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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Mission Accomplished

Monday, January 31, 2011

We had a really nice weekend.
Don and Rye had a good day playing paintball.  Rye reconnected with a friend he had been missing and had not seen in many months and got to spend some time with him.  And Don and I actually got to have a date night and then even another night with [...]

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Ready For Some Fun

Friday, January 28, 2011

photo credit:  http://www.culturalcatholic.com/
Woof, I’ll tell you, some weeks are heavy around here and this has been one of them.  Between me adjusting to new way of eating (basically eliminating sugar), Don doing the same, battling some personal demons, and Rye rearing his ‘I’m 13, hear me roar’ voice and needing a heavy amount of parenting, [...]

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BigB

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Over Christmas in a complete six degrees of separation type of occurrence we found out where BigB is living.  Just like that.  After years of having no idea if he is dead or alive or what the case may be and without looking for the information at all… boom.  One conversation with one person I [...]

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Beyond Scared Straight on A&E

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Beyond Scared Straight is a new television show on A&E that airs on Thursday nights.
In my opinion, this is one of the best shows on television right now.  It is great.  We are hooked on it.  It is a modern day, ongoing version of the “Scared Straight” documentary/program from many years ago.  And it is [...]

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It’s Friday!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Have a Good One!

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Bipolar Rages

Monday, January 17, 2011

Rages are an extreme presentation of behavior that can be exhibited in unstable people with bipolar disorder.  Some say rages are brought on by depression, some say mania, and some say they are seizures.  Really, it doesn’t matter.   The fact is, nothing good comes from rages.
Rages are:  out of control, destructive, yelling, screaming, hitting, [...]

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The Hillbilly Neighbors

Friday, January 14, 2011

For the first few days of this week school was out and we were snowed in and so Rye was allowed to ride his ATV over the river and through the woods to a friend’s house for part of the day each day.   It was an adventure to get there and was apparently quite an [...]

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Adrenaline and Mania

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

One lesson we learned the hard way last year is that for Rye there is a direct correlation between repeated exposure to or engagement in adrenaline producing activities and the rise of mania.   And for us, this is definitely something that needs to be watched because this kid seeks out adrenaline producing activities and absolutely [...]

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Snow Day!

Monday, January 10, 2011

It’s snowing here today.  Big time.  This makes for an ATV winter wonderland for Rye.

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Accepting The Diagnosis

Sunday, January 9, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot about 2010 and what Don, Rye and I did, what we experienced, what we tried that worked, what we tried that didn’t work, where we went, how we fared, what it all means, etc., etc.
And I’ve come to the realization that one of the greatest accomplishments we made as a [...]

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The Magic Flute At The Met

Monday, January 3, 2011

This is the Opera we saw while in New York.  We got balcony box tickets for $22 each and this was bar none the best ticket price for the best stage performance I have ever seen in my life.  The Opera was in English and was 1.5 hours long so it was good for kids [...]

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