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once again, i'm in the process of figuring out Brooke. she's definitely growing up and showing signs of entering into the next phas...

i've been thinking about this aspergers thing again. actually, i've been thinking about it for the past 6 years, but as brooke gets ...

why do i feel compelled to over-explain things to brooke? sometimes i hear myself telling her things when she never even asked a question on...

you know how we all like to say, "nobody's perfect" and "everybody makes mistakes"? (i'm hearing the hannah mont...

yesterday some massive storms rolled & twisted through my area. the 3rd of 5 rounds knocked out our power, which was nice because we wou...

brooke's been doing this thing lately where she's suddenly growing up. she's interested in clothes & not just wanting to wea...

being a mom in 2011 is a complicated business. maybe it's always been complicated forever & always, but with technology comes this w...

here's my re-offering of the day. for any of you who've read it, i hope you'll come back for the next post. i'll try to make...

i've been cleaning houses for several years now and while it's totally not my ideal job, it does work for my life. it pays adequatel...

have you ever had to give a kid eye drops? when they were awake? i'm not sure if it would be easier to sneak up on a sleepily unsuspecti...

last night it was late when i was getting brooke to bed & i was so tired after lying on my bed, reading books to her that when she stret...

i imagine that every parent thinks about the time in their kid's life when they will have to have "the talk." when the kid wil...

our new kitten has some interesting markings. she has an M on her forehead. she also has an O on each side. brooke insists she has an H o...

when i was pregnant, i tried to think of all the things i would need to have planned before the baby arrived. nursery clean & decorated ...

have you ever found gross food in your house in places it doesn't belong? yeah, yesterday i found remnants of a stripped down fish stick...

for most of brooke's life, (she's 7 1/2 now & don't you forget that half!) i've kept a file on my computer called, ...