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Going on vacation (holiday)

July 22nd, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in General updates

Tomorrow we’re flying to England. We’ll be in Bamburgh, Northumberland for a week with my husband’s parents, then a week in Llanfairfechan, North Wales with my parents and my brothers and their families (that will be a group of 16). I’m looking forward to seeing everyone and being back in England. We haven’t been back [...]

July 4 Fireworks

July 6th, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in General updates

On July 4th we walked over to the Oak Park fireworks display on the high school grounds as we’ve done for a number of years now.
This year Ben took his camera and a tripod and took photos of the fireworks. The best ones are in the slideshow below. I took a short video of the [...]

Steve, Ben and Esther

July 2nd, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in General updates

I took these just before the piano recital in June

Adding Imuran

July 1st, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in Crohn's Disease, General updates

I saw my doctor yesterday to discuss how the Remicade is going.
Her opinion was that the Remicade is somewhat helpful but not helpful enough by itself. Her recommendation was to add another medication which acts differently from Remicade until my symptoms are under control, then go back to just one medication for maintenance. She thought [...]

Webcast of Steve moderating at the CAS Spring Meeting

June 29th, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in General updates

Steve moderated a general session at the Casualty Actuarial Society’s Spring Meeting in Quebec earlier this month.
There’s a webcast of the session he moderated at the bottom of this page.

Small piano recital

June 28th, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in General updates, Music

Last night the piano teacher had a few students come to her studio and play.
Esther played In The Meadow by Lichner. Ben played the first movement of the Grieg Piano Concerto (he has not had time to get it to the level he’d like for a regular recital). Ben and another student, Robin, also [...]

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"Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts." (Charles Dickens)

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Helen and Esther playing Raccoon Rag Raccoon Rag
Ben playing Liszt
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Esther playing Barber
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