Tommy’s future

I don’t care where Tommy’s graduation is next year, May 2008, as long as the entire family is there to cheer for the diploma that so many people said he would never earn. The scary part is what happens next? Parents spend so much time and energy worrying about therapies, medications and IEPs when the […]

Are you sure it’s winter?

blooms The daffodils are popping out and this, whatever it is plant, is blooming. Have we skipped winter or will February bring an ice storm that empties the stores of bread and milk?

time travel

How do I put this delicately? Doug has an, umm, “eclectic” taste in movies that exposes me to certain less-than-B movies that I otherwise would have avoided. Since I am a movie fan and not a movie critic, I usually enjoy the variety that he brings (still can’t do slashers or children in peril movies). […]

thoughts for the day

“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into a flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.” Albert Schweitzer “Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things I am tempted to think there are no little things” Bruce Barton

shall we play a game?

How long will it take for someone to have a bodily fluid leak, a household flood or any sort of laundry creating disaster after I finally get all of the laundry completely caught up? The clock begins, now.

movie thoughts

Last night, Doug and I used a Blockbuster gift card from Christmas to rent two movies that we could grab quickly in order to minimize the amount of damage Evan inflicted upon the store displays. The first movie was “Flight of the Phoenix“. It wasn’t terrible, but I would rather watch the original version than […]

I want snow

Our forecast went from possible snow and ice to just rain. Rats. We live in beautiful rolling hills, surrounded by mountains and we don’t get any snow or ice. Pout. Pout.

Bad hair day

bad hair day Amy’s hair looks like I feel today. Have a great weekend and stay warm out there.