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Just finished up two days of whirlwind teaching in Sydney. Eight classes over two days with half-hour breaks in between - amazing craziness is what...

Hello, Australia. I think we were all a little giddy upon landing in Sydney last night. There seemed to be lots of singing - at least on Cathy's pa...

someone I know jumped out of this plane today.

Live from Napier, New Zealand: Download nz_podcast.mp3 It is REALLY funny when you are here in the room. Yes, we are a little bit on the crazy side.

Each time I travel I am reminded once again about the coolness of scrapbooking. The term "scrapbooking" is not often mentioned in the same sentence...

Just waking up for the third day of teaching classes here in Wellington. Classes have been going really well - nice and relaxed just the way I like...

Interrupting the regularly scheduled New Zealand updates (another one coming soon) to post about something you could do for Chris. Congressman Earl...

better this morning. How can you not when this is the view? Lovely place here at Black Barn Vineyards. And this drinking water is making me happy: ...

Bad fish & chips = sick Jessica & Ali. Spent the night in Rotorua - interesting place filled with lots of thermal activity, hot pools, etc....

One of the biggest blessings of this trip is the chance to spend time with my sister and Jeffrey. They live far away from me and travel all the tim...

Ah, lovely. Even in the rain it is lovely here. Arrived Sunday morning around 6am. Took quite awhile to get through customs. I have the luck of bei...

Sitting at the Eugene airport - having my coffee + bagel + cream cheese. Gave Chris and Simon lots of hugs and kisses (getting tougher and tougher ...

Last month I got an email from a woman named Lisa. She was encouraging me after that crazy trip to the post office. The point of her email was this...

I have received a couple emails this past week updating me on things happening related to Autism awareness and advocacy. Wanted to share them here ...

Getting ready for a trip like this is CRAZY. Not only do I need to pack and make sure I have everything ready for my classes (a million thanks to D...

Eight years ago today, Chris and I were married. It has been an amazing ride. Wonderful, stressful, fulfilling, challenging, amazing. Without the t...

So, Atlanta. Wow. Started off totally awesome on Wednesday when a bunch of the teachers (Cathy, Carrie, Joey, Anita, Margie and me) all got in arou...