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• What Was That?

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  taxes, bethlehem, walk through bethlehem, Christmas, Texas, Jesus, Mountain View United Methodist, Church, Christian, family, humor, Autism [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2008, 12:24pm EST
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• Christmas meme

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  This one is going around so thought I’d do it too!!! Wrapping paper or gift bags?  Wrapping paper.  I love to wrap presents!  Real tree or Artificial?  Artificial - I love real trees but they are messy, a fire hazard, and we have allergies.  Plus, ours is pre-lit - which makes it super easy to [...]
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  Posted: December 16, 2008, 3:09pm EST
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• Rules

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  Every household has rules.  Kids and adults need rules - to give us boundaries, define how we will interact with each other, and thereby provide a comfortable environment to live in. Families with Autism, if they are anything like THIS family with Autism, likely have more rules… and certainly more interesting [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2008, 1:15pm EST
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• Keep the homefires burning… or at least at work

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  I have a dear sweet brother who happens to also have a great sense of humor.  Imagine Jack Black (from The Holiday and Kung Fu Panda) mixed with Chris Farley (vintage Saturday Night Live) and you get an idea.  He’s funny, creative, and kind - a great combination! My dear sweet [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2008, 9:50pm EST
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• Am I A Drug Addict?

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  Our oldest son has health class in elementary school.  Each year the topic of drugs is included in the agenda for a week.  You know, the rah rah “just say no” and “drugs are bad” bit.  They even have a spirit week built around it where each day they wear something [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2008, 12:00pm EST
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• Felted Christmas Ornaments

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  The crafting bug has really bitten this time… and I’ve totally gotten into making felted Christmas ornaments (I took a class last weekend).  In fact, it has become a bit addictive.  Here’s a sample (a bit out of focus) of some of the ornaments I’ve made so far.  I haven’t [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2008, 7:41pm EST
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• God’s Bacon… or Bakery?

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  People often assume that my younger son (with Autism) is lost in his own world, not paying attention, and unreachable.  They make the mistake of dismissing him, ignoring him, and/or underestimating him. Eventually he proves them wrong, often with hilarious results.  Especially in church. This last sunday our Pastor was at the pulpit, [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2008, 9:04am EST
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• Ugh - Ib god uh cobe

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  As the season sets upon us I am celebrating that age old tradition of… …the cold. Yep, I’ve got one!  The kind with the scratchy tickle in the back of your throat that makes you cough, post-nasal drip that keeps you up at night, and the pain in the left ear that [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 5:38pm EST
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• That’s So Old School

  Recently my older son had a sleep over.  As his buddies were munching on pancakes the next morning they were “talkin trash” and comparing notes on a variety of topics–homework (boring), Brian Urlacher (totally cool), and girls (hot).  They were so funny (except for the “hot” comments - which strode somewhere [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2008, 10:31am EDT
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• Old Tummy

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  Recently I had an appointment with the doctor and I had to bring my youngest son with me.  While we were waiting (not so patiently) in the examination room, I leaned back on the examination table and my son (who of course insisted on sitting right next to me on [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2008, 10:42am EDT
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• Pride In His Work

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  My youngest son has recently joined Cub Scouts.  Wolf Scouts to be specific.  He is thrilled to join the den and I am thrilled that he has an avenue through which he may make some friends outside of Occupational therapy sessions. He loves the Cub Scout uniform shirt, he loves the [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2008, 8:53am EDT
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• The Folk School

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  OK - I have something to confess.  I love to prowl craft fairs and look at all of the beautiful handcrafted items.  Wooden spoons, needlepointed rugs, felted purses, paintings, corcheted Christmas ornaments, stained glass windows, knitted sweaters…  I dream of these things in my home, gracing my table, worn around [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 8:59am EDT
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• Mommy Comparison

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  My older son (typical kid) has a good friend (R) who lives in the house behind ours (or we live behind them, as he pointed out to me recently).  These boys are inseparable.  They are best friends and they talk about everything that may be on their minds. One evening at the dinner [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2008, 8:15pm EDT
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• Vegas, Baby!

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  We recently took a trip to Vegas.  It was a business trip for me and I tacked on a few days to make a long weekend out of it and brought my husband along.  We had a great time sleeping in (no little ones to juimp on our heads at [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2008, 9:45am EDT
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• The Exhibitionist and the First Communion Class

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  My youngest has been showing a great deal of interest in church communion lately.  He’s asking lots of questions, holding his hands out while the bread is distributed, and asking “but WHY can’t I have snacks too?” as we walk back toward our pew. We’ve been talking with him about the [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2008, 9:54am EDT
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• Who Whispers Secrets Into YOUR Ear?

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  Can I just say… the St Louis Zoo is really really a GREAT deal?  Free admission, lots to see, beautiful landscaping… and hippos coming out of your ears! or at least…. Hippos coming out of my son’s ear… My youngest is a huge animal lover - he lives for trips to the [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2008, 4:05pm EDT
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• Here Be Dragons

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  Note - If you know me and you know my mother-in-law, please, I beg of you, please don’t tell her about this.  None of us wanted to deal with this and we especially don’t want to deal with her dealing with it - it’s just too much and we want [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2008, 4:46pm EDT
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• Looking for Book Recommendations

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  I love to read (have I mentioned that I am a Janeite already? ), and I love to share my faves.  I’d like to expand my list of faves, so please share your favorite reads - the books that help you balance the humor in this crazy life - the [...]
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  Posted: May 16, 2008, 8:54am EDT
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• What’s In A Name?

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  A few years ago my youngest was learning his letters.  One of his teachers taught him that the Xs represented a kiss.  When he came home and told me about this, I taught him that the Os stood for hugs.  He was tickled with this information and made sure that [...]
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 3:39pm EDT
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• Ball Games, Peanuts, And Creative Packaging

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  We went to a Braves Game this last weekend.  I am not a huge baseball fan, but I can certainly appreciate spending a pleasant day in the stands, watching our team play a good game, chatting with friends, and enjoying the beautiful weather.  Oh yeah… and the food!  It just [...]
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  Posted: May 06, 2008, 7:54am EDT
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• A Dose Of Friendship

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  I’ve been sick the last few months.  Not one continuous illness, but a series of no less than seven colds since the first week of January, with some chest pains (lungs?  heart?  Dr.s are still running tests to figure this out) in between.  This has worn me out and obviously [...]
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  Posted: May 02, 2008, 11:28pm EDT
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• Crazy Elephant Stories

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  My younger son receives Occupational Therapy (OT) in school each week.  He has alot of sensory issues, gross and fine motor skills to develop, and of course tons of energy.  His school OT is a good professional and very creative.  She makes him work hard too - which he doesn’t always appreciate [...]
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  Posted: April 24, 2008, 9:21am EDT
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• Hallmark Untaps New Market? - Autism Greeting Cards

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  Ever walk through the greeting card section in your local mega mart and wonder…  With Autism diagnosis rates increasing, could there be a new angle for the greeting card industry?  Shouldn’t there be greeting cards to reflect this significant part of our lives? Sympathy cards: I’m so sorry your child was [...]
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  Posted: April 21, 2008, 8:40pm EDT
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• What is Dinah Doing?

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  You know how you can get song lyrics wrong?  You know how funny it is when someone else does it?  Take my younger son, who insisted that this little ditty was the “correct” set of lyrics to a section of the kiddy classic ”I’ve Been Working On The Railroad”…  “I’ve been workin on a [...]
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  Posted: April 18, 2008, 8:28am EDT
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• Spring Break Musings 2

  While on spring break on St Simon’s Island, we took to the beach one night to search out the sand crabs.  The two adults in our party who had grown up on the island swore that after the sun went down we would see so many crabs on the beach [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2008, 8:17am EDT
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• Spring Break Musings

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  During our kids’ spring break we went to St Simon’s Island.  While there we journeyed to Jekyl Island to visit the Sea Turtle Center.  It was fantastic - I highly recommend! Fortunately for all of us, there are some wonderful (and very patient) volunteers at the center.  Want to know just [...]
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  Posted: April 10, 2008, 9:36am EDT
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• Acronyms and JACK

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  If you are a parent of a child with a disability, you probably participate in a number of on-line discussion groups, email lists, etc.  If so, then you probably have seen parents sign their emails with a list of their children’s diagnoses… often in the form of acronyms.  With some [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2008, 7:40am EDT
  by lookingforlifeshumor