Chutzpah

I sent the last edited chapter of my aunt's book to her last night and prepared to celebrate. My parents and I have expended much time and energy on this and I figure I have given her about $1,500 of my time. We had never heard whether of not she had the chutzpah to ask my rich cousin for the $10,000 she wanted to have 500 copies professionally printed. Well, today she called my parents and asked for money! This from a person who owns three homes in California, has lived in Europe for years at a time, etc. They are not donating to the cause and are suggesting that she start with printing 50 copies at Kinko's.

The "boys" are enjoying themselves in DisneyWorld now, although it has drizzled both days they've been there.

to whom it may concern:

what up family. I went to the doctor today and got my bandage taken off. the doctor says that the gash in my neck is healing very well(yeah right). he probably just said it to get more money or something. after he took of my bandage, he put another, much smaller and more maneuverable bandage on. I can take it off some time tomorrow. the good news is that I will be able to play tennis a little bit starting next week. I can't wait. well, I'll see all of you sometime later. peace.

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let sleeping gators lie...

Norris and I have just taken a nice long bike ride around the island, which included a visit to the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Very nice and picturesque (and Norris took the pictures). He kept complaining about seeing NO gators... then we came on one, then another.... then another. All as ferocious and active a Koko in the sun... in fact the first one Norris was SURE was fake... till finally it flicked an eyelid....


Tomorrow on to Orlando.. and probably no more posts.... Stay warm!! It is COLD here... down to 44 last night!!

More info needed

Hi all:

I want to know more about your girlfriend, Tom. A week ago you said NOTHING and now you are having your FATHER take pictures of you kanoodling in the kitchen. And she is a supermodel and you look like a unhappy prisoner.

Our main computer got infected with this new worm just when the resident network security expert went to Florida. Fortunately, Liv's laptop still works. Matt is going to try to help us out. I am an international expert on website content only!

Speaking of which, tomorrow I have an international conference call with all the people whose websites I dissed. Pray for Mojo!

Hello from Sanibel!

Where it is a sunny, but cool day. I'm biking around, Norris is back by the pool. We've gone to the beach and done some shelling ... check out the place we ate supper last night: The Bubble Room

Tom and Becky. Picture courtesy of Mark.

So Tom, who's this new girlfriend? Give us more details! (is it Becky Reeve? Maria seemed to think it was - I must have missed something...?) :)

edit: wow, she sure is tall Tom... is she standing on a chair? (lol) I'm happy you two got together, I always had a feeling that it would happen..

Mazel tov to Tom on the girlfriend (maybe this one won't get this url). Get well soon, Stevie.
I know I haven't posted in awhile, so here goes Liv's update:
-I've knit 2 scarves and a bag and am working on a pair of legwarmers
-I'm on the speech team and our first meet is on Feb. 7th. I'm doing extemporaneous speaking-international topics. Of course, as a first year speaker I choose the hardest category.
I guess that's all. Well, have a good Sunday, I'm off to sing with small children.
Livvi'i

oh, i have a girlfriend. she's real cool.


Tom

check out brokendownheroes.blogspot.com for the first part of a journal entry that i wrote sitting ina plaza watching street preachers. peace.

alive and, well, alive

hello everyone. I am still here. the surgery went well as my mother already informed all of you. thanks to everyone who sent email greeting to me in the hospital. if anybody wants to chill, I'll be right here. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. well, I'll let you go now. peace.

Good News

Hi everyone. Good news. Stevie is relieved to be on this side of his surgery. The surgeon said it was the best possible result, getting all of the cyst intact and preliminary microscopic check indicates it is benign...complete path. report on Monday.
He was really happy to get those great e-mail get well wishes. He slept most of the afternoon and didn't actually read them until this evening. They really perked him up!
Tomorrow morning we'll know if he will come home Friday or Saturday.
Have a great day, y'all. Love, Nancy

jk

that last post of mine, from two minutes ago seemed a little somber for this crowd. I am not really as depressed or whatever as it might have suggested. I actually had a pretty good day. the start of the quarter was on tuesday and some of my classes were not to my liking. I switched out of orchestra(I hated it) and Gov/Econ. instead of gov/econ I now have ethics/philosophy which promises to be a much easier although more interesting class. instead of orchestra I dont have a first hour which means I will be able to sleep in an extra hour everyday for the rest of the semester. well, I'll talk to you all later. peace.

death bed

hey everyone, this is stevie. It is now approx. 10 hours and 30 minutes until my surgery on my neck. as you can tell I am definitely looking forward to it with wide open arms. well I guess I will talk to all of you later unless...
peace.

Up at "the lake"
Today marked the end of "Snow Village season" and we took down all our houses, stores, and cabins. Before I was willing to see it go, I got a cheap digital camera at Target (from the toy department, for $20) and snapped some pictures of the scene. Then, for fun I made the panorama above, adding in some "real" scenery... think of it as sort of a virtual Island Lake.

Saturday

Thank you for the news about your mother, Maria. And we'll be thinking of your surgery this week, Stevie. Try not to steal anything the doctor might need to finish the job.

Sandy Williams called me this week and said to stop by today as she and Dale would both be at their new house, stripping wallpaper. So Janelle, Matt, Joel and I went over there to greet our new St. Paul neighbors. They have big plans for major remodeling, ripping out walls several places, etc. They will be able to walk to Lake Como easily and have a new 5-month-old dog (that Andrea brought home) to exercise there.

hey ya

oops, my outkast reference in the title of this post was not even intentional. i was just writing to say hi and stuff like that, you know what I'm sayin. today I went to the doctor for a pre-surgery physical examination. it was pretty dumb. I stole another tongue depressor. anyways. after the the appointment at our local clinic on bloomington ave and lake street there was a bit of a traffic jam. lake street was blocked off and there were police cars directing traffic and what not. so we drove around trying to see what was going on. there was this burned out building on the north side of the street at 17th and lake. I think that there will be stuff about it on the news late. well, I will see you all later. peace.
p.s. I like the way you move.

Good News!!!

Hi Everyone,

I just thought I would update you on what we have found out regarding my moms health. She went to the Mayo Clinic yesterday and after having several tests done all last week, they finally gave her the news. The mass that they found is a fibroid tumor. The doctor said that these are never cancerous and that a lot of women get them after having a hysterectomy. My mom had a hysterectomy in 1985 and they had to leave her cervix in because she was bleeding so badly. This mass is just residue from the surgery and is connected to her cervix. They said that she may not even have to have surgery. However, because of this mass her bladder has fallen and they said that in the near future she is going to have to get that repaired and when they do that, they will most likely have to remove the cervix along with this mass.

The doctor was not concerned regarding the lesions on her liver. She said that a lot of people have them. My mom is so relieved along with the rest of us. Thank you so much for all of your prayers and concerns. God truly heard them!

happy birthday to me

hey everyone. thanks to all of you who made it to my wild seventeenth birthday bash. it was pretty wild. it is getting kind of late, and I am about a fifth of the way through my big research paper for the quarter for my history class. it is really boring so I thought that I would let you all know how I am doing. everything is pretty good. I just thought of something. it is 2004. isnt that amazing? I remember when it was 1998 for goodness' sake. I feel like robots should be conquering earth soon or something. I guess all those h.g. wells novels have given me a pretty silly outlook on life. I just bought "the war of the worlds" on saturday. I have read time machine and stuff like that. so tonight at around 8:45 p.m. peter and maria stopped by to say hello and give me a b-day present. they gave me three really awesome books. well, I guess I will talk to you all later. you can expect another post from me around 1:35 tomorrow, during 5th hour. peace.

Hi Everyone,
I have an urgent request. My mom, Pat, has been having several problems lately with her health. Today she went into emergency and had a cat scan done. They found a 4" x 6" tumor in her lower stomach area. They arent sure if it is malignant yet, but she is going to the Mayo Clinic tomorrow to have it tested. Either way, she is going to have to have surgery to remove it. Cancer is extremely common in my family and as most of you know, two of my moms brothers died last year of it. So, I am very concerned and worried about her. Please please everyone pray for her. Thanks.