Outside my window … a cleaner screened in porch thanks to my dad....thanks dad!

I am thinking … about how funny it is that Tim just found old stuff in the basement including the Bruins sweatshirt her wore on our first date (to a Bruins game).

I am thankful for … my parents. I could not get through anything without their constant help, love and support. And especially for bailing us out tonight so we can go see New Moon!

I am reading … magazines and facebook...

I am hoping … everyone stays healthy and happy through the holidays and that we have a great time out at the movies tonight.

On my mind … going out to the movies tonight with Tim and another couple... we so need a fun night!

Pondering these words … "Dear Santa... "

From the kitchen … home cooked meal for a neighbor and friend who had surgery unexpectedly this week.

Around the house … everyone feeling better, Tim's looking forward to selling his old rare comics to make some extra cash for Christmas.

One of my favorite things … a freshly made bed with clean sheets : )

I stole Tree's idea

Ok... so I saw this on Clare's page and thought it was brilliant! What a great way to find a concrete way to blog especially when my life is anything but concrete.


Outside my window … is a sunny beautiful day. It is actually warmer outside my house then in. The woods behind our house have taken on their winter look and given up all their leaves to the ground.

I am thinking … how absolutely tired I am from having a hellish couple of weeks with Aidan having swine flu and my mother in law in the hospital and juggling work. I am also thinking it's almost time for Ari to get off the bus and I am not looking forward to the homework battle at all.

I am thankful for … my parents. I could not get through anything without their constant help, love and support.

I am reading … nothing... I wish I was.. I just can't find anything that's grabbing my attention right now.

I am hoping … that no one else gets sick in our house gets sick. We have a trip planned to Santa's Village the weekend after Thanksgiving and it's about the only thing that's keeping me going these days.

On my mind … worried about Tim and my Mother in Law ... hoping that her transition out of the hospital is smooth and she heals quickly.

We’re learning … that sometimes the crappy times last longer than you'd wish but that we've gotten really good at grinning and bearing it.


Noticing that …I don't have much to write about other than negative stuff, so trying to focus on the positive now.

Pondering these words … I wouldn't say pondering I will say laughing at... Ari's comments all week... when being asked what she wants for Christmas her reply "fancy shoes to tango in" and at the doctors last night watching Aidan she says to the doctor "Are you going to give him a shot?" " I want to see him get a shot. " "Come on give him a shot"... and Aidan laughing all the while....of course Ari was the one to get the shot.

From the kitchen … my crock pot croaked...so I bought a new one. A roast with potatoes and carrots in the oven.

Around the house … Lysol! Lysol! Clorox, Lysol!


One of my favorite things … silence

parent teacher conference

Had Ari's conference today...normally I'd be in a tizzy of anxiety before hand but this time I wasn't...except for maybe on the ride there. It was a good meeting with her 1:1 aide, classroom teacher and special education teacher. I got to ask a lot of questions about little things that I was wondering about and find out how she is doing. Well...here's a shocker...she's actually doing better in math than in reading...who would have guessed that? Holy Cow! She is maintaining the math curriculum pretty independently which is a shocker to me. She mostly needs some prompts here and there and of course her ever looming distraction but other than that independent. Apparently she is further behind in reading than I thought but I see her doing more for me at home than they are asking of her to do in class - so I think I'll be having a conversation with the reading specialist soon just to make sure we are on the same page. I am now thinking about her sentence writing skills and that we have no goals for this on her IEP ...I think I'll be calling them about that one too. I am always shocked when she goes against the "Williams Profile" I always figured math would be harder than reading and she'd never be able to write well....well, that's pretty much what we've always been told... but here we are a few years later and the complete opposite is true...go figure.

aidan turns 9

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WE TOOK AIDAN AND 5 OTHER BOYS INTO THE CITY ON THE "T" TODAY. WE WENT TO THE HARRY POTTER EXHIBIT, WALKED AROUND THE SCIENCE MUSEUM AND HAD LUNCH AT THE CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN. IT WAS A BLAST! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SWEET BOY....YOU WILL GROW UP TO BE SUCH AN AMAZING MAN SOMEDAY! I LOVE YOU!

so busy

We have been so very very very busy. We are finally in a routine of work/school/football/ccd/riding and this week Ari will begin by adding "Drama Kids" after school drama club. I figure if she's got nothing else it's a flair for the dramatic! She is really excited.
For Aidan it's been all about the football .....practice 3x a week for 2 hours not matter the weather and one game a weekend - so that sucks up all our time. He's having a good season and enjoying being on the offensive line this year. For me, it's been about work and maintaining everyone else's life...I can't seem to find time to exercise and it's really starting to bug me... If you look to the right of this post you will see my Nike Mini mocking me because I haven't run in over a week! Tim is doing well and is the one who brings Aidan each night to practice accompanied by my dad.
Here's the killer....we helped raise 12 thousand dollars for the regional conference and now we can't go and it's because of football. UGH! Can you believe it! It's the playoffs and I just don't have the heart to miss Aidan playing. I can't believe I am not going to be able to attend! I just can't believe it!

flip side

Another bad day at school today : (
But the flip side....a great play date this afternoon and now two 4th grade girls showed up at my house to play with Ari because they think she's cute.... go figure!

it sucks

William Syndrome Sucks...it really sucks! Today I got a note that "switching number bonds for Ari was tricky" I felt like saying Yeah ! So what?! I can't freaking believe she knows what a number bond is...that's almost good enough for me! and then it said she needed she needed several reminders to use kind words and safe hand.... seriously - What the HELL! NO ONE EVER tells me what the antecedent is and why this is happening and that is always the same girls who she is paired with 24/7. 2 kids who don't communicate well and don't' process well, one of whom has a firey personality (yes, you all saw the face she made at me at the cookout) = trouble. I ate Mac and Cheese and I'm drinking red wine and that's it...just needed to vent it out! But right now I think WS really really really SUCKS!