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Happy Thanksgiving 2018

Monday, November 26th, 2018

Hello all!  I gave myself a few days off for vacation.  Anyone still reading this? (Besides my mother – hi, Mom!) This year for Thanksgiving, we made the drive to the Webmaster’s family get-together.  The kids behaved themselves fairly well (with a fair amount of iPad bribery involved), and the Webmaster enjoyed the time with […]



Veterans Day, Observed, 2018

Monday, November 12th, 2018

While this was yesterday, I would be remiss if I didn’t note that yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Which always makes me think of the American Doughboy statue that now lives at Evergreen Washelli Cemetery. For all those who served, especially in my own family – thank you.



Tad Speaks – It’s November

Wednesday, November 7th, 2018

When I pick Thumper and Tad up from school on Tuesdays for ABA, we drive past a very convenient Starbucks drive-thru.  And because Tad gets out of school a full hour before ABA starts, we’ve started going through the drive-thru.  When the weather is warm, he gets a lemonade or a frappuccino.  When it’s chilly, […]



Happy Halloween 2018

Thursday, November 1st, 2018

With Halloween being on a Wednesday – also known as “speech therapy day” around here – we decided to keep as normal a routine as possible, send Tad to his speech therapy appointment, and get ready for Halloween there.  We provided much amusement for Tad’s speech therapist as the kids got costumed up and ready […]