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Mutterings

Massive January 2010 Storm in Arizona – Tornado Warning and a Downed Cactus

January 22, 2010

Last night was rather exciting here at the Mindless Mommy household. California has been pounded with storms this week and as they’ve left Cali they’ve migrated into Arizona. Yesterday was a whopper of a storm and we actually had a Tornado Watch issued in the late afternoon. Now I lived in Arkansas for two years [...]

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I Suffer From a High-Information Diet

January 20, 2010

Yup, that’s right, I suffer from a high-information diet. I’m a self-professed information junkie. Although I’ve enjoyed knowing a little bit about a lot of things for my entire life, after I noticed Ava’s developmental delays I became a full-fledged information junkie. When a doctor tells you that your child is on the autism spectrum, [...]

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Happy New Year

January 1, 2010

Happy New Year! Although 2009 met us with many visits to specialists, the emergency room, and the local children’s urgent care centers, it was still a good year. As the year came to a close, Alexander was closing in on two months seizure free and Ava was growing by leaps and bounds – literally. She [...]

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Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week 2009

September 21, 2009

I just saw a post on one of my “special needs parenting” message boards that this week, September 20-26, is Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week. She is the mother of a sweet little boy who has a mitochondrial disease. I remember her first posts two or so years ago when her boy was just an infant [...]

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An Insurance Company Rant

September 8, 2009

Considering the focus on health care reform in Congress and from the Obama administration, I though that my insurance company rant is a perfect post for today. On August 12, my daughter went to see the neurologist. She’s been having headaches and so he ordered an MRI. I called the nurse on 8/24, still no [...]

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Fun Fauna Night in the Desert

September 6, 2009

Last night at dusk, my dad drove my kids and I out into the desert to go looking for desert fauna (and to just have a nice drive). Shortly after dark, we noticed something in the road hopping straight at us – it was a big ole toad! My dad stopped and caught the toad [...]

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First Day of School – 2009-2010 School Year

August 16, 2009

Wednesday, August 12 marked the first day of the 2009-2010 school year for the Mindless Mommy kids. On Tuesday night, Alexander spiked a 103+ degree fever which topped out at 105.1 on Wednesday morning. Alex slept while I prepared Ava for her first day of Kindergarten. I had to get Alexander to the doctor so [...]

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