I recently shared our family’s experience when we attended a local show of the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). Clearly the boys and man in my family are huge fans of professional wrestling. Getting to attend a live event is super special for them since it doesn’t happen where we live very often, but they definitely […]
21 Jump Street movie thinks making fun of autism is comedy
March 14, 2012 · by · 19 Comments
I’ve talked about my son Cody on more than one occasion. More specifically, I’ve talked about his autism and how challenging it can be, but also how much of an amazing gift he is to our family and everyone he comes in contact with. Last week I wrote a post about something I feel strongly about, […]
I will never like to clean – a Shaklee Product Review
March 13, 2012 · by · 10 Comments
When I was a teenager Saturday was cleaning day in our house and if I wanted money to go roller skating much of the responsibility of that cleaning fell on my shoulders. I hated cleaning, but I did it since it meant I earned the money necessary to go spend time doing what I loved most […]
Spread the Word to End the Word
March 7, 2012 · by · 8 Comments
Spending my day as I usually do online I saw a tweet from Tanis that caught my attention. The tweet had a link to this post at her blog, The Redneck Mommy. Of course I clicked over because she often writes about her adorable son with special needs, which was the case in this particular post. I […]
I love my family
March 6, 2012 · by · 2 Comments
I always dreamt of having a daughter and all of the girly things we would do together, like going for manicures, brushing each other’s hair or going shopping together, but in reality I gave birth to two boys. I love them beyond words and I wouldn’t change a thing, but sometimes a girl just needs to feel like […]
When empty feels good
March 2, 2012 · by · 6 Comments
When we downsized and moved into a duplex nearly three years ago we simply didn’t have the space to store all of our belongings. Realizing we didn’t really have any other choice, we broke down and rented a storage unit, a payment I hated to send every single month. Paul and I talked many times about how nice it would be to […]
Outside my window
March 1, 2012 · by · 5 Comments
The forecast for today called for snow, what I thought was going to be a few inches of snow, but ended up being a whole lot more. People who live in Maine know to only half listen to the meteorologists because things can change minute by minute. It’s just how it goes. School was canceled for the kids and we […]
Our leap year anniversary
February 29, 2012 · by · 4 Comments
Back when Paul and I were first a couple, many, many years ago, numbers seemed to matter a lot to me. The day he asked me to be his girlfriend was the 29th of the month. It was the month of August, though, a month that has more than 29 days every single year. Fast forward […]
A whirlwind trip, a bad parenting moment, and the PS Vita
February 24, 2012 · by · 16 Comments
One of the things that is most difficult about living up here in this rural area of Maine is that I rarely get to any events or conferences where I can spend time with other bloggers. I often crave that time as it’s the best way to build on our personal connections, network with like-minded […]
