I've probably got a years worth of live journal entries in me at this point, so I'll stick with the latest and go from there ( Read more... )

If you've been following my posts, something I have not said is how Sarah and I have been able to work with the problems we have had with Ian financially - and how home equity has played a part in it.  There is a message here for some of you, so bear with me.

We were not financially prepared for $100,000 in medical expenses for Ian; that is ( Read more... )

Ian has been getting on a school bus since he was 18 months old, since he started deaf education with the texas school for the deaf and now with the deaf ed program run by AISD.  I've been getting up with him, usually around 6:45, dressing him, and putting him on the bus every week day for about a year and half (he only went 3/days a week for about ( Read more... )

Testing from the nokia n800

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So rarely do I post, but I gotta say this: I'd like to see prop 8 in California defeated.   I believe this is a civil rights issue and that gay couples should be able to get married and have equivalent rights as heterosexual couples.

Donate if you can.

http://www.noonprop8.com/

I don't post stuff like this often.

Jill Taylor's Ted Talk

Take 18 minutes and watch it.

Reposting this information from

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We just had Craig admitted to dell childrens for some testing. He was running a high fever and the urine test they did came back with a very high white cell count. They're going to ultrasound his kidneys and check out his urinary tract for infection ( Read more... )

Ian also started school today at Texas School for the Deaf, so that was a big change for us. Everything they say about taking your kid to school the first time is true. It was all I could do to keep myself from crying when we left him in the playroom. He's in great hands, the people at TSD are great- they had printed his name and put in on his ( Read more... )