At home day
Julie had a nasty migraine last night, her first one ever. I was looking up online and found that people who “get migraines” generally start getting them as early as age 5. I hope it was a one time thing because she was in a lot of pain through the night.
London has the sniffles and Boston is grouchy so I’ve kept all 3 of them home today. It was a half day for all of them today anyways (Rachel is the only one @ school today… weird change).
I went to look at a house for rent nearby, one that is all one level with no steps to get into it. I am going back tomorrow with some measurements to see if our stuff will fit (mainly our couches and king size bed). Its a small house but would be great for us as Rachel slows down and starts having more mobility issues. Not knowing when mobility issues are going to become a real problem is really hard because I’m a planner. She is already needing help to get up and down the stairs to get into our house (but she goes up to the second floor by herself).
Updated Entry at 5pm
Julie and I just made some cupcakes, London is playing Webkinz and Boston has been begging to look on amazon for toys all day. I made several donation runs of clothing (etc) today and did a good house clean out. I’ve started recycling but looking for free ways to recycle. So far I’ve found where to recycle clothes, paper, soda cans and plastic bags for free. And I’m trying to compost but haven’t bought an indoor composter (New England isn’t the best place to compost in the winter, I guess).
Do you compost? Share some info with me because I’d like to be better at it. 
TeamRachel aka mrskatvon is both a website to gain public awareness of Juvenile Batten Disease (which affects my oldest daughter) as well as a journal to remember the events in our lives.
Rachel was diagnosed with Batten Disease in July 2009 and while we knew something was "not right" we had no idea that such a nightmarish disease existed. There are dozens of nasty, orphan disease which affect people both very young and old.
Aside from dealing with the changes of Batten Disease in my daughter, Rachel, I have tasked myself with making life memorable for all of my children to make sure that (at least) 3 of them grow up to be as well adjusted and happy as possible.
I compost, and I even compost here in the Winter!! for starters, we had some rich black dirt and grass clippings, and even some small pieces of wood. Then we just added the food scraps to it. No meats or fats though. I water and turn my compost pile occasionally. In the winter we just heap it on the top and when it thaws, we turn the pile.
I really love my compost pile.
So glad you are finding places to recycle your stuff.
Hope the kiddos are all feeling better soon.
How far away from your house is your pile, Pam? I think I’ll try it out this weekend! Do you think I should “kick it off” with some black dirt, fresh from lowes (if I can find any)?
Have you heard of Terracycle? They are a company in NJ that collects items to upcycle in to new products. They pay 2 cents per items and provide free envelopes and labels for shipping. You can have the money given to a charity. If you go through a lot of juice pouches or certain cereals, then it is worth it. You can join various brigades for collecting.
More info here http://www. terracycle.net
We do several brigades — 2 at the elementary school, 3 at my work place and 1 at home.