Where have I been???

Sorry for the silence. Rachel and I both had the flu. This was so unfun and will take this moment to remind all of you to get your flu shots now.

I have been given a new moniker as a mother of an autistic child. Some of us are now known as "warrior moms" for our unwavioring strength to move our children in the forward direction. Well, it has never been more true as when I am now working with Rachel's therapists to teach her how to cook! We don't eat anything from a can, box, or premade bag, so all cooking is done with fresh foods. This means that Rachel is learning to finely chop veggies like onions, or work with raw meat/fish. You wouldn't think this would be so hard, but each movement is done mostly "hand over hand" meaning my hand is on top of hers at all times. Dinner now takes an hour and a half to prepare. By the end of it, I am nearly too tired to eat! It will get better, as all things do with her, but I just hope I live to tell the tail! Here is a picture of Rachel with on of her dinners: New potatoes with herbs, garlic and oninions, rock fish with a ginger lime butter sauce, fresh green beans and a fresh mozzerlla salad with tomatoes from our garden. She may not look like she is smiling, but that is her "picture taking face" which I would LOVE to change!


Based on all of this, my designing as been left to the back burner. I will get back to business soon as my world gets less crazy. Until then, the ideas are just building up in my head!

Remember your life in pictures; scrapbook!
Kitty
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What a weekend!

We had a wild weekend spending a lot of time together as a family. On Friday we celebrated the beginning of the holiday weekend by going out to dinner at Roy's one of Rachel's favorite restaurants. We visited the Pasadena location this time and it was nice, but no better than several of the other locations we have visited.

On Saturday we spent the day at the beach. It was a great day, but believe it or not, rather chilly! It was 105 at our house and I wore a sweatshirt the entire time a the beach. Rachel braved the water as usual. We have not had much of any beach weather this year.

On Sunday, as you can see from above we spent a LONG day at the LA County Fair. Rachel loves the rides and we will be back again before it closes. We really like going and enjoy looking at the animals, farming exhibits, and the crafts. Not to mentions the food, seeing as we gave in this year and visited the "fry king" to try a deep fried PB&J. It was pretty good too!

Monday we fell over and rested. I haven't worked on a file all weekend, so I better get hopping if I want to have new things up in the next newsletter. I want to thank everyone for all their purchases this weekend. I am thrilled that you are giving me a try!

Remember your life in pictures. Scrapbook!
Kitty

It's FRIDAY

Wow! What a week. I opened the freezer and was greeted with a big splash of water. It didn't get any better so we will have a lovely new refrig next week. Thank goodness, since it is 113 here, that we have an extra one out in the garage.

We will spend the weekend together doing family stuff around here, so it will be a relaxing weekend.

I have all my files loaded and I am working on several new ones. I should have some of them up in the store next week if all goes well.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy your families!
Remember your life in pictures. Scrapbook!
Kitty