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We had Tyler’s annual assessment this morning….3 hours! He gets some services through the developmental disability division of our state and while we really appreciate the help we get, it’s a little bit difficult. It is the one day of the year we are forced to look at life with Tyler in a negative light. We have to prove need. There are things our insurance will not cover and then we get respite and care hours. I really fought it all in the beginning, but it has proven to be extremely helpful and he got in at just the right time and is in an ideal place during these difficult economic times. He has a waiver that puts him in a secure situation. I guess it’s very difficult to get a waiver any more.

I absolutely love our case manager. She makes the assessment easier, as have most of the case managers we’ve had. This is the first year we had to do an extra assessment because of his age and now we have to do it every 3 years….it was horrible. All I can say is, I’m glad I don’t have to do that one again for 3 years!

Now we can go back to enjoying our little boy.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Amanda Knox trial and verdict. I honestly do not have an opinion as to whether she was guilty or not, but I got pulled in to it all this last few weeks as the trial was coming to an end. It’s all that’s been on our news. I don’t know if the rest of the country followed much of it, but she’s a 22 year old student who was studying abroad in Italy through Univ. of Washington. She was arrested for the murder of her roommate. I watched the verdict announced live and I have to say, I was just crushed. As a mother, how in the world do you leave your precious daughter in another country in prison? I don’t care if she was guilty or not , how do you do it? There will be an appeals process and many feel she has a chance then of being acquitted. It’s just a very difficult as a parent. When it all happened, she was the same age as Rebecca, now she is Ben’s age. I can’t even imagine. I’ve sure been praying for them all!

We’re having freezing freezing cold temperatures. Today, I’m not sure it even got to freezing. We’re not used to this. Tonight it will drop into the teens. Brrrrrr

I feel quite accomplished tonight. lol I finally took time to learn how to do a screen shot on my mac. Gosh, do you ever wonder why it takes you so long to figure out something? It took about 2 minutes. I had to try it out so I took a picture of the corner of my farm on FB.

Ok, pretty silly, I know.   

I am so excited. I am not sure if I’ve shared about the old time radio show I have really enjoyed listening to. I had 146 episodes on my iPod and listen to it to fall asleep. Last night as I was going upstairs, I was laughing right out loud and Kenny was asking what was so funny. Sometimes I stick one of my buds in his ear and we laugh together. The episodes are about 15 min. and I set my timer for 32 min. and frequently am asleep before it finishes. Wellllllll………..imagine my joy when I found a site that has over 600 episodes! The show ran in ”57-60 and it’s just good clean fun. The series is called “The Couple Next Door” starring Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce. Margaret Hamilton (the wicked witch in Wizard of Oz is Aunt Effie). If this is something you enjoy, you can find it here: http://otrarchive.blogspot.com/2009/08/couple-next-door.html I’m in listening heaven!

And now I am headed to bed because tomorrow is a BIG DAY for me! I am going to go buy the Julie and Julia dvd. You may remember the disaster we experienced trying to see it in the theater. When I found out the dvd release date, I practically marked it on my calendar and I hope to go before Kenny goes to work. woohooooooo!!!!!

And to end on a positive note, life feels pretty good right now. The dark days don’t come that often and all it is for me is a reality check….but really, the reality is that we are very blessed and we know it!

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