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Peppercorn Denson

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I wondered whether or not to write about this, since it’s such a personal and private matter. But I felt weird writing about anything else until it was addressed – as if I was downplaying the situation and focusing on more superficial topics. So this will probably be a bit disjointed.

As I alluded to a couple of posts back, Emily was pregnant – we called our baby “Peppercorn” because a pregnancy book said at a certain point it was the size of one, and it’s a cute name. Unfortunately, as tends to happen more often than I realized, the baby didn’t make it past 8 weeks. Just one of those situations where you do everything right and things still don’t work out. It’s been a pretty miserable week – the initial shock and grief has passed, but it’s still sad. Our family and friends have been incredibly supportive, which always helps and is greatly appreciated. We’ll keep trying – nothing has come particularly easy for either of us, but it eventually turns out for the best. Before too long there will be a couple of little ones running around the house, of that I have no doubt 🙂

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My my, how the time do fly

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So… no posts in over two months. Let’s hit the high points:

  • Still cancer-free – had my latest round of CT scans and X-rays this week, everything is looking good.
  • Still married and working on an addition to the family.
  • Another nephew is on the way (18 months ago I had none – now I have seven – almost. And a niece.)
  • My mom is officially retired.
  • My wife has a blog… or at least the start of one 🙂
  • Thinking of buying a new car, but need to sell the Celica first (now that I finally got the “check engine” light to turn off)
  • Took a couple of trips up to Chicago to visit the in-laws and hang out at the lake.
  • Been trying to get back in the habit of running… it’s a struggle.
  • Pluto no longer a planet? What madness is this?
  • Desperately need to mow the yard.

Anything I missed Molly? 🙂

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The Dress

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Just got a call from Emily – said she is now the proud owner of one (1) wedding dress, to be revealed at a later date. Guess there’s no turning back now! 🙂

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Honeymoon stuff

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I’ve been doing this blog stuff on and off for 7-8 years, before it was even known as “blogging”. Often I’ll think back and wish I had written more as big events in my life were occurring – the whole cancer thing comes to mind – so I’m going to make an effort to journal the wedding process as much as possible. ‘Cause, y’know, it’s pretty much the biggest thing that’s happened in my life to date 🙂

Emily and I have talked a bit about where we want to go for our honeymoon – the idea of an all-inclusive resort such as Sandals Resorts has come up a couple of times. So I started poking around on their site, and quite a few of their establishments are already sold out for the first week of next year; particularly the nicer ones. I’m sure we’ll find something perfect, it was just a little surprising that they were booked solid already.

One set of suites that was already sold out looked really nice. Unfortunately they were called the “W.J. Clinton Suites”, which would just seem somewhat… wrong. Though our new home will be on Clinton Lane as well, so maybe it’s an omen. I hope not. Why couldn’t it be Lincoln Circle or Reagan Avenue? 🙂

Speaking of the house, I have to talk to my apartment management this week and tell ’em I plan to break my lease. In a bit of short-sightedness on my part, I re-upped for a year back in August. I have a feeling it’s gonna cost quite a bit to break it…