>OK, it's September now and Valerie and Jan are expecting their little one
in
>Decmeber.  It time to start planning the shower.  I think we should plan to
>have it in a restaurant if possible to accomodate as many Grexers as want
to
>honour the Mates-Wolter family...besides, I'f offer my place but Valerie is
>allergic to my cat and this is no time to go taking allergie meds!  ;)
>
>So, Valerie and Jan, is this OK with you?  What day this month or next is
good
>for you?  Any favorite place you'd like us to select?
>
>What I ahd in mind is a less than typical "shower", since I don't especially
>like those party games, and I suspect that lots of your guys would rather
not
>play either.  ;)  Just sort of a "pre-birthday party" with Mom and Dad as
>stand-ins for the little one as guests of honour...
>
>First off, we need your OK to go ahead, oh guests of honour, and then I'll
>need a date and place -- and then some RSVP's.          

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Hmmm- I could offer my new house if we do it soon; the cats haven't been
allowed in yet.

Misti, thanks for thinking of it.  great idea!

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Only one -- but Valerie and Jan, I really think a lot of us Grexers 
would love to celebrate your growing family with you...we won't as a 
group if you really think four parties is too many for your available 
time and energy, but if you're being modest please don't. Just 
appreciate the fact that so many of us love the two (three) of you, OK?

>OK, we now have Valerie and Jan's official blessing to throw their baby a
>pre-birthday party.  ;)
>
>Between their move and my mother-in-law's current precarious health, I think
>we'd best give up on the idea of a picnic in the park, though.  We will need
>to put this off long enough for the weather to be chancey.
>
>I'm going to look into some possibilities for a location other than a park...
>
>Please note that this is a pre-birthday party not a shower.  ;)

I'd love to host it.  I now have wood floors, so I can turf out the cats and
vacuum, and it should be "safe".  The yard is nice, too, if the weather holds.
I'll be gone the weekend of Oct. 10, but other times should be ok.
Misti, hope your mother-in-law is ok.  What's up?

I don't really know how to evaluate what's happening.

It makes me very unhappy that we're contacting attorneys funeral directors
and nursing homes, though.

Nancy is eating (slowly and with difficulty) soft foods like jello and apple
sauce.  She seems to have lost some of the movement of her head that I was
so excitied about yesterday and her response time is slowing down.  (Maybe
she was just tired?)

But her mind is quite sharp -- it's only the interface that seesm to be a
problem.  She's still joking (anyone know where I can rent an anti-gravity
machine?  It would make movement that much easier with only one arm and one
leg...) and thinking of thousands of chores and errands for Larry and I to
do.

Me?  I'm more tired and more discouraged and disheartened than I ever rememebr
being in my life.

The 8/22/98 issue of Science News describes a cell transplant treatment
for stroke that's shown great promise in rats and is starting trials in
humans.  It uses cells from Layton BioScience, but considering the
potential market, there's probably dozens more research groups & bio-
tech companies chasing the same prize.  

You've got a lot of learning ahead of you.  Make sure you learn some
hopeful things along with all the dull & depressing stuff. 

Meet me in a few weeks in Synthesis and we talk lessons.  ;)

Misti- hugs available upon request...

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Valerie, John Morris entered an item for me in Agora.  (If you were grepping
on my name in a new item, that's why you missed it...)

Nancy, my mother-in-law, had a massive, very serious, life changig stroke on
her 70th birthday -- last Sunday.

More in the appropriate item back in Agora...  ;)

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Thanks, valerie.

You seem to be busy on the 10th and the 18th of October.  How does November
1st sound...?  That obviates a picnic, but gives you a few days off after your
bust period -- but should be early enough not to have you off birthing
somewhere during the birthday party...

What say, everyone else?

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Sounds like November 1 is a go!

Now to find a location with neither smoke nor cats....

Hey, maybe I'll go to ANOTHER baby shower :).

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As far as I'
m concerend it's still on, Valerie -- we haven't found a place yet, so I'm
leaning toward Mr. Mugs or Gypsy Moon.  Which do you prefer?

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OK, great, I'll make the announcement in Agora today...

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