Month: January 2008
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Hope Floats
So it’s been a year. A year ago on this Sunday we were sitting in the E.R at Children’s watching grim-faced doctors run in and out of our room, order tests, return with results and order more tests. 365 days. I am celebrating by having a piece of fabulous, home-made, made from scratch, double-layer, chocolate…
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My Birthday- The Gift of a Village
It takes a village to raise a child. In the case of my child it takes a very, very large village with a good pharmacy. We are very lucky that the most active villagers are Samantha’s grandparents. I know this isn’t always the case and I am continually counting my lucky stars. My birthday weekend…
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Packing it away
As I’m writing this evening, my husband is watching a man get ‘tazed’ on the SciFi channel. 19 muscle pulses per second when you get tazed…who knew. Who knew that this would be considered entertainment. Here’s the big news for this evening. We are weaning Samantha off her Topamax which is always tough and sleep…
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I’m now on Facebook!
What a kick! I joined an hour ago and met up with six friends. If you haven’t done it, I highly recommend it….great way to dabble a little time. My friend Ginger sent me a slinky through Facebook…who knew. With the baby asleep in her room (cross your fingers) the hubbie asleep on the couch…
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What will be great about 2008?
Happy Holidays! Happy New Year! As I’m writing, I have one eye on the Iowa caucus; a year of much needed change. A friend of mine calls me the ‘the most liberal friend she knows’ so I’m sure you can all guess my views. I feel energized by the changes afoot and I’m trying to…
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