It's 3am and I'm still unable to sleep. This sucks cause the boys will be up in 3 hours and need to get ready for school. I'm so tired but I just can't sleep. I can't seem to slow my brain tonight. I have way to much on my mind and way to many problems that need a solution ASAP. I need to find a way to relax so lower my stress level. I made a nice cup of hot tea and got Netflix up on the TV as I'm sitting here watching it snow. I wish I could find a better way to manage everything, including my stress. There is no escape from the clutches of the stress that is slowly but surely taking over my life. I desperately…

I have this Nope...No Autism Here post I do every once in awhile. It is meant to be a humorous take on some of the quirkiness my kids demonstrate.  I'm by no means poking fun at them.  I think it's cute things they do that are frustrating at the time,  but later on give me a chuckle. So here is the very first Nope....No Autism Here post for 2012. This particular post is featuring my littlest minion,  Mr.  Emmett John. Emmett decided at dinnertime,  that he wanted to have green tea with his dinner. Green tea is really good for you so I thought..why not. He helped with opening the tea bag and pouring the water into his cup. He wanted cold water so that was easy. We put the…

I was wondering how you manage TV time with your kids?  In the Lost and Tired house,  we cut the cable many years ago.  However,  we do stream Netflix.  Elliott has a Netflix box in his room.  This was done to give him a safe place to go and shut his door.  He watches his Disney shows and things like that.  He will fall asleep at night to his shows and it works out well for him.  Gavin received a Netflix box for Christmas and it has so far been a problem.  Gavin does everything to the extreme.  He will watch nonstop if we let him,  where as Elliott would rather play. They other problem that is once again presenting itself is the fact that Gavin repeats and imitates what…

So,  it that time once again.  Tax season is quickly approaching I was wondering what your plans are? For the Lost and Tired family,  tax return is about the only time we can make major purchases.  Things like broken appliances, outstanding bills ect,  are only possible when our tax return comes in. This year,  I have quite a few things that need to be accomplished with tax return. Obviously,  not everything will happen but we have made a relatively short list of priorities.  I thought I would share our goals for this tax season. Things we want to accomplish with our 2011 Tax Return 1)  We have to pay for the repairs to the van. 2)  We need to replace our mattress,  Gavin's mattress and Emmett and Elliott need bunk…

This has been a weird winter so far,  at least here in Ohio.  We have hardly had any snow and the temps haven't been that bad. This morning however,  I woke up to snow on the ground. It was a pleasant surprise to see.  I love the snow but hate the in between weather. Last year we had several feet of snow last year and so this seems kinda lame. Where's the snow Mother Nature?  Bring it on.. Posted from WordPress for Android

Today marks the further business day of 2012. It also marks the beginning of this year's journey for the Lost and Tired family. Today I have many things the agenda.  Getting Gavin help is the number one priority at the moment. We have to coordinate a transfer of all his medical records to Dr.  Cowen at Akron Children's Hospital.  He is our last hope in discovering what is happening to Gavin.  I also will be waging war with our local school district to protect Emmett's rights.  This will require many hone calls and lots of emails.  However,  we have to start somewhere........

Tonight we had another Gavin incident.  He was watching TV with Elliott.  They were watching a cartoon and for some reason,  Gavin started chewing on his mattress.  You heard that right.  Chewing on his freaking mattress. I mean really? Anyway,  after watching Gavin for a bit,  Elliott,  thinking it was funny decided to imitate his big brother. Elliott came downstairs and told me what happened. Then he burst into tears because he so embarrassed that he had imitated Gavin. He kept saying "I can't believe did that". He just sobbed and sobbed.  I did all I could to comfort him.  Elliott wanted to confront Gavin about how it made him feel to imitate what he saw him doing. I thought that was really mature of Elliott to want to do…

Today's Victory is brought to you once again by Elliott and Emmett. Despite all the chaos in the house today, Emmett and Elliott managed to squeeze out some time where they got along. Elliott allowed Emmett to play with his prized but broken DSi.  Elliott played the PS3 and Emmett sat next to him playing Mario on the DSi. It feels good to see this.  Sometimes I wonder of they will ever get along and today was one of those days that reminded me that they can. Awesome job boys.....  :-) Posted from WordPress for Android