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No matter what it is -I do it like it's my job...sometimes that gets me in trouble...you know-watching reality TV like it's your job... Eating chocolate chip cookies like it's your job...ME = GUILTY...

But sometimes-Like when it comes to kicking Autism in the ass- it's a good thing...

I'm kicking Autism in the ass like it's my job...Actually it IS my job...


I remember quitting my corporate job in pharmaceutical sales two years ago...So many people said to me- I just can't picture you being a stay at home mom...and I laugh now because I totally took it as a compliment... But being a stay at home Mom is now my full time job- and I am proud of it- I embrace it...and so I attack my full time job with gusto...

I'm not a model employee... Sometimes we eat more cookies than we should. Sometimes I say things that I shouldn't...sometime I sleep in the shirt I wore all day or forget to brush my teeth at night. I'm a mediocre cook and housekeeper at best... I loose my patience and my cool- usually daily...

But I never ever ever doubt my ability to love. I rock at Love... Loving these guys...

Just the smell of them...each so different but so mine and perfect... The love....it's indescribable...you feel it- I know you do...or you have before...or you hope to.

I think for me- the key to being a happy stay at home Mom was to make sure I still do things that are all about ME...I fuel my passions- like picture taking and writing...I'm not just a stay at home Mom...I'm a World Changer...and every time you share this blog with other people...

So...Are...You...

I need your help in sharing my words... (Thank you to my friend I've never met, Lani who shares the blog all the time...like every single day....HUGS!!!)

This morning Michael let me know that there was a recall on peanut butter...That's kind of the equivalent to telling a child that Mickey Mouse is just a guy in a costume...I thought he was kidding- but he emailed me his proof source...It's the FDA...I think they are legit...

Michael set the jar out on the counter for me to throw away... I stared at my beautiful jar of creamy goodness...realizing I would not have time to go to the grocery store before lunch today...I started to think that one little sandwich couldn't hurt me...I mean -I had already consumed 3/4 of the jar and I was fine...and I don't give it to the kids or anything...

I asked him- Is Salmonella one of those things that can be hiding in just one little corner of peanut butter- or if there was Salmonella in the peanut butter jar- wouldn't I have already gotten sick?

I don't know....Michael said...It's your call...But if you heard aspirin was recalled- would you throw the bottle away or would you risk it and keep taking the recalled bottle....Hmmm....I said...If the aspirin was crunched up...and tasted like peanut butter- and I had a headace and no time to go to the store...I would probably make at least one more sandwich with it...but then I would be a little concerned that my aspirin looked like peanut butter...


My lunch...I risked it... If you don't hear from me tomorrow- you'll know why...


This morning while Michael and I were getting ready for the day- an Activia commercial came on...



I find it a little alarming just how much Jamie Lee Curtis enjoys eating Activia, I said to Michael. I mean she tackles it like it's cake...or peanut butter or something.

Yeah- shouldn't she be regular by now? Michael asked...

My husband brings up a very good point...

Why isn't Jamie Lee Curtis regular yet?
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Sometimes I can't help myself- I squeeze him so hard- it's gotta hurt...
Like when he makes this face...



Or this one...with his little puppet mouth face...

And I say things like- You are so FRICKING cute!!! and sometimes something worse than Fricking pops out by mistake... Man oh man is it good... I can't believe I get to grow old with him...

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The anti-bullying movement that is the current feel-good-brain super food--- I like it...I really, really like it. Like- love it-like it... I hope it lasts forever. With your help it will...

Please help me share this blog with your friends...Help me connect the dots... Share it on your Facebook page... Email out a link...pin and repin it on Pinterest...I'm on a mission...I need to do more...all the time....

Oh friend, I have another favor to ask of you...engage your children in the topic of different...ask them about any kids that are different...quiet or picked on in school...

Ask them about kids that ride the little yellow bus- it's a real thing and not just the punch line in a joke. Although I drive him, Greyson is eligable to ride the little yellow bus...

And he is a real boy...with a real Momma whose heart aches in the hopes that he is accepted in the World... And he makes me so proud my chest actually aches as I type...


Of course you are already teaching them the amazing and loving qualities you possess that causes you to share your heart and read our story......but also teach them the importance of sticking up for the person getting picked on...invite them to sit at their table at lunch or play at recess...teach them how good it feels to help others and to do the right thing...

I'll leave you with this sweet and sad bullying story shared by another awesome friend I've never met...Thank you for sharing, Amy.