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A Much Needed Family Outing Part II

Once we were inside the Mars exhibit, we began to learn about the many different of what would be required to go to Mars.  We learned about space toilets that have to work without gravity.  We learned about the terrain of Mars and its many “dust storms.” We discovered that both of our children would be too light to be able to walk on Mars.  We learned about how all the things required for a civilization to flourish on Mars would get to Mars. We learned about tight living quarters and dehydrated food.  We learned more than we really wanted … Continue reading →

A Year in Disney Fandom: D23 Events for 2013

Any D23 members wondering what will be on the official Disney Fan Club’s schedule for 2013 don’t need to wait any longer.  The official D23 website and the official Disney Parks blog have both posted announcements of the fan club’s 2013 events. The most exciting news to come out of D23 for 2013 is the announcement of a second year of Fanniversary.  The event, which is open to the public (but D23 members get first registration), is a must-attend celebration for any Disney fans.  It’s hours spent reveling in the best of Disney movies, history, park attractions, and more.  Special … Continue reading →

Special Education and the 2012 Election

Across the nation, Americans were asked to cast their vote on issues relating to special education. Voters were asked about funding for special education in several propositions. You may have voted for a candidate because you agreed with his or her views about Special Education. Here is a brief review of the results that could affect your child’s education. In St. Louis County, Missouri, Proposition S was on the ballot. It asked voters if they wanted to allow a 19 cent tax levy to take effect. The money would be used for the Special School District of St. Louis County, … Continue reading →

What’s New at FamilySearch? – Week of July 5, 2012

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FamilySearch is one of the most popular genealogy websites in existence. It uses volunteers to help with indexing, updates, and other tasks. This makes it possible for FamilySearch to allow genealogists to use the website, and access the many resources it holds, for free. Here is some of what is new at FamilySearch this week. FamilySearch has a really interesting blog post that talks about users that have disabilities. The blog describes how FamilySearch is thinking about how their changes and interfaces could affect users with particular disabilities. For example, they consider the ability of people who are colorblind when … Continue reading →

What’s New at Coupons.com? – Week of April 2, 2012

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If you are serious about collecting coupons, then you probably check out Coupons.com fairly frequently. They add brand new coupons to it all the time. One way to keep up with what’s new at Coupons.com is to get their email. A quicker way is to check out this blog. One of the new things I noticed at Coupons.com is that the website features a link to Kellogg’s. It says “Get savings, recipes & more”. If you click on it, it brings you directly to the Kellogg’s website, where you can fill out a form to sign up to get offers … Continue reading →

Special Needs Podcast Roundup – Week of March 19, 2012

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Once a week, the Special Needs Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of podcasts that discuss topics that are relevant to parents of children who have special needs. Certain podcasts are consistently focused on a particular special need. Others are not always about special needs topics, but will do an episode on it once in a while. Hope Saves the Day released episode number 109 on March 8, 2012. This episode is called “Interview with Director Jamie Grover of Autism on the Seas”. Jamie Grover is the Director of Group Development for “Autism on the Seas”, which is the … Continue reading →

Whole Foods Market Take on Sustainability Part 1

It’s not often that you find a grocery store as dedicated to sustainability as Whole Foods Market. The company actually has a policy on their web page about how they have a vision of how their policy on sustainability can help future generations and how companies, governments, and institutions have a moral imperative to stop doing things to harm individuals and the ecosystem. The policy mentions the following topics: Holistic Thinking in a Conventional World Whole Foods Market mentions how it is dedicated to offering products that are high quality, but have little processing, that are favorable and natural, sold … Continue reading →

Mediation Day Part 3

We are headed back into the mediation room; we have been hanging around town for the last two hours and the time has come to hear if the biological mother of our kids is going to relinquish her parental rights to Rebecca. If she says no to our offer which included quarterly updates, yearly picture and a video yearly than we are going to have to go to court to fight her for custody. I am ready to go to court if I have to but I would prefer she did what is best for Rebecca. As I mentioned before … Continue reading →

Lenten Pizza Party

Holy Week starts in just a few days, which means Christians, who abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent, have to come up with just one more vegetarian option to serve on Good Friday. I live in Wisconsin where Friday night fish frys reign supreme. However, last week I was invited to a Friday night get-together that didn’t include a single deep-fried cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate. Rather, my pal made a bunch of different meatless pizzas that were out of this world good. Interestingly, the recipes did come from fancy-schmancy celebrity chefs. Instead, my friend simply modified regular pizza recipes and … Continue reading →

The Quarter, Part 4

Don’t miss Parts 1, 2, and 3, to find out how we got here. The waiting room was cold and lonely. We settled in with bad coffee and old magazines. We ended up waiting around a half-hour before the surgeon returned to tell us that everything went fine. He presented us with the quarter in a cup with a pink lid. The nurse returned a short time later to take us to Jessie. Jessie looked good. She was holding a popsicle and would eat five more. We were all very happy that she was able to eat so many. I … Continue reading →