new little peanut!

Big news... Katie and Greg had their second little girl, Grace, on Sat, 10/27! Just look at this cuteness:


Let's see... what have we been up to here...
Chris & the boys played some Kubb:

Christy taught me how to knit a hat (yep, that's a hat... not a thong):

We celebrated Basak's pregger-ness:


hugs!
h & c

Stevie and the gang are all fine

hi all,
A lot of people were concerned about Stevie & Carey and the boys, since they live so close to the fires in So. California. They are doing fine, although it sounds like a smoky, ashy mess. From Stevie:

"It smells like there are leaves burning right next door, but the fire is about 10 miles away... we have piles of ash in our carport and on our roof deck. We can’t open our windows, because ash comes blowing in. (that is a problem, because it has been about 90 degrees and we don’t have air conditioning!) The conditions are improving from what we can tell. The temperature is slowly dropping, and the winds are almost gone (they were about 50- 60 mph at the beginning of the week)."

Thank you for thinking of them.
~
We had a quick doctor appointment this morning, which was mostly social... since I am in such total remission!
I would like to send a special Shout Out to my doctors & medical staff at Stanford. They are brilliant and fashionable at the same time, and I am not just saying that because I know they're reading this now. They look like actors who play doctors on TV!

love,
h (& c)

walking the light fantastic

Hello wonderful friends,
We participated in the San Francisco Light the Night walk on Thursday evening, and we're heading down to San Jose's Light the Night walk tonight. Both were arranged by my amazing colleagues at Adobe. Oh, did I mention they are fabulous???

san francisco walkers
(b) stephen, sarah, teal, simone, kevin, neil, jongan, judith, jose, alyssa
(f) melody, lisa, mimi + baby walker, kelly, hillary, jeniffer, fawn, chris, gordon
not pic'd: angie, kate

~happy birthday, daniel-san~
love,
h (& c)

san jose photo coming soon...
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...SJ photo up!

san jose walkers
(b) hillary, jessica, chris, andy, & deirdre
(f) andy's adobe-nies: karl & emma

xx,
h

biopsy results all good

happy news... my bone marrow biopsy was all clear, so I am officially in remission.
yippee!

sooo... I'm thinking about putting this blog to rest pretty soon. I got a recommendation for some blog-to-book software (thanks Dan G!) called BookSmart (at www.blurb.com). This looks better than Blogger's print s/w, because you can edit your content before you publish.
superfly!

love,
h (& c)

also this weekend...

... happy bday to Pammy!
... and happy healing to my mom! (broke her arm yesterday)

geesh.

worky work, busy bee

Hi everyone,
I started back at work last Wednesday with no problems. Plenty of energy, and I highly recommend the 3-day work week. I was very busy... eating cake, cookies, chocolate, ice cream sandwiches, and French food.
But hopefully my schedule will slow down a bit.

I won't get any results from my bone marrow biopsy until Tuesday, but I got results back from my most recent blood work. It had a lovely stamp: "Within Normal Limits" right across it. Way to go little blood cells!


love,
h (& c)

chocolicious update...

The bone marrow biopsy went perfectly. In fact, our physician assistant actually said "perfect!" as she was finishing, so that was relieving. I am feeling great... just a teensy bit sore on my hip, but my hot chocolate + whipped cream treat seems to have taken off the edge.
I should have some preliminary results next week, and she expects to have full results in 2 weeks. Our phys asst told me that I need not worry... so I shan't.
Thank you all for your thoughtful messages & wishes!
love,
h (& c)

chicago blues

We had such a fun weekend with Alicia here, and we didn't even make her do any house construction. Beautiful weather and no hospital/doctor trips.

Poor Chicago... the marathon was too hot and the cubbies are out of the playoffs. So we went to a Smuin Ballet performance; nothing like a good ballet to take your mind off bad baseball, I always say.

alicia and i patiently awaiting the mail... something I have come to anticipate with much excitement.

Nova and Winkie celebrate Stanford's big win.

Nova: "Go Cardinal!"

Winkie: "I knew they could do it."

Chris and I head to the hospital tomorrow morning for my bone marrow biopsy. The goal is to confirm that I am in remission.
And then I just have to stay there :)

love,

h (& c)

friday! 4 days and counting

Good news... the hospital (unfortunately) remembered to schedule my bone marrow biopsy. It's scheduled have for Tuesday morning, so I'll just avoid thinking about it for the next 4 days. Easy for me; I have stellar denial skills.

Mi madre just left after a few days of visiting and cooking/working/chores. Wow, it's such a treat to visit me!

painting the deck w/ mom... done!

Just picked up Alicia at the airport, and we're off!

love,

h (& c)

weekend work

hi all,
We had my dad here this weekend (free labor!), so we worked on the back deck. I think he and Chris are going to have some really sore muscles for a while.

replacing boards

sealed... ready for paint

I'm still waiting for the hospital to schedule my final biopsy. Maybe they will just forget :) :)
-h