RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Today we went for our first time to the RR Library. What a fantastic experience! My most vivid memory from school is my third grade teacher crying and telling us how our president had been shot, along with Press Secretary Brady. I didn't quite understand it all, but it broke my heart to see my favorite teacher cry.

Now, as an adult, having lived politics and studied them, I have fallen in love with Ronald Reagan. What a wonderful, loving, charismatic, intelligent, and insightful man. Our country is better for him and his wife is one lucky gal! I am only sorry he couldn't stay longer and provide the younger generation with such knowledge.

Going to the library with my children allowed me to share my childhood with them. It also gave me a chance to mourn and grieve his loss. The beauty of life is always taken for granted. One day spent with the memoirs of the Reagans will make any person appreciate life and all it has to offer.

Go go go! You will be a better person for the journey.

PS the right side of my photos chop off :(

Red White and Blue

Okay...

I have a freaking cold. Who gets a cold in April? My throat and ears are all scratchy. I want to bundle up and hide. Of course I can't. I just want the cough to go away. I can't cough my way through IEPs and lectures. What timing! UGH

Tyler's IEP went well. OT wasn't there but allllll the others were. It seems all those who were in attendance loves the kid and truly want to help. I don't want anyone on the team that doesn't care or have given up. He is only nine years old. Let's pray for a good year.

I bought a new camera. My zoom lens quit working. Again, what timing!! I got an updated model of my own and in pink!!! The same battery and charger work with it. That saves me $100+ right there. Now, I just need a 4g memory card. One day...

I bought a new pair of heels today. Two pairs in fact! I LOVE my heels. It still doesn't replace my beautiful butterfly Jimmy Choos my dogs chewed up, but I like them all the same. Now, how did I find time?? Tyler's IEP ended one hour before school let out. I ran up the street to a Persian restaurant and asked them to donate a gift certificate for the school auction, which they so kindly did. I ran it back to the school and still had 35 minutes. So I ran to TJ Maxx. Shoe mission only. I found AK's and BCBG's. I got back to the school with five minutes to spare. Now that is productive. LOL

Time to figure something out for dinner that does not require alot of time.....you know I insist on a family dinner 7 nights a week. It is what keeps it a unit!

For know,
xoxox
rein

OMG, it has been 5 weeks since I posted....

It really isn't intentional. It is IEP season. Tyler has an IEP tomorrow and I just read his reports last night. I have done so much with others IEPs that his went on the back burner. Gee, OT will be po'd when they find out I refuse to dismiss them. Oh well. Life will go on.

Besides IEPs, well lectures. I go around telling people their rights and the laws within the special education system. Then, there's school stuff. Open house is next week and it seems to me I am the only generous parent donating stuff. Real stuff, not 99 cent store stuff. Not tooting my own horn, but come on, get with the program people. Who wants to bid on a basket of crap?! This IS a fundraiser! It falls around the same time every year, so budget it in. I haven't had a Starbucks in a couple of months. That is $4 bucks a day! I sacrificed soooo much...Just kidding, but you get the picture.

What else??? Modeling shoots like crazy for the kids. Always a trip to the beach. Ronald Reagan Library is on the agenda too. I have never been, so I am excited about it. Chloe, you want to go with us???

Beyond that, the same ole. Kids, therapies, tutoring, housework (minimal if I can help it), errands, and so on.. OH OH OH, gluten free is our latest adventure. It is helping Tyler with his self injurious behavior, persevering, and echololia. It has diminished it. Has it cured his autism...ONLY in my dreams! Jenny McCarthy can kiss my behind on that claim. So, every child is different. This is helping Tyler, not curing him. If anyone wants a list of gluten free items, fast food places, and restaurants, just drop a comment.

I think that is my life in an April nutshell. TTYL
xoxo
Rein