It's no secret that things aren't going so well for us as of late.  Most recently were began losing our utilities. Tuesday morning our natural has was shut off and we were told that we had to pay the entire balance of over $8,000 in order to turn it back on. To say we were freaking out about this would be a bit of an understatement. However, after the dust settled a bit, I was able to get ahold of Dominion East Ohio Gas.  Turns out, we had been misinformed. The reason we were shut of was because we hadn't been making the PIPP payments.  We were under the impression, after being told so, that we couldn't make PIPP payments until we got caught up.  To get caught up, it…

If you're familiar at all with kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder, what follows with likely make a great deal of sense to you.  As you know, Gavin's been living with his grandparents for awhile now.  While Gavin was living at home, he was too aggressive, abusive and violent.  While these were all choices he made, he's not a bad kid.  He's a kid with very serious mental health problems that not his fault. Anyway, one of the things that kids with RAD do is create chaos within the home. Gavin used to do things just so that he could sit back and watch Elliott and Emmett fight.  I know how that sounds and I know that some people will say, that's what brothers do.  I assure you that this was…

In the span of 15 minutes, things went from bad to worse. Dominion just came and shut off our natural gas. This means no heat, no hot water and no stove. We've been struggling with them for some time now because I have gotten behind. We've tried everything, including PIPP (percentage of income payment plan). Unfortunately, Dominion would not accept PIPP on our account until we got current (which was around $700). PIPP basically makes your payment smaller but doesn't represent your actual expense. For example.  Say my PIPP payment was $50/month. My actual cost was usually at least $200+ per month, often much, much more. During the winter, our house bleeds heat. It's over a hundred years old and as inefficient as possible.  Our balance has grown over the…

This morning was a complete disaster.  Elliott had a massive meltdown this morning and came up with every reason imaginable, not to go to school. He was freaking out on Lizze pretty hard core.  I was barely able to get him out the door.  By the time I did manage to get on our way this morning, we were well past being late.  On the way to school, I may have uncovered the reason for Elliott's recent reluctance to attend school.  Apparently, there is a new little boy in his class that struggles.  He gets very frustrated and has meltdowns, very loud meltdowns. I don't know exactly how aggressive these get but I will be talking to his teacher. Whatever is going on, is scaring Elliott to the point that…

I wanted to update you all as to what has gone on in the current team building quest at the Cleveland Clinic.  We got a call today from endocrinology and have an appointment for this Thursday. That's unbelievably quick and not a moment too soon.  We are waiting to hear back from psychiatry and her OB/GYN.  She needs appointments with them as well this week.  I don't know how I'm going to get her there but hopefully something with work out and I will be able to make these appointments work. She can't afford to wait...  I'll carry her on my back if I have to.  She needs this and I'm gonna figure out a way to put has in the car and get her there.  If you don't mind…

Sometimes I can't believe what I'm willing to do to get my kids to eat dinner.  As many of you out there are familiar with, feeding a kid on the Autism Spectrum can be difficult. As a parent that really tries to feed my kids healthy foods, I hate making some of the compromises I have to in order to get them to eat. I suppose it's a lesser of two evils kinda thing.  Sigh.... Last night, I tried several different things before stumbling on this delicious combination.  Chocolate chip waffles and garlic bread.... This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Check out my #Autism Awareness Store to find really cool…