My wonderful daughter, Alicia is visiting from Kansas for a few days. There’s nothing like having her back home. Although she’s 24 and married, I get to spoil her, hug her whenever I want, watch her sleep, buy her stuff, cook for her and watch her and Sammi get along as if they aren’t 12 [...]
My Daughter Is Visiting From Kansas
June 17, 2011 By 10 Comments
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Tonsillectomy Canceled Due To Narcolepsy
June 2, 2011 By 3 Comments
My daughter’s scheduled tonsillectomy was canceled because she has Narcolepsy. We learned about it the day before her surgery when the Anesthesia Department at the hospital had concerns about using anesthesia on her. She had already been cleared by her pediatric cardiologist, by the Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon and had the pre-op blood work [...]
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Childrens Hospital and Escaping Everyday Life
May 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
Childrens Hospital is a comedy on Adult Swim based on medical television shows. In one episode, Dr. Lola Spratt faked her own death after she became fed up from receiving too many emails. I wish I could do that! There comes a time when you just have to escape everyday life. That happened to me [...]
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Meaningful Morning Routine
May 20, 2011 By 2 Comments
I need a meaningful morning routine to start my day off right. Things were bad enough when my daughter was in school. All we did was rush and get stressed out. Now that she’s on home from school, we’re too laid back. Then we’re off to a late start and miss out too many things. [...]
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Dyslexia and Processing Disorders
May 10, 2011 By 7 Comments
I’m doing some research on dyslexia and processing disorders since Sammi’s homebound teacher picked up on issue that Sammi is having while reading, writing and doing math. The teacher was concerned when Sammi said that can’t do word searches. So she began to delve into the cause. Since she is teaching Sammi one on one, [...]
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Cinco de Mayo Ortega Healthy Taco Salad
May 5, 2011 By 9 Comments
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with an Ortega Healthy Taco Salad! We’re a taco family and eat them about once a week. Knowing that there’s a nutritious side to tacos with Ortega products, we’re going to add them as a staple to our meals now. My version of an Ortega Healthy Taco Salad came from the [...]
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Wordless Wednesday – More Flowers
May 4, 2011 By 3 Comments
My Wordless Wednesday post features more flowers. This time from my mother’s garden:
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Can Shopping Be Family Time?
May 1, 2011 By 7 Comments
I’ve often asked myself if shopping can be family time? I guess it depends on your definition of family activities and what being together as a family means to you. When I think about shopping, the first thing that comes to mind is spending money. I never want my daughter to associate family time with [...]
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Hospital Homebound Program – Special Education
April 26, 2011 By 6 Comments
My daughter is starting the Hospital Homebound – Special Education program for school. Because the diagnosis of Narcolepsy has caused numerous absences, her doctor requested that she be homebound for the rest of the school year. This way she can keep up with her school work with a teacher coming to our home. The individualized [...]
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B Kind 2 Earth Day With Your Tweens
April 10, 2011 By 8 Comments
Share the B Kind 2 Earth Day project with your tweens and you’ll be helping the next generation take care of our precious resources and to be mindful of what our actions do to our environment. What B Kind 2 Earth Day is About Make Earth Day count for you and your family this year!! [...]
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How To Be A Good Mom
April 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
When I had my own daughter, I needed to learn how to be a good mom. I always thought that I was born with the skills, the love and the patience, or that I learned them along the way, but that was wishful thinking. Babysitting was my first job. I had tons of neighbors who [...]
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The Maze of Exceptional Education
April 3, 2011 By 10 Comments
I thought I was prepared for this. I’d been involved with public education as a volunteer for years. As a Title One volunteer, I learned about exceptional education, the process, the terms and the rights of students with special needs. But now as a parent who is going through the maze of forms, requirements, being [...]
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