From the monthly archives:

February 2008

Bertolli Pulls Ads from Big Brother Show – Good Job Mama!

February 28, 2008

Jenn over at Good Job Mama! posted that Bertolli (the pasta company) has followed Lowe’s and pulled their ads from the Big Brother show on CBS. A representative from Bertolli called, as in picked up the telephone and made a personal phone call, to Jenn to inform her of their decision to pull the ads. [...]

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Hiker Rescued After Fall in Superstition Mountains

February 28, 2008

Wait, don’t leave – you’re in the right place. This is mindlessmommy.com. This post isn’t about autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, anxiety, or Adam Jasinski. This post is about my dad. *insert awwww sound clip here* I’ve posted previously that my dad is a member of Superstition Search and Rescue and has started a new business – Superstition [...]

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Fun at Dance Class

February 27, 2008

As of three weeks ago, Wednesday nights are dance class night in the Mindless Mommy house. Both kids attend a combo (ballet, jazz, tumbling) class at 6pm on Wednesdays – separate classes. My son just loves them and there is another boy in his class unlike last time we tried dance when he was the [...]

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Dental Work, Asperger’s Syndrome, and Anxiety

February 26, 2008

Dental work, Asperger’s syndrome, and anxiety – those three phrases do not go together! They are, however, my reality. Well actually, they are my son’s reality. He was complaining of a toothache on Friday night and yesterday I managed to get him in with a fabulous pediatric dentist who has experience with children on the [...]

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E for Excellent!

February 25, 2008

I woke up from a rather sleepless night (one child with an asthma flare-up and the other with a toothache) to see that Angela from Memoirs of a Chaotic Mommy awarded me with the E for Excellent blog award. I’ve seen these fun awards floating around many of the autism-themed blogs I subscribe to [...]

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Meltdown at the Chess Tournament

February 23, 2008

I posted earlier today that I’m not in Chess Mom mode; Chess Dad took Alexander to his second chess tournament. I received a happy call from Alexander after every game who proudly proclaimed that he lost but had fun. The final round was supposed to start at 2:00 pm our time; the phone rings at [...]

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Not A Chess Mom Today

February 23, 2008

I somehow managed to talk my husband into taking my son to today’s chess tournament. My husband does not like crowds and new situations. We’ve played around with several online autism screening tools and he always scores quite high on the “maybe an Aspie” tests. I even had him fill out The Ritvo Autism Asperger’s [...]

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