Monthly Archives: April 2007

One really cool thing…

Posted on April 28, 2007 by CollyD

about my job is that I get to pick up bargins all over the world. London isn’t usually were I would expect to get something for a good price (especially now with the conversion rate of $2.00 to the pound) … Continue reading →

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What a week

Posted on April 23, 2007 by CollyD

What a crazy start to our week last week: Flood in the basement on Sunday Ellie’s surgery and VA Tech on Monday Washing all day on Tuesday from the flood Check card number stolen on Wednesday (yup someone stole my … Continue reading →

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world gone crazy

Posted on April 17, 2007 by CollyD

We got home yesterday from the hospital to find that the world had gone a little crazy. My mind still cannot wrap itself completely around someone going onto a college campus and killing 33 people. It just doesn’t seem real … Continue reading →

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Manic Monday

Posted on April 17, 2007 by CollyD

Sunday we had more rain than we usually get for the whole month of April, so we awoke Monday to an email from our upstairs neighbor saying that there was about 2 feet of water in our basement. Yup that … Continue reading →

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Planning a dream

Posted on April 14, 2007 by CollyD

To get our minds off of Monday, and to get us out of the house, we drove down to NY City and went to the New York Auto Show today. It was surprisingly fun. We saw so many really cool … Continue reading →

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SURGERY!!!

Posted on April 13, 2007 by CollyD

The ailen is being removed at 11:00 A.M. on Monday morning at the hospital here.  We talked to her surgeon in Boston and he felt it was ok to have the surgeons here perform the procedure. The surgeon will go … Continue reading →

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Alien has been identified

Posted on April 13, 2007 by CollyD

Ken took Ellie to see her Cardio in New Haven on Wednesday and the alien bump on her chest is really one of the wires that were put in to hold her sterum together after her surgery. It has slid … Continue reading →

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Easter Fun

Posted on April 8, 2007 by CollyD

We awoke this morning to Ellie saying Easter Bunny, Easter Bunny so we headed into see what he had left.  Boy did he do himself proud.  Loads of goodies. I cooked a big yummie dinner and we feasted on Ham … Continue reading →

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Alien?

Posted on April 4, 2007 by CollyD

Monday night, when I was giving Ellie her bath, I noticed that she had a weird lump on her chest. It was very pronounced (about the size of a marbel) and hard. You can see it even through her onies. … Continue reading →

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While the cats away…

Posted on April 3, 2007 by CollyD

I was flying all weekend (a trip with Mj that all I can say about it is thank god Mj was on the trip).  While I was away Ken and Ellie had too much fun.  They went shopping and a … Continue reading →

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