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  • Talking in Your Sleep

    november 21 2009

    1. Has anyone in your life talked in their sleep?

    Yes, but most of the time I couldn't understand what was said.
    I also observed that most of my children did during early puberty.

    2. What do you like about' [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:54am EST

  • bowl of autism wisdom #1

    november 20 2009

    Because he needed support at school, we decided that son nr 3 who was already diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia would be officially diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

    I either expected asperger disorder or PDD-NOS and didn't worry a bit about the outcome.[...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:17pm EST

  • Healthy eating habits for children

    november 19 2009

    I was surfing around a bit and found a blogpost about appetite enhancers for children.

    I can't believe parents would use them to make their children eat, or eat more.
    It's like everything is medicalised these days.
    Children don't eat a proper breakfast, but get [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:43am EST

  • Stand and be counted

    This is a sponsored guest post written by Cody Sortore on behalf of Petitions For Change. Post powered by Sponzai.

    We are living in a time of change, will your voice be heard? We've just come out of a recession with some of the lowest employment ratings' [...]

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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:34am EST

  • Happy birthday girls!!!

    november 18 2009


    Happy birthday girls!!

    I'm very proud you're becoming such a wonderful young women.

    Today you're having a great time at school, because it's a day full of special projects and cultural events.
    And no homework!!

    Maybe we can' [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:43am EST

  • the birth of the twins

    november 17 2009



    Tomorrow is the birthday of my twingirls.
    They're growing up far too fast.
    14 they'll be.

    I'm amazed that such tiny babies have become the young ladies they are. Competing with my length, with their own opinions, they own' [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:41am EST

  • Manic Monday #189

    november 16 2009

    You have a brain tumor. Though there is no discomfort at the moment, this tumor would unquestionably kill you in six months. However, your life can (and will) be saved by an operation; the only downside is that there will be a [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:52pm EST

  • Unrest at school

    November 15 2009

    When the girls applied for a certain school we were guaranteed that it was 98% true that the school was bully free.

    I've never believed in that dream, not after my boys visited school that guaranteed the same and made a' [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:19pm EST

  • Man on the Moon

    november 14 2009



    1. Do you think it was important to send a man to the moon?

    Yes, and it's even more important to send a woman to the moon.
    Just ask me. LOL!

    It's important to research the possibilities of [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:56am EST

  • Friday the 13th - a car...

    November 13 2009

    A car stopped in front of the house.

    I registered the noise when painting a piece of the kitchenwall.
    Like always when I do some painting I turned my t-shirt inside out, and when the bell rang I forgot to turn it back.

    A [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:46pm EST

  • St. Maarten

    november 12 2009

    No trick and treat here, but a similar event of children visiting the houses with lights, singing a song and receiving sweets in return.

    It's a very old tradition, of pagan nature, when the children would enter the black night during the darkest time of' [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:22pm EST

  • The continuing story - another excuse

    november 11 2009

    Last week I called daycare after my son made clear he wanted to go there.
    I left it for two days, but as he was still very positive and smiling I made the call.
    I even mailed a day later to request [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:29pm EST

  • The Berlin Wall and the Mexican Wall

    november 10 2009

    This week many people celebrate the fall of the wall in Berlin.

    From august 13 1961 until november 9 1989 a wall divided families, a town, a country.

    At the end of WW2 in 1945 it was decided at the Conference of Jalta to [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:02pm EST

  • Manic Monday #188

    november 9 2009

    What does it mean to you to have courage?

    To face up to what needs to be done and do it.

    When I grew up I was a very shy girl.
    I was told to respect older people and to [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:55pm EST

  • The forgotten soldiers

    November 8 2009



    Remembrance day is as close to the hearts of the British as is our remembrance day at may 4.

    But even though we're not British, we always remember with them.

    My father served in the RAF during WW2 and he' [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:26pm EST

  • Be True to Your School

    november 7 2009


    1. What was your favorite subject in high school?

    Well, I feel a bit ashamed to say, but it depended on the teacher.
    I've enjoyed dutch, my native language, with some teachers, enjoyed English with some.
    I loved learning. Going' [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:10pm EST

  • autumn drop





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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:16pm EST

  • A job for my asperger son

    november 5 2009

    He did it!

    He was asked for a job!!!
    Asked....
    In this time...

    He, my son with asperger syndrome and ADD, had a terrible time at school.
    People telling he was weird, should be more social, should walk normal, should [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:22pm EST

  • The continuing story - No is no, but not for everyone?

    november 4 2009

    Today we had an appointment with my autistic son's psychiatrist.

    We wanted to hear his opinion about my son having problems going to daycare, and we wanted to discuss our visit to the national autism center. (See here).

    To' [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:27pm EST

  • I've won at Rena designs

    november 3 2009

    You know all those give-aways and contests with the endless list of rules and regulations, so long that at the end you need to reread it all. Or with the huge disappointment that you nearly feel slapped in the face by: usa only.

    Well, I [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:42am EST

  • I should be a monthly topdropper at more than 250 sites

    November 2 2009

    After my computer crashed due to a dirty trick of one of the sites I was dropping on, I made a list of sites to drop on.

    In a way it didn't feel good.
    I liked surfing around and I' [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 6:54am EST

  • Manic Monday #187

    november 2 2009
    Most of the U.S. observed Daylight Savings Time yesterday. Is it easy or difficult for you to switch your body clock? Do you suffer from jet lag when traveling?

    Well, I'm not living in the USA. We changed the clock a weekend' [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 8:46pm EST

  • Top droppers november



    Thank you all wonderful droppers.
    It's been great to see the low number of droppers after the publication of the plans for ads rise again.

    Thank you for staying with me.

    The top 10 of this month:

    The Way I' [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 7:04am EST

  • Samhain and halloween

    october 31 2009




    Happy halloween!

    and to those who celebrate Samhain:

    a blessed Samhain
    and
    Happy New Year!!!
    [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:47pm EDT

  • She's a Beauty

    october 30 2009



    1. Do you consider yourself beautiful?

    Oh, no!
    I'm different.

    2. Do you think you have a great sense of humor?

    Yes, I have. And I sure need it every day, so I'm well trained.

    3. [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:42pm EDT

  • medical emergency

    october 27 2009

    Do you know what medical emergency means?
    I'm not talking about a broken knee or a fall from a 22 story high building, but about the mexican flu.

    When a medical emergency is declared in case of a pandemic like they say the mexican flu' [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 6:00am EDT

  • My kids love... eggs our way

    october 25 2009

    "Eggs our way" isn't it a ridiculous name for a recipe?
    Well, it's how the kids call the way we love our eggs.

    Take a pan.
    Melt some butter to cover the bottom with just a shine, so the eggs won't glue to it.
    Take' [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 5:41am EDT

  • Familar sounds of the past

    October 29 2009



    I remember being ill and staying at the house of my gram.

    The small room gave me the feeling of a warm embrace.
    It's strange, but I can't remember ever wanting to look out of the window.

    A shelves [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 7:46pm EDT

  • still ill

    october 28 2009

    I'm still ill.

    Now the girls have their vacation it's a pity I'm struggling with a complete lack of energy.
    As far as I can see they don't care much, however.
    They've been doing all sorts of things girls their age do: reading, writing in' [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:05pm EDT

  • He broke the 10 cm thick wooden dinnertable

    october 26 2009

    This weekend the clock went back.
    All times the clock needs to be reset I walk on the stairs to the place where it hangs, reset it, clean the lot, give the clock a polish and go my way back until I'm at the ground again' [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 9:43am EDT

  • Food 4 Thought Friday

    october 23 2009



    Breakfast
    What was your high and low of the week?

    High: won a scrapkit from an admired artist. (Will blog about it this weekend.)
    Low: The flu, going to psychiatrist with son to get his diagnostic results and they [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:22pm EDT

  • diabetes and flu

    october 21 2009

    The flu really has caught me.
    I know because my glucose values are all over the place.

    There's no way to control them properly.

    One of the problems I experience as a diabetic is that high glucose values persist after I'm recovered from an' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:11pm EDT

  • Hey Jealousy

    october 24 2009



    1. Tell us a story when you got jealous.

    I'm not a jealous person... I just don't know.

    2. What is your least favorite thing about yourself?

    What do you mean?
    I'm getting tired of wanting to' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:01pm EDT

  • psychiatry and the kids

    Yesterday we had an appointment with his psychiatrist for our autistic son, but we had to cancel it.
    He wasn't well and I was clearly ill.

    It didn't matter a lot, because I already scheduled an appointment for the beginning of november.

    Today I dragged myself out of bed and [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:28am EDT

  • The continuing story: The national autism centre

    october 20 2009

    Even though I didn't feel well, I was feeling better than yesterday and so we decided to go to the appointment at the national autism centre.
    We got a description how to get there...for cars...
    And when I wanted to use Google' [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 5:25pm EDT

  • Manic Monday #186

    october 19 2009

    How do you define honesty?

    Telling the truth. Not how I see it, but according to the facts, the way they can be observed by a majority of people, without adding any opinion or value to it.

    What is the [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 11:55am EDT

  • Orchard Funding is your financial support to fund your lawsuit

    october 18 2009

    I've seen people who were waiting for a lawsuit settling the case for a small amount of money, because they expected not to be able to pay their lawyer or their bills during the time they have to wait for the end of the trial or' [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 2:20pm EDT

  • We extinguisehd a fire

    october 18 2009

    When almost finished with our walk last night, we were confronted with a fire that might have caused a lot of damage.

    We were just in time to extinguish it, so the firefighters had nothing else to do than compliment us for taking care of [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 12:12am EDT

  • Early morning for the couch

    October 17 2009

    Yesterday the son who's moving out went with his dad to buy a couch.
    They also bought loads of small stuff like towels, a washing up brush, floormat for the bathroom, etc. The father of the children can travel free, and can [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 4:47am EDT

  • Inside Job

    october 17 2009



    1. When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up?

    Doctor, midwife, ballet dancer and journalist.

    I didn't become a doctor, nor a midwife. Instead I became a psychologist. And I studied medicine' [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 3:37am EDT

  • Food 4 Thought Friday

    october 16 2009



    Breakfast
    Would you or have you ever gone sky diving?

    I've never done it, but I've always said I would love to try it.
    So who takes me high up in the sky?

    Lunch
    What do you think [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 12:36pm EDT

  • Blog Action Day 2009



    This year blog action day is about climate change.

    We're living in a country below sea level and we're very aware of the impact of climate change. Especially the rise of the sea level and the change of the weather will directly affect us.
    [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 10:35pm EDT

  • A place to live - 7: The key

    October 15

    Today my second son got the key to his new apartment.
    It's a place for protected living, which means that he's boss in his own little house, but there's always someone on call to support him.

    He's got PDD-NOS.
    PDD-NOS is just [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 10:36am EDT

  • Chatter-de-chat

    october 14 2009

    Like I expected my auti-son didn't go to daycare.
    He didn't feel well, he said.
    It's very difficult to see if he's faking or if he's really not well. It doesn't matter anyway, because I can't push him outside. Kind persuasion didn't help.

    He looked' [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 9:07pm EDT

  • a place to live - 6

    october 13 2009


    One of my sons has PDD-NOS, an autism spectrum disorder, and wants to live alone in a protected setting.

    Yesterday we had a meeting at the new place.

    It's a large building with apartments where people live from the [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 11:11am EDT

  • A place to live - 5

    october 2 2009


    One of my sons has PDD-NOS, an autism spectrum disorder and wants to live on his own, in a protected environment.

    After he was told he wasn't accepted his social worker and I put up a fight, and after some' [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 10:28am EDT

  • Manic Monday #185

    october 12 2009

    What word describes you best?

    You should ask others. :)

    Hmm...dynamic? or altruistic? Caring? Idealistic.

    What drives you every day

    My kids need me, and the world needs a lot to be changed.
    So I'm busy with my' [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 6:22pm EDT

  • autism saturday

    october 11 2009



    Yes, it was a relief that my classic autistic son finally went to daycare, especially when I heard he was sitting in the group.

    When he arrived home we praised him into heaven, and he himself was quite happy with [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 5:13pm EDT

  • Lie to Me

    october 10 2009



    1. Can you tell when someone is lying to you?

    Most of the time I can.
    People change their non verbal behaviour, so with people I know well, I just can see it.
    With other people I sense they're' [...]
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    Posted: October 10, 2009, 5:46pm EDT

  • The continuing story - today he went!

    october 9 2009

    I'm sitting here in utter amazement and half-shock.
    It's 25 minutes after the beginning of his day at daycare and he went. (He's 17, classic autist. Daycare is a dayfacility where he learns some working skills.)

    Yesterday I gave up reacting' [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 4:33am EDT
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