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And then…

Thursday, December 23, 2010

We had to back down to one 25 mg Seroquel/day at night only.  For now, anyway.  The two was good for a bit  but then started making him depressed, distant, a little weird and very unlike himself.  So, as of today he is back to perks-a-lot.  Happy, happy Horton.

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Christmas, Homeschooling, Med Adjustments

Monday, December 20, 2010

Well, I haven’t been much on blogging these past few weeks.  I’m not really sure why.  I guess the bustle of the holiday season combined with homeschooling and preparing for Christmas and preparing for next semester, etc., etc.,  has kept me busy.
As we head into Christmas week, I think we are ready.  We are having [...]

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WWII In HD: The History Channel

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Rye and I are currently watching this documentary as a part of our studies of World War II and I would highly recommend it.  As it contains some very graphic real footage from the war, I caution you to be prepared for this and would definitely not watch with small children around.   That said, it [...]

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The Slow Unwind

Sunday, December 12, 2010

As I said goodnight to my son this evening, I realized something.  We are truly starting to unwind from the craziness that was our life but only a few months ago.  Gone is the school that was such a source of stress, gone are the friends and school acquaintances that Rye thought were exciting but [...]

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I Like A Rotund Beast

Friday, December 10, 2010

This is one of Don’s favorite things to say now.
It was brought to our attention that we weren’t feeding our Jack Russell Terrier, Clotus, enough to eat.   He was getting a little thin around the ribs, if you will.  We are now fixing that problem and morphing him into a rotund beast by feeding him [...]

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Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking: HBO Documentary

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Carrie Fisher has a new documentary film coming out December 12, 2010 on HBO called Wishful Drinking.   In this film Carrie talks about growing up, her parent’s marriage, her career, her battle with addiction, time spent in mental hospitals, her diagnosis of bipolar disorder and the  ECT treatments she received while trying to help ease [...]

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Service Work: Operation Christmas Child

Friday, December 3, 2010

It is my belief that service work/volunteer work/altruism/helping others in need [whatever you want to call it]  is one of the best things in life that we can teach Rye.   He can read every book available and learn every fact required for school but if he does not have empathy for others and he does [...]

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That’s Right

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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Just A Happy Little Moron

Monday, November 29, 2010

This is what my grandmother used to say.  Anytime someone was happy or silly or giddy or possibly appeared to be blissful yet also a bit out to lunch she would look at them and say “just a happy little moron”.  It was a term of endearment.
This picture is of me (the one in the [...]

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Thanksgiving Weekend

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Well, we have had a really nice Thanksgiving weekend over here.  It has been very low key and lovely.  We have eaten about 200 pounds of food, slept and slept and slept, watched movies, watched more movies, and basically just relaxed and really slowed down.  Rye went hunting with a friend’s family for a day [...]

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Giving Thanks

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

The fall leaves here have been incredible this year.  The colors have been gorgeous and have lasted for weeks now.  The leaves above have been digitally altered, of course, to be more pink but they are from our yard.  Sometimes things that deviate from the norm are beautiful.  After all, God did call us all [...]

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