Redefining MommyhoodJourney of a mom whose son is overcoming hypotonia

Sorry I haven’t been keeping up with my blog. There just aren’t enough hours in my days and I don’t seem to have any extra energy lately. I just logged into my blog to find almost 2000 pending comments, most of them are SPAM!!! I apologize in advance if someone who wrote a legitimate comment can’t find it. I’m going to do my best to go through and delete the BS, but some true comments may sneak through.

I also discovered that my gmail account that I use mainly for my blogging was apparently hacked! Sorry if some of you got bogus emails from me from that account. I had to verify my account and reset my password, so hopefully it’s fixed.

I promise I will post an actual update soon!!!!! I hope everyone is having a great summer so far:)

Thanks and Hugs,
Tilly

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I have some pictures from Christmas that I’ve been meaning to post, but I have just had no energy lately. It’s been really cold here (for Florida), so I think I’ve got a touch of the good, old-fashioned cabin fever. It’s still sunny here though, so I really can’t use that as an excuse:)

I am going to try and take one night this weekend to upload the pics and write some new posts.

Thanks!!

Today, Luke and I went out to run some errands. I was trying to get him dressed and out of the house semi-early so we could be back in time for lunch. He was fighting me the whole time and did not want to get dressed. We ended up leaving probably 20 minutes later than I had wanted.

We were driving down the highway when a firetruck came up behind us with their lights and siren going. I pulled over and told Luke to look because he loves firetrucks. About 2 minutes later, a whole convoy of emergency vehicles were behind us. I pulled over again and let them all fly by us. About a half mile down the road, we came upon a horrible accident! I couldn’t really tell how many vehicles were involved, but I could see an SUV had flipped over and the paramedics were working on someone. The police had me stop while a man and his young boy, probably around 3 years old, crossed the road.

All I could think about was how if we had left when I wanted, that could have been us. Luke was my angel today for being stubborn and procrastinating about getting dressed. I hope everyone involved today is ok. I’ve checked the local news websites tonight, but didn’t see any information. Please send some prayers and good thoughts to all involved.

What is up with all of the spamming comments lately? Does anyone know how to get rid of these annoying a-holes??
Stop posting your crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is any city or town safe to live in these days? What is this world coming to? I know crime is everywhere, but when it literally happens in your own backyard, it’s a little too real.

Luke and I came home this morning to see a news helicopter hovering over our neighborhood. It was there for quite some time, so I knew something bad must have happened. After all, these people never report good news, right? I got on my laptop and checked the local news to see that there had been a shooting in our neighborhood! It was apparently some sort of domestic dispute, but it ended up in the streets with multiple shots fired. This all happened in the morning when children were getting ready to leave for school.

I have never felt very safe in our neighborhood, but now I really don’t! I’m hoping this was an isolated incident, but I can’t help but feel very creeped out by this event!!

Would it be safer to live in a country that didn’t allow people to own firearms? I know this is a topic which is debated frequently. People are supposed to have background checks etc. done before they buy a gun, but you never know what will make someone snap. I guess I’m still holding out hope that there is that “perfect” place to live.

What is the point of living close to family when they seem to purposely avoid you and exclude you from things? I just discovered today that certain family members are in town for a few days (they live semi-close to here) for a beach vacation and they never told us about it. Maybe I’m just being my paranoid self again, but I don’t think they wanted us to know. I’m not really sure what the deal is. Like I said, I could be paranoid.

If you would like to leave a comment on a post, please click the post title to go to the comment section. Someone just brought to my attention that there isn’t a comment link at the bottom of the posts. I will see if this can be fixed. Thanks:)

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My hubby doesn’t have a whole lot of free time to do the yard work and on top of it, he just plain doesn’t want to do it. I decided it was worth it to hire someone, especially during the hot months. The first guy did a great job, but I could never get him to show up. Two, sometimes three weeks would go by and he wouldn’t call me back. Our yard looked like one of the many foreclosures in the area. It was just unacceptable to me!

We are now on lawn guy #2. You take the good with the bad sometimes. We are on a schedule so he actually shows up, but for whatever reason, he has decided not to do the trimming around the inside of the fence or along the side of the house around the air conditioner.

I give up!!! I think the only way I’ll get it done right is to do it myself. Now I just have to figure out how Luke can help me.