Recovered original email from Peter Zeimet. Body preserved verbatim. http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-20-Pc-Mikasa-Arabella-Stoneware-Dinnerware-Set_W0QQitemZ270169386803QQihZ017QQcategoryZ4226QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Continue reading

I was having problems breathing — feeling like every breath requires a huge inhale so I went in for X-Rays — they were clear — so whatever it is I’m coughing up is not pneumonia related. What it is? Don’t know. Docs best guess is something viral that I’ll just have to wait out. In… Continue reading

Surprise, surprise, surprise — I have viral pneumonia as well now. I’m on an antibiotic for the accompanying sinus infection I’ve also acquired. I’m tired but need to sit up until the cough medicine kicks in. This sucks. We were supposed to be going away with the kids for the weekend — and now it… Continue reading

He’s getting better, no fever for two days now. He’s still coughing but we’re down from 4 breathing treatments a day to 3 (YEAH — it’s nearly impossible to get him to do even one.) He’s as active as can be and I caught him (literally) leaping off the table behind the couch to the… Continue reading

Morgan has viral pneumonia. They have put him on an antibiotic to help build up his immune system and in hopes that this is the strain that changes to a bacterial infection. He’s also back on the nebulizer every four hours. Mike is with him this afternoon so I can run into work and do… Continue reading

Dear Walter:I hope you can help me here. The other day I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn’t gone more than a few hundred yards down the road when my engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home… Continue reading

Recovered family-history source — September 8, 2007. Pat and Mike Oser emailed Danielle the original Word document with the note, “Grandpa’s autobiography is attached.” The transcription below is taken directly from that surviving document. Albert Oser’s autobiography This is a merging of several narratives he wrote. My father’s father, Matthew Oser, was born in Baden… Continue reading

Tonight at dinner I told Tyler he was a goofball. His response to me, “I am not a goofball I am the smartest boy in the world.”(Duh Mom) Continue reading

One of my best friends has a theory about “critical music periods” that people who have experienced the same critical music periods are more likely to have camaraderie, friendship and love. It seems my period is stuck somewhere around the mid-90s. I can’t tell you what is on the radio today. I can’t tell you… Continue reading

There is a book Sometimes I’m Bombaloo that helps kids explore feelings of anger and frustration and when one is being especially horrible, they are a Bombaloo. After Morgan’s 15th trip back downstairs last night I blew it. I stomped my feet, I growled and I yelled at him to get back into bed. So… Continue reading