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Walls: An ADHD Metaphor

February 28, 2012 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, My Disorganized Mind

If you hadn’t noticed by now, metaphors happen to be one my favorite figures of speech. This post started off, by the way, with me searching for a youtube video on Justin Wilson; you’ll not see him mentioned again in this post– but it was what sparked the idea. I can’t explain how Justin Wilson led to a wall metaphor about social filters between a non-ADHD* and ADHD brained person. No really, I can’t since [...]

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No Calzone, NO

February 27, 2012 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Just Life, Weight Loss, Women's Health

How do I feel about this whole being fat thing? Meh, I am overweight; that’s reality, it’s not cruel, it just is. Some people like to run around saying they aren’t defined by their weight– liars. You are, I am, she is, he is. I am defined and categorized by my weight, in the same way I am defined by my sex, my height, my hair color. All are a part of the whole that [...]

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Feeding the Small People

February 25, 2012 in Allergies- Food and Environment, Just Life, Raising these kids, Things that Make Me Twitchy

Right? Is my kid too: fat, thin, tall, short, active, lazy, worried, ambivalent, loud, quiet, shy, fearless. Is he happy, sad, confident or scared? Eating enough, or too much? Every caring mom worries. Some of us worry to a clinical degree–medicate!–but most of us worry within the bell curve of normal. Some of us worry about one thing to an extreme (child abductions, oh my!), while maintaining a comfortable level of sanity for everything else. [...]

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Just a little facelift

February 23, 2012 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Just Life

I finally did some re-blog-decorating; and only 2 years after telling everyone not to get attached. Like a poorly oiled machine, that’s me! Randomly plotting– get it? Scattermom— scatter plot* **. No correlation? Nonlinear? Random? *OMG, y’all! Online Cliff’s notes! Have I ever mentioned that I used these, without a single ounce of shame, during my english major days? ** Yes I do understand that my application is a statistical impossibility. It’s funny, not literal. [...]

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Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall

February 18, 2012 in Just Life

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Up stood all my hairs and my feet they did run, But Humpty just cried and said, “I hit my head yet again”. First– E is at the 12 hour mark and remains asymptomatic from his potential concussion after the wall fall. Trust me, I’ve asked him no less than 2 dozen times since this morning, and chased him down with a flashlight to check his pupils. He’s, “FINE, [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Different Literary Tastes

February 15, 2012 in Just Life

Opposites attract, right?

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Eggless Chocolate Black Bean Muffins

February 15, 2012 in Allergies- Food and Environment, My Disorganized Mind, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects

I made heart-shaped, chocolate black beans muffins for Z’s preschool Valentine’s Day Party. Why? Because I saw how on pinterest, (original link, here) and it’s just too easy. Insert marbles before baking to hold the cupcake liners and bake. I filled the liners first, then placed my marbles. Heart-shaped, chocolate-y goodness? But of course. Heart-shaped chocolate-y goodness that is made with black beans(!) but not eggs(!!) Huzzah, folks. In general, I’ve found Madhuram’s eggless cooking [...]

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Being ADHD is

February 14, 2012 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Just Life, My Disorganized Mind

There are benefits, you know. Having an amazing idea and forgetting where you wrote it down, only to find that napkin scrap several years later. And keeping it because the idea is still amazing. Never having an inside-the-box thought Often this totally rocks, except when it rolls instead. Remembering to activate your brand new ATM card Then one Thursday, just purging the PIN number you’ve used for 3 years. True story– and I’ve done this [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: What did you talk about over breakfast today?

February 8, 2012 in Just Life, Raising these kids

I guess JB took my “not it, you better answer his questions” warning seriously, hunh?

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Sort of Stainless Steel Kitchen Backsplash

February 3, 2012 in DIY Life, Just Life

After posting pictures of the kitchen on the message boards of my local mom’s group, I had a few questions about the kitchen backsplash. Sigh, I still get that first-date feeling every time I walk in the room. Anyway– I can’t tell the backsplash story without starting with the countertops. Countertops aren’t cheap, but I got lucky one afternoon, getting a bunch of black granite tile for about $1.25 a square foot. I had leapt [...]

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