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Saturday, August 1, 2009

I haven't posted on here much. There have been lots of happy things that I could have told you about (Bella's birthday, evening out at Grand Rapids Art Festival, a week of relaxing vacation)....but I just never got around to it. Then there has been some bad stuff. We nearly lost Diego a couple weeks ago. He was hospitalized for 6 days and was finally diagnosed with a bacterial infection. Unfortunately there has been some severe damage to his leg from the swelling and bacteria. We now have a wound that covers his entire lower leg that needs to heal. This means that we have spent enough money on his hospitalization and bandage changes to put 2.5 kids through braces. Lucky for us we don't have 2.5 kids. Soooo, besides saving up pop cans ($.10 deposit return in Michigan!) we have entered this contest to see if we can raise some money. Please consider voting and tell everyone you know about it. This contest goes through October but has weekly winners. Please vote using the button below.

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Happy (belated) birthday Diego!!

Saturday, May 2, 2009

So my big boy turned three last week (April 23rd)!! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. He and Bella have changed our lives so drastically that I can't imagine not having them!

I baked pupcakes and we had a little celebration...Happy birthday puppy!!
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So I wrote....

For the first time since December 16, 2007 I opened my dissertation file. I was at a writing retreat for three days with a group of faculty working on articles, books, or even for a couple their own dissertations. I feel good about opening the file and making necessary revisions and making some headway into the last couple sections. However after three days of writing I remembered why I hated it so much and quit the first time. I will be taking Wednesdays out of the office for the rest of the summer to continue my writing, but no more three day stints like this!!!

well....until August when I'm signed up for another retreat...FIVE days of writing!! Hopefully by that time I will be finishing up the proposal and moving on to the next phase. (Keep your fingers crossed!!)

My new ride!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

While I'm out here...I'll go ahead and post an update. I FINALLY got my new car! I've been looking at new vehicles since last August as my lease was going to expire this summer. I started exploring the ones I was interested in and shopping around. I decided in October that I wanted to get a Ford Flex but the deals were really not happening. I was finally able to work out a deal at the end of February and ta da....a new car! LOVE IT!!!
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