Plantar Fasciitis

Well, it sucks, that's about all I can say.

This is a self-diagnosis, mind you, but it sure fits so I'm pretty sure it's it.

I over-wore my aerobic shoes. I knew I'd blew them out and then wore them at least another week. And I go daily. Right now I'm sitting with ice on my heel so I'm contained and figured I'd spend a minute on my neglected blog.

So, let's see, what else has happened since the summer?

We have a gorgeous new floor. Seriously gorgeous. I still kind of admire it when no one is looking. The dining room is purple, and looks great. I'm waiting for my security clearance so I can start working soon, (I've been given an offer based on my ability to secure the clearance, it's been over 4 weeks and it was said to be a 6-8 week process) I'm heading to Mexico on a girl's vacay to celebrate a friends' 40th next Thursday. The twins are turning 7 in 2.5 weeks (wow).

James continues to thrive, sometimes we have setbacks (the holidays were very hard for him) and sometimes you'd simply never know he'd been institutionalized for his first 6 years.

Darby's getting better and better at her voice output device, and becoming so much more verbal. Sunday some friends came over and she walked up to the mom and made eye-contact and said hi twice!

Cory is excelling in everything. And Pokemon has entered our life. I don't think I'll ever really figure out what the heck it is, but he loves it.

Bruno's dealing with the constant threat of job cuts. The high-tech industry has really put us on edge. C'mon Detroit, get your butt in gear...it's not like this wasn't coming for a very long time, why acted so surprised with no plan to figure this out on your own?

Okay, off my soapbox. My icing is finished (at least it's just all I can stand right now). I'm going to add a couple pictures, just cuz it's fun. Two are from our Annual Autism Walk and the other one is James creating a gingerbread masterpiece!

It wouldn't be fair not to mention Wii in the holiday discussion

So, we are a Wii family.

You either are, or you aren't.

We play Wii Sports. We play Wii Fit. We play Mario Brothers. Bruno has Wii Fitness Coach and likes it. We are a Wii Family.

We have Guitar Hero. I personally think this is a blast. We've played it exactly 3 times since Christmas.

Why you ask?

Because we can't get the kids off the Wii! LOL

Seriously, it's funny. Everything they do is to earn Wii time. Shoveling the driveway, workbook pages, cleaning (well, I can dream).

Here's Darby doing Wii Music. Seriously cool stuff if you ask me.

Well, honey, that's why it's called shopping!

Bruno ran to the store for me tonight with a list.

On it was Oranges.

He came home and said "well, the bagged oranges just looked awful. The price was $6.99 too, and there were only 6 oranges in the bag. The single oranges were only $.79 each, so I bought those."

"Yes, honey, that's why it's called shopping".

Seriously...did he think it was easy spending all his money?

(Hi Blog!)