What a Weekend....

Hi

I had the pleasure of attending the The Love and Respect Conference this weekend in honor of Valentines Day and all that Couple and marriage stuff...We attended Friday Night and most of the day on Saturday. I have to tell you I was amazed at how good it was. I learned so much and must tell you it was one of the best conferences I ever attended. I usually only go to Autism stuff so this was a welcomed change! My husband thought it was awesome too! We really got insight into how Men and Women are so different. Men are BLUE and women are PINK. We each see through our blue or pink glasses and listen through our blue or pink earphones and speak through our blue or pink megaphones! The basis of this conference was understanding those differences and finally realizing that Men want RESPECT from their wives and Women want LOVE from their husbands! Men do not want to give LOVE to a disrespectful wife and Wives do not want to respect and unlovable husband. Its as simple and complicated as that! Seriously though, there is so much truth to this and knowing this secret can make all the difference! SO check it out maybe on you tube?? or buy the book or workbook if you are interested! It really is worth it...Happy Valentines Day to you all.....

Billy and I also attended the annual Valentines Dinner Dance for the Richard Willis Memorial Foundation this past Saturday night. We go every year and they give very generous donation to the GRACE Foundation. This year they sent us $1,000.00 check before Christmas so I just assumed they were cutting back this year since times are tough for all non profits.. So we went to the Dance and they called me up to accept another check!! This one was for $2,500.00!! Woo Hoo! I couldn't believe it!

They also put me on the spot to speak and tell them about Nicks SOMA experience...It was a great night !

Sunday brought me to KIDZROCK to spend some time with Marie and Tim and the kids. It wasnt crowded so it was actually fun...then we all went to eat at Denino's. Tim's idea.. remember the days of going out to dinner with 2 babies??? add one autistic teenager who decided to throw a full white slice across the table and into the air and on the floor! Did I mention that the white slice was packed with Ricotta?? Fun Fun Fun....Billy was so angry he grabbed Nick and scared the pizza he did eat out of him.. I was so scared for Nick but this is where I must let it be..

Marie left frazzled and we left a bit embarressed by the flying pizza. We can't make this stuff up.

I came home to some Homework for the 2 little ones...Did anyone EVER tell you when you became a parent that you were going to repeat all the school grades you already did as a kid yourself????? No one told me this. I am currently repeating what I remember as maybe 3rd and 4th grade but its really only 1st and 2nd grade in this century. Man, I cant keep up. Who proclaimed 100 days of school to be a milestone celebration of some kind?? Jeez...its crazy but I spent my night attaching 100 yes...100 paper clips to a shirt Natalie must wear to school !

Billy and I also UNWRAPPED 100 INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED LIFESAVERS so Natalie can string them into a necklace I guess!! wimped out and just bought Christian a bag of pretzel sticks for his 100 item snack! Also put little stickers on mini valentines my kids wrote out for each and every classmate. Sadly they will chuck in the garbage within minutes so I wasnt so happy about this tedious task.

I also am researching Candy of the 1960's for a report that my SECOND grader has to do!! Yes..research...I bought a book on EBAY about Candy and went to Dylan's candy bar in NYC 2 weeks ago and bought a 1960's mix...if my kids only could appreciate their mother!! Hope I do as well in 1st and 2nd grade as I did the first time around....

It'w 12:44 am and I'm wondering why I am not sleeping??

till next time...

xoBarb