I got some horrible news about an old high school friend today. She has been diagnosed with breast cancer.  She still has a myriad of other testing to see how far it's gotten and so there is a great deal of hope--but still, stuff like that stops you in your tracks. She has two adorable little boys, 8 and 6, and she is only 42 years old. Man, it ( Read more... )

Callie is here:


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Here's another set of questions to answer from the interview meme from
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Yesterday was my *coughcoughsputter* -st birthday. I would love to ignore them at this point, but my family and friends didn't let me and I had a great day. Thanks to all of you for the birthday texts, lj wishes and gifts and cards. Mike took the day off and we had a lovely Taco Bell lunch with Camille, which doesn't sound too special, but my older ( Read more... )

I saw this post on my friend Liz's blog and it looked like just the thing to cheer me up - so DO IT - or not, whatever...

Here's how you play:1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember.2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how ( Read more... )

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My friend Liz tagged me ages ago with this, and even mentioned my blog as one of the websites she visits, so I better get to it ( Read more... )