Just want to say one thing about the video with Aaron that was posted yesterday. When Aaron comes to his Auntie M's place he gets bear hugs. Yes, he has Asperger's Syndrome and he tolerates my bear hugs. In the video you will notice that I come up behind him and put my hand on this shoulder. He handled that so well because he was in the "moment" acting and it was not real. Aaron has just moved into an apartment on his own and travels throughout Missouri giving presentations on "Living with Asperger's Syndrome."
Finding Kansas will be released again in April 2012, and I love this quote by Dr. Keith Schaefer, Director, Missouri Department of Mental Health, "Aaron Likens may be the most courageous, intelligent and tenacious young man I have met in my long tenure in the mental health field. Being profoundly touched by Asperger's Syndrome, he is fiercely determined to better understand himself and the world around him."
Yes, I am very proud of my Aaron. OK, now back to .... Thanksgiving is still up and won't be "taken down" for at least a week. Yes, the same oh same oh - am I gonna pull out the Christmas decorations from under the stairs this year? I can honestly say I don't know... Maybe not this year since I really do want to get this place cleaned out of its clutter and the clutter given away to let others enjoy it. Remember the closet,
Doesn't look that way right now. Right before family showed up last Tuesday, I had to start hauling the leftover stuff into it but I also now plan to pull each item out and deal with it now. Time ran out and thanks to all of you sending me your comments on FaceBook and here on this Blog, I feel OK with it and not overwhelmed! Progress not Perfection as they say.
Right now it is 11:00am and we have had a shower, cleaned the kitchen, and am now on laundry load # 2. On a roll, on a roll and hopefully will keep rolling on today.....
While my brother was here, he did work for his food. Got me a new fantastic kitchen faucet, (looks like we can play beauty shop with that sprayer - oh yeah),
And then a "place card" using a Martha Steward "gobble gobble gobble"... She (the stamp not Martha) is one of my favorite stamps which I used a lot in years past .....
And again for this Thanksgiving, the Christmas Cactus did not disappoint.....
Have a great day.... I am still hanging out in my "Fight Like A Girl" lounging pants while keeping the cleaning going for a few more hours and then it is into the recliner with mindless TV going on, my kind of day!
And one more thing about my new iPhone.... I have discovered iSpeak, man oh man, words I think I am typing are not the words I am typing. For example, left a post on FaceBook for my niece which was suppose to say, "What a joy it was to spend Thanksgiving with my precious niece. . ." It came out in iSpeak as, "What a joy it was to spend Thanksgiving with my previous niece. . ." to which she responded, "The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated - Mark Twain" As to why I am not turning the auto-correct off? - it is way to convenient .... even with words getting all mussed up.... Hey, I don't have to blame me for my senility - just the iPhone.... Have I told you how much i love my iPhone lately - yes it is a little senile....
5 comments:
WHEW, your week went by sooo fast! Seems that everyone had a great time together.
I went over to Amazon and read about Aaron's book. He truly is amazing. AND I DID notice in the video you're touching him....very tolerant he was (oh, I sounded like Yoda!). How exciting that Aaron will have his own place....that is such a big deal.
Your art piece is fun.....love those colors and the images are neat!
I'm like you....if I'm up ~ I'm up. No going back to bed because I lay there and think of things I SHOULD be doing! Love your jammie pants, girl.
Have a great rest of the day. How quiet it must be thre but it seems you are coping with ok.
Warm hugs
Jan
Guess you have been tired when evening came- after this early day start- and taking care of home, cleaning-and putting things back in place :)
I have friends with kids being Asbergers-and know how difficult this all have been for your Aaron-he has come a long way-how great for him-you and all his family.
Hugs to you dear Marlynn
You have been one super busy gal! Your new sink faucet is fab, nice of your brother to do such jobs for you!
Hopefully you will be done with all your cleaning and organizing so you can get some REST : )
I love your clock and your MS thingy!
Hugs,
Terri
Sounds like you had a full day. Your recap made me tired just reading it. Seriously, I'm glad your brother and Aaron made it again this year, along with all the other company. Now you will have time to clean out that closet AGAIN, but this time, you can deal with it. And if you can't get the stuff out from under the stairs, why not buy one small thing that will be significant now and for Christmases in the future. Have a great week at work, too. So what happened to Harley and the Rat while your company was there (grin)?
I do speak like ispeak now....iPhone too long...LOL Everything seems normal to me. Lovely clock!
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