Author: John
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I HATE YOU!!
The phrase doesn’t even phase me. He says it to her, she says it to me, he says it to me, she says it to him. My reply, “Let’s use kind words” just doesn’t seem to have any affect. All of this is usually followed by “I love you.” Which warms my heart. Why the…
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Week 2 of summer – Getting in a groove
So day two last week was better. And then the weekend with lots of mommy time!! On Friday (day 2) Ariel asked if she could go back to being in school. Certainly nothing I ever asked for as a kid but to each his own. Week two has started out pretty good. We have swimming…
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Prepping for Walt Disney World trip in June – part 3 – What to do
Plan ahead!! Make dining reservations as soon as you have dates of travel. You don’t need tickets or lodging to make dinning reservations. Go to https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/login/ and create an account or log in to start making reservations. I was making reservations (or trying to) 60-70 days in advance of travel and could not get a…
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Day one recap – 3 hours of crying
I’m not kidding. I got 30 minutes in the morning from Ariel, then a smattering of crying from each throughout the day and the marathon 1 hour 10 minutes from Ariel followed by 50 minutes from Jeffrey. Talk about dis-regulated. And my schedule was supposed to alleviate this! I know, give it time. Day two…
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Prepping for Walt Disney World trip in June – part 2 – How to eat
So we are 20 days and some change from leaving for Walt Disney World (WDW)! How did I come to the conclusion that the meal plan was a good value? A lot of reading what others have said and spreadsheets. First off, when I broke out my costs highest to lowest for our family of…
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Prepping for Walt Disney World trip in June – part 1 – Where to stay
We are all very excited to visit Walt Disney World (WDW) in Orlando this summer. It is a 8 day 7 night trip. I spent a lot of time (over 100 hours) planning this trip. In the end the most economical and fun option for lodging was Fort Wilderness. I originally booked a cabin but…
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SUMMER!!! Are you looking forward to it too?
I’m not totally ready but close enough. I’ve been working on my Summer Play-Book for several weeks now. I have a list of activities broken down by indoor or outdoor and duration. I scheduled each day with items from my list, for the first couple of weeks anyway. To ensure that I am focused on…
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no matter what
So i’m at the Refresh confrence in Redmond WA and the kids are at home. For several months i have been battleing minor depression and after 2 days away i’m feeling chill and somewhat relaxed. One of the downsides of being depressed is your creativity is stifled so to counter act that, a poem. no…
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Different but not unique
So our family dynamic is different form a “normal” family but not unique amongst families with difficult kids. In fact we are somewhere in the middle of that group. If you have a normal family dynamic you may not understand so I hope this helps. If you have a different family dynamic you are not…