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Setting Limits

Monday, August 29, 2011

photo credit:  Brian Cameron, 2008
Well, getting back into a routine is proving to be a tad more difficult than I hoped it would be.  And the struggle can be felt throughout the land.   Setting limits.  Limits are not what Rye always likes but are what he desperately needs.  And so we set them.  And we [...]

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Back To School

Thursday, August 25, 2011

We started back to school today.
I’ll admit, it was a bit rough.  It’s hard to go from having fun all of the time to doing schoolwork.  But, we did it.  And we came up with a system for our daily routine going forward that I think is going to work for both of us.
Although we [...]

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Hello August

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Well, gosh, I haven’t been much for blogging lately.  But we’ve had a really busy July!
Things that have been happening:
* Rye turned 14.  He had a good birthday.  We went camping per his request and he brought a friend.  Then when we got back home he and that friend and some other friends went and [...]

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Stability and Emotional Maturity

Monday, July 25, 2011

I’ll tell you, this has been quite a summer for us.  Rye is doing really well.  If you didn’t know him well or he didn’t tell you (he’s very open with telling people he is bipolar), you would have no idea that he is bipolar.
He is that stable.
One of the things I have noticed recently [...]

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Summer of ‘11

Monday, July 18, 2011

Well, we are full in the swing of summer here.  It’s really nice.
And we finally have our pool to pretty, blue, and swim-able.  Even nicer.
Overall, things are going well.  And I guess I’ve gotten so relaxed I haven’t been blogging much.  I don’t know.  Maybe I just needed a break from the blogging for a [...]

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Vegetarian, I Am

Friday, July 8, 2011

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Well, we’ve had a lot going on here this past week [all good] and I haven’t been able to keep up to blog!  Anyway, one thing that’s happened in the past week or two is that I have gone back to being a vegetarian.  When I was in my late teens and early 20’s [...]

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Our Personal Beast

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Rye is amped, amped now that summer is in full swing.
Yesterday he had the far away eyes and crazy talk that we have not seen in a while.
It is a challenge.
Thank God for this beast.  He is short and spectacular.
He keeps me sane, grounded, and smiling.
I love him so.

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The Conversation Is Changing

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

It’s funny, when you homeschool the most common comment you hear from other parents (or at least I hear, I can really only speak for myself) is “Oh, that is great that you do that.  I could never spend that much time with my child.  I mean, we need time apart and I enjoy the [...]

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Happy Father’s Day!!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Don, we could not love you more than we do!  You are a great dad and deserve a great day!!
Let’s have some fun!!
Happy Father’s Day!!

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Sunday Review

Sunday, June 12, 2011

photo source:  Doctor Flowers
I feel like thinking in list form today so here goes:
Rye has spent the past couple of days having a lot of fun with his friends who are now officially out of school for summer.  Big excitement.
Because Rye’s friends are out of school he really does not want to do his ’summer’ [...]

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Getting Ready For Summer

Thursday, June 2, 2011

photo by Arthur Leipzig, 1950, Coney Island
Well, it’s really starting to feel like summer around here.  It’s hot, hot, hot and humid, humid, humid.
For us, summer no longer has the dramatic entrance it used to have when Rye was in traditional school where he would school, school, school and then be off completely for 2-3 [...]

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