Hacker Widow

We have a “cheat” meal every now and then at this great little place called Pita Kabob. They have some of the most wonderfully seasoned beef and chicken. My hubby and I will go in and split a combo plate. It used to contain: 1 skewer beef, 1 skewer chicken, rice pilaf, and hummus with [...]

It went like this… “Look at all those things..” “What? Where?” “There..(points across the room) there and there, and Boom.” “Uh, the chairs?” “No, those.”(Points again) “The ladies?” “Yeah, over there. I had to help but its ok now.” “O.K. Dad. Good job.” “Yep. That one keeps staring at me so I have to do [...]

I went to visit my Dad today. He lives in an Assisted Living Facility’s Alzheimer’s unit.He’s had quite a lot of funny experienced in there, I’ll write more on those later. Today was not a funny day. Today was not a good day. Today was a day when he was incoherent, tired, and restless. Today [...]

This activity is very simple. The autistic girl I am with, has very weak fine motor skills. So we work ALOT on handwriting. I try to get her to practice 4- 5 times throughout  the day. This is one of the things we have her do. First, I got some large graph paper. Next, I highlighted [...]

After the fun of making goodies and decorating eggs we will continue on to the main event…DINNER!! Can you tell we’re dieting?? LOL. Anyway, we were in for a major treat this year. Our oldest daughter can up during her spring break and wanted to show off her culinary talent. See that intense look? She’s [...]

This is the second installment of center activites created to help children in the mainstream classroom. These folders are for categorizing. I found this picture simply by browsing around the internet. There are some great sites out there. Don’t give up… I cut out the bear, made a “dirty clothes hamper” by folding over card [...]

We were blessed by having both children home for Spring Break this year. Our oldest came home from her culinary school. She wanted to cook Easter dinner for us. (Who am I to complain??? ;0) Anyway, I decided to pick up an egg coloring kit to see if the girls felt like doing it. They [...]

My youngest daughter went out to help her daddy trim up the trees in the front yard. ok…maybe it WAS more of an advisory position  :0) Anyway, they were trying to figure out how high to trim the trees. In doing this, they, inadvertently left a branch in the road. Then there was a boy. [...]