We just returned from a week-long vacation visiting our family in Florida. It was a glorious time that breezed by far too quickly. I got a carload of stuff put away and all the laundry washed on the day we returned, while the boys in their joyous frenzy buzzed around playing with every toy in…
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Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) – Rare Disease Day 2012
Since today is Rare Disease Day, I decided to recap our experience with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH). Langerhans cells are immune cells that are normally present in the skin and mucosa. LCH happens when immature Langerhans cells behave like cancer cells – proliferating, and sometimes travelling through the blood stream to end up in other…
Christmas, Christmas, One, Two, Three.
This won’t be a very holly jolly post. I’m playing catch up and I’m bored. And, I have happily put Christmas, with all its tree needles, wrapping paper particles and house cluttering behind me. I adore Christmas, and this year, I was more in the Spirit than I had been for a few years, but…
MO Memories, Part 1 of 3 – The MO I Know
Upon consulting my photo album, where I file away a large part of my brain, I find our Missouri trip next in line for the “Last Two Months’ Adventures Series.” I found out a while back that my parents and sister were going to Missouri for my Aunt’s 75th birthday party. I didn’t think tagging…
MO Memories, Part 3 of 3, The MO He Knows
Concluding our Missouri trip, we drove back through time a bit to Commerce, where Dad’s family lived in his younger years. Benton High School A stop by Oakdale Cemetery Bea Skinner is mentioned here. …
MO Memories, Part 2 of 3 – It’s All About the MO Jo
Continuing with the recount of our Missouri trip, we then went to check out the party venue where Aunt Joanne’s 75th birthday party will be. Here we entered the birthday party set-up in progress. This is Penny giving me the “I’m not Jill” face, I think before the door closed. That’s a running joke around…
Since the Cavalry Arrived
Yes, I’m alive. I haven’t posted since Aunt Ashley (my sister) moved in! And can I just say, I LOVE having another wife around (ha ha). She is extraordinarily popular with the boys, too. She’s popular to the point that I had to put stickers on our hall clock and tell Ian not to go…
If Kids Ruled the World…
Based on this small sample of recent memorable quotes/moments, the world would be pretty interesting, and probably a lot more fun if we did it their way: Ian, fiddling with one of my bras: Mom! I just unhooked your backpack nipple thing! Ian: Mommmmm! I’m ready for a wiiiiiiipe! Brian: Ian, mom is busy cooking,…
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Since I forgot to write down all the cute things the boys did and said, I’ll write a lame list of what I DO remember from the weekend. THE GOOD: I actually made it to the gym again! It was lonely, but I managed to find an elliptical with a TV and a good Kevin…
At the Door, In a Jam
We just bought a really cool new educational book set for the kids. It’s actually 26 books, interactive computer programs, “cling” stickers and laminated posters. And it was really stinkin’ expensive. But…we have our hearts set on homeschooling, and these books contain most of the subjects I’ve really wanted to start covering. Many of them…
S.A.H.M. Hill 