I stopped eating dairy for the most part back in January, and my allergies have almost completely gone away. Isn’t that crazy?! But once in awhile you just HAVE TO have a piece of cheese, don’t you? I was just reminded by Stevie’s teacher that it’s a holiday weekend! But not much to be excited…
There’s a reason I don’t have many In The Kitch posts. And you may think it’s because I just don’t like cooking. Which is true. But it’s also because it is farkin’ impossible with Stevie. Even this simple dish took farkin’ forever and all it required was some chopping. But 45 minutes of chopping and…
My allergies from last week turned into a lovely sinus infection this week. And Stevie has some weird bug now too, so we’ve been trapped here together for the last couple days. As you probably guessed, it’s been going greeeeat. Fevers and barf and lots of tears. The fever and barf are his, the tears…
(image from the children’s primary hospital blog) This article was written by Molly Clark with the Social Security Administration. She emailed me and asked if I would share some info on SSA Disability Benefits for parents who have kids with Congenital Heart Defects. Stevie does not receive these benefits, but I feel like if there’s any…
Most of our day at the Ventura County Fair looked like this: But there were a few glimmers of enjoyment in there too. From fire trucks to sheep with bangs to deep fried oreos. Stevie and I? We fight. We have fun. We fight. We have fun. Keeping up with a two year old’s roller…
Some thoughts on reality TV: Duck Dynasty – As much as I still love me some Jace and Uncle Si funnies, it’s just too staged. I can hardly get through an episode anymore. Reality is one thing, really bad acting is another. Real Housewives of OC – Less Gretchen and Slade, more Heather and champs…
This was a special day for me and Stevie. We not only got to go to Disneyland, but we got to be there with some of our favorite people. This is a family we met in the CTICU about 2 and 1/2 years ago. Our boys had open heart surgery just a day apart. Stevie…
This dressing makes the salad. So yummy – sweet, tart, bacon – and easy as pie. Probably much easier than pie actually. I’ve never even tried making pie. Maybe someday. Probably not. Never mind the fact that as I blog about this yummy salad, I am, in fact, eating a plain turkey sandwich on a paper…
With all the therapy that Stevie is getting, sometimes it’s hard not to get frustrated and impatient when progress doesn’t happen as quickly as you think it should. A couple months ago, I wrote a post about how tough it is to see his low scores over and over. But the thing you I have to…
Our last day in New York City was bitter sweet. Paul was anxious to get home. And I wanted to stay just one more day. Or ten. We took it easy for the most part. Hailed a reallllly smelly cab to the Brooklyn Bridge and met up for lunch with one of Paul’s childhood friends…