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Jessica and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Soup to nuts

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I like to make soup. I am a little nuts. Jessica and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. November 30, 2007 in Uncategorized. They return after about 10 minutes. They get out of the car with Walgreen’s bags and go back in the house. More pacing. The phone rings. It’s finally the cops. A female detective. What did you see, she asks. So I tell her. She says she wants to talk to me more but she has to get over there. To the house next door. I say thanks and hang up. I go put Simon down for his nap.

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Previous post brought to you by PMS | Soup to nuts

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I like to make soup. I am a little nuts. Previous post brought to you by PMS. May 5, 2011 in Uncategorized. Today, a gray, rainy day, things look brighter. Simon played with the neighbor boy again and all was, well, not calm, but not violent. (They screech and stim out together, and watching them would probably alarm most parents.) I’m still hopeful they can be good friends. And Clare’s friend wants to come back. Kathie Jenkins’ Eat blog. Matt, Liz and Madeline. Comments feed for this article.

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I want to see the light | Soup to nuts

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I like to make soup. I am a little nuts. I want to see the light. May 4, 2011 in Uncategorized. It’s been a long time. I’ve been in a dark place. First, Buck was hit by a car. I opened the door and was reaching for his collar to tie him out, and he bolted. Long story short, the little shit ran into the road and a car ran over him with two of its tires. And didn’t stop. Simon’s aggression has not improved. In fact, it’s getting worse. It’s bleeding over into day care, and I fear ...Clare had a friend over...

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Freaking OUT | Soup to nuts

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I like to make soup. I am a little nuts. August 19, 2010 in Uncategorized. So, you guys remember when we had the neighbors who were total thugs, and I saw one of them running through his back yard with a big old gun. And then they moved out and it was all happily ever after and shit? Let me back up a minute and say that since I’ve become a reporter, I don’t read every story in our paper, and certainly not always all the way through, depending on the day. That is some fro he had going on. I lived next to ...

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September | 2011 | Soup to nuts

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I like to make soup. I am a little nuts. You are currently browsing the monthly archive for September 2011. September 22, 2011 in Uncategorized. He’s doing well. Kindergarten, as far as we can tell, is a hit. He’s still not potty trained, but I’m done stressing out about it. He’ll learn when he’s ready. He’s doing so well that sometimes, like yesterday, I forget. It was too late. When we got home, instead of getting out of the van, he ran into the back seat, still sobbing uncontrollably. I put him in our...

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iGuilt, no more | Soup to nuts

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I like to make soup. I am a little nuts. IGuilt, no more. October 6, 2011 in Uncategorized. Within the vast ocean of guilt that daily washes over me, the (working, how dare I? Mother of a special-needs child, floats some tiny electronic devices. I have always felt a tinge of guilt about how much time he spends looking at those little screens. When I was a kid, there was no such thing! I would have opened a book, I think to myself. But I didn’t have autism. And until I read this post. You are commenting u...

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Lessons learned | Soup to nuts

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I like to make soup. I am a little nuts. December 27, 2010 in Uncategorized. Things I have learned in a week and a half with our new dog, Buck:. 3 Training a dog is harder than it looks. Buck is a hound and wants to be the alpha dog. We’re teaching him what his place is (bottom of the totem pole, Bucko), but in the meantime, the kids can’t walk him. Myles tried and got bit when he pulled on the leash to try and get the dog back inside. 5 I doubt I’ll ever be without a dog again. Matt, Liz and Madeline.

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Kindergarten ahoy (gulp) | Soup to nuts

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I like to make soup. I am a little nuts. May 19, 2011 in Uncategorized. It’s finalized. Simon will attend full-day kindergarten at the school my other children attend. He’ll have help, but he’ll be in a regular classroom. He’ll need breaks. He’ll need guidance. He’ll still need speech and occupational therapies. But for the first time, he’ll be doing something academically that my other kids did. I worry about other kids teasing him and his temper flaring up, but our school is no-tolerance in the bullyin...

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Parenting | Soup to nuts

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I like to make soup. I am a little nuts. July 7, 2010 in Uncategorized. From New York Magazine, raises a lot of the questions I ask myself all the time. When I’m in the middle of a miserable parenting moment, do I think of my childless friends who are able to go to a movie or pick up at a moment’s notice and fly to New York because the fares are low? Do I envy people whose houses are always clean, whose cars are free of smooshed goldfish crackers and chewed up lollipop sticks? Matt, Liz and Madeline.