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June 2009 (30)
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30: Happy Holidays [19] (0)
29: Happy Holidays [18] (1)
28: Happy Holidays [17] (0)
27: Happy Holidays [16] (0)
26: Happy Holidays [15] (0)
25: Happy Holidays [14] (0)
24: Happy Holidays [13] (1)
23: Happy Holidays [12] (0)
22: Happy Holidays [11] (0)
21: Holiday [10] (1)
20: Holiday [9] (0)
19: Holiday [8] (0)
18: Happy Holiday [7] (0)
17: Holiday [6] (1)
16: Holiday [5] (2)
15: Holiday [4] (1)
14: Holiday [3] (1)
13: Happy Holidays [2] (3)
12: Happy Holidays [1] (0)
11: Onesies, Twosies and Threesies (4)
10: Feminism - the new order (9)
09: One heck of a Muffin! (5)
08: How to make a Luigi cake topper decoration (20)
07: Laws of Physics Kirby (5)
06: Percolation time (4)
05: Happy Times (18)
04: Proposals (5)
03: Bent out of Shape (4)
02: Chocolate Coronary Cake (8)
01: How to make a moss stick (9)

May 2009 (32)
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31: Don’t hold your breath (11)
30: Notable Quote (15)
29: You can fix anything. (3)
28: Full Circle – ball and chain (13)
27: Snack on a stick - why the fox wears gloves (9)
26: Sun Valley Rutile over Woo Blue (7)
25: Help yourself to a slice of pi (7)
24: Make your mark (3)
23: Career Opportunites for the ever so slightly deranged (6)
22: Homework Helper (13)
21: Left Handed (10)
20: Woofless in San Jose (5)
19: What is that? (7)
18: Green Capitalists - step by step guide (6)
17: No finger painting for the tactile defensive child (9)
16: Literal Minded (16)
15: SOOC Smiley Saturday (21)
14: The art of persuasion (12)
13: Cooking Lessons with Chicken Little (9)
12: Moluscs with slime on the side (15)
11: How to make a chef’s hat (12)
10: Old dogs and new tricks (9)
09: Mother’s Day (12)
08: Mother’s Day Preparations (8)
07: Notable quotes (15)
07: Blogging Against Disablism (7)
06: Toil and trouble (7)
05: From Neophobe to Chef in under 6 months (11)
04: Got you pegged! (13)
03: Scatalogical Brits (9)
02: Pinch, Punch, first of the Month (5)
01: Who wins? (10)

April 2009 (31)
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30: Foot falls and other mis-steps (19)
29: A tale of two pots (13)
28: What exactly is that anyway? (10)
27: Listen very carefully (17)
26: Playing catch up (7)
25: Warts and all (14)
25: Fresh Air and Planning ahead (6)
24: Interlopers and the Extras (5)
23: A weight off my mind - sweet dreams (17)
22: When first we practice to deceive (12)
21: Wordy Wednesday (14)
20: Try tackling it Tuesday (9)
19: The Good Old Days (12)
18: Caught dead to rights (6)
17: Lookie, lookie, lookie! (8)
16: Find your happy place (9)
15: A circuitous route (10)
14: Monarchs in the Republic (6)
13: Shark infested waters (15)
12: One time rule (17)
11: Something sweet for the weekend (7)
10: Down Tools (6)
09: Vicarious Story telling (11)
08: More Rare than Gold (15)
07: Meet Aqua (15)
06: Reasonable people can agree to differ (49)
05: The walking wounded (12)
04: Not Adorable (20)
03: Balance (14)
02: 2 by 4 and other roadblocks (6)
01: Dog Therapy (14)

March 2009 (33)
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31: The R Word (3)
31: Superheroes (9)
30: Business unplanned (22)
29: Try, try, try again (7)
28: How to stop a special needs kid from spitting?[*] (7)
28: My bottom is too thick (20)
26: How to insult someone in a foreign language (13)
25: The Theory of Mind is still with us (11)
24: Lay out guys (7)
23: Cat and dog love (13)
22: Far afield (4)
21: Her Royal Highness and Pi dish Two (17)
21: Stop the R word (7)
20: Pi Dish (13)
19: Reciprocal exchange, scripted yet unscripted (6)
18: Twist and plop - a three ringed circus (6)
17: Woofless Wednesday (13)
16: Irish Stew (11)
15: Scientific predictions and outcomes (8)
14: Pain in the planet (7)
13: Old Fogies (8)
12: Wrap Around Services and other urban myths (12)
11: Eat your words (22)
10: Portion control (8)
09: Fox on a stick – how to make your own (2)
08: Swimming against the tide (12)
07: Reversal of fortune (5)
06: Why’s are good and other wasted words (3)
05: Defiance - how to handle it, how to recognize it? (16)
04: Once upon a time (6)
03: Caged (10)
02: How was your day? (11)
01: Facial Expressions (10)

February 2009 (29)
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28: Social Compass:- how we fail our children (11)
27: Na, na, na, na, na (11)
26: Perspective taking, anxiety and stress (8)
25: The difference between Sarcasm and Irony, a demonstration (13)
24: Atlas - almost wordless (7)
23: Get organized (10)
22: Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally (4)
21: Community Service for autistic people (13)
20: Joined at the hip (4)
19: Autocue - spoonfeeding (11)
18: A right dog’s breakfast (12)
17: When is an Umbrella not an Umbrella? (4)
16: Laundry - try tackling it Tuesday (10)
15: Be mine (6)
14: Dog’s for autistic children – a preliminary report (14)
13: What an expression? The damned fine teaching profession (5)
12: How your body works? A knee jerk reaction! (4)
11: The sleeping life (17)
10: Unexpected Fallout (14)
09: How to make your own Duvet/Comforter cover (15)
08: Magic Marker Monday (3)
07: International translations (15)
06: Sick as a dog (7)
05: Most interesting Google search question of the week (9)
04: Street Talk (13)
03: Wordless special exposure Wednesday (12)
03: ROFL award (1)
02: How to make your own Webkinz [posable] (18)
01: Magic Marker Monday (6)

January 2009 (31)
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30: Quiet Time (5)
29: Why do I have to? By Lauri Leventhal-Belfer, illustrated by Luiza Montaini-Klovdahl (12)
28: Quick Quotes (5)
27: Happy Tales and Tails (7)
26: Frugal Food - one week’s worth (22)
25: Puppy Training:- a brief summary (13)
25: January Jaunty Jest (3)
24: Helping Children with Complex Needs Bounce Back by Kim Aumann and Angie Hart :- a book review (7)
23: Snap that! (5)
22: All Strung out (11)
21: Handy hint – the power of touch [the nudge] (16)
20: Lessons about blue dogs (7)
19: The Tale of the foolish old woman (8)
18: ‘De Blob’ de best ever product review (8)
17: Notable quotes of the week (5)
16: Wanton acts of violence (12)
15: Surprise! By Karen Andrews and Illustrated by Kim Fleming – a book review (9)
14: Autism – tip of the day [Head, shoulders, knees and toes] (9)
13: How to ensure your carpet remain clutter free (5)
12: Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf? (42)
11: A needle in a haystack – a game chip in the needles (13)
10: Daily Constitutional[s] (10)
09: Not a friend in the world - shaggy dog’s tales (10)
08: Spit on your dog (13)
07: Adverts for Autism - it’s a dog’s life (15)
06: Wordless Special Exposure Wednesday (12)
05: Finger Puppets - Try tackling this tuesday (8)
04: Now that’s not normal but what is these days? (18)
03: What’s in a name? (13)
02: We are nocturnal,……again (6)
01: Tidal Waves (9)

December 2008 (33)
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31: Give Away (7)
30: Special exposure wordless wednesday (10)
29: Tissue Mood control box - try tackling this Tuesday (13)
28: Mario and Luigi hats - the best ever (12)
27: Failing to face Fall (8)
26: Some kind of hero (9)
25: Where on the Stair? Right there! (9)
24: Shucks darnit! (1)
23: Special Exposure Wordless Wednesday (8)
22: Absolutely crackers - two for the price of one (12)
21: Social Stories - a potential pet pitfall (12)
20: The Holly and the Ivy (7)
19: Tree huggers, it’s a gift (8)
18: Sweetmaking for Transvestites (14)
17: Top tips to maintain sanity during the holiday season (7)
16: Birthday party fall-out - Special exposure wordy Wednesday (6)
15: The giving Season - try tackling it Tuesday (12)
14: Girls’ Birthday Party cakes - Magic Marker Best Shot Monday (10)
13: Earwigging the wise (10)
12: Core Body Strength - SOOC Smiley Saturday (13)
11: Leaving their tails behind them (10)
11: Tweet for Autism (8)
10: Thursday 13 - 174 edition guessing game (4)
09: Special Exposure Wordless Wednesday (10)
08: Try tackling it Tuesday - dye in the wood (12)
07: Recipes from the Fringe of the Bell Curve (10)
06: To hell and back (11)
05: Melt my heart - SOOC Smiley Saturday (12)
04: Sometimes the truth doesn’t hurt, much (14)
04: Mario Cake Decoration (9)
03: Stood up (11)
02: How Long? Wordless Special Exposure Wednesday (6)
02: Last minute gift - try tackling this Tuesday (2)

November 2008 (33)
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30: Meet Dave - a Movie Review (0)
29: Flu Season â€“just a lot of hot air (5)
28: SOOC Smiley Saturday (10)
27: Personal hygeine - dietary change (9)
26: Happy Thanks - the icing on the cake (14)
25: Wordless Special Exposure Wednesday (12)
24: Try tackling this Tuesday - Kitchen Angel (13)
23: Best shot magic marker Monday (9)
22: Don’t fret……….yet (8)
21: SOOC Smiley Saturday - another brilliant idea by someone (13)
20: Fruit cake Sugar Rush (10)
19: Squeak - Super Mario Bros Nintendo DS (18)
18: Wordless special exposure Wednesday (9)
17: Tackle it Tuesday - a touch of green (20)
16: Magic Marker Best shot Monday (28)
15: Pssst! (22)
15: Fun with Messy Play by Tracey Beckerleg - a book review (0)
15: Eggs Nests and Naans (6)
14: SOOC Smiley Saturday (7)
13: Snippet - hello! Is anybody there? (19)
12: Thursday 13 - scavenger hunt (4)
11: Wordless special exposure Wednesday (7)
10: Try and Tackle it Tuesday - make your own scarecrow (12)
09: Magic Marker Best shot Monday - you are what you write? (8)
08: As dull as ditch water (14)
07: SOOC - Scot, Picts and other Britons (12)
06: Picky eaters, and then some! (18)
05: Thursday 13 number - Green Thanksgiving Decor (2)
04: Wordless Special Exposure Wednesday (14)
03: Try tackling this Tuesday (9)
02: Perfect Post Award for October (1)
02: Magic Marker Best shot Monday - find that scavenger! (6)
01: What is Tactile defensiveness? - Daily Daub (9)

October 2008 (36)
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31: Left of Centre and Straight on til Morning (13)
30: Happy Halloween (15)
30: Garfield! The Fiendish Theif! (6)
29: Thursday 13 - dietary supplements (10)
28: Wordless special Exposure Wednesday (15)
27: Try and tackle Tuesday - the slimline version (29)
26: Magic Marker Best Shot Monday (10)
25: Daily Daub (2)
25: Awards (12)
25: Twiddling with the ledger (10)
24: SOOC (10)
23: Processing (12)
22: Thursday 13 #167 An Emergency Halloween Costume (6)
21: Wordless Special Exposure Wednesday (14)
20: Tackle it Tuesday, try it Tuesday (12)
19: Best Shot Magic Marker Monday (6)
18: Mono Metamorphosis - sex education required (11)
17: SOOC (9)
16: Adultish (11)
15: Mass Exodus (17)
14: Wordless Special Exposure Wednesday - Boo! (12)
13: Tackle it Tuesday - Try it Tuesday - a gallery of awards (16)
13: Daily Daub - possibly weekly (5)
12: Best Shot Magic Marker Monday (10)
11: Horrid Henry Annual Review by Francesca Simon (7)
10: The Ghost of Garfield (13)
09: Opposites attract - a snippet (11)
08: Thursday 13 - 165 Spotting the Evidence (10)
07: Wordless Special Exposure Wednesday (3)
06: Tackle it Tuesday - Freshen up (12)
05: Best Shot Monday (8)
05: Magic Marker Monday (5)
04: All Dogs have ADHD by Kathy Hoopmann (11)
03: Strategic planning and Banned words (16)
02: Lunch with Love (20)
01: Thursday 13 - 164:- Planning a successful date night (9)

September 2008 (56)
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30: Wordless Special Exposure Wednesday (23)
29: Tackle it Tuesday - Menu Plan (22)
28: Best shot Monday / Manic Monday Pride (8)
28: Magic Marker Monday (4)
27: Peanut Butter Bumpkins (16)
26: Don’t be so Snotty! (20)
25: Road Trip (9)
24: Thursday 13 - things I should have avoided whilst pregnant (22)
23: Wordless Special Exposure Wednesday (21)
22: Tackle it Tuesday - Teeny tiny (14)
22: Best Shot Monday (6)
21: Snip, snap, snip! (6)
21: Magic Marker Monday (6)
21: MM - Love and Formula (5)
21: An Accidental Meme (6)
20: Lights award (3)
20: Smiley Saturday (4)
20: Photo Hunters - Road (4)
20: SOOC - the heats not on (5)
19: Proximidade Award (1)
19: Sky Watch Friday (1)
18: Death Threats (14)
18: Photo Friday (2)
18: Photo Carnival - Nature (4)
17: Thursday Thirteen - Homework strategies (10)
17: Blogswarm (6)
16: Wordless Special Exposure Wednesday - express yourself! (10)
15: Tackle it Tuesday - Organize (18)
15: Ruby Tuesday and Cats on Tuesday (6)
14: No dipsticks here! [*] (16)
14: Magic Marker Monday (10)
13: A Recent Jolly Good Comment (2)
13: SOOC 2 Who needs fins? (10)
13: Snorty Saturday (9)
13: Saturday Photo Hunters - Wild (9)
12: Comment of the Week Award (11)
11: Photo Friday - ordinary (12)
10: Thoughtful Thursday Thirteen (7)
10: Special exposure (18)
08: Tackle it Tuesday - Welcome home (24)
08: Ruby Tuesday and Cats on Tuesday (8)
07: Genealogy â€“ a brief history (19)
07: Magic Marker Monday (12)
06: Recipe Award [s] (7)
06: SOOC (20)
06: Knitting Award (5)
05: An Astute Comment of recent note (4)
05: Photo Hunt String (17)
05: Photo Friday - exercise (0)
04: A Pouf of Ponchos? (25)
03: Thursday 13 - The Crown Jewels revealed (18)
03: Photo Friday - old fashioned (6)
02: Special exposure wordless wednesday (17)
01: Freeze Frame - tackle it Tuesday (17)
01: Perfect Post Award (1)
01: Ruby Tuesday (21)

August 2008 (48)
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31: Review - a Laborious Day (8)
31: Magic Marker Monday (14)
31: Half truths and grey lies (9)
30: Real Gents (14)
29: A recent jolly good comment award (3)
29: Saturday Photo Hunters - Beautiful (10)
28: Anyone for tennis? (9)
27: Thursday 13 # 3 (18)
26: Special Exposure Wordless Wednesday (20)
26: Ruby Tuesday (13)
25: Delegation, art or fiction? â€“ Tackle it Tuesday (18)
24: Knock, knock, knock - Magic Marker Monday (15)
24: I Love Your Blog Award (8)
23: Brillante Weblog Award (4)
22: Comment of the week award (4)
22: Photohunt = Wrinkled (8)
21: Well I never! (20)
20: Piles of corruption (16)
20: The Ministry of Mis-information (10)
19: Special Exposure Wordless Wednesday (23)
19: Ruby Tuesday (8)
18: Tackle it Tuesday - Say it with flowers (30)
17: Social Stories, enough or not enough information? (8)
17: Snippet - Little white lies and howlers (14)
16: Prompt meme (5)
16: Quickie (8)
15: Comment of the week Award (7)
14: Emotional Quotient of a pin head (12)
13: 13 things to do as each day starts in 13 minutes (16)
12: Snippet - Sugar Coated (16)
11: Potato heads and loose chips (22)
10: A Souvenir from England (16)
09: Brillante Weblog (16)
09: Hello again (3)
09: Arte y Pico award (9)
09: Comment of the week award - be a twit in private (1)
08: Quicky Quirks (15)
07: Assertiveness training (20)
06: Theory of Mind Challenge Game (11)
06: We are not one (12)
06: Eye on the prize but close to the edge (5)
05: Three for the price of one (21)
04: Follow my lead or maybe hers? (26)
03: Double Trouble (40)
02: 15 years in a nutshell [ish] (35)
02: Comment of the week award (3)
02: A Staycation in our own Wildlife preserved (9)
01: Brilliante Premo Weblog Awards and Public Service Announcement (12)

July 2008 (36)
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31: Perfect Post (11)
30: Thoughty Thirteen (18)
29: Welcome Home (21)
28: Whoops a daisy (25)
27: Manners maketh man, Manic Monday (20)
27: To Vicki Forman (11)
26: Connectivity - building community (14)
26: Brevity Blog Carnival (0)
25: Cart me off to the funny farm (18)
25: Comment of the week award (6)
25: Newbie here! (2)
24: Snippet (18)
23: Priorities (29)
22: Pincer Grip (21)
21: Impartial and partially biased [England is evil 11] (23)
20: A den of vipers [England is Evil 13] (12)
19: Summer days - the cold hearted empty shell of autism (20)
18: Perseveration (21)
17: Another crabby old day [England is Evil 12} (22)
16: You’re a what? (12)
14: Indigo child! [England is evil 9] (28)
14: Pause for thought (9)
13: Long leap [England is Evil 8] (22)
13: I.O.U.1 Award (1)
13: Best Comment of the week award (4)
12: Awards (2)
12: Wall E movie review (16)
12: Pet Rocks [England is evil 8] (17)
10: Ding, ding, ding, [England is evil 7] (15)
09: OMG [England is Evil 6] (11)
08: Itâ€™s a wild life [England is Evil 5] (24)
07: Bolting [ England is evil 4] (23)
06: Between a rock and a hard place [England is Evil 3] (17)
05: England is Evil [2] (31)
05: England is Evil (20)

June 2008 (15)
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12: Bye for now (27)
11: May the force be with you too (15)
11: Everyone is unique (7)
10: Alex Barton’s Lesson (22)
10: Junk food (5)
09: A one size fits all (16)
09: Hand luggage and Teflon (11)
08: Donâ€™t do that. What? (5)
07: How was your day? (9)
07: Bi-lingual, itâ€™s no excuse (1)
05: Mexican Hat dance (7)
04: Different Strokes for different folks (9)
03: 0 â€“ 60 diddly squat (10)
02: Interior Design 101 and EMTâ€™s (19)
01: And other small miracles (15)

May 2008 (37)
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31: Indianna Jones â€“ liberator from the white slave trade (13)
30: Hip hop what? (9)
29: Prickly pairs (9)
28: Ahem, run that past me again? (16)
27: What a Purl! (12)
26: Out of time (14)
25: Fading (3)
25: Associations (1)
24: Sequencing, association and fading â€“ howâ€™s your learning curve? (1)
24: Alex Barton (27)
23: A chain reaction (5)
22: Oiling the wheels (21)
21: Preservative free (6)
20: Focus and multitasking (10)
19: See it all before (8)
18: Life buoys and girls (8)
18: How can I tell if I am autistic? (2)
17: Doom gloom and despondency (7)
16: Scaffolding for autism (6)
15: Nutritional advice from the Neophobic (10)
14: Petite observations (19)
13: Worry Wort (8)
12: It is better to arrive than to travel (11)
11: Personal Learning Curves (13)
11: 6 words meme (3)
10: Give me a clue! (8)
09: Bad Teeth (4)
08: The cost of autism (9)
07: A Labyrinth of Liars (15)
06: Lupus in Fabulo …… but true (16)
05: Social skills for typical kids (13)
04: Always and forever (13)
04: Autistic Caress (0)
03: Not Autism (10)
03: Pica, more common that you think (5)
02: 5 things meme (10)
01: The eye is the door of the soul (11)

April 2008 (31)
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30: The Explosive Child (14)
29: If I had a hammer (12)
28: Chicken Little (20)
27: Sheep May Safely Graze (11)
27: The Green eyed monster (8)
26: Woof louder Pavlov! (2)
25: 5 Things Meme (9)
24: A very common species (11)
23: Translators are few and far between (10)
22: Crash, bang, wallop (6)
21: Ignorance is bliss â€“ the Good Samaritan (10)
20: Four Seasons (18)
19: Fly Away (7)
18: A Well Beaten Path (7)
17: The cat that got the cream (13)
16: House of cards (12)
15: Snuggle down (13)
14: Curiosity slayed the feline (21)
13: Adults only (9)
12: The Wart Doctor (18)
11: Awards for friendship and bannana yummies (13)
10: Goldilocks â€“ pure hell (9)
09: Moving on swiftly - Fort Knox (11)
08: Occupational Therapy - No Flying! (27)
07: Trade off (10)
06: Tinker, Tailor, Postmanâ€¦..I Spy (4)
05: Safe landing for the space cadet (17)
04: The current exchange rate (12)
03: Rabid over rabbits (14)
02: We have lift off! (13)
01: The Food Police (26)

March 2008 (40)
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31: Everyone’s a critic (17)
30: Bird brain (14)
29: Blindsided (17)
28: One strike and youâ€™re a crisp! (10)
27: Finely tuned communication (18)
26: Little boy blue (15)
25: I become intolerable (25)
24: Indoor fireworks (11)
24: A growing trend (7)
23: Spelling Bee or hangman (11)
22: The Day of Rest (13)
22: Photo Op for an old battleaxe (11)
20: Sing your heart out Peggy Lee (15)
19: These days of the trivial (15)
18: No High school, Musical or otherwise (16)
17: Opening for Guardian Angel (12)
16: Origami puzzles (12)
16: A bicycle made for several (8)
16: Intolerance â€“ a snippet (5)
15: Try, try, try again. (4)
14: A pointer in the right direction (1)
13: Know your onions (22)
12: Terms of endearment (19)
11: Wordy Wednesday â€“ deep proprioceptive input (15)
10: Look to the future (45)
09: Small things (22)
09: Truth or Dare? [Part 2] (19)
08: Sinking beneath the Plimsoll line (15)
08: Truth or Dare? [Part 1] (17)
07: See Saw Margery Daw (14)
06: An aid to understanding (16)
05: Black holes and other conundrums (24)
04: Wordy Wednesday - dexterity (11)
03: Innocent until proven guilty, often (27)
02: Breakfast atâ€¦â€¦.mid day maybe? (26)
02: The same wavelength (20)
02: Hindsight â€“ how I would do things differently (3)
01: Awards - excellent friendship day (10)
01: Womankind â€“ idleness is the devilâ€™s work (12)
01: Awards- banana award (12)

February 2008 (34)
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28: Trusera (18)
28: Autism and Transitions (4)
27: Honesty is the best put off (18)
26: Wordy Wednesday â€“ hand strength (20)
25: Out of the loop (26)
24: Idaho or bust! (31)
24: Excellent Award I (10)
23: Excellent Awards (4)
23: Awards - less than three (17)
22: Awards with Bling! (27)
22: luvvies (7)
21: Corruption - Daydream believer (23)
20: Intimidation (39)
19: Wordy Wednesday â€“ feeling blue (36)
18: Two and a half baths (30)
17: AAP (18)
17: Awards - Royal Banana (15)
15: Awards - you make my day (10)
14: Complementary abilities and word retrieval (32)
13: St. Valentine (32)
12: Wordy Wednesday - the sense of smell (27)
11: Exclusive and Elusive (35)
10: Sticky Post [that means it's stuck] - scroll down for something fresher (22)
10: Developmental challenges, for parents (19)
09: Bloggers of the world Award (15)
08: Amazing Awards (11)
07: Give a little (28)
06: To be or not to be, that is probably the answer (41)
05: Wordy Wednesday “ the Incredible 5 Point Scale” (25)
04: An institutional diet (28)
03: Superbowl Sunday, it’s certainly not cricket (32)
03: Tag, you are all it! (18)
02: Daft as a brush (22)
01: Sassy award (16)

January 2008 (25)
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31: Small World - dib, dib, dib (23)
31: I love to read, old baggage that I am (24)
29: Wordy Wednesday - Warts and All (32)
28: Truthful Tuesday â€“ the sin of pride (27)
27: Nip it in the bud (32)
26: Awards - Blog friend forever (10)
25: Mwah Awards (18)
24: My mother, the magician (30)
23: Thoughtful Thursday, maybe? (34)
22: Wordy Wednesday (20)
21: Chicken philosophy and word retrieval (31)
20: Fog Bound (28)
20: Madz Skills Award (10)
18: True Blue Blogging Award (10)
17: Katie McCarron â€“ theft of joy (30)
16: Knots, tangles and other urban myths (36)
15: Wordy Wednesday (32)
15: The Curse of Socks (41)
13: Russian Roulette (51)
12: More awards - Super Star (11)
11: Master Muffet (33)
10: Pooh who? Boo hoo, music to my ears (23)
09: Marital Bliss (35)
08: Wordy Wednesday (27)
08: Friendship cools to acquaintance (77)

December 2007 (28)
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26: The Day after Boxing Day (41)
25: Boxing Day - Colours of Friendship (10)
24: Happy Holidays from the Aliens (23)
23: A Snippet of Sleepover (40)
23: Blogging Buddy Awards (13)
22: Colours of Friendship Award (12)
22: Christmas Meme 22nd (12)
21: Accidentally tagged myself with Crazy 8 (20)
20: The Littlest Angel - Kindred Spirits (54)
19: The usual and the less so (32)
18: Reflective Ms. Wordy Wednesday (36)
18: Tactile defensiveness every day (48)
17: I hear Thunder (40)
16: Holiday [Christmas for some] meme (24)
15: Christmas meme (16)
13: Navigating the Social world (49)
12: Staying power - Thursday Thirteen (34)
11: Tactile What? Wordy Wednesday (39)
10: Parental Expectations (47)
09: Autistic children seldom lie (52)
09: Awards - Roar for Powerful words (20)
08: Nice Matters Awards (21)
06: Creativity versus technology (42)
05: Heads or Tails? (49)
04: Ms. WW and the Neophobic (42)
03: ESL - English as a Foriegn Language (40)
02: Do not pass go (37)
01: The Seven Deadly sins (22)

November 2007 (30)
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30: Awards - Nice Matters (13)
29: Update Your Insurance Policy (32)
29: If at first you donâ€™t succeed (32)
27: Rap me on the knuckles with a ruler (35)
26: Dairy free products (41)
25: Hope springs eternal (37)
24: Seven more (27)
23: Friday Five good things (23)
23: A Recipe for Success for the Neophobic (31)
22: Meme (36)
20: Wordy Wednesday # 7 (28)
19: Oprah (39)
18: The Theory of Mind (32)
17: Pick your poison with care (32)
16: Potty talk and words per minute (24)
15: What is wrong with you! (32)
14: The day of Rest - Imagine it’s Sunday (29)
13: Wordless Wednesday #6 (20)
12: A Delve into motivation (13)
12: A fool and his leg are soon parted (14)
12: Can’t swim? Chuck em in the deep end. (9)
09: Ms. Nightingaleâ€™s services are not required (12)
08: The truth of the matter (16)
07: A question of degree (16)
06: Puppy dogs tails indeed (17)
05: Unravelling the Devil’s work (23)
04: The yolkâ€™s on me (20)
03: Some things are best left without translation (10)
02: All the same (14)
01: Full of potential (17)

October 2007 (38)
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31: Justifiable homicide (18)
30: The master plan unravels (19)
29: Drug Barons and Corporal Punishment (15)
28: The Leith Police Dismisseth us* (18)
27: A routine hic-cup (15)
26: Be careful what you wish for (17)
25: Spoil the child (16)
24: Neither a Lender nor a Borrower be* (13)
23: 7 layer dip (14)
22: Grumpy is as grumpy does (26)
21: Homework strategies (22)
20: Ordinarily Extraordinary (16)
20: Awards - well more awards really (4)
19: My dreamboat hauls in an empty catch (10)
19: Awards (6)
18: Line up your ducks Old MacDonald (18)
17: Slap on the head for the hand maiden (17)
16: Whimsical investment (22)
15: Fact is often stranger than fiction (15)
15: Do little hicky (8)
14: Just Desserts (19)
14: You make me smile awards (6)
13: Handicap down (13)
12: Eureka! Pavlovâ€™s dog (16)
11: Puppy Love â€“ howl at the moon (25)
10: Picture this! (14)
09: Wordy Wednesday (16)
08: The Wedding (33)
07: Completely Potty (18)
07: Sleepover (6)
06: Modern Love (11)
06: Bodacious Blog Award (1)
05: Baby Steps (11)
05: Smooze Awards (3)
04: The Current Exchange Rate (13)
03: Surprise, surprise (25)
02: Wordy Wednesday - Security Blankets (18)
01: Learning under pressure. (12)

September 2007 (37)
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30: Unraveled - code cracker (12)
29: No free lunch and certainly not dinner (10)
28: Black Sheep bleats with forked tongue (11)
27: Typical kids (12)
26: Unnatural Practices (17)
25: The Twits! You nit wit! (24)
24: Wordless Wednesday # 5 Ta Dah! (17)
23: Stress induced shortage (13)
22: Another world (17)
22: Break Out Blogger Award (4)
22: 8 Random Facts (8)
21: Me, myself and I (10)
21: Saturday awards encore (1)
21: Break out Blogger Award (2)
20: Interpreting social cues (16)
19: Feed the Beast (7)
18: Wordless Wednesday # 4 (20)
17: Just put them back in your cakehole (11)
16: The Humane Society (9)
15: Peace of mind can be very noisy (15)
14: Fish or fowl? (12)
14: Saturday Award time again! (11)
13: Lack of qualifications (12)
12: The anxious child (15)
11: Wordless Wednesday #3 (12)
11: A Germ free Thoroughbred (10)
11: Warm the Globe (0)
10: Runs in the family (18)
09: Chat, chat, chat â€“ breaking News (17)
08: The Ancient Mariner (13)
07: Naughty Nicholas (16)
06: The Discovery Channel and fine tuning (13)
05: High definition (13)
04: Paper cuts (14)
03: That darned Cat in the Hat! (14)
02: Extraction by fair means or foul (12)
01: I do not like green eggs or otherwise (10)

August 2007 (33)
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31: Goldilocks, don’t let the bears win (11)
30: Where on the chair? Right there! (11)
30: Thoughtful Thursday - The youth of today! (10)
28: The power of ten (13)
28: Blink of an eye â€“ Tuesday supplemental (13)
27: Too much to process (8)
26: The temptation to eat worms (10)
25: Not a misdemeanour offence (8)
25: Classic extra (10)
24: Pain Threshold (12)
24: Just Another Ordinary day (11)
22: Padlock or face the consequences (15)
21: Puzzles, conundrums and other cross words (8)
20: Sequencing the autistic child (11)
19: Zero Sum and the division of labour (17)
18: Play Therapy? You cannot be serious! (14)
17: The second annihilation - and walls have ears (11)
16: The Lazy Hazy Days of Summer (6)
15: Motherâ€™s Little Helper (10)
14: A rose by any other name (12)
13: A dim view - England, my England (6)
12: Tiptoe through the tulips (13)
11: Autism â€“ what really gets me down (11)
10: The art of disguise (18)
09: Food and growth (16)
08: Ah poor little chap! The sympathy vote (23)
07: Curiouser and curiouser (21)
06: Oral defensiveness and budgetary control (16)
05: Rules is rules you Ninny! (8)
04: A few steps forwards, ….and back (9)
03: Ironing out the kinks (10)
02: Validation â€“ thank you Nonna (14)
01: Capture and release (16)

July 2007 (27)
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31: Sweet dreams (21)
30: Word play (17)
29: The Finish Line - Sophie’s Choice (35)
28: Winkin, Blinkin and Nod *- Is it any wonder? (14)
27: Senility may be a blessing for some? (7)
26: Is it all a big lie? (2)
25: Is there such a thing as double yuck? (8)
24: Danger lurks around every corner (8)
23: England, my England! [two] (6)
22: England, my England! [one] (6)
21: Sweet and Sour (3)
20: Some people are just never happy (2)
19: Powers of invisibility (4)
18: Insatiable curiosity (5)
17: Mirror, mirror, on the wall - Beauty from within (1)
16: Alive and well (5)
15: My mother saidâ€¦. (3)
14: What is autism? And more lizards (2)
13: Esperanto (2)
12: Campaign Consolidation (5)
11: Apply that! (1)
10: Light the blue touch paper and retire to a safe distance (6)
09: Do unto others (7)
09: Come back! All is forgiven (9)
03: A place for everything and everything in itâ€™s place (9)
03: Co-ordination and balance or Treason! (6)
02: Not Jerusalem* (11)

June 2007 (20)
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13: Send me a postcard! (22)
13: Play Ball? (5)
13: Shaving, wafer, after wafer (4)
13: Bump the hand that feeds you (8)
12: Party favours and other irritations (6)
12: Early Days 10 - Happy and Healthy (3)
11: Filthy Rich (5)
10: Grammar (6)
10: A Blight on my life (6)
09: Get out of that one! (3)
09: Get with the programme Mother! (10)
07: Leaving on a jet plane (21)
06: Define your terms (13)
05: Wading through Treacle (15)
04: Not autism just complex advanced laundry skills (11)
03: Autism and loss (14)
03: No time like the present! (12)
02: Tenacity (4)
02: Early days 9 - Please explain what you are doing and why? (10)
01: Qualitative Vibraters â€“ but does it work? (4)

May 2007 (32)
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31: Suck on that you Rich Vandal! (16)
31: Thinking Blogger Awards (8)
30: Suck on that! (14)
29: Engineering perfection (14)
28: The curse of sun kisses (13)
27: No beating around the bush (7)
26: And other dis orders (7)
25: Camping â€“ babes in the wood (11)
24: A mere fly on the wall (11)
23: Cat therapy (14)
22: If you canâ€™t say anything niceâ€¦.. (18)
21: Dress for Success - Appropriate Attire (5)
20: Donâ€™t try this at home (3)
19: Flip a coin (12)
18: Early Days 8 - cracking the code (2)
17: Hidden talents are squashed by a bushel (9)
16: Clash of the Titans (3)
15: Scheduling the autistic child (8)
14: If I die before I wakeâ€¦â€¦â€¦ (6)
13: Peer Pressure (9)
12: Let them eat brioche! (13)
11: Hirsute pursuit (8)
10: Forgiveness and acceptance (13)
09: Drones â€“ message received and understood (15)
08: Art for arts sake (17)
07: A convention of potential buyers with light refreshments (13)
06: Fear but not loathing, in San Jose (15)
05: Little boxes â€“ translators required (6)
04: Rush to judgment (7)
03: Sleep (8)
02: Feed the birds - tuppence be damned (13)
01: Not just any child - play is children’s work (8)

April 2007 (35)
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29: Motor Mouth - who knew a speech delay could be so noisy? (15)
29: Book Choice - reciprocal exchange we love you (15)
28: Pick your poison (7)
27: Burn Your bra (16)
26: Adam and Eve - knowledge begets bounce (7)
25: Dijon? Mais oui! [translation = therapy for free] (16)
24: Early days 6 (16)
23: Teddy Bears’ picnic - boycotted (22)
22: Stone soup (8)
21: Suffer little children (8)
20: The threat of evisceration (4)
19: The long goodbye (12)
19: Perseveration - what it is? (9)
18: Transfer of skills - cross contamination (3)
17: Multiplication (7)
16: Breakthrough - carnivores gnash their teeth (9)
15: Change of Name Deed (12)
15: Back in a Jiffy (3)
14: Perseveration with a sprinkling of OCD [on the side] (8)
12: Just typical â€“ social skills and the autistic child (11)
11: Clarity of Speech (9)
10: Autism Awareness Month - What are you looking at? (9)
09: Leisure time (8)
08: Pets donâ€™t eat pets! (7)
07: Snappin! (2)
07: Time wasting (3)
05: Future Career in the diplomatic corps (4)
05: In my Grandmotherâ€™s Chest (2)
04: Jaw Surgery â€“ appearances can be deceptive (5)
04: Oral Defensiveness â€“ once bitten, twice shy (5)
03: Lines of communication (7)
02: What is normal anyway? (11)
01: Petco aftermath (3)
01: Not so foolish (2)
01: Come in number 2, your time is up - More Painful than pulling teeth (0)

March 2007 (39)
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31: Secretarial skills (0)
31: A rose by any other nameâ€¦beware of train spotters (0)
31: Ursaphobia- Whatever next? Addendum (1)
31: The Little Red Hen â€“ spatial awareness issues (3)
30: Love you forever â€“ book review by autistic person (5)
29: The Problem of Pica (4)
28: Executive function! Where is it when you need it? (5)
28: Broadcast family secrets with a loudhailer (0)
27: An uptight Hannibal (2)
26: Early Days 6 - Itâ€™s all relative (8)
25: A warning to worldâ€™s women (4)
25: A curious child, who is not named George (2)
24: Early Days 5 - Do not be downcast (5)
23: Ignore the autistic child (3)
22: The Basic principles of parenting (4)
21: Questions of an existential nature (7)
20: Half full and slightly tarnished linings (6)
19: Weaning onto ’solid’ food (2)
18: Dog eat Dog (6)
18: The Rampant Axe Murderer visits (2)
17: Traditional Irish Fayre (2)
16: St. Patrickâ€™s Day (8)
15: Clueless (8)
14: From Velcro to zipper (11)
13: Tie yourself up in knots (4)
12: Ursaphobia - whatever next! (5)
11: Numb, from the neck up? (3)
10: Name, rank and number - A new love of speech delays (2)
09: Game set and Match (5)
08: Motherâ€™s Intuition - Beam me up Scottie! (5)
07: Early Days 4 - Autism and data collection [translation - ammunition] (1)
06: Handy Hint [possibly] no 3 (3)
05: Skin so Soft â€“ memories calling (8)
05: Early days 3 (8)
03: Mix and Match - no co-ordination (3)
03: Beauty tip of the day - biproduct of product (1)
02: Parenting styles- does culture effect the incidence of autism? (6)
01: That darned cat - Is it any wonder! (6)
01: The Theory of mind and other minor irritations - don’t cry for Pluto, who still has chums (2)

February 2007 (40)
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28: Visual accuity and ‘Jimmy know alls’ (3)
27: Unprofessional Umpires? (3)
27: Attitude is everything (3)
26: Tell it how it is (2)
25: Straws and Camels (3)
25: The Neverending Misery of autism (7)
24: Actuarial skills â€“ 57 varieties (7)
23: Play â€˜therapyâ€™ â€“ Thomas the Tank Engine and his enemies (4)
22: Addict in part time supervisory capacity (4)
21: A Wolf in uncertain attire (5)
21: Prosody is contagious? (4)
20: [Un]Favourable Peer Review? (2)
18: Time to clean up your act (9)
17: Count â€˜downâ€™ for meltdowns (4)
16: Sparks and spikes (1)
15: The lowest common denominator [translation = use it or lose it] (7)
14: Visual cues â€“ are you guilty? (5)
13: Learn by observation (3)
12: A fate worse than death (8)
12: Do we have to? (1)
11: If’s, when’s and maybe’s? (2)
11: Crazy Talk (2)
11: Roll up, roll up, get your spit bowls here! (1)
10: Perfect Pancakes (1)
10: No Compass (2)
10: Early days 2 (4)
10: Handy hint [possibly] number 2 (2)
09: Autism â€“ who has it toughest? (11)
09: Early days 1 â€“ battle of the sexes (3)
09: Mind over matter (1)
08: Other peopleâ€™s irritating habits (2)
07: Collateral Damage (6)
06: Dearly departed - a new perspective (8)
06: Communication skills (8)
05: Harsh Reality (6)
04: Leaking (4)
04: Progress (0)
03: Wife Beating and recouperation (0)
02: School report (7)
01: Green Grass (3)

January 2007 (39)
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31: Stickers be damned (1)
31: check tags [test] (2)
29: What I am? (4)
29: Found in translation (2)
28: A Troglodyte lives upstairs (3)
26: The Pet Police (7)
26: Fictional Police report filed Friday, January 12, 2007 (1)
26: Trading, a reality check (1)
26: Food Police (1)
26: Tentative Steps (0)
25: Self Care (6)
24: Handy Hint [possibly] Number 1 (3)
24: Unparalleled logic (3)
22: Undiagnosed (0)
21: Pondering (3)
20: A Fallen Woman (4)
20: 60 minutes (2)
19: Slice and Dice (10)
18: Another fruitless conversation? (8)
18: Not ‘autism,’ just funny (6)
17: Hands are the enemy (4)
17: An E Type? (2)
16: The Joy of Autism (3)
12: The Bribery and Corruption method of bringing up a child (7)
12: Definitions (7)
12: A new partner every night â€“ in flagrante delicto SATURDAY (6)
12: Pneumonia â€“ the end and the beginning (7)
11: Conversation piece (6)
10: Oral Defensiveness (4)
09: Keep it simple Stupid! (8)
08: Tactile Defensiveness (4)
07: Counting (6)
07: ABA and aversions (7)
06: The Master plan â€“ â€˜social engineeringâ€™ (3)
05: Perseverating (14)
04: Thicky, thicky, dumb, dumb (3)
03: Very nice manners but thick as a brick (4)
02: Action Mumâ€™s New Yearâ€™s Resolutions (11)
01: Damned lies and Statistics (9)

December 2006 (22)
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31: Curb shopoholic tendencies (3)
30: Air freshener fails to alleviate the stench (8)
29: How do I love thee? (6)
28: The Owl and the Pussycat (6)
27: Pre-emption (4)
26: Holiday Survival (5)
25: Standards of behaviour (2)
23: Request in a letter, needs expert translator (3)
23: Vegetables win, even though tomatoes are a fruit (1)
22: The Wanderer returns (4)
14: Problem solving (13)
11: Culture shock (6)
11: Festive Greetings (0)
10: Seasonal problems (7)
09: Pass the buck (7)
08: Shell game (1)
08: A word from the Wise (2)
07: An Ode [for Thurs p.m.] (6)
06: Where did I leave my Sanity pack? (3)
05: Splinters and planks (6)
01: Technical Assistance (7)
01: Point to Point [translation = an eye for the details] (2)

November 2006 (63)
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30: Trying not to be critical (0)
30: Plan A (1)
30: Hemorrhaging (0)
30: Mother knows best (0)
30: Umpire (0)
30: Fixations (0)
30: Waiting room (0)
30: Transitions (1)
30: In the Air (1)
30: Static (0)
30: A dysfunctional family [translation = a right bunch of weirdos] (1)
30: The Porn Fairy (0)
30: Sport â€“ catch (3)
30: Not a hair out of place (2)
29: Condolences? (8)
27: Bio-feedback (4)
27: Early onset (6)
26: Sleepless in San Jose (3)
25: The next one (5)
25: Be careful what you wish for (5)
25: Intolerance (1)
25: Note to self (5)
24: Foul language begets reciprocal exchange (3)
24: Ear wigging (0)
24: Figure it out [translation = work it out together] (1)
24: I am not princess [translation = but I may have a pea] (0)
23: Contextual referencing (4)
23: Little Jack Horner wasnâ€™t neophobic (2)
22: A little chat (1)
22: Translation and interpretation of available Data (0)
22: Giving Thanks [translation = Indeed we do] (2)
22: In, Out, Shake it all about (0)
21: Animal, vegetable or mineral? From way back when….. (5)
21: Library (4)
21: Silence in Court (2)
20: 7 Tips - Coping mechanisms for parents of children who have just been diagnosed with autism (12)
19: And then there was light (3)
16: When is a door not a door? (5)
15: To breed or not to breed? (1)
15: No Way Jose! (0)
15: Literally (4)
15: The Campaign Trail (2)
15: Perfection is nothing (7)
15: You Choose [translation = decisions, decisions, the whole time decisions] (2)
14: 5 a day [translation = a breather] (2)
12: Disgusted of Tumbridge Wells [translation = pissed in San Jose] (13)
11: ABA - the incredible 5 point scale (9)
10: Speak English why dontcha! (3)
10: Faulty cataloging (1)
09: Incident of Parental Error (4)
09: One Man’s Work (3)
08: Touche (3)
08: Prevaricate (0)
07: Helpful Interpreter sabotages credibility (3)
07: MORE (1)
05: Variations on a Theme (2)
05: High What (1)
05: A Grain of Rice (1)
03: The Joys of Autism - progress for all (2)
03: A GOLDFISH = snack cracker (1)
03: In the eye on the beholder (3)
03: Top 7 (2)
02: The Dreaded Telly (7)

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