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According to our local Police Chief as quoted in our local fish wrapper (aka: the weekly paper) "You can buy all the fireworks you want...you just can't set them off in the state of Ohio." Ok, that makes sense. Purchasing said fireworks is legal. Shooting them off is not. You would have to take them over the border into a state that allows you to shoot them off. So why is it legal to sell them in the first place? Why not just eliminate the selling part and make the whole thing illegal? Not that… Continue

Today was the first day of Girl Scout camp. Erin did quite well - especially since her surgery was 4 days ago. We made a few concessions for her such as I brought a small camp chair for her as opposed to a sit-upon; she could tell us if she was too tired to play a game etc. Anyway, several people found out about her surgery and almost all commented "What a trooper! She still came to camp after that?" So when it came time to make our nametags in Arts and Crafts Erin chose "TROOPER" as her "camp… Continue

Girlie's surgery on Thursday went well. We got home late Friday afternoon and Daddy and Nutboy had some surprises for Girlie: Roses and a new Webkinz! One of the funnier things at the hospital was when the Physical Therapist (PT) had her get up to walk for the first time. She brought Girlie a little red walker to use. So Girlie is using it and looks at me and says "Momma, I look like the grammas where you work!" (I work at a retirement community - so, yeah, she did!) She has done very well bei… Continue

Yesterday was Girlie's last day of school - she had walked into that building as a Kindergardener and she walked out the building as a First Grader (covered in chocolate ice cream drips!) NutBoy's last day was the day before when he walked out a Fourth Grader. I reminded them as we drove to a celebratory/meeting lunch at McDonald's (the meeting part was for Girl Scout camp next week) that we didn't have to get up early tomorrow, that we had no place to go, that we could sleep late. This was imp… Continue

My dd, Girlie, has congenital scoliosis. That means she was born with it. On Thursday, she will have her third expansion surgery of the VEPTR (www.veptr.com) rods that were placed in her back 3 years ago. These expansions will continue until she reaches physical maturity - which for a girl is generally somewhere between 14 and 16 years of age. My Girlie is 6. The expansions are typically done every 4-6 months as the child grows. She is unusual in that it has be… Continue