Every year I struggle with how to address this month, and in particular April 2, Autism Awareness Day. I am so grateful that so many more people are aware of Autism. In days past, whenever one of my boys would flip into meltdown mode or start stimming at an "inappropriate" time or place I would [...]
Photo credit: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-mathematics-of-juggling-20170524/ I didn't realize how dependent I am on my planner until I was without the first two+ weeks of the year. The one I ordered finally came yesterday after a shipping snafu. I had a small paper January calendar where I could keep track of big things like appointments, but the daily [...]
So we're more than a week into January, and yep, Christmas decorations are not yet put away. It's been that busy and crazy. The sad thing is I didn't even put up most of the decorations this year, because we visited family out-of-state. Add to that the pictures we haven't put back up, and you've [...]
I give up. I give up on perfection. Real life is hard. Real life leaves you with five minutes here and there to tackle things you want to do. Real life leaves little room for perfection. I give up on long blog posts and schedules for the moment. We're here, we're still kicking and moving [...]
Just when you think you're gaining traction, you find out it's 95% likely that you'll move. To another state. Into a smaller home. And school is starting soon. I still have plenty of posts planned for the future. And if I can manage it, I'll continue my putting up Throwback Thursday posts for new content [...]
It's the end of the year and that means concerts, festivals, evaluations and the like. Lawboy just finished all of assessments. He got Superior (I) ratings for both the County and State level Solo and Small Ensemble festivals. His orchestra just came away with a First Place trophy for their Large Ensemble. These guys routinely [...]
I had every intention of starting off the year posting regularly. Then life hit its full stride and I got buried, literally, under mounds of paperwork. I'm still digging out. Does this happen to anyone else? I'm pretty sure it does. It doesn't help that I'd rather be doing something crafty instead of tackling [...]
