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The answer: I’ve had 68 cats.

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And it costs me $70 a week to feed them, $200 a month for flea collars, $40 a week for flea pills, $300 per cat for spay/neuter, and over $5,000 a year for vet visits. All of the fees are paid for by sales of my art via The Pidgie Fund.

THIS for those who don’t know, is The Pidgie Fund. 100% of profits from this store go directly to supporting the Pidgie Fund Cats (all rescued former feral cats). Left over profits are used to supply food donations to the local animal shelter in West Kennebunk. The Pidgie Fund Cats are fully self supported via sales of art from The Pidgie Fund and often have money left over to help other cats.

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vandalism
vanity press
vegetarian
vegetarianism
velvet
vet
Victorian
video games
Age of Mythology
Violence
virtual city
VISION D-8
Vision Quests
visions
VISION~D8
Voodoo
Voodoo Dolls
Vwoodell
Walking
WalMart
war
Warner Brothers
water
Water Witch
Ways to Make Money
Weather Witch
webmaster
weddings
weeping angels
Weight Loss
weird stuff
were-wolves
What If…
wheelchairs
White Magic
whitefield college
Willy Wonka
Winter
Winter Camping
witchcraft
Advice For Witches
Wicca
wiccan
witchdoctor
witches
Z List for Witches
women
work at home
affiliate
work from home
Workamping
Working From Your RV
Working on the Road
workplace
World
world peace
write
write ins
writer
writers meetings
writing
A Writer’s Desk
Absolute Write
agents
Answers.com
articles
Associated Content
author
authors
word count
words per day
writer’s block
writer’s rights
writer’s voice
writers
writing advice
advice for fiction writers
advice for writers
authors helpers
characters
character profiles
Character Traits
villain
writing about a disabled character
NaNoWriMo
1666
1667
50000
The Dare Thread
The Ruby Throated Humming Bird
The Year of Doing Big-Scary-Fun Things
Screnzy
writing about real places
writing lessons
writing contest
writer’s challange
Writing Exercise
writing goals
writing style
Writing Tip of the Day
writing a sewing book
Writing Challenge
Writing Every Day
writing for children
writing gore
writing how to books
Writing Life
writing non-fiction
writing sex scenes
Xavier
Xavier Roberts
Xavychup Goddess Dolls
Xena
yak hair
Year Supply
yin yang
yoga
Your Questions Answered
YouTube
Yukon
z-list for writers
Zazzle
Zazzleart for sale
zombies
zoo
zoo birds
Zorro

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This post was written by Wendy C Allen aka EelKat, is copyrighted by The Twighlight Manor Press and was posted on Houseless Living @ http://houselessliving.blogspot.com and reposted at EK’s Star Log @ http://eelkat.wordpress.com and parts of it may also be seen on http://www.squidoo.com/EelKat and http://laughinggnomehollow.proboards.com  If you are reading this from a different location than those listed above, please contact me Wendy C. Allen aka EelKat @ http://laughinggnomehollow.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=viewprofile and let me know where it is you found this post. Plagiarism is illegal and I DO actively pursue offenders. Unless copying a Blog Meme, you do not have permission to copy anything appearing on this blog, including words, art, or photos. This will be your only warning. Thank you and have a glorious day! ~ EelKat

>Help my cat win a year supply of food – please vote for her photo!

>

Pip was entered in a costume contest, please vote for her to win (prize she will win is a year supply of cat food), share and tweet and ask your friends to vote for her too, Thanks!

You just go to the petshop’s website, than scroll down the photos to find the pic of my Pip and than click on her name to email them your vote for her. The voting is only open for 3 days.

http://www.kennelshop.com/?page_id=1177

This is her, so you know which cat you are looking for:


http://www.kennelshop.com/images/contest/201010/0085.jpg

Thanks!

Need help with NaNoWriMo?
Check out these:
The 13 Step Method
The Top 5 NaNoWriMo Tools
Creating Character Profiles
Voodoo Dolls for Writers
Those super soft extra fluffy scarfs I wear to Write-Ins

Want to network with me?
http://www.keen.com/EelKat
http://twitter.com/EelKat
http://www.facebook.com/EelKat
http://eknano.blogspot.com
http://eelkat.wordpress.com
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/132659
http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/user/132659

This blog is part of:

The NaNoWriMo Blogchain!

Dog found a new nice warm bed =P

I just got a picture of Dog sleeping in the bowl of hot popcorn:

and helping me pin down pattern pieces of my Morticia Addams CosPlay costume:

and new pictures of Cleo and her kittens:

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http://www.facebook.com/EelKat
http://eknano.blogspot.com
http://eelkat.wordpress.com
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/132659
http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/user/132659

Dog found a new nice warm bed =P

I just got a picture of Dog sleeping in the bowl of hot popcorn:

and helping me pin down pattern pieces of my Morticia Addams CosPlay costume:

and new pictures of Cleo and her kittens:

http://twitter.com/EelKat
http://www.facebook.com/EelKat
http://eknano.blogspot.com
http://eelkat.wordpress.com
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/132659
http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/user/132659

New Keychains from Copper Cockeral

Photography, Art, and Designs by Maine artist and photographer Wendy C Allen aka EelKat © 1978 – Present

The keychain choices below represent some of the different designs and themes created EelKat for Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts A Twighlight Manor Company.

Please Click Each Keyring Below To View It In A Larger Size

Celebrate our 6 year anniversary with us! (Selling art on Zazzle since 2004!)

This is the sister gallery to The Pidgie Fund, both of which are owned by The Twighlight Manor Press.

Other galleries I run include: The Rabbit Hole and Old Orchard Beach, Maine Photography.

My mom and 3 brothers each have their own Zazzle Galleries, so be sure to check out their work as well @
Tiddledeewinks
FlashAllen
The Juiceman
Johnny 5 Allen

You can find out How I Became An Artist.

For those of you who have asked what I use to create my art work, here is info about My Art Equipment, and for those just starting out, I recommend using these books because they are the Best Art Instruction Books and the ones I use myself.

You can find out more about me @ Who is This EelKat Person Anyways?. And you can find out more about Copper Cockeral @Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Thank you for visiting my sites.

~~EK

Like my designs? Want to sew cloths, tote bags, curtains, and pillows to match? Now you can using my line of custom fabrics created using the same designs sold here on Zazzle! http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/eelkat Fabrics available in clothing, quilting, designer, or upholstery weights. Prices starting at just $18 a yard. Do you see one of my drawings that you like and want made into fabric? Let me know. All of my paintings will eventually become available as fabric, but it’s a long process, so if there’s one you want to see come out sooner than others, just tell me. Thanks!

>New Keychains from Copper Cockeral

>

Photography, Art, and Designs by Maine artist and photographer Wendy C Allen aka EelKat © 1978 – Present

The keychain choices below represent some of the different designs and themes created EelKat for Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts A Twighlight Manor Company.

Please Click Each Keyring Below To View It In A Larger Size

Celebrate our 6 year anniversary with us! (Selling art on Zazzle since 2004!)

This is the sister gallery to The Pidgie Fund, both of which are owned by The Twighlight Manor Press.

Other galleries I run include: The Rabbit Hole and Old Orchard Beach, Maine Photography.

My mom and 3 brothers each have their own Zazzle Galleries, so be sure to check out their work as well @
Tiddledeewinks
FlashAllen
The Juiceman
Johnny 5 Allen

You can find out How I Became An Artist.

For those of you who have asked what I use to create my art work, here is info about My Art Equipment, and for those just starting out, I recommend using these books because they are the Best Art Instruction Books and the ones I use myself.

You can find out more about me @ Who is This EelKat Person Anyways?. And you can find out more about Copper Cockeral @Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Thank you for visiting my sites.

~~EK

Like my designs? Want to sew cloths, tote bags, curtains, and pillows to match? Now you can using my line of custom fabrics created using the same designs sold here on Zazzle! http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/eelkat Fabrics available in clothing, quilting, designer, or upholstery weights. Prices starting at just $18 a yard. Do you see one of my drawings that you like and want made into fabric? Let me know. All of my paintings will eventually become available as fabric, but it’s a long process, so if there’s one you want to see come out sooner than others, just tell me. Thanks!

Waiting for Emmett to come.

http://twitter.com/EelKat
http://www.facebook.com/EelKat
http://eknano.blogspot.com
http://eelkat.wordpress.com
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/132659
http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/user/132659

New Keychains from Copper Cockeral

Photography, Art, and Designs by Maine artist and photographer Wendy C Allen aka EelKat © 1978 – Present

The postage stamp choices below represent some of the different designs and themes created EelKat for Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts A Twighlight Manor Company.

Please Click Each Keyring Below To View It In A Larger Size

Celebrate our 6 year anniversary with us! (Selling art on Zazzle since 2004!)

This is the sister gallery to The Pidgie Fund, both of which are owned by The Twighlight Manor Press.

Other galleries I run include: The Rabbit Hole and Old Orchard Beach, Maine Photography.

My mom and 3 brothers each have their own Zazzle Galleries, so be sure to check out their work as well @
Tiddledeewinks
FlashAllen
The Juiceman
Johnny 5 Allen

You can find out How I Became An Artist.

For those of you who have asked what I use to create my art work, here is info about My Art Equipment, and for those just starting out, I recommend using these books because they are the Best Art Instruction Books and the ones I use myself.

You can find out more about me @ Who is This EelKat Person Anyways?. And you can find out more about Copper Cockeral @Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Thank you for visiting my sites.

~~EK

Like my designs? Want to sew cloths, tote bags, curtains, and pillows to match? Now you can using my line of custom fabrics created using the same designs sold here on Zazzle! http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/eelkat Fabrics available in clothing, quilting, designer, or upholstery weights. Prices starting at just $18 a yard. Do you see one of my drawings that you like and want made into fabric? Let me know. All of my paintings will eventually become available as fabric, but it’s a long process, so if there’s one you want to see come out sooner than others, just tell me. Thanks!

Work From Home, Is It Possible?
The Goldeneagle
How to Start a Publishing Company
Self-Publish vs Vanity Press vs Traditional Publisher

All donations to Star Log go either to The Rabbit Hole Fund and/or The Pidgie Fund. The Rabbit Hole Fund is raising money to start a small retail clothen shop, while The Pidgie Fund buys food for pets in Southern Maine.

New Keychains from Copper Cockeral

Photography, Art, and Designs by Maine artist and photographer Wendy C Allen aka EelKat © 1978 – Present

The postage stamp choices below represent some of the different designs and themes created EelKat for Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts A Twighlight Manor Company.

Please Click Each Keyring Below To View It In A Larger Size

Celebrate our 6 year anniversary with us! (Selling art on Zazzle since 2004!)

This is the sister gallery to The Pidgie Fund, both of which are owned by The Twighlight Manor Press.

Other galleries I run include: The Rabbit Hole and Old Orchard Beach, Maine Photography.

My mom and 3 brothers each have their own Zazzle Galleries, so be sure to check out their work as well @
Tiddledeewinks
FlashAllen
The Juiceman
Johnny 5 Allen

You can find out How I Became An Artist.

For those of you who have asked what I use to create my art work, here is info about My Art Equipment, and for those just starting out, I recommend using these books because they are the Best Art Instruction Books and the ones I use myself.

You can find out more about me @ Who is This EelKat Person Anyways?. And you can find out more about Copper Cockeral @Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Thank you for visiting my sites.

~~EK

Like my designs? Want to sew cloths, tote bags, curtains, and pillows to match? Now you can using my line of custom fabrics created using the same designs sold here on Zazzle! http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/eelkat Fabrics available in clothing, quilting, designer, or upholstery weights. Prices starting at just $18 a yard. Do you see one of my drawings that you like and want made into fabric? Let me know. All of my paintings will eventually become available as fabric, but it’s a long process, so if there’s one you want to see come out sooner than others, just tell me. Thanks!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Photography, Art, and Designs by Maine artist and photographer Wendy C Allen aka EelKat © 1978 – Present

New Keychains from Copper Cockeral

Photography, Art, and Designs by Maine artist and photographer Wendy C Allen aka EelKat © 1978 – Present

The postage stamp choices below represent some of the different designs and themes created EelKat for Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts A Twighlight Manor Company.

Please Click Each Keyring Below To View It In A Larger Size

Celebrate our 6 year anniversary with us! (Selling art on Zazzle since 2004!)

This is the sister gallery to The Pidgie Fund, both of which are owned by The Twighlight Manor Press.

Other galleries I run include: The Rabbit Hole and Old Orchard Beach, Maine Photography.

My mom and 3 brothers each have their own Zazzle Galleries, so be sure to check out their work as well @
Tiddledeewinks
FlashAllen
The Juiceman
Johnny 5 Allen

You can find out How I Became An Artist.

For those of you who have asked what I use to create my art work, here is info about My Art Equipment, and for those just starting out, I recommend using these books because they are the Best Art Instruction Books and the ones I use myself.

You can find out more about me @ Who is This EelKat Person Anyways?. And you can find out more about Copper Cockeral @Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Thank you for visiting my sites.

~~EK

Like my designs? Want to sew cloths, tote bags, curtains, and pillows to match? Now you can using my line of custom fabrics created using the same designs sold here on Zazzle! http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/eelkat Fabrics available in clothing, quilting, designer, or upholstery weights. Prices starting at just $18 a yard. Do you see one of my drawings that you like and want made into fabric? Let me know. All of my paintings will eventually become available as fabric, but it’s a long process, so if there’s one you want to see come out sooner than others, just tell me. Thanks!

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

. . .

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:
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How to stop theft of newspapers

It’s rather unwise to steal from a Witch. . . esp one with 16 cats. It’s esp unwise to steal newspapers off that Witch’s front doorstep, because said Witch will than watch for paper to be delivered and switch it with yesterday’s paper which was left over night in the litter box used by her 16 cats. . . after 2 days of cat piss newspapers the guy next door has stopped stealing our paper.

I have no tolerance for thieves, thank goodness cats love to pee on newspaper.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:
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How to stop theft of newspapers

It’s rather unwise to steal from a Witch. . . esp one with 16 cats. It’s esp unwise to steal newspapers off that Witch’s front doorstep, because said Witch will than watch for paper to be delivered and switch it with yesterday’s paper which was left over night in the litter box used by her 16 cats. . . after 2 days of cat piss newspapers the guy next door has stopped stealing our paper.

I have no tolerance for thieves, thank goodness cats love to pee on newspaper.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:
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Asperger’s = The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine

I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

I have Asperger’s, though I didn’t know it until just less than 2 years ago! I always knew I was “different”, but I grew up at a time when, children who were “different” were quickly labeled as either retarded, stubborn, rebellious, or schizophrenic and all of these labels had been used on me by the time I was 4 years old. I guess in the last 30 years people have become more civilized, because now, teachers try to find a diagnosis instead of just name calling.

Growing up, I had great difficulty with things that others found easy to do, and yet, stuff they found difficult, I found easy. I had started reading and writing at age 3, but was never able to learn how to spell words properly, and could not make numbers stick in my head no matter how hard I tried. Today, 30 years later, I still can’t spell, but I’ve developed spell-checking “tricks” to get around it and I still can’t do math, though I can do basic addition and subtraction, and can count money enough to get by.

Today as an adult people call me “The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine”. I currently have 13 cats. All former ferals. People look at you and judge you because you look different, dress different, act different, talk different, whatever. Cats don’t judge. Cats love you without demanded you wear the same cloths they do, talk like them, act like them . . . they don’t care, that you don’t wear fur, purr, or sleep in the sun all day . . . . they love you anyways. As the years went by, my longing for human contact grew, but lack of understanding about me, about autism, about Asperger’s, means that in 34 years, I have had exactly 4 friends. One when I was a kid, but by the time I was 9 her parents had banned her from contact with me. Three when I was a teenager. All three of whom moved away and forgot to write. I have meet thousands of people in my life time. I’ve tried being friends with all of them, but no one wants to be friends with you when you are like me, and so my army of cats, dogs, roosters, rabbits, fish, goats, horses, squirrels, birds, and parrots steadily grew over the years. Animal rescue became my life. In the past 30 years more than 5,000 animals have made their home with me. I started out “crazy”, and due to the way I was treated, or rather neglected by humans, I grew up to become the infamous Crazy Cat Woman of Maine.

The biggest challenge is my difficulty in talking (speaking verbally, face-to-face) and making eye contact, and my needed to have everything “in order”. I became a writer, due to it being my preferred form of communication, rather than speaking verbally. And I live in an alphabetized and color coordinated life.

Have you ever tried looking up information about Aspergers? After I was told I most likely had it, I wanted to know what it was I supposedly most likely had. I found books at the library and sites on Google, all on the same basic theme:

># help for parents of a child with Asperger’s
># what to look for in an Asperger’s child
># why your Asperger’s child does the things he does
># surviving the trauma of raising a child with Asperger’s
># etc, etc, etc . . .

Everyone tells you what it’s like to raise a kid with Aspergers, but no one ever tells you what it’s like to be the kid with Aspergers or what life is like through their eyes, and what about once they grow up? Yes, children with Asperger’s do eventually grow up and become adults with Aspergers. But here’s the thing, you think it’s hard to be a kid with Asperger’s? Do you have any idea how hard it is to be an adult with Aspergers?

I have Asperger’s, and a lot of people don’t understand what it is, or what it’s like to have it or how hard it is to try to live with people who can’t understand why you do the things you do. Well, that is why I decided to create this lens. I know what it’s like to live with it. I’m not a doctor or a parent giving an outsiders view of what it is. I’m it, in and of itself.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:
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Asperger’s = The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine

I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

I have Asperger’s, though I didn’t know it until just less than 2 years ago! I always knew I was “different”, but I grew up at a time when, children who were “different” were quickly labeled as either retarded, stubborn, rebellious, or schizophrenic and all of these labels had been used on me by the time I was 4 years old. I guess in the last 30 years people have become more civilized, because now, teachers try to find a diagnosis instead of just name calling.

Growing up, I had great difficulty with things that others found easy to do, and yet, stuff they found difficult, I found easy. I had started reading and writing at age 3, but was never able to learn how to spell words properly, and could not make numbers stick in my head no matter how hard I tried. Today, 30 years later, I still can’t spell, but I’ve developed spell-checking “tricks” to get around it and I still can’t do math, though I can do basic addition and subtraction, and can count money enough to get by.

Today as an adult people call me “The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine”. I currently have 13 cats. All former ferals. People look at you and judge you because you look different, dress different, act different, talk different, whatever. Cats don’t judge. Cats love you without demanded you wear the same cloths they do, talk like them, act like them . . . they don’t care, that you don’t wear fur, purr, or sleep in the sun all day . . . . they love you anyways. As the years went by, my longing for human contact grew, but lack of understanding about me, about autism, about Asperger’s, means that in 34 years, I have had exactly 4 friends. One when I was a kid, but by the time I was 9 her parents had banned her from contact with me. Three when I was a teenager. All three of whom moved away and forgot to write. I have meet thousands of people in my life time. I’ve tried being friends with all of them, but no one wants to be friends with you when you are like me, and so my army of cats, dogs, roosters, rabbits, fish, goats, horses, squirrels, birds, and parrots steadily grew over the years. Animal rescue became my life. In the past 30 years more than 5,000 animals have made their home with me. I started out “crazy”, and due to the way I was treated, or rather neglected by humans, I grew up to become the infamous Crazy Cat Woman of Maine.

The biggest challenge is my difficulty in talking (speaking verbally, face-to-face) and making eye contact, and my needed to have everything “in order”. I became a writer, due to it being my preferred form of communication, rather than speaking verbally. And I live in an alphabetized and color coordinated life.

Have you ever tried looking up information about Aspergers? After I was told I most likely had it, I wanted to know what it was I supposedly most likely had. I found books at the library and sites on Google, all on the same basic theme:

># help for parents of a child with Asperger’s
># what to look for in an Asperger’s child
># why your Asperger’s child does the things he does
># surviving the trauma of raising a child with Asperger’s
># etc, etc, etc . . .

Everyone tells you what it’s like to raise a kid with Aspergers, but no one ever tells you what it’s like to be the kid with Aspergers or what life is like through their eyes, and what about once they grow up? Yes, children with Asperger’s do eventually grow up and become adults with Aspergers. But here’s the thing, you think it’s hard to be a kid with Asperger’s? Do you have any idea how hard it is to be an adult with Aspergers?

I have Asperger’s, and a lot of people don’t understand what it is, or what it’s like to have it or how hard it is to try to live with people who can’t understand why you do the things you do. Well, that is why I decided to create this lens. I know what it’s like to live with it. I’m not a doctor or a parent giving an outsiders view of what it is. I’m it, in and of itself.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

. . .

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:
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>Asperger’s = The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine

>

I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

I have Asperger’s, though I didn’t know it until just less than 2 years ago! I always knew I was “different”, but I grew up at a time when, children who were “different” were quickly labeled as either retarded, stubborn, rebellious, or schizophrenic and all of these labels had been used on me by the time I was 4 years old. I guess in the last 30 years people have become more civilized, because now, teachers try to find a diagnosis instead of just name calling.

Growing up, I had great difficulty with things that others found easy to do, and yet, stuff they found difficult, I found easy. I had started reading and writing at age 3, but was never able to learn how to spell words properly, and could not make numbers stick in my head no matter how hard I tried. Today, 30 years later, I still can’t spell, but I’ve developed spell-checking “tricks” to get around it and I still can’t do math, though I can do basic addition and subtraction, and can count money enough to get by.

Today as an adult people call me “The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine”. I currently have 13 cats. All former ferals. People look at you and judge you because you look different, dress different, act different, talk different, whatever. Cats don’t judge. Cats love you without demanded you wear the same cloths they do, talk like them, act like them . . . they don’t care, that you don’t wear fur, purr, or sleep in the sun all day . . . . they love you anyways. As the years went by, my longing for human contact grew, but lack of understanding about me, about autism, about Asperger’s, means that in 34 years, I have had exactly 4 friends. One when I was a kid, but by the time I was 9 her parents had banned her from contact with me. Three when I was a teenager. All three of whom moved away and forgot to write. I have meet thousands of people in my life time. I’ve tried being friends with all of them, but no one wants to be friends with you when you are like me, and so my army of cats, dogs, roosters, rabbits, fish, goats, horses, squirrels, birds, and parrots steadily grew over the years. Animal rescue became my life. In the past 30 years more than 5,000 animals have made their home with me. I started out “crazy”, and due to the way I was treated, or rather neglected by humans, I grew up to become the infamous Crazy Cat Woman of Maine.

The biggest challenge is my difficulty in talking (speaking verbally, face-to-face) and making eye contact, and my needed to have everything “in order”. I became a writer, due to it being my preferred form of communication, rather than speaking verbally. And I live in an alphabetized and color coordinated life.

Have you ever tried looking up information about Aspergers? After I was told I most likely had it, I wanted to know what it was I supposedly most likely had. I found books at the library and sites on Google, all on the same basic theme:

># help for parents of a child with Asperger’s
># what to look for in an Asperger’s child
># why your Asperger’s child does the things he does
># surviving the trauma of raising a child with Asperger’s
># etc, etc, etc . . .

Everyone tells you what it’s like to raise a kid with Aspergers, but no one ever tells you what it’s like to be the kid with Aspergers or what life is like through their eyes, and what about once they grow up? Yes, children with Asperger’s do eventually grow up and become adults with Aspergers. But here’s the thing, you think it’s hard to be a kid with Asperger’s? Do you have any idea how hard it is to be an adult with Aspergers?

I have Asperger’s, and a lot of people don’t understand what it is, or what it’s like to have it or how hard it is to try to live with people who can’t understand why you do the things you do. Well, that is why I decided to create this lens. I know what it’s like to live with it. I’m not a doctor or a parent giving an outsiders view of what it is. I’m it, in and of itself.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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Asperger’s = The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine

I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

I have Asperger’s, though I didn’t know it until just less than 2 years ago! I always knew I was “different”, but I grew up at a time when, children who were “different” were quickly labeled as either retarded, stubborn, rebellious, or schizophrenic and all of these labels had been used on me by the time I was 4 years old. I guess in the last 30 years people have become more civilized, because now, teachers try to find a diagnosis instead of just name calling.

Growing up, I had great difficulty with things that others found easy to do, and yet, stuff they found difficult, I found easy. I had started reading and writing at age 3, but was never able to learn how to spell words properly, and could not make numbers stick in my head no matter how hard I tried. Today, 30 years later, I still can’t spell, but I’ve developed spell-checking “tricks” to get around it and I still can’t do math, though I can do basic addition and subtraction, and can count money enough to get by.

Today as an adult people call me “The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine”. I currently have 13 cats. All former ferals. People look at you and judge you because you look different, dress different, act different, talk different, whatever. Cats don’t judge. Cats love you without demanded you wear the same cloths they do, talk like them, act like them . . . they don’t care, that you don’t wear fur, purr, or sleep in the sun all day . . . . they love you anyways. As the years went by, my longing for human contact grew, but lack of understanding about me, about autism, about Asperger’s, means that in 34 years, I have had exactly 4 friends. One when I was a kid, but by the time I was 9 her parents had banned her from contact with me. Three when I was a teenager. All three of whom moved away and forgot to write. I have meet thousands of people in my life time. I’ve tried being friends with all of them, but no one wants to be friends with you when you are like me, and so my army of cats, dogs, roosters, rabbits, fish, goats, horses, squirrels, birds, and parrots steadily grew over the years. Animal rescue became my life. In the past 30 years more than 5,000 animals have made their home with me. I started out “crazy”, and due to the way I was treated, or rather neglected by humans, I grew up to become the infamous Crazy Cat Woman of Maine.

The biggest challenge is my difficulty in talking (speaking verbally, face-to-face) and making eye contact, and my needed to have everything “in order”. I became a writer, due to it being my preferred form of communication, rather than speaking verbally. And I live in an alphabetized and color coordinated life.

Have you ever tried looking up information about Aspergers? After I was told I most likely had it, I wanted to know what it was I supposedly most likely had. I found books at the library and sites on Google, all on the same basic theme:

># help for parents of a child with Asperger’s
># what to look for in an Asperger’s child
># why your Asperger’s child does the things he does
># surviving the trauma of raising a child with Asperger’s
># etc, etc, etc . . .

Everyone tells you what it’s like to raise a kid with Aspergers, but no one ever tells you what it’s like to be the kid with Aspergers or what life is like through their eyes, and what about once they grow up? Yes, children with Asperger’s do eventually grow up and become adults with Aspergers. But here’s the thing, you think it’s hard to be a kid with Asperger’s? Do you have any idea how hard it is to be an adult with Aspergers?

I have Asperger’s, and a lot of people don’t understand what it is, or what it’s like to have it or how hard it is to try to live with people who can’t understand why you do the things you do. Well, that is why I decided to create this lens. I know what it’s like to live with it. I’m not a doctor or a parent giving an outsiders view of what it is. I’m it, in and of itself.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:
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.

.

Asperger’s = The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine

I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

I have Asperger’s, though I didn’t know it until just less than 2 years ago! I always knew I was “different”, but I grew up at a time when, children who were “different” were quickly labeled as either retarded, stubborn, rebellious, or schizophrenic and all of these labels had been used on me by the time I was 4 years old. I guess in the last 30 years people have become more civilized, because now, teachers try to find a diagnosis instead of just name calling.

Growing up, I had great difficulty with things that others found easy to do, and yet, stuff they found difficult, I found easy. I had started reading and writing at age 3, but was never able to learn how to spell words properly, and could not make numbers stick in my head no matter how hard I tried. Today, 30 years later, I still can’t spell, but I’ve developed spell-checking “tricks” to get around it and I still can’t do math, though I can do basic addition and subtraction, and can count money enough to get by.

Today as an adult people call me “The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine”. I currently have 13 cats. All former ferals. People look at you and judge you because you look different, dress different, act different, talk different, whatever. Cats don’t judge. Cats love you without demanded you wear the same cloths they do, talk like them, act like them . . . they don’t care, that you don’t wear fur, purr, or sleep in the sun all day . . . . they love you anyways. As the years went by, my longing for human contact grew, but lack of understanding about me, about autism, about Asperger’s, means that in 34 years, I have had exactly 4 friends. One when I was a kid, but by the time I was 9 her parents had banned her from contact with me. Three when I was a teenager. All three of whom moved away and forgot to write. I have meet thousands of people in my life time. I’ve tried being friends with all of them, but no one wants to be friends with you when you are like me, and so my army of cats, dogs, roosters, rabbits, fish, goats, horses, squirrels, birds, and parrots steadily grew over the years. Animal rescue became my life. In the past 30 years more than 5,000 animals have made their home with me. I started out “crazy”, and due to the way I was treated, or rather neglected by humans, I grew up to become the infamous Crazy Cat Woman of Maine.

The biggest challenge is my difficulty in talking (speaking verbally, face-to-face) and making eye contact, and my needed to have everything “in order”. I became a writer, due to it being my preferred form of communication, rather than speaking verbally. And I live in an alphabetized and color coordinated life.

Have you ever tried looking up information about Aspergers? After I was told I most likely had it, I wanted to know what it was I supposedly most likely had. I found books at the library and sites on Google, all on the same basic theme:

># help for parents of a child with Asperger’s
># what to look for in an Asperger’s child
># why your Asperger’s child does the things he does
># surviving the trauma of raising a child with Asperger’s
># etc, etc, etc . . .

Everyone tells you what it’s like to raise a kid with Aspergers, but no one ever tells you what it’s like to be the kid with Aspergers or what life is like through their eyes, and what about once they grow up? Yes, children with Asperger’s do eventually grow up and become adults with Aspergers. But here’s the thing, you think it’s hard to be a kid with Asperger’s? Do you have any idea how hard it is to be an adult with Aspergers?

I have Asperger’s, and a lot of people don’t understand what it is, or what it’s like to have it or how hard it is to try to live with people who can’t understand why you do the things you do. Well, that is why I decided to create this lens. I know what it’s like to live with it. I’m not a doctor or a parent giving an outsiders view of what it is. I’m it, in and of itself.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

. . .

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:
.
.

.

Asperger’s = The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine

I’m drafting out a new book, as yet untitled, about what it is like to live with Asperger’s Syndrome(which I have) and I’m using my blog to run first drafts of sections of it. Second drafts are being moved HERE. This post is one of those draft posts, expect more to show up over time.

I have Asperger’s, though I didn’t know it until just less than 2 years ago! I always knew I was “different”, but I grew up at a time when, children who were “different” were quickly labeled as either retarded, stubborn, rebellious, or schizophrenic and all of these labels had been used on me by the time I was 4 years old. I guess in the last 30 years people have become more civilized, because now, teachers try to find a diagnosis instead of just name calling.

Growing up, I had great difficulty with things that others found easy to do, and yet, stuff they found difficult, I found easy. I had started reading and writing at age 3, but was never able to learn how to spell words properly, and could not make numbers stick in my head no matter how hard I tried. Today, 30 years later, I still can’t spell, but I’ve developed spell-checking “tricks” to get around it and I still can’t do math, though I can do basic addition and subtraction, and can count money enough to get by.

Today as an adult people call me “The Crazy Cat Woman of Maine”. I currently have 13 cats. All former ferals. People look at you and judge you because you look different, dress different, act different, talk different, whatever. Cats don’t judge. Cats love you without demanded you wear the same cloths they do, talk like them, act like them . . . they don’t care, that you don’t wear fur, purr, or sleep in the sun all day . . . . they love you anyways. As the years went by, my longing for human contact grew, but lack of understanding about me, about autism, about Asperger’s, means that in 34 years, I have had exactly 4 friends. One when I was a kid, but by the time I was 9 her parents had banned her from contact with me. Three when I was a teenager. All three of whom moved away and forgot to write. I have meet thousands of people in my life time. I’ve tried being friends with all of them, but no one wants to be friends with you when you are like me, and so my army of cats, dogs, roosters, rabbits, fish, goats, horses, squirrels, birds, and parrots steadily grew over the years. Animal rescue became my life. In the past 30 years more than 5,000 animals have made their home with me. I started out “crazy”, and due to the way I was treated, or rather neglected by humans, I grew up to become the infamous Crazy Cat Woman of Maine.

The biggest challenge is my difficulty in talking (speaking verbally, face-to-face) and making eye contact, and my needed to have everything “in order”. I became a writer, due to it being my preferred form of communication, rather than speaking verbally. And I live in an alphabetized and color coordinated life.

Have you ever tried looking up information about Aspergers? After I was told I most likely had it, I wanted to know what it was I supposedly most likely had. I found books at the library and sites on Google, all on the same basic theme:

># help for parents of a child with Asperger’s
># what to look for in an Asperger’s child
># why your Asperger’s child does the things he does
># surviving the trauma of raising a child with Asperger’s
># etc, etc, etc . . .

Everyone tells you what it’s like to raise a kid with Aspergers, but no one ever tells you what it’s like to be the kid with Aspergers or what life is like through their eyes, and what about once they grow up? Yes, children with Asperger’s do eventually grow up and become adults with Aspergers. But here’s the thing, you think it’s hard to be a kid with Asperger’s? Do you have any idea how hard it is to be an adult with Aspergers?

I have Asperger’s, and a lot of people don’t understand what it is, or what it’s like to have it or how hard it is to try to live with people who can’t understand why you do the things you do. Well, that is why I decided to create this lens. I know what it’s like to live with it. I’m not a doctor or a parent giving an outsiders view of what it is. I’m it, in and of itself.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

. . .

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If you liked reading this blog and want to read more stuff written by me, I have lots of websites, where you can read other things I write, here are a few of the ones I like the best:
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ATT: PET FOOD RECALL!

Here’s the FDA report, please read if you have pets: FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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ATT: PET FOOD RECALL!

Here’s the FDA report, please read if you have pets: FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

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ATT: PET FOOD RECALL!

Here’s the FDA report, please read if you have pets: FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

Want to read more? Check out my Squidoo Lenses:

Ekography: EelKats Lensography and be sure to find out about
My Lord Sesshomaru Costume!

This Post copyright Wendy C. Allen 2007. EelKat

ATT: PET FOOD RECALL!

Here’s the FDA report, please read if you have pets: FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

Want to read more? Check out my Squidoo Lenses:

Ekography: EelKats Lensography and be sure to find out about
My Lord Sesshomaru Costume!

This Post copyright Wendy C. Allen 2007. EelKat

ATT: PET FOOD RECALL!

Here’s the FDA report, please read if you have pets: FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

Want to read more? Check out my Squidoo Lenses:

Ekography: EelKats Lensography and be sure to find out about
My Lord Sesshomaru Costume!

This Post copyright Wendy C. Allen 2007. EelKat

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