Thanks Sarah and Dan for your very warm welcomes!! I am glad to see this forum. I had been a yahoo group member for a while but found it a bit overwhelming. I'm hoping this format will make it easier for me to keep up :-)

Okay, a little more about me...I love to sing and used to play guitar some, I recently started making custom mother's bracelets, I hope to learn sewing/embroidery one of these days, not a huge fan of sports but I do love Cardinals baseball, I have tried several home based businesses over the years to kind of "make up" for the fact that I'm a stay at home mom with very little success (hubby works tons of hours), I am a Christian, I don't like politics, I love romantic comedies (movies), and don't like non-fiction reading. I also believe my husband Dave and I have some sensory issues...especially when we look back at our childhoods. But it was not enough for either of us to stand out to any teachers as having a problem. For example, I was painfully shy and hated the monkey bars at recess (going upside down was terrifying), I have several phobias, anxiety issues, etc.

My 15 and 12 year olds have a few things that could be sensory related too, but it's hard to tell since everyone seems to have something that makes them a bit quirky. My 2 year old still eats baby food and only says a couple words "momma", "dadda", "uh-oh". My 3 year old has anger/temper issues and used to over-stuff his mouth with food. They both have a ton of energy!

Okay, I'm sure you aren't looking for our whole life story in one thread, so I'll save some for another post :-)

Thanks for reading!

Ali