Lizze attended the IEP meeting for Elliott this morning and I stayed back with Emmett. There were no concerns about Lizze being able to handle this on her own. We have no worries about IEP's at this school but even if we did, Lizze is not someone you want to mess with. Mamma bear is very protective of her children, including the educational rights. When Lizze got home, she was tired and laid down with Emmett for about 5 hours. When she woke up she was not feeling well at all. This doesn't look good for date night. It appears that the universe doesn't want us to get away for even a single night. This is evident by the string of events that have taken place over the past few…

I thought Elliott's IEP meeting was on Monday but it's actually in the morning. I can honestly say that I'm not worried about it. Their school is so good with this kind of stuff. We are very lucky when it comes to school this year for both Elliott and Gavin. Now all I have to do is figure out Emmett's school situation and we can move forward on the education front. :-)

I think I'm going to make it a point to share our daily victories. So many times, these little victories get lost in the shuffle and I never get around to sharing them. Today's victory is pretty simple but significant nonetheless. Elliott, doesn't have as many challenges as some other kids with Aspergers can have. However, one of the things we do struggle with is texture, especially when it comes to food. Elliott has never liked milk. He'll drink chocolate soy milk and that's all. He has got to be one of the pickiest eaters I have ever met. He finds something wrong with almost anything he eats. Anyways, today, out of nowhere, he asked for milk in his cereal.....and he actually ate it. Well, most of it anyway. I…

I just wanted to take a second and thank everyone for all your support. I want to thank the McCabe's for taking it upon themselves to reach out and help my family by launching a fundraiser that you can read about in the stickied post at the top of my home page. Thank you for all the generous donations that will assist in our relocation. Please remember,  do not feel obligated to help.  :-) I thought I would update you all as to the progress of my search.  I have been searching everyday via Realtor.com and the local papers.  Nothing has turned up thus far.  Again, I want to make sure that we do this right the first time.  I will keep you all updated as to the progress.  Thank…

This is completely off topic,  however,  I thought it was pretty funny.  My neighbor loves squirrels.  He actually makes them little tiny peanut butter sandwiches.  He's actually one of our nice neighbor's. It just kills me when I see these squirrels scratch at his door when they are hungry. Then they sit there eating these tiny sandwiches. Anyway, this squirrel is so fat that it can barely squeeze under the fence anymore. This thing is like a regulation size football, with a tail. I just thought is was humorous and wanted to share.  :-) Hope everyone is having a good day.... - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Samsungs Epic Touch 4G (provided to me at no charge by Sprint) without the use of proper editing tools…

I saddened to say that Emmett has hit yet another cycle.  He has been running a fever since yesterday afternoon and has developed large cold sores on his tongue.  He's actually in a surprisingly good mood, considering. If we had it to do all over again,  I don't know that I would go through with the surgery he had a few months ago. While the surgery did lessen the intensity of the cycles,  they are no longer predictable. The cycles used to hit like clockwork,  about every 3 weeks and last for 10 days.  Now they hit at random times,  often twice a week.  They don't last as long but they are more frequent.  In a sense,  it's worse now then before because we have no idea when the next…

Background If any of you have been following me since this summer you will probably remember these posts; Betterment Helps the Lost and Tired family and CKP Heating and Cooling: Paying it. If you have a few minutes, these are both good reads, in the sense that you can see people helping other people. Basically, The Foundation for Community Betterment is a not-for-profit that helps people at a local level, in way that actually improve the quality of life of the people they help. My family was lucky enough to be a recipient of this amazing organization. Betterment worked with CKP Heating and Cooling to provide my family with central air conditioning. CKP Heating and Cooling actually donated the entire system. They were and still are an amazing company of kind and generous people. The Foundation for Community Betterment is…

So my father, graciously have up his evening in order to help me with the van.  It was already dark when we got out to where the van had died.  She started right up and then began this horrible grinding and screeching sound.  It appears that the water pump has seized up and seems to at least be part of the problem.  I had have it towed yet again.  The towing company has towed the POS van several times now.  I should be earning some kind of frequent flyer points by now.  The shop will hopefully get the van in first thing in the morning and if it's just a water pump,  it should be a quick fix.  Quick maybe but certainly not painless. I really truly believe this van…