E-mail is still down. I decided to get the children’s summer chore schedules and reading journals made.

Woke up early this morning and didn’t feel like there was anything to get out of bed. I sspend the whole day trying to clean the house and not making any progress. Anyway, when I do get up I like to get my caffeine in while I check messages and read blogs. After that I […]

I still owe you a review from my most recently read book and I’m really tired but I’ll try to give it the credit it deserves. It is a non-fiction book with several mini autobiographies of teens who have Asperger’s. One of the teens is a published author who is a bit of a celebrity. […]

Happy Birthday Noah! Today you are 8-years-old. It has flown so very quickly. You are my tender-hearted child. The third child, you spent a lot of time in my sling being carried from place to place. You had and still have a laid-back, whatever attitude about things. Falls, and scrapes don’t slow you down but […]

I was too vague with my Shrek review because Doug read it and said “so you didn’t like the movie”. I DID like Shrek 2. I thought it was well animated and funny. The soundtrack was fun and the adult jokes were quite wry. If you saw the first Shrek you know that the movie […]

I finished putting away the dinner leftovers and looked to see what everyone was doing. Amy stood naked in front of the large living room window watching Sarah and Noah out front, jumping rope in their pajamas while Tommy sang “Diamonds are Forever” along with Shirley Bassey. I would have been more upset by the […]

I let Sarah videochat with some little girls in Australia thinking they’d ask questions about likes and dislikes. Instead Sarah made faces, sent smilie icons and said “dude”. She’s almost 11 but acts between 5 and 17.

Last night I sat in bed and read instead of cleaning. I’m sorry I didn’t get any cleaning done but I can’t wait to get everyone settled in so I can read some more tonight. I’m not giving my review until I’ve finished the book but I can already say that I’m having a very […]

Why I shouldn’t shop at Wal-Mart: The Wal-Mart You Don’t Know How Wal-Mart is Remaking our World Wal-Mart: Big… and Bad? There are many more articles and websites anti Wal-Mart. Why I do shop at Wal-Mart: They are cheap and it’s easier to buy groceries (canned goods and sodas), toys, DVDs, cleaning supples and home […]

The movie started with previews that looked like they were the best parts of the movie and a very funny ‘turn off your cell phone’ bit. OK, don’t go see Shrek 2 if you expect a new ‘moral’ ala Toy Story 2. The end is the same and there are no surprises but it doesn’t […]