Posted on December 31, 2006 by Julia Shumko
I can’t hide from my husband anymore. He hears me in the kitchen when I’m “banging around” in there. He hears me in the bathroom. He hears me coming down the stairs even though there is carpet on the stairs. Last night as I was watching television he teased me saying it was too loud [...]
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Posted on December 29, 2006 by Julia Shumko
For a long time I have been thinking that the telephone is useless in our house. Steve never uses the phone since he has his Blackberry or he uses the online deaf relay service. Most of the phone calls I get are telemarketers. The services we’ve had from Qwest are the phone, DSL, and DirectTV. [...]
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Posted on December 26, 2006 by Julia Shumko
When I was little, my family had the usual Christmas traditions that most Christian families have. We kids participated in our Baptist church children’s Christmas program and Santa always came to the church party. Mom made all sorts of yummy Christmas cookies and candy that were given out to friends and neighbors. She tried to [...]
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Posted on December 19, 2006 by Julia Shumko
Steve and I watched this episode of CSI. You can read about it and watch the episode at CSI:NY Official Site on CBSand CSI: NY: Silent Night Episode Summary – TV.com. I always enjoy watching shows that include Marlee Matlin and other deaf actors because they give us hearing folk an insight into the deaf [...]
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