Jan 30 2009
TGIF!
Wow! It has been quite a week!
At the first of the week we announced our Genes Day in honor of World Down Syndrome Day. In just five days we have seven teams and our top fundraiser is Treston’s Friends who have already raised $35! Way to Go Treston!
If you haven’t made a team yet, or have no idea what I am talking about, please visit our site here , so you can find out how you can spread awareness in your community about Down syndrome and mosaic Down syndrome!
I think I will begin highlighting the Genes Day top fundraiser at the end of each week here on my blog. That way, you get to show off your beautiful child and brag a bit about your fantastic fundraising skills! So… this is just one more reason for you to make a team!
Most of the US had crazy ice and snow all week, and even here in Texas we got our fair share! We had a bad ice storm earlier in the week and everything was frozen for a couple of days. But not nearly as bad as the North and the NorthEast, so I am not complaining! If you live where there is ice and snow, please keep it to yourself.
In the midst of all our conference planning, I found myself again explaining that this is a Down syndrome conference! I don’t quite understand why it is so confusing to so many. Well… I do a little, because International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association is for mosaic Down syndrome, but I have written it in every form of writing, every brochure, all our websites, anything that I write…. AND, the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati is hosting the event. So… just in case there is any more confusion (and I know that there still will be)
THIS IS A DOWN SYNDROME CONFERENCE!
Because people with mosaic Down syndrome have the extra chromosome found in Down syndrome they do have all the same issues in development, learning and health, even if it may be in some cases a different degree of problems, they still can have these problems, so when we have our conferences we invite all the same speakers that anyone would invite to a Down syndrome Conference.
Our conference is on July 10-12 in Cincinnati Ohio. To find out all about it you can visit our conference page by clicking here. We are planning for 34 speakers at the main conference and are still finalizing our planning for the Youth and the Kid conferences. If you would like to view the speaker list for the main conference along with topics for each workshop, you can click here for that. (yeah… I know… the speaker list is very exciting!)
In the midst of this all, I worked to sell my husband’s truck to pay bills. Apparently we really are in a recession and no matter how low the economy gets, the bill collectors still like to have their money! 
Then, if all of that was not enough, Tim is co-conspiring with my dad and apparently they made a deal together that my dad would teach Tim to drive!
Tim can drive and has off and on with my dad over the years. I just worry about slow reflexes if someone was to brake suddenly, or his ADHD taking over and he sees a butterfly and decides to watch that instead of the road! Yeah… I am probably being overprotective, but can a mom really be over protective? I feel like it is my job to keep him safe.
Oh well…. I can see hair coloring in my near future!

