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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Three Years Ago Ava was Diagnosed with Autism

November 20, 2009

Three years ago, on November 20, 2006, a local psychologist told me that Ava has autism. I can honestly say that I wasn’t completely surprised, I’ve always been an information junkie and kind of expected it but the words were still a bit of a shock to my system. However, I didn’t have much time [...]

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Blast From the Past – Adam Jasinski Busted for Reselling Oxycodone Pills

October 20, 2009

I peeked at my Google Analytics stats for today and noticed that my blog was getting a massive influx of traffic, way more than I usually get on a single day. The majority of the traffic is coming in via Google searches related to Adam Jasinski. So what’s a net sleuth like myself to do? [...]

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The H1N1 Fairy has Visited the Mindless Mommy Household

October 13, 2009

With all her germy sparkliness, the H1N1 Fairy has visited the Mindless Mommy household – not once, but twice. While on a flight to Atlanta last weekend, I wrote about my daughter’s experience with H1N1, Asthma, and a Severe Case of Croup. Last week was relatively quiet in our house but Alexander ended up getting [...]

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Super Nanny Supports Asthma Education Campaign

September 28, 2009

If you were only to look at the title of this post, Super Nanny Supports Asthma Education Campaign, then you’d likely think that this would be a positive post helping raise awareness about asthma. However, the new educational campaign – ASTHMyths, which is sponsored by the Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA), is [...]

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