site admin on December 19th, 2006

Not that I particularly want to be rich, but my current goal is to get out of debt and I thought there was a lot of good advice in the article. Remodeling the bathroom rather than the kitchen for the best return, for example, is not what I would have expected. And I [...]

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site admin on December 19th, 2006

I saw this link on Boston Gal’s Open Wallet and after reading the first paragraph, I wanted to send it to a few friends. After the first page, I wanted to send it to about half a dozen friends, and by the end, I wanted to send it to so many people I just [...]

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site admin on December 12th, 2006

By popular request, some before and after pictures of Maya’s cleft lip:

Maya in utero (3-D ultrasound of cleft [and foot]) and at birth (May 2006)

Maya the day of her surgery at 5 months and now, post surgery, at 7 months.
I wanted to post these pictures to the web all together for those who come to [...]

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site admin on December 10th, 2006

Here are seven of the original 10 girls that made up Group 5 at the Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute. This was a great group of girls to work with and many of them still (amazingly) keep in touch. Satoko brought pictures when she came to visit and I want to say a big [...]

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site admin on December 7th, 2006

Lately I’ve stopped being obsessed by my weight and started being obsessed by my savings account. In a way, it’s a relief — I don’t step on the scale five times a day. Instead I check my ING savings and wait with bated breath to see what my interest is at the end [...]

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