Goal for the Green

Goal for the Green is celebrating it's second blogoversary.

I hope you're enjoying the blog as much as I do.

Do you know the blog contains a small shop too?

New squares for your blog

Here are the new squares for you:

For Laane Loves
http://www.laaneloves.com



<a target="_blank" href="http://www.laaneloves.com"><img border="0" width="125" alt="Laane Loves" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Laane/laanemerrychristmasanim.gif" height="125" /></a>


For Laane on the World
http://www.laaneworld.com


<a target="_blank" href="http://www.laaneworld.com"><img border="0" width="125" alt="Laane on the World" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Laane/laanecircle125otwbickham.png" height="125" /></a>

Highlight the code above

Ctrl C to copy.

New images will display automatically.

Ofcourse it's absolutely perfect

when you download the image

and upload it to your own blog.

Don't forget to put on the right link!


For Greetje Greets You



<a target="_blank" href="http://greetjegreetsyou.blogspot.com"><img border="0" width="125" alt="Greetje greets You" src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm40/greetjegreets/ggykerst2009.png" height="125" /></a>

For special times:




<a target="_blank" href="http://www.laaneworld.com"><img border="0" width="125" alt="Laane on the World" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Laane/mchrhnylaane9nr21.png" height="125" /></a>

For former and present entrecard members

No need to get out of touch with your former entrecard friends.

Because a new group is created





and you can become a member by sending an empty mail to:

entrewas-subscribe@yahoogroups.com


Click the logo to go to the site of Entrewas.

See you there!!

Becca's sites

There are days I'm just too tired to blog, but it's like with dinner, there's always something to enjoy. So I'll answer a meme or surf around. (When my computer works properly, that is.)

Becca commented first at one of the memes.
She shared my feeling that friendship with people online is a real friendship.

I'm happy that Becca found me and I found her.
One of her site contains a huge list of contests and give-aways, called Becca's List of Contests.
Need I say more??

Her other site: Becca's Backyard is the place to be to read the answers to a great variety of memes.

On top today some quotes of Janice Dickinson, the biglipped self declaired first supermodel.
Well in my eyes she's nothing more than a bad dramatical act, but I don't want to offend anyone with my opinion.

At Becca's Backyard you can also follow her experiences with moving.
I hope all her dreams come true.

A special give-away for my followers & entrecard and twitter friends

We've had such a hectic time the past months.
I couldn't keep up with everything, but I'm trying to make up for it with the help of a dear fellow blogger.

Just click the graphic and read the post, and I hope you'll participate.

new entrecard team - woohoo!

The new entrecard team is a relief!!

Entrecard has been sold to Ziprunner and their first huge decision is to stop with paid ads.

They'll also paying back EC's, but only for who comes first.
Well, I was too late.
So no donation to the autism fund.

That's a pity.

But I'm glad we're with a new listening team.

Thank you!

I'm fooled by entrecard

An agreement is an agreement, isn't it?

So when I'm told I won't have advertisements on my site without my approval, I won't have them.

When I'm dealing with someone or some organization that is trustworthy I can rely on that agreement.

Then tell me which entrecard is displayed here:



I'm not against the blog. Not at all. I think it's a very nice one and interesting too.
But it's about the principle.

There's an advertisement on my site that shouldn't be there.
Because the top right one should be seen.



I don't like the way entrecard is dealing with the bloggers who made the system to a success.

It's a complete disgrace.

From topbloggers we've become a kind of second rate bloggers, that's the way how we're treated.

I'm sorry that the blog that was supposed to be the featured entrecardblog wasn't on the widget all day.

And I'm very angry someone agreed with me not to put unapproved squares on my site and did so.
not only on my blog, but on hundreds of blogs.
Just for a little bit of money!!!!!

Well, read more about it here.

update!

Greetje has agreed to use her blog as an experiment on admitting money paid advertisements, so we can see what happens in detail.

Thanks Greetje!

Autism sucks and the blame game

Isn't it great to start autism awareness month with a post about an autism blog?

I don't believe that coincidence rules our lives as much as certain people want to make me believe. Fact is, I'm way behind spreading commentluv on people and their blogs.
Jeannie commented on a post of march 24!!

Her blog has a name that sticks to my mind: Autism sucks.
It's written by a team of autism parents, and all who have children with autism are welcome to write.

Because the posts are real life, and are written very well, I recognize a lot from my own life and the lives of my children.
Take the last post: The blame game.

No week goes by without thinking about the causes of my sons autism.
Which features and characteristics do I share?
Have I done anything wrong in such a way that I contribute to the problem?

Their father is clearly on the autism spectrum too. It's impossible to ignore that.
But do I play a part too?

Like Katrina, who has written "The blame game" I'm very sensitive to light.
I was among the first to wear self-coloring glasses and I remember one of the lecturers telling me to put off my sunglasses or leave.
I left... straight to the medical department to get permission to wear them at university.

Only one of my sons has a good sense for detail, but I pity them all, because I'm the one who observes everything and remembers visual details so well, that I'm still able to describe situations in detail from 40 years ago.
But almost all family members had a great eye for detail. We all grew up as story tellers. Our family history is detailed and needs to be written down before it disappears.

The emotions I had when I realised my oldest son had asperger syndrome (about 18 to 20 years ago) are long gone.
Autism sucks, oh yes it does, but I'm not playing the blame game anymore.
There are days I fail to keep my mind focussed on the needs of the kids and I feel disappointed that my life isn't even 5% of what I want it to be, but I know it's just natural to feel that way.

We don't have therapies and support available like in many other countries.
It's just a good diagnosis and maybe a few sessions of therapy and some meds. That's it.

I've been my kids speech therapist, I've been their behavioral therapist and everything else.
Because of that I haven't been able to have the career that was expected. No pension.
It makes me sad that so many parents have a very hard life, because society isn't aware enough that autism is just as bad as having no legs.
My kids need a psychological wheelchair.

Well, you see the associations the blog "Autism Sucks" raises.

When you don't know anything about autism you'll be able to get insight. When you live with autism you'll sure feel a lot better seeing others are dealing with the same issues like you do.

I'm on Twitter

Because Today leaves entrecard users in the cold, I decided to go to Twitter, so there's an extra and easy way to stay in contact with the friends I've made the past months.

I don't join networking sites often, because they're highly addictive and the contacts are swift and superficial.

What made me chose twitter and not another networking site was...don't laugh, the news last week that medical students were able to follow surgery on twitter.
I'm always happy to find some extra education, so....

You can find me here:




See ya!