A Little Chaos Theory

We’re about as done as we’re gonna be.  The boys and I leave at 7 a.m.  Scott will stay for the truck to load and follow about 2 days behind WITH the cats and dogs. 
Hopefully things will go smoothly.  The last big move we had Breydon’s cat died so I’m praying that Socrates makes [...]

I looked at my blog today and realized that my last post was on my birthday. That break wasn’t intended to happen. I’ve sat down to my computer several times over the past week, at least every night, but still haven’t managed to produce anything for this blog. You see, life goes [...]

Take two parents who love to talk.  Add in 3 cats and 2 dogs.  Read lots of books together building vocabulary.  Before you know it a river of words will start streaming from your children’s mouths.  Okay, I’m being flippant here.   I realize that it’s not that easy .  For those of you who have [...]

When I mention our family, I’m usually referring to Scott, Breydon, Jude, Roegen, and myself. I may throw in the cats (Socrates, Mickey Socks, and Independence). Sometimes I’ll mention the dogs (Captain Feathersword and Jojo’s Circus a.k.a. Captain and Jojo). I’ll give honorable mention to Gack, Toby, Uh Oh Cow, Dodo, and [...]

I sit at the computer working on school assignments. This quarter I will be writing a full-length script, a short story (which will be substantially revised prior to the end of the quarter), and a paper on Rex Stout, as well as reading my classmates’ scripts and short stories and writing review/response letters. [...]

Roegen’s favorite word these days is “naughty.” He is a one-toddler behavior patrol who marches around looking for infractions so that he can proclaim at the top of his voice “naughty (insert name here).” The culprits that he catches most often are Mickey Socks (because Mickey loves to swipe the leg of anyone [...]

Chaos Theory is the theory that looks at how nonlinear and dynamic systems interact with each other. While from a scientific basis those systems actually do have a type of symmetry to them they appear to act randomly and on their own, separately yet together.
Breydon is a child that craves order and consistency. If [...]

On more than one occasion after Roegen was born, I remember saying that he was an exceptionally mellow baby. He was mellow: noise didn’t phase him, if his brothers needed me he didn’t get upset about being put down, and he slept through the night by the time he was a month old. [...]

From the moment I held my firstborn in my arms in 2001, I looked forward to all of his firsts: first smile, first step, first words. Little did I know that because of autism, those first words would be considerably further down the road than I hoped.
Breydon was crawling by 5 ½ months, and [...]

Who I am: Cheryl - a little chaotic, a little zany, a little pedantic, a little eccentric, a little liberal, with a touch of 30-something thrown in
What I am: Wife, Mother, Friend, Daughter, Sister, Student
Where I am: Somewhere beyond the second stoplight
Why I am: Why not?
How I am: Living, Learning, Experiencing, Happy
I have three [...]