Seven

My Beautiful Girl Dear Anna Grace I can’t believe you are seven.  I am continually amazed at how fast you’re growing, how fast time flies and how much I love who you are becoming while still missing that little girl who used to push a disassembled shopping cart all through the house, the neighborhood, the […]

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Photo-Less Listy List

Not much has been going on around here.  Just a few things here and there.  How about  a list? 1.  The search to replace the school that closed before we ever got enrolled has been grueling, depressing and may make me drink.  Episode 923 of the saga took place today and all I can say […]

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12

I hope all of you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We had a great time with Dana’s parents last evening and today we’re looking forward to a great day with friends.  We have so much to be thankful for today. How about a list? 1.  I’m thankful for Anna Grace and how she makes me […]

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Monday…Not So Ducky

There were no ducks to see today and the day, in general, could not be described as “ducky”. First… our town was wiped off the map. I was mailing out packages and using our usual system but had to go directly to the postal service site to mail out the Yarntini gift prize.  Although it […]

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Wednesday is for Works in Progress

Our week is going well.  We’re kinda gettin’ the knack of this “Dana out of town” thing.  Each time gets a bit easier (and I’m sure the God of the universe will make me regret that statement tomorrow).  Lets talk about Works in Progress….some yarn related, some not. Work in Progress: The Ugly Pink House […]

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Last Weekend

So, I’ve got a metric ton of blog posts swirling around in my head.  Time to get them all blogged before my brain explodes.  Sorry about loading up the blog all in one day. Last weekend we started by having a party! Celebration Cake We celebrated Anna Grace’s graduation from speech therapy with great friends, […]

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Random Thoughts

1. Staying up until 1 a.m., 2 a.m., etc watching the Olympics is catching up with me.  Me sleepy. 2. My Olympics project….an intarsia disaster challenge is thisclose to being tossed in the trash.  I have learned the skill of intarsia but the tangles etc are making me crazy and, in all honesty, I don’t […]

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Guest Blogger

  Hello everybody!   I’m Anna Grace and I’m takin’ over Mommy’s blog for a big announcement. I went to speech therapy yesterday and found out that in one week I will be graduating from speech therapy.  Mommy will still take me in for little things here and there but no more regular visits.  I’ve been […]

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Celebrating Anna Grace

It has been a little while since we have had an apraxia update.  We had the drama of the eval that went wrong, but I haven’t really talked about the final outcome, the decisions made, etc. Anna Grace: June 2008  Well…. You may remember that the eval that went so bad ended up with Little […]

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What a Trip

Today was a long day. An exciting day, an interesting day but a long day none the less. Anna Grace had an appointment with a specialist in Melbourne (a 2-ish hour drive from here). I had been working on getting the appointment, gathering all the documents, etc for a few months. I was totally prepared. […]

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