Last week I woke up with a start with all of the things I had to do running through my brain.  I was feeling overwhelmed and wrote about how I cope with all the stress in the midst of overwhelm.  Lately it feels like I’ve […]

I’m one in a hundred (or rather three hundred twenty). Are you too? I have a little fear of heights (Acrophobia)–mixed with a good sized bit of Basophobia (fear of falling). More specifically, it’s the fear of falling to my death from a height. According […]

This last week I accompanied Lawboy as a chaperone on his school’s orchestra/band trip to Chicago. I’ve been to Chicago a few times before, and the city never fails to make me happy. I love, LOVE, the variety and quality of food there. I love […]

Wow! I had high hopes, but Whirlwind it’s official! He has been accepted into all three schools he applied to. Academically he was sixth in his class at the beginning of the year, (I’m not quite sure where he stands right now), but one of […]

Firstborn graduated last year.  He was accepted into a four of the five schools he applied to–all in different states. He really wanted to go to one of two schools in particular and he made it his goal to get in.  Once he was accepted […]

I plan on posting soon about the reasons I think Scouting is a great thing for boys–especially those on the autism spectrum.  For right now I will say this has been the scouting month. We had our Pinewood Derby We had our District dinner, which […]

In our school district, we have magnet programs.  Firstborn goes to a great school geared towards the arts.  He is getting top notch instruction in instrumental playing.  Whirlwind hates to practice, yet he has decided to apply to this school because he likes what his […]

This last spring my sister challenged me to run a half marathon with her in the fall.  It was 19 weeks away at the time, and I began a couch to half marathon program that left little wiggle room.  I started training and things went […]

Right as school is ending I received a letter from the speech therapist at the elementary school.  It stated that Acroboy has met all of his speech goals and services would be ending. I’m not sure how to feel about this. I’m pleased that he […]

I ran my 5k race!  I hit my goal time which is very good for me.  I didn’t run constantly, but did the walk, run, walk, run thing. I feel good.  I look forward to running again next year!