http://deafmomworld.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:13:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I haven't done a meme in a long time and this week, I've been tagged by Glenda, Todd and Sue for two different memes. I'll start with the Five Things You Didn't Know About Me: I Hate to Clean My Mom and Flylady are twins separated at birth.  When my Mom gave birth ... http://deafmomworld.com/five-things-about-me-and-social-media-happiness/ A picture of Christie Lake appears on the GiiNii Digital Picture Frame that is sitting on my desk. I sigh as I look outside at the cold wind rustling through the dried stems of the tall grass and then back at the warm sun gleaming on the lake.  Another photo ... http://deafmomworld.com/a-neat-gift-giinii-digital-picture-frame/ You're not really deaf-- are you? I stared at my teammate.  We had played volleyball together for many years and she had interpreted for me and another deaf teammate during our huddles.  This was the first time she had ever asked me questions about being deaf. Yes, I said, nodding my ... http://deafmomworld.com/youre-not-reallydeaf-are-you/ "For the next BookHands meeting, we're going to read The Last Lecture by Jeffrey Zaslow," announced Tanya Hammersmith.  We had gathered at Patti Phadke's house during the recent Sunday and had just finished a discussion of Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks.   I was really excited about Tanya's pick, because it ... http://deafmomworld.com/the-last-lecture-and-the-deaf-connection/ I had these four plaques scattered in various spots around the house--one was in a nightstand drawer, two were in boxes and one was in an office drawer.   One day last year, I gathered them all together and hung them above the key holder in my office.   The small one on ... http://deafmomworld.com/wordless-wednesday-a-special-wall-in-my-office/ At the CSDVRS booth at the ALDACon, I noticed two gals moving toward me and I instantly knew who they were.  I recognized Abbie from her blog, Chronicles of a Bionic Woman and Jennifer from Surround Sound. I'm pretty sure one of us squealed as we gathered in a hug. [caption id="attachment_697" align="alignnone" ... http://deafmomworld.com/meeting-bloggers-at-the-aldacon/ News flash: Dennis O'Brien, past-president of West Suburban Association of the Deaf and a long-time Republican, has announced that he will be voting for Barak Obama on Tuesday. *       *This public service announcement has been an outright lie, but it sure was fun to watch him walk around the Halloween party with ... http://deafmomworld.com/staunch-republican-is-now-voting-for-obama/ It's been an amazing weekend so far, and it's only Friday.  Yesterday, I joined the CSDVRS team at our booth at the Association of Late-Deafened Adults Conference.  I attended the first ALDA conference twenty years ago, just a few years after I became deaf, so it has been fun to reconnect ... http://deafmomworld.com/csdvrs-at-the-alda-conference/ At the Sparkplugging/One2OneNetwork event last week, one of the items in the swag bag was a gift certificate for iTunes.  I was really excited to see this, because I was getting a little tired of the same old music playing over and over.  It was time for some fresh music, ... http://deafmomworld.com/finding-love-songs-on-twitter/ Last night, I attended a fundraiser for Equip for Equality, a non-profit organization that provides legal assistance for people with disabilities.  I attended as the guest of Patrick Hughes, owner of Inclusion Solutions who co-chaired the fundraiser.  You may remember Patrick from this interview over at Diversity, Inc.: Patrick Hughes, ... http://deafmomworld.com/equip-for-equality-fundraiser/