Author Archives: carl

>18 years and a dozen roses.

>18 years ago I met my bride. I can remember the day like it was yesterday. My daughter was there, but too young to remember. I remember going to her staff Christmas party that night, because her girlfriends asked me if I would take her. I was surprised at the number of cousins I had that were employed by the day care that she was working at. Here is to another 50 years, Love you, mry. I miss you, and can’t wait till you come home on Monday. I was a bit of a cad before I met my wife. she might say I am still sometimes. I went to this pool party hoping to “hook up” with this lady. She knew I had a thing for her, and told her girlfriends. They in turn offered to baby-sit my daughter so that I could go to the Christmas party with

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>IEP’s and Frustration

>Had an IEP meeting for our youngest. He is scheduled to be released from the residential facility next Tuesday. At the meeting, the school gave us our options. 1. Public School – either in our community or a neighboring one.2. another day treatment program that is 50 miles away from our home.We talked it over as a team and agreed to try for the school in another district. With second option being available as a back up if the first failed. Well, the other district isn’t willing to take on our son. So, our district rather than trying to accommodate him, has decided to schedule a visit to the day treatment program. They are willing to pay his travel expenses to go there. Why does nobody want our child? In the last year, we have done everything that the school has asked us to do. We placed him in a

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Build a Better Blog Week 1 ~ Day 1

I have decided to pursue this venture as a business type model rather than just a hobby.  That in mind, I am not trying to sell stuff.  There are other ways to profit off of what I write. With that in mind I have joined a cohort to help ramp up my blog and blogging efforts.  The cool thing about this is I am in a cohort with 25 other bloggers who are spreading their wings. Here is a list of my cohort members. Check them out when you get a few minutes, from what I am seeing there is a lot of fabulous advice and information out here.       Cheers ~Carl Tweet #fighting4answrs