Open Houses and Open Hearts

Last night was Open House Night at Spiff’s school, and we “walked” his class schedule for the evening, spending about 10 minutes in each of his classes (he has 7 of them). I was really looking forward to this, because there were a few teachers I hadn’t met yet and there were some changes made [...]

When My Child Proves Me Wrong, and I’m Okay With It

All of us who work with Spiff had SERIOUS reservations about his transition to Middle School. I think the only one who didn’t have reservations was Spiff, and all he was worried about was the fire drills.
We should have listened to him. He knew of what he spoke.
It is now two and a half [...]

A Death in the Family

Count Cadifor Ionnain Fishy-Fish passed away last night.
We are very sad.
We’ll miss him.
Sigh.

Because You KNOW No Female Came Up With This Ad Campaign

So Mother Nature’s painters are in and doing a bit of remodeling, which required me to go out and purchase some sanitary napkins (or pads to you youngsters). I chose Always, because I had a coupon, they were on sale, they had those wing things on the sides, and they were thin. Perfect! Wrap those [...]

Fear and Loathing in the Parenting of an Asperger’s Child

It has taken me and the Hubby a long time to get where we are today when it comes to the advocacy of (now both of) our boys. It has been a long, hard road, that both of us never thought we would be going down. It’s a road that has made us better parents, [...]

Proof My Puzzles Are, In Fact, Cool

Some Photographic Evidence that I am addicted to puzzles and they some hang as art in my home:

This one hangs in my kitchen. It’s one of my favorites. I put this one together when I was pregnant with Scamp.

This one I did while I was pregnant with Spiff. Hubby and I had the glue at [...]