by Sarah | Oct 4, 2010 | All About Denver, All About Me
Day 07 – Someone Who Has Made Your Life Worth Living For
I don’t say it often enough, I get too wrapped up in the terrible teens (the 2’s and 3’s have nothing on the ages from 10 and up). I see too much negative…the lack of common sense in every day activity…..the attitude….the know-it-all-ness…
But in my heart I’ll never forget the days when all I lived for was his smile. Before the days of doctor’s appointments and therapies and struggling to get IEP’s and help our girls needs.
When it was just the two of us.
When his trusting blue eyes and tiny life gave me the backbone I needed. To stand up for him. To make sure he was cared for, and to make sure that he had a good life.
It was because of him that I found my husband (and his dad).
When life took an unexpected turn, I found joy in a set of stunningly blue eyes, a little boy that was quick to smile and laugh. The boy that drove me insane watching Mary Poppins over and over and OVER again (seriously, I want to strangle the uptight, snobby witch).
I need to remember to say it more often.
by Sarah | Oct 3, 2010 | Photography, Weekly Winners
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XTi.
For week 9/26-10/2/10
The title says it all. For some reason I didn’t take my camera up in hand until Thursday of last week. So it was slim pickin’s..
Dinosaur Down
*Taken for Aiming Low’s Outside of the Box challenge week 1 – Aiming Low
Ready for Roasting
5 years old + 1 lost tooth = Big Girl
It’s Alive!! (Sourdough starter sponges)
Perfect Nook for a Nook
Okay, so despite the fact that I didn’t use my camera 4 of the 7 days, I still ended up with a decent amount of pictures for the week 🙂
That’s all for this week. Head on over to Lotus‘ digs to see more!!
by Sarah | Oct 1, 2010 | All About Learning, All About Molly, Autism, Cross Country
Earlier this week Archie got a call from the woman we’re working with in Special Services. She has recommended moving Riley to All-Day Kindergarten.
In essence she’s saying “There’s something going on, she does have issues – but we wont’ give you an IEP or diagnosis yet.”
The reasons were….
1) All-Day Kindergarten is for children that “need more attention.”
2) All-Day Kindergarten would give her more time in the day to evaluate her.
3) All-Day Kindergarten would give Riley more time to adjust to her day and settle in before it’s all over.
4) All-Day Kindergarten has a smaller class size – less chaos, more individualized attention.
All valid points. All reasons to go for it.
But then there’s…
1) All-Day Kindergarten lends toward more chances for Fire/Tornado drills (oh won’t that be fun).
2) All-Day Kindergarten means lunch. Riley can’t handle the chaos of snacktime in a classroom – you think she’s going to handle lunch in a crowded cafeteria?
3) She loses her comfort zones – her teacher and her best friend J.
4) All-Day Kindergarten means all day. Means behaving to the best of her ability all day. Means putting all that effort into being good at school – what unholy hell will we be unleashing upon ourselves by asking her to do this?
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Well, we’re taking that risk.
I’d be lying if I said the thought of All-Day Kindergarten didn’t scare me on a number of levels…
But the thought of them having more time to evaluate her and getting this all out of the way is what’s holding me together. I still am not confident in the school’s ability to get this done – but at this point it’s our only hope. With the changes in insurance, getting her evaluated at the hospital is totally not in our pocketbook’s reach.
(And yes, it totally pisses me off that because of sh*tty insurance we have to rely on the school for Molly’s evaluation and diagnosis…and no, the geneticists diagnosis is NOT enough for us to get the insurance assistance we need. I’ve tried it before. We need one from a psych…thus we are dealing with the school…but that’s a totally different post that I won’t write for many reasons.)
by Sarah | Oct 1, 2010 | 100 Words, General, Writing
My heart pounds in my ears. Shaking hands check my watch again. What is taking her so long today? Did she know? How could she know? I still have twenty minutes before they’d call.
There. Her car’s pulling out of the driveway, and I duck back behind the neighbor’s house. Wait just two minutes now. Make certain she is gone. I won’t get caught. I haven’t yet.
The minute it’s clear I head back inside the house. I make the requisite phone call, grab a book and settle in for a day without torment. They’ll never know I’ve ditched school.
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~~Disclaimer: My entry for this week’s 100 words may or may not be based on true events. The image may or may not be of the real school involved in the alleged event. The perpetrator may or may not have been caught after 4 successful alleged ditchings. The perpetrator may or may not have been me. The alleged ditching’s may or may not have occurred because of regular torment by classmates. Middle School kids + one geekish girl w/ braces and bad acne = combustible situations.
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Please, visit Velvet’s site to check out other more worthy entries…
by Sarah | Sep 30, 2010 | All About Me, Random
The weather is (finally) getting cooler. The days are getting shorter…
And my brain is wrapped around five million craft projects.
Yup, it’s getting close to Christmas. I’m trying to figure out measurements for the girls for dresses, pettiskirts…trying to knit faster than I type (not even close at this point)…laying out what materials I have, figuring out what I need. What presents are bought and what we still need to acquire.
Christmas is closer than ever. I’m happy that I started to buy presents a few months ago (just a little bit here and there)…and that we only have a few more to get – but as always it’s the pricey ones…and we need new tires this year on the truck (desperately)…and oy. Things always have to happen all at once don’t they?
But I love this time of year.
The colors.
The urge to cook and bake – not to mention the joy I get from the activity. This year I’ve created my own sourdough starter. A living, breathing, growing sponge for bread. I can’t wait to make a batch of it this coming week.
The cool, crisp air that isn’t yet cold enough to freeze my nose off.
Apples.
Pumpkins.
Fall.
It always was my favorite time of year – even when I wasn’t allowed to play in the leaves (sap allergy…yup. Seriously).
Now excuse me while I get back to knitting. I have gifts to finish, you know…
Day 07 – Someone Who Has Made Your Life Worth Living For
