Weekend update ( Read more... )

I don't seem to have a more romantic icon than this one, lol ( Read more... )

This is what you get when you transplant a body part or organ (who knew Bone Marrow was an organ?) and the match is not exactly perfect and the graft (or transplanted part) fights with the host (or recipient of the graft) through the immune system.

All kinds of things can happen, from the slightly annoying to the life threatening.  In the early days ( Read more... )

I keep putting off posting because I don't think anyone really wants to read about my drama, and most of the people who need to hear about it already have.  So this post is more for record-keeping purposes ( Read more... )

posting something about the political situation in Wisconsin, something about how amazing it is to circumnavigate the square with tens of thousands of people who all feel as strongly as I do that a certain process has gone horribly wrong. But ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the long-awaited consult with the dentist over B's treatment plan(s).  We went into it thinking we were going to get all the financial info associated with each option, and come out of it with appointments and a payment plan.  Not so much.  We got some more detailed info about options, a list of oral surgeons to consult with, and the ( Read more... )

This is the 22nd anniversary of our first date, but there doesn't seem to be an ice storm threatening this year.  Hey! It's also Friday, which was the day of our first date ( Read more... )

B is home & I posted the details in pint_of_cheer

Yesterday, I went to Macy's and managed to procure 2 pairs of jeans.  They're both the same Mfr, but I got the black, stonewashed ones in a larger size than the indigo pair. I wore the black ones today, and I'll probably need a belt next week.  They'll be fine over longjohns this winter.  The blue pair is just ( Read more... )

just posted at barley52  's blog - B needs company during the next 2 weeks

Hopefully, some of you can spend a little time with him.

Honestly, I was all set to do a fun report about our great weekend, with pictures and everything, when DH decided to straighten up in the backyard a bit.  Moments later, there's yelling (him = OWW! me = "what did you do?") and then blood magically appeared in 2 streams on his ankle ( Read more... )