Owner: Quixotically Chaotic URL:http://www.quixoticallychaotic.com Join Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:53:28 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: my quixotic and chaotic life...with 4 children, 2 greyhounds, 1 psycho cat and one husband to keep it exciting. We have 3 girls with special needs and one boy who has been labeled "normal". What is that, anyway? Site statistics:Click here
Please Vote for Jenna! 2007-09-01 23:10:00 Jenna entered a beading contest!!!! Go HERE. the best way to find them is to go to the bottom of the entries, then count up to number 23, 24, and 27 (counting UP) they are the purple pendant and earring set, the blue ice earrings and bracelet set and the peach colored threader earring. and just to help you, here are the items you are voting for: Read more:Please
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Momsense 2007-08-31 08:36:00 Here my children think I come up with this cruelty all on my own! Oh no! There's another mom like me out there! HA!
Hope Update.... 2007-09-24 23:12:00 While Im at it, I might as well give a Hope update. What a blessing this little peanut is. :-)She had another follow up at Shriner's in Philadelphia. Well, here are the findings:*she definitely needs a leg brace on her left leg. She is to develop more of a natural gait first, before having her in the brace, so she will likely be fitted for it on December 17th, her next appointment.*she has distinct muscle strength differences in the legs and arms. this is to be worked on in therapy.*She has grasping problems with her left hand. We are to work on her pincher skills.*She has a curved tongue (stick out your tongue. It's flat and points straight down. When Hope sticks her tongue out, it's flat, but curves like a crescent moon. Imagine an imaginary finger poking the side of her tongue, making it go in a little) this is normal in adult stroke victims, but incredibly rare in children. It can cause some speech issues, like when it comes to speak clearly and enunciate clearly and p Read more:Update
Lifehouse "Everything" 2007-09-24 23:08:00 My children, husband and I watched a GodTube video yesterday, over and over and over and over. We were all in tears each time and now, just to hear the music, the words, I cry. My children and I talked about it at great length. What a great conversation starter! then I had my daughter's boyfriend look at it, with her. They held hands and cried. What video can move 15 yr old kids to tears? This one:and here is the video version:I hope it moves you as much as it did us.Blessings to you all. Read more:Lifehouse
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Cancer Sucks 2007-10-13 23:26:00 I stumbled across Team Whymommy when I was browsing blogger blogs. I don't think it's by chance that I found Team Whymommy now, of all times. My dear friend Evie died on the 2nd, from ovarian cancer. Cancer
sucks rocks. I prayed for Evie, that she would win the fight. I prayed for her family. While she lost her fight with cancer, she is now happy and healthy in heaven. She ultimately won. I will now fight for WhyMommy as she battles breast cancer. Come, join the Team! Click on Cancer Sucks and it will take you there.
What's up on this rainy October afternoon? 2007-10-19 13:14:00 Are the days going by faster or is it just me? I seem to be accomplishing less and less and the days going by faster and faster. Too bad I need sleep, huh? I'd get so much more done if I could stay up all night...We had evaluations for Hope this week and last, evaluations for Jessica and IEP meetings. I'm getting to the point that I'm mixing up the kids and their diagnoses. No, I'm not crazy, it's this darn alphabet soup deal. It's like for Jess, she has PDD-NOS, RAD, OCD, ODD, ADD, MR, and I know there's more. What's the point any more? I was told by a school employee yesterday that PDD-NOS= Mental Retardation. ????? Really? I've done research for both and um, they are NOT = in my mind. But who am I anyway? Just her mother. Such is life.So, this weekend is a busy one. Tonight I have some errands to run. The kids hate going with, but they hate staying home, so what do I do? I don't know yet.... they are getting to old to bribe them with a cookie. lol!Tomorr Read more:October
Win a Guitar Toy 2007-10-22 12:42:00 I love parents magazine and I'm really enjoying their online community..... You can enter to win a guitar toy today! And every day they have new stuff up to win. It's nifty! Read more:Guitar
My (So Called) Life 2007-11-02 20:54:00 Ok, so the title isn't so original.... sorry. I'm not feeling my most creative these days. I have a bunch of random crap in my brain, so I'm going to unload, and then relax a bit on the sofa...I think so, anyway.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I've been visiting Goodyblog.com daily since I discovered it (by reading my Parents magazine!) What an awesome, fun blog. It is just full of good, fun stuff. I've been entering to win the toy of the day giveaway since it began. I doubt I'll ever win, but the toys are fun and it's fun to enter....~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My husband and I were mesmerized by Twin Peaks. We watched it religiously. It sucked us in. Then he left for Saudi Arabia and I lived with his parents for a while.... so I religiously watched Twin Peaks then ran upstairs to write him a long detailed letter, telling him all about the episode. I also video taped all of them, while he was gone..so we could watch them to
This is cool! 2007-11-07 10:36:00 A friend shared this link with me and I just love it! Just thought I'd pass it on to anyone else who may appreciate it.Happy Wednesday!
So much on my mind..... 2007-11-05 09:17:00 My mind is full of stuff. It gets like this sometimes, then I can't sleep. It's like it's on overdrive or something and I just keep thinking and thinking and then it spirals out of control, kwim?So I figured rather than sitting here with it all in my head, I'd write it out...and it's all bits and pieces of junk.So lately I have had this really bad back ache. The last time I had this, I was stuck in bed for 3 days and could NOT move. I don't want that to happen this time! So I'm taking a ton of advil (which makes me retain fluid) and I've been spraying Stopain on it. Man, that stuff is wild, how it works. It reminds me of the magic erasers. LOL! I mean, the magic erasers are just white pieces of foam, right? And yet, they erase amazing things off my walls and floors....and counters...and baby shoes.... ah. Well, this stopain spray is 'just' a spray, but when I spray it on my back, my shoulders, my elbows, my knuckles...knees, ankles...yo get the idea...my pain mel
my husband! 2007-11-11 00:32:00 Well, I had to call 911 tonight for my dh. :-( He refused to go to the hospital, although I thought he should. The paramedics were asking him all types of questions and after 15 minutes, were convinced he was ok. I hope so! He took some day time cold medicine (generic dayquil) and immediately started gasping for air. He coughed until he spit up the syrup. The paramedic assumed he aspirated. Me, on the other hand, feels it was an allergic reaction to whatever was in the meds. Normally he takes the pills and he's fine. But he's allergic to oranges and other fruits as well as several vegetables and other stuff. My guess is as soon as it hit his throat, it clamped shut. I gave him water to flush it down and benadryl and with the benadryl he started to feel some relief. by the time the ambulance came, a good 20 minutes after I called, he was able to talk and go to the bathroom, etc. But was still raspy. I am sure he's pissed at me, but I was NOT going to lose him to some damned allergic
unhealthy obsession 2008-03-08 21:55:00 I am totally obsessed with Lipstick Jungle, the totally awesome tv series written by the same author who wrote Sex and the City. However, I don't get time to watch it when it's on tv (Thursdays at 10pm). I found out that you can watch the WHOLE episode on the NBC website!!! That is awesome and it's free!I am sooo sucked in to this TV show...I bought the book and a few others by the author and can't wait to read them!!! I'm debating on saving them for summer reading by the pool (but then, how much reading will I get done with Hope?) and reading my stack of books that I have already, but gosh, part of me wants to run upstairs, get ready for bed and snuggle in with the book already. LOL!
Missing Mom 2008-05-13 22:10:00 My Mama passed away on April 20th. She was *just* my stepmom, my birthmom passed away when I was 8, but she took over the role of Mom in my life and for the last almost 30 years, was "my Mother". I miss her like crazy. Not a day goes by that I don't reach for my phone to call her. Then I get pissed because she isn't there. It hurts. I feel I have nobody now. I don't have a close relationshi Read more:Missing
Hope's Amazing Journey 2008-07-14 10:29:00 Hope had an appointment today at the Shriner's hospital in Philadelphia. We were overly optimistic going into today's appointment. Sure, she has Cerebral Palsy, but she is walking independently, she is able to understand us and well, just seems to be doing fine, you know? Sure, the right leg (her GOOD leg) turns in slightly when walking, she flaps her right arm and tucks in the left, but honest Read more:Amazing
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Grandmas' opinions of Adoption 2008-07-08 21:10:00 It's been interesting getting the different opinions from the Grandmas involved in Hope's very open adoption. My mother was scared to death that Jill was going to come back for Hope (before and after parental rights were terminated). She was convinced that Jill was going to come in during the middle of the night and take Hope right from our home. I tried to tell her otherwise, but she had none of Read more:Adoption
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