12:45 in the morning and everyone is in bed.  I got a random urge to check LJ even though it has been a a bjillion years since my last update. It looks all different and strange and it took me a minute to figure out how to even post.  How is everyone ( Read more... )

Holy shit it's been a long time since I've updated this bad boy.  I've been a bit busy around here and have forsaken LJ for the wonderful world of Blogger.  I'm missing you folks, though, so I'm comin' on home ( Read more... )

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My tiny rant yesterday was a reaction to a specific woman on one of my mama boards, and I was too irritated at the time to write anything longer than a few sentences. She said that her daughter's public school was "emotionally abusing" her daughter because they did not provide a service that would be completely unrealistic for them to provide her ( Read more... )

Mothers who think that their child is the center of the universe bug the crap out of me. I'm sorry but, just because every person, institution and/or organization isn't equiped to cater to your child's every single personal quirk and whim, it doesn't mean that these institutions aren't valuable or these people are being 'emotionally abusive'. ( Read more... )

Okay, just a quick update on my auction, which closed yesterday at noon. I haven't had a chance to tally everything (I don't want to do that until all payments are in) but it looks like we're ending up somewhere in the neighborhood of $800. So. Awesome ( Read more... )

I have zero time to update right now, but I just wanted to let the sweetest of peas who have donated and/or participated in my fundraising auction that we are *thisclose* to breaking $600. That ain't bad for a little auction, so thank you so much. We still have 2 days to go and I am expecting another little flurry of activity right at the end, so ( Read more... )

Hey, listen up, this is important ( Read more... )

You know what's fun? Watching America's Funniest Home Videos with henry and listening to him laugh ( Read more... )

Okay. A few more words on our potty training nightmare ( Read more... )