Whitterer on Autism

This also tied in with “Works for Me Wednesdays” the “Frugal” Edition.

I actually stole this from “Scribbit” who borrowed it from “Plum Pudding.”

Because I am forced to try these things out in advance to iron out any kinks, I can tell you that it works better with thicker skinned hot dogs and thinner pasta, [the link does specify thin pasta but I rarely read labels] anything that cooks more quickly. Whilst normally you would keep pasta a a rolling boil, for this a simmer and then a dunk in iced water works much better.

Now if that isn’t the cheapest frugal children’s meal around the bazaars at the moment I’ll eat my hat, just please don’t ask me to eat either the pasta or the hot dogs.

To finish it off a quick Bechamel or cheese sauce would be ideal, especially with a splash of blue food colouring for our swimmy friends. It that doesn’t confuse your taste buds nothing will.

Last for those who cannot abide people who play with their food, instead you can just dress it up into a necklace for those more formal occasions.

Lastly, for my son who loves snails almost as much as I like slug pellets……

I cannot begin to describe how much fun my “little chef” and I had making these. Now eating them……well that’s quite another matter. Apparently Molluscs are mouthwatering. Who knew?

Thank you “Megan” for giving us such a brilliant time.

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Now that my fine friends is what we call ironic.

As such, I feel obliged to add a wee giveaway, not gently used, but slightly trashed due to constant usage, namely “Just Take A Bite.”

I believe I have read every book on the market ranging from picky eaters to real neophobes and this was the only one that worked for us. If you know of someone who might benefit from a healthy dollop of sanity, probably a parent, then send them on over to enter and win. It’s an expensive investment that was well worth it for us and I would hope to be able to help someone else through this torrid time. It doesn’t ‘cure’ neophobes, but it does offer a change of perspective and approach.

Thank you for pointing out that the clothes campaign still falters. One baby step at a time methinks.

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Many thanks to the kindly anonymous bod that added yesterday’s post to Stumbleupon. If I knew who you were……

Cheers dears

What’s your best guess?

I’ll give you a hint=
woo blue and sun valley rutile.

Answers tomorrow!

“Trish” the supremely well “organised one” pointed out that my sidebar had gone all screwy, although she used proper words to describe my most unfortunate mistake with WordPress so I whizzed of to “Van” to throw myself at his technical feet, the maker of the favicon “favicon” who has saved my bacon again “Furiousball” so he may be able to help you out too with your web needs for his reasonable prices, fully “qualified” and tech savvy approach is sure to leave all “customers” thoroughly satisfied, again. You can find his “resume” and “contact” details on this post “here.”

And you still have just enough time to sneak into the Mother’s Day Giveaways of at “5 Minutes for Mum.”

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My life may not be a bed of roses:-

but you won’t hear me moaning about autism, or if you do, I’ll just be mumbling into my socks, because I am a natural grumbler, but please don’t compare autism to cancer.

“Boufmom” who blogs over at “Who says 8 is Enough” is hosting a fundraiser for her “chum,” from May 5th to May 12th.

As she says:-

‘We are holding this blog party in honor of Tuesday Whitt, my friend Jess’ beautiful twin daughter who bravely fought and sadly lost her 8 month battle with stage 4 neuroblastoma in January of this year.
We are doing this fundraiser to hopefully raise awareness about this awful disease and to raise money for the Tuesday Fiona Whitt Foundation, where all proceeds go towards pediatric cancer research.’

As “Jess” says:-

‘bereave |bi?r?v|

verb ( be bereaved)

be deprived of a loved one through a profound absence, esp. due to the loved one’s death : the year after they had been bereaved | [as adj. ] ( bereaved) bereaved families | [as plural n. ] ( the bereaved) those who counsel the bereaved.

It’s ok to reach out to us. You are not bothering us. It’s ok if you can’t. If you don’t know what to say, “I’m so sorry you lost Tuesday” , with, or with out a hug, is all we need. It’s ok if you say something and I start to cry. You didn’t cause it. Death caused it. You didn’t “remind” me of her death, because not a second goes by that I am not thinking of her. Aching for her. It’s ok if you see us out and we are smiling and appear to be doing well. At that moment, we probably are doing well. Other moments we are doing so, absolutely, not well. It’s ok if you said the wrong thing or didn’t say the right thing because there is no wrong or right thing to say. There is no wrong or right way to BE when your child dies. There is no right way to do this. We’ll figure it out together.

Thank you for loving us.’

Personally, I cannot even imagine what that would be like.

Whilst it may seem a little daft to start another giveaway even before I’ve finished the first “one,” timing has never been one of my strong suits. There is a family I know who have returned to Ireland who have battled with cancer and won a reprieve so this is a topic quite close to home, yet far away.

So without further ado:-

so here it is…….

……..maybe this one has your name on it, so please consider whether this is something that has touched your life.

Yes, I will bite the bullet and ship worldwide if we don’t go bankrupt first.

We are approaching Mother’s Day in the United States, the second Sunday in May, it may be that you might be able to spare a thought for this “family,” I hope. This giveaway will end on the 12th of May.

Whilst you’re at it, again with Mother’s Day in mind, maybe we can extend a green hand to help families worldwide with “Oxfam America Unwrapped,” as that would be fairly high on my list.

If you need some light relief, then head on over to:-

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If you want to be noticed at the annual Bunnies and Bonnets Parade……..

Motivation? If you’re ‘noticed’ you are more likely to win the candy being distributed by the generous parade goers.

This could be yours:-

Don’t forget to add your name to the “list” and help spread the word for the giveaway.

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On another note, if you have a spare mo perhaps you may be able to help the “Fresh Air Fun,” which seeks to let inner city children experience time out in the wilds as you can see at their “website” where there are other videos about this non-profit venture, but this video below is my favourite = wordless!

And here is someone else who needs our help:-

You can visit Maddie’s family “here” at “A Mom of Two Boys.”

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Meanwhile I’m still struggling with international postage rates as $45 to the UK is daylight robbery as far as I’m concerned. I may have to limit myself to the good ole US of A initially and expose myself as the tendentious, ethnocentric nincompoop that I really am!

Bigger pi dishes require more numbers.

How do you ensure that you transpose all the numbers of pi correctly?

Employ a nit picker! Fueled by Goldfish.

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I took Thatcher for a play date with his sister. If my own children could play or play as quietly as this pair I would eat my hat.

Thatcher is the bigger, lighter coloured one. His sister is smaller and more Labradorish, “You can see the video here.”

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I hang from the door jam after a long and wearisome day for a few moments, as I wait for the play date victim to be collected, late.

My son and his victim stumble past me, a very obvious obstacle. The passage on either side is obvious to most people but they both bumble into me nonetheless. This is not because they are clumsy, but both lack a certain degree of spatial awareness.

His friend pauses and turns back to observe me, from head to toe and then back up again.
My son gives him a little shove, “iz o.k. Mom’s jus holdin up the house a bit.” It’s the kind of intimate nudge between pals, a little over enthusiastic, but perfectly socially acceptable.

The xylophone snaps of spinal relief are very welcome.
“I fink………..yur mom is broke!”

Can I help it if I have monkey arms!

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