The events that change us in a Heartbeat... but last life a time...

Originally posted Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Jennifer, a fellow PITA, recently contacted me about starting the bodybugg.com system. She was exactly what we both needed. After 100 weeks on the program I have become complacent. I have slacked off. I have gone back to emotional eating. No I have not gained back the 50 pounds I lost, but I have pushed myself to gaining 5 pounds. A small part was me going back to work and not having as much time to work out, but most of it was the change in a friendship, a friendship that started right after a huge life change I talk about later in this blog and the friendship began with exercising together. I am not sure if the friendship change was due to me working, or to something I did to offend her, or was due life changes she is going through, or just one of those things that just happens and eventually you just have to learn to except it and you move on. Either way it and the lack of motivation on my part to exercise regularly and stick to the bodybugg.com plan has left a huge void in my life.

Jen wanting to get into the bodybugg.com system to lose weight and be heart healthy, and this has reminded me of the reality of things. I chose this journey of heart health and weight loss was for my children. This is the entire reason I am on this part of my life journey and ultimately reminds I am still only responsible for me and the Primer Children who are not old enough to be responsible for themselves.

That does not mean I should ignore the children who are responsible for themselves, it just means I have a different responsibility to them today.

Today for my older children it is my responsibility to counsel them to make good choices, for my smaller children it is to make the best choices for them. Sorry IDEA in this world I don’t have the option to pick “appropriate”, I am going for broke and for “BEST”.

For those of you not familiar with my story beyond being a parent, a parent of four children, one of which happens to be a child with Autism, I am also a wife of a heart patient. 2 years ago on November 8, 2008, my life changed. I like to think it happened for a reason.

November 6th and 7th, 2008 Ed Primer had the flu. No one told us that the blood pressure medication he was on was a diuretic, and that you SHOULD NEVER TAKE IT WHILE ILL, and ESPECIALLY WHILE HAVING THE FLU!!! Long story short, Ed having the flu and taking his medication while being ill, knocked out his liver and kidneys. While most people including you cringe at this part of the story, I am here to tell you I am blessed and it really was a blessing in disguise. Little did we know at that moment in time your heart has three major valves that provide your heart the majority of the blood to your body. One of those valves provides more blood then the other two valves, should that valve be blocked to far, you are dead immediately!!!

Ed’s, at 39 years old, happened to be blocked at 90%! Part of this was his bad life choices; part was because he had radiation for Hodgkin’s disease at 18 from his chin to mid sternum. The fact that he had the flu, and ended up in the ER with kidney & liver failure, put a huge MIRACLE into OUR lives. Once they regulated his kidneys and liver, his heart would not comply. It made the doctors’ look and investigate further. It made them realize there was a bigger issue. BOTTOM LINE IT SAVED HIS LIFE!!! Without the flu and November 8, 2008, I might be telling a different story.

I might be telling the story of a family with Autism, whose father passed away without Life Insurance.

Fortunately, I am NOT, NOT, NOT telling that story.

I am telling the story of hope and change. I would love to be telling you all the story of Ed’s great change, but that is:

a) Not my story to tell

b) So far not happened.

Has he changed?

Yes and NO, he actually takes the supplements I tell him, but he has not lost any weight in 2 years. He has cut down on drinking, he has completely quit smoking (WHICH IS HUGE), and eats more salads, and eats 100% more veggies. Bottom line though he has not lost one pound, for that matter he may have gained some.
To this day, this scares the hell out of me. It reminds me that I am the one who is still responsible for a 10 year old, who is insecure and has puberty to endure, she doesn’t get the luxury her 21 year sister had with puberty, because we are no longer home owners, we are no longer not the parent of a child with Autism, we are no longer in control of our future.

Today, we are renters; we are the parents of a child with Autism. We are dependent on living where we live if and only if the neighbors are happy and content with us as neighbors and do not complain to the landlord. I am also responsible for her 9 year old brother who has Autism, who did not have the luxury of his 18 year old brother, who only had 11 vaccines on an alternate schedule because his mom worked for a Chiropractor who frowned on vaccines and she was afraid to tell him she was giving them to him.

It also makes it me remember the responsibility I have to my 21 and 18 year. I have the responsibility to make sure my 21 and 18 year old, my parents or siblings are not responsible to raise Emily or Austin. That responsibility is mine and Ed’s alone. If one of us has a health issue, the other is responsible to do everything in their power to protect the rest by making smart choices and trying to be as healthy as possible. SO here I stand alone with that responsibility on my shoulders.

I am 145 pounds, and I have slipped back into my bad ways. I have gained between 5 and 10 pounds, and I need to make myself get back to my personal weight mission, my personal health mission and ideal weight of 125. I have no one but me to blame or make excuses for me. Life changes, friendships change, I need to get over it.
My ultimate responsibility are to 4 people other them me, the people I gave birth too. Their names are Ashley, Nick, Emily and Austin. I owe 3 of them the most, and while they may feel that I fight for him the most, I hope when they become parents themselves they understand that I did the best I could with the options I had, and that ultimately I have tried to make sure they are not responsible for Austin. My goal for him is the same as my goal for them. I want Austin to be a productive part of society, not dependent on his parents, his siblings or the government. Ultimately I want them to not have to responsible for Austin. Unfortunately for him to reach that goal, it already has taken most of my time and resources. They may at times feel neglected, and they are RIGHT!! I am not a perfect parent, but bottom line I hope I do them justice and that they at the end of my life they are not responsible for Austin and they feel I did my job as a parent to the best of my abilities and I did not completely screw them up.
I HOPE THEY FORGIVE ME.

I guess my thought on how I had envisioned the direction this blog to go has changed , but it was a good productive direction to go with. I am not thankful that Jenn has been ill, but I am thankful that her health crisis and need to change her own health has brought me full circle on why I needed to change 2 years and why I need to continue on the path I set for myself then. Hopefully I can encourage Jen (and anyone else wanting to join the PITA heart health team) to better healthier choices and to sticking with them.

Until then PITA and change the life of a child with Autism, the life you change might be your own.

UPDATE: March 28, 2012

I pulled this blog up to quickly tell my story to someone who commented on my exercising and decided I should update it with the changes that have happened since I first posted it.

Ed has started exercising since Feb. 2012 and has lost an amazing 30 pounds. He is also walking an average of 4 miles a day.

I continue to walk daily and have been doing a strength and core video series to tone up, which I hope to blog about soon.

Happy Birthday Ashley Lynn Primer? or Happy Thanksgiving Grumpa?

Shannon Primer is not sure; this is a moral dilemma, but I need some objective opinions.

In past years when my sisters and I worked in the hospitality industry, our families worked Holiday meals around our work schedules. That being said, most years we were all off by at least 3 pm. Fast forward a few years, none of us work in that industry now, but the oldest grandchild of my parents now works retail and this year has to work 12 pm to 6 pm. (I should state this is my oldest child Ashley). For me, my first thought was “Let’s have thanksgiving dinner at 6:15 pm.” I heard arbitrary groans and moans from family members and think “Ok, fine. Let’s compromise and have dinner at 4 and dessert at 6:30 so Ashley does not feel left out.” My Dad then objects, and says he is eating at 1:00 or 1:30 pm even if he is eating alone (we should hold him to that. Maybe he’ll cook for himself too!). I guess he has always felt holiday dinners should be early, but at 39 years old, this is the first I have heard of it.

Ashley is a good daughter/granddaughter and does not want to cause waves. She said to have it whenever GRANDMA wants to have it, but I am personally annoyed. Not only is this Thanksgiving, but Ashley’s 21st birthday, and her birthday always falls around Thanksgiving and we generally celebrate her birthday with cheesecake on Thanksgiving, and here is my dad saying she should not have dinner with us and he will only eat at 1ish!

Part of me agrees with Ash, part of me thinks my Brother In-Law just got back from war and I should maybe comply because I am truly happy and THANKFUL he is home safe and sound. Most of me, on the other hand, wants to just say nicely to my sister and my mom that the Primer’s will be eating dinner 6:15 when all of the Primer’s can be here. Honestly, what is dinner without Ashley; what is Thanksgiving without celebrating Ashley’s birthday? We, the Primer’s, have done that for almost 21 years. I hope to continue that for 21 or more years…

At what point does one go against their own dad to do what they truly think is in the best interest of their almost 21 year old daughter’s holiday and birthday? I know Ash just wants peace and quiet and does not want “GRUMPA” or grandma upset; she also does not want me causing a family scene or her causing a family feud. But where in the world of being sibling, cousin, family member or any other related person, mean your day and your time is not important? Ashley is as important as my dad to us having a family dinner. How does one chose between their parent and their child???

For me, it’s Ashley’s 21st birthday Sunday, we always celeb rate with Cheesecake after Thanksgiving dinner and it can’t be Thanksgiving Dinner or dessert without Ashley. If it’s not Thanksgiving without Ash, then I should not celebrate without her?

Am I wrong to feel this way? Should I compromise further then saying dinner at 4 and dessert at 6:30? Should I not attend dinner at my sister’s even though I know I might offend her and her husband if I don’t? What is a girl to do? My dad already put me between him and my daughter. My daughter said chose him, but ever fiber in me says chose Ashley!!!

Please tell me what to do, here or on Facebook.

UPDATE Grumpa woke up this morning and was in a better mood, dinner is 6:15 pm. Got to love Grumpa when he is not Grumpy lol.

Communication Shut Down Day

Blog thoughts on https://communicationshutdown.org/

Things I wanted to say today November 1, 2010 on Facebook on Communication Shut Down Day, but could not because I vowed to be silent on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

6:30 am. Woke up, looked at phone and realized, Oh ShOOt (clean version) I can’t post on FB for the rest of the day. CRAP!!!!

7:00 am Pumpkin seeds taste best fresh out of the oven and HOT!!!

7:35 am Damn its cold, it is definitely fall.

8:20 am Crap, I can’t respond to a private message, even if it is IEP related because I took a vow to not post on FB. Do I have Kristen S's email address? Oh they should have made us shut down e-mail other than work related also. That would have made this more like Austin, and being able to observe, but not communicate.

9:00 am Damn!!! Shelly made it to work, that is impressive after drinking Dirty Shelly’s at Oktoberfest yesterday.

10:00 am realized I need to go back to the gym, STAT, I have muscles I am neglecting and riding the mechanical bull yesterday pointed them out this morning.

12:20 pm peaking at FB friend Kelli popped up in Private chat, cursed, and sent her a text message. Thought to self damn they should have made me vow to stay off FB, Twitter, and text that really would have killed me.

12:25 pm wondering if I should be annoyed that the https://communicationshutdown.org/ app posted to my page at like 7 am. Wasn’t I supposed to not post, and yet they did? I could see if they did at midnight, but 7 am? Just saying. Autism has no apps that can magically post for them.

4:38 pm Whose bright idea was it to drive to Escondido during traffic hour?

6:45 pm Thinks Emily Primer might be the smartest Primer yet, she said we should get a mechanical bull for Austin’s birthday next year, after I complained that the guy running the mechanical bull yesterday at Oktoberfest did not even challenge Austin. Damn that girl is smart, just saying!!!

7:30 pm read two Facebook friends responses on Facebook to Communication Shut Down day.

• Elizabeth M.: Not the 2nd yet, but here I am! I stayed off until about 4pm today. I am going to be perfectly honest here, while off of Facebook I did not even remotely feel silenced or socially alienated like people with Autism do. I was able to shop, talk on the phone and care for myself and children. However I am praying for hope and recovery for Autism. I hold hands with my fellow Parents whether in silence or not.
• Cindy W.: I'm actually getting a kick out of the people who said they wouldn't be on FB today who are actually lurking on FB.

My response here and not on facebook…

As a parent of the nonverbal child, I never took this day as a day I could not look or read on Social Media; I took as a day of silence. First and foremost because my child is silent does not mean he is not in his world or does not observe it. So if that means I cheated, so be it, but I made it 24 hours in support of him. If you read from their page, I took their response to mean the same thing. First and foremost, their “aim is to simply encourage a greater understanding from people outside the autism community. Social network users have become reliant and even addicted to platforms like Facebook and Twitter. And if they shut down for 1 day, they will feel a sense of disconnection and a sense of frustration.”

I am inside our community and I still took the vow.

From their site also, “When you get the CHAPP, you are making a donation and helping to raise funds and awareness for autism. If you decide to cheat a little on the day and log on to your account, that's entirely up to you”

Also from their page, “We are talking to a number of people on the spectrum and parents of children with autism who will be blogging on Nov 1 about their positive experiences and also their challenges”

I personally took Social Media to also mean no blogging, so you all will see this tomorrow, because I am also not blogging today, even though I have a lot to say.

8:00 pm Shannon Primer has to love a man who will vacuum and straighten up, upstairs when he knows his wife will deal with the social worker tomorrow alone, since he has football practice and for some reason they both never planned ahead when having a kid with Autism and made him have a birthday not during football season. Thanks Ed Primer for helping out yet again! I know I bitch and complain, but I do appreciate you!!

8:15 loves that her 18 year old is checking his General Election Guide for his first time voting tomorrow. Yeah Nick, you Rock!!! He also said he wants Ed and I to wait to vote with him. Family tradition here. So if you ask before 8 pm if I voted the answer will be no, I vote when Ed gets home after football practice and when Ash and Nick roll through the door. Screw all of you who vote by mail, the Primer’s vote in groups!!! Love VOTING DAY!!!

8:33 pm Damn another friend without a child with Autism just popped up on FB in private chat, and he is not answering my text, oh well he will forgive me. Won’t you Eddie?

8:46 pm cursing Eddie S. for not checking his DAMN iPhone! And still thinking next year they should make this day not the day before election day and for lots of communication venues like blogging, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, texting, e-mail, etc. I am just annoyed and not really challenged like Austin.

8:49 pm Ok maybe I am really annoyed now by not being able to post on FB. My cousin’s cousin’s wife just posted on a picture of Amy’s Rice Macaroni & Cheese with Non Dairy Cheeze picture that I posted, saying that my Henry’s market is now carrying it after I asked for 6 straight weeks and had to threaten a blog. Ok it was worth the protest; they also started carrying Daiya Cheese, and Udi’s bread. Damn I forgot to mention Amy’s new GF Chocolate cake, note to self to ask for that tomorrow. Oh wait my complaint was I wanted to respond to Naomi G on how to get it at her Health Food Store.

8:51 Eddie finally noticed I texted.

8:55 Friend Kelli S. pops up to point out I am cheating by having Facebook open, told her via text I was blogging about the subject as we typed lol.

9:25 Wonders if I went to bed before 9:25 PST yesterday and it is now 9:29 PST if I can post a new blog? Ok , I am going with no since then I will want to post it to Facebook and I am sure that is against my vow. Damn ethics. WTH is up with those?

9:32 Autism Warrior friend Laureen F. Pops up to comment I vowed to be off, sent her back via text I vowed to not communicate. Waiting for her response;-)

9:34 Noticed Trudy S. posted on Facebook and cursed her for being in Ohio, I am sure she will understand.

9:50 pm bummed Ash called to say she has class and that she will have to vote by herself!!! We will miss her.

9:53 pm Loves Jackie S.’s FB post that says, “I wasn't off fb today to be silent about autism. I was off fb to show support for children and adults with autism, to raise money for GOOD organizations, and to at least attempt to get a glimpse into what it feels like to not talk and/or communicate, even with those I care most about (cuz lets face it...even those who are verbal have a hard time communicating).”

10:00 pm I broke and responded to a FB post even if was only privately. GRRRRRR, sorry, I can’t not respond to a family in need. Austin will understand, I hope.

10:05 pm wonders what a “Hot Luncheon Sundae” is? Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor is offering one free if you come in with a “I voted sticker”. I like free!! I like Farrell’s and really really want to visit the one in Mission Veijo. Do you think they offer anything GFCF for Austin, or do I need to run away from home?

10:09 pm giggles at Amy M’s post that good friends help you clean your garage and thinks great friends “watch Christopher”!

10:25 pm I think I am ready for bed, but am really really trying to make it to midnight to post this blog, I am wondering if I can make it???

10:28 pm Loves her friend Lisa R.’s post “Hubby and I spent 1/2 our date researching the props for tomorrow's vote. I think we are voting the same way on all but 2 items - when we first got married we canceled each other out 100% on every item... time and proximity can change a lot it seems!”

I think Ed and I are only voting differently on one, but I failed to ask him how he is voting on Prop 19 and I am unsure myself how I am voting, so it may be 2.

10:36 pm I am glad I broke my vow of silence and responded to a PM that needed help. I know that Austin will understand that kids like him need help even if we vow to be silent.

10:38 pm Random thought, I love that Sunny Garcia has not unfriended me and all my politically unfriendly Autism thoughts, and that he really is in it for the kids, thanks to Surfer’s Healing!! I <3 Sunny!!!

10:43pm trying to make it until 11, then I can at least lie to myself and pretend I made it 23 hours.

10:53 pm Knows it is time to go to bed when she hates the friends from high school that have the means and ability to go to the World Series. I am not jealous, I am not jealous, if I keep chanting this will be true, especially since how would you all know I spent every summer in San Jose with the most awesome SF Giants fans ever and that I am a huge fan and you should have taken me the parent of a kid with Autism? Even if you met W. and I am anti, lol. Just saying!!

11:31 PM Loves that Nick Primer just came down to discuss with me why I am voting for every state or City Prop and why after he already asked his dad and we know that there is at least one, Ed I might have different opinions on some issues!

So until next time PITAup, change the life of a child with Autism, the life you change, just might just be your own!!!

*Please note any links that are in green and underlined twice are being linked by the blog, and are not being linked by me and do not represent anything I am promoting.*

Things every PITA should carry in their purse or backpack

PITAup.com is making a list and checking it twice for things every PITA should carry in their purse or backpack:

1. GFCFSF Snacks
2. Baby wipes
3. Pull ups
4. A Sharpie
5. Post it notes
6. Autism Speaks tax return to hand out to business that support the evil blue puzzle piece
7. Bails bond person # who is Autism friendly
8. GFCFSF restaurant list
9. Talk About Curing Autism journey guide
10. CDC website print out of what is actually on the vaccine ingredient list
11. Most wanted pictures of Paul for “Pr” Offit & Nancy “the PharmaWhore” Snyderman
12. Pure Ayre
13. Houston Enzymes
14. iTouch
15. Proloquo2Go
16. First Then
17. Headphones
18. iTouch charger for the car and wall
19. Neil Z. Miller's Vaccine Safety Manual
20. Melatonin and pear sauce for administration
21. Activated charcoal
22. Arnica
23. Earmuffs
24. Business cards with your name, number and e-mail for future PITA’s you meet
25. At least one pack of all the samples you got from the DAN conference, just incase!

OK MAYBE, JUST MAYBE we need a rolling suitcase, just saying!!!

Feel free to list anything I might have missed!!!

Thanks to my fellow PITA’s on my Facebook list that contributed to this.

So until next time PITAup, change the life of a child with Autism, the life you change, just might just be your own!!!

*Please note any links that are in green and underlined twice are being linked by the blog, and are not being linked by me and do not represent anything I am promoting.*

More of my favorite things...

The last few years’ plastics have been in the news and there is a lot of worry about using such plastics. The two most commonly talked about plastics are PET and BPA. According Wikipedia the plastic commonly abbreviated as PET or PETE bottles are “Polyethylene terephthalate (sometimes written poly(ethylene terephthalate)), or the obsolete PETP or PET-P), is a thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in synthetic fibers; beverage, food and other liquid containers; thermoforming applications; and engineering resins often in combination with glass fiber.” Wikipedia says BPA is “Bisphenol A an organic compound with two phenol functional groups used to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, along with other applications.”

With all the other toxins Autism parents have to worry about, I have myself decided to take the easy approach and to just try to avoid both. Since I am a bit of a PITA about the way my water tastes I was a little concerned about going without bottled water. I personally drink at least a half-gallon of water a day and my children drink only water when at home. We rarely have soda in the house and if we do we only have Hansen’s Natural Soda. Being the poor girl that I am an expensive water filtration systems are out of our family budget and the water snob in me says no way to tap water . So how does one actually give up bottle water without buying one of those expensive water filtration systems and without drinking tap water?

For me the compromise has been Stainless Steel Water Bottles and an inexpensive water system you can buy at a store near you.

The issues I have found after trying a few different Stainless Water Bottles is that they are not all Autism friendly. Our kids spill, chew, stim, throw, lose, have sensory issues and goodness only knows what else. I also have the other three children who worry about looks and what other kids will think if they are lugging around a bottle of water not in the latest trending bottle like Fiji, Aqua Fina, Dasani, etc. My first try out was the Costco brand water bottle, they are inexpensive and easy to purchase. They are nice because they keep the lid with the bottle by a small plastic strap. The down side is the plastic strap is a much preferred chew toy to my 9 year old with Autism. The down side for me was the obnoxious sound they made every time you tried to suck water out of them. That led me to take off the top and drink out of a hole bigger than a quarter and smaller than a half dollar. It also led to me spilling on myself, especially while on the treadmill. No matter how inexpensive something is it does still have to be practical. For me practical includes autism and gym friendly.

I was very fortunate when a friend sent me her version of the Stainless Steel Water bottle to try. The Tazzini water bottle is all that their website claims. It is “convenient and healthy, designed with busy families in mind, we created the healthiest, most-convenient leak-proof stainless steel bottle you can invest in. “

The number one thing I love is the cap!!! When closed is about 2 inches tall and 2 inches wide and 1 inch think. Number one thing, it is so far been indestructible by Austin, which is no small task. I also think it’s size makes it less likely to be lost if your house is somewhat clean. Unless it gets thrown into your toy chest, teen boy’s smelly room your refuse to enter or teen daughter’s closet, you should be ok, because it is big enough to spot under the coach and on your floor. Surprisingly despite the size it is still easy to drink out of. You just flip open the lid twists the spill proof drink port and drink. I also very much like the way the area you drink out of is shaped, so far Austin has yet to figure out how to chew on it. On most kid water bottles the top is one that you pull out and is just the right size to chew until destroyed.

I personally for me also like the size of the bottle. I generally drink almost two 16 ounce water bottles in an hour trip to the gym. The Tazzini water bottle is 24.7 ounces and will stay cold until the end. The bottle is also well designed. It is a little smaller in the middle which means it is easy to grab and grip while walking 4 miles per hour on the tread mill or running 6 miles per hour on the treadmill.

Emily the 10 year old also loves the bottle. As soon as she saw it tried to steal it for hers since it has a cool peace sign design.

The Primer Family agrees with the Tazzini website, “There are so many reasons to love a Tazzini!”

Tazzinni also won best product of the year in the Inventor’s Showcase at the Moms in Business Unite conference!

This blog went a little longer than I expected so a future blog will be on the inexpensive water filtration system that you can buy at a store near you.

Until next time PITAup and do something to change the life of a child with Autism, the life you change maybe your own!!!

My Sister's Keeper

My Sister’s Keeper in my humble opinion was an amazing movie. It was also a very emotional movie. We have another family in our community that had a child, a daughter, die from leukemia few years back. Watching this movie brought back all the emotions of watching from the outside as Michelle died. It also brought to the surface all the emotions of having a child who will have a life long disability. Honestly how do you decide who has the better life? Part of me wishes Austin had 15 years of normal, hell I would give almost anything for any part of normal. I would give up all the poop smears, the pain he didn’t feel, but still went through, the not knowing us, not understanding, the entire process of getting here to experience one day of normal, one day of Austin being a typical 9 year old. Then I have the other part of me that feels selfish. How dare I want that when there are so many parents who just wish their child was alive.

Who is right in this? Honestly no one, how can you be? It is a no win situation, all the emotions are valid and none are better or worse then the others. We are all mothers, all parents of children who need help, we are all parents fighting for our kids but what really defines who has more pain? I honestly do not know. It is like the old saying “It is better to love and lost then to never loved at all”, right? Well that would imply that the parent of the child who died was better off, but is that right? Is that correct? I will probably never know the answer and will probably always wonder.

The thing I learned from the movie My Sister’s Keeper, is the thing I already knew. A mother will do anything for her child, she will fight forever for her kid and hell has no fury like a mother scorned. I did also learn that maybe we need to listen to our children, maybe ask what they want from this life. This also leads to huge issues for me like it did for the family in the movie. No one actually asked the child who was sick what they wanted and no one asked the child who was expected to help the child who was sick.

(SPOILER BELOW: if you are going to watch the movie abort now, STOP READING NOW!!!)



I was surprised that the daughter was doing what the sick daughter wanted. I honestly thought she was doing it to just make her parents ask her, her opinion. Of course, I might project my feeling of what I think my 10, 18, and 20 year old think on to things. I am not sure they always tell me all they think on the subject. Hopefully after reading this they are a little more open to discussing it, and hopefully by watching this movie I am a little more opening to listening and hearing what they have to say.

Until next time PITAup and do something to change the life of a child with Autism, the life you change maybe your own!!!

Favorite New Products

If you have kids with or without Autism or pets, there are a couple of products you need immediately. The first is the Shark Steam Pocket Mop and the Shark Portable Steamer. It’s amazing what these two products can do with just a little elbow grease and no harsh chemicals. I’ve had the Shark Steam Pocket Mop for a while, but just never got around to using it regularly. The other day my sister and I cleaned my terrible tile floor by hand. I have since been steam cleaning it daily to keep it clean.

I then decided to borrow my sisters Shark Portable Steamer, and I love this one even more. It’s amazing what it can do with its triangle shaped head. Stainless steel appliances, no longer have streaks that other cleaning products left it with. The grease from my stove gone. Little hand prints or the dirt they leave on doors and paint gone! Granite counter tops clean. It is also easy to use around the edges of the toilet. It’s amazing. I want one of my own immediately. I am so in love I think I might have to invest and upgrade to their newest model the Shark Vac-then-steam model and the newest portable model and the new portable model.
This product also kills 99.9% of germs leaving them virtually dry within seconds. No need to worry about around germs, kill them on contact with the steam and no chemicals.

Amazing, I tell you!!!

The second product is Pure Ayre odor eliminator for all dogs (and people). It’s amazing and its food-grade and 100% biodegradable, so it is safe for people and pets. I have allergies to everything and this did not cause me any problems, and it smells great. The company even claim it can take care of skunk smell. If that is the case that is even more amazing.

Pure Ayre also works well with the steamers. I pour a ¼ of a cup in with the water and then steam clean the bathroom floors and no more urine smell. When you have 2 men and one small boy in the house the floors in the bathrooms need cleaned a lot. This is one thing that definitely will help keep your bathroom clean and fresh. You can also use it on furniture and carpet. If you own a carpet cleaner you can add it to the cleaning solution and use it with that also.

Until next time PITAup and do something to change the life of a child with Autism, the life you change maybe your own!!!