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Entries from January 2008

Love Thursday with Bonus Trip to the ER

January 31st, 2008 · 20 Comments

Why did I choose this picture for Love Thursday? Scroll on down.

This picture of The Girl is my submission for Love Thursday at Shutter Sisters. I had planned on using a completely different photo. I spent about an hour today trying to get that picture just how I wanted it. I took my […]

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Tags: Love Thursday · watch mel try to be serious · Gah. · things that suck big 'ol piles of crap · The Girl

Love Thursday

January 24th, 2008 · 12 Comments

This is my submission for Love Thursday. Have you seen the Shutter Sisters yet? You should check it out.

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Tags: photos · Love Thursday · blogging

The Boy is in the…Er…Hizzy?

January 22nd, 2008 · 22 Comments

The Boy has been trying a lot lately to work out an understanding of what it means to be “cool.” On the one hand, because of his Asperger’s, this is a good thing. The fact that he realizes that others will form an opinion about him, and that he cares (sometimes) what that opinion […]

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Tags: asperger's · The Boy · freak parade

My Time Management Skills….Let Me Show You Them

January 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Why no, I do not have a bazillion things I need to be getting done right this very minute. Not at all. Spending an hour making a completely ridiculous video was an excellent use of my time. Excellent. Click and see for yourself. I have to warn you though…it is three minutes of your life […]

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Tags: the ones that are about nothing · watch mel suck at blogging · Okay then Lamey McLamerson · The Cats · Me · freak parade

Woulda? Coulda?…..

January 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

So, anyone ever heard of this lady, Mir? She writes this blog called Woulda Coulda Shoulda…..perhaps you have heard of it. Anyway, The Boy interviewed her for his project. It is up at his blog. Thanks, Mir.

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Tags: things that are cool · The Boy · blogging · homeschool

Homeschooling and Stereotypes and Judgement…Oh My!

January 8th, 2008 · 19 Comments

Many people have a negative impression of homeschooling overall. I get that. I hear about it. I experience it. Whether it be negative or positive, people usually have an idea in their heads of what kids that are homeschooled are like. The images are either the socially backwards, maybe a little weird kids or the […]

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Tags: Gah. · watch mel try to be serious · asperger's · The Boy · Me · homeschool