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The Lemonade Award
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Janet at Dolly’s Daily Diary was kind enough to nominate me for the Lemonade Award which is given to bloggers who have shown a positive attitude and/or gratitude. So, thanks to Janet for the honor!
The rules:
Put the logo on your blog or post.
• Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!
• […]
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Manic Monday: Season
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image courtesy of Jannagraphics
‘Tis the season for Seasonal Affective Disorder! Thanks to Mo of Manic Monday for the prompt, which made something click in my brain this morning that may explain some things about Gus’s recent behavior.
Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD is a type of depression that usually strikes during the winter months. […]
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Sunday Thankfulness…Because Thursday Was Part of the Week Than Shall Not Be Named
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Sunday is the new Thursday this week
I am most thankful today because last week ended and it truly stunk. As any mature adult named Andrea would do, I have blacked it off of the calendar and will just pretend it never existed.
I am thankful that Gus’s soccer game got cancelled yesterday. It was a […]
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The Art of the IEP Meeting
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I found out earlier this week that an IEP (Individualized Educational Program) meeting had been scheduled for today and I was expected to be there. Short notice aside, it occurred to me that since these meetings can happen at any time, today is as good a day as any to post some advice for getting […]
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Reframing the Questions
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Vitus Bering - the real discoverer of Alaska
A day off from school can be a very enlightening thing. Gus was home yesterday, and although I always do homework with him after school, it was a different experience doing it earlier in the day. He absolutely did not want to do the work when […]
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Some Thoughts on Melatonin for Sleep Disturbances
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After two straight nights of middle-of-the-night wake-ups, I finally decided to do some further research into the use of melatonin for sleep disturbances in children. Gus falls asleep fine, but wakes up in the middle of the night. Sunday night, he got some water and went right back to sleep. Last night he got up […]
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Manic Monday: Bounty
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Prompt from Mo at Manic Monday .
Hmm…things that we have a bounty of in our lives right now:
Days off and half days - These are bountiful this month and next. Between holidays, parent/teacher conference days, and any other reason the district can find to shut down, Gus will be home an awful lot. So […]
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Love on the Soccer Field?
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image by Petr Kratochvil
The past two weeks, Gus has been goofing off with another player on his team. He and the little girl, T., have been distracting each other a great deal, chasing each other around the field instead of playing the actual game of soccer. It’s been rather cute and considering that he […]
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Some Positive Perspectives on Autism
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These videos came to my attention courtesy of my sister-in-law. They’re both quite beautiful in the sentiments they express. The interesting thing about the timing when I got these videos is that I also got a book - work related - about the gifts of ADHD, not exactly the same, but similar enough. If the […]
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Thursday Thankfulness
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I was feeling much more thankful before Gus came home and told me that he threw out the $13 thermos that I bought him because he didn’t like the fact that I was sending him water. Asking to have juice in his thermos was clearly too difficult. So much for trying to be environmentally friendly. […]
