Our Crazy Adventures in autismland!

• Still a winner although I didn't complete the challenge

  
  The original challenge was to lose weight before Halloween. You got to pick the weight amount before the challenge started. I chose, of course, the amount needed to get me at the weight for the first item in my 101 list. Makes perfect [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 1:03am EDT
  

• 7 things you never wanted to know about me!

  
  
  Jeanne @ A Peaceful Day gave me a blog award! Thanks Jeanne! I am so honored that she even reads my crazy blog. Here are the rules!
  
  1. Thank the person who gave this to you - done
  2. Copy the logo [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 1:16am EDT
  

• WFMW- Dryer balls and medium heat

  Now, these bad boys totally rock! You throw them into your dryer and they separate the clothes so that they dry faster. That in turns saves energy.
  
  I read somewhere else on the Internet that most clothes can be dried on the medium setting. [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 1:30am EDT
  

• Bedtime Routine into habit

  All children need to learn habits early. I have seen many children grow into adults that can't function in the world because they don't have good habits in place before they leave home. That's not the life that I want my children to have. Perhaps because of Logan's autism, I [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 10:02am EDT
  

• Are you serious?

  President Obama declared the swine flu a national emergency. The swine flu! Is he serious???
  
  Autism numbers are now 1 in 91. Can you hear me Mr. President? 1 in 91!! That means that the odds of you knowing a child with autism are pretty high. Has [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:19am EDT
  

• Spectrum Hope: Let's Help Lend4Health.org!

  Spectrum Hope: Let's Help Lend4Health.org!
  
  
  All of you know how much I believe in the Lend4health concept. This organization is picking up the slack for our failing health care system. The micro loans that Tori is facilitating are changing lives daily. It changed ours forever.[...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 4:27am EDT
  

• Lazy,lazy, lazy

  I have been a lazy blogger lately. I have several posts halfway written but not quite done. All they need is a little more research and some links activated. Yeah, told you I was lazy.
  
  I wish I could say I've been doing something fun or amazing. Nope.' [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 7:36pm EDT
  

• God Made Your Body Giveaway!

  
  Let's start the week off with a giveaway, shall we? I received this book from Bethany House Publishing to review for the blog. So, there is no confusion here , I got it for free to look at and write a review on. NOw that's [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 10:42am EDT
  

• Making church work

  I have been blessed with a truly amazing church. One that is full of people that love me and my family tremendously. Everyone is always so interested in Logan's achievements and our struggles with autism. I always feel so loved and cherished by my fellow church members.
  
  One of' [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 10:00am EDT
  

• Teaching teamwork

  One of the things that I set up for the children to do together is some of their lessons. They are obviously at different spots for math and free reading. But for many subjects like history, science and our read together, they work as a team.
  
  When making the [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 9:16pm EDT
  

• Only 6 weeks to go!

  
  It's Friday so we join Kris over at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers ([www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com]) for the weekly wrap up. Unlike a lot of home school families, we are on the downward slope of our homeschool year.The countdown has begun! Only 6 weeks left until we officially' [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 10:39pm EDT
  

• Anymore excitement and I will bust!

  Last week was a week of awesome developments for Logan. The week started when I received a package in the mail from Betty Crocker. It had several gluten free items for us to try and for me to review on my cooking blog ([www.lovinggfcf.blogspot.com]) . It had several toys [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 11:44am EDT
  

• You know you are a homeschool mom when.....

  1. You stop your child on the blazing hot sidewalk in 100 degree Florida (btw, is it fall or not?) to investigate a dead frog.
  
  2. You read something aloud to your children and they automatically narrate back to you.
  
  3. You do math lessons using the gravestones [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 10:40pm EDT
  

• In yet another example of how the ...

  In yet another example of how the federal government has no clue, distracted driving is declared an epidemic ([news.yahoo.com]) but autism is not. While I am not dismissing the thousands of people who have died because of this problem, where is the outrage over the new numbers that the [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 1:23am EDT
  

• When dogs attack

  This happened several weeks ago and I have been meaning to post it but kept forgetting. Then my laptop had an unfortunate incident with some sweet tea and was out of commission for several days. Btw, my computer geek husband totally rocks for taking it apart, cleaning it and putting [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 12:47am EDT