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Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-56164485659467736022023-08-12T13:09:00.000-04:002023-08-12T13:09:03.731-04:00From Where We Left Off in 2022<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bItP_2OXPCz5U-idBcdr6-PqiTa5Qo4kONMQmEThELQ1gLUC9qaZveaakWoFp4tzPkDY-N8fFxPIM1QLi6cgQWYLbLR0QGATXZoeZ-7Bz1GF7DzLyClwAATtX-kerMK_QCPeWqXVZFdPUJPqb_-YM2xgZDQVdLrYFqlxft6g4ajZqdyownyh-MZ137w/s1280/Where%20we%20left%20off.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bItP_2OXPCz5U-idBcdr6-PqiTa5Qo4kONMQmEThELQ1gLUC9qaZveaakWoFp4tzPkDY-N8fFxPIM1QLi6cgQWYLbLR0QGATXZoeZ-7Bz1GF7DzLyClwAATtX-kerMK_QCPeWqXVZFdPUJPqb_-YM2xgZDQVdLrYFqlxft6g4ajZqdyownyh-MZ137w/w400-h225/Where%20we%20left%20off.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">(Yikes! It's been awhile, hasn't it?)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of things going on, but nothing really different that hasn't been written about before.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Just some highlights from where we left off here in October 2022.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>(From <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> Posts)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>October 27, 2022:</b></i></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">DC and I went to get blood work on Tuesday morning (you know that this is not fun in DC-World). </span></i></div><p><i><span style="font-size: large;"></span></i></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I guess all of the “fuss” was worth it because he came out of it totally unscathed.</span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXDrgmz2fpEJrOD9sjHx1hZe7QRPuIOvciju_NNdTyhEvozLoGRvjsbTdFdaiIsA5nYrViWf4Oc3qF07OYpLylQYoFanUFBJjAFmYkX6qxxHeZ_TAtvKXM8Yms0H2-vG_6fQqlSuB9q3SWvi3sbrpjuJ8eA8inqJ8Q4pjqA-wxSUXZJUSFI36FXDFbcc/s526/bloodwork.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXDrgmz2fpEJrOD9sjHx1hZe7QRPuIOvciju_NNdTyhEvozLoGRvjsbTdFdaiIsA5nYrViWf4Oc3qF07OYpLylQYoFanUFBJjAFmYkX6qxxHeZ_TAtvKXM8Yms0H2-vG_6fQqlSuB9q3SWvi3sbrpjuJ8eA8inqJ8Q4pjqA-wxSUXZJUSFI36FXDFbcc/s320/bloodwork.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*******</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>November 5, 2022</b></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Over the next few weeks, DC will be obsessed with storms because it will be getting dark so early. He will be at the door, head cocked to the side, looking at the sky at regular intervals.</span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiBR2FsHn-1pTltQKrvzX5ncynxNdvYue8beWrkFgx7TTn7m_FcjcNc4gjgw4Dts7U_PdtzH4B4YDF27Ttes68B4N6Q7v2R-gSq_DxGlaaeEsIRiFIYVt0dxHdc6nfjjILgRpRTriz5w_gAzX3GzO11AaREl4p-l5jGXrwz1z32ZwU9ZyZo-X75iLO4E/s526/14639900_10210829742837788_5341040641512776086_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiBR2FsHn-1pTltQKrvzX5ncynxNdvYue8beWrkFgx7TTn7m_FcjcNc4gjgw4Dts7U_PdtzH4B4YDF27Ttes68B4N6Q7v2R-gSq_DxGlaaeEsIRiFIYVt0dxHdc6nfjjILgRpRTriz5w_gAzX3GzO11AaREl4p-l5jGXrwz1z32ZwU9ZyZo-X75iLO4E/s320/14639900_10210829742837788_5341040641512776086_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> ******</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>November 11, 2022</i></span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;">I put the remote down on a book that DC was not reading.</span><br style="white-space-collapse: collapse;" /><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;">That is all.</span><br style="white-space-collapse: collapse;" /><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dayruined?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZULrEa8bhCLoSq2K1c_cIrb9BIja6zmg5PJX7tRKYwTjMbsEGhlQodgUsxiJO1kpG7aBA4IG1ntQnAVaFMzOwMsc7F3gnQ733xjPpyA8UFrJwpqUPPjTZppqwKfGoNqgBiPv0t7SlziyThDMl8UhbP5QrT4phxkPee1LvNwwlcO5g&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><i><b>October 2022</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div dir="auto" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>DC is decorating the cabinets for Halloween.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/halloweentown?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUHT2XP-BUvXr5UhMmpaWVhlEsTtNDea3O47SOq-LA5mpEN5Najt721rkJh3aNKMqz0AEaVdozJnTAL8gTBtRS4DWWZJdU4kEYPuwz88KtDH7zOk0Zqh8hMkrQYoYDSe0hWM9Pj3bHevx80-oL62mK4LRX41XpVW48zIkbVDkEX137Tu5H3TFITpbzHFBlKUSE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#twitches</a></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKysDYJIPwJdDY4IWqa7NAkn5dzWMUGMbSEr3TVRmOooYx56mmIGr7mJzbeIg0A3j3qUjEkBeRlEa-YJj2QnzLOQM0bZqNVxAOqNCLn31Gvxe_NHY0DaNKtYYe8iwuMwd5APPaqQSwCy07kD5bCRzQnkPgsKy04ytfiGpJYnvxVCy9r-U6lk2Js8Zsjo/s720/oct.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="720" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKysDYJIPwJdDY4IWqa7NAkn5dzWMUGMbSEr3TVRmOooYx56mmIGr7mJzbeIg0A3j3qUjEkBeRlEa-YJj2QnzLOQM0bZqNVxAOqNCLn31Gvxe_NHY0DaNKtYYe8iwuMwd5APPaqQSwCy07kD5bCRzQnkPgsKy04ytfiGpJYnvxVCy9r-U6lk2Js8Zsjo/s320/oct.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i> ****</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>November 16, 2022</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Dc’s “decorating” again. </i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I don’t think he is thinking that I might have to open that cabinet at some point.</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="600" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidrie44Y1fkWKuqj8VEIhab_sgyjDAo7qdd1nQytbCm75aI6GRaRNwQoN98VB1namKuCPFgMmbw-HZELDYzI7ahXTjUNAvQ6QskOX0-R8NFoOsLKHYWEFHI7y62f9UeIhPhRkvKb2O2GITJ5ce3Xqo-Y7Lgw-xeDxYSAEX0JZIGpwH6bni4nfRHAGKeA/s320/NOv2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i> *****</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>November 17, 2022:</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 24px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><i>Thanksgiving is on Thursday (in case anyone else hasn't gotten the 879 reminders)</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 24px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 24px; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><i> ******</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>November 23, 2022:</b></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;">DC’s routines are like clockwork.</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We have gone through the reminding phase.</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Moved on to the signing (not a typo; sign language) “Happy Thanksgiving” phase and we are now at the signaling me to “come here” (he always uses his middle finger for that - which makes me laugh - he doesn’t know why) and just pointing to the date on the calendar, phase.</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Almost Thanksgiving.</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> *****</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>November 29, 2022:</b></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;">Substitutiary Locomotion</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bedknobsandbroomsticks?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVWe-TOrXj6o_A3biFhDYfDw19moBWbh9sAVZbb2d7RTPTa50_HT2zfrKDCTWCFON1UNUdL0KtVBVg9JzyTQ5rOTHXZk1QnY9DOmTDBJUxkq-c3WowpgHMXiWkODqmyx1B80QZTfmGiwpS4gvm6TYIMpUjcJ4xYIAkZEtsDi02tPU7KPKHKUTQ99Ax0ocC-Wg8&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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white-space-collapse: preserve;">Skipping over Halloween and Christmas for now.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We'll get to them eventually.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">****</span><br style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" /><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; 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Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. 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Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><i style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-49509720969106943342022-10-15T15:57:00.004-04:002022-10-16T11:05:28.868-04:00The Halloween Squash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2CHZpcYzOvnVVyEAzj_9GoIkl6kVXYexr-IV7pDWlw4XRM0Lt6M4tX1lFjeNgnWLhtnBTqNId_3mAEGKoVAZIirCE--VNwozFGkmeWt1nOFYmIeJaUAfm2m2T9r_77-DygIetJQXEnq5nBBagkwzYBODMjy9CF-TkoXnULW5N7MBeIx8ghbNURuc/s4032/IMG_5188.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2CHZpcYzOvnVVyEAzj_9GoIkl6kVXYexr-IV7pDWlw4XRM0Lt6M4tX1lFjeNgnWLhtnBTqNId_3mAEGKoVAZIirCE--VNwozFGkmeWt1nOFYmIeJaUAfm2m2T9r_77-DygIetJQXEnq5nBBagkwzYBODMjy9CF-TkoXnULW5N7MBeIx8ghbNURuc/s320/IMG_5188.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Year after year, I throw the old pumpkins under the back (side?) deck after Thanksgiving.</p><p>Yes, I have noticed from time to time, a few vines and orange flowers growing under said deck, but never a pumpkin.</p><p>I didn't often look at the side of the house this year, since I didn't plant any flowers out there this season, but sometime in August, I noticed the 'pumpkin' vine was growing out from under the deck.</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>August 10, 2022 - FB</i></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>We have a pumpkin! First time! </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/theartofthrowingstuffundertheporch?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXvujFQ_2dJTBK9EW2suqQF-AFH7tka386gXL5zvQt7x2V2xtDBdd-mti4yTZbZ5Bcxb7XbjI-qWXIBIVmubsw5r6suVJ0Vu4HpXSqQel-mcy6VyXARdDN-wc_L7hox--OgRUDsCOIrP2QA2iciPIfnY5b_hZhP3emhu5xiZc_cGryFXOF0kIEzKu6APlShfHo&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#TheArtOfThrowingStuffUnderThePorch</a> </i></span></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MAlyATKM9zSQDOqwxN5mQRvk49gjwt9bu2L7GlxABLXooaHoTjAfqYFQvF_PWqbgrCOB99Z_2gPnAgd05zki_ojlO3ZNRq5rTLQI93o1nSntg6DYYyxNgr5d7GpEWL0haQuwhcR3R14RpiG0odIw0W4wMXAPSREtd9uWGLuwcd9ABBjS1IPffKX2/s600/297857081_457925213012079_7709977162187502861_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MAlyATKM9zSQDOqwxN5mQRvk49gjwt9bu2L7GlxABLXooaHoTjAfqYFQvF_PWqbgrCOB99Z_2gPnAgd05zki_ojlO3ZNRq5rTLQI93o1nSntg6DYYyxNgr5d7GpEWL0haQuwhcR3R14RpiG0odIw0W4wMXAPSREtd9uWGLuwcd9ABBjS1IPffKX2/s320/297857081_457925213012079_7709977162187502861_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcq6XT1BbpwoVte9Af5iuXaBDrn_t3vQf_Gdw71BS4LiLlScB8qSaMmrNiMjb5xbBULoZDxlYLkK3OGV5KpY6j0prphhltCyE7jCC3X7pLrsyrBm6RNWrlXxBA7PuO-ey4AMdeM6WcWo2GGXkaEnyQOeFMB4ZZNnAKI8ASqvve0PS8_NGBJxkSI4i6/s600/298251941_457925539678713_1788303649727916738_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcq6XT1BbpwoVte9Af5iuXaBDrn_t3vQf_Gdw71BS4LiLlScB8qSaMmrNiMjb5xbBULoZDxlYLkK3OGV5KpY6j0prphhltCyE7jCC3X7pLrsyrBm6RNWrlXxBA7PuO-ey4AMdeM6WcWo2GGXkaEnyQOeFMB4ZZNnAKI8ASqvve0PS8_NGBJxkSI4i6/s320/298251941_457925539678713_1788303649727916738_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, not really knowing much about plants and not being a farmer, it didn't occur to me that this vine would be anything else but a pumpkin patch. It did look like squash, but I don't throw squash under the porch (don't even buy it), so I thought maybe given time it would grow to look more like a pumpkin.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Again...</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not a farmer (or a vegetable grower).</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">****</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>September 1, 2022 - FB</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><i>Pumpkin Update: I’ll take a closer look later but it looks like three pumpkins now. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dcspumpkinpatch?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWuhvQa-TtRXI7YyxprzUhqAvfr7051ZuRYfc9684HVLuehN88botiLaq7IMCCq5quO_zJQ1MQ40mhDpW73Z3sE33snAwMFRtANHERGM04kgMVqn-hev7A9OV-TcOPMVhfDfSallznJ1jtT5YpLIjlQNhFHfFgzUOJptMIYmMqtDbLVjKJFydi2L5SDGeJTvZg&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#DCsPumpkinPatch</a></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i>(Edited to add: Doug says they look more like squash <and they do > but I’ve never thrown squash under the porch so <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤷♀️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te3/1/16/1f937_200d_2640.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>)</i></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; 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I don’t know!) </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>Still only 3 but the vine is really spreading out! <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dcspumpkinpatch?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUjaZw1cJdW25vHsHXwD8BFEbzOeVn16Zxq5qM2xN0_ke2STBMS9zLbAXO7kZtRwYbpqz3m-u7a6UBQ_Q74S3qpaLhtV5lDTpfAmejhYN1Eh-f4448ikGVyoO-Z8Becd-uQEdZDNfqWO4vZqZ8liPvaNAh2thXNNRFvAzB_gV9xDMny3WAUiH3J5cIGZjKSztk&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#dcspumpkinpatch</a></span></i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dcspumpkinpatch?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUjaZw1cJdW25vHsHXwD8BFEbzOeVn16Zxq5qM2xN0_ke2STBMS9zLbAXO7kZtRwYbpqz3m-u7a6UBQ_Q74S3qpaLhtV5lDTpfAmejhYN1Eh-f4448ikGVyoO-Z8Becd-uQEdZDNfqWO4vZqZ8liPvaNAh2thXNNRFvAzB_gV9xDMny3WAUiH3J5cIGZjKSztk&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"></a></span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YvnnnKTU-Urtw3NLpCFaU6h00x_DjRVWHJJqfhOOVSBBqa-FVQfB88bEhcwtJyUco1r4Sao-LP84A-lRYxQmElyc4EDcNG4X1znbohaWfKw3gNUQZBgalfSAhAYpBHHtRlwBw_RM8EVVIAcJL_9pV21Jnyc2X1G7UpleAJe-kUYhf_T5hdzqWxxB/s720/306122937_479778457493421_6699230685685232795_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YvnnnKTU-Urtw3NLpCFaU6h00x_DjRVWHJJqfhOOVSBBqa-FVQfB88bEhcwtJyUco1r4Sao-LP84A-lRYxQmElyc4EDcNG4X1znbohaWfKw3gNUQZBgalfSAhAYpBHHtRlwBw_RM8EVVIAcJL_9pV21Jnyc2X1G7UpleAJe-kUYhf_T5hdzqWxxB/s320/306122937_479778457493421_6699230685685232795_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto">****</div><div dir="auto">Alright! I had to resign myself that it was squash.</div><div dir="auto">What kind? No idea.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">****</div><div dir="auto"></div><blockquote><div dir="auto"><i>September 22, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><i>The “pumpkins” are getting big (bigger than they look in these photos) DC has pumpkin decorating on Sunday with best buddies and wants to bring one. I guess I’ll let him do squash decorating. I still don’t know how I ended up with squash but …</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>He doesn’t mind yellow.</i></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2xttbHlnjwWy5uDVO_ajhr1HXMCgsm9NXJXkL99J_eQN0RfZWVpa2va3ykYc2KQ2xPOhrM1NFWdd5CzOmI_6gibjpq8HF7FfZq8GCQmvu14s-38AQScUHzmya6thHVa_TznrYeQ3d0LcILgxRdpQvfL4p2Ohri3-8IVals_XzRy_WX0lhCrkmMv2/s600/305392180_490105313127402_5546775042711788144_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2xttbHlnjwWy5uDVO_ajhr1HXMCgsm9NXJXkL99J_eQN0RfZWVpa2va3ykYc2KQ2xPOhrM1NFWdd5CzOmI_6gibjpq8HF7FfZq8GCQmvu14s-38AQScUHzmya6thHVa_TznrYeQ3d0LcILgxRdpQvfL4p2Ohri3-8IVals_XzRy_WX0lhCrkmMv2/s320/305392180_490105313127402_5546775042711788144_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcoD9njQSm6Q_jdhiTUiJukqn0ep6JSH5n2gq1tx002s6JFnEVyyeYHxuKANDlTLHGIL6QxJuxNhmVHhLmzGwWg6cIfLChUrH_E5gbyTmGscY7FgAidXEZLSljbH_iwnl3ccUiCKpfrcjGyZADVnKGw2LixsyHp3n4B5_R22oU1ory33p56sa09Im/s600/305767526_490105279794072_654331121956013393_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcoD9njQSm6Q_jdhiTUiJukqn0ep6JSH5n2gq1tx002s6JFnEVyyeYHxuKANDlTLHGIL6QxJuxNhmVHhLmzGwWg6cIfLChUrH_E5gbyTmGscY7FgAidXEZLSljbH_iwnl3ccUiCKpfrcjGyZADVnKGw2LixsyHp3n4B5_R22oU1ory33p56sa09Im/s320/305767526_490105279794072_654331121956013393_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIgFSxR8iD0bTNzPYgjaPk0EUO6BtMnxhZQbxiZMiJdRINeTBKFIL3iWNNM2ybmUqWVYM9MnFqf3BTU6erFWqFNkCg9Pul-CtoffAk1rLBaa3ALOLEafCmpk4cO9qEesg0afHVXL-VuACGe6tlUyWYtA_OQ8v0snmgKDsV-DqU9NqdWHyg9ASO09z/s600/308798424_490109113127022_2350079828271673842_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIgFSxR8iD0bTNzPYgjaPk0EUO6BtMnxhZQbxiZMiJdRINeTBKFIL3iWNNM2ybmUqWVYM9MnFqf3BTU6erFWqFNkCg9Pul-CtoffAk1rLBaa3ALOLEafCmpk4cO9qEesg0afHVXL-VuACGe6tlUyWYtA_OQ8v0snmgKDsV-DqU9NqdWHyg9ASO09z/s320/308798424_490109113127022_2350079828271673842_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto">(He didn't take the squash to the pumpkin decorating event because squash do not seem to stand up as well as a pumpkin)</div><div dir="auto">****</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto"><i>October 14, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><i>“Pumpkin Update” - yes, they are still squash but here, we are calling them pumpkins.</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>We only had three for the longest time. Picked the originals but they just keep coming!</i></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjgfD2ggFY8CTfdbW9B8Vw4POyTNAijdxQHthvF5qLMLlrpLORsJpgqjxKukQ62JYe4-UaWk4YRNJC82YCKwTpjiyIQasZowqyuSY1vJwNDnE5uhXDvdenZ1Quemo0BP9hisBHIkspkgn1JE_tDV9Yoad1fhVKnueIvjlz_t4VFwUoqJZNJTlcnN0/s720/311947866_509839877820612_5973448101302057719_n%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjgfD2ggFY8CTfdbW9B8Vw4POyTNAijdxQHthvF5qLMLlrpLORsJpgqjxKukQ62JYe4-UaWk4YRNJC82YCKwTpjiyIQasZowqyuSY1vJwNDnE5uhXDvdenZ1Quemo0BP9hisBHIkspkgn1JE_tDV9Yoad1fhVKnueIvjlz_t4VFwUoqJZNJTlcnN0/s320/311947866_509839877820612_5973448101302057719_n%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div><div dir="auto">******</div><div dir="auto">It was disappointing that we didn't get pumpkins, but it was fun to watch something grow that we didn't expect.</div><div dir="auto">We are all in on the Halloween Squash and they have been decorated.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2087" data-original-width="2283" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIcUE5I--5KrZWprsMdJBAla0wbxx8M649_nsLeaADzBXRATeDnpcjCwXRDjdvUyZZzrTeQzag1LZVJijeN2ePvRPaxj9bfPoJy7taFwlNZc8akSPN8_lFg1X8VG7uPkuJrmj1Wg8ZlGTmbUPrDVMTK3ZTalEW8FhaDwrRIkYmgdmOMMT928Vr66su/s320/IMG_5375.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">DC also has some deliveries to make tomorrow...</div><div dir="auto">Shhh!</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOR_c9rXZAvgtG-HDzt4yEu2hzwQVp7PUmn6gMJqUb6kjrivjEC3_wbayTW_rrTXqDmGwzxBOtb-FFRywJnTM5IlSXQsNwlKU4PMbPEYZteaG45W-qR5Kt0eVgT8ArLgL6hBbHjEZPNTw0wx5g5Lksuu3WZi7IzsCrBHkQ5YGCIb1lNNO6DbQx5pFn/s4021/IMG_5376.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2195" data-original-width="4021" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOR_c9rXZAvgtG-HDzt4yEu2hzwQVp7PUmn6gMJqUb6kjrivjEC3_wbayTW_rrTXqDmGwzxBOtb-FFRywJnTM5IlSXQsNwlKU4PMbPEYZteaG45W-qR5Kt0eVgT8ArLgL6hBbHjEZPNTw0wx5g5Lksuu3WZi7IzsCrBHkQ5YGCIb1lNNO6DbQx5pFn/s320/IMG_5376.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Maybe this year I will actually plant the seeds in a different area and see what happens.</div><div dir="auto">DC will be just as happy with more squash.</div><div dir="auto">We'll see what happens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm5YgEwV0z7yCOqhoox0GqdeBfqa3iwT3dVgdg9n_6wfsiaB--XvrSrHeDtoripfNp0Kf2FfaAHAy00nu3_L6vy0O3NBjT2n0Sqh0_ezVoiWep2z9GPVmx4BXtKpf7ZmTIWXS4wkpWEcghMXg5-xOnyd3HxlB4rl3hPgKKcUJzM3q1FNq1OxZAnst/s4032/IMG_5378.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm5YgEwV0z7yCOqhoox0GqdeBfqa3iwT3dVgdg9n_6wfsiaB--XvrSrHeDtoripfNp0Kf2FfaAHAy00nu3_L6vy0O3NBjT2n0Sqh0_ezVoiWep2z9GPVmx4BXtKpf7ZmTIWXS4wkpWEcghMXg5-xOnyd3HxlB4rl3hPgKKcUJzM3q1FNq1OxZAnst/s320/IMG_5378.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto">Don't forget to visit our <a href="https://takingstep.com/we-love-halloween/" target="_blank"><i><b>Halloween Page!</b></i></a></div><div dir="auto">****<br /><div dir="auto"><p style="color: #222222; 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Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-13603516578786227642022-10-14T17:14:00.004-04:002022-10-16T11:17:57.529-04:00Catching Up<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlt0gCJj_395E2x3Wd6948hN1aik5DIaaxNGv9TnVM2ULGyQfDJySX9u50qU2NlK15zfp3KPxD11ONDkSB6hKRvMdNxYu5g8Ludyx977EAk216CIpJ-ux9-SVgPSsLgqfbdoYBMGcQUV1bwSBoxIv1IhmF_g2-Ly6XGjLUwBxpjLHrK0Wgkch0Qv5/s640/278672796_381194744018460_7159123390665557233_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="514" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlt0gCJj_395E2x3Wd6948hN1aik5DIaaxNGv9TnVM2ULGyQfDJySX9u50qU2NlK15zfp3KPxD11ONDkSB6hKRvMdNxYu5g8Ludyx977EAk216CIpJ-ux9-SVgPSsLgqfbdoYBMGcQUV1bwSBoxIv1IhmF_g2-Ly6XGjLUwBxpjLHrK0Wgkch0Qv5/s320/278672796_381194744018460_7159123390665557233_n.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As I said in my <i><b><a href="https://takingstep.com/2022/10/04/just-another-guy-in-a-suit/" target="_blank">year late Halloween post</a></b></i> - it's been a minute.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i></i></b></p><blockquote><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>"I have to admit that I got used to being home and I am finding it difficult managing my time since going back to work. I can’t put my finger on what the problem is, since I was able to keep up with everything before the pandemic while working full time, but this is the way it is – for now.</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>I am sure I will get back in the groove at some point, but right now I feel as if time management is a long lost skill."</i></b></p></blockquote><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Christmas came and went. We moved on to the doldrums of after-holiday, winter ...</span></h2><p>**** </p><p><i>January 14, 2022 FB</i></p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i> <span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it’s going…</span></i></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>He found his flute.</i></div><p><i><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">That is all.</span> </i></p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU10DRddHKCtG5wUZ_tJD0RrdayKZm3LKXAjGjBtAgwrDEwBh5rvSRhOo0e8uBFo0-CtqMa3-4PyXVXif0PuVYH0GFbqWAwXBlvWV2LYSR3neVINUr9M1AZGFPDO_YUT5iVoEDWTbnLW5dSqwnFqmcaH2yjIG2SUsL_2mKfHyNsVnThB5sP_SuzCrO/s701/271786137_319941173477151_3197696705722294236_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU10DRddHKCtG5wUZ_tJD0RrdayKZm3LKXAjGjBtAgwrDEwBh5rvSRhOo0e8uBFo0-CtqMa3-4PyXVXif0PuVYH0GFbqWAwXBlvWV2LYSR3neVINUr9M1AZGFPDO_YUT5iVoEDWTbnLW5dSqwnFqmcaH2yjIG2SUsL_2mKfHyNsVnThB5sP_SuzCrO/s320/271786137_319941173477151_3197696705722294236_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>****</p><p>July 24, 2022 - FB</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VNM0tf5JCi-PixJuRlwWugIaajoVt1hUnUNI3t_Y0GJRdo_plc3GZGyYUNIuv2g2lA529cetGlydEE3yCJkk1MLKnhmYpQR4Ba21mF21hvIgpk1pXxI6lJTPDAz67iDPrmP9EAvxE7F-I8VC7U8ait-MEOxFdcGENZ1DnwdGmamp87IbAFUqiKOB/s500/bells.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="500" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VNM0tf5JCi-PixJuRlwWugIaajoVt1hUnUNI3t_Y0GJRdo_plc3GZGyYUNIuv2g2lA529cetGlydEE3yCJkk1MLKnhmYpQR4Ba21mF21hvIgpk1pXxI6lJTPDAz67iDPrmP9EAvxE7F-I8VC7U8ait-MEOxFdcGENZ1DnwdGmamp87IbAFUqiKOB/s320/bells.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>****</p><p><i>July 31, 2022 - FB</i></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>“Mom! Look what I found! My flute! </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Like a bird in my mouth”</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>(Needing musical accompaniment for watching <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bambi?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWgSQMGDzhj6asnVsFEJ4U-1pZWQtLSGLuCGmMjvVmQkBBNOCrMTB1j1yv8t1J2UtFUtIVOJw6hVL-dpJ2W6F4-qCBz1t0DGDaDgN73sUYuQmsM-2h04yIB65mTBuqivN6-M4XcajM77rWKESfkZTucjIlWe8f-Dhdjwy6wMeogvA&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Bambi</a></span>)</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>He keeps finding that thing.</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>****</i></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">and winter weather...</span></h3><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>January 29, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>The blizzard has begun and as predicted, he’s in his “spot” yelling “Go Away Snow! Snow Go Away!”</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>(I’ll let you know how that works) </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wehatesnow?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUo1tT4PLkWP4GdsFDBAuglc7C28oyNXxTht6WZKzKItwnutnRjyGa2DCwFNUbtljpUOBcqUaShCBMjsS5CyzPYoQLsBYisjyZ3zmMA7S3fdFmvk-UkmumNQoBVdRbZIAmr80fvlaTAb-RJ9cy6NbA203ym7IWMiOdH3tpBIjqqtuWzAV_brOTBo9dMSzQ7kBo&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><i>#WeHateSnow</i></a></span></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wehatesnow?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUo1tT4PLkWP4GdsFDBAuglc7C28oyNXxTht6WZKzKItwnutnRjyGa2DCwFNUbtljpUOBcqUaShCBMjsS5CyzPYoQLsBYisjyZ3zmMA7S3fdFmvk-UkmumNQoBVdRbZIAmr80fvlaTAb-RJ9cy6NbA203ym7IWMiOdH3tpBIjqqtuWzAV_brOTBo9dMSzQ7kBo&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">****</div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">and chores...</span></h2><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>February 1, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC, on his way out the door this morning:</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>“Mom will do the dishes before DC comes home.”</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Apparently he’s worried that it’s his turn <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; 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I also did the dishes this morning after he left (why we have so many dishes in the first place is beyond me).</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Today when he came home he ran right to the sink and saw only two forks, one cup and one bowl and saw this as his opportunity to take his turn without having to work too hard. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>He washed them before even having his snack. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>“DC’s <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>turn. Washed the dishes.”</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/hehadaplan?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUkl9-yLOMoY-pWxW1b1THbWwxAAU26MCAtPpunGubNOu58utrdYRCblnZrkSGOEWtaMRTPfWK44WaNQ3-ZjygVa5KMrzWlpPRbD0H7D_tNkgIDsAVfFp3oHDTy2DwXo0hkF9gDWkQ92LhpQI_2eZD7t5QpGpekR4xZBGSH0Ok2F1xMfXRJDkRZi4gDb5ZMkdskGvW8gFtdUAFNOamIUF8l&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><i></i></a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">****</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>February 25, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><blockquote>So they guy who could break his arm and tell me it doesn’t hurt so he would not have to go to the doctor or rest, just complained about having a pain in his arm directly related to folding his laundry.</blockquote></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>June 24, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><blockquote>He’s ‘moling’ and doing a fine job (no, not the whole yard).</blockquote></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtfbT2gVhDBVg8bIbHbWHDj22tbX4nFDEINhuGFVJ7Gab5adkZLdBgcCWXTvQjRN8k7khfWr3G4TIVV_qWMSkMa55GET9c3psgqeQfNJGFtNIV3KOCwUwAYwVO6f8m9sap_VLoLI_WdJjhKuw_4NHnwDk0WGy2Oz13s4DXcQlvnZQphymIcIBETqE/s540/289857822_425322766272324_3800872233764719412_n%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥺" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t9b/1/16/1f97a.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i>I am so feeling like I have a teenager in the house lately.</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><i></i></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">*****</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><h2 style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Holidays</span></h2><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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(I believe he had help with Love Actually as I know he's never seen it)</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Popular Gift: violin (glad he’s not shopping for me)</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZbIB6C71ybS13_vSOLO6b8Hyqdt1JfHbl-18DIPZNbJtck88X3f9QXPMjNM2AWs8cWzev9clUaDp3VHpQ_9KXoJxOOT7rNKB8VojamY_AZv3XbsLGfkn8A17ULPDteB5BeYl3xWRmhdVH2XJ2oSVITpJnSStARZ5UFxQniYwPvDhpLSck3OF8NmJ/s587/274020299_338618334942768_7879795181368519264_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>March 17, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><blockquote>Happy St. Patrick’s Day (DC style)<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍀" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t87/1/16/1f340.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span></blockquote><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>May 6, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>So, Mother's Day is on Sunday...</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>*DC is begging to go to the bookstore. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>*I have a vague recollection of writing this before.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>*I believe we went to a bookstore on Mother's Day a long time ago.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>*I think we did it again on another Mother's Day because he was haunting me so much - because if you do it once, it's a thing in DC's mind.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>*Apparently now it really is a thing.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>I guess we'll see you at the bookstore.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/happymothersdaytome?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWmgvYhtynCwbnI4S3f2DzzShL4-fcHG1TLst7qnY3RuZn2U3-BZSby25-pTyBV3u9dNNlKiH43iXBrdGXPeI7DDzPaaaOe9WZrZhb0Fv9FJLAPyUe-0UfPAXkjjS0BVgJFBvfrnDhUmC5oELdSnpL7i5CogGGDOU3M44R3B4olIw&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"></a></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;">****</div></div><h2 style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fun with Friends</span></h2><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>February 23, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC, Doug and BB scheduled a “Boys Day Out” tonight. They wanted to go bowling but due to leagues, they opted for mini golf (which DC is not a huge fan of – but really, once he starts playing, he does like it).</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Doug listed the agenda:</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Mini Golf - 5 Below (One of DC’s favorite stores) – Dollar Store (DC’s favorite store) and then “out to eat” (DC’s favorite activity).</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC repeated the list back “5 Below, Dollar Store and Out to Eat” – conveniently skipping over miniature golf…</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>(Edited to add: photo of him proudly posing after a hole in one. He looks miserable playing golf, doesn’t he?<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤪" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t80/1/16/1f92a.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>)</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTYLOk6ZQO6qOXW6emxeD1Sskkn_HDpwNmS6Rws8CpjHsmvOiWwuCYkttezwFFpJ7MZqxuXASm0rtfwybJs5T3cXfJuGMO3JcvZ5C3x_lSZvhB7fGVrYF19VJyyvbglgH-DyYO1dzywdhqMYfj5-1bZacZVHh9YoRepfru8D9YmxtJcosOS3s0Ib7/s701/274751650_344836430987625_4766769404414555802_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto"><i>We’re certainly making up for all of the pandemic birthday dinners missed. *Candi’s at the end of March and *Salli’s last night. </i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/happybirthday?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWq9n7IE1f3Wo019rERVsN6ppZv2m5-g3mPHFAyGg8cESrMwQRIuIahrsnutnqfg6IIUJeG2iwNlh-GWZVWfV0yat00pd8-uUrMv9ah580fcnle0JJEVwZgrLMQUi0hq1TH5E6RqdFBtsBxf6BNZwFl9PoiVTTWf-Qkw3JOMfzGd_9EloNpyniKPgzGta6Iqyo&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#happybirthday</a></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/friends?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWq9n7IE1f3Wo019rERVsN6ppZv2m5-g3mPHFAyGg8cESrMwQRIuIahrsnutnqfg6IIUJeG2iwNlh-GWZVWfV0yat00pd8-uUrMv9ah580fcnle0JJEVwZgrLMQUi0hq1TH5E6RqdFBtsBxf6BNZwFl9PoiVTTWf-Qkw3JOMfzGd_9EloNpyniKPgzGta6Iqyo&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#friends</a></span></i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/friends?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWq9n7IE1f3Wo019rERVsN6ppZv2m5-g3mPHFAyGg8cESrMwQRIuIahrsnutnqfg6IIUJeG2iwNlh-GWZVWfV0yat00pd8-uUrMv9ah580fcnle0JJEVwZgrLMQUi0hq1TH5E6RqdFBtsBxf6BNZwFl9PoiVTTWf-Qkw3JOMfzGd_9EloNpyniKPgzGta6Iqyo&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"></a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8bGkkB0qi9PE-7jBI9F07N1wMhS9uQrUXs8q8dSl1dNppABlHaNLXjTr1Ipw76bknvV2sFrUHNEjdC1DbSWVILHs1pok_HOxxz9-dYzILE63vTSo_t3FZUfYznDX6RQXdhg8XEItZz915dIurqeQxf8sN-kcoMfW1CiuT-vxuNDAhX4wBxD4ixBI/s600/278193926_377483654389569_2704036426411027574_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="583" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8bGkkB0qi9PE-7jBI9F07N1wMhS9uQrUXs8q8dSl1dNppABlHaNLXjTr1Ipw76bknvV2sFrUHNEjdC1DbSWVILHs1pok_HOxxz9-dYzILE63vTSo_t3FZUfYznDX6RQXdhg8XEItZz915dIurqeQxf8sN-kcoMfW1CiuT-vxuNDAhX4wBxD4ixBI/s320/278193926_377483654389569_2704036426411027574_n.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xpf5coipYaxVxhYRB9rSox5zNExhL-WDni-pfIH4kxjm2AYNt7-yClklZ2zhUm26PpJ-0gH_RwceMxdNjXXUK9k9PzmIRABhf8cTt7IzcSiyU_HBkl-BCO2W7L7PkwtrmUYWCgnHor6lBZ_l4cjVi1xc5qhegAe_NrpmQPNdigreAqxpJPQN9Wpz/s600/278422857_377483647722903_7212216662620173376_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyTG56PDDDqlruiSwrc2xSgbrODXvQA8rt_UAzadcyrbXO7uaH7654GXMFuQNMX4EHprjKikR2_pL017VsLe5zGSBG7Jy3bRGi69_kIaXFkQkXAR_gmWNF30YJpfjWWkgy_46tVj59WYaDTgZXNLucpovl0dkUt2Lboc2GxhsNe66Pc_HHKutIN1X/s320/290736493_428997292571538_5681838874943177716_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">****</div></div><h2 style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Birthday</span></h2><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>March 22, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></div></div><blockquote><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Happy Birthday to this amazing guy. He’s been very excited about his birthday WITH friends this year and I am required to address him as “my baby boy” (he likes to remind me that he was once a baby) and/or “the birthday boy” all day <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>. </i></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>(We’re still stuck on the same “theme” as last year… )</i></div></div></blockquote><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK1AJP34yfgaggVz3HIr6txyZEIXvyxgYcDtqMj_-mWI2jIH2KXoFcH6wJ2Ew7r7OHYIBDtSMDrCeDIoQgi7m1nXbwigf3t55aVmKmp3w87dVBSEOMHaBlvavOm1uJO5sjGoXj_Xgsx4RC4ip2na7FLL1LSsPcPtQrFUhHYDxX4UfdaLFM7LokL_R/s677/277161686_361993919271876_2334987639267710272_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK1AJP34yfgaggVz3HIr6txyZEIXvyxgYcDtqMj_-mWI2jIH2KXoFcH6wJ2Ew7r7OHYIBDtSMDrCeDIoQgi7m1nXbwigf3t55aVmKmp3w87dVBSEOMHaBlvavOm1uJO5sjGoXj_Xgsx4RC4ip2na7FLL1LSsPcPtQrFUhHYDxX4UfdaLFM7LokL_R/s320/277161686_361993919271876_2334987639267710272_n.jpg" width="249" /></a></div>****</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>March 22, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><blockquote>It was Anastasia all over again. Happy to be with his friends this year.</blockquote></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARAqh9lO7YN-OSSeWMgQ_RTwx2PkM-cOk_PjtJX_rHDPMdlSP24XieYB-pDhwtCYGwg75QfeDR71IqCmwHUiM1W7WbKdSII1dU5PYcNArvgcZabmyx7dTGg5Da-_S3Z574aE3GVlHPLSw1bOtxE6vy6UywY2UIyeDEFp9r7GXuR3N822aLe9OpYN4/s600/276127656_362362455901689_8970321990576398698_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="600" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARAqh9lO7YN-OSSeWMgQ_RTwx2PkM-cOk_PjtJX_rHDPMdlSP24XieYB-pDhwtCYGwg75QfeDR71IqCmwHUiM1W7WbKdSII1dU5PYcNArvgcZabmyx7dTGg5Da-_S3Z574aE3GVlHPLSw1bOtxE6vy6UywY2UIyeDEFp9r7GXuR3N822aLe9OpYN4/s320/276127656_362362455901689_8970321990576398698_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; 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font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><i>April 9, 2022 - FB</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-size: 15px;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: 15px;">After an “impromptu demonstration in honor of autism awareness month” <sarcasm> last night, DC settled in and had fun at his last show of the season. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/yesthereweresocks?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVQNxeKBssQrBnm1GS_K1IgJZ1YOualx3-_7x4YbjCtazET5t1DpYTtmPeiD5gPvNeVquZSlkW0rP-zSOQzBhv-_rS-wX6i-g7Tcw7yv5AUCQVuXX6fGSyQ-_8GQ3bofGBNlUfAol6q4lU5ZSOlWt8gvaG9rDg4HIZPmZzJPbfyJ6hQ16zj7glHbiZ6_vFkK9o&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"></span><blockquote><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">Beautiful day (a little hot for me who is no longer “one with the heat) for a parade. </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🌈" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t13/1/16/1f308.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; 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font-family: inherit; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> - Myrtle Beach</span></h3><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><i>April 17, 2022</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-size: 15px;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: 15px;">So DC was a little bit anxious when he did not find a traditional “spot” in the condo as he would normally find in a hotel, but I believe this “spot” has now taken first place in the “favorite spot” category. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/autism?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXIgItX9JGQ0kWsSIK2xU0oVDXDZWolW-4FuRMarlX71lBMN79cHaz2HKcK1PDhI093Xt7fASTg8TGP-WFLR11nnW26db_SwdI7wMApGYjfpCaibDgB0kiB3KvmoZvOfaS5DJVeH0fgMOFZC57itegzB5BtL0L0YHRv7TBiOkPWaxsax4ig319azYdqlVzM93Y&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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A definite “what was I thinking” moment. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Me, having little to no sense of direction and DC who started to panic. You’d think I would have learned from having to be led out of a corn maze AND the Alice in Wonderland maze at Disney. I didn’t learn and it got a little bit hairy - DC was getting very anxious about getting out (plus the lights would go off at regular intervals). I had just texted Doug that someone might have to come in and get <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>us out (they must have people who do that, right? ) when I saw the door. Phew! <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/momfail?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXlmpJ-_7QmXelOnlbrOVOdHudX7KF-kUEMIod2Sa6B4iOw1ayeRoZFifWZLXbdMEnYVIxxoxBH_yXvt0ggpX3aVCIl6XPfaE_i97vlRjNqhRTkWfsLr411CK0unbfJL0XR7z3FzV4W1SK6GutddvQPaoNFQJ_4Dev3xO-2-ilzQoyaUx4vcyodQwW-acuissw&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#MomFail</a></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/travelingwithdc?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXlmpJ-_7QmXelOnlbrOVOdHudX7KF-kUEMIod2Sa6B4iOw1ayeRoZFifWZLXbdMEnYVIxxoxBH_yXvt0ggpX3aVCIl6XPfaE_i97vlRjNqhRTkWfsLr411CK0unbfJL0XR7z3FzV4W1SK6GutddvQPaoNFQJ_4Dev3xO-2-ilzQoyaUx4vcyodQwW-acuissw&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#notscarredforlife</a></span></i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/notscarredforlife?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXlmpJ-_7QmXelOnlbrOVOdHudX7KF-kUEMIod2Sa6B4iOw1ayeRoZFifWZLXbdMEnYVIxxoxBH_yXvt0ggpX3aVCIl6XPfaE_i97vlRjNqhRTkWfsLr411CK0unbfJL0XR7z3FzV4W1SK6GutddvQPaoNFQJ_4Dev3xO-2-ilzQoyaUx4vcyodQwW-acuissw&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"></a></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqbstnaLnegTiKmAHG7OPRbCRwdxvy0-q8KlefbqT0WbelryWJp0e97qydIRNhCN-3vhosj9OuxXhphnIpj2PShrWLng5MR3GWTL26IJRI5lmVHISR5DNZZWl1nmZiFZzFAsSFEmL1l-xfdoFNXDvtEFgrb2fIGme2H9CsyiR_vhve2qdZLmT5tCx/s811/278873066_380521387419129_2007755802220526368_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqbstnaLnegTiKmAHG7OPRbCRwdxvy0-q8KlefbqT0WbelryWJp0e97qydIRNhCN-3vhosj9OuxXhphnIpj2PShrWLng5MR3GWTL26IJRI5lmVHISR5DNZZWl1nmZiFZzFAsSFEmL1l-xfdoFNXDvtEFgrb2fIGme2H9CsyiR_vhve2qdZLmT5tCx/s320/278873066_380521387419129_2007755802220526368_n.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br /><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>April, 2022 FB </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><blockquote>Yes, there were these moments too. Truer words were never written. </blockquote></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sDO2_mYNNk9EeCCnPi5qFR_gt47Q18Snj_vE3is_2TrvmpErzjZa7huykCByUDcA3X8NZ-K9rzpRjxROtD9ljIllwoeZMJ3G68_np_HZoFr1o1_ieZHPyATrez--GQDWJsinK2aP9XSbrN4ZJLMLElN_mNZ-up0-yDZnzEPWbE10PQagn36RFED5/s540/279035974_381758830628718_2458617882533024729_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sDO2_mYNNk9EeCCnPi5qFR_gt47Q18Snj_vE3is_2TrvmpErzjZa7huykCByUDcA3X8NZ-K9rzpRjxROtD9ljIllwoeZMJ3G68_np_HZoFr1o1_ieZHPyATrez--GQDWJsinK2aP9XSbrN4ZJLMLElN_mNZ-up0-yDZnzEPWbE10PQagn36RFED5/s320/279035974_381758830628718_2458617882533024729_n.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><i>****</i></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Vacation - Cape Cod</span></span></span></h3><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">After two years of Covid cancellations, we did finally get back to the Cape for Mary's Annual </span></span><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Birthday</span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Bash.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>April 30, 2022 - FB</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><blockquote>He’s having a good “Mary’s Birthday Weekend”…</blockquote></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWowPd_i-DiXmKhgkCt6mugEEesmN4jv1038dKtUippZYPQrlIu6Tm9atzgRqjCzkpRszyw4D1z10VK-ma2QkRfw13b2m_7PNGuRncZlXc7ihI_WwVGLUL7HCa_nOa4YTNdYj2pdu49w2rliWAvrZGhqrrkTJNTIXXEmdug6RaMoLsWT6RY-8ELFS/s600/279076924_387629210041680_5884549818830352588_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWowPd_i-DiXmKhgkCt6mugEEesmN4jv1038dKtUippZYPQrlIu6Tm9atzgRqjCzkpRszyw4D1z10VK-ma2QkRfw13b2m_7PNGuRncZlXc7ihI_WwVGLUL7HCa_nOa4YTNdYj2pdu49w2rliWAvrZGhqrrkTJNTIXXEmdug6RaMoLsWT6RY-8ELFS/s320/279076924_387629210041680_5884549818830352588_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vacation - Baltimore/Shore Leave</span></span></h3><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>July 24, 2022 - FB</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>We were away for the weekend last week and for the first time (I think), DC didn’t ask 546 times when we were going home. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>If you’re new here; DC loves to go away but he needs to know the schedule including exactly when we will be going home - and he’ll ask me to recite the schedule over and over again. Sometimes I just write the entire schedule on his phone so that he can read it whenever he feels the need to hear it. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>It is just occurring to me that he did not do this at all <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>last weekend but… anytime anyone asked his name at the con he replied with</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i> “My name is ‘DC’ <insert last name> from <insert city and state> and I am going back there on Sunday”.</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />May 2, 2022 - FB </i></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></span></span></div><blockquote><div dir="auto"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Ready for the party.</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><i><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Beauty School Drop Out (flunked out, expelled and in desperate need of an eyelid lift </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><img alt="😂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">) and Teen Angel </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/grease?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXM8HLW5Haq89gEBgPRISHJZOoNYwOtiTHYYnpSNlEzqV_QEShYyVppbM2PqeVrZvsOB8e6SYnvVlBvBuS3oxW4ItwiBxpXx1tdPnHaQhZK7hfncrZf2f4PvmFNX5ElJFf43T2jQ7JjR2kfJY8NNi-C&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#grease</a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (we know that Teen Angel didn’t actually have wings - they were added to make the point)</span></i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><i><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></i></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Random Stuff</span></span></h2><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>May 5, 2022 - FB</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC: It is “sucky” warm outside. Sucky.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Me: Where did you learn “sucky”?</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC: At work.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/alwayslearning?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZU5l2OPb2rJgc1SiWK3aEy2K1r5FIWNkGMJhz6AeUkzE8kCcbduVQhTDIOSh1qrEBdWYASr8f8utg0MqYso74fFvnHezbdpHSUZ8ogYYLuAJcoPDkcWH4mqh1vXPJXjdOmD5VZdQ_tHoJ565VCjM4J7HOt8YFYc5NhU5LEEsRuBLQ&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><i>#AlwaysLearning</i></a></span></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/alwayslearning?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZU5l2OPb2rJgc1SiWK3aEy2K1r5FIWNkGMJhz6AeUkzE8kCcbduVQhTDIOSh1qrEBdWYASr8f8utg0MqYso74fFvnHezbdpHSUZ8ogYYLuAJcoPDkcWH4mqh1vXPJXjdOmD5VZdQ_tHoJ565VCjM4J7HOt8YFYc5NhU5LEEsRuBLQ&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><i></i></a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">****</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>May 14, 2022 FB </i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>DC: Mom, I’m waiting for ‘Jesus’.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>Me: ???</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>DC: (signing “waiting”)</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>Me: (laughing hysterically because I finally got it while DC continues to stare at me, confused by the laughing) Go ahead. (As I continue laughing)</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>***He was waiting to have some Cheese-Its.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-F6dgA5u19ADvuZfXf4qkWLIfBx576hYd52yTH6_5p-C84bBzhup56h1L7KTt6EN2xGQoyppkbWvA2Kwko6HH8FCScOWXdgnzQ8VaN9WZRBKwBW1mUPdGqI1xv2disR3j0Uogcaj0Qe5MwzM4d421_kTZ_8msqBhrWfDfKmabMm8ali-ngaVLVee2/s764/281250900_397250385746229_6311632697724284635_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-F6dgA5u19ADvuZfXf4qkWLIfBx576hYd52yTH6_5p-C84bBzhup56h1L7KTt6EN2xGQoyppkbWvA2Kwko6HH8FCScOWXdgnzQ8VaN9WZRBKwBW1mUPdGqI1xv2disR3j0Uogcaj0Qe5MwzM4d421_kTZ_8msqBhrWfDfKmabMm8ali-ngaVLVee2/s320/281250900_397250385746229_6311632697724284635_n.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>June 1, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto"><i>Two things:</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>1. It’s June 1st and DC missed it! He usually starts asking to change the calendars 2 or 3 days before and I usually give in the day before. </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>He finally realized when he came home this afternoon!</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>2. DC called me from work in the middle of the day. (Spontaneous phone call! Yay!).</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>“I ripped my pants. Mom come get me!”</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>I <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>talked to his boss and it was only his pocket, but …. you know- he can’t tolerate any rip, tear or pinhole. </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>I was able to talk him down and he worked the rest of the day - no shredding… nothing! They came home in one piece! </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>They did go directly into the garbage as soon as he got home; after he changed all of the calendars, of course. </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>Pretty much of a win today.</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><div dir="auto"><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>June 2, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto"><i>Current situation: </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>DC decided that he wanted to call Doug. </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>Doug came walking in the door as he was calling him.</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>DC insisted on finishing the conversation on the phone even though Doug was standing right there.</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlYC0oq_4q087RDMpwblPe7sSrblCuxm4J_kKdM4iHgw-q0n4j5b05_mNXKaHtS9ZVHcWyqfd94N1YIZw1U1FHfiSYzCZclVk_QsvjrJoCmXugFe0oQIGVYoX2DZa8g722b21W4nVuFpBkljByFxyFKS0IYYO4O5OvFyoEmga6ZemlNF0RorqLqTS/s774/285548548_410509447753656_2425170932040685726_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlYC0oq_4q087RDMpwblPe7sSrblCuxm4J_kKdM4iHgw-q0n4j5b05_mNXKaHtS9ZVHcWyqfd94N1YIZw1U1FHfiSYzCZclVk_QsvjrJoCmXugFe0oQIGVYoX2DZa8g722b21W4nVuFpBkljByFxyFKS0IYYO4O5OvFyoEmga6ZemlNF0RorqLqTS/s320/285548548_410509447753656_2425170932040685726_n.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto">****</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><i>June 29, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto"><i>DC called as he does daily - to tell me he’s in the van and “going home NOWWW”. </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>He went off script to tell me he had cookies today. I asked him what the occasion was and he didn’t know. It wasn’t important. The cookies were the thing that was important. </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>I said. “Okay, see you in a little while”</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>DC: LATER !! </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>ME: okay - sorry! See you "later".</i></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/speakingofscripts?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVwtKQDaDZDDyBFGp4eMlqOSyocTl362PyknVgoA4ZsA_u1f9ivf9jsAYxMdtB0PuwseFDiyAKOmSrbP10ea8-ZLQ9jktWAzU5Z-cfxvy0fxow_STwj1-8y9yECVuUbeeexAeImwXOpo6_-SQfbZf0K&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><i>#Speakingofscripts</i></a></span></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/speakingofscripts?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVwtKQDaDZDDyBFGp4eMlqOSyocTl362PyknVgoA4ZsA_u1f9ivf9jsAYxMdtB0PuwseFDiyAKOmSrbP10ea8-ZLQ9jktWAzU5Z-cfxvy0fxow_STwj1-8y9yECVuUbeeexAeImwXOpo6_-SQfbZf0K&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><i></i></a></span></div></div></div><div dir="auto">****</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><i>July 3, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto"><i>We went to DC’s favorite diner with his grandma and Aunt ‘Liza’ (pronounced in DC-speak "Leeza") yesterday. DC was crabby when we arrived (my fault - I got involved in <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/strangerthings?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXx4kC3otFPEUTTDcSgxMUyylpeYjKCRhNMdqXVtyxm3qwz3HAk7GmqZrmOIpBHrqBJeOeTjAzvEOoBkXYPStX7owYg89g8Sqbw6YP9lNNBtSYk518_6FOwmUsMMHW5iztNIqScbZn9sGjqqlVXPr-gDur57CB7sO9sr380bJdOjw&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#StrangerThings</a></span> and didn’t realize the time. I had to rush him out of the house.) </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>As usual he got over it. We knew for sure he was over it when he announced “I had enough of this crabbiness for one day.” </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>And it was over. </i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/aliceinwonderland?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXx4kC3otFPEUTTDcSgxMUyylpeYjKCRhNMdqXVtyxm3qwz3HAk7GmqZrmOIpBHrqBJeOeTjAzvEOoBkXYPStX7owYg89g8Sqbw6YP9lNNBtSYk518_6FOwmUsMMHW5iztNIqScbZn9sGjqqlVXPr-gDur57CB7sO9sr380bJdOjw&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#AliceinWonderLand</a></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/disneyquotes?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXx4kC3otFPEUTTDcSgxMUyylpeYjKCRhNMdqXVtyxm3qwz3HAk7GmqZrmOIpBHrqBJeOeTjAzvEOoBkXYPStX7owYg89g8Sqbw6YP9lNNBtSYk518_6FOwmUsMMHW5iztNIqScbZn9sGjqqlVXPr-gDur57CB7sO9sr380bJdOjw&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#disneyquotes</a></span> to fit any situation. (Removed “nonsense” - inserted “crabbiness”)</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><div dir="auto"><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>July 9, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/oz?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXh8UPHiCjCAZgKqHI0lzEE855bsPvFVa0kqzc54WdBQqltwkydQQpdft9ooZkiONXjmSHKsMTBTlhQtiwMOHzg2qVxhQAFo6cLVjWF9fTVIvfpIuAaqfySg2C5wZUcVt-Oo6Vp6TsJj1RDUMzTkPDZUIXpRNyIHM2G99lQNSSKL2gM5hB5lmxJPnWhd-VRU0U&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><i>#Oz</i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They had a good time though…</blockquote></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zcS4tDJdyc3vW31M3A72nqb6_-2WFdJZkqQn0I5kGTJt8W1FHXv0pkbIU7L9raP_cNE8ODlYbzlPbak8MaofluY4I72MG0q8S_bAHeuuuC1ZBOphS95ks35fJJqZjF19nu8HH7y5bqBnl-cTLkrmfG_KeMo55LzVhbnfEmhTCNMW3JTgT3um_N9y/s600/281158666_402180428586558_5142085612537328803_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zcS4tDJdyc3vW31M3A72nqb6_-2WFdJZkqQn0I5kGTJt8W1FHXv0pkbIU7L9raP_cNE8ODlYbzlPbak8MaofluY4I72MG0q8S_bAHeuuuC1ZBOphS95ks35fJJqZjF19nu8HH7y5bqBnl-cTLkrmfG_KeMo55LzVhbnfEmhTCNMW3JTgT3um_N9y/s320/281158666_402180428586558_5142085612537328803_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7OL0cax56AJgepvcaUT2CfykubHnEnjPL_xPYBMKzBTphx2V7tX3ribz_1HzE_oMoYHtQ-yUoNVcXGYZ_yNM0VYL5oKXhkxlYi6TBcWiVXwzsp9s0YiOIX8X9godDhbL9GmCeCAfhEXPeXLt0JZXbqze2xHlI5HOtYQhwHmnJi2Akmfv7wnLAKYe/s600/283499807_402180421919892_1704266166412785098_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7OL0cax56AJgepvcaUT2CfykubHnEnjPL_xPYBMKzBTphx2V7tX3ribz_1HzE_oMoYHtQ-yUoNVcXGYZ_yNM0VYL5oKXhkxlYi6TBcWiVXwzsp9s0YiOIX8X9godDhbL9GmCeCAfhEXPeXLt0JZXbqze2xHlI5HOtYQhwHmnJi2Akmfv7wnLAKYe/s320/283499807_402180421919892_1704266166412785098_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><i>****</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>June 26, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>Tomorrow is the first day of camp. If you were here last year you know that DC only went one day a week (because he was out from his “work program” for 6 months due to the pandemic and I didn’t want him to take too much time off now that he was back). Last year on his one day it was either raining or the lifeguard was out sick.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>I texted the director the other day to see if they will have a life guard on Monday as there is a shortage where we live. I wanted to prepare DC ahead <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>of time just in case.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>I got a “yes”. <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👍" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tfc/1/16/1f44d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>But now there is a 90% chance of rain tomorrow. <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😩" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t95/1/16/1f629.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>And so it begins… </i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>(He is going twice a week this year, so there’s that <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤞" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te5/1/16/1f91e.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>)</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>July 12, 2022 - FB </i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i><blockquote>and.... there was swimming!!! Phew!</blockquote></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AOtJGw7SSY_RZZZcPLZ3FXNMbZR6_811JPmbgjQwOVYfxvxf1UTQ-owwcl3hTqEdeO8Rscp4-Rk4-OiMx9j3iunIs0pGv8xtrLAjQLOuG-yAXiJ8NOs6vERE8783HGht3L59-s05992HAwvmwVXL-9LOqk4aTPylvuzesjZX-6berIBx3bEI0Nsv/s785/293461458_437867091684558_8103544938727528246_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="785" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AOtJGw7SSY_RZZZcPLZ3FXNMbZR6_811JPmbgjQwOVYfxvxf1UTQ-owwcl3hTqEdeO8Rscp4-Rk4-OiMx9j3iunIs0pGv8xtrLAjQLOuG-yAXiJ8NOs6vERE8783HGht3L59-s05992HAwvmwVXL-9LOqk4aTPylvuzesjZX-6berIBx3bEI0Nsv/s320/293461458_437867091684558_8103544938727528246_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><i>July 26, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto"><i>DC has been waiting for his favorite person, “Ron” to visit camp this year and he has arrived! </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>DC is a happy guy!<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; 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cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>call to report it in the middle of the day and waited for his “going home now” call.</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><div dir="auto"><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto"><i>August 9, 2022- FB</i></div><div dir="auto"><i><blockquote>DC’s sense of humor. I’m sure he laughed and laughed when people told him that it didn’t make sense. <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/picturesfromcamp?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWtOEldc3KZlndywMFIM9w367YfK3W_y8Lk1zGgh9Kjz_PH-HE18KM4VC9vT0mJyKLjX-Cp7RduuMA0ItzuqsaqixLUl-tBZQTK_nNW3ej3FRd_W7hmVrZc8QKU9ztUOYxCOZNTZ7J5mZcjDq_jUHj_TtTgmw7Iea6uvEflnfC3KfcuSRZNzYZPpYEXC0Zju8E&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#PicturesFromCamp</a></blockquote><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/picturesfromcamp?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWtOEldc3KZlndywMFIM9w367YfK3W_y8Lk1zGgh9Kjz_PH-HE18KM4VC9vT0mJyKLjX-Cp7RduuMA0ItzuqsaqixLUl-tBZQTK_nNW3ej3FRd_W7hmVrZc8QKU9ztUOYxCOZNTZ7J5mZcjDq_jUHj_TtTgmw7Iea6uvEflnfC3KfcuSRZNzYZPpYEXC0Zju8E&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#BuytheWorldaCoke</a></span></i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/buytheworldacoke?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXTikN3DnfixWF_IvNnS6s8e1qt-O3gyT8MfpED28TOtdCxI42OU2abmnxa4zPqh-X6DVSOsbFT4_HDvGicBtGVc-kIz_Av8B0p-l1sNIzHdV9w7AdJFerKggpMpKTAKn6OGF30Yp45aiZ0RonYNLfbh6vR81obYiBHhnMG9XMBs_OrOfYyVAl9XuLccvg2EGQ&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"></a></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFtFdfMc1Eqm3ue-gfYLCUONmj8k9COm2d45gVKWZ4xgnKwvzl5ormjM41N7b0TMKDfRL-QEEywqs7zm1oC2R_Hf_lopMkh9SBu_8BuJVfrYePfcTz77vuvbRHQUlqKqwllwSZNp0Xm6dskZqtgwUugnGpCECI98GsA89MS1WlmySDiOCgE37Wnpx/s701/293509743_437678761703391_6888037905302772666_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFtFdfMc1Eqm3ue-gfYLCUONmj8k9COm2d45gVKWZ4xgnKwvzl5ormjM41N7b0TMKDfRL-QEEywqs7zm1oC2R_Hf_lopMkh9SBu_8BuJVfrYePfcTz77vuvbRHQUlqKqwllwSZNp0Xm6dskZqtgwUugnGpCECI98GsA89MS1WlmySDiOCgE37Wnpx/s320/293509743_437678761703391_6888037905302772666_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div dir="auto"><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><i>July, 9, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto"><i><blockquote>International Day At Camp. <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/twins?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUYrxYW0KxQbt299_gSLFiCPB83-_LmM9n3vHcf71P6-FDosQikt7_nnUzbhRuperbSsH2V6oWRvk1dPOFcVXLFutYPnM9IoOfdE3rDzMmLCtPbj1iE0K2jxcKAkwjMgz2_s2qdRv3bQgaA33RoB1BKfV_VwSG9kpvqn0AUCGTagEg_RfaIMwOiryOZPY_xKv0&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Poland</a></blockquote><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/poland?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUYrxYW0KxQbt299_gSLFiCPB83-_LmM9n3vHcf71P6-FDosQikt7_nnUzbhRuperbSsH2V6oWRvk1dPOFcVXLFutYPnM9IoOfdE3rDzMmLCtPbj1iE0K2jxcKAkwjMgz2_s2qdRv3bQgaA33RoB1BKfV_VwSG9kpvqn0AUCGTagEg_RfaIMwOiryOZPY_xKv0&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"></a></i></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FFF61L07u1hAmI59maMCUbe38eupyM_taPVufiuqeX50u-a8Yw_xptaq-i55P87YTKSHjppgrsK-VhnFhuG5WvXjl1MkJjD8Mzw37at79Q5XQF79ZZhohtZhQSJImIDVCbXOlxmNRVFE3rpWXb1Y8hJ3oIMYXuAK3a181P9ybCaPOYYVIKfclzTF/s701/294584231_442807557857178_4841164074790012028_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FFF61L07u1hAmI59maMCUbe38eupyM_taPVufiuqeX50u-a8Yw_xptaq-i55P87YTKSHjppgrsK-VhnFhuG5WvXjl1MkJjD8Mzw37at79Q5XQF79ZZhohtZhQSJImIDVCbXOlxmNRVFE3rpWXb1Y8hJ3oIMYXuAK3a181P9ybCaPOYYVIKfclzTF/s320/294584231_442807557857178_4841164074790012028_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto">****</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto"><i>Photo is from 6 years ago today. Favorite Team Day at camp. </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>Just so happens that today is also favorite team day and DC is again wearing his Tigers shirt (blue - this year) but I didn’t get a picture. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/camp?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVVn_-5ZqqqZ_9HSCzp1NYFrH7qcc-oHQXu1lZNPxAT7UdVhKnOzKw7ywYDnI82eNpBQBi3yc2yiIj1mry1UmVw2bvLtdNiBLex00b_5-YUxjlg9ethJzk1_QUaNydpKJiTLahenfnN0fN13VE-FWige_usSdQTYFcpQ4dh4ZC3W4ZPNp7JyNm8UQgJEBEHJ4s&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Camp</a></span></i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/camp?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVVn_-5ZqqqZ_9HSCzp1NYFrH7qcc-oHQXu1lZNPxAT7UdVhKnOzKw7ywYDnI82eNpBQBi3yc2yiIj1mry1UmVw2bvLtdNiBLex00b_5-YUxjlg9ethJzk1_QUaNydpKJiTLahenfnN0fN13VE-FWige_usSdQTYFcpQ4dh4ZC3W4ZPNp7JyNm8UQgJEBEHJ4s&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"></a></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8xaZBJLoT5DANHInr3EARudebSMUcg0H8rcc_U2D112wgNIOrZeefGuhhL8xm9TwWVLJD9KpliP5oBKf5XWnO8jL9gjAJlVo9YJ7eQQgTh8IUu7nJwgjADEaY4_ea06-zVO5qImpIf7QZ5v5qOvYg-Z3Te40HyfLIJciVxCJ6Cb16sMcHqppk6zG/s701/295437174_446906487447285_5443756348946806225_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8xaZBJLoT5DANHInr3EARudebSMUcg0H8rcc_U2D112wgNIOrZeefGuhhL8xm9TwWVLJD9KpliP5oBKf5XWnO8jL9gjAJlVo9YJ7eQQgTh8IUu7nJwgjADEaY4_ea06-zVO5qImpIf7QZ5v5qOvYg-Z3Te40HyfLIJciVxCJ6Cb16sMcHqppk6zG/s320/295437174_446906487447285_5443756348946806225_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>July 26, 2022 - FB</i></div><div dir="auto"><i><blockquote>Mismatch Day <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/camp?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUPsbczWjL50RZ_cvKsuk-oKmUUUmyCQ_M1gWyeddZde1N-x7xdBmc1PO7FWtGkQp5dSuNPfISQ6XESAUmep68J_Gy-NjQewQ2NUek6HX0765dTvKXzCvSzI0vGIPjZvocreiVWKvyXc9ktz4rAsHbS0bhWBQcYm9oQ0CougDSsYxZJXucK9bMJPbEPJYMXCaM&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#GameShowDay</a> at camp.</i></div><div dir="auto"></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlKT8g89rfqgu99xt-wX3fX5ordca_n4PHj-sNiOn3QM6t2jsCku3SXFzvf9z51w9mPCQh_ETOt5MX1pYX09pHCmb3bLevUtReNKzA7unT7bGoKWj0zZVXWQa1qwE5hf3uaAeiVnywMu1HQiWhkDAq9kXQQJhvQM_v5mowPjIhTZJB6H5o4oSSIr0/s702/296319045_451672350304032_1524441672321088233_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlKT8g89rfqgu99xt-wX3fX5ordca_n4PHj-sNiOn3QM6t2jsCku3SXFzvf9z51w9mPCQh_ETOt5MX1pYX09pHCmb3bLevUtReNKzA7unT7bGoKWj0zZVXWQa1qwE5hf3uaAeiVnywMu1HQiWhkDAq9kXQQJhvQM_v5mowPjIhTZJB6H5o4oSSIr0/s320/296319045_451672350304032_1524441672321088233_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><i></i></div><div dir="auto">So we're sort of getting back to something resembling "normal". </div><div dir="auto">To be honest, I am having a harder time of getting my act together than he is. </div><div dir="auto">It must be old age.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Halloween is coming and as you can imagine, DC is very excited.</div><div dir="auto">Hopefully it won't take another 9 months to write here again.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i></i></b></p>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-45344927866232648222021-12-25T11:41:00.001-05:002022-10-15T12:03:35.113-04:00Christmas Morning - First Things First<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTmkyaeNBo6e-wyEBTSRsuOZhU0P3zHeAiSMlTVTU8zUvPXoXpu5uxRPN5IgGsXRgWpQoPrTyhpaelURTLndAObkzbIf_Y6s4DC6o71l1hA3dQXwDpZd3xECBAkVbc80A4YO0UxFDJlrp4Oleo7A4lJW57T5ECuJ88imT2zhUBTrz7CwQ-rl-4b20G=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTmkyaeNBo6e-wyEBTSRsuOZhU0P3zHeAiSMlTVTU8zUvPXoXpu5uxRPN5IgGsXRgWpQoPrTyhpaelURTLndAObkzbIf_Y6s4DC6o71l1hA3dQXwDpZd3xECBAkVbc80A4YO0UxFDJlrp4Oleo7A4lJW57T5ECuJ88imT2zhUBTrz7CwQ-rl-4b20G=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>As you can probably imagine, DC was over the top excited about Christmas Eve and Christmas, and if you are new here... trust me - it was all Christmas all of the time over the span of the last month.</p><p>Since we are in quarantine (more about that later), most of our plans were cancelled. Not that we had big plans, but the few we did have were no more.</p><p>DC still had his Christmas Eve gifts to open, which are usually made up of gifts from friends, his godmother, Doug, his dad and anything else anyone might send him (and one from me).</p><p>He had his take out Chinese food and chocolate cake; as there must always be chocolate cake - and opened his gifts.</p><p>Knowing that Santa would not come until he was asleep, he opted to go to bed at around 9:30.</p><p>He went to bed, but sleep was not happening.</p><p>At midnight, I reminded him that Santa is probably waiting and he needed to get to sleep.</p><p>He understands that midnight is late because … Cinderella.</p><p>He tried.</p><p>At 2 AM (AM/PM does not really make sense to him. Why is it 2 "In the morning" when it is still nighttime?) I reminded him again.</p><p>At 4:10 am I reminded him that is Santa couldn't wait all night to fill his stocking.</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>The Santa Rule:</i></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://takingstep.com/2014/12/15/lessons-learned-on-the-santa-train/" target="_blank"><i>So now that the is an adult, Santa only delivers his stocking and the rest of the gifts in his pile are from Mom. Santa always did a pretty good job with his stocking, by the way. He was fine with this. As long as Santa is coming, even just to bring a stocking, all is well.</i></a></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://takingstep.com/2014/12/15/lessons-learned-on-the-santa-train/" target="_blank"><i></i></a></span></p><p>I think he fell asleep somewhere around 5am.</p><p>I understand that his sleeplessness was all due to the excitement over Santa's arrival, but usually he does sleep. I am guessing that the excitement was amplified due to being trapped at home and everything he was looking forward to, being cancelled - so the anticipation was keeping him awake.</p><p>All night as I tried to get him to go to sleep, he reminded me that Santa was coming.</p><p>Needless to say he was up early this morning, but the funny thing is … he walked by all of his gifts (didn't even look at them) and went directly to the kitchen to set up "his spot" at the kitchen table.</p><p>Only after his pile of paper, DVD's, books and markers were arranged in the exact order they needed to be in, did he venture back into the living room to open his gifts!</p><p>First things first.</p><p>Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.</p><p>Here's hoping 2022 is a GIANT step up from 2020 and 21!</p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b>*******************</b></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-44805101185628545012021-06-01T17:21:00.000-04:002021-06-01T17:21:20.231-04:00The Day Program: Communication and Gloves<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnSHwF-k9jSXgGhtmzzQ3shONJ1tP9x_BRiPegstSrDKX5qqWfGrVu130G1Nn6-ZIygoJ1ubLGmjmqoqK3_PNPNEHrozYhtYc4j0Evkn0bcP-BSXxIlrwtkVcy7eM_cSd-FpNM3pffrE/s1280/gloves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnSHwF-k9jSXgGhtmzzQ3shONJ1tP9x_BRiPegstSrDKX5qqWfGrVu130G1Nn6-ZIygoJ1ubLGmjmqoqK3_PNPNEHrozYhtYc4j0Evkn0bcP-BSXxIlrwtkVcy7eM_cSd-FpNM3pffrE/s320/gloves.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>A few years ago, DC sprouted a rash on his face and the back of his hands. I realized that he had been at the dentist and because he liked the blue gloves they used, they gave him a pair. While wearing them, he kept rubbing his face. I suppose he liked the way it felt.</p><p>I took him to the doctor and was told it was an allergic reaction to the gloves (non-latex and hypo-allergenic). We did not know what about the gloves was causing the problem, but it was apparent they were a problem. He gave DC a prescription cream and in a few days, it was gone.</p><p>A few years later, DC came home from his day program with a glove shaped rash on the back of his hands. I called and spoke with his manager to explain the glove situation. He had never had to wear gloves there before, so it was not something I thought about telling them since it never happened again after the episode with the dentist.</p><p>I was told that he would be able to wear his own gardening gloves and when he went to work in a different department, the clear plastic gloves - which did not seem to be a problem for him.</p><p>A month later I got a note from someone in that other department, informing me that she was not aware of the glove situation and that DC had other gloves on that day but only for a few minutes. He was now wearing the clear gloves. (This was one of the many times that issues we talked about in our IP meetings, do not go any further than the meeting room).</p><p>After this last incident there were no more issues regarding the gloves and which gloves needed to be worn.</p><p>In mid-march of this year, DC came home with the same glove-like rash on the backs of his hands. I asked DC if he had been wearing gloves at work and he said YES.</p><p>Me: (Not wanting to ask a leading question) What color were the gloves?</p><p>DC: Purple</p><p>Now, before DC went back to his program back in October and given the pandemic, I specifically asked about gloves. I was worried that they would be required. I was told that they were not. </p><p>During the next meeting to nail down how many days he would be able to attend the program when he went back - </p><p>(Yes... this meeting.)</p><p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 13px;"><b><i><a href="https://takingstep.com/2021/03/08/quarantine-diaries-part-25-the-road-to-normalcy/" target="_blank"></a></i></b></span></p><blockquote><b><i><a href="https://takingstep.com/2021/03/08/quarantine-diaries-part-25-the-road-to-normalcy/" target="_blank">Have a meeting – Wait for her to have other meetings with other clients to determine the days he can attend – Have another meeting – Wait for her to have other meetings with other clients to determine the days he can attend – Have another meeting – Wait for…</a></i></b></blockquote><p> I again asked about gloves and was told he would be wearing the gardening gloves or the "white" - which I assume are the clear, gloves.</p><p>When he came home with the red hands in March, I called his manager that evening so she would get the message first thing in the morning. I wanted to be sure that they did not let him wear the "purple" gloves and also so I could figure out if it was the gloves that caused the rash or if I should be looking for some other irritant.</p><p>When I did not hear back by the end of the next day, I called again and was told that his manager had not been in that day -(apparently no one else checks the voicemail; not the first time this has happened - trust me.) </p><p>Not knowing who else to contact, I emailed the director. I did not want him to go another day wearing the purple gloves. </p><p>She responded by telling me that she would take care of it by cc'ing my email to DC's manager's boss and she also gave me that contact email.</p><p>By this time DC had arrived home and the rash was worse.</p><p>I never heard from the manager's boss at all - ever.</p><p>But finally I did receive an email from his manager the following day:</p><p>"There have been no changes to the gloves, soap or cleaning supplies in <that department>"</p><p>That is not a reply. That is a non-answer. This does not tell me whether or not DC was wearing the wrong gloves by mistake or if he was even wearing gloves at all. It does not say, "there have been no changes to the gloves that DC wears". It is a vague, non answer.</p><p>I know that they have more than one type of glove in that department. This just says that they have all of the same items that they always have. This is the way one responds when one does not want to lie but also does not want to admit to an error.</p><p>Coincidently he has not come home with a rash on his hands since.</p><p>hmmm</p><p>****</p><p><b><i><a href="https://takingstep.com/tales-from-the-day-program/" target="_blank">Tales From The Day Program - ALL</a></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b>*******************</b></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-59036172834392686432021-03-24T08:40:00.003-04:002021-03-24T11:33:48.464-04:00Speech and Wrapping His Mind Around a Single Word<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvheUVKHltxvCcE8fsiCC5UOdqxkxqEhcu3TK1-c8PewYyoFBnjpMNtJL606b5tA6crzrixvqE1e9JArTtrvKbZOFr-te37dxGN7_pbtZ6qoxDCw3Ipcua6o2hblORCJzirg8yRW6BRJ4/s2048/IMG_3362.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2023" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvheUVKHltxvCcE8fsiCC5UOdqxkxqEhcu3TK1-c8PewYyoFBnjpMNtJL606b5tA6crzrixvqE1e9JArTtrvKbZOFr-te37dxGN7_pbtZ6qoxDCw3Ipcua6o2hblORCJzirg8yRW6BRJ4/s320/IMG_3362.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">DC was assigned a line of dialogue to recite for his Winter Guard team Zoom show.</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I say a line but actually it was only two words. </span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Into</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Abilities"</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And… he could not say Abilities; not for the life of him.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to get him close to the word, I tried putting it up on “the board” (<b><i><a href="https://tasanotherstep.blogspot.com/2021/03/quarantine-diaries-part-28-gateway-to.html" target="_blank">you know… the board I bought to keep him from reminding me hourly of everything birthday related</a></i></b>) and I tried to sound it out for him.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Into</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">UH Bill UH Tees </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Was my first thought. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had to use UH instead of an A because if I put an A there, he would say the letter A and not the sound.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then, overthinking as I do – I thought that maybe UH Bill IT Tees would sound better. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The more I went back and forth in my head, the more confused I got about which would sound better.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I went to my Instagram friends for assistance and put it to a vote, keeping in mind that he would most likely end up pronouncing the word as 4 separate words and that I was only looking to make it pronounceable <i>for him</i> and not necessarily closest to the spelling of the word.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The general consensus was the latter, UH BILL IT TEES.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We began practicing it that way, but we ran into a snag:</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When DC used “It”, he automatically turned “Tees” into “Dees” and he could not figure out a way to say the word with the IT and still be able to say Tees instead of Dees. He just couldn’t do it.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">That is how it works with him. There are some words, even simple words that his mouth/mind cannot seem to maneuver and then there are words that I am surprised that he can pronounce. There does not seem to be a pattern to it.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">After days of practicing, we went back to my original thought; using the UH instead of the IT.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">That seemed to work out better for him.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">They recorded last night and I do believe people will know exactly what he is saying! </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">He did a great job!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And yes, he is very proud of himself... as he should be.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">***</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><b>Even though this really doesn't have a lot to do with the pandemic, I am going to add it as Quarantine/Pandemic Diaries: Part 28.5, since he would not be reciting the dialogue if they were going to be having an in person, live show this year.</b></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;">All Quarantine Diaries <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/quarantine-diaries/" style="color: #1010b2; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Here</a> </i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><b>*******************</b></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-59991529740966236422021-03-18T12:06:00.000-04:002021-03-18T12:06:20.967-04:00Quarantine Diaries: Part 28 - The Gateway to the Big Birthday<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> As we all know, my birthday is just the gateway (or the practice round) to DC's birthday... and let me tell you, he was excited!</span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>You would have had to read <b><a href="https://takingstep.com/2021/03/10/quarantine-diaries-part-27-anastasia-and-pandemic-birthday-number-2/" target="_blank">my previous blog post </a></b>for this to make sense...</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC came home from his shopping trip to “buy Mom a birthday gift” (and we all know that he can’t keep a secret) but he said nothing. I was impressed at his ability not to tell me right away.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>About a half hour later he piped up with. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>“Mom, it’s a secret. Together in Paris necklace for Mom’s birthday” </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Normally he would have announced it as soon as he walked in so the half hour he waited showed a little bit more restraint on his part. - <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/posts/5296096707099473" target="_blank">March 11, 2021</a></b> </i></div></blockquote><p>***</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYZeSGUL-FsEvYCtpV8NVlkQ93mjLl24XP5puceTHbnDk732BtkkpdAlXGj4so_WLqKygrUJpKm41x575bUCceaEh2gn0EreMfFN264MEiFdOPLlNorNZumZSecpv0-qpC_cie-y6uAQ/s1440/159597449_5304010802974730_2603283413093449680_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYZeSGUL-FsEvYCtpV8NVlkQ93mjLl24XP5puceTHbnDk732BtkkpdAlXGj4so_WLqKygrUJpKm41x575bUCceaEh2gn0EreMfFN264MEiFdOPLlNorNZumZSecpv0-qpC_cie-y6uAQ/s320/159597449_5304010802974730_2603283413093449680_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>One might imagine that DC’s vote for my BD dinner tonight is pizza and cake... </i></div><p><i><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/littlehints?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZX5Of3HSowhKmwAfrxZl0uEEiUKeWZDFnLl77gKNSSMkolB-0Vz8zbjipYU74vP-Q6xisDXuGTto_dOkcRnP6SAH8v-pdkRu_Ypwt6SG6GUlpn3RI8Gk7OLn_2d_1M8RnNtbQ2P-HP_Waew-T7ya2fynpBUVcp1rhUtjmcmR95g4GytpTD53VKNStD92QOvD7Q&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">#LittleHints</a> - <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/posts/5304010939641383" target="_blank">March 13, 2021</a></b></i></p></blockquote><p>*** </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Oddly enough he changed his mind and decided on Chinese food for Mom's birthday! I already told you that he already put in his order for pizza, wings and cake for <i>his</i> birthday; so maybe he decided to take the opportunity to get in a different favorite on mine?</span></p><p><i></i></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div><p>***</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Just to be clear; I am not all that fond of cake.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><a href="https://takingstep.com/2017/08/03/frosting/" target="_blank">Frosting</a></i></b>? YES!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Cupcakes? YES! (only when there is more frosting than cake)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So I did not find it necessary to get a big cake for me. There was enough for one big piece for him and one big piece for Doug. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Seriously... the pieces were big.</span></p><p>****</p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>The boards arrived so I could take down the <b><a href="https://tasanotherstep.blogspot.com/2021/03/quarantine-diaries-part-26-birthday.html" target="_blank">reminder notes </a></b>in my living room. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Some had already been accomplished:</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Dollar Store <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tba/1.5/16/2705.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Tuesday Groceries <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tba/1.5/16/2705.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Mom’s Birthday was over as soon as he had cake tonight <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tba/1.5/16/2705.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Only one reminder left, might think? </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>No... There was something new to worry about. - <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/posts/5304967186212425" target="_blank">March 13, 2021</a></b></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOrSRzpadr1503snyr1owAf9_9Bf4HIfaFlYgVeejhr9p8OtMGcMdYgllPRNMNABFMg93Ns7RrpV9VaIWN60BUyfajilFNDtDqRqFz76wO0YV8Y7jRpc0wE-okPTc89Aofg4jSensZak/s1440/159655467_5304967149545762_4736612628627786458_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOrSRzpadr1503snyr1owAf9_9Bf4HIfaFlYgVeejhr9p8OtMGcMdYgllPRNMNABFMg93Ns7RrpV9VaIWN60BUyfajilFNDtDqRqFz76wO0YV8Y7jRpc0wE-okPTc89Aofg4jSensZak/s320/159655467_5304967149545762_4736612628627786458_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i>***</i></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>All Quarantine Diaries <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/quarantine-diaries/" style="color: #1010b2; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Here</a></i></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b>*******************</b></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-41600958280210655902021-03-09T14:13:00.005-05:002021-04-10T11:01:24.288-04:00Quarantine Diaries Part 26 - Birthday Anticipation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPqEtc2YmJfJqLYnpx-80aWVkLcNyNEAznTOEgual_bSWKkj7We1D0h_aTTqNIzw5MdRr-n7Hi82dlvs_UxiJX6mQjwT4Trp6_ipzFOk0KNjBI12wijESqwc9u-o9MBxNIseUqBzeZhk/s1280/scrabble-4273255_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPqEtc2YmJfJqLYnpx-80aWVkLcNyNEAznTOEgual_bSWKkj7We1D0h_aTTqNIzw5MdRr-n7Hi82dlvs_UxiJX6mQjwT4Trp6_ipzFOk0KNjBI12wijESqwc9u-o9MBxNIseUqBzeZhk/s320/scrabble-4273255_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>March is always a big month for DC. </p><p>It is my birthday month, which means "out" to dinner for him, or in this case "take out at home" dinner for him.</p><p>AND it is also HIS birthday month, which is much more important.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Both my and DC’s birthdays are this month - so you know he is announcing this daily (many, many times). Numbers were never his thing and you might remember when he was 28 - it was Twenty-eighteen (in DC speak), 29 was Twenty-nineteen. Now he’s turning 30 (!!!!!) this month, so 30 is now Twenty-Thirty. The funny thing is that he seems to have absolutely no problem pronouncing and announcing my age! No problem at all - clear as a bell.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> - <i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/posts/5281159841926493" target="_blank">Facebook March 8, 2021</a></i></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 28px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span data-rich-text-format-boundary="true" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 2px; box-sizing: inherit;">This year, celebrating my and his birthdays seems to be extra important to him and of course it is …</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Noto Serif"; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 28px; white-space: pre-wrap;">He has not really been able to go anywhere for fun in almost exactly a year. All he really looks forward to is getting takeout a couple of times per week.</p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">I totally understand this. I cannot say that I always have the patience for the reminders and continuous questions, which have reached a record high this month, but I try.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrxEhnnGjcYNgtYOGKgtVRebvXm5gveXwVItfTDBFZfyGZLa8zyvo5FqM6TgVVAxdUMtEbjU9YXj-8us9K9G4NRFKF8e8rDyypJzbFHdw3u93XfOiFU6JTYl1rfE4giifw9KQvtbImJ4/s1009/IMG_3265.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1009" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrxEhnnGjcYNgtYOGKgtVRebvXm5gveXwVItfTDBFZfyGZLa8zyvo5FqM6TgVVAxdUMtEbjU9YXj-8us9K9G4NRFKF8e8rDyypJzbFHdw3u93XfOiFU6JTYl1rfE4giifw9KQvtbImJ4/w640-h480/IMG_3265.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">Normally when DC gets himself in this much of a frenzy, it is when we are going on vacation. Over the years, I have learned that it helps if I just write out his vacation schedule on his phone and make it his wallpaper, so every time he wants to ask, it is there for him to look at. It really does make him feel better to have it right in front of him.</span></b></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">This does not help when he is at home and although putting everything on the calendar is a must, it does not keep him from asking. So to save my sanity, I made a sign to answer every question he has been asking over and over again. I am hoping this will calm him down a bit.</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">I really think I need to buy one of those signs with magnetic letters to hang up, so I am "off" to Amazon for one more pandemic purchase - <i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/posts/5286493238059820" target="_blank">Facebook March 9, 2021</a></i></span></b></div></b><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The bulletin board with letters will arrive on Thursday. I am sure we will get a lot of use out of it, even after this whole pandemic is over.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">I know that he is </span><span style="color: #050505;">disappointed that he can't have the birthday that he usually has with his friends. I am trying to make this one special for him.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">(More about that later)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">Fingers crossed for a Happy Birthday for DC!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>All Quarantine Diaries <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/quarantine-diaries/" target="_blank">Here</a></i></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b>*******************</b></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><b><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></b></p><p><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><br /></span></p>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-28609069787881708962021-03-06T20:16:00.002-05:002021-03-06T20:23:14.727-05:00Quarantine Diaries: Part 24 - Christmas and the "Art" of Decorating<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUppsxXlN_p9CCYHd1WXPSSeSU4Dm6cTqWuwNvtcmCPmFiHR5m0z9paERymsnhZb4jjm-M_PvxhVu_pTdLEWEZ4wgz5oeVjlrGITJsDweH4udJ6yWzmms_WWO8fp7tpjgzlRkFtBUDt-E/s2048/IMG_2645.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUppsxXlN_p9CCYHd1WXPSSeSU4Dm6cTqWuwNvtcmCPmFiHR5m0z9paERymsnhZb4jjm-M_PvxhVu_pTdLEWEZ4wgz5oeVjlrGITJsDweH4udJ6yWzmms_WWO8fp7tpjgzlRkFtBUDt-E/s320/IMG_2645.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>(Long time! No see! I'm really behind on posting)</p><p>It may sound a bit Scrooge-ish (not a word), but whenever I see a highly decorated house or watch one of those Christmas decorating shows on TV, my first thought is - "So who is going to take all of that down?"... always.</p><p>If you have been around here long enough, you know that DC LOVES his ornaments. </p><p>If not, see below (all links open in a new window)</p><h1 class="entry-title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 50px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="https://takingstep.com/2015/12/11/easing-my-elf-envy-with-ornaments-and-clues/" target="_blank">Easing my “Elf Envy” with ornaments and clues….</a></i></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 50px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></h1><div><h1 class="entry-title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 50px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="https://takingstep.com/2015/11/27/still-no-elf-on-our-shelf/" target="_blank">Still no elf on our shelf</a></i></span></h1></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><h1 class="entry-title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 50px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="https://takingstep.com/2014/12/24/there-may-have-been-an-elf-on-our-shelf-after-all/" target="_blank">Ornament Hunt 2014 (and one Elf on the Shelf)</a></i></span></h1></div><p> We have always had a relatively large artificial tree but DC's ornament collection was much bigger than the tree. We were only able to use about 1/4 of this collection. The rest just sat in the cellar.</p><p>Because I am really limited on space, last year I bought an artificial tree that has no back to save space. It made sense to me since no one sees the back of your tree unless it's in the middle of the room. </p><p>As it turned out, I wasn't a big fan of the looks of it (see: <b><i><a href="https://tasanotherstep.blogspot.com/2019/12/christmas-preparations-wins-and-losses.html" target="_blank">here</a></i></b>), but we were stuck with it. I forgot about it so I did not get around to buying a new one this year.</p><p>We put the tree up and DC put as many ornaments as he could on it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbCr_k1XJyzFKzFXCfyWmgucChgDSeuLBuvgojEbMl5h5wHMSX-qD_dISoR6fu2NEbOGHDLb1Em3BIZxZbQUCHdIi1TlQvWczi2J_yy8xURXvy5HfrjomJiGghOrty2gXwQGrAkngp9I/s2048/IMG_2683.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbCr_k1XJyzFKzFXCfyWmgucChgDSeuLBuvgojEbMl5h5wHMSX-qD_dISoR6fu2NEbOGHDLb1Em3BIZxZbQUCHdIi1TlQvWczi2J_yy8xURXvy5HfrjomJiGghOrty2gXwQGrAkngp9I/s320/IMG_2683.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Last year his cousin gave him some beautiful Mother Goose ornaments, which were too heavy (and wouldn't fit anyway) for the tree. We hung them on this metal thing I have hanging on the wall. We did that with all of the other ornaments he received as gifts as well.</p><p>So I stared thinking about all of the ornaments downstairs. Surely some of them could be hung on the metal thing and probably many other places.</p><p>I started digging through the ornament bags and brought a few upstairs.</p><p>And then I brought up some more...</p><p>And then more.</p><p>At this point I was determined to get all of his ornaments out.</p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I kind of went a “little” bit over the top trying to get all of DC’s ornaments out this year (he has so many that they all haven’t seen the light of day in years). Everyday he tries to sneak this Alice ornament onto one of the trees. And everyday I tell him it is too heavy for the trees. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I decided to hang it on the bowl it was sitting in. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Me: Is this okay?</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC: Yes!</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Me: Do you promise to stop sneaking the ornament on a tree?</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC: (laughing) Yes!</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>He can now relax about this Alice ornament. - </i><b><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/posts/4873500016025813" target="_blank">Facebook December 6, 2020</a></i></b></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/posts/4873500016025813" target="_blank"></a></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwFZRpBNClGO8M8nEOVryWFmdEYIjFdwjWE2RcEFO1L4_gaY_-OAnK5ynctTtKU-j_3xLRowBL30V6EW88r3M2D70Gv-vHei_zdirK2Qj5KpqFsjXicnEESXQLipXWq3R5pfdNUIPMtQ/s2048/IMG_2646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwFZRpBNClGO8M8nEOVryWFmdEYIjFdwjWE2RcEFO1L4_gaY_-OAnK5ynctTtKU-j_3xLRowBL30V6EW88r3M2D70Gv-vHei_zdirK2Qj5KpqFsjXicnEESXQLipXWq3R5pfdNUIPMtQ/s320/IMG_2646.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>I mean, when would I ever again have this kind of time? The longest I have ever been out of work since got my first part time job at 16 was the 6 weeks after I had DC.</p><p>I used everything I had on the walls to hang ornaments from.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFzgYLcXtCYa6x0h9aVQb76dAwqE-F1INLX83A1T4nvvOMfNGa-le2eoc0jM1oJfkv3ZWB-aw7k-kAEGpCrxW6-8ehHfW1yPp3UJn6bfGDhZNz5kswIvubDPsMQ_7rFzB3rKv1f_PQRQ/s987/IMG_2618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="987" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFzgYLcXtCYa6x0h9aVQb76dAwqE-F1INLX83A1T4nvvOMfNGa-le2eoc0jM1oJfkv3ZWB-aw7k-kAEGpCrxW6-8ehHfW1yPp3UJn6bfGDhZNz5kswIvubDPsMQ_7rFzB3rKv1f_PQRQ/w400-h198/IMG_2618.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1_3UaLtntObUEFH-59lmE2yMsdRC28IqYpUfcJttJIo2xhpqxwhI7WZXbr1nEi5R-tQWj2zWmYHa0EDYKs0dR2-_D_MS45GbnCRBgDuhVq_iA8UedQCxs2nuPTVHv-C0qMTKfgEwTyY/s2048/IMG_2633.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1260" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1_3UaLtntObUEFH-59lmE2yMsdRC28IqYpUfcJttJIo2xhpqxwhI7WZXbr1nEi5R-tQWj2zWmYHa0EDYKs0dR2-_D_MS45GbnCRBgDuhVq_iA8UedQCxs2nuPTVHv-C0qMTKfgEwTyY/w246-h400/IMG_2633.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><br /><p>I found all of the ornaments he made for me over the years and all of his "Baby's First, Second, Third" Christmas ornaments.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzmzsS_hEztObFd0iNNyUH8Zsk4Q9iVO96C4duPZZyxJ2XJeWCVlXnMd_g2Y9yXlMsTsDy274yT5waLnrKwwaUIbxOjl7Ev9vzIBvA2WBPxOvhSNvdH4eb3_lS2a6A1nmn_tCTMMOJzc/s1024/IMG_2619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzmzsS_hEztObFd0iNNyUH8Zsk4Q9iVO96C4duPZZyxJ2XJeWCVlXnMd_g2Y9yXlMsTsDy274yT5waLnrKwwaUIbxOjl7Ev9vzIBvA2WBPxOvhSNvdH4eb3_lS2a6A1nmn_tCTMMOJzc/w480-h640/IMG_2619.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><i>(I understand that the puzzle piece is problematic but, we made that ornament way back when I used to be crafty and make ornaments for family. We used puzzle pieces only because I happened to have a puzzle that someone gave DC - he's never been a puzzle person. This was long before the puzzle piece was used by AS, or before I was aware of the puzzle piece's relation to autism)</i></p><p>They were everywhere. They were on every shelf... They were in a basket. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55MtXYNpmCL6QPQyiJPBx25jM6nNdMc71V95kIMkf2FdU_JZk_Vlf-VOXlRhxXGE1esqAr7N5sc9Slo2fMWv4_csitqF-SINwC57xCDVtR3vRvF_WsWb_PCxDKmCm4gHAlY3m7e8Zubw/s2557/IMG_2640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="2557" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55MtXYNpmCL6QPQyiJPBx25jM6nNdMc71V95kIMkf2FdU_JZk_Vlf-VOXlRhxXGE1esqAr7N5sc9Slo2fMWv4_csitqF-SINwC57xCDVtR3vRvF_WsWb_PCxDKmCm4gHAlY3m7e8Zubw/w400-h193/IMG_2640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMLJrFxSzKMXHj0oDlLNgv0wwNZRj_8GvbJAvUoiVJQlcmeYsyrfYm6sptNotvgs97z48bMe5xX_rhDEq4ECBYTtTY9Tfydnc0MsoapfwqAeliCP22tXh7n6Fo5aUW21q47x68hTYs60/s2048/IMG_2641.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="2048" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMLJrFxSzKMXHj0oDlLNgv0wwNZRj_8GvbJAvUoiVJQlcmeYsyrfYm6sptNotvgs97z48bMe5xX_rhDEq4ECBYTtTY9Tfydnc0MsoapfwqAeliCP22tXh7n6Fo5aUW21q47x68hTYs60/w400-h223/IMG_2641.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziQFMAh-oSwBc0e6yKRG0-RF-ew42_UyAUbI38rHQCUN0wOdg8Yz0Z7APgMC-pQaRfxgefwcH6eZ06elzef0Gnbpaxy03T0YHg1pRdIU5gSDZFY_pvcjhKpPlU0eiw-m_7MONdIYsFC8/s2048/IMG_2642.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziQFMAh-oSwBc0e6yKRG0-RF-ew42_UyAUbI38rHQCUN0wOdg8Yz0Z7APgMC-pQaRfxgefwcH6eZ06elzef0Gnbpaxy03T0YHg1pRdIU5gSDZFY_pvcjhKpPlU0eiw-m_7MONdIYsFC8/w400-h300/IMG_2642.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfX5n4tIRAtyEo4NP7Pk8cXEg-dptBNvt0oxknwGCbe3BUAk6GTu_suytjYmq5Iu_CU2w8QBQvkYZnlr_cmKRhZtPi5nw58kBntnwmM5NeXi9cdkWuzgo4R6NXxtInqnMF1M2FCQwBsPs/s2048/IMG_2643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfX5n4tIRAtyEo4NP7Pk8cXEg-dptBNvt0oxknwGCbe3BUAk6GTu_suytjYmq5Iu_CU2w8QBQvkYZnlr_cmKRhZtPi5nw58kBntnwmM5NeXi9cdkWuzgo4R6NXxtInqnMF1M2FCQwBsPs/w400-h300/IMG_2643.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuYP3uCP6-MXuBYU45QfJ_WFA8HhX2F1PYiC4ZNLXsvDK087mfIshIeueLCBKOLYECo8TRNC-fggsrYXcloODsFqOkDRxHgmqAj8Dimi2IlTKyT2j-vEx8vvMim9cjS__O__Sb8sW93A/s2048/IMG_2644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1287" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuYP3uCP6-MXuBYU45QfJ_WFA8HhX2F1PYiC4ZNLXsvDK087mfIshIeueLCBKOLYECo8TRNC-fggsrYXcloODsFqOkDRxHgmqAj8Dimi2IlTKyT2j-vEx8vvMim9cjS__O__Sb8sW93A/w251-h400/IMG_2644.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I even bought two tabletop trees to hang some more (Let's talk about saving space? Let's talk about <b><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/posts/4873500016025813" target="_blank">Pandemic spending?</a>) </i></b>and laid more out underneath one of the tabletop trees.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywIOTNNp8Y41iOxatlbrZiut7IOzJgwgdda0U8s65DOqWH7CO0GAiP6J0Eeg4AaHuQAjOTImPgGQD-EbFNquxsdMHyo6NcPNehoArg2BIo8bOx0nVnW_cfuLdyKZw1UwBouKmvNP_Nmo/s2048/IMG_2632.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywIOTNNp8Y41iOxatlbrZiut7IOzJgwgdda0U8s65DOqWH7CO0GAiP6J0Eeg4AaHuQAjOTImPgGQD-EbFNquxsdMHyo6NcPNehoArg2BIo8bOx0nVnW_cfuLdyKZw1UwBouKmvNP_Nmo/s320/IMG_2632.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fc1-M03F_FFu3a4ZOEvqWfOrWGvlyYL817Sys7ED0jaNq2L691J2q4fQukSjK_ffZmgYPNzCkGmrmEOHXMj3Ypg9B4K1WB-McVM4timAKTysebVHgtfd3dKmiwX3CBoqUiiH7YqJNR4/s2048/IMG_2680.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fc1-M03F_FFu3a4ZOEvqWfOrWGvlyYL817Sys7ED0jaNq2L691J2q4fQukSjK_ffZmgYPNzCkGmrmEOHXMj3Ypg9B4K1WB-McVM4timAKTysebVHgtfd3dKmiwX3CBoqUiiH7YqJNR4/s320/IMG_2680.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWakXVS2q_GXy3iJgM2pLtHrh7JjODWo3EyutDnkfvC4hyphenhyphenMn41gvv6rMiUpKknCtoeQBc2E_IkMqfR-Qnws5HUpIJGKN-tL97tZhRtje8hQP4kNA95x4vY0KJnBR2K0m0TxZ6jjTwAi68/s2048/IMG_2725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWakXVS2q_GXy3iJgM2pLtHrh7JjODWo3EyutDnkfvC4hyphenhyphenMn41gvv6rMiUpKknCtoeQBc2E_IkMqfR-Qnws5HUpIJGKN-tL97tZhRtje8hQP4kNA95x4vY0KJnBR2K0m0TxZ6jjTwAi68/s320/IMG_2725.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuZ8Ye0MkxBkCyp5Fb9Vf_KNbxJ4oYF_YjFHSxQnNUu6aVMD5pT8oXeg-I5Eg3qCfCOKJxZNIefANtL2aQNA7K1wztYeZ17m8j2GE36MtC9Doq6nOzdxBZt1iMlDNnctvZioGtcjAuo4/s2048/IMG_2645.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuZ8Ye0MkxBkCyp5Fb9Vf_KNbxJ4oYF_YjFHSxQnNUu6aVMD5pT8oXeg-I5Eg3qCfCOKJxZNIefANtL2aQNA7K1wztYeZ17m8j2GE36MtC9Doq6nOzdxBZt1iMlDNnctvZioGtcjAuo4/s320/IMG_2645.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>About now you are saying "She has lost it.", but wait there's more.</p><p>All of his "food related" and Wizard of Oz related ornaments went in the kitchen. They went on the shelf, on stocking hangers and ornament hangers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0JgXecxE4PdLyYOTP3GL8u8TE1tqh_guGV8frQKvoFdu21bjhnUnZUAbS534EZiLbdM9qPXdBvBbnHZT45l0OmibeIv8xIwHh_MtmouYNUwp7-JXJ6v2AlXTfRoWPc1_kvZ1zGBatpQ/s2048/IMG_2625.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0JgXecxE4PdLyYOTP3GL8u8TE1tqh_guGV8frQKvoFdu21bjhnUnZUAbS534EZiLbdM9qPXdBvBbnHZT45l0OmibeIv8xIwHh_MtmouYNUwp7-JXJ6v2AlXTfRoWPc1_kvZ1zGBatpQ/w640-h480/IMG_2625.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I even found room for my Star Trek ornaments!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7A5lETQUirf9nPNtTocYzzJsXB6T0Qs-3LWc8t6YxBgL2po2_dOohOtWHrlvUjHXOXztRrvKcLmVyCO4sOGpf8rNVifqnQoTk7eaJwtasbbCNFPQU_91GQDXh68fylz7mIm_kr1oOe8/s2048/IMG_2666.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7A5lETQUirf9nPNtTocYzzJsXB6T0Qs-3LWc8t6YxBgL2po2_dOohOtWHrlvUjHXOXztRrvKcLmVyCO4sOGpf8rNVifqnQoTk7eaJwtasbbCNFPQU_91GQDXh68fylz7mIm_kr1oOe8/w300-h400/IMG_2666.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfKx6_Rxlo51FVnbcOacy9tqtArkXJY0EsemCYlRagWBrGh_ndpjImmNAfbcPQ0gv1EVNOi0YiDZo9RJsQsTyMSqDq_xNd0H4bbig7DHFDMrRTf2AwlN5tm-RMmIZtMkfNWB__x-rJak/s2048/IMG_2667.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfKx6_Rxlo51FVnbcOacy9tqtArkXJY0EsemCYlRagWBrGh_ndpjImmNAfbcPQ0gv1EVNOi0YiDZo9RJsQsTyMSqDq_xNd0H4bbig7DHFDMrRTf2AwlN5tm-RMmIZtMkfNWB__x-rJak/w300-h400/IMG_2667.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>Did it all look beautiful and Christmassy when I was finished?</p><p>No.</p><p>It looked like an ornament store.</p><p>DC was happy seeing all of the ornaments he had forgotten he had, so I guess that is all that counts.</p><p>Needless to say, I have been home waaayyy too long.</p><p>To answer the first question asked at the beginning of this post....</p><p>It was me. I had to take them all down.</p><p>***</p><p>All Quarantine Diaries: <b><i><a href="https://takingstep.com/quarantine-diaries/" target="_blank">Here</a></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b>*******************</b></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. 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So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-18841995015151438182020-12-26T12:22:00.001-05:002021-03-08T12:41:45.322-05:00Anastasia <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36ntTOE_BO22k465VotxY65zxqtyMdMCaqpngvajYETrG1oohHAagqRslY1ZdlbsBLopJv3TGlQuR7lDpJbA2bQw6Tne5mhaOyjVIy5yHpcBc7vVAfWYkKKFF_1bmVL1Y7FUGI-xQnCY/s1200/MV5BNGJiNWFlYTMtZTBiZi00ZTVmLWJmZmMtNzEzYzZjNzYzZmRmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTA4NzY1MzY%2540._V1_UY1200_CR90%252C0%252C630%252C1200_AL_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="630" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36ntTOE_BO22k465VotxY65zxqtyMdMCaqpngvajYETrG1oohHAagqRslY1ZdlbsBLopJv3TGlQuR7lDpJbA2bQw6Tne5mhaOyjVIy5yHpcBc7vVAfWYkKKFF_1bmVL1Y7FUGI-xQnCY/s320/MV5BNGJiNWFlYTMtZTBiZi00ZTVmLWJmZmMtNzEzYzZjNzYzZmRmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTA4NzY1MzY%2540._V1_UY1200_CR90%252C0%252C630%252C1200_AL_.jpg" /></a></div>DC has always loved this movie, but more-so over the last year. I am not sure why.<p></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b><a href="Moving on…… Before we visited the tower, our first stop which happened to be right where the train in let us off was the Arc de Triomphe. Thinking that he would not be at all impressed with this because to him it was an arch, nothing more, I was surprised when he recognized this arch – from Anastasia. I had forgotten all about that movie. I was kicking myself for not remembering it and looking into more Anastasia references before we left on our trip." target="_blank">May 2015:</a></b></i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Paris:</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Before we visited the tower, our first stop which happened to be right where the train in let us off was the Arc de Triomphe. Thinking that he would not be at all impressed with this because to him it was an arch, nothing more, I was surprised when he recognized this arch – from Anastasia. I had forgotten all about that movie. I was kicking myself for not remembering it and looking into more Anastasia references before we left on our trip.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/posts/3374932479215915" target="_blank">Dec 2019:</a></i></b></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yesterday DC needed to wear a mustache. He told me he was "Jim Dear". He put a different one on again this morning and told me he was "Mr. Disney". Then, I guess he decided he did not need his mustache today and took it off. He told me he was "Dimitri" (from Anastasia). <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thatworks?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVOPhZDBUBpw-2QUru6ubuHcaVX0mtGYVHWLQFpDZBos-_81utqPAWEnbyara7Nb3NNcvOI8l2UVY7LpNJWfNGzdVxxljit3OV3hr4s4qxKPUer4baBL7Dig8stUi1twEPDKa1K6EyAd3bp0J7yUnqetUNZ3ARWYWO0x5VBQA3cww&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#ThatWorks</a></span> </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nomustachetoday?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVOPhZDBUBpw-2QUru6ubuHcaVX0mtGYVHWLQFpDZBos-_81utqPAWEnbyara7Nb3NNcvOI8l2UVY7LpNJWfNGzdVxxljit3OV3hr4s4qxKPUer4baBL7Dig8stUi1twEPDKa1K6EyAd3bp0J7yUnqetUNZ3ARWYWO0x5VBQA3cww&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#NoMustacheToday</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">***</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/posts/4213139605395194" target="_blank">July 2020:</a></b></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto">DC is getting ready for Camp Music.</div><div dir="auto">He has tortured them over the last two weeks by choosing songs from Anastasia. Not only is the movie 23 years old, but not being "Disney" makes it not as popular as some of the Disney choices he could have made. The only person who seems to know these songs is 'Par-ee-ka', the assistant director.</div><div dir="auto">Hoping to get a different thought in his head before camp started, I asked him that maybe he wanted to suggest "Here Comes The Sun" (Beatles, but also Disney's Parent Trap) this week. I had to try to come up with something that is 1. Well known and 2. Known to DC - that seemed to fit.</div><div dir="auto">DC: NO! Paris Holds The Key To Your Heart!</div><div dir="auto">He already had his pick in his head and yes... <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/anastasia?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUjsbw9yysMhE53gIjlQby0eLg2cDLHioOKZvg8HFbiLe1SUViekDXbKY4_geTFqNUJ_fEAJVCiM-nU_9QEcs0d5wzEEEvYKscraqYO7LoXjWtb8r030aqJsWEv4YiI9lFm9e8aeF70nhOdGh49QIAjbxYS20wmZIaJbGlKx-4dgg&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Anastasia</a></span>.</div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/sorrydgroup?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUjsbw9yysMhE53gIjlQby0eLg2cDLHioOKZvg8HFbiLe1SUViekDXbKY4_geTFqNUJ_fEAJVCiM-nU_9QEcs0d5wzEEEvYKscraqYO7LoXjWtb8r030aqJsWEv4YiI9lFm9e8aeF70nhOdGh49QIAjbxYS20wmZIaJbGlKx-4dgg&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#SorryDGroup</a></span> I tried!</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">***</div><div dir="auto"><b><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/posts/4952185854823895" target="_blank">December 2020:</a></i></b></div><div dir="auto"><b><br /></b></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">One of those accidental gift finds...</div><div dir="auto">DC wants pretty much the same things all of the time (or something so old or obscure that I have to resort to eBay). It’s hard to find him something other than the regular things on his list that will really make him happy. He wanted an Anastasia book (he already has a few). While searching to find one that he didn’t have, I came across a music box that plays “Once Upon a December”, the song that he haunted his virtual camp music class with all summer. </div><div dir="auto">Score!!!!!! He’s been playing it all morning!!!</div><div dir="auto">I also found an ornament for him and one for Mrs. H as a reminder that she hasn’t had to read Anastasia with him since March due to the pandemic. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/moviesthataretwentyyearsold?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWR_thWk5vt_MiV09ZN1C7NRPMSgToI_yLOqCQUX1TIhMgvClJz8KOol4AAayZRFWgLMcTYmcouT3bTSOLpITa6bJLuYxBfR9qsiOBr9v4GwVXYcrSIAcndsIXNX0gPzXr3W9K7o5l-fbfw6iLLtAU9v2qB5sxQNHyCVWGwReCmpXPVbD8Q9OFOwJ2IFtrAVug&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#MoviesThatAreTwentyYearsOld</a></span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxBKQZsBBJ-YjcUy7X2y1aEw7CpqG5nJ0Wu29Nu7UYMLthGrsZQoY8Z-pn92ljHoZPSubU1KZvLRod4A3DTMg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><b>*******************</b></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div></div>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-51254827368285804452020-12-19T14:29:00.001-05:002021-03-06T18:49:33.017-05:00Quarantine Diaries: Part 23 - Snow Day <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgx26P_8QLuGeUU4i9xqoZgktSQgU7EAJqw7_w-NaJafYdkS_ZFZROBrOgbl2VxPuMORoTDV0obsWLXIffif1TRD5-hYFS5gHBxKd5B5mSC5Dkh7Qxujrc17uCMUNhPgz8PNloseQ9yw/s700/IMG_2735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="525" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgx26P_8QLuGeUU4i9xqoZgktSQgU7EAJqw7_w-NaJafYdkS_ZFZROBrOgbl2VxPuMORoTDV0obsWLXIffif1TRD5-hYFS5gHBxKd5B5mSC5Dkh7Qxujrc17uCMUNhPgz8PNloseQ9yw/s320/IMG_2735.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> "Canceled" used to be a word that DC loved. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">School is canceled.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Work is canceled.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Baseball (or any sport related activity) is canceled.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">He liked baseball - <i>when he got there</i>, but was always happy to stay home if it rained.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">When something he was really looking forward to was canceled due to weather or any other reason - he was not happy with the word, but... in his mind, it meant that it was not my fault. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It wasn't me not letting him go for whatever reason - weather, illness, other plans.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"Canceled" was always a good word either for him or I depending on the circumstances.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Not any more.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">After this year of having everything he loved, canceled - he does not want to hear that any more.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Not that he was not happy to have a day off from work; I just could not use the word canceled.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"DC, you are going to stay home tomorrow because of all of the snow." (I could not use the word "storm" either)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Hoping he would accept just that without further explanation because he does love going to work - he stopped, stared at me and went directly to making plans!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Not a worry about work. Not a worry about when he would go back. His only worry was the Christmas lunch that was scheduled at his job for Friday.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">***</span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Mom! Computer tomorrow?”</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Mom! Peanut Butter toast in the morning”</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Mom! (Holding a jar of peanut butter) Smooth, unsalted peanut butter for me?” (we have to use the whole and proper name)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Mom! Decorate the cookies tomorrow?”</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Mom! Not to be nervous about the storm.”</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Mom! Pepperoni on sandwich for lunch.”</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/hehasplans?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZW2f53_GSBRzFJuGGz9Dv3JygeElNRn8s5WFmZE-d0HlBRvBjcfPEC4DBDoPHHoDy_-heDfFLMxFzeIzUv1Aq0ANp2_wEElVGt9i9b0_PYzrPwuzvEBXMixMBMQI_HSe8ap01PSXaSUvUb8TCHfIroIXkyATloPN2APcTyzLmFUBrG1ECfA5lj6N5BYCNs8_Kc&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; 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margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#StormPrep</a></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Snow Day List:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Peanut Butter Toast <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✅" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tba/1.5/16/2705.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Using “His” Peanut Butter <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✅" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tba/1.5/16/2705.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Computer <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✅" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tba/1.5/16/2705.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pepperoni Sandwich <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✅" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tba/1.5/16/2705.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nervous about the storm <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✅" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tba/1.5/16/2705.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Decorate the cookies <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✅" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tba/1.5/16/2705.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Eating the cookies was not on his list but he resolved that oversight.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEsd6Xr254qp_ldDev5tsjuy7nciZQWqXvVXYxOejta7N4KQSmkNopYVCEsaDdHOCgX5u7FDGaqiwXP9iWhxJeinAeyQO8gnb322htztqHRUc9QFiRwX_-tPKfsogirDWNZYsSogokwA/s1270/131670423_4919681821407632_5517948008204517671_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEsd6Xr254qp_ldDev5tsjuy7nciZQWqXvVXYxOejta7N4KQSmkNopYVCEsaDdHOCgX5u7FDGaqiwXP9iWhxJeinAeyQO8gnb322htztqHRUc9QFiRwX_-tPKfsogirDWNZYsSogokwA/s320/131670423_4919681821407632_5517948008204517671_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">So that went well...</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">The snow was cleared in time for his work party on Friday.</span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">I will reserve the right to use "canceled" for the times when I need to prove that it is not my fault, but until that has to happen, the word remains banned.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="border: 1pt none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-83603447660270273312020-12-13T12:11:00.002-05:002020-12-13T12:11:36.638-05:00Christmas Secrets <p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwubAaAFOT0PTtJmigZtfajEJbhjNsfeZsxzXKDQFdHGd2c5sdYFQnVM4ku4gwjaDKDjeZFRzfGPj3ViwgAArwMjFeXp_YrQLBjplu1PeFeQtPn8vBRiK9a3A4hhYMK3z-SmjpkwKzw6g/s1280/gift-4536515_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwubAaAFOT0PTtJmigZtfajEJbhjNsfeZsxzXKDQFdHGd2c5sdYFQnVM4ku4gwjaDKDjeZFRzfGPj3ViwgAArwMjFeXp_YrQLBjplu1PeFeQtPn8vBRiK9a3A4hhYMK3z-SmjpkwKzw6g/s320/gift-4536515_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;">DC and BB had another DBD Day Out when they went to the Mall for Christmas shopping the other night (Masks, distancing... the works). </span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since Christmas shopping was the planned activity for the evening, I asked DC who he was going to shop for (hint, hint). After telling me he was shopping for "DC" a few times, I finally got him to understand that he is supposed to be shopping for other people (hint, hint again). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finally he told me he was going to shop for me. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Don't judge. I have spent 29 years being "all of Christmas" - while "other people" mail 1 unwrapped DVD in an envelope without even a card < was I supposed to wrap it too?> It is nice to have DC think about me for a minute and be able to take credit for a gift he actually picked out).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">***</span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Knowing DC as I do and <b><i><a href="https://takingstep.com/2015/03/13/secrets-surprises-and-pizza/?fbclid=IwAR2Uc1jqT11qv7wWzbkTQPTA8l7B4iKYV8wTpCPM62xzrsUpV2U62AICAG8" target="_blank">his inability to keep a secret</a></i></b> - I reminded him that he can't tell me what he buys until Christmas. It is supposed to be a Christmas gift. It is supposed to be a secret.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you've been here a while, you know how well DC keeps secrets. He will tell you to "Shhhh it's a secret" as he is telling you the secret. Apparently in his mind, if he whispers said secret into my ear, it counts as keeping the secret.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">They had a nice time shopping.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">DC called a few times (spontaneous use of the phone!!!). Once to tell me that 'Sub-a-way' ran out of meatballs and he did not "freak out". </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">His usual subway order is meatball and pepperoni grinder with nothing else. Running out of meatballs has happened only 3 times in DC's lifetime. The first time DC came up against a meatball outage was not pretty - trust me. He finally opted for just pepperoni and bread. I believe that was also his order the next time they ran out of meatballs, which went a bit easier than the first time.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This time, he went for pepperoni with (wait for it) bacon, cheese, TOASTED with Honey Mustard!!!!! Hooo-LYYYY! He was proud of himself and I was proud of him (even though that combo really sounded disgusting to me).</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The moment DC walked through the door carrying the bag that Doug told him to leave in the car so I wouldn't see, DC handed me the bag and whispered, "Shhhh! It's a secret"....</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">No, I didn't look and Doug took it back to the car when he realized DC brought it in and I was holding it.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">****</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">After this one secret "stumble" on DC's part, to his credit I have not heard about the "Secret" again. He might just make it to Christmas!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><b>*******************</b></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="border: 1pt none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-47130888242757381282020-12-04T14:59:00.002-05:002021-03-06T18:46:20.834-05:00Quarantine Diaries: Part 22 - Thanksgiving, Christmas and Everything In-Between <p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">DC has already started making his Christmas list for Santa. It is on the "refrig-a-lator". This year:</span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bandaids</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frozen Princess Dolls (as if he didn't have each one 3 times over)</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jelly Beans</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">32 markers.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">He's upped his request from last year from 18 markers <b>(<i><a href="https://takingstep.com/2019/11/30/christmas-list-negotiations/" target="_blank">which then got reduced to 17</a></i>)</b> to 32.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">****</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto">I have always had some sort of block at spelling out loud. I don't know if my brain gets ahead of it self or what, but there are times when I just have to write it down to then spell something out loud for DC.</div><div dir="auto">With DC, it is the opposite; he can't hear it out loud but can read it when he write is down.</div><div dir="auto">Me: Guess where we are going tomorrow? </div><div dir="auto">DC: (Stops what he is doing and waits)</div><div dir="auto">Me: M.Y.S.T.I.C.</div><div dir="auto">DC: </div><div dir="auto">Me: M.Y.S.T.I.C. - What does that spell?</div><div dir="auto">DC: YMCA</div><div dir="auto">Me: (after we both laughed for awhile) Write it down.</div><div dir="auto">DC: (Screeching) Mystic! YES!!!!!</div><div dir="auto">****</div><div dir="auto"><span style="white-space: normal;">While in Mystic, DC opted for a change in his pizza order. He agreed to sausage and bacon on his pizza!!!</span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizILV9410K6HUFEtd18ICoo1EevElhQQg-cBPdcvrqDriV1C_pNgqgJYs9RIojzujXgzo34sMxFj70QhZ1L8BV4xCF4UONOo6pF0iDecEwcx2lJzgenmCJSRZO2RryAWsU55erOfGKAGw/s1270/125240774_4774379455937870_2227551067779640181_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizILV9410K6HUFEtd18ICoo1EevElhQQg-cBPdcvrqDriV1C_pNgqgJYs9RIojzujXgzo34sMxFj70QhZ1L8BV4xCF4UONOo6pF0iDecEwcx2lJzgenmCJSRZO2RryAWsU55erOfGKAGw/s320/125240774_4774379455937870_2227551067779640181_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="white-space: normal;">****</span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Our designated Zoom laptop decided to do never-ending updates right before the Camp Movie event. DC’s laptop doesn’t have a camera and neither does my PC. So we had to resort to his phone. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ihatecomputerupdates?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXwyfj6NitQC5OTl2mFMpQaM8qBRok5nEwd6OEknzu5oKBVThbwzIphlPjFV4SNhmhTHCrluThuwranO7Er4v3HEPuqEFbsXQvvQCIa2aj9tr27p6p-DnuCoNaTn3pyXyv2yRKe7pvYvt-vOBxiq8ihe2T5MJcRnsIftAcEre02cjMNca5WL6cMY-eMSxIDiiY&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#IHateComputerUpdates</a></span> </div><div dir="auto">He’s happy enough. Laughing loudly at </div><div dir="auto">Charlie Brown’s Thanksgiving. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/camp?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXwyfj6NitQC5OTl2mFMpQaM8qBRok5nEwd6OEknzu5oKBVThbwzIphlPjFV4SNhmhTHCrluThuwranO7Er4v3HEPuqEFbsXQvvQCIa2aj9tr27p6p-DnuCoNaTn3pyXyv2yRKe7pvYvt-vOBxiq8ihe2T5MJcRnsIftAcEre02cjMNca5WL6cMY-eMSxIDiiY&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Camp</a> </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQF1ltHke07-0FFTcMfFbcdaeLuJU75tT3QgNnaS7HelTF10yEJXU5BaXYJiIQFAMPbMdBrmkxFoZfurFFXRpJeIjfhmJkNeW7jfLNzTDenii-d_U1oAFqsMZCWuO2eQk_EegHfQlMGY/s1024/126048657_4805532619489220_3030456796332766767_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQF1ltHke07-0FFTcMfFbcdaeLuJU75tT3QgNnaS7HelTF10yEJXU5BaXYJiIQFAMPbMdBrmkxFoZfurFFXRpJeIjfhmJkNeW7jfLNzTDenii-d_U1oAFqsMZCWuO2eQk_EegHfQlMGY/s320/126048657_4805532619489220_3030456796332766767_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">****</span></div><div dir="auto">Apparently it’s a double mustache kind of a day. <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mustachesmakehimfeelbetter?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVF_KOFpPMIjPuWqUWbfe5AlE9OfJlUDHa95VFy9IN2HKrPaOrmXJjaU9Rry9pv6mw0yVpd6caAywKoOZcwLNrKdiwSG9Euw8JA7uDSe86-97Zo7TgxqGqf7Nyu9MOM5Q4ZQ3dGVR1Pgmu-OiabeIO8M18QAp59jjd214gT0t81AhOCCLPxP9n6E5OKbREx8K0&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkwALj4Mke-fpdYtmQL6tHGUoOyYPS6CfmAUqYZj8qiUF6XXR8rAeC-P5GgiVpDlgqZ0bUCw4p8Pz2CgJaJLbsvDN5_sqDpeUsnbU2uDQi05H-Ra8Yjk62KOJhp-VvbEgcjIQqhAKa4o/s912/127529492_4817378988304583_5521221718863265442_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkwALj4Mke-fpdYtmQL6tHGUoOyYPS6CfmAUqYZj8qiUF6XXR8rAeC-P5GgiVpDlgqZ0bUCw4p8Pz2CgJaJLbsvDN5_sqDpeUsnbU2uDQi05H-Ra8Yjk62KOJhp-VvbEgcjIQqhAKa4o/s320/127529492_4817378988304583_5521221718863265442_n.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="white-space: normal;">****</span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">DC’s aunt dropped off another “keep him busy during the pandemic” bag (complete with a rather large candy bar). </div><div dir="auto">It was still technically morning when she dropped it off so I told him he had to wait until after lunch.</div><div dir="auto">He then followed me around stating “Aunt ‘Lee-za’ give it to me” just to e sure I didn’t forget that it was still there and still his.</div><div dir="auto">He got to have it after lunch. The note said he was supposed to share with me and Doug, but Doug wasn’t here, so he missed out.</div><div dir="auto">Yesterday he worked on the other things in the bag. He’s always been good with markers but I have to say that he is pretty good with a paint brush too!</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0l7XdPZJxXwRpfbrl_YRjTNZPeWzTZ4bSN20VmaGt-g0cYsN2t-ws9dUhRW4iDv4K5gQWLErjsPlKNC4Gsf7vkKq95LtyjlgoDEnaPaSNxEMBF9uIe-Tb_-n3F9MShRcTOy510oR6AE/s1440/127155738_4822878877754594_6901581830894912020_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1078" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0l7XdPZJxXwRpfbrl_YRjTNZPeWzTZ4bSN20VmaGt-g0cYsN2t-ws9dUhRW4iDv4K5gQWLErjsPlKNC4Gsf7vkKq95LtyjlgoDEnaPaSNxEMBF9uIe-Tb_-n3F9MShRcTOy510oR6AE/s320/127155738_4822878877754594_6901581830894912020_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2Xh8NrJ-Ux_0XO6dasw6ULwNQDWaCv2M-06n-ZUbvLB3byqa-ZQZ8igTJa7bJgdUZsxjjutt_U7LhIcx4vyuPIEi3-mZxvbG4rMQeYf1upLOVOxm-OpSD94oZbV_IRy9h13_Qol1y88/s1440/127151160_4822878871087928_296938076723677982_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1078" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2Xh8NrJ-Ux_0XO6dasw6ULwNQDWaCv2M-06n-ZUbvLB3byqa-ZQZ8igTJa7bJgdUZsxjjutt_U7LhIcx4vyuPIEi3-mZxvbG4rMQeYf1upLOVOxm-OpSD94oZbV_IRy9h13_Qol1y88/s320/127151160_4822878871087928_296938076723677982_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnj5I7xBwmgtdmSFYvmzJSy4hAa6Pbz6js5qQhvuxNepC5wPtUWJdCMWJZy5fa8fKOlqAN-ctf_TGN71snvxtNJn4tQOQAtSuJXt3DEwMvQOWY3pLEcsfTrFwq8NQQlDraTQ9uOCp8Oc/s1440/125885794_4822878874421261_8642031288711402599_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnj5I7xBwmgtdmSFYvmzJSy4hAa6Pbz6js5qQhvuxNepC5wPtUWJdCMWJZy5fa8fKOlqAN-ctf_TGN71snvxtNJn4tQOQAtSuJXt3DEwMvQOWY3pLEcsfTrFwq8NQQlDraTQ9uOCp8Oc/s320/125885794_4822878874421261_8642031288711402599_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZSU9hUveTaZ0w8f-FZKEskaZIriatbrUO2W4yMMWP6suVBWPn6H7UE60GusrnvrPpjR8F3IfL-pHusghogsmjkpZuFcxoRW4TznEpnxKZy61vjdcboGJx9jX69aPDXBoIE6fRDXm5YU/s1440/126509576_4822878864421262_8791817777902613642_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1078" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZSU9hUveTaZ0w8f-FZKEskaZIriatbrUO2W4yMMWP6suVBWPn6H7UE60GusrnvrPpjR8F3IfL-pHusghogsmjkpZuFcxoRW4TznEpnxKZy61vjdcboGJx9jX69aPDXBoIE6fRDXm5YU/s320/126509576_4822878864421262_8791817777902613642_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JEQmLEvYYrB5HyDSnBJjcd77P0-R4GLXqm63mFsqHZL5w6QN7ewJXnS7O2uQ4eS2oJRGRQQALuoLlaQ1ddnMpRaUhSF_6Mb_34dY3qhPoi1cSCmT6XWzxhi722hNbjg6DdCeiOW2wAM/s1440/127115381_4822878867754595_7980716496958586596_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1078" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JEQmLEvYYrB5HyDSnBJjcd77P0-R4GLXqm63mFsqHZL5w6QN7ewJXnS7O2uQ4eS2oJRGRQQALuoLlaQ1ddnMpRaUhSF_6Mb_34dY3qhPoi1cSCmT6XWzxhi722hNbjg6DdCeiOW2wAM/s320/127115381_4822878867754595_7980716496958586596_o.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>****</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">“Mom, I do not like stuffing. I do not like mashed ‘tomatoes’ (potatoes), I don’t like soup”</div><div dir="auto">I know all of this but he continued to tell me as I was cooking.</div><div dir="auto">So for him, a turkey leg (as there must be bones), microwave French fries (because we can)and rolls .. lots of rolls.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdLXYTsWN1hmf_3TN4VHl0IzUZGCTTE-ih_rakmELKxj2N1hr42jdZP6VDY4_QJoWNwUiW6ZZsp7PRSFJYc-f6c-z4cp-74jTFXkqxK6uezND13XoWgQztuPqLW9TbffJldzJXhe0Uc8/s1440/127180033_4827773257265156_7650320285515682349_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1078" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdLXYTsWN1hmf_3TN4VHl0IzUZGCTTE-ih_rakmELKxj2N1hr42jdZP6VDY4_QJoWNwUiW6ZZsp7PRSFJYc-f6c-z4cp-74jTFXkqxK6uezND13XoWgQztuPqLW9TbffJldzJXhe0Uc8/s320/127180033_4827773257265156_7650320285515682349_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFP3CTDQIuQMNvdYZE8iz4OpaG-zgGPQVcmDcQrVLbC6zv-E97iI-dFh_jG_pe7ayFXd4WxRHq3UgsXCJNHw8MJKe7ykmdR71RHNlBab-I_hy_kPUmCcmsqRDNhTYAhwL7UOm-Nql19mo/s1270/128183805_4827773233931825_5359683636303300477_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFP3CTDQIuQMNvdYZE8iz4OpaG-zgGPQVcmDcQrVLbC6zv-E97iI-dFh_jG_pe7ayFXd4WxRHq3UgsXCJNHw8MJKe7ykmdR71RHNlBab-I_hy_kPUmCcmsqRDNhTYAhwL7UOm-Nql19mo/s320/128183805_4827773233931825_5359683636303300477_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">****</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">It took me a minute to figure out what DC was writing... He got pretty close!</div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/substitutiarylocomotion?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWIIkqB-vIu_zJh8ElsZrXTkmtriAwdy1LmyufJH5Q0V-457ezwIP31qWYv_O9N5FqsW_cXl2GxwAW6tSp8DlOKzRVMIFurxSQ5irjaIjO--lmJwAzacLQ5QCEW1lXtKvn1qg0VAzcZ4PY1xDSeSC5kE5WWY1OEf0tkWXrxd-2IFZrTilEDyT308HZrMhZ2L0o&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Substitutiarylocomotion</a></span> </div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bedknobsandbroomsticks?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWIIkqB-vIu_zJh8ElsZrXTkmtriAwdy1LmyufJH5Q0V-457ezwIP31qWYv_O9N5FqsW_cXl2GxwAW6tSp8DlOKzRVMIFurxSQ5irjaIjO--lmJwAzacLQ5QCEW1lXtKvn1qg0VAzcZ4PY1xDSeSC5kE5WWY1OEf0tkWXrxd-2IFZrTilEDyT308HZrMhZ2L0o&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Bedknobsandbroomsticks</a></span> </div><div dir="auto">“Treguna Mekoides Tracorum Satis Dee” <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/alldisneyallofthetime?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWIIkqB-vIu_zJh8ElsZrXTkmtriAwdy1LmyufJH5Q0V-457ezwIP31qWYv_O9N5FqsW_cXl2GxwAW6tSp8DlOKzRVMIFurxSQ5irjaIjO--lmJwAzacLQ5QCEW1lXtKvn1qg0VAzcZ4PY1xDSeSC5kE5WWY1OEf0tkWXrxd-2IFZrTilEDyT308HZrMhZ2L0o&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#alldisneyallofthetime</a></span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaV97lRSzapfhOclzfh1c7E9-q6syd-0k5MtdCfWp6c_k-o8yRJrTErkI_ge8uAE3PF4fqJWCv4cOQPRX4cOYJ5vpovP_rj6FTZO1B3q3rc5-mYRyyGi8sFnR5SYlyu99YZn6i2VUX3GQ/s1440/128162417_4847630288612786_5019389968993606416_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1424" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaV97lRSzapfhOclzfh1c7E9-q6syd-0k5MtdCfWp6c_k-o8yRJrTErkI_ge8uAE3PF4fqJWCv4cOQPRX4cOYJ5vpovP_rj6FTZO1B3q3rc5-mYRyyGi8sFnR5SYlyu99YZn6i2VUX3GQ/s320/128162417_4847630288612786_5019389968993606416_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">****</div><div dir="auto">DC is a happy guy today. The “hair-dishonier ” (air conditioner) came out. It was a hard decision but I finally decided it was time. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/isithotinhereorisitjustme?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUwsNa10ndxTGALd3Wf6h6neg0YlyZVmnEV3v-saGMm97tbLFmDWx8dpknIVIukrQJpGKhrzKI7ycj-_MOlWghnZOQER1DQvWNNFnon84MA9y2VWqzQ9cmIHsps1OufuT4Cthy1yuKpY6a1q7Lh6j9_1f0vDHYRo5kiwEGj1HQ31TVmr8mmmfNxzDkG8vAQXvM&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#isithotinhereorisitjustme</a></span> </div><div dir="auto">DC: Mom, DC is feeling happy.</div><div dir="auto">****</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving! </div><div dir="auto">DC, as predicted set his sights on Christmas around 6pm on Thanksgiving.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><b>*******************</b></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="border: 1pt none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div></div></div>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-52828922765181328892020-10-23T11:43:00.002-04:002020-10-23T11:43:51.983-04:00Quarantine Diaries: Part 20 - More DC Being DC (and me being me)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">As much as we have had all of that new <b><i><a href="https://takingstep.com/2020/09/25/quarantine-diaries-part-18-the-anxiety/" target="_blank">anxiety</a></i></b> spring up over the pandemic and being home for so long, he has also seemed to settle in to this routine (or non-routine) faster than I ever imagined. Staying at home has become the norm rather quickly. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I know this probably does not make any sense at all. He's anxious but has settled in - at the same time. I do not know know else to explain it.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">August...</b></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I remember responding to a status a few weeks back (I don’t know what day it is so you really can’t expect me to remember who I was “taking” to).</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Their child was obsessing over Halloween. What would it be like this year? Would it be cancelled?</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I remember saying that thankfully (and oddly) Halloween hadn’t occurred to DC; probably because he hasn’t been so calendar oriented over that past few months. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Well... I spoke too soon. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Sigh <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😔" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tca/1.5/16/1f614.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Has anyone come up with a 2020 Halloween plan? I mean - I really don’t want to be wiping down 200 individual pieces of candy from the trick or treat bag. <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎃" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tdf/1.5/16/1f383.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">****</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">September:</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Words I Never Expected To Hear:</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I had nightmares last night/this morning and was having a hard time getting back to sleep. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I was trying to be as quiet as possible because although DC has been sleeping later during this pandemic, he is ready to jump out of bed the moment he hears a sound from me. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Any sound and he catapults out of bed, especially if there is the slightest hint of light outside.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>As quiet as I was trying to be; he heard me. It was getting light outside. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>“Mom! Go back to sleep!”</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>He gave his order and did not even wait to see if I was going to adhere to it before he went right back to sleep!</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I know this doesn’t sound like a big thing but trust me - it is.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Normally (when he’s sleeping in his room instead of the couch), I have to stop in his room first to tell him I’m only up to use the bathroom - every time I get up or he would be out of bed and ready for the day at any time of night if he hears me.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Progress...</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYKUqqOHaqw9MYiCoQryzcU7n21dWr2bQ9MLy-VhzL6paBwMavzhK9htjdHtSjqP01o3holrfmVtmR_YH-5Nu7hEpkeDHHk6zO5FicKm3-gMozuErhGZjH00MEgujGv0cci3Qu3vl4kU/s1270/119457646_4479326635443155_7963076177372603311_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYKUqqOHaqw9MYiCoQryzcU7n21dWr2bQ9MLy-VhzL6paBwMavzhK9htjdHtSjqP01o3holrfmVtmR_YH-5Nu7hEpkeDHHk6zO5FicKm3-gMozuErhGZjH00MEgujGv0cci3Qu3vl4kU/s320/119457646_4479326635443155_7963076177372603311_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><i><span style="white-space: normal;">(You all know that DC slaps on a fake mustache when he is having a bad day) - Practically woke up with a mustache on. I had to go to the office (that will do it for me) and he had to come with me. </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: normal; width: 16px;"><img alt="😩" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tee/1.5/16/1f629.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span style="white-space: normal;"> - I don’t blame him.</span><br style="white-space: normal;" /><span style="white-space: normal;">I could have used a mustache too but he won’t lend me one.</span><br style="white-space: normal;" /><span style="white-space: normal;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl oo9gr5id gpro0wi8 lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mustacheday?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZW9WujhjSXgsWuVN8HJI5Yx88XKmHCUxmXnlFS25zOxbybBKFQ9LtT6pnNcMyVmFtAq2COCj5WBTsEOtNvFu2_HAcKRPxFeZ0J4hYjbYcH7s9kOvb6eAyN-Hfm1GbMV7S0oEDyJAbAqTdXQuN1GbNE2aXvG-onIapQDslgmQWWPL4Uv7bhDCFst7PubSRzd4eM&__tn__=*NK*F" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC, telling me the story of the walk we took today (I was there)</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC: I was doing the walking. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Mom and me.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I walked and walked and walked.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I walked up the hill and there was a fart.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/isnttherealways?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV69O4p9OCLJNzmm4bgBepV34Oc-K4pBXjWGBBomzhh0hiWoB2BlAFCYxL-jgUKE59QmhYzG0BENEISHuyJhM0IMZ2VruYTWH3dWG1aNJPqaG16eycIjefQl9SkMHtzQXTISrFpzBH6BazhiqyZkdBOyUmIJmH69hTDVDq9aojb0H4WyllenbMcEDsmxDtelEM&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#IsntThereAlways</a></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/boys?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV69O4p9OCLJNzmm4bgBepV34Oc-K4pBXjWGBBomzhh0hiWoB2BlAFCYxL-jgUKE59QmhYzG0BENEISHuyJhM0IMZ2VruYTWH3dWG1aNJPqaG16eycIjefQl9SkMHtzQXTISrFpzBH6BazhiqyZkdBOyUmIJmH69hTDVDq9aojb0H4WyllenbMcEDsmxDtelEM&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Boys</a></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Out to lunch today. Normally as soon as DC is finished, he begins haunting us to use the restroom; only because he is done eating and is now bored.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>If you’ve haven’t been tortured with waiting outside the door for DC to get out of the restroom because he is in there singing show tunes or revisiting the Wizard of Oz script, then you don’t have any idea of how much we hold our breath hoping he will not ask to go.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>He started his routine:</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>“I .... I ... I .. want to .... I ... want to ... want to ... I .... want to .... (wait for it)</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Go to the dollar store”</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>We were so shocked and relieved that of course we took him to the dollar store.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Well played, DC. Well played.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><i>DC’s Dad just sent him a case - not just a ream; a case of white paper, band-aids and sharpies (to make up for the 3d puzzle he sent that I couldn't even do - <not really to make up for it. I'm joking> but seriously I was ready to throw it out the door and stomp on it. Those need to be done by someone with a lot better eyesight than me <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😂" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t29/1.5/16/1f602.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😂" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t29/1.5/16/1f602.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😂" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t29/1.5/16/1f602.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>).</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>You probably all heard the screaming from where you are when he opened these packages! </i></div><div dir="auto"><i>Perfect timing - he is HAPPY! <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/paper?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXDRR1lXRBujVSM25DwTqxFdpNoQ35qg9dYk9nuS5UTGlRcUAcMUSU0RXuJG2e03SE_co3qbhaEHy7Ym1M23Btw1_3MaSssFuK_DQdh5JHHCJqNfMOje9yVkQGFKszTGHXOCbSYgMHcu1BDgu3GgWk0mjdbdzhreRxIpBNyjn8IrgPMF4q9_qKuDFtHKabyfds&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Paper</a></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bandaids?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXDRR1lXRBujVSM25DwTqxFdpNoQ35qg9dYk9nuS5UTGlRcUAcMUSU0RXuJG2e03SE_co3qbhaEHy7Ym1M23Btw1_3MaSssFuK_DQdh5JHHCJqNfMOje9yVkQGFKszTGHXOCbSYgMHcu1BDgu3GgWk0mjdbdzhreRxIpBNyjn8IrgPMF4q9_qKuDFtHKabyfds&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Bandaids</a></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/markers?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXDRR1lXRBujVSM25DwTqxFdpNoQ35qg9dYk9nuS5UTGlRcUAcMUSU0RXuJG2e03SE_co3qbhaEHy7Ym1M23Btw1_3MaSssFuK_DQdh5JHHCJqNfMOje9yVkQGFKszTGHXOCbSYgMHcu1BDgu3GgWk0mjdbdzhreRxIpBNyjn8IrgPMF4q9_qKuDFtHKabyfds&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Markers</a></span></i></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>****</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Early October:</b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC’s old “All of Oz” costume came in handy. Waiting a week or two to get pumpkins so they will make it to Halloween. Can’t wait for the mums to bloom! (Yes, I stink at scarecrows - I can’t ever get the head to stay on, so he’s headless).</i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>I kept singing "Do you want to build a scarecrow" at DC but he wasn't finding me as hilarious as I was finding myself. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>OZ is second to Disney to DC... maybe even tied. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/allozallofthetime?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWBGRRo9qSNFODfEBeJbNWtUZwRGPNfirDkf0o323zXJ-5ZhVG_KJm-OeP2nN0HsNT7600MEDh1xvA97DgH_VpxJbVZiyGArIJh64Ap6k8U4J-JxfumDcknOSWhaSLZPpnonAFxdHNfnmnCQ9BqTwMTwwp_wktv6CsTiDlQbnlmq4jDPVXw8J1aPQ6bkbqmfTM&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#AllOzAllOfTheTime</a></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCN7O3FmT9iIl1GYBC7dby-WMyct8zpmptyrgJnXxvCkNYB8Ep08I2YLYNwhzsFqF_t68VNPPLP78LCZ27UDnaQzYFoCgEo6t28Oy6ADF1fABQOMlquvmB1zxp4e9l1Dj-L5iRQZTtHu0/s1440/120552890_4574444919264659_6553723815911508675_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>We really don't know what Halloween will look like this year but I better think of something because DC is READY! I don't know if he can face another cancelled activity or disappointment this year. </i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>We Will Come Up With Something! Trust Me!</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>***</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">You all know that Halloween is always a post of it's own! We will talk about it then.</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">DC did start back at his day program as well (a few days per week) and we will talk about that very soon.</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">See you then,</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vickie and DC</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b>*******************</b></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="border: 1pt none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></div></div>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-26780601862658104382020-10-14T13:10:00.004-04:002020-11-22T10:40:39.174-05:00Ridiculous <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mDjs0m8I3jVMW6TQxuna3mjNpuYlrM87hzAk__VSHOmDlVYaV4Ni3XbdAoFuEnzRPCXZEcQannI8p_MR7X27CgHBJABdTI2RGoEJ6SpqI2a36lhk8lTldmPySnVUeSZ3EGpX_q77bO4/s1280/lunchbox-311570_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mDjs0m8I3jVMW6TQxuna3mjNpuYlrM87hzAk__VSHOmDlVYaV4Ni3XbdAoFuEnzRPCXZEcQannI8p_MR7X27CgHBJABdTI2RGoEJ6SpqI2a36lhk8lTldmPySnVUeSZ3EGpX_q77bO4/s320/lunchbox-311570_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p><i>Salli's*</i> mother texted this morning looking to see if Salli left her lunchbox in my car yesterday. DC and Salli went back to their program last week. Salli goes every day, DC only 3 days per week for now.</p><p>(We will talk about this later)</p><p>Before anyone gets their back up; my car was wiped down and sprayed before Salli got in and again after Salli got out. Masks were worn by all and windows were open for ventilation.</p><p>Anyway...</p><p>I checked my car. It was there. I brought it into the house and texted <i>Tonya*</i> that we would drop it off on their porch some time today.</p><p>I did not put the lunchbox on DC's "sitting chair".</p><p>I did not put the lunchbox on DC's "book holding chair".</p><p>I did not place the lunchbox on the left side (his side) of the kitchen table.</p><p>I put the lunchbox on the right side of the table. It was close to the middle, but more to the right.</p><p>I left the room to get ready to do our errands and drop it on Salli's porch.</p><p>Apparently the middle of the table was not a good pick in DC's eyes. The middle of the kitchen floor was much better.</p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>After finding DC's friend's lunchbox in the middle of the kitchen floor after I put it on the table (Apparently he was preparing the space for his laptop, pile of paper, markers, band-aids and DVD's later in the day.)</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>ME: DC, Why is this in the middle of the floor? Don't you think that is a little bit ridiculous? </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC: I am sorry to be "dic-less"</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>That is all.</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div><p>I'm the Mom so I am not supposed to laugh.</p><p>I did.</p><p>A lot!</p><p>He came back at me a few more times to "apollo-gize" the same way.</p><p>Fortunately he stopped apologizing by the time we left the house.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b>*******************</b></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-83590519732175972692020-09-25T15:05:00.000-04:002020-09-25T15:05:22.973-04:00Quarantine Diaries: Part 19 - On-line Camp<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AYEhi0q6AyV7rEsYmSk3NuxaKD39LadEAROwl_CPGKoIKWHJuXdJWybe_3XqMDE4CsbaHqZbUp6AdY4glfdJDl1qVzT6LjWrQ8QOfWxDFQWf3x9xbXWzifUJJmqy25LveXEqrPhu7ek/s1920/video-conference-5167472_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AYEhi0q6AyV7rEsYmSk3NuxaKD39LadEAROwl_CPGKoIKWHJuXdJWybe_3XqMDE4CsbaHqZbUp6AdY4glfdJDl1qVzT6LjWrQ8QOfWxDFQWf3x9xbXWzifUJJmqy25LveXEqrPhu7ek/s320/video-conference-5167472_1920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>After our free-for-all zoom experiences with DC's day program, I did not know what to expect when it came time for virtual camp.</p><p>Obviously I knew that the Camp directors would put much more thought into camp than his program put into their zoom meetings, but still - I didn't know just how this would work.</p><p>I have to say. It was impressive!</p><p>The premise:</p><p>The schedule was made for each camping group (the same groups campers are broken up in at real life camp - with their group leaders and usually either the assistant director or director) to log in for two activities per day.</p><p>Camp was held three days per week and by the end of the week, the campers would have completed a full day of camp.</p><p>They went though all of the activities that they would have done during a day of real life camp.</p><p><b>Monday:</b></p><p>DC signed in for Arts and Crafts at 11:15.</p><p>Break for lunch.</p><p>Sign back in for Indoor Rec at 12:45.</p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Because we’ have talked so much about how bored DC is during this lockdown, he has now begun using it as a way to get out of anything he doesn’t want to do. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Virtual camp starts today and because his only experience with Zoom meetings so far has been with his day program, which are boring and unorganized free-for-alls - he is not looking forward to camp (I know he will change his mind once there because theirs will be structured activities) - Until he realizes that they won’t be like his day program, he will continue to try to get out of it by repeating: “Mom, I’m boring” over and over again.</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9JikcQ2_6tXMfJfWd3Mxw79EqA1yUrLj4XTHWw-uA3kAFvZ3eUGTkolhTJOp2ipxG1cP42D7CNo4QEdeap-MQwTEL628BSe9m94p0ZtM0l6WaPpAkuw0jIZ2n_OhS_66REmNdvKdqMc/s1270/83416302_4107907782585044_2395107192461583526_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9JikcQ2_6tXMfJfWd3Mxw79EqA1yUrLj4XTHWw-uA3kAFvZ3eUGTkolhTJOp2ipxG1cP42D7CNo4QEdeap-MQwTEL628BSe9m94p0ZtM0l6WaPpAkuw0jIZ2n_OhS_66REmNdvKdqMc/s320/83416302_4107907782585044_2395107192461583526_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHV25IrOMPvK8a09tfCO11W5BTfonNXypk_z2KQPi5rdXZkPL3khwbzdeOoStyaFCNcab8vziCKj2sOPoZvSD8EnucDCsDKzSxMVoEQQfO0GTo0lpfaMq5WXoHxHCBuDAZH2WHmCAAQlI/s1270/106675175_4107907795918376_2202532210377627263_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHV25IrOMPvK8a09tfCO11W5BTfonNXypk_z2KQPi5rdXZkPL3khwbzdeOoStyaFCNcab8vziCKj2sOPoZvSD8EnucDCsDKzSxMVoEQQfO0GTo0lpfaMq5WXoHxHCBuDAZH2WHmCAAQlI/s320/106675175_4107907795918376_2202532210377627263_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></span></p><blockquote><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virtual Camp - Arts and Crafts (or as you all know in DC speak, “Hearts and Craps"). He looks traumatized, doesn’t he? NOT! He laughed and giggled the whole time (see earlier post) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/virtualcamp?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVvjLEZ6xuZxP_Loq5Tevm7ulp_elEE9DvVF2CtpZAiBUfOGbSIxBsweO5imxczf-Z9hN3amgcmbol3J3t3SOy2u4hsb9_lCrVyHHY8FtZARf0-m_Ns1zmsSTzDIZsvJJM-wKO7eSMG5ciRSbcD1BxnTc93TzQPG98mA-cLpa5qS0YJfauQH7gHAfpoe2M4nsc&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#VirtualCamp</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> success!</span></i></blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p></p><p><b>Wednesday:</b></p><p>Music at 11:15</p><p>Break for lunch</p><p>Outdoor Rec 12:45</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>There's nothing better than music in DC-land</i></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/puB54w3jV_Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="puB54w3jV_Y"></iframe></div><br /><p>In-between all of the daily camp activities; on Tuesday and Thursday nights they had "Camp Special Days"</p><p><b>Disney Day:</b></p><p><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span></i></p><blockquote><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Tonight is Disney Night at virtual camp. If you thought participating virtually would keep him from dressing up; you thought wrong. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl oo9gr5id gpro0wi8 lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/alldisneyallofthetime?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUcWku7BT8pmYbE8h_6N2kbR_zPdnYhA8XFqc_IRXKHvzlP6aY1SUNXpvQEyJoTsRFL3KOStTJni38vfic9rZPPK-DDKz-ZnKbGBzqAD0onaByDi8IpCeMtkJZrFZRdbvPPioGzJynmL46lyPABmcq9YqDSx0eweD1yFknlSNR387urtORHIXq8tk1LG-NLhLc&__tn__=*NK*F" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#AllDisneyAllOfTheTime</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span></i></blockquote><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span></i><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm81rBb7vLP4RixcRyczQ7QMTMYfFxgW-RmpdAQA5LWQRvhZ6FObh3_Zr-j1W8YNgY0YVFo5WHFbbNJYv3Lw9bLRmU5mLog0xlAajRkKxOgHqTI1KsRBeBg-o89hlBxkk8Y93-bP6DsM8/s960/107797147_4146571705385318_8082799558186422221_n+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm81rBb7vLP4RixcRyczQ7QMTMYfFxgW-RmpdAQA5LWQRvhZ6FObh3_Zr-j1W8YNgY0YVFo5WHFbbNJYv3Lw9bLRmU5mLog0xlAajRkKxOgHqTI1KsRBeBg-o89hlBxkk8Y93-bP6DsM8/s320/107797147_4146571705385318_8082799558186422221_n+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><blockquote><i>Phew! It was shaky for a little while as I was running around rebooting modems and trying to connect with any device in the house, thinking our internet was the problem - while DC got more upset by the second. But we finally got in and had fun at Disney night at virtual camp. (He had his costume on a full hour ahead of time so I didn’t want to be the one to tell him he couldn’t attend - phew again!)</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUebQplm3uP_CBTC8WxK3b1oiTObMUpcvHqHn7BUsouUCLEsMRShf8rTZsEMLqVD15Ife0AX2uPmWcNudWr_o51U41uxoFLtK4Xppee_4VGmbaxgIIzjZbJktKpZLqhpsGLHWLNTLCFsI/s1270/107108716_4146594235383065_7642659085266664936_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUebQplm3uP_CBTC8WxK3b1oiTObMUpcvHqHn7BUsouUCLEsMRShf8rTZsEMLqVD15Ife0AX2uPmWcNudWr_o51U41uxoFLtK4Xppee_4VGmbaxgIIzjZbJktKpZLqhpsGLHWLNTLCFsI/s320/107108716_4146594235383065_7642659085266664936_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLduVd_jTHXhpvz0kPLtqGyVrThfLJOhiWwlqlTjnMpNZDmQVXY4BJ4nNif8ypz1fUd3Zhp2ezvvJ8GKhEqoTRjBviZ-9y0QbrnFY2Z2LyiXdZn5T6knreEKWZZot6KkFKRWrx-3muiB8/s1270/107330688_4146594248716397_4968052133567149763_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLduVd_jTHXhpvz0kPLtqGyVrThfLJOhiWwlqlTjnMpNZDmQVXY4BJ4nNif8ypz1fUd3Zhp2ezvvJ8GKhEqoTRjBviZ-9y0QbrnFY2Z2LyiXdZn5T6knreEKWZZot6KkFKRWrx-3muiB8/s320/107330688_4146594248716397_4968052133567149763_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Things I have learned at DC’s online camp this week...</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC often mentions someone named “Par-ee-ka”. He has mentioned this person for years. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>This week I discovered that “Par-ee-ka” is actually the assistant director, Rebecca.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/themoreweknow?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVpfrqsHZrT_rTafNIhXYpAtSj16IBpFNur1IxTBOLDcS3awLF8Pzca0SEKXLB2bBJCPaZkmcvQLrn8oqa0IlWYIUY3PvYBDOtO0V9gvrupgDyEnUSFroEBY38LqMJ3Y-sRdm2yjtwSxKFOgikSIBbjJwOvcYHMrNa-CM8gpITaxI5lAuKWUGt0ol5fEfRWRRE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcDQdWsUTRk3kVElJkhTl0rWzvqfNIagmLEsgQmoXY9m_axUkVWDKTvjQbjST_nHIETzHGstGLgSBwQUe0xqAushSVxpH5SGSBQnYPgzm-kIFBhR7BZFClnv-5TEJtUBBDdmVPUbCx2I/s320/107768744_4171509282891560_6496809387520585361_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><blockquote><i> Or should we say "Hearts and Crabs"?</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_MPEWFnteTsiJwoTX3acLa55_elfvbIZKivza56eNtQ9UB9TKH6JDjAuzwe0LbY7cIEs-yV2rLeTKs3n-O_4Ca-HDYQDqr0m5iaHPSKaPkchzHqLXkaesNDtLNNNKfcC67nbH2eVdMo/s1270/109826840_4204257742950047_9100557176408452403_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_MPEWFnteTsiJwoTX3acLa55_elfvbIZKivza56eNtQ9UB9TKH6JDjAuzwe0LbY7cIEs-yV2rLeTKs3n-O_4Ca-HDYQDqr0m5iaHPSKaPkchzHqLXkaesNDtLNNNKfcC67nbH2eVdMo/s320/109826840_4204257742950047_9100557176408452403_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I don't think the dragon was supposed to be purple but you know... in this house, of course it would be purple.</blockquote><p>*** </p><p></p></i></div><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div dir="auto"><i>Monday on-line camp - Indoor Rec</i></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Playing "would you rather".</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>We had determined that DC would rather be a super hero than whatever the other option he was given.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Camp Counselor: DC, what Superhero would you want to be?</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC: Anthony.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Camp Counselor (and me) Who is Anthony?</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DC: Anthony Wiggles!</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thewiggleswillnevergoaway?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVksjTYGWweRBnBRPl95Hj1mV-z8xLksvUGfE7cdRv5-THFrKrlI9lFIoimRrml2WyZBJkhwzyCRsgujx-oa0RWy6NsEPy07viiERZ9Y6-MfFHoFRzFdXr4qEKU4M9qL-aIDTmdvipLFqAqVG7i3Ds8t1fpTpgN4S2T__78tW4NNpPPWpwBkvxaCiS18eMa0Sk&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><i>#TheWigglesWillNeverGoAway</i></a></span></div></blockquote><p>***</p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>DC is getting ready for Camp Music.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>He has tortured them over the last two weeks by choosing songs from Anastasia. Not only is the movie 23 years old, but not being "Disney" makes it not as popular as some of the Disney choices he could have made. The only person who seems to know these songs is 'Par-ee-ka', the assistant director.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Hoping to get a different thought in his head before camp started, I asked him that maybe he wanted to suggest "Here Comes The Sun" (Beatles, but also Disney's Parent Trap) this week. I had to try to come up with something that is 1. Well known and 2. Known to DC - that seemed to fit.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>DC: NO! Paris Holds The Key To Your Heart!</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>He already had his pick in his head and yes... <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/anastasia?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWGaE2ibWCwYvp1IlHqQqFOfvz4eDAFDn4jGVU6YcVVJecwNvjSuGHB6eQK4X89O1OWYxJP5d4ImLl_Sl-5qllTgYGC7vF_ts63RHDYF6nxHw094_Fnqjdj7ooK5vCYd_OXmqAmBxsg2sTvmqluLLzfocPU8gGU-cAoVnvtDIDj9CA95uQlC-GvqPlWcMEFBuQ&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Anastasia</a></span>.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/sorrydgroup?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWGaE2ibWCwYvp1IlHqQqFOfvz4eDAFDn4jGVU6YcVVJecwNvjSuGHB6eQK4X89O1OWYxJP5d4ImLl_Sl-5qllTgYGC7vF_ts63RHDYF6nxHw094_Fnqjdj7ooK5vCYd_OXmqAmBxsg2sTvmqluLLzfocPU8gGU-cAoVnvtDIDj9CA95uQlC-GvqPlWcMEFBuQ&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#SorryDGroup</a></span> I tried!</i></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></div></div><p><br /></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/thewiggleswillnevergoaway?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVksjTYGWweRBnBRPl95Hj1mV-z8xLksvUGfE7cdRv5-THFrKrlI9lFIoimRrml2WyZBJkhwzyCRsgujx-oa0RWy6NsEPy07viiERZ9Y6-MfFHoFRzFdXr4qEKU4M9qL-aIDTmdvipLFqAqVG7i3Ds8t1fpTpgN4S2T__78tW4NNpPPWpwBkvxaCiS18eMa0Sk&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>We did not know that it was Hat Day this morning for music (for those who have been here awhile, you know it is one of his favorite days), but he’s ready with hat for outdoor rec this afternoon!</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/hatday?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVTHe2bhQt3FOEKC_DT-tPkXkKk-C15TLn8LQvzEv-AnueVy9QjsIgHf5KHI2vWuYPe-ZbC_r6th0SBz2hq1rOPi3JsEVyM34uK2BfB_2nEQV36OGgHtVa_rtsGqibrjAsCn53Dnvemzjwh93Rq5SrLTaDFPMbcqt6ydF82qXXyf11w5BeZPHBjUxXcfC2WGjg&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><i></i></a></span></div><p><b> Outdoor Rec:</b></p><p>There were games, like Simon Says but DC's favorite outdoor rec day was the dance party.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6OX0ViLl92s" width="320" youtube-src-id="6OX0ViLl92s"></iframe></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><i></i></span></p><blockquote><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Outdoor Rec/Dance Party - I think we’ll never be free of this song. DC loves it, though.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">…</span></i></blockquote><p>What an excellent job they did with camp this summer. I was really impressed.</p><p>DC loved seeing his friends and enjoyed every bit of it. </p><p>He was very sad to have missed the entire last week of camp due to the power outage after the storm.</p><p>We have just been notified that the annual Halloween party will be a virtual party as well.</p><p>So he has something to look forward to.</p><p>***</p><p>Quarantine Diaries - <b><i><a href="https://takingstep.com/quarantine-diaries/" target="_blank">All</a></i></b> </p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b>*******************</b></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="border: 1pt none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><p></p><p><br /></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/themoreweknow?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVpfrqsHZrT_rTafNIhXYpAtSj16IBpFNur1IxTBOLDcS3awLF8Pzca0SEKXLB2bBJCPaZkmcvQLrn8oqa0IlWYIUY3PvYBDOtO0V9gvrupgDyEnUSFroEBY38LqMJ3Y-sRdm2yjtwSxKFOgikSIBbjJwOvcYHMrNa-CM8gpITaxI5lAuKWUGt0ol5fEfRWRRE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"></a></span></div>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-16031568821435759642020-08-24T16:01:00.004-04:002020-08-24T20:16:43.130-04:00Quarantine Diaries Part 16: DC Being DC<p>Just a lot of DC, being DC.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span></i></p><blockquote><p><i><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">DC’s weekend movie selections.</span></i></p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>I don’t know why there are two sitting separately from the rest of the pile... they must be the highlighted selections.</i></span></blockquote><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqxtf9E_4FqCFUvSkZ0tYOtJo2dPzGwvKRt8Q4gIK-hMvxwQTnX7vPRTnTxcXMrrH9mABQwh55YNC4Jr7UqWB3e_lRmFPtUCDpIiiGQ67DQMpb5gNbivRbaPN-rE6_G9wJ4VS2Vzs3UI/s960/115804541_4222614661114355_7990937305145104275_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="893" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqxtf9E_4FqCFUvSkZ0tYOtJo2dPzGwvKRt8Q4gIK-hMvxwQTnX7vPRTnTxcXMrrH9mABQwh55YNC4Jr7UqWB3e_lRmFPtUCDpIiiGQ67DQMpb5gNbivRbaPN-rE6_G9wJ4VS2Vzs3UI/w372-h400/115804541_4222614661114355_7990937305145104275_o.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1lpc1QdM1xK-fYWUzw5OOopyJHf_2zBwK_M3YecJBDitsNEoKtSGNpUjmmBem_-L5Mcu770AjUKGWoE4rL_ncGbPyIwopj2BZQKPgCcJ89dbbI_mjF-2-QT367L6usDxmy49o7utHIU/s960/115739140_4222614651114356_8842744507991231128_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="960" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1lpc1QdM1xK-fYWUzw5OOopyJHf_2zBwK_M3YecJBDitsNEoKtSGNpUjmmBem_-L5Mcu770AjUKGWoE4rL_ncGbPyIwopj2BZQKPgCcJ89dbbI_mjF-2-QT367L6usDxmy49o7utHIU/w400-h336/115739140_4222614651114356_8842744507991231128_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>He's done a bit of writing and coloring:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><blockquote><i>Found these hanging on the cabinet (oops... ‘Cub-Board’ ) door this morning.</i></blockquote><p> </p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJN79vqYi-Q9xRKU6xeNzmCNWLwgPm3r91CR-ZfLtLCGLT_gQMzT-3eD0h4h3OXgY63bh3BTTJeb6vO3Zx6Ooc9659zH-KmYURGZms3L4UN9WTdecA0RpbulXNJBN-msACybfijNIerk/s960/116434284_4251137684928719_1782087012621426113_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJN79vqYi-Q9xRKU6xeNzmCNWLwgPm3r91CR-ZfLtLCGLT_gQMzT-3eD0h4h3OXgY63bh3BTTJeb6vO3Zx6Ooc9659zH-KmYURGZms3L4UN9WTdecA0RpbulXNJBN-msACybfijNIerk/w400-h300/116434284_4251137684928719_1782087012621426113_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span></span></span><blockquote><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Because I made a big deal (deservedly so) over his pictures this morning, he is now plastering the cabinet - um, ‘cub-boards’ with his ‘princess papers and other movie titles’.</span></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">First - I am in awe of his printing.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Second - My favorite: Summer Magic Nineteen Sixteen Three (1963)</span></blockquote></i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYihmPuarts2z5xzrZPI7bL4MXz8M1786hpSiqLelXhjEcE2BcKVfpbD5ulGOoGzOixk7f8FvmwexIRQm-JGRkrVi_YtrQgfiUYCUCZvkT8OJAynAj-wtjemTiUICDNc12RhITrSMKv40/s960/116885542_4253018658073955_2349248088594770055_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="960" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYihmPuarts2z5xzrZPI7bL4MXz8M1786hpSiqLelXhjEcE2BcKVfpbD5ulGOoGzOixk7f8FvmwexIRQm-JGRkrVi_YtrQgfiUYCUCZvkT8OJAynAj-wtjemTiUICDNc12RhITrSMKv40/w320-h243/116885542_4253018658073955_2349248088594770055_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVt4FqENa0TV2uYbPysQiESj_gWBFowDFOXyV6fdCJ6qhI4QsY5PBfVww77GiiyJ8hzawN0ITwd21CFJpUCC-CdIQQaVbr2UQqXaxKiMLVJEVpb4LEbjsfVU959bumWFSVwcDy2eG6VAI/s960/116794708_4253018654740622_8737340251169936620_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="960" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVt4FqENa0TV2uYbPysQiESj_gWBFowDFOXyV6fdCJ6qhI4QsY5PBfVww77GiiyJ8hzawN0ITwd21CFJpUCC-CdIQQaVbr2UQqXaxKiMLVJEVpb4LEbjsfVU959bumWFSVwcDy2eG6VAI/w320-h209/116794708_4253018654740622_8737340251169936620_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyY7GiSuGDWZ4wa1-AsnuckRsqfwc0EZuaUYxBFr10dAhI5nc2oPgP7wCI_xfC1tmxDCAAizhCqrXJOorQgM0yUjnvLOfQK5PMl-2jEYChBgywjQryBQLbZAiSC7yNY7wv3ORaM66QUus/s960/116877575_4253018638073957_6296909681446607530_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="960" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyY7GiSuGDWZ4wa1-AsnuckRsqfwc0EZuaUYxBFr10dAhI5nc2oPgP7wCI_xfC1tmxDCAAizhCqrXJOorQgM0yUjnvLOfQK5PMl-2jEYChBgywjQryBQLbZAiSC7yNY7wv3ORaM66QUus/w400-h243/116877575_4253018638073957_6296909681446607530_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><b> Another Couple of Birthdays to Celebrate in Quarantine:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Doug's Birthday</i></b></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"></span></p><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Tomorrow is Doug’s birthday (I guess at this point it is today). I don’t have to tell you that this is all I have heard about over the last few days. We don’t have a specific plan yet (which just makes matters worse for DC), due to the weather we may be getting and the fact that we only do outdoor dining. I told him more than once, that I would tell him what we are doing as soon as Doug and I discuss it. But not to worry, we would be doing something.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Me: Please stop asking. </span><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I promise to let you know as soon as we have a plan.<br />Because I told him to stop, he moved on to screeching “Happy Birthday Doug!” over and over again - just so he could continue to bring up the subject without “asking”.<br />I asked him to stop screeching, so he moved on to singing the birthday song at the top of his lungs at random intervals through-out the day.<br />Me: DC, I promise I will tell you as soon as I know what we’re doing. Please stop.<br />Since he wasn’t getting a suitable answer from me, he decided to call Doug and screech Happy Birthday at him and then gave the phone to me.<br />Doug was at work so we both told DC that we would talk about it tomorrow and let him know.<br />Right now (it’s 1am)... He’s resorted to sign language.<br />At least it’s quiet.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSM2M7BZWLiXpEmAcnNxsHdMD-pzur3BFOc1270MY6nHQk8pUQMKVCmoTIxm8QaDD7hV2kLwxS1SsDSEmiP64yWGCibAQsRZpeakA5kEIvRLrytd2PfBH1pknuVWtb8dao-jfZtSaVus/s4032/IMG_1793.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSM2M7BZWLiXpEmAcnNxsHdMD-pzur3BFOc1270MY6nHQk8pUQMKVCmoTIxm8QaDD7hV2kLwxS1SsDSEmiP64yWGCibAQsRZpeakA5kEIvRLrytd2PfBH1pknuVWtb8dao-jfZtSaVus/w240-h320/IMG_1793.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <b>"Grandmother's" (because we have to be formal) Birthday:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><i></i></span></p><blockquote><i>“Day After Birthday” porch visit with Grandma, ummm "Grandmother"</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLuxwCDg7vunDPkLISSWIRW4J2_G18MSWg8UO6ClAr7pyjKxeJPHGKaZ9FXZkZ2URRf8BF1MZnMQRK5lbZzwc2RlNPl4lfLaRZoPHGXADr3_g9aLwSLkgRWWkmSK10WGRpkCKwXJkXhU/s960/117643837_10217886662822809_5208802162233612134_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLuxwCDg7vunDPkLISSWIRW4J2_G18MSWg8UO6ClAr7pyjKxeJPHGKaZ9FXZkZ2URRf8BF1MZnMQRK5lbZzwc2RlNPl4lfLaRZoPHGXADr3_g9aLwSLkgRWWkmSK10WGRpkCKwXJkXhU/w240-h320/117643837_10217886662822809_5208802162233612134_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></i></div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9UI_K3vE_b87CZph-IW7-njbQrUOIxYLR43SVmX_1M17KMHNGsWAv3q3-hNXTw_3oLhsdmL_C_dvuKq1_3i8916JuVZBK9gXq8rlkrqT6jLaP_in3MJT-v7wl4thsGDznV7fztxsK3Y/s960/117284128_10217886662222794_3801893883252093607_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9UI_K3vE_b87CZph-IW7-njbQrUOIxYLR43SVmX_1M17KMHNGsWAv3q3-hNXTw_3oLhsdmL_C_dvuKq1_3i8916JuVZBK9gXq8rlkrqT6jLaP_in3MJT-v7wl4thsGDznV7fztxsK3Y/w240-h320/117284128_10217886662222794_3801893883252093607_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbuX0A3OBu9n5Ay9o7pYz1ZbKnPPcS8_mq1pJpuj19mnnvqrHYNfCcOraOkhr0nNCSyy2AHCkCvF-ULFZhfsIjB_eAOoRf4rcBFDn_AZlZmW5eIEYgwbT2nUh2O2MQk3T8bNi4Jqh3KQ/s960/117339966_10217886661902786_82106818137623799_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbuX0A3OBu9n5Ay9o7pYz1ZbKnPPcS8_mq1pJpuj19mnnvqrHYNfCcOraOkhr0nNCSyy2AHCkCvF-ULFZhfsIjB_eAOoRf4rcBFDn_AZlZmW5eIEYgwbT2nUh2O2MQk3T8bNi4Jqh3KQ/w240-h320/117339966_10217886661902786_82106818137623799_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p> </p></i>.<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p><p><b>Band-aides and Tree Branches - always:</b></p><p><i><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span></i></p><blockquote><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">DC: (He went light on the band-aids, but he’s not finished yet) Poison Ivy - itchy.</span></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Me: Where did you get poison ivy? (He doesn’t have poison ivy; he barely goes outside)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">DC: on my hand</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Me: but where did you catch it?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">DC: on my hand!</span><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />Me: but what gave you poison ivy?<br />DC: (say it with me) Tree Branch</span></i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLlGzio-WSFSS61RualrCn_1e71BvUBulT8XoogV8dmK83LDxtGCK2TBmlvgYye_faazTGgJcqGgN5pYbj7-8fkOT_nEi0fyLmeNz6dGKa74s4Ifv3F72t-yI2-i-5K-A_oycu6gDnlA/s960/118011408_4342537952455358_8982552418669711795_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="540" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLlGzio-WSFSS61RualrCn_1e71BvUBulT8XoogV8dmK83LDxtGCK2TBmlvgYye_faazTGgJcqGgN5pYbj7-8fkOT_nEi0fyLmeNz6dGKa74s4Ifv3F72t-yI2-i-5K-A_oycu6gDnlA/s640/118011408_4342537952455358_8982552418669711795_o.jpg" /></a></i></div><p><i> (<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Speaking of tree branches... (for those who may be new here) - <b><a href="https://takingstep.com/2016/02/03/those-pesky-tree-branches/?fbclid=IwAR3HtPwlzibJnefTJFUINYlw_211sapO2_JOwK13j56o0d8kFSypVjiv3dE" target="_blank">Those Pesky Tree Branches</a></b>)</span></i></p><p></p><p style="font-style: italic;"> </p><p><b>File under "He's playing me":</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>1. Mr Charming</i></b></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"></span></p><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">DC has a way of winning over the wait staff immediately.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">One minute before she came over, he was mad at me for breathing wrong (or whatever) - 2 seconds later he’s charming the waitress.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Me: DC why are you so charming to everyone else but me?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This was his reply...</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgAASzJEijsNcCJ8QXVftHZzjg2Ih2gfAVOTWKO0vH_1VzIf2FqJkxn9WfCpP7eBk0aIxkPv0VsTIXeMWmcZ8XBIboulcoKsOJmBqp5f0H25807PN_flmmyxRaaqqdmdIdk-Rut6jNLw/s961/117768374_4347722105270276_84545318946822646_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgAASzJEijsNcCJ8QXVftHZzjg2Ih2gfAVOTWKO0vH_1VzIf2FqJkxn9WfCpP7eBk0aIxkPv0VsTIXeMWmcZ8XBIboulcoKsOJmBqp5f0H25807PN_flmmyxRaaqqdmdIdk-Rut6jNLw/s640/117768374_4347722105270276_84545318946822646_o.jpg" /></a></div><p style="font-style: italic;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>2. He CAN hear with the headphones on.</b></span></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"></span></p><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The other day, Doug and I were discussing rainbow goldfish. I told him the green fish tasted like spinach and that I haven't looked at the package to see if that was in fact the case or if it was just my imagination (because.... green). DC was in the back seat with his headphones on which normally means I have to yell a good 3, 4, 5, 6 times before he hears me.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Today, instead of the two goldfish he usually runs over to give me before running away yelling "Thank you for sharing" - he has upgraded me to ALL of the green goldfish; stating "I don't like spinach" before thanking himself for sharing....</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">So... he CAN hear with the headphones on.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I wonder if this will work with other snacks?</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcTx51FS_-A0DxFQMzJVhCFkJWz9AJtWeiVcbVWGZ6RPh2Q2awx9t7SlDdsljDPIhkvTNWFn9-WknKc9pdo3uZidqSbrerDoGYC3qgLe5cht-TsBWauCts-9GAT4vnH5BB6Wf-xeI5x8/s3024/IMG_1915.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2705" data-original-width="3024" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcTx51FS_-A0DxFQMzJVhCFkJWz9AJtWeiVcbVWGZ6RPh2Q2awx9t7SlDdsljDPIhkvTNWFn9-WknKc9pdo3uZidqSbrerDoGYC3qgLe5cht-TsBWauCts-9GAT4vnH5BB6Wf-xeI5x8/w320-h286/IMG_1915.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><p> </p><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><b> 2.5 He CAN hear with the headphones on:</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Doug wanted to take DC and his friend BB out for DBD Day (DC, BB and Doug Day formerly known as "Boys Day Out"). </p><p style="text-align: left;">Doug and I discussed this in the car with DC in the back seat with his headphones on (the rainbow gold fish incident above came later, so it did not occur to me that he could hear with them on, because ... the yelling 3, 4, 5, 6 times mentioned above).</p><p style="text-align: left;">I texted BB's mom as she said that it was fine with her, but she wanted to check with BB when he got home to be sure he did not have anything else scheduled.</p><p style="text-align: left;">When we got home, DC immediately began saying "Have to talk to Donna" - "Have to 'test' (text) Donna". </p><p style="text-align: left;">I told him that I did text Donna but BB was not home so she would get back to me later.</p><p style="text-align: left;">For the rest of the evening, he sat right down next to me every time I touched my phone and repeated "Have to talk to Donna" - "Have to 'test' (text) Donna"</p><p style="text-align: left;">I texted her again (just to save my sanity, because she knows and is in the same boat, and so he could see me do it):</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><i>He's sitting right next to me - staring at my phone - just so you know.</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>I can yell and scream to get his attention when he has his headphones on and ... nothing. This - he heard when Doug was asking about it; headphones and all (I would not have told him voluntarily)</i></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i></p><p style="text-align: left;">Her Reply:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Yes, he is available.</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Sounds so familiar.</i></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i></p><p style="text-align: left;">Phew!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>DBD Day:</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Doug was grateful that I made a modified version of the bag I bring whenever we go anywhere.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmO20YSPG8Js1Snv_9NQfXzBh7BRCkUIY1fPxPsl5Az0HZKsKHTjxu8rAKPLOeGJAhm7BUY6UvKa1_n0T6coiTorRcVeOnNOcUS9f2v6lw1tmLwgT3ZItbH_jowb7MhJsXKvg4VQTG_U/s2048/IMG_1464.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My "Go" Bag" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmO20YSPG8Js1Snv_9NQfXzBh7BRCkUIY1fPxPsl5Az0HZKsKHTjxu8rAKPLOeGJAhm7BUY6UvKa1_n0T6coiTorRcVeOnNOcUS9f2v6lw1tmLwgT3ZItbH_jowb7MhJsXKvg4VQTG_U/w240-h320/IMG_1464.jpg" title="My "Go" Bag" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">They wore masks in the car, with windows open for ventilation. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Outdoor dinner (masks off only to eat and some distance between them when not eating)</p><p style="text-align: left;">Outdoor activity while wearing masks.</p><p style="text-align: left;">To say that DC was excited when he got home is an understatement.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDz04GJFp0bFagGt-6HK2PIptfNiOjotbCcjEfTGHES_FYulIu2lMd9OZwxz4Z2gJhr0ICEuK-j3nXNW8SML6QN1x0T0OWYfoBRwhT6CudYPvwDjACQDONaHiX6lTcsXyGkORqC0S4Ds/s1024/IMG_1908.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDz04GJFp0bFagGt-6HK2PIptfNiOjotbCcjEfTGHES_FYulIu2lMd9OZwxz4Z2gJhr0ICEuK-j3nXNW8SML6QN1x0T0OWYfoBRwhT6CudYPvwDjACQDONaHiX6lTcsXyGkORqC0S4Ds/s640/IMG_1908.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">DC's rundown of their night out:</p><p style="text-align: left;">DC: DDB Day (DBD) with Doug and DC and BB. We had cheeseburger and french fries.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We played "Croquet". <i>(Alice in Wonderland)</i></p><p style="text-align: left;">Me: Croquet?</p><p style="text-align: left;">DC: No, we played the golf. We had ice cream. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I got hole in one. I swing club and didn't hurt anyone.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Me: ???? </p><p style="text-align: left;">Me: (laughing because I don't know where that came from, but okay) I'm glad you swung without hurting anyone.</p><p style="text-align: left;">DC: I had a fun time! Yay! (jumping)</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>What we have learned:</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>He can hear with the headphones on.</li><li>Tree branches are responsible for a lot more than we originally thought.</li><li>I'll get more goldfish if I continue to buy the rainbow variety.</li><li>He can swing a club without hurting anyone.</li><li>We will have to find a croquet set.</li></ol><div>***</div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Quarantine Diaries - <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/quarantine-diaries/" target="_blank">All In One Place</a></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b>*******************</b></div><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."</span></i></div></div><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="" style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span face="" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" face="" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="" style="border: 1pt none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="_5mfr" face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 1px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="_5mfr" face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 1px;"><br /></span></div><p></p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i></i></span>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-59774393013250024302020-07-23T12:46:00.001-04:002020-07-23T12:46:45.603-04:00Quarantine Diaries - Part 13: The Couch, YouTube and Deep Space 9<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqBiIvJlwiumP72duED2MOnBsi7Ds7xCIwgURJMEwEL_8fSOm9PAK4SKwaojsSEmQM5bClNzZwk_N_uDFu-U5NRmNRerG1zjLAWd4wMfSoPPXbwhyavS1TXKgXPNyxIPqH9QUwCn-bfM/s1920/space-station-2749367_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqBiIvJlwiumP72duED2MOnBsi7Ds7xCIwgURJMEwEL_8fSOm9PAK4SKwaojsSEmQM5bClNzZwk_N_uDFu-U5NRmNRerG1zjLAWd4wMfSoPPXbwhyavS1TXKgXPNyxIPqH9QUwCn-bfM/s320/space-station-2749367_1920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>As you may or may not know; we watch a lot of Star Trek around here but lately in-between the Star Trek re-watches, I have been watching a lot of those reunion panels, like Stars in the House, Reunited Apart and The 7th Rule's Virtual Trek Con (links at the end of this post) on You Tube.<div><br /></div><div>All are not Star Trek Related (The 7th Rule is of course), but I have seen reunions of some of my favorite shows, such as the China Beach reunion.<br /><div><br /></div><div>They are fun and I am sort of in awe of the people on these panels who come and do these things daily for free to raise money for virus-related charities and just to give us all something new to watch during this pandemic.</div><div><br /></div><div>DC is normally on his Ipad in his "spot" in the kitchen while I am watching these.</div><div><br /></div><div>Last night, he decided to pack it in early and went to get his pillows, blankets and books to bring to the couch (yes, we are still sleeping on the couch. This may be the longest stretch to date. See:<i><b><a href="https://takingstep.com/2018/07/19/the-couch-another-round/" target="_blank"> The Couch: Another Round from 2019</a></b></i>)</div><div><br /></div><div>I was watching Reunited Apart - The Lord of the Rings Reunion. I could see that DC was getting anxious. I asked him more than once what was bothering him.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Nothing wrong!"</div><div><br /></div><div>But he made a big production of announcing when it was over.</div><div><br /></div><div>I moved on to Stars in the House - RENT with Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp and he became more anxious.</div><div><br /></div><div>Me: Please tell me what is bothering you.</div><div>DC: Nothing bothering you.</div><div>Me: (re-wording my question) Please tell Mom what is bothering DC.</div><div>DC: Watch "Space Nine"</div><div>Me: You want to watch Deep Space Nine?</div><div>DC: Yes!</div><div><br /></div><div>So I put on Deep Space 9 and DC happily took his glasses off, rolled over and went to sleep!?!?</div><div><br /></div><div>After thinking about it for a little while (because you know that's what I do); I could see that there were one of two possibilities for his anxiety here.</div><div><br /></div><div>1. You Tube is his domain. He may not have ever realized that I was watching HIS You Tube on the TV and you know how protective he is about what's his.</div><div>or</div><div>2. Deep Space 9 comforts him when he is going to sleep.</div><div><br /></div><div>I hadn't thought about that.</div><div><br /></div><div>I may just be watching Deep Space 9 often when he is ready for bed. Because it is my favorite of the franchise, I watch it and pay attention. </div><div><br /></div><div>I use TOS and TNG as a distraction from my "mind race" so I can fall asleep. I need something to distract me, but not distract me enough to keep me awake and since these are far from my favorites, it doesn't matter if I fall asleep and miss the four episodes that play until Nextfix shuts down. He is not awake for that. He falls asleep to the one I am awake and paying attention to.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know which possibility was the cause of his anxiety, but I am thinking it was a little of both.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><font size="5">Links:</font></div><div><b><i>Josh Gad</i></b> - <b><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMCd3u3uQ0DtlDfVU0GlKpQ" target="_blank">Reunited Apart</a></i></b></div><div><b><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQxZX9II3m0YaF7Kvt1FjA" target="_blank">Stars in the House</a></i> </b></div><div><b><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeOkK1-VmHA0k6bxVz0KQ8Q" target="_blank">The 7th Rule - Virtual Con</a></i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b>*******************</b></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_5afx" style="color: #222222; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="_5afx" style="cursor: pointer; direction: ltr;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In case you are new here: </span></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">“I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.615em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. 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Please visit my official blog site at: <i><a href="https://takingstep.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Taking it a Step at a Time</a> </i></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <br /><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Vickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932707443917692041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173710745453162906.post-20600752859770474462020-07-17T13:59:00.002-04:002020-07-17T13:59:49.706-04:00Quarantine Diaries - Part 12: Strictly from Facebook Posts<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I realized that I haven't written anything since May.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There has not been much going on, but then again there has been a lot going on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't know if that makes sense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We're still home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We're still bored.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There is nothing to do yet</span><span data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: inherit;"> there are new things to do - different things to do.</span></div>
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<span data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: inherit;">I don't know if that makes sense. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">His day program began doing zoom meetings daily. At first, because they were new, he was interested in participating, but after 5 days of non structured/free-for-alls, he opted out.</span></div>
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<b>DCs first zoom meeting with his day pro</b><b>gram. He made it through the whole thing</b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How many times does one have to answer "What have you been doing during quarantine?" and nothing else? It gets old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">His Winter Guard team made a few stretching and dance videos (the dance video is a secret)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had a two week run of thunder storms almost daily. Just what we needed for the already anxious guy who has been stuck home for months.</span></div>
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<span data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">“Vick-eeee, I’m getting very nervous about this”</span><br data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">First clap of thunder and he’s positioned himself in front of the door so he knows when it’s coming, I guess.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> He's ventured a little further away from his "watch over and over again" Disney and other favorites, but as we know - <i><b><a data-original-attrs="{"data-original-href":"https://takingstep.com/the-everything-is-related-series/","target":"_blank"}" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7173710745453162906/958767436929010082?hl=en#">Everything Is</a></b></i> (Still) <b><i><a data-original-attrs="{"data-original-href":"https://takingstep.com/the-everything-is-related-series/","target":"_blank"}" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7173710745453162906/958767436929010082?hl=en#">Related</a></i></b>:</span></div>
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<span data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">You all know that DC is stuck in his own cycle of television shows and movies. When he does gravitate to a new show, it is usually because I am watching it (and as much as I don’t think he’s paying attention, it turns out that he is) AND he sees an actor he knows from one of his 100s of favorite movies. He never comes to them on his own. Over the last week or two, when he’s not watching Grace and Frankie or New Girl, I noticed him watching Arrested Development. I have never watched that - ever. I couldn’t make any connections in my head as to why he was watching it; I mean it probably would have helped if I had ever seen it, but I knew some of the cast. So I asked him.</span><br data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">“Mr. Magorioum’s Wonder Emporium”</span><br data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I had to think about it for a minute, but he is correct.</span><br data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Jason Bateman.</span><br data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><a class="_58cn" data-original-attrs="{"data-original-href":"https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/everythingisrelated?__eep__=6&source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBxse-GnHS6TSAWV4ZHNMN6bwQI123KbuxUStkQIZd3yEGbk75s-rspkxpkOU20rFYEU7qJlS3PQkWt1T-tgl7wx1VSqcQKNPf4FDxOde_ohH1DERqudahUhxfTOmPC8n0cCE2gekGEE3iLGV3etYMrBsw0tyjIuba5Jmxh203iT0tPHaB8-uC6xbPf_RJ4W7OxNg0hPo2BLuST85b_SdRaRMJT5bcFd9Vu4T6Z_yvMYXVy9OEo5FnGbIrz9UIz-KZaXYxd4YCXvnMpPWocubQYg9KflIqTjKLZUW_VoSHgdydavpRIj8iue2HGlFVMmtbQuOr0MC6RCSXrE61_sQ&__tn__=%2ANK-R","data-ft":"{\"type\":104,\"tn\":\"*N\"}","style":"text-decoration-line: none;"}" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7173710745453162906/958767436929010082?hl=en#" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="_5afx" data-original-attrs="{"style":"unicode-bidi: isolate;"}" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_58cl _5afz" data-original-attrs="{"aria-label":"hashtag","style":"unicode-bidi: isolate;"}" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit;">#</span><span class="_58cm" data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: inherit;">EverythingIsRelated</span></span></a></blockquote>
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<i> </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sharing took on a new spin:</span></div>
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<span data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Every day when DC opens his little snack bag of gold fish crackers, he comes directly to me and hands me 2 (only two) fish.</span><br data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Then he says “thank you for sharing” and moves quite quickly out of the room.</span><br data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span data-original-attrs="{"style":""}" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">He knows that it’s nice to share, but I guess he wants to be sure he gets the credit for sharing without really giving up any of his snack.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>So no one laugh but I may or may not have mentioned that DC has been watching cooking videos on YouTube (mostly pizza making). He wants to make pizza (no I am not making dough - I don’t even have flour here as I don’t bake) - Doug went and bought a pizza kit, containing dough, cheese and sauce but no instructions.</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With a little help from my friends, we made the pizza the next day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had a Board meeting (virtually) on Monday and voted not to open the summer camp this season. It was a difficult decision but the right decision for the times. DC loves going to camp - even just the two days a week that he attends now that he "has a job".</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">The second cancellation this week was the</span><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">P</span><span style="color: orange; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="color: lime; font-weight: bold;">I</span><span style="color: cyan; font-weight: bold;">D</span><span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">E</span><span style="color: #1c1e21;"><b> </b>Parade that his Winter Guard team marched in last year and was scheduled to participate in this year. It was originally scheduled for June and then rescheduled for August. It too has now been cancelled for 2020 all together. Again... disappointing but necessary.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I confess that there is a little (a lot) of venting in this post. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Everyone needs to vent once in a while, so I will be doing just that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">It’s supposed to climb into the 80’s next week so DC and I have to go for a walk or something so Doug can come in put in the A/C because ... I just can’t deal with heat on top of all of this. DC walks by the AC on the floor in the living room and just stares and points. He’s not happy.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">I, on the other hand am not looking forward to the constant “Hair-dish-on” conversations we will be having hourly once it goes in, but seriously, I just can’t not have it in and ready. <span class="_5afx" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/isithotinhereorisitjustme?__eep__=6&source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDy6v6sGmPoSgrYxcEDydO5JzpO1jqxbSHT4wj8uSokVZW-c2n-jyNo1SeSvr-N2bP4GPx3p151OnIpWCS4g414c4Zs82Q6YKB88Rj5mW_5Wl0TWidyqExt9EO_mxHZ71UeqsgBHQHaz7rriGHei343djUY_-NDd_OXw1M-KlOyQvauUW_2DFwTaX0-lpCX8bsMnEJJR_uT4gJpDWg3ARcgK_8sTmClSizerh97yezN0JFmSh1jhiwg2xE7nqrWBRA6ETw6eEupn_YlaKGIcuCWct-R7j6d0zjYmMIdhBvfoUCvo1jKbHR2OuLdyIMjmMx2zhTtGcV9RQaPQruK8w&__tn__=%2ANK-R" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">IsItHotInHereOrIsItJustMe</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we got home from our walk - I had to use the very last few sprays in the lysol can to spray the air because Doug had been inside of the house (He wore a mask, but still) and wipe down everything he may have touched and move everything that I had moved out of the way, back to where it belonged because DC wasn't having all of these things "out of place". </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While I was trying to do all of that because he was complaining, he also wanted to "pug in" his phone and stood there complaining about that and "put everything back" until I got the book case back where it belonged so he could do that.</span></span></div>
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Doug decided that he would get us lunch, as an apology to DC for putting the A/C in and also to give me a little break so there was someone else there for DC to ask all of his questions to (that never works, but it was worth a try). He wanted to meet us at the park to have the lunch but I did not want DC to sit at or touch the picnic tables so we opted for the back porch.</div>
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DC also has a new and improved pronunciation for the Air Conditioner... He's gone from "Hair-dish-on" to "Hair-dish-a-ner" - closer, much closer. I know this because I have heard it many many times since the air conditioner went in.</div>
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Just to be clear; I am not complaining about him at all. I know this is difficult for him, I do. I get it and try to be as patient as humanly possible. He has his moments and so do I.</div>
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During the first week of lock-down, I broke a crown. It just snapped right off and it hurt like hell for a couple of weeks. I did not want to have to go to the dentist during all of this and since I cannot go anywhere without DC, I certainly did not want to have to bring him to the dentist with me.</div>
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Because of this, I had to make sure to chew on the other side of my mouth - long story short, I have a big implant that spans the space of two or three teeth on that side but when I chew on that side, it feels as if the bottom tooth is going to break because as I was told <i>after</i> they put it in, my bottom tooth can't support that big implant (and you wonder why I hate the dentist). So far that bottom tooth is holding up but because I am trying not to chew directly on it, another tooth chipped, which kind of hurts when cold or air hits it.</div>
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Somewhere around week two, I broke my toe. This is not something unusual for me. I have broken it so many times that the smallest bump breaks it again. Fortunately I did not have to go anywhere that required me wearing a shoe.</div>
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When the toe finally healed, I broke the other one on the other foot.</div>
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Both the same way... hitting it on the coffee table. That one is still on the mend but I can wear a shoe and once I get walking, it starts to feel better.</div>
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It did put a bit of a damper on our daily walks.</div>
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Next, I threw my back out trying to clean under the couch cushions (they are big and heavy), so I had to be careful for the next few days so I didn't do any more damage. It still hurts if I move the wrong way.</div>
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I may have mentioned in an earlier post that there is construction going on in the apartment next door (We live in a duplex). This began the 2nd week of the lock-down, when were were woken up at 7:30 am to the walls shaking and what sounded like demolition. Not just noise, I can live with noise, but the crew taking a sledge hammer to the bathroom.</div>
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No notice, no heads up.... nothing.</div>
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We had no idea what was happening.</div>
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This went on for about 4 weeks.</div>
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We woke up one morning to no water. They just turned it off!</div>
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DC was freaking out because there was no water. Due to the fact that there were also town trucks in the road doing something, I had no idea if they were working on a water main or if the "construction" crew had shut it off.</div>
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I ran outside and went to the garage next door and yelled into it "Why don't we have water?"</div>
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The "construction" guy said "Oh, I am installing a hot water heater and I had to turn it off. It will only be off for a few minutes!"</div>
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"How the F#&% would I know that unless someone tells us ahead of time?" (I've been done being nice for quite awhile now, so there were a few more choice words for him before I went inside to calm DC down)</div>
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He looked at me as if I were the one with the problem. This was the same man who on day one of demolition, came to my door - no gloves, no mask and wanted to come in to look at my bathroom!</div>
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At that time he also looked at me as if I were the one with the problem! It's a QUARANTINE!</div>
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We had a two week reprieve from the construction and I thought after 4 weeks they were finally finished, but no...</div>
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they are back once again with no notice and no heads up.</div>
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You can't imagine how much all of this affects DC (and me). </div>
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We are trapped here all day every day with all of this going on. It's not right.</div>
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That apartment had been empty two months before the quarantine began. My landlord is an electrician and owns his own company. The people who are working next door are not construction workers, they are his electricians. He is probably using then as he always seems to use them - to paint, trim trees or whatever needs to be done, so he has an opportunity for cheap labor and is taking full advantage of it.</div>
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I have lost all capability to concentrate on anything.</div>
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Our office is closed but I have been called upon to do many tasks since it's closing.</div>
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I don't have all of my files and I don't receive all of the information I need, so it is a struggle. I am getting more and more anxious every day due to everything that is being thrown at me and knowing that because I don't have everything I need, my system is a mess. All I can think about is how much of a mess it is and am terrified I will miss something important. </div>
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Over and above not being able to get organized and just sit down and start from the beginning to make everything right, when I do try, I have DC asking for lunch and what's for dinner before he's even had lunch, sticking head bands in my hair and whatever else he decides he's going to do while I try to work, random construction sounds that at times make both of us jump out of our seats, and my remote access system going down many times daily - I'm spending much of my time just pacing.</div>
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Over the past few years I have thought about dying my hair gray. I have ugly gray. I want nice gray.</div>
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Since I was not going anywhere anyway, I decided that this quarantine provided me the time to do this.</div>
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I ordered color remover. </div>
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I have used it before so I know it doesn't remove everything.</div>
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It came out white (on top, where the dye was new), orange and brown. </div>
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I ordered more, but since hair dye is not a necessity, it took a good two weeks for it to arrive.</div>
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I did it again, but it was a different brand and did not take much more of the color out.</div>
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I waited through a few days of conditioning and tried the gray.</div>
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It came out brown with gray on top (the gray stripe on top was what I was hoping to avoid by dyeing it gray). Brown with a gray stripe was not an option.</div>
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I ordered more.</div>
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Two weeks later, I tried it again. Back to white, orange and lighter brown.</div>
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Then I chopped it off up to my shoulders since the older, hard to remove dye is towards the bottom.</div>
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I almost took DC's clipper to it and just shaved it off. It was plugged in and in my hand. If it had been earlier in the lock-down I would have done it (my hair grows pretty fast) but the state is making plans to open up in phases and I don't know when I will have to go back into the office so I stopped myself.</div>
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At this point I've given up on the gray (maybe) and have no idea what I am going to do with it once I remove more color, but I could very well come out of this quarantine bald and toothless the way things are going.</div>
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On the upside....</div>
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I did learn the correct spelling of quarantine, so there's that.</div>
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I blame Winter Guard 100% for this... (see,<b><a href="https://takingstep.com/2018/01/10/everything-is-related-its-a-celebration/" target="_blank"> It's a Celebration</a></b>)</div>
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<i>He came back in: Good morning Mom! Jelly beans today?</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once DC's birthday was over, he quickly moved on to reminding me about Easter.</span><br />
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<i><a href="https://tasanotherstep.blogspot.com/2020/04/quarantine-diaries-dcs-twenty-nineteen.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">In true DC fashion; birthday over - he quickly moved on to Easter,</span></a></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Quite honestly, I hadn't given Easter a single thought. I had forgotten all about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please keep in mind that I cannot go anywhere without DC, so we haven't been anywhere but out for a walk or two or three. I could not find his old basket to put out for the bunny so I could only hope that IF the bunny was not quarantined, he would bring him a new basket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I tried to explain to DC that due to "the sickness" he should not expect too much from the Easter Bunny this year. He has to wipe everything down before he delivers, and that takes a long time so he may not deliver as much this year.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">He’s changed tactics - instead of “reminding” me about Easter continuously, he is now yelling at random intervals, “Happy Easter to all and to all a good mid to late morning”</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nowthatsdifferent?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARB5WLnV0bbddHqTDlTGR9qzkJqX_hzf3_vH9SBkoMLLin6A4Cna0gGBUZvX63xevPbjkbA75dRXbNcaDLJYRRVisO23PMeTo4crS7IX2bYZLraCAZY3AUu9yXqHaNIQtuU6_xC9qr3ZVM-u3wswnAKeCenG3XYXejE3piBncyKd25xrtFgw8WHcJrNp1wdaFf8BSyrTHcbFZukxgEqta1WPWAdNTOU0bYDTHtLjIwKbcp9G88LpN3rWfk7duSHRjOg44iLVvMN1vEe7tzXoUq2cvVyCOfdn6anZElYNtSZH0QU6A6avHx5Yc4YO3QSXKvF5uxnfRSl_ULmSHRrjBQ&__tn__=%2ANK-R" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">NowThatsDifferent</span></span></a></span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Easter finally arrived and unfortunately there was a "bit" of a screw up:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Poor DC. I guess the Easter Bunny couldn’t come all the way into the house so he put his stuff right inside the front door instead of the usual spot. (Probably also because we are STILL sleeping on the couch and he was trying not to wake us by coming in. Also, in case DC woke up in the middle of the night he wouldn’t be staring at his gifts) AND it was not in a basket because this year he was hoping people would leave their basket out from last year (and who knows where that is). B</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">ut anyway ... DC thought he didn’t come.<br />The look in his face <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te/1/16/1f622.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😢</span></span><br />My heart broke just looking at it. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te7/1/16/1f494.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">💔</span></span><br />Luckily I spotted it in front of the door. I’m sure that the Easter Bunny was sure there would be no way DC could miss it there, but he did.<br />He’s happy now.<br />Happy Easter - hope the Easter Bunny didn't screw up at your house. <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bunnyfail?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBErkezVmLd5zN2yGnezgrWUEu0aR-g5S0MHbBcvFWvnz6_J9GPx-E3iEkC8SQxREpyyZ5Vme0isUvE6XFqnJUWWfHb30bc_LSj8cnqc5LKnZgEjnu7ycQdlKRKfRL4NA47NUJtvy9YVhusQcwFXZqHsBjaR4CWmf2OvzgIi-3GJ_P2-LIE64_LBGuYlHNFqQYYQARinyVVheeIVfglIK01ti7kpwgOCbzi7afP7XWZfTP-5URlmSxaOiO70Pj_iPWZWmsBrHwYzc1UQfmkXfx7wWFD7_cXrLM5mUB-D4yoDgBTXYfbIfXefbbxN0ulZ46PHrrIbGXpggygA8GbPQ&__tn__=%2ANK-R" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">BunnyFail</span></span></a></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More band-aids, more markers and his favorite... jelly beans. Phew!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you have been here long enough, you know that Easter is an "out to eat" holiday, which again put a damper on the holiday for DC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a beautiful day so we went out for an "Easter Walk".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Trying to find a mask that doesn't bother him has been difficult.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Easter walk - 3 miles for Special Olympics - Second Mask Fail. </span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">He took it off but he held it to his face the whole way (why didn’t I think of that? )</span> </span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Easter dinner was pizza and wings (again) and of course, cake.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Not the typical Easter dinner, but DC would opt for this kind of dinner anyway if he <i>were</i> in a restaurant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In spite of all of the lock-down obstacles, we managed to have a Happy Easter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As soon as Easter was over, I expected him to move on to reminding me about whatever happens to be next.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">DC spent his 29th birthday in lock down. At the time of his birthday, this lock down was still relatively new and confusing to him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I felt bad for him because he so looks forward to his birthdays, seeing friends, receiving gifts and going 'out to eat'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fortunately, as I said in my last post (<i><a href="https://takingstep.com/2020/03/21/week-one-of-the-world-shutting-down/" target="_blank">Week One of the World Shutting Down</a></i>), my birthday came the week before his, so he already had to spend one 'special day' at home. Even though all of this was new to him - it helped to ease the disappointment of not having the celebration that he had been imagining.</span><br />
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<a href="https://takingstep.com/2020/03/21/week-one-of-the-world-shutting-down/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The first hurdle was my birthday (Friday the 13th). Restaurants, stores and just about everything else were still open but I did not feel comfortable taking him “out to eat.”</i></span></a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://takingstep.com/2020/03/21/week-one-of-the-world-shutting-down/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>As you know, my birthday is only important as a stepping stone to his birthday and as an opportunity to go out to a restaurant. He was very upset by this so we got his favorite foods and cake and celebrated at home. He was eventually all right with this – there was cake…Overall, DC had a happy “Mom’s Birthday”. </i></span></a></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I prepared him all week for his birthday celebration at home, with the promise of a better celebration with his friends when "the sickness is over".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When the big day came, he was just as excited as he always is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He had pizza, wings, cake and of course gifts, so he was a happy guy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over the next few weeks, birthday gifts continued to arrive.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/photos/a.608063805902810/3744762838899542/?type=3&theater" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>DC’s birthday gifts keep coming via US Mail and UPS. He loves it because it is extending his birthday (in his head). It’s also pretty cool that no one needs to be told just what this “guy” wants. </i></span></a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TASanotherstep/photos/a.608063805902810/3744762838899542/?type=3&theater" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>It’s fun seeing all of the different types of band aids that are out there - some we’ve seen before and some we haven’t, but he loves them all. They are certainly helping him get through the boredom of the quarantine #bandaids</i></span></a></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He loves receiving mail and packages (who doesn't) and as thrilled as he was receiving them and as thrilled as I was for him, it did get to the point where I started dreading the packages because ....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His birthday was a success. As much of a success as it could be in lock down.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">DC has his morning rituals, one of which is heading to the restroom while he is waiting for his transportation to arrive.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">It's a transition thing. He's done this all of his life (just ask everyone who has been traumatized waiting for him at the most inopportune times.) If we stop at 4 places, he has to visit the rest room at each stop.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Knowing this about my son and knowing that he can and will hold up everything and anything (he uses the time to recite t</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">he entire script from Anastasia or sing the whole score of the Wizard of Oz), I try to send him upstairs about every 15 minutes while we are getting ready for work.</span></span><br />
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