Tommy’s daily job is to empty the dishwasher. Since the children take turns loading the dishwasher and rinsing abilities vary greatly, we frequently have dishes that aren’t clean after they have gone through the dishwasher. To reduce dirty dishes mixed in with the clean (it ALWAYS happens when we have visitors), I asked Tommy to […]

You know it's gonna be a Monday when . . . You start the day by picking boogies off your nipples.

Holiday Giving Cards

There is a cute new shop on Northshore for pampered pets called “River Dog Bakery”. Take your dog there and let her pick out her own snack. Be sure to pet the shop’s official taster, a fuzzy young Golden Retriever.

We didn’t participate in Black Friday but we did start putting up Christmas decorations.

What are YOU thankful for? 

Cathy is thankful for – I am thankful for life. It is precious and fleeting and too valuable not to make the best of every moment. I am thankful for my family. I am thankful for Tommy and if someone offered me a magic pill to cure his Autism I would have to say no, […]

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Sarah is thankful for – “I’m thankful for family, friends, my computer, my cell phone, student council and everything except the stuff I don’t like.” Mom is thankful that adolescence is a temporary state of being.

Sigmund, Carl & Alfred have written a series of posts about going home for the holidays. Holidays should be a time of togetherness and happiness. This is going to be one of those rare Christmas visits when both of my brothers and their families are going to be at my parents’ with my family. My […]