Monthly Archives: January 2008

On His Way Home At Last

Oregon Dad is sitting in the VIP Lounge of Singapore Airlines in the Jakarta, Indonesia Airport.  His flight will depart soon for the long, long trip home.  First he has a layover in LA and will arrive in PDX late … Continue reading

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Overheard in the Peanut Gallery

“I’m still wearing five pair of socks”.  -K2 ?????Is it any wonder we just spent the last 45 minutes folding a gazillion million socks??????

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Snow Day

We woke to six inches of snow this morning. In our world, that is a rare treat. Daddy always misses the fun… it seems that his first trip of the year coincides with our only snow fall! K1 is also … Continue reading

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Yummy Dinner, Mom!

Music to my ears! I love to make dinners that everyone will like and K3 can eat without modification.  That doesn’t always happen.  Last night I hit the jackpot. Around 3PM I dumped 3 chicken breasts into the crock pot … Continue reading

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Want Fries With That?

Geeze Oh Pete… are you kidding me? So… I am hitting ingredient lists to find out where my child might be able to eat if we chose to eat out for a treat.  I cannot believe the crap I am … Continue reading

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Additive Free Medicine?

Our family has been additive free for a couple of years now… ever since we discovered that the food additives we took into our bodies were having an obvious negative impact on K3′s health.  So… we removed all food dyes, … Continue reading

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Eating Out With Allergies

K3 can’t eat gluten, wheat, milk, whey, rye, barley, spelt… yada yada.  Needless to say we don’t get to eat out with her.  It’s very difficult when all the kids REALLY want the occassional kids meal and we can’t do … Continue reading

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Not All Fish Oils Are Created Equal

We decided to try the Lil Critters Omega 3 Supplements because they were so much more cost effective than the Nordic Naturals we started out on. Heaven help us… that was a mistake! Evidently not all fish oils are created … Continue reading

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Thou Shall Not Judge… Huh.

We were sitting in Ballet as we do every Friday afternoon.  Fridays are absolute craziness for me… the one day of the week that I wish wouldn’t arrive and can’t wait for it to get over.   I always arrive at … Continue reading

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One of THOSE Days

I am a good Mom… I am a great Mom… I do MOST things right… That is my mantra and I’m sticking to it.  This morning started out with Lil Critter in tears for a good 30 minutes over basically… … Continue reading

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