• Tripping down memory lane

    I have been threatening to do this for a while, but have finally gotten around to it, so prepare yourselves for a bit of a tale. Many years ago – shockingly, it’s been 30 years! (where does the time go?!) – I treated myself to a trip to Europe as my college graduation present. I…

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  • Lame excuses, in lovely list format

    Okay, this is a whiny post about why I haven’t been posting to the blog more often. So let’s get right to it: I’ve been working A LOT Like I said, I’ve been working A LOT Just to clarify, working a lot leaves me with very little free time Chuck has also been working a…

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  • Counting our blessings

    Chuck had his six-month CT scan this past Monday at City of Hope. It’s been on the calendar, and we’ve been doing these follow-ups for a while. But in a pattern that has become familiar, in the week or two leading up to these appointments & tests both Chuck and I start to exhibit some,…

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  • Thinking outside the box

    It’s interesting times these days here in California. We have a new governor (well, he’s more like a gently used governor as he’s been governor once before) and he is doing what he said he’d do when he was campaigning: try to fix what’s broken in California, i.e. the budget process (among other things). His…

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  • Resolutions

    2011 has started! We’re now a few weeks into it and so far we’ve run one race and attended several spinning classes. It’s all part of a long-range plan to get ourselves in better shape. We joined a new gym in our area, and they offer free spin classes so we started going on Tuesday…

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  • Skal! Cheers! Prost! Whatever!

    Quick! Download this app and take pics! New Year’s fun for all AND you can drive afterwards!! Happy New Year, world! UPDATE: Argh! All of the instructions are in Swedish! Jösses!

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