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Day 18 = something you made
I made this little guy after making some other critters using amigurumi crochet books. Before trying amigurumi I had only really crocheted scarves and baby blankets. I think he turned out pretty darn cute.
I haven’t been doing any crocheting for the last year or so. Now I sort of want to go hunting for my crochet hooks.
My older son Max has autism, and he does not enjoy summer vacation.
He loves school and summer is just a huge change in schedule for him. He does have summer school and that helps. But it’s only for part of the summer and it’s not in the same building or even with all the same people.
The longer days also make it harder for him to sleep too.
When I was a kid I loved summer vacation.
I no longer love summer.
We aren’t even friends anymore.
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Day 17 = snack
I was out for a bike ride when I stopped at Caribou Coffee and spied this tasty looking morsel. But I decided to be a good girl and stick the iced tea I went in for.
On the way home the bike trailer had an inner tube blow out. I kept thinking, should have got that coffee cake. Like in some kind of wacky butterfly effect way a piece of coffee cake would have prevented it. Crazy, right?
Anywhooo, I haven’t changed a tube in a bike in years, but I remember it being pretty easy. I even have a book.
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Day 16 = what you’re reading
I love to read, I can’t fall asleep without reading something. For a long time I thought I was going to be a writer, but I fear the truth of it is I am a reader, and at the end of the day, that’s not such a bad thing to be.
Right now I’m reading Soul Music by Terry Pratchett because you can’t go wrong with Terry Pratchett.
I’m also reading Bicycling: A Reintroduction: A Visual Guide to Choosing, Repairing, Maintaining & Operating a Bicycle because I’m trying to get back into riding my bike as a daily habit. It’s really one of the few forms of exercise I can get behind. I found a lot of the books in the store on biking were written with hardcore cyclists in mind, so this book was a welcome find. It is full of large color photographs and has step by step instructions, so I feel like it will really be useful and not just end up gathering dust on a shelf somewhere.
The only part I didn’t really need the ‘choosing’ part as I already have two bikes, a vintage bike that I picked up from a garage sale for next to nothing, and my Trek, which is an awesome bike. (I think if I was a wealthy person I could end up with a bike collection, kind of like Jay Leno, but with bikes.)
Weird Minnesota is a fun book coffee table kind of book, but it could have used a better index. Listing the attractions by city, for example would have been very handy.
The last book I finished was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I know taste in reading material is highly subjective, but is anybody else as disappointed with it as I was? I understand the appeal of Lisbeth Salander as a character, however I feel like the writing itself was just lacking. I gave it two out of five stars.
I posted a review of it here, but I warn you, it’s spoilertastic.
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Day 15 = love
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Day 14 = grass
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Day 13 = mom
As I’ve said before, Mother’s Day is always a little sad for me now. My mom’s absence always hangs a little heavier on my heart.
My mom, age 18
But it’s’ pretty much like any other day otherwise. I don’t get breakfast in bed or anything like that. My boys are 5 and 8, so that’s a little much to expect from them. Maybe next year! 
My sister Michelle and I did visit my Nana in the nursing home. The kids brought cards they had made for her. We ended up staying longer than I thought we would be able to. It helps there is this great outdoor courtyard area for the kids to run around in if they start to get too restless.
Allie and Sam took turns sitting on Nana’s lap. Max kept himself entertained with Michelle’s iPhone. I got a picture of Sam and Allie with Nana but wasn’t able to get one of her with Max.
I think my Nana knows Max has autism, but still doesn’t really understand why he is so quiet and hangs back from her. I think she was a little hurt when he wouldn’t say goodbye to her, but even when he does speak he is so quiet, she can’t really hear him.
On the whole though, it was nice visit and a pretty good day.
My niece Allison, Nana and Sammy
Allie and Max
Allie and Sammy
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Day 12 = something that makes me happy
My mother-in-law bought this bike trailer for me, (I think for Christmas) at least four years ago. I’ve used it as stroller but never got hooked up to a bike until today, and I did it all by myself!
That makes me pretty darn happy.
Once again, here is my contribution to Special Needs Ryan Gosling Friday.
Normally I try to have these posts ready to go the day before, but never got around to it yesterday. So I did these quickly this morning. Hopefully you like them anyway.
Why didn’t I? I blame Ryan, he was in such a silly mood! He kept goofing around, trying to make me laugh.
And then he wanted to go for a walk and insisted I bring my camera
He let me know how much he appreciates everything I do.
And told me about the fantastic Mother’s Day he has planned for me.
Who could blame me for not getting anything done?
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