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MusicLast Nov the kids decided to become a band called "The Rockers". They made a big poster and set up a backdrop on my bed to hide the books behind it. They put some music on and danced and played to their sole audience: mom. They were very cute.

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Our refrigerator was supposed to arrive Wednesday evening and be delivered on Thursday morning. Thursday came and went and we heard nothing. Friday morning was easing it's way out and still there was nothing. So I called. Our refrigerator did not arrive until today. Well that was okay, until he told me when they could deliver it. Sunday! Sunday morning no less when we are at church. Well, that

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On the very first day of school, the VERY FIRST DAY, Kristin came down with a cold. She already was feeling anxious about school without adding in the factor of a cold. Colds just wear you out and it can be very difficult to enjoy things. Her very first week of school didn't turn out to be the best. Of course, she also shared her little virus with me. Isn't that just lovely? I started feeling

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Today's theme is Dirty. This picture was taken on a trip to Mt. Lassen, CA in 2002. Mt. Lassen is a national park. It is a dormant volcano and thus there is lots of volcanic ash on the ground. The kids of course are covered with it, much to their delight.

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Our refrigerator has died. Well, almost anyways. Our freezer is not freezing any more and all our food has defrosted. We were finally able to get a repair man out yesterday. The compressor is not working and there is only a small portion of gas remaining. It is very expensive to fix a compressor so we need to buy a new refrigerator, not that they are inexpensive either. Arrrghhhh....I did some

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Today's theme is Happy.Happy is eating Ice Cream....

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We've heard back from Stanford and all of Ian's tests came back negative, except for one. His CK levels are still a little high, but nothing to worry about according to the doctor. They had tested him for Fragile X and a Coenzyme Q10 and both were negative. His Carnitine levels were also normal. He has been on a supplement since November and it obviously has helped to normalize the Carnitine in

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Less than one week until school starts and panic has set in here. Kristin is totally freaked out about Middle School. As the time approaches to go back to school, she gets more and more upset, crying and looks of terror on her face when I suggest we go down to the school. I know going to middle school can be challenging, but it shouldn't be that big of an impact for her. The reason I say this is

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We got back yesterday from our trip to Montana and Yellowstone. We had a great time! I'd show you some pictures, but my digital camera died a while ago and I only have my regular camera. I'll have to develop the film soon so I can show you how beautiful everything was.Ian did very well on the trip. Though once we got to one place, he was ready to go on to the next one. He kept asking over and

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We are heading off for Montana and Yellowstone today. We'll be back in about 10 days.

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5 minutes for mom has posted a blog about Autism and has asked readers to share their stories. I'd like to share ours, but before I do, here are some statistics. There are 1 out of 150 children on the Autistic spectrum. There are 67 new cases every day in the U.S. and a child is diagnosed every 20 minutes. The CDC says it is a national health problem. Certainly as a teacher, I have seen more and

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Julie at TeacherJulie.com tagged me with this meme. The rules are:1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.2. List eight (8) random facts about yourself.3. Tag eight people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment in their blog.Here we go....1. I research things to death. Really! Give me something, anything and

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This is my great, great grandfather, Ben Falk. He was one of the original founders of Anaconda, Montana. We'll be heading up there on Friday. I wrote a little post about our trip here.

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I had to really search through my photo collection to find this. This is a picture of Tim and I so, so many years ago. This isn't our normal attire. We had actually dressed up for a halloween party as a couple of rock stars. I think we did a pretty good job of it.PhotoHunt

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I am so excited!! We are heading to Montana next week and I just talked to a historian in Anaconda who remembered my ancestors. My great, great grandfather was one of the founders of Anaconda. He was the first butcher on the first street in Anaconda. Supposedly none of my ancestors live there now, but there is a Gulch named after my grandfather. The historian will be at the historical society

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I've been tossing around the idea about starting a new blog. While looking for Hope is more of a personal blog, I was thinking about starting a blog about special needs and information and resources for parents. This is a topic I care very much for and I really want to help educate parents and educators about special needs and thus in turn help the children. What pushed me to seriously

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Here it is. The big day. We have been waiting for this appointment for close to four months. We will be heading down there this morning. Ian keeps asking whether he will have a blood test or not. I told him probably, but I don't really know. I guess we'll find out when we get there. I'll keep you posted.

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Today's photo hunt theme is creative. Ian made this last year in art and even entered it in the county fair. He got a ribbon for participating. They don't give awards for kids 8 and younger. He was 7 when he did this.

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Today we had to put Mocha down. His cancer was spreading and he was losing weight. We didn't want him to suffer. I told the kids that today was the day and to take the rats out this morning and play with them and give Mocha extra love. Kristin and I have been crying off and on this morning. Ian doesn't seem to really understand. When I got home he asked where Mocha was. I tried explaining

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Did you know that most American babies are being tested for genetic disorders? There are 29 genetic conditions that newborns can be tested for and 88 percent were tested last year. This is up from 38 percent two years ago. Certainly when my children were born genetic testing was not even routinely done. Kristin was tested for PKU, but Ian was not. Makes me wonder that if this testing was

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Today's photo hunt is shadows. I chose a picture I took of the Grand Canyon in 2005. I love the play of the shadows across the canyon.

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For some strange reason my photo hunt picture is not showing up. I can view it from the "edit post" section, blogger says it is published, but I'ts not showing up. I have a great photo too, imo.

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This is a sticky note which will stay on top of the other posts until July 4th.5 minutes for mom is having a 4th of July contest. Go check it out and sign up to win some great prizes.

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As I was looking around The Autism Society of America website I found a science article about a study done by MIT. The researches had been able to reverse autisim symptoms in laboratory mice. This is truly good news! More research obviously needs to be done, but at least we seem to be heading in the right direction. Now, there is Looking for Hope and finding some.

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Yesterday we went to the Alameda County Fair. It was a beautiful day! We couldn't have asked for a better day, the temperature was warm, but not too hot and there was a cool breeze. The kids did great and there was only minimal arguing between the two. All four of us had entered something into the fair and that was fun to see. It was a little difficult looking for the kids art projects, but it

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The photo hunt theme today is Sweet. These photos were taken by my friend Frida in December of 2004 when she was just starting up her business. In case anyone is worried about copyright infringement, Frida gave me several photos to do with as I wish. I wanted to share with YOU her wonderful work and my darling children.

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It's been a while since I've posted a Tackle It Tuesday and it's obvious in my house. So here I am! My digital camera is out of commission at the moment, so you will just have to visualize this mess. I have a sewing chest where I just throw anything and everything to do with sewing. Not that I do much sewing, but I do seem to have gathered quite a collection of buttons. You know the kind I mean,

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Our rat Mocha is ill. His scrotum is very swollen. He's been acting lethargic and won't come to me when I call him. Usually Mocha and his brother Max follow me every where and they will come right up to me when I click my tongue. Kristin and I took him to the vet today and we were told that his liver is swollen and it feels like there is some kind of mass in there. His kidneys were okay

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The Saturday Photo Hunt for this week is Shiny. I had a little trouble with this one, but after thinking about it for a while (and rummaging through my stores of photos), I came across this one. The year is 2003 and Kristin had just finished reading her 100th book. The library gave her this beautiful medal and ribbon. She was very proud. And yes, I know it's Sunday. Better late than never!

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This poor blog. It has been very neglected. My wireless connection has been down, my laptop has been hardwired to my desktop, my desktop has been acting up and I haven't been able to blog. I have the most uncomfortable chair at my desk and I can hardly stand to sit there. Yes, I know, why don't I buy a new chair? I should, but I just don't have the energy or the enthusiasm to look for one. I've

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This is my niece after a trip to Libby Lu. My daughter Kristin and my niece both love to go and have their hair done. When we travel to Atlanta, Libby Lu is always on the agenda.

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My daughter had just made a smoothie with ice, whip cream and vanilla. She loved it and apparently so did the cat!

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Today is book club. I look forward to this day every month. We usually get together on the last sunday of the month, but because of Memorial day we are getting together tonight. The book we read this month is "The Sunday List of Dreams" by Kris Radish. I know there are a few of us who did not like it. Sometimes it was interesting, but other times, I just had to put it down. It could really

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Today's photo theme is art. This is a drawing my daughter did in the summer of 2004. She was 8 years old. She did it free style with only verbal guidance from my husband. While she hasn't submitted this to the county fair. She has submitted other pictures and won first place. She's a wonderful artist and seems to truly enjoy it.

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Today's theme is colorful. I took this picture back in April of 2005 at Safari West. Safari West is located in Santa Rosa, CA. At Safari West you get on a safari vehicle and they drive you around a large preserve with free ranging African animals. It was amazing to be that close to the animals. A little safari right at home.

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Today's photo hunt theme is five. Trying to think of something even remotely interesting I came up with the idea of 5 hands with 5 fingers. Has anyone ever wondered why we have 5 fingers and 5 toes on each hand and foot? Why cats and dogs and 5 digits on their paws? Why there are 5 bones in a bats wing?

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I received this newsletter from the Papolos' yesterday and I wanted to share it with you. It is in celebration of the mothers and fathers who deal with the bipolar illness that affects our children, but it is also a celebration of those mothers and fathers who deal with any children with a mental disorder. Mental illness is still taboo in our society and it shouldn't be. We need to throw off the

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I was poking around the web when I came across Charlie Fox's blog about special education law. Mr. Fox is an attorney in Chicago, Illinois and also the parent of a child with special needs. This blog is a definite read. He discusses special education news, IDEA 2004, The No Child Left Behind Act, parent advocacy and so much more. He also has an extensive "related sites" on his side bar. For

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The theme for today's photo is childhood. I grew up in Georgia, just south of Atlanta. As a child, one of our favorite activities was to collect fireflies in little glass jars. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay area, my children have not had the opportunity to see fireflies. In the summer of 2005 I took the kids to visit their grandma who still lives in Georgia. One warm evening the fireflies

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Heather is undergoing surgery for a brain tumor this morning at the Mayo clinic. Please pray for her and her family. If you wish to join a prayer chain head on over to Kelli's blog Living in Grace.

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I have been feeling so tired all day long. I tried laying down when I got home late this afternoon, but of course I couldn't rest. Thankfully Tim came home and made a wonderful dinner. Shrimp pasta! Yum, Yum. Afterwards I sat down to read some of my favorite blogs and I was just draggin. I was about to give up when something caught my eye. 5 minutes for mom is having a Mother's Day Contest

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I've just got the news that Ian's psychologist is closing her practice in two months. I feel like crying. It took me a long time to find the right psychologist for him. It took even longer for Ian to establish a trusting relationship with her and now I have to do it all over again. Ian's case is not an easy one. I've talked to some psychologist who won't even take his case because it is so

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I had a little difficulty coming up with a picture for today's theme when my husband suggested I put up a picture of Juabite. After I rolled my eyes, he told me a little history about it and how he was involved. There are only about 20 of these specimens in the world. Now that's rare! This is a really good example of Juabite that my husband gave to his friend, Brent Thorne. Tim also gave a

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Today's theme is steps. I took this picture last August at Pt. Reyes. It was a beautiful day though chilly. We had to walk all the way down these stairs to visit the light house (see the tiny circular building). That was the easy part. The hard part was climbing back up the stairs. Well, at least for me. The kids ran up them! Don't you wish you had that much energy?

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Today at 12pm Eastern time, there will be a time of prayer for those students and teachers killed at Virginia Tech. Church bells will ring across the country at that time. Please take a moment to say a prayer for their families. They are also asking people to wear Virginia Tech's colors in memory of those killed. Virginia Tech's colors are orange and maroon. I'll be praying today at 9am, pacific

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1. Always and I mean always, bring someone to support you. If your spouse or significant other can’t come with you, bring a friend or anyone you trust. Having a second pair of ears is invaluable as well as the comfort of having someone with you that’s “on your side”. 2. Expect and prepare for the worst, but hope for the best. It is better to be pleasantly surprised than to be shocked or in

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This is my silly husband at Kristin's 11th birthday! Isn't he cute!

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The theme this week is Hobbies. I love taking pictures. My camera is always with me. My husband often tells me to put down the camera and enjoy myself, but what he doesn't understand is I AM. I can't think of anything better than recording the memories of our family. We visited the Grand Canyon in 2005. It was amazing. I took so many pictures. This is one of our favorites.

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Have you ever seen Exteme Makeover Home edition? In our area it comes on every Sunday evening at 8 am. My daughter and I try to watch it every week, even though we end up crying. In this weeks episode the family has a young girl who has a hole in her heart. She's had 3 surgeries. EM Home edition built this family a beautiful home with a special venilation system for the young girl so she can

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Last week we started transitioning Ian back to school. He spent an hour in class both Monday & Tuesday afternoon. The class watched a movie and we wanted to show Ian that school can be fun too. He was excited and wanted to come back. His friends were very excited to see him and he had two playdates this past weekend. He went to his friend's house for one of the playdates even though he was

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I've been gone a long time. Life just came crashing down all over me and I just couldn't keep up with everything. I dropped just about everything, including blogging. My family needed me and I needed to focus on them and myself. I'm happy to say that things are much, much better. For a quick recap (I hope). Ian was pulled out of school by the doctors. I was/am taking care of him full time. We

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ADD has taken over once again. I try to get something done, I truly do, but I just go off into tangents. I'm very non-linear according to Tim. I was thinking about a project for Tackle-it-Tuesday. When I put all the Christmas decorations out, I had to move the card table with the keyboard on it and all my baskets. I couldn't find a suitable place, so I stuck the table in front of a bookcase

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Thirteen fun pictures from Disney LandFor the Thanksgiving break, we headed down to the L.A. area to visit with friends and to go to Disney Land. We had a great time and I wanted to share some fun pics with you. I tried to put these pictures up last month, but my computer kept crashing. So here they are now.1. Kristin and I love the Grizzly River Run in California Adventures. There was no wait,

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The doctors found nothing wrong with Tim's heart! They think it was a combination of dehydration and high blood pressure. Tim needs to follow up with his doctor and figure out a course of action on lowering his blood pressure. Tim told them that when he is stressed he chews on tobacco. A nasty habit if you ask me! (Not that anyone asked.) Anyways, they want him to quit right away and find

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How was your New Year? Hopefully it was better than ours. We started the New Year with a trip to the emergency room. It's not Ian this time, it's Tim. Around 12:40 he took Ian upstairs to bed and he started to not feel well. His heart was pounding, he had shortness of breath and felt light headed. He sat down for a few minutes and that seemed to help, but he was still not feeling right. He

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Are you done yet? I am never done this early with Christmas shopping and wrapping and baking, but this year I am! It seems a little weird actually. At the minimum, I always have wrapping to do and it always gets done late at night. Yes, on Christmas Eve.Saturday, I told my husband that I did not want to spend the evening wrapping presents. I wanted to spend quality time with the family, just

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I started to write this blog last Friday, but I seem to be having a run of bad luck.Thursday evening, I broke the hat to a snowman at Starbucks. Thankfully I didn't have to pay for it. I felt horrible, but at least I modeled to the kids how to take responsibility for your actions. Then when I got home, I broke one of my votive candle holders. I was crushed. I just sat down and cried. The kids

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Thirteen fun pictures from Disney LandFor the Thanksgiving break, we headed down to the L.A. area to visit with friends and to go to Disney Land. We had a great time and I wanted to share some fun pics with you.1. Kristin and I love the Grizzly River Run in California Adventures. There was no wait, so we rode it twice. It’s the best way to get wet. 2. I'm shippin' the kids off to their aunt

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My Tackle It Tuesday this week is my wrapping paper disaster area. I have a container where I keep all the misc. Wrapping paper, gift bags, tissues and gift boxes. It is overflowing and it takes me forever to find anything. I figured if I was going to have it out to wrap gifts, I might as well organize it and make my life easier. Here is the overflowing mess.....I threw away old crumpled bows

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After having been "gone" from the blogsphere for a few weeks, I'm ready to be back. It has been extremely difficult around here and I've had no energy and no enthusiasm for writing or sharing. We seem to be back on track now and I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Last week I went on paid family leave and what a difference. I had no idea how much of a difficult time I was having just trying to

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Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. We drove down to L.A. last night to visit a close friend. We got in at midnight. Usually we don't leave that late in the evening, but my husband had a training class. It worked out however, because we hardly hit any traffic. I'm glad, because boy was my husband cranky. He doesn't often get this way, but last night, wow! If the traffic had been

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My Tackle It Tuesday is my school work. I actually started on Saturday, because there was no way I was going to be able to do it all today. I'm always behind in my reading for my classes. This semester has been particularly bad because of all the things happening at home. I have a test next Monday and I decided I was not going to be reading all week and then making a mad scramble to finish all

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For a change, I have Kristin home with me. She's not often sick. She's had this rash on her face and it keeps spreading. At first we thought she was getting pimples, but each day more and more kept showing up. Then today she had another "flat" rash on her other cheek. She also doesn't feel well. So we decided to keep her home and take her to the doctor. I guess I should say I stayed home.

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Things have been pretty rough around here. We've just been going through the routines of the day and not much else. It's still stressful around here, but I'm starting to feel a little bit more "awake". I saw a psychiatrist for the first time ever on Monday and he put me on this new antidepressant. It seems to be working. Both the psychiatrist and the psychologist want me to go on disability.

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Grab the Scavenger Hunt code.Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. I took this picture when I was at Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. The tiger was walking back and forth beneath this window and by standing on a side ledge, I was able to get a great picture.

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Thirteen ways I'm going to celebrate my birthdaySaturday is my birthday! Yea! So my Thursday thirteen is about the 13 wonderful great ways I'm going to celebrate my birthday.1. I'm going to sleep in and I'm not going to get up early no matter who wakes me up!2. I'm shippin' the kids off to their aunt for the rest of the weekend and maybe my hubby will take them, so I can sleep in even more!!

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Except for a glitch in the original plans, everything went well yesterday with the MRI. What was the glitch? Well, they were concerned with a potential risk associated with Ian's "lack of muscle tone". At first, I couldn't figure out what the nurse practitioner was talking about. Finally I asked her if she was referring to Ian's Motor Co-ordination disorder at which she responded yes.

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This week I decided to tackle my bedroom closet. What a mess! I've just been using it as a dumping ground and even Tim was starting to complain. It was buggin' me too, so as soon as I had a chance I tackled it. Here are some pictures of the mess:I had dumped clothes that I was giving away on the floor, I had dumped all my summer shoes next to the closet, I had scrapbooking material everywhere

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Tomorrow Ian goes in for a MRI. Since he is so young we have to give him a general anesthesia. I'm not too worried about the procedure, just about Ian's reaction to it. Luckily, I've had two MRI's already, so I can talk to him about what will happen and show him that everything will be okay. "We are just going to take a picture of your brain. How cool is that?" He will still get anxious, I

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Dark nights, castles, swords, dark knights with glowing eyes that shoot things out of their eyes. There are two teams, a castle team, and a team to destroy the castle, but they will all lose because of the evil knights. They are in a desert and there are crocodiles. There are lots of trap doors. This is a game Ian is acting out. It has lots of explosions and other sounds. When Ian plays this

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Thirteen minerals my husband and I have hand collectedThe mineral images seen below were downloaded from the mindat.org website. We don't have the means currently of taking pictures of the small crystals that we usually collect. However, these images are very similar to the minerals in our collection.Blogger is NOT cooperating with me, so you will have to wait for the pictures. I'm soooo bummed

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Yea!!! I got all my conferences done! I'm very pleased. Now tonight I get to relax! It has been so busy and hectic around here. It has been one thing after another. My child has been having a difficult time, so he's been home with me, besides running back and forth seeing as well as talking to the doctor's via the phone. I'm taking an abnormal psychology class and I was behind in that and

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My Tackle It Tuesday is Parent-Teacher Conferences. They're due tomorrow and of course I've left them for the last moment. I don't mean to do these things, but inevitably it happens(I mean waiting till the last moment). I have actually started on a few of them but have only finished one. So I decided this would be a great Tackle It Tuesday. Thankfully I only have 8 conferences to do. My

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Tomorrow is Ian's annual IEP. I'm a little nervous about it, well, okay more than a little. His psychologist is going to be there too. Usually I'm not nervous, but so much has been happening with Ian that I'm not really sure what to expect. His doctors would like him to have an aide in the classroom and I agree. His psychologist would like him to be in a smaller classroom, but I don't want

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I was tagged by Brony at Parenting with a Mental Illness to do a word MeMe. This is where I define 4 words that she has listed. Here goes…Sleep – What’s that? Sleep seems to be one of those random things in my life where I might get enough, might not, and may or may not be interrupted. Hmmm, this sounds a lot like the next word. Sex – See abovePlant – I’d like to plant my bottom in a chair

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The boys having an intense conversation about science.Technorati Tags: Wordless Wednesday

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Tackling the Refrigerator. This is the place that always seems to get covered in pictures, important notices, and coupons. Often I don't even remember the coupons until they have expired or notices of school information until it is too late. That's because they always get buried beneath the pictures the kids like to put up there. I then seem to only notice the pictures. So I decided that I really

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Recently, there have been some instances at my children's school, where another child was/is being bullied. Other children have witnessed it and the mother of the child has witnessed it. "Supposedly", we have a no tolerance policy. The perpetrators have been called into the office and spoken too. The children continued to bully the other child. The mother has been told that letters have been

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Grab the Scavenger Hunt code.Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Isn't she cute? She loves her kitties and sleeps with one every night.

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If you are looking for cheerful, happy fun, you have come to the wrong place. I'd advise running far away. Really! Get going. If however, you wish to read about depressed people or even grumpy ones, well.... I guess I can't stop you.I'm having a bad day! Not just a little bit of a bad day, but a HUGELY horrible day. It didn't help that I only got 6 hours of sleep last night. That's enough

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Thirteen Things about how your kids can drive you up the wallMy children were driving me bonkers today, so I thought I'd blow off some steam with today's Thursday Thirteen. Normally they are very sweet and helpful, but there are those days....1. All of a sudden, without prior knowledge they don't like their favorite foods. In our house it went like this: "Let's have _____ for dinner." "I

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Have you had a chance to meet little Emma Grace? If you haven't please visit Heather from My Midlife Moments. Emma Grace is Heather's miracle girl. She suffers from a very rare disorder known as Mitochondrial Myopathy. Last night she was flown to the children's transplant hospital and placed in ICU. She is very ill and has a high fever and high heart and respiratory rates. Please pray for

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Technorati Tags: Wordless Wednesday

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Here is some miscellaneous information for you. Maybe ramblings would be a better word.Did you know:20 to 30% of Americans have a mental health disorder in any given year.No one is mentally healthy all the time!Mental health is not the absence of problems.One type of Dementia is from too much or over use of prescription medicine. America's first mental hospital was founded by Benjamin

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I've been wanting to put up various pictures of us, but couldn't quite figure out the best way. So I decided I would create another blog with just pictures. It's called A Plethora of Pictures. I hope you will visit. I'd like to do a slide show on the sidebar of my main blog. If you know how to do that, could you please let me know how? I'd greatly appreciate it. By Dr. Suess: I like

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I want to say thank you to all of you for all your prayers and thoughts over this past week. I especially want to say thanks to my sister "cat" and to "Brony". Your thoughts and comments have meant so much to me in this crisis of ours. Thank you! Thank you! I truly believe that God has been with us through all of this. Things have turned out much better than I had hoped for and I feel much

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I am feeling so down. Yesterday was a very, very hard day. Ian started talking to me about thoughts in his head that he was going to die, insurance was giving me the run around, and every psychiatrist they told me to contact wouldn't take Ian's case for one reason or another. The last one I called told me I should take Ian to the emergency room. I was still going around in circles with

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Last night Ian was suicidal. Thankfully it really scared him and he came to me right away. We calmed him down and he fell asleep in daddies lap. I called his psychologist right away and had a long discussion with her. She had just gone to a conference on Pediatric Bipolar and had learned quite a lot. She learned some new info about medicine and how it can affect children, especially children

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I must apologize. I have been so very busy I haven't had anytime to write in my blog, let alone visit any one else. I've been very reminiscent, so I thought I'd let you know what my chaotic life has been like. Are you ready?Ian has been having a difficult time at school. I've gotten many calls from the school, because he keeps going into the office complaining of being sick, but he's fine at

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Head on over to Blogging Chicks for more remembrances of September 11.My remembrance of September 11 is below.

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Being on the West coast and sound asleep at the time, I had no idea what was transpiring on the other side of our country. A phone call woke me up. It was my sister in Atlanta, GA. She said "Turn on your TV! Turn on your TV!"The panic in her voice had me leaping out of my bed, not even pausing to get my glasses so I could even see the TV. I turned it on, watching the coverage about the

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Thirteen Things about Down Syndrome1. Down Syndrome is a chromosome abnormality, usually due to an extra copy of the 21st chromosome.2. Down Syndrome is the most common genetic condition. One in 733 babies is born with Down Syndrome.3. 80% of adults with Down syndrome live to be 55 years of age and many live longer.4. Down Syndrome is a developmental disorder.5. Individuals with Down

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Did you see 5 minutes for mom's article on Spotlight on Jessica? It is a great article and if you haven't read it head on over and check it out. Jessica from It's not about your stuff is going to be doing an monthy Ask the organizer on 5 minutes for mom. I went over to check out her site and found some wonderful resources on getting organized. Any one who knows me, knows I really need to get

Turtleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507136316937954869noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31430438.post-1157396416818965802006-09-04T11:45:00.000-07:002006-09-04T12:00:16.833-07:00

I did it. I did the big no-no. My son and daughter were playing checkers and he got mad at her for something she did that he didn't like. This happens quite a bit, he has just a "little" problem with playing games and being a good sport about it. She had run out of pieces to crown her men with and so she put a little yellow disk on top of her king and called him a cheese head. Well, Ian just

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I've been doing a lot of organizing and sorting this weekend. I've been looking for a certain piece of paper that a party we are in litigation with supposedly sent to us. Even though neither my husband nor I ever remember seeing this paper, I thought, "It never hurts to look again". Nonetheless, I haven't found this paper, but I did find some other very interesting things. I was searching

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