Michael asks some very good questions about allowing homeschooled students to participate in public school sports. After you read his post and tell him your thoughts, think about it from a different angle. Should homeschooled students who have special needs be able to get speech therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy through the schools? Should […]

Q – When is a visit from Mobile Crisis not a bad sign? A – When it’s Alice and she has baby gifts! Thank you Alice!

Noah is home sick. I think he has strep and my Mother thinks he has a sinus infection but it doesn’t matter either way because the pede refuses to see him. “Wait 48 hours and see if it goes away.”

Life is complicated with its ifs and ands and buts It’s alright to be crazy, just don’t let it drive you nuts.

I can’t lift the storage stuff that lives in our bedroom instead of the garage. I can’t eat anything I want to eat. I can’t afford to shop for the new baby. Can’t mow, can’t make a flower bed, can’t paint and can’t fix any of the broken stuff over here. Can’t stand being completely […]

When asked last week what she wants for her pending graduation, a teenaged relative replied, “A new laptop, an ipod, a digital camera, a cell phone or you can just give me cash and I’ll pick out what I want.” That made me think about my own high school graduation gifts a zillion years ago. […]

Bad parenting tip for the day – When the two year old is pretending she's a dog and you want her to eat a meal, sneak her bites of food under the table. "Good doggie." Be prepared for strange looks when you do this is in a restaurant.

I chickened out and cancelled the hiking until next weekend. Maybe spring weather will be back by then. Instead I'll spend today doing the same thing I've done every day this week, laundry and moping around the house. Doug will spend his day at the computer and his evening playing D&D. I may have to […]

Should I take the Girl Scouts hiking in the Smokies tomorrow or wait two weeks and hope for better weather?