because of my excessive weight, he lengthened my roux so that instead of being 3 feet long, it is 7 feet long.  Everything I eat is hitting my colon really fast I guess and it all needs time to learn to adjust.  I've taken to eating with a baby spoon to keep me from eating too much at once, then I wait a minute between each bite so I can feel the fullness before its too full.  Fullness is nothing like it used to be.  it comes on really unexpectedly and sudden and then its more of a cramping...its hard to explain, but its hard to deal with anyway.

I just helped yaya clean her room.  For some reason she can't even do 1 chore.  Finally she has a star.  it was like pulling teeth, but then again, this is why I set this chore chart up, to motivate her to help a little bit.