I grew up in a family where taking professional family portraits, was a must. Almost every year my Mom arranged for us to have our picture taken by a professional. We would use the picture for our Christmas card and then have a few framed for the walls. Invariably my Mom would also buy…
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Feeling bummed…
I think if you have a child who has a hard time socially you can probably understand how I am feeling right now, Left out! I could care less that my life is not conducive to meeting other families for dinner at a restaurant, or getting together on the weekends after sporting events, or meeting…
Are you good at “sizing” people up?
I am not sure about you, but I kinda have this sixth sense about people’s personality from the moment I meet them. This isn’t me “judging a book by its cover, but something a little deeper. I will go out on a limb and say 98% of the time my initial assessment of someone…
ADHD may be the death of me…
I never mentioned this before but one of my children has Attention Deficit Disorder and it drives me crazy! There isn’t a day that goes by that this ADD does not frustrate me in some huge fashion. I once read “hate the ADD, not the person” and I try to remind myself of this…
If you want to know what she will look like in 20 years, look at her mom…
Last night Louie and I were sitting on the couch watching TV and I was complaining about my poochy stomach. Until recently, I always had a flat stomach, but suddenly my whole body has shifted and if I gain even 1 pound it shows on my belly not on my butt. My whole life…
Have you ever coned your ears?
Ok, by the time you finish reading this post, you will probably be in disbelief, maybe a little queasy and if you are anything like me, you will be on a mission to get your ears coned asap. So this is the story. About 6 years ago I was at lunch with a few ladies…
Is this what other people really do on the weekends?
As I mentioned last week, Louie and I were going overnight all the way to Fashion Island, approximately 4 miles from our house, to the Marriott to get away alone for a whole night. After messing around with the Islands Hotel and my Living Social voucher and checking all the other suggestions I received…
Sorry, but if your child isn’t good, they should sit on the bench!
I may become very unpopular today but I don’t really care. I was going to write this post last week but I was in such a twitter about the whole subject I decided to calm down and wait so I could discuss my opinion like a reasonable human being. Here it…
everything I didn’t tell you this week…
Have you ever noticed when you talk to someone almost everyday you always have so much to say and yet when you talk to someone you haven’t seen in forever you are sometimes stumped on how to carry the conversation? Well, that is how I feel about my readers. I write stuff to you everyday,…
Super weird side effect from a new seizure medication
Last month, Tiara’s neurologist prescribed her a new seizure medication that just came on the market, called Potiga. Even though Tiara is only having a few seizures each day, which is super fabulous for her, she is so sedated she can’t do much until the afternoon each day. Our plan was to add this…