Lisa

A gray and tan tabby with green eyes is lounging luxuriously on a gray heating pad and covered with a gray blanket.

a cartoon of a cucumber and a pear dancing together Alt: Larry the Cucumber (of VeggieTales,) dancing with Barbara Manatee.

I never hear the word "manatee" without thinking of VeggieTales.

He listened to the Podcasts, and believes he was unfairly maligned. 😄 He popped up in a thread about himself a while back.

Who would even want that?

Apparently, Quakers don't take oaths.

Samesies. I'm 43, so an old-ish autistic person.

A gray and white tabby cat extends a huge white paw towards the camera. He's wearing a black and white bow tie, and lying on a gray comforter.

I saw them a couple of years ago with Alanis Morrissette. They were still awesome, and so was Alanis.

Burger King bathroom

I don't, but my son does. When I worked with autistic folks, a lot of them did, too.

He's just giving you both the weighted blanket experience. 🙂

I forgot to turn the crock pot on for several hours. 😭 Dinner may be more of a midnight snack.

I made the mistake of reading comments on an FB post by a company that specializes in the care of autistic adults.
I just want to know why *the* dumbest people on FB have such a burning need to opine about things they don't understand at all.
I feel so sorry for any autistic people in their orbit.

A chubby gray tabby cat is standing in a large cardboard box. At the lower left corner, a brown and black dachshund's head is visible. A gray cat is at the upper left corner, and a black and white cat's rump is visible at the upper right corner. All of the animals outside of the box appear to be waiting their turn.

When your entire house is full of cat and dog toys and beds, but everyone just really wants a cardboard box:

I know. I hate it so much. I'm a 43 year old autistic woman with a 19 year old autistic son. Our lives are not a worst-case scenario.
I know a lot of these folks are "autism moms," & I can't imagine growing up knowing that your mom thinks you're broken, & wishes you could be someone else entirely.

A white cat with black patches is crouched in an orange crocheted cat bed. She looks rather like a hen on a nest. The cat bed is sitting on a blue and gray rug with part of the washer and dryer in the background.

Happy Caturday from Cowcow!

"Combating Autism" oof. 🤢

A small ziplock bag is full of teardrop shaped beads in shades of white, gray, and tan. The bag is lying on a wooden table.

I grew "Job's Tears" this year in the garden and have done the fairly tedious job of hollowing them out to make beads. Next step is to make some jewelry out of them. Has anyone anyone else ever done it?

Any bidet can be a face bidet if you're brave.

I got the flu and strep throat at the same time a couple of years ago, and I've never been sicker.

Aw, I'm sorry. ❤️

Picture is a screenshot of a Business Insider article featuring a photo of Herschel wearing a dark suit and blue shirt, apparently speaking behind a lectern. The headline reads: GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker proposes "a department that can look at young men that's looking at women that's looking at social media" in response to Texas shooting.

I think i found his department. 😄

This is what I always think, too. Like vaccines don't cause autism, but what if they did? The kid would still be alive. It seems like that should be universally preferable. If they'd rather take chances with a dead child than a potentially disabled one, maybe they shouldn't have kids at all.

I still do, even in Texas, where it's hot and the vibe is generally hostile.

Picture is taken through a glass door. A very large box on the porch is propped against the handle, leaving essentially 2 options: heave the door open, knocking the box out of the way & breaking the contents, or wait for someone to come to the door to assist. Potted marigolds and a fig tree are visible in the background.

WHY do delivery people keep blocking us in our house? This is crazy.

Autism.

A green eyed, grayish brown tabby cat with a white belly is lying on her side in a pastel, crocheted cat bed. Her pose is oddly human, with her paw on her side and one leg stretched out. If there was a dating app for cats, this would be her picture.

A close-up picture of a grayish cat's face. He's got a pink nose and a white chin, and is sleeping peacefully on a gray heating pad.

May you sleep like a guy who's ruined all the furniture, fights with his friends, and yells all day.

This was my mom's favorite. We had to watch it at least once a year.

That hurt *so* much more than I'd been led to believe it would. It was way more than "a little discomfort" or "a cramp."