back in the OR!

well, not really "back in the OR" since A)it's the wife, and not me...and B)it was her first time so she couldn't really be "back" in the OR. This post is to let you know that Cheree is currently resting in bed at home. Everything went well with the procedures. The nurse kept saying how great she did. They knew she was pretty nervous going in.

She'll be resting for most of the day today and then will be taking it easy for a few days. I'm sure she'd love to hear from you, so drop her a line, won't you? (probably best to hold off on phone calls until this evening or tomorrow)

harmony

the boys are getting along just swell.

It's a boy!

Well, no post here in a long time...and due to the theme of this blog, no news is good news. However, this post has nothing to do with operating rooms or MRI's or any such nonsense. This post is a happy occasion, showing you the pictures of Chili's new baby brother Fungo (a yellow lab from Temecula, CA). We've only had him a couple days, but he's already quite enamored with Chili (and Chili is doing his best to deal with the non stop attention). So without further ado....here he is...more pictures soon...(NOTE: You'll also notice Chili's summer hair cut in the second picture. Yep, he got buzzed)

random update

in case there is still anyone out there looking at this blog, here are a few pictures of how we spent halloween. cheree and paul are sporting their literally last minute "runner" costumes. cheree is wearing tags from many half marathons she's run. paul ended up as a somewhat 70's or 80's runner. we're at cheree's school halloween carnival fund raiser. we volunteered and were in charge of a couple of attractions during the day. there's also a picture of the pumpkins we carved (again, last minute) and well, chili eating a bat.

a half is still a lot

Cheree completed her fourth half marathon of 2007 last weekend. She ran the Nike self guided half. We mapped out a course that started by my old place in La Jolla, went down to PB, around Sea World and back to PB, finally ending at our old favorite breakfast place in PB. It was just me on a bike escorting Cheree through the 13.1 miles. She later uploaded her race from her Nike chip up to the Nike website. Proceeds from this half marathon went to fight leukemia.

If you look closely in the picture, you'll see Cheree keeping pace behind me on Crown Point Drive in PB. After these 4 half marathons Cheree is ready to take a break from half marathons. She'll still go running, she's just gonna keep it to 6 or 7 miles max (which is still a heck of a lot in my book).

ring of fire

We've got fires going south of us, to the east of us and north of us...but we're ok. The fires have affected close friends of ours. Some have been evacuated, some have lost homes. We're hoping for the best, prepping for the worst (though we're about 20 miles from any evacuation areas and it's not expected to get anywhere near us -- however, we keep hearing the different fires are 0% contained)

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