Freak Parade

So we think The Girl may have chicken pox. A very mild case, but still enough to send her brother off the deep end. Any hint of illness at our house just freaks him the hell out. I considered not even mentioning it to him, but I needed to deposit her somewhere today while […]

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Reaching yet another birthday and living to tell the tale has caused me to do some thinking. Pretty much since the age of 18, I have had nothing but contempt for the process of getting older. The weight gain, the wrinkles, the responsibility, the complete un-coolness that comes along with it. Why on earth […]

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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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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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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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So about nine million years ago, The Boy and I squared off on the issue of his messy room. You all voted and gave very well thought out suggestions. All big improvements on my approach to dealing with his pig sty of a room, which was banging my head against the wall and muttering […]

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The Issue:
As long as kids have had rooms, a battle has been raging. Parents versus kids. Parents want kids’ rooms to be clean (or at least not a health hazard). Kids want the right to keep their space how they want it (to wallow in their own filth). Will a peace treaty ever be […]

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The fire is still burning about four miles over the hills behind my house. It is 65% contained and looking better every day. It hardly smells like smoke at all…and we actually saw white, fluffy clouds today! The winds are supposed to pick back up on Friday, so we’re hoping it is fully contained before […]

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I want to thank everyone for all of their comments on my last post. I have more to say on the subject, but haven’t had the chance. I have been updating over here and managing the interviews and all that goes with them here. Shall I find some lovely Muzak for you to listen to […]

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Some things I wanted to clear up about this post….

I, personally, do not believe that Jenny McCarthy is exploiting her son’s autism to promote her book. I truly believe she feels she is raising awareness. (Although, it is not very hard for me to see why many people do think that.)
I do not believe Ms. […]

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