Month: December 2007

WHAT is in the jelly?

You can drop your chocolate bar in my jar of peanut butter. You may not leave butter in my grape jelly or grape jelly in my butter. Yuck.

disability profiteers

Does anyone remember when the myth of “welfare queens” began? It happened before my political awakening, but it has certainly become an accepted belief, especially in the working class. I don’t know who started the even more absurd myth that parents of disabled children are profiting from their child’s disabilities. I don’t know anyone with […]

13 days of panic begins

With Christmas almost here and our list still very long, errands have taken a new tone. Sunday we ran in the red bullseye store for a few necessities. Doug: “Who is that for?” Me: “I’m out of shampoo. I need this now.” Doug: “Can that go in a stocking?” Me: “Tommy’s armpits need that now. […]

playing with ourselves

Whatever happened to the writer’s strike of 2007? Isn’t that when we stopped caring about television and entertained ourselves with blogging, Twitter, Flickr and Seesmic? What was that strike all about anyway?

Clone me. Please.

The last two weeks of school before the winter holidays are like one long, long party. The students take gifts, money and food every day for something fun. The teenagers have finals, but their minds are on gifts. The tween gets his report card three days before Christmas, but his mind is on getting his […]

sometimes I feel like a ‘Who’

If I’m a Socialist, they are Darwinists. “People didn’t always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, ‘Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?’” Major […]

piercing par-tay

After many, many discussions and a few phone calls to Ye Olde Tattoos & Body Piercings, we ended up where Sarah wanted to be, the mall. She and her friend got multiple holes punched in their ear cartilage and the parents made jokes. The Moms discussed getting their nipples done and attaching a strap around […]

wearing my holiday spirit

Today we actually made a Christmas purchase. It was small, but it made me feel a bit less stressed to finally begin the shopping. I was determined to feel Christmas-y this morning and put on my Christmas sweater shirt. I know my children think I only own the two shirts that I wear all the […]

Parade season ends

I was too cold and too preoccupied with children and the dog to get any good pictures of the parade. It was crowded. More crowded than any of the parades I’ve been to all year. I think everyone there had a good time. The crowd joked and laughed while waiting. Everyone cheered and waved during […]