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Monthly Archives: April 2007

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It’s Finally Finished!!

Well, we’re finished! After several months and tons of hard work, we’ve finished the basement. We’re having a dumpster delivered on Wednesday so that we can start going through all the boxes that are currently sitting in Joe’s workshop portion of the basement. We’re going to be adding a few more wall cabinets for storage but other than that, we’re done! Here are the finished photos…don’t mind the mess. Not much we can do with all that until the dumpster is here!!

This is the entryway. The treadmill is staying there but in the other corner, we’re going to be putting a chair and a small table, to make a small sitting area.

This is a small little nook that we’re still not 100% sure what we’re going to do with. We stuck the refrigerator there for now but not sure if it will stay or not. We may end up using it as storage.

This is my scrapbooking area. And the double doors lead into the kids playroom.

A closeup of my desk!

The view from my area down to Joe’s area.

A closeup of Joe’s desk, littered with tools until we clean out his shop enough to put them away!

The Woman Who Thinks Like A Cow

I first heard the name Temple Grandin a few months ago. I frequent an Autism support message board and someone mentioned her name. I had never heard of her before, so I googled the name. I’ve been hooked since. I can’t seem to read enough about her, her amazing life and all that she’s accomplished.

I’ll start by giving a short run down of her accomplishments; her resume in short.
  • A designer of livestock handling facilities
  • A professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University
  • B.A. from Franklin Pierce College (less than an hour from where I live), M.S. from Arizona State University and Ph. D. from University of Illinois
  • Featured in Time Magazine, People Magazine, New York Times, Forbes and US News among others
  • Featured on 20/20, 48 Hours, CNN’s Larry King Live, Primetime Live and the Today Show
  • Written hundreds of articles featured in journals and other publications
  • Written several books

And most astounding, she’s autistic. Temple Grandin was diagnosed with severe autism by the age of 3. Her entire life story has really intrigued me, touched me and given me even more hope for Nathaniel.

I recently read her book, Emergence: Labeled Autistic and it was superb. If you have a couple of hours to spare, it’s worth the read. She describes in detail what it was like for her as a child to have autism. And how she learned to deal with the world around her.

To continue with my Autism awareness, I thought I would post this wonderful BBC show Horizons, that featured a story about Temple. It’s in 5, 10-minute pieces and very interesting.

Easter 2007

 

I had so many photos that I wanted to share, I decided to put a slideshow together. In the bottom right-hand corner, there’s a play button to have it scroll through the photos for you. Otherwise you can just click on each individual photo. Enjoy!
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