Monthly Archives: July 2008

Separation Anxiety

Aron is going through another phase of separation anxiety. This is the worst anxiety he has ever had. None of my other children ever had it that bad. Victoria got anxious, but showed it in different ways. Aron screams whenever we walk towards an official looking building like a church, doctor’s office, or library. It [...]

Racist Toddlers

The BBC reports that toddlers who say “yuk” to spicy curries or say that they “stink” should be flagged as having racist tendencies and should be educated about racism. That includes children who stare at a black child or a woman in a hijab. Nowhere does it say anything about Muslim children who refuse pork [...]

Rent vs. Buying

Right now we live in one of the most priciest areas, the Washington D.C. metro area. Housing prices are dropping all over the place so we decided to look at homes in Alexandria. We found homes under $250,000. Of course we were tempted! However, we discovered that the property taxes are over $4,000 for some [...]

Back Spasms

Saturday, after leaving the mall, I fell to the ground because of back spasms. They felt like someone lit a match on my spine. It was super painful. I rested and took Flexerall, muscle relaxer, but it did no good. I was still in pain and was in tears most of the night. I had [...]

Quest for Clean Historial Fiction

Everyone knows I love history. So it is natural that my favorite kind of fiction is Historical Fiction. In Historical Fiction you set a novel with the same drama and plot so forth as a normal fiction novel, except the setting and sometimes characters are based on historical fact. This is usually a writer can [...]

USGENWEB Genealogy Assignment

I wrote in my other blog an assignment. I asked that you use usgenweb to try to find out some information either on my ancestors or one of your own ancestors. On usgenweb or worldgenweb you can find wills, deeds, marriage records, and cemetery records if you are lucky. Sometimes you can’t find anything because [...]

Doctor

I went to the doctor finally! I found a doctor I like. She was kind to my kids and actually took time to listen to me. I have tennis elbow and a little arthritis in my back. I was finally given some medication to help the pain. She will test my bladder and tell me [...]