i made millions in software and then lost it all at the track

Tom Ewing, proud papa!

yay chris! I missed you.

still married. still mama. now knitting. proof of both motherhood and knitting.

hey chris!

two new antidepressants, as of tomorrow one less kitty, middle of kitchen renovation, still knitting, lots of sewing, no babies. yet.

I’m married now, and I don’t know you. Welcome back though!

I don’t know you either. But welcome back! Um, last 8 months, the only news I have is that I went back to school to become a nurse.

(Maybe you should share what YOU have been up to...?)

Yo Chris!

The Red Sox are trying to trade Manny! Again! But you knew that!

well, lets see i’ve been up to lots. i stopped posting here because work blocked me out and i never had time at home. now i can access this sandbox thing and i’ll enjoy it while it lasts.

well, we lost a baby a while back after trying for three years. that was hard, that also contributed to me not wanting to do much. since that time we have been to a fertility treatment center and had all the tests done and what not...came back that i have a low sperm count. treatment started this month and at the end of the month we will hopefully have done a successful ivf cycle with icsi. i won’t explain what icsi is...lets just say it involves one sperm and one egg.

i’ve quit smoking...been smoke free for 6 months. i’ve basically stopped drinking as well...well drinking as much...im down to about 4 pints a week. as opposed to 40.

thats about it.

hope everyone else is doing well.

as opposed to 40

!!!

bit of an exaggeration on my part....but not by much.

phew. Cause I mean, 30, okay cool. but 40!

so the house is coming along eh? your doing well? and sorry about kitty

cvbingo dude. i had no idea. this can’t be an easy time to stick with clean-living programs but it sounds like the way forward. hang in there man.

here, this is for you:

Sorry about the baby you lost :( Mother Nature can be very cruel sometimes. Best of luck for your future IVF attempt.

My life is exactly the same as it was eight months ago (except that I am eight months older, obv). I have no news.

the house is a neverending project. walls are coming. cabinets being sledghammered. quite exciting.

i’ve done nothing to my house besides buy a new area rug and put some antique onion lamps on the outside. hopefully in february we will re-do the hardwoods and kitchen.

Good to hear from you again, Chris, and that things are improving. Now, are you still making chairs...?

Chris—So sorry to hear about the lost baby—that combined with the fertility problems has got to be the worst experience. Good luck with the ISCI! And congrats on being smoke-free; that is difficult addiction to break. Good on the drinking less, too, it sounds like...

no on the chairs, i’ve had too much going on to even attempt one. but things are looking up finally. its been a rough year but we finally reached that light at the end of the tunnel.

i did become and uncle too, that helped a lot even though i resented my sister for a bit. the little guy is adorable and loves his uncle.

:-) Photos?

trying to get some posted.

I hope you don’t mind, Chris.

cutie!

not at all. i forget how to post pics on here. thanks!

hey chris bingo! not much is new except i moved very far away and went back to school. thanks for checking in — good luck with the fertility stuff and the no-smoking and the cutting back on drinking.

i did become and uncle too, that helped a lot even though i resented my sister for a bit.

I remember feeling the same way when our employee brought her baby with her to work. There were times I couldn’t really look at the baby cause I would burst into tears.