Happy Halloween :)

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Hope this day is Frightfully Fun!!

Bye Bye FXSmom

Due to a breach in trust, this blog will no longer be updated.  If I choose to continue blogging, I will contact each of my dedicated readers individually to give details of my new location.  Thank you all for your years of dedicated readership.  I hope what remains of this blog can still possibly help those families with fxs see that real life can still happen after a diagnosis.

WW: The Original Bus = Short Bus!

My favorite season has arrived!!!

I love this season!!  It is by far my favorite one.  If it wasn’t for visitation schedules I would have had an autumn wedding.  And people say that love blooms in spring.  Not me!  My heart blooms in fall.  And of course, I met my hubby in the fall.  In my mind fall is the season for reorganizing, refocusing, cleaning, etc.  Maybe it’s the subconscious feeling of prepping for the winter.  I hope good things happen this autumn .

Crystal Ball

Rachel was sitting on my bed this evening while I was putting on my sweats.  I noticed she kept stealing glances at me. Finally, I had to bust her.  “What are you looking at kid?”

“Nothing, Mom,” she replied, “Just trying to get used to my future.”

Nice!

Gosh Sis

Tonight is the homecoming dance.  Since Austin is a freshman this is his very first high school dance.  He has asked a girl and everything.  He is rip-roaring to go. 

We had a family meeting on Tuesday and we reiterated curfews.  All of Lauren’s, until this year, her senior year, have been at 11:00 p.m.  So we made Austin’s the same even though the dance is done at midnight. 

When we wrap up a family meeting we let the kids voice how much we sucktheir opinions on what we had talked about. No one usually speaks up except Lauren.  And usually she doesn’t want to but she says something to the effect that we won’t listen and then we make her say what is on her mind.  Darn child will never learn .

We were very surprised when she said that she felt that our curfew for Austin was not fair. Do wha-huh!? Not what we expected at all.  She felt that after watching him meld so easily and smartly into the high school culture that he should be allowed to stay til it ended.  She felt that he was much smarter than her when navigating through it all and should have that privilege.  I can’t say that either of us could disagree but we also wanted to give all 4 kids the same rules.  But since she had a valid point and was right we are allowing Austin to stay until midnight.

But here is the kicker ~ when we told Austin he was not impressed. 

“Why did you do that!?” he asked her.  “Now I have to come up with one more hour of conversation with my date.”

Poor Lauren.  Even when she tries to do good she still doesn’t get it right.  We love her though.  She tries

It Happened…Finally!!!

Many people would think I am 100% completely insane.  And they may be right.  But I was stoked beyond belief to finally find….

MY 1ST GRAY HAIR!

Yes, I did say stoked. All of my friends have been finding their first and I’m sitting here like, “um, yeah, I feel so bad for you.”  “Sure I understand.” We all knew I didn’t have a clue. So, it’s kinda like when a girl starts having her periods.  She is excited to be in “the club” but at the same time hating how much it sucks!

And so of course, I had to save the hair.  So, I’m hoping the wives tale about pulling a gray hair isn’t true I stuck it between two pieces of tape, dated it and put it in my keepsake box. 

My family is on the verge of finding me a padded room at this very moment.