Month: October 2006

There is some improvement today.  Not as much screaming in pain.  We managed to get her in to see the chiropractor this afternoon.  He was unable to get her lower back to pop at all.  He said she is really tight down there.  He cracked her upper back and neck and told her that would […]

The drugs are doing their thing, but Copperswife keeps trying to do her thing (Keeping the housework going).  She can’t lift loads or bend to pick things up yet. Due to the drugs, she gets a little tongue tied and what comes out of her mouth isn’t always what she means, so maybe it’s a […]

Hi everyone,  this is Copper.  Copperswife is on a temporary hiatus due to a back injury.  We don’t know what brought it on, though we suspect the batting of the softball and running the bases, just to show the kids that she could do it.  I guess she showed them. We spent part of today […]

There’s a song, sung as a round, that I learned in Brownies.  Okay, I know I’m pushing 50, but I do still remember that little tune I learned 40 years ago. Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, and the other gold. The last few months have been a time of transition for […]

Things were a bit slow on the sewing and crafting front this week.  I haven’t felt really well all week; and yesterday, Friday, the bug finally caught me and threw me to the mat for the 10 count.  I think I’m on the mend today, though the letters on the screen here seem a bit […]

It took me a bit longer to get to posting all of these wonderful recipes then I had intended.  Thanks for being patient with me!  I’m sure I could have done a nicer job getting these on here, but my time for the computer today is short.  I hope you find a couple of “keepers” […]

Homefire asked in the comments for my Back to Basics Cooking post about the results we were seeing with my son.  The results have  been so phenomenal that I decided to answer her here, rather than in the comments. We began removing as much sugar as we could from the seven year old’s diet on […]

The Internet can be a great resource for finding the help you need for a special needs child.  It can also be a source of great discouragement.  I will say that I have found more discouragement than help! However, there are some wonderful resources that I have found (some my older daughters have found for me), […]

I promise, I really do, not to dwell forever on children with special needs.  But as I claim in my blog title, as well as in my side bar, I’m going to blog about bits and pieces of my day – the good, the bad and the not-so-pretty.  Right now, the bits and pieces of […]

I’ve mentioned before that our seven year old has some special needs.  We have no intention of medicating him, at least not in the foreseeable future.  However, we have done a lot of research on nutrition and we have found some things that help. The first thing we did was to eliminate artificial colors and […]