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Shasta

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About Me

I am 32, live in Bellingham, WA and am a hairstylist at Regis Salon. I have been married to my high school sweetie for over 11 years and have two beautiful kids :)

My daughter is almost 4 years old, and my son is 7. He was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in August of 2006.

http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/

I got my layout at Cleanupmyspace.com

My Interests

Hmm, can you tell? I like anything crafty, give me some scissors and paper and I am a happy camper :) Weird, I know! You can also check me out here...
http://byshasta.blogspot.com/
I also like to read, though I never have the time. I like to spend as much time as possible with my family. I also spend a lot of time on BabyCenter.com since having kids, and now I host a scrapbooking message board there-

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Music:

I like pretty much all kinds of music. I like the classics, Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Aerosmith, Jackson Browne, Journey, Heart, The Police, Elton John, David Bowie, The Who, Three Dog Night, the Doobies, all that. Of course anything 80's! Newer stuff is pretty cool too, I like the Killers, the Gorillas, James Blunt, Black Eyed Peas, John Mayer, I never know most of the names of who's playing!

Movies:

It has been ages since I have been to the movies! Let's see... I love The Breakfast Club (natch!), Princess Bride, Sense and Sensibility, LOTR, The Goonies, Dirty Dancing, The Dark Crystal, Flashdance, Ferris Beuller, The Matrix, Castaway, Wedding Crashers... I could go on and on!

Television:

I love CSI (all of them!), NCIS, Desperate Housewives, My name is Earl. I am an American Idol fan, have to watch that! Ummm.... Oh! Paula's home Cooking on the FoodNetwork! PRISON BREAK, Bones, House, Criminal Minds...

My Blog

Hospital Visit!

..>   Adrian has had an umbilical hernia since she was born, and it has never been a problem.   For those of you that aren't familiar, a hernia is a hole in your abdominal wall, and somet...
Posted by Shasta on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:59:00 PST

Autism 101

I found a blog of another ASD mom and she posted a very good explanation of ASD and other related disorders.  For those of you that know my son, this may be helpful in understanding him a little ...
Posted by Shasta on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:30:00 PST

ASD and me

I lurk on an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) message board almost everyday and another mom there asked this question.... Does anyone else have an ASD kid who seems almost "normal" sometimes? A few of t...
Posted by Shasta on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:58:00 PST