Well, July 2008 comes to a close today. It's a bit cooler here, but is expected to get steamy again tomorrow. Local area schools are starting back to class next week and the week after. I'm glad Eler Beth is home schooled, because I'd hate to think of putting her on a bus (or waiting in line to drop her off or pick her up) in this heat. I'm adding a subject to her school work next week, so little by little she'll be getting back into the routine.
I had to take her to her doctor today. She has a cyst on the back of her left wrist, right where the hand and wrist connect. It is a ganglian cyst, which is benign. Her doctor says the accepted treatment is to wear a velcro splint for up to 8 weeks and take 600 mg of ibuprofen three times a day. IF it doesn't go down or isn't gone by the end of 8 weeks, THEN she'll send us to the Hand Center to discuss other options. Eler Beth was SO relieved that we aren't looking at surgery right now.
As the doctor was leaving the room she said, "I won't tell you how they used to take care of this kind of cyst years ago."
And Eler Beth said, "Oh, I know! They used to SMASH them!"
Dr. Adams said, "Someone's been doing her research!" lol That's my girl!
We have one more graduation party to go to this Saturday, and then I think that's the last one for this year!! I guess Thomas and I will drive down to Mom's at some point this weekend to pick up that A/C. We'll wrap it up and put it back in its box and store it in our shed until its needed by someone.
Lately I have been enjoying myself doing some proofreading for Distributed Proofreaders. It took me a little while to get the hang of their guidelines, but I'm used to doing editing from OCR software because that's one of the things I did when I was working. This is what they do, according to their Home Page:
Site Concept
Distributed Proofreaders provides a web-based method to ease the conversion of Public Domain books into e-books. By dividing the workload into individual pages, many volunteers can work on a book at the same time, which significantly speeds up the creation process.
During proofreading, volunteers are presented with a scanned page image and the corresponding OCR text on a single web page. This allows the text to be easily compared to the image, proofread, and sent back to the site. A second volunteer is then presented with the first volunteer's work and the same page image, verifies and corrects the work as necessary, and submits it back to the site. The book then similarly progresses through two formatting rounds using the same web interface.
Once all the pages have completed these steps, a post-processor carefully assembles them into an e-book, optionally makes it available to interested parties for 'smooth reading', and submits it to the Project Gutenberg archive.
Some of the books they are converting are so interesting! I've been doing a few pages here and a few pages there, but last night I proofed for 30 minutes because I didn't want to stop reading the story! I can't remember who pointed me to the Project Gutenberg site. If it was someone who reads Dusty Pages, then thank you!
Well, I'm off of here for now. Talk to you guys later!
12 comments:
School starts back next week here also. I can't believe they are starting back so early. When I went to school (and my kids) we didn't go back until the day after labor day in September. Times have sure changed.
Hugs, Joyce
Ouch..glad they still don't smash them. I hope the brace helps. I had a friend who had to have the surgery and it was quite a while for the recovery!
I notice you homeschool. I used to be a homeschol consultant and tutor before the babies came and I have a ton of curriculum available for sale. I am not sure if you would be interested or if anyone else you know would be but it is all listed on a website: www.bricebargains.blogspot.com. Please take a look or pass on to other homeschoolers you know.
Thanks!
Janis
http://journals.aol.com/janid731/fitbyforty
The proofreading sounds interesting. Too bad it's voluteer work! LOL We don't have our curriculum bought yet. It's stressing me out but I'm sure we will find a way to get it.
Traci
Thanks for pointing out the DP website, Lori, will have a good look at that. Happy August!
thanks for the heads up about the proofreaders' site; I'll have to check it out; I like doing things like that
I can't believe schools start so early; we always went back after Labor Day; it doesn't seem right to start in the middle of summer when it is so warm; kids can't learn in that atmosphere, in my opinion; glad you home school yours!!
hard to believe this month is over; it flew by for me :)
betty
How interesting that you can do this proofreading. It seems so
worthwhile.
I hope Eler Beth can treat the cyst successfully. If not there is an
excellent Hand Clinic in Louisville, Ky. Just to keep in mind.
It has been rainy and humid here today, but we needed the rain.
Have a good day. pat
I had one in the top of my foot! 5 needles and injection and finally went away. Can not deaden foot completely so I thought I was going to jump off the table several times before it got done. lol After about 15 years it is coming back. :( Sure hope hers goes away soon. Janie
The proofreading sounds wonderful... I will check into that. I will say prayers for Eler Beth's hand. I did not know they used to smash those.... she is so smart to research this!! I bet she is smarter than all the kids who go to public school!!
Lisa
I hope that Eler Beth's cyst goes away quickly. What a smart girl she is!
The proofreading sounds fun. I have done that in the past and have always enjoyed it. I'll have to check out the Project.
-Heather
I hope her cyst goes away and she doesn't need to have it removed. Hope you have a good weekend.
Pam
Our schools have only just started their holidays, they go back to school in September
Jenny <><
The proofreading site sounds interesting, I'll check it out. I hope Eler Beth's cyst heals on its own without the need for surgery.
Lisa
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