I had a biopsy the other day and have to have an ultrasound, this morning. Please keep me in your thoughts and/or prayers.

Biopsy and ultrasound have come back. I don't have cancer. We're watching and waiting to see if there was just something fluky going on, or if I need any sort of treatment. Thanks for all the ~ma. I hereby release it back into the wild.

It's official - I am moving to Baltimore on (or about) Dec. 1! Huge thanks to lisah for her help with finding housing. She's getting a thank-you dinner from me when I finally get there, I tell you what. (Pencil me in, lisah!)

So looking forward to becoming a Bal'morista.

X-posted with Bitches. Ryan is six months old, and we have new photos! They start here: [link]

Highlights include :

Meeting his other grandpa: [link]
Baby cool: [link]
What's the right time of day to shave my baby? [link]

Hey! Guess what I got for Halloween? Engaged!

I just found out that a former student of my tiny school committed suicide. Her younger sister is still a student at our school. Any ~ma you can spare for our fragile community (we lost another student only 8 months ago, you may remember) would be appreciated.

Taking Liv in for some extensive dental work this morning. They are sedating her (I wish they could sedate me as well). A little ~ma that all goes smoothly and she comes out alright would be appreciated.

Liv came through awesomely, after professing her love to her dentist. She's asleep on the couch now and will have chocolate pudding when she wakes up. Thanks for the ~ma.

I have two big pieces of news...

1. I got married Saturday night! We dressed as a ghostly couple, I carried black roses wrapped in spiderwebs, and the rings were carried in a skull. Was much fun!

2. Its a girl!!! We had our ultrasound today. She is beautiful (yes, I'm biased) and is developing perfectly for 18 weeks. I got some amazing 4D ultrasound pics that I cannot stop staring at.

My new husband is here from Belgium, so it will be a few more days before I have time to really catch up with you all, but I wanted to let you know the big news!

Hey all. I think it's time for my now-annually-Christmas-announcement/reminder to Buffistas with religious affiliates. Stompies, if this should belong in Press (since I do plan this to continue as long as I am a part of this community), let me know and I'll repost it there.

For those of you who don't know: I live very close to Jerusalem, Israel, and spend most of my time in it. And I know this board has religious people on it, or people with religious families and friends.

So if any of you of any faith would like something from here - the Old City, or anywhere else - for Christmas or any other occasion, it's really easy for me to get it and send it overseas. In fact, I'd LOVE to do this for you, given enough guidance and information (I am and was raised Jewish, and pretty much everything I know about Christianity came from popular culture TV). I'm even OK with rubbing objects against graves/approximated graves/holy locations, if that what turns you on.

Profile addy is good, and again - it's not a hassle. In fact, it's the opposite of it. After the support and love this board showed towards me in the past few months, it feels like the least I could do.

Happy holidays!