[blparent] Pieces, pieces, everywhere!

[Veronica Smith]

Funny! Now we all know. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 10:24 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Pieces, pieces, everywhere!

I used to wonder why Gerald and Carla could never seem to get their kids to 
have the basement picked up when I went over there.  Ballad liked to chew on

small toys, and she still does.  Now I know.  Heck, some days I just kick a 
path through the rubble and call it good!

Jo Elizabeth

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify 
the hunters.--African Proverb

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 9:58 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Pieces, pieces, everywhere!

> Something funny, way back in the time before Gab I had a friend named
> Phyllis and she had 3 sons.  Well she used to tell me stories about 
> getting
> up in the middle of the night and stepping on small toy pieces.  Like I
> said, this is way before I had a child of my own.  I remember saying to 
> her
> time and time again, just put all the toys away before you all go to bed.
> She replied, some day you will know.
> Well, I have found out something very interesting.  Toys multiply at night
> while you are sleeping.  You think you put thenm all away, but when you 
> get
> up in the middle of the night, there they are again waiting for you to 
> step
> on them!  (lol).! V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Robert Shelton
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 7:41 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Pieces, pieces, everywhere!
>
> Searching for small objects is a classical problem for blind people.  This
> is probably well known to everyone, but in case it isn't, here goes.
>
> Some years ago, I changed from a relatively heavy collapsible aluminum 
> cane
> (rehab special) to a light, sensitive carbon fiber type.  It's a gigantic
> improvement as a navigation tool, but one unexpected use was as a search
> tool.  I lay it flat on the floor and gently sweep out the area.  It is
> extremely light and I can sense even tiny objects.  Of course, it covers a
> vastly greater area than I can sweep with my hands.  Hope this helps.
>
> --Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto [mailto:jopinto at pcdesk.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:18 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] Pieces, pieces, everywhere!
>
> Hi, all.  Sarah got a lot of nice gifts for Christmas.  Among them were 
> some
> Little People toys, some finger puppets, and replacement animals for her
> depopulated Noah's Ark.  She also has had some basic puzzles and shape
> sorters.  It's only been a few days since the holiday, but the question is
> already coming up for me: How do I go about keeping track of all the 
> little
> pieces?  Sarah's napping, and I usually take that opportunity to put
> everything away.  I like her to wake up to a neat room, if only so she can
> mess it up all over again.  But I find that I'm missing pieces to some of
> the Little People toys and puzzles, and I've crawled around searching 
> under
> and behind furniture.  Is this just going to be the way it is, or is there
> some ingenious method I don't know of to keep track of all this stuff?
> Thanks.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify
> the hunters.--African Proverb
>
>
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