that a year ago today, Matt and I drove over to Joshua’s Native Plants to look at some plants (of course), and then on the way home had an argument because . . . well, I don’t remember, entirely.  It was something about me wanting all kinds of different shrubs, of a certain, very full [...]

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I keep thinking "Happy Birthday" instead of "Happy New Year" tonight.  I think it means I’m tired.  Or confused.  Or both. 
So, let me say (very deliberately), Happy New Year.  No boo-boos this year.

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We have colds.  I can’t imagine from what because we don’t go anywhere, really.  Carmen came down first; the first sign of her cold was that she seemed awfully short-tempered.  By afternoon that day she acted congested and cranky.  She and David requested relief from their old arch enemy, the blue sucky bulb.Until I made [...]

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MRI without and with contrast, October 2007.

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I’m tired.  Too tired to play with C&D, too tired to blog, too tired even to watch TV on mute.
Not quite ready to fall asleep, earlier this evening I pulled out my new knitting needles and yarn.  Halfway through the evening’s second knit row, Carmen found me in the bed and began stroking the yarn.  [...]

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I realized yesterday how grateful I was to not have to wear headgear when I had braces (I felt and heard everything transmitted through the metal halo and directly to my skull), and that I probably wouldn’t like playing in the NFL, either (those helmets).
Best part, though:  after the MRI and cerebral angiogram (both [...]

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Gamma Knife surgery tomorrow at Memorial Hermann to get the remaining bit of AVM.  Stories (and maybe even pictures) after. 

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