I check my favorite blogs every day

but sometimes I am very bad about updating this one. Often there aren't enough hours in the day but just as often, I have nothing to say.

My friend Vivian issued a challenge to scrap as many new pages as possible for a current book call. So far I have two. Not a very impressive response to the challenge. Gonna work on that tonight.

Charlie developed a vocal tic while I was in Canada. And I have many different emotions about it but mostly, I am really struggling to keep my patience because truthfully, it's annoying. It doesn't change anything about his diagnosis (transient tic disorder) or move us any closer to a different diagnosis (he would have to have this one for a year) and his original neurosurgeon warned us this would probably happen. It's frustrating not to understand something or be able to do anything about it. Happily, he doesn't seem to even notice he's doing it so life continues as normal.

And on the normal front, after surveying the items I purchased for the fall party treat bag, he thinks I am a failure as the homeroom mom. He is convinced his friends will not see the coolness factor of a bag of teddy grahams and Charlie Brown fruit snacks. Kids.