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I now measure my life in fiscal years.  No longer is January the month of reflection. No longer will I spend the time after Christmas reviewing the joys and pains of the year past. June 29th is the day in which I will turn over my years and measure my time. This little man: is one year old today. […]
Posted at: June 29th, 2006 - 3:05 pm - Number of Comments » 4
Sarah will understand the context. Among some well-known culinary facts: Watermelon: Is an excellent natural diuretic. Caffeine: Is also a very effective diuretic. What this means to my life: Do not, EVER eat a huge helping of watermelon and drink an enormous cup of coffee immediately prior to attending a three hour project planning meeting. […]
Posted at: June 28th, 2006 - 4:38 pm - Number of Comments » 2
Lost in all the excitement to get my family and my husband ready for his impending surgery, a small milestone got overlooked. Two weeks ago, my son went to his first ballgame Jon Montgomery (aka The Tall). Like most minor-league franchises below AAA, it’s relatively easy to come by cheap or free tickets, and Jon got a batch […]
Posted at: June 28th, 2006 - 12:42 pm - Number of Comments » 3
Today, I sign over a LOT of money to a financial consultant.  This is supposedly a way to make more money, but I will admit to having mild panic attacks at the thought of writing the checks. I grew up poor. Not dirt-floor, no-shoes poor, but it was definitely a hand-to-mouth existance without a lot […]
Posted at: June 27th, 2006 - 10:57 am - Number of Comments » 2
I know it has been quiet around here. There’s been a few distractions. My husband had surgery last Thursday. This is a man that has only once had something more involved than a bad cold in the thirty six years of his existence. The surgery was relatively minor. By minor, I mean as minor as […]
Posted at: June 26th, 2006 - 10:10 am - Number of Comments » 8
I just finished a teleconference with the FDA, and I’m feeling all professional-like, back in my office and settling down to my desk to write up a meeting summary with action items and resolutions and flow charts and lots of technical jargon. I flex my fingers and put them to the keyboard, stretch out my legs […]
Posted at: June 20th, 2006 - 11:19 am - Comments Off on Here I was feeling all professional…
Professionally, as a researcher (or former researcher, since I don’t do primary research anymore) in infectious disease, I have long been a proponent of the “hygiene” theory of immune-related diseases. We are just too clean. Don’t challenge our respiratory systems at a young enough age? We set ourselves up for asthma and allergies. Don’t get […]
Posted at: June 16th, 2006 - 9:36 pm - Comments Off on Like I have been saying…
If you kept up with my Myspace blog you know that I decided to make a serious entry into the digital photography world, and replaced my old Pentax 35mm SLR that perished in Katrina with a brand-spankin’-new Nikon D50 digital SLR. This camera, while it doesn’t have the megapixel superiority of the Canon Rebel EOS, quite […]
Posted at: June 16th, 2006 - 5:19 pm - Number of Comments » 3
It’s about two weeks old, but this bit of news from Slidell just came across my email today. My home is NOT one of those being condemned. Â We got in fairly quickly to salvage, and through the good graces and much appreciated (although we probably don’t express it enough) help of our friend, Elaine (better […]
Posted at: June 15th, 2006 - 3:44 pm - Comments Off on Nine months later
Okay, this has happened to me before, and I cannot remember how to fix it.  As you may have noticed, my sidebar has moved south.  I am working on it…  …Now it seems to be fixed. Unfortunately some sort of weirdness with my previous post caused it. I am renovating said post and hope to […]
Posted at: June 14th, 2006 - 10:53 pm - Number of Comments » 2