Things were going pretty good the other day and as 10pm rolled around, I thought I would run to the gas station and get a MegaMillions Lottery ticket. Good luck has to come once in a while considering all the bad luck we have had lately.
As I rolled up the road thinking "this could be our night for hitting the big one",Well........we hit one but not the big one. The Doe I hit head on was small enough to only damage the plastic grill and pop the bumper guard out a little.
I went on to the gas station to have the clerk look at me oddly when I asked for a MegaMillions. How odd that I should ask for a the very thing that was flashing in the neon lights posted in their window.
She informed me the machine was turned off already. I saw it was 10:15pm so I said "the lottery doesn't draw until 11pm".
"Yes but I am closed" she said. Even though the lights said open.
Not only was I being reminded that we have zero good luck but I think I was also shown that even us non autistic people find we can be literal in our thinking. Things are never as advertised even "open" and "Play the Lotto Here". What was I thinking?
Friday, November 27, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
The Fun Never Ends
Ok, we got a motor from e-bay for the dryer. It works now if we push start the drum while pushing the start button. Not a total fix but workable for now. Ebay guy sending another motor due to the capacitor not working fully.
This was after a two day ordeal of taring apart and putting back together the dryer. When I first had it back together I saw a strange light emitting from the dryer. It turned out to be the flashlight that I had enclosed in the bulkhead. While rescuing my flashlight my family ate the burnt pizza my wife graciously made us. I had a dinner of chips at 10:30 that night.
While I was working on this contraption our Aspie son decided this was the week for a meltdown every night all night. I think his capacitor is malfunctioning too.
We are experiencing extreme meltdowns daily now all day. If he has to do anything he regresses to a two year old mode. This is always helpful when you are dealing with something that takes your attention and time.
The volume in our house is at extreme levels these days. Can't wait until Christmas comes and we are all trapped in the house together for several days.
Just to add to our fortune now our computer has a virus that not only causes issues but it also rendered our antivirus software unusable so we can't use it to rid us of the virus. Love those jerks the Antivirus companies hire to cause trouble to make us buy their software. It seems to run parallel to the drug industry and their antivirus crap too.
This was after a two day ordeal of taring apart and putting back together the dryer. When I first had it back together I saw a strange light emitting from the dryer. It turned out to be the flashlight that I had enclosed in the bulkhead. While rescuing my flashlight my family ate the burnt pizza my wife graciously made us. I had a dinner of chips at 10:30 that night.
While I was working on this contraption our Aspie son decided this was the week for a meltdown every night all night. I think his capacitor is malfunctioning too.
We are experiencing extreme meltdowns daily now all day. If he has to do anything he regresses to a two year old mode. This is always helpful when you are dealing with something that takes your attention and time.
The volume in our house is at extreme levels these days. Can't wait until Christmas comes and we are all trapped in the house together for several days.
Just to add to our fortune now our computer has a virus that not only causes issues but it also rendered our antivirus software unusable so we can't use it to rid us of the virus. Love those jerks the Antivirus companies hire to cause trouble to make us buy their software. It seems to run parallel to the drug industry and their antivirus crap too.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Autistic Appliances
Well it was bound to happen even our appliances are becoming autistic.
Our Dryer decided it didn't like heat and therefore when it started to reach the temperature that is required to to dry clothes the motor seizes and quits.
Our Computer Printer/Scanner only works when you aren't printing unless you hold the on button on while standing on one foot facing east but only if the dryer is running.
Our TV wont pull in a signal on the station you want to watch. It pulls in infomercials and Ernest Angsly. Thanks US Government for DTV it really rocks. I always hated the staticy but watchable television. Now we cant get it at all when someone between the Television Station and us farts. If it comes in and is weak we get every third word and it stutters and freezes that is if were lucky to get anything other than a blue screen. I will write a letter of complaint to the FCC as soon as I can get our Dryer to work so the printer will print.
I am setting here typing this while listening to Mel Tellis TV while surounded by wet clothes hanging in our house trying to dry.
On another note tomorrow is our youngest son's birthday. For his party he just wanted us to go to his favorite restuarant BWs. We were planning on going to our local one but found out on Friday that they are closed until well after his birthday. Even the eating establishments aren't cooperating.
Our Dryer decided it didn't like heat and therefore when it started to reach the temperature that is required to to dry clothes the motor seizes and quits.
Our Computer Printer/Scanner only works when you aren't printing unless you hold the on button on while standing on one foot facing east but only if the dryer is running.
Our TV wont pull in a signal on the station you want to watch. It pulls in infomercials and Ernest Angsly. Thanks US Government for DTV it really rocks. I always hated the staticy but watchable television. Now we cant get it at all when someone between the Television Station and us farts. If it comes in and is weak we get every third word and it stutters and freezes that is if were lucky to get anything other than a blue screen. I will write a letter of complaint to the FCC as soon as I can get our Dryer to work so the printer will print.
I am setting here typing this while listening to Mel Tellis TV while surounded by wet clothes hanging in our house trying to dry.
On another note tomorrow is our youngest son's birthday. For his party he just wanted us to go to his favorite restuarant BWs. We were planning on going to our local one but found out on Friday that they are closed until well after his birthday. Even the eating establishments aren't cooperating.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Bad Lucky Streak
Well today just gets better and better.
This morning our ASPY son had a fit because he couldn't find his Garfield book that he wanted to take to school to read. This was after missing the bus due to not being dressed.
While loading his stuff and mine into my car, I dropped my coffee cup. It splashed on my leg then bounced off and landed open on the back car floor dumping the whole amount.
As I reentered the house to rinse my pant leg our son was still obsessing about the missing book. He said he was worried about the library fine he would get. I don't recall him ever actually paying his own fines at the library or worrying about them before. He must be getting responsible.......Nah he then informed me he really needed to find it so he had something to do at school today. Wouldn't want to socialize with anyone!
While at work my wife calls to inform me the drier quit!
I swear that ABC is following us around to get ideas for the show "The Middle". If not they should.
I think I will go outside to wait on a tornado to drop a better drier in our yard. If my luck holds it will land on me!
This morning our ASPY son had a fit because he couldn't find his Garfield book that he wanted to take to school to read. This was after missing the bus due to not being dressed.
While loading his stuff and mine into my car, I dropped my coffee cup. It splashed on my leg then bounced off and landed open on the back car floor dumping the whole amount.
As I reentered the house to rinse my pant leg our son was still obsessing about the missing book. He said he was worried about the library fine he would get. I don't recall him ever actually paying his own fines at the library or worrying about them before. He must be getting responsible.......Nah he then informed me he really needed to find it so he had something to do at school today. Wouldn't want to socialize with anyone!
While at work my wife calls to inform me the drier quit!
I swear that ABC is following us around to get ideas for the show "The Middle". If not they should.
I think I will go outside to wait on a tornado to drop a better drier in our yard. If my luck holds it will land on me!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Lights Out, Uh Huh Flash Flash Flash
Tonight's the night the lights went out in not Georgia but the Holmestead. Tonight the electric went out at 4pm much to my dismay.
My Aspy son had a meltdown due to there not being a light and my Autistic son wanted to eat. Thanks to modern electric appliances I could not cook. Our gas oven requires electric to maintain the flame.
I have a power inverter that I hook up to the garden tractor for a small generator. Unfortunately the oven pulled too much wattage. I was only able to run one light or one small appliance. Unfortunately it wasn't powerful enough to run the toaster oven or microwave. We could run the tv, a computer or a light. We opted for the light to finish homework.
During this time I was also able to develop a new test for ADHD. Give a child a flashlight and watch where the light falls and where they are looking. The child with ADHD will be looking to the in one direction and the light will be anywhere but in that direction. I also noticed that as the child talks the light moves in relation to their words.
With two ADHD children and several flashlights the front of our house looked like a disco or a scene from a prison break movie. The lights were gyrating and flashing all over the windows and off every surface in the house. All this while they talked for half an hour about what story to read out loud. By the time they got done arguing about what to read nobody wanted to read out loud to them.
My ASPY son had a full meltdown going due to the fact that after an hour and a half the battery on the garden tractor started to need more power from the alternator thus robbing the output to the inverter. Long story short the power inverter stopped powering the light. Suddenly he was going to die of starvation and boredom.
As my son was screaming our Autistic son wanted food and my two ADHD children were bouncing off the walls while shining lights everywhere but where it would be helpful. Mostly they shined the lights in my eyes while they talked nonstop over the screams of my ASPY son.
Once the electric came back and we could cook and see, everyone started fighting about who was being a baby and acting up. The infighting did not stop until everyone had something to eat and were separated to opposite ends of the house.
The Earth Hour has nothing on our household we were without electric for 4 1/2 hours and it turned into "The Lord of the Flies".
Yep a nice quiet evening without electronic noise and distractions really brought us together.
My Aspy son had a meltdown due to there not being a light and my Autistic son wanted to eat. Thanks to modern electric appliances I could not cook. Our gas oven requires electric to maintain the flame.
I have a power inverter that I hook up to the garden tractor for a small generator. Unfortunately the oven pulled too much wattage. I was only able to run one light or one small appliance. Unfortunately it wasn't powerful enough to run the toaster oven or microwave. We could run the tv, a computer or a light. We opted for the light to finish homework.
During this time I was also able to develop a new test for ADHD. Give a child a flashlight and watch where the light falls and where they are looking. The child with ADHD will be looking to the in one direction and the light will be anywhere but in that direction. I also noticed that as the child talks the light moves in relation to their words.
With two ADHD children and several flashlights the front of our house looked like a disco or a scene from a prison break movie. The lights were gyrating and flashing all over the windows and off every surface in the house. All this while they talked for half an hour about what story to read out loud. By the time they got done arguing about what to read nobody wanted to read out loud to them.
My ASPY son had a full meltdown going due to the fact that after an hour and a half the battery on the garden tractor started to need more power from the alternator thus robbing the output to the inverter. Long story short the power inverter stopped powering the light. Suddenly he was going to die of starvation and boredom.
As my son was screaming our Autistic son wanted food and my two ADHD children were bouncing off the walls while shining lights everywhere but where it would be helpful. Mostly they shined the lights in my eyes while they talked nonstop over the screams of my ASPY son.
Once the electric came back and we could cook and see, everyone started fighting about who was being a baby and acting up. The infighting did not stop until everyone had something to eat and were separated to opposite ends of the house.
The Earth Hour has nothing on our household we were without electric for 4 1/2 hours and it turned into "The Lord of the Flies".
Yep a nice quiet evening without electronic noise and distractions really brought us together.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Eggs and Pumpkins
My daughter got chickens last year for 4H. We turned her project into our own source of eggs. Good idea you say, that's what I thought.
We have acquired a few more and now have a flow of eggs that set in the fridge because no one wants eggs for any meal except breakfast which we have no time for. This means we have lots of old eggs to feed the dog so he can have diarrhea.
I also have an ADHD daughter who gets tired of the chickens at feeding time but likes them at all other times.
We did try to sell some at the Farmer's Market this summer. This did not work well due to us not being Amish and the eggs not being the right shade of brown. I learned that brown has a taste. I never learned this in any of my Animal Science classes...stupid college!
I thought we had a break in the egg surplus. The hens stopped laying this fall even though I had given them 16 hours of light via a light in the hen house. On Sunday I unplugged the light to use the outlet for a drill. Today (Wednesday) I remembered to plug it back in. Today I had found 8 eggs. They started laying again with less light. Even the chickens around here don't react the way they should.
Yesterday my daughter added to our inventory of surplus items. She was at the store with my wife and found that they were giving away big pumpkins due to Halloween being over. She talked my wife into bringing home 5 big 30 lb ones. We already had 7 pumpkins left from Halloween. Now I have to use the pumpkins for excessive Thanksgiving decorations or something else.
Pumpkin Pies all around!!!!!!!!!!!
We have acquired a few more and now have a flow of eggs that set in the fridge because no one wants eggs for any meal except breakfast which we have no time for. This means we have lots of old eggs to feed the dog so he can have diarrhea.
I also have an ADHD daughter who gets tired of the chickens at feeding time but likes them at all other times.
We did try to sell some at the Farmer's Market this summer. This did not work well due to us not being Amish and the eggs not being the right shade of brown. I learned that brown has a taste. I never learned this in any of my Animal Science classes...stupid college!
I thought we had a break in the egg surplus. The hens stopped laying this fall even though I had given them 16 hours of light via a light in the hen house. On Sunday I unplugged the light to use the outlet for a drill. Today (Wednesday) I remembered to plug it back in. Today I had found 8 eggs. They started laying again with less light. Even the chickens around here don't react the way they should.
Yesterday my daughter added to our inventory of surplus items. She was at the store with my wife and found that they were giving away big pumpkins due to Halloween being over. She talked my wife into bringing home 5 big 30 lb ones. We already had 7 pumpkins left from Halloween. Now I have to use the pumpkins for excessive Thanksgiving decorations or something else.
Pumpkin Pies all around!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Yesterday we had an episode replay of the Brady Bunch.
I was outside working on finishing up the hutch for my daughters goat and when returning to the house I found a wall of suds slinking from the dishwasher. As the foamy mass crept along the floor I asked what was going on with the machine.
I got a reply of oh that must of just happened and everyone turned back around. I guess it was just me wondering why we had liquid pouring from our appliance. As I mopped up the mess I was informed that it might have been the regular dish soap my wife was using to wash some plastic toys.
I was reminded of the episode where Bobby Brady washed his own clothes and added a whole box of detergent to the clothes washer and flooded the laundry room with suds.
This capped off the day of playing "Whose Meltdown is it Anyway?" We had a rousing round of infighting and tantrums.
Never a dull moment around here.
I was outside working on finishing up the hutch for my daughters goat and when returning to the house I found a wall of suds slinking from the dishwasher. As the foamy mass crept along the floor I asked what was going on with the machine.
I got a reply of oh that must of just happened and everyone turned back around. I guess it was just me wondering why we had liquid pouring from our appliance. As I mopped up the mess I was informed that it might have been the regular dish soap my wife was using to wash some plastic toys.
I was reminded of the episode where Bobby Brady washed his own clothes and added a whole box of detergent to the clothes washer and flooded the laundry room with suds.
This capped off the day of playing "Whose Meltdown is it Anyway?" We had a rousing round of infighting and tantrums.
Never a dull moment around here.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)