Frustration:

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Having a reputedly amazingly super-fantastic school that specializes in helping children like yours…

that doesn’t bother to return phone calls.

Down the rabit hole

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It started with occupational therapy for Joe. He’s getting to big for me to wrestle around when the tantrums kick in. I wanted some basic therapy holds that I could use other than laying on top of him while he regains control of himself.

The tantrums are getting fewer and further between, don’t [...]

(Not So) Quick Curried Chickpeas

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Let me say right up front: There are no pictures with this post. I know you were looking forward to the food porn, but I can’t find the camera’s SD card. Feel free to move ahead once you recover from that trauma.

Didja suck it up yet?

Okay good, let’s press on.

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Eleven Eleven, Eleven Eleven Eleven

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It’s more than The Last Binary Day! It’s the last binary day for ONE HUNDRED YEARS.

I don’t even want to think about how many people have gotten married today…

I’m celebrating by hanging out with the boys, probably watching some TV and eating popcorn.

What about you?

Holy smoke. Thanksgiving!!!!

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But this is not a post about food.

There are 15 days

Fifteeeeen.

Fifteen days to get the house clean, nail down the menu, figure out who is coming, and fight the urge to completely and totally renovate the entire house.

Actually, check that. Mama just called – she wants us to come [...]

Confession time: What I owe this new chattiness to

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WordPress has always made it easy to schedule posts, but it is not easy to visualize what is scheduled.

Turns out I’m an EXTREMELY visual person.

I would see drafts in the queue and decide that they’re too random to post for that day, or too incomplete, or decide the situation didn’t [...]

About that boy of mine…

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I have not wanted to talk about the boys and their Issues and Diagnoses out of respect for their current and future privacy.

But I neeeeeeed to talk.

Mommyguilt. I haz it.

And let me preface this whole post by saying: I understand that we make the best decisions we can at [...]

Time to use the mayo I made!

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Tuna, chicken of the sea. The tuna salad I grew up with1 was made with the same base ingredients as the chicken salad. Tasty, but not all that innovative.

Back in 2000, I’d heard about the Blood Type Diet (Eat Right for your Type) and got the book and cook book (Cook Right [...]