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Posted by Dee

I lived several years there and really loved it. But the Lord moved me and I met my husband. We aren't really that far from each other! Give or take a state or two, lol!

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Posted by quietcajun

I love Washington, but we MIGHT be getting transferred to Hawaii in a few months. We SHOULD know for sure within the next few weeks!

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Posted by Dee

Such a hard life that would be huh? I kind of hope not, I was thinking that you aren't to far away, and it would be fun to meet someday.... But of course, whatever God wills.

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Posted by Kristal

Your home is truely beautiful!! You have a great talent is decorationg!!!

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Posted by 3FoldChord

awesome!!

You clean my bathroom and I'll homeschool your kids...LOL
I talked to me friend atchurch today - I hadleft a message on her machine beforeI did the email, she hadn't read her emails so was concerned aboutthe phione call, she wanted tomake sure everyhting was OK, she said I sounded alittle sad or upset. I told her I emailed her some verses God laid onmy heart to share with her, but I was just really nervous, it was so hard to do. And she said I am hger sister for sharuing withher what God said to share and thanked me me for doing it and she'd read it at home...

and I have a RE:email from her now...

And honestly, I don't mind people being mad at me. I just can't handle being yelled at ..

THANKS for the note and prayers!

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Posted by Kristal

I actually was random blogging the other day and came cross your daughters blog I read the entry from her brother it reminded me of my little bro so much!! Both your kids have great personalities! And your daughter writes really well!

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Posted by Leigh2

You have a beautiful home! You make me want to decorate something. :o)

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Posted by hugabunchmom

Hi, I popped over to your blog after you popped on mine, I wanted to respond to your question about helping your son. My son is a little different, the learning delays are prominent as he is still not reading at almost 7. Your son actually sounds much more like my oldest who, after walking the whole diagnosis/special education thing with our son, we found that she is most likely an undiagnosed Asperger's kid. She is now in college, has forever been an Honor student, and teaches herself anything she can get her hands on. Anyway, for the Sensory Integration stuff, pick up the book "The Out of Sync Child" and "The Out of Sync Child has Fun", both by Carol Stock Kranowitz. The first will explain much of SI, the second is full of activities you can do with your son or that he can do on his own that will seriously help with the SI issues. I used to keep up on some Yahoo groups for Auties or SI kids, but just don't have the time any more, you might do some searches if you want to try something like that, but for me, this old Blog is filling my needs of not quite feeling so alone. :-) My son has done so much better since we removed him from public schools. I would really encourage you to keep him home. The stimulation of the environment at school can be so overwhelming and then the poor behavior picked up from other children doesn't help matters. The ADD/ADHD possibilities I think very often come from some of our children not learning enough while at school. It can be very hard to find things to fill their need to learn more. That is why homeschooling works so well with them, we can fill those needs in other ways when the school system is just trying to fit them into that "certain standard student" position, it just doesn't work for our kids. If you are still working with the PS system, what are they offering for your son right now? Is he on an IEP? Are you working with a occupational therapist at all for the SI? We learned some massage techniques that did wonders for our son that an OT should be able to teach you. Now, we can just do some simple squeezing and rub down stuff, starting at his shoulders and working down to his hands and starting just above his knees and working down to his feet. It seems to calm him down tremendously when necessary. We have also used a medium vegetable brush and brushed down his arms when he was stressing out, but haven't needed to use that one in a while. Drop me another line some time and maybe I can help, it is hard to deal with, but you are not alone. As for being able to work with your other children, I know I hate the idea of my kids playing video games for great lengths of time, but if you can gear him toward an educational one, it might help. We have been using a Leap Frog system quite successfully recently and if you can set him up with something like that, you may be able to block out time to work with other necessary things while he works with something like that. I am adding you to my friends list and will try to look into other ways I can help. I hope that helps a little, I wish I could help more, but at the moment I am battling a killer headache and just need to rest abit. I'll do some brainstorming, I'll try to get back onto your blog and learn a little more about your family(I love your home by the way) and I'll get back to you with more ideas once I can think a little more.

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Posted by lynan

lovely home! hey, I need help resizing and posting pics. This is all too much for me! yikes!

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