Our family decided to go for a walk, one night after dark, to enjoy the spring weather. I was walking one of the dogs on a leash. I was walking in the parkway, and the dog's leash was stretched across... Continue reading

The following is a sponsored post! Enjoy! Most of you probably know that I am going to school to become a special education teacher. You may not realize that I have been going to school for about six years now!... Continue reading

I sometimes babysit for other families, during evenings and weekends, to make extra money. That extra money is my saving grace most of the time! Lately I've been babysitting for an awesome family with two little girls who are 5... Continue reading

One of the biggest pains in my butt is my car. I love my little car... it was given to me by my grandparents, and is in better shape than any other car I've owned... but its old, and I'm... Continue reading

A couple years ago I used to read a blog by a foster parent, who wrote about her daily adventures. Around the time when I first started reading, she suddenly got a placement of three children between the ages of... Continue reading

To amuse Pufferfish when we're in the car or standing in line or whatever, and to help her practice the sounds of whatever letter we're learning this week, I made up a sort of game where I'll ask her things... Continue reading

The following is a sponsored post, which I think any of my readers who buy new homes! Today I discovered a website that says that there is a $6,500 Tax Credit available to some people who buy new homes this... Continue reading

A lady was recently telling me that some people felt that ADHD is on the autism spectrum. That was interesting to me, because although my official diagnosis is severe ADHD, before I got that diagnosis I felt that I had... Continue reading

Welcome to yet another week of Tot School! This week was a pretty good week, I have to admit... even though I never did scrape together the money to actually bake the cookies I was hoping to bake with Pufferfish!... Continue reading

One day recently, Rafael was explaining to me how he lost the small "UglyDoll" I had bought for him at the toy store a few days earlier. "One minute I was holding it, and then, whoosh! It was gone!" he... Continue reading

The other day I read that Dora The Explorer was going to be visiting kids at the local children's museum today. I thought Pufferfish would have loved that, but I definitely didn't have enough money for the children's museum! So,... Continue reading

Okay, dudes. I have been without my meds for about five days now. The Target pharmacy cannot get ahold of my doctor to approve a refill... and since I am a county mental health patient, I can't contact him directly... Continue reading

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Allison Maslan, author of "Blast Off!". All opinions are 100% mine. The other day Diana and I were talking about my goal of being a foster/adoptive parent someday. I... Continue reading

Bleh, I'm getting a cold!! This day is already freaking me out! Let me count the ways... 1. Jimmy is totally grouchy today and snapping at Pufferfish. My big plan was to get Puff out of the house today (we... Continue reading

Hello and welcome to another week of Tot School! I hope you enjoy my hastily thrown together version of Chinese New Year week! It wasn't my best week, due to low energy and low cash... but it woked for us!... Continue reading

Pufferfish: "Nicki, where is the che-mote for the TV?" Me: (Ignoring her as I look for a copy of my textbook in the local library) Pufferfish: "Nicki? Where is the che-mote for the TV?" Me: (Ignoring) Pufferfish: "NICKI! WHERE IS... Continue reading

Me: (not wanting to go on a job interview) "Ugh... I hate people!" Pufferfish: "But I'm a people! You like me?" Me: "Yes, of course! I love you, Pufferfish!" Pufferfish: "Little Bear is a people! You like her?" Me: "Yeah,... Continue reading

Pufferfish and I have been going to Gymboree for a few weeks now. I started taking her there because I felt like she needed to be in some sort of weekly class to start getting used to the concept, because... Continue reading

Today is Rafael's seventh birthday! It didn't start out all that great, though. Apparently his teacher wouldn't let the class sing "Happy Birthday" to him. She seems to have some sort of grudge against him... But anyway, Jimmy took Little... Continue reading

Today is Rafael's seventh birthday! It didn't start out all that great, though. Apparently his teacher wouldn't let the class sing "Happy Birthday" to him. She seems to have some sort of grudge against him... But anyway, Jimmy took Little Bear and Pufferfish to the city tow see their grandparents and Tigerlily. So I thought I would do something special with Rafael. My original plan was to take him to see the movie "The Tooth Fairy." It was supposed to start about ten minutes before Rafael got out of school, but I figured it wouldn't be a big deal to... Continue reading

(Don't forget to check out my giveaway to win a product from Creativity For Kids!) Did anyone feel the earthquake last night? if you live anywhere near Chicago, you might have? It woke me up out of a dead sleep... Continue reading