Entries by Tonya

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cool new material to make therapy stuff out of

I have discovered this great new material that is easy to use to make some positioning chairs out of. It is called coroplast, and it is a corrugated plastic that looks like cardboard, but is plastic. It is what advertising signs are made out of. I got the idea to use it because people use […]

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Keep in touch with the older generation

I came up with this great idea to keep in touch with the older generation. It is regarding much older people, specifically, my grandmother who is 90. She lives in a retirement complex, and my grandfather is currently next door in a skilled nursing facility as his health has not been good lately. I know […]

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studying spelling the easy way

My son, C, is 7, and a terrible speller. I have always been a good speller, and M has not had to do a lot of extra studying to get good grades in spelling. C can go over and over the words many times and still get a lot of them wrong. Look at this. […]

It has been a lot

My daughter has been through a lot of medical stuff in the last few weeks, and has come through it all like a trouper, and has hardly blinked at it. It started near the beginning of september. School had been in for a couple of weeks, and she announced that her eyes have been blurry […]

Church all morning

So, my daughter was asked a month ago to read scripture for church today. She agreed, and she did very well. It was her first public speaking engagement. We had to be at the church at 7:30 in the morning to get her microphone on and sound checked, which means she had to get up […]

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Guinea Pigs and Cages

Let’s start by saying that we got two guinea pigs this summer. They are very cute little creatures, and they squeek whenever they hear my voice (they always want lettuce). The girl is black and white and her name is Shasta, and the boy is tortoise shell, and his name is puddles. Here are some […]

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Requirements to being a mom inventor

So, I should fill you in on some of the requirements to being a mom inventor.  For starters, you have to keep really odd hours.  In general, you work when the kids are asleep.  For some moms, this means staying up late.  I am a morning person, so for me this means getting up really […]