I am constantly forgetting to put this in reverse order. If it seems like it's been awhile since it's been updated, please scroll down to see if I messed up again :)

Mid September and I'm just now posting. There's a reason for that. It's called a temperamental modem. We are getting Roadrunner on the 20th *knock on wood* and that should take care of the problem.

Tomorrow's the big day. If you don't know what I mean then you must not have heard from me lately. Yeah, little sarcasm there. I'm going in to have biopsies done on my vocal cords. I'm a nervous wreck about being put to sleep because of the lung damage, but I do want to know if my voice problems are solely inhaler related or if all those years of heavy smoking have taken their toll.

Scott has a part in the school play "Tony & Tina's Wedding". He will be playing great-uncle Luigi. Matt & JJ are also in the play. Matt plays Tony.

Josh entered a contest at http://shoutweb.com to help direct a music video by the band "Unloco" and won! So Saturday he was in Austin doing that. Look for these guys on Last Call with Carson Daly and Conan O'Brien in the future. I've heard them and they are good.

Donna steered me to a site recently http://tapestryweb.org/intro.html. What brought us there was our sons, who are both friends with the founder's son, who is on staff there. This is a place worth exploring in depth, which I will be doing once our high speed is installed.

Lack of internet has been somewhat inspirational I suppose. I've been in a painting/crafting mood. It started out of necessity, as a way to keep my sanity, but I've been enjoying myself. I do miss being in touch with all of my friends though :(

Life is full of curves, isn't it? We no more than got home from the SurgiCenter when our phone was disconnected! LOL Kept me from going crazy I suppose, you know... can't talk to anyone, couldn't get online because of the modem. It's back on now, but it must have made my friends even crazier. (We had our number changed not too long ago, after 13 years with the same number.)

So here's the deal. He did 3 biopsies, and the results show no cancer. He said they were suspicious areas because of thickening, and that is what was causing the problems with my voice. So hopefully my voice should be much better once I'm healed this time. Originally I was to be on "voice rest", which would allow me to speak low, but he had to do one in an area where the cords meet, so I'm supposed to avoid talking unless absolutely necessary instead to avoid building scar tissue that can permanently affect my voice. It's kind of a moot point though. I cough. Loud & Hard. I've just healed from sprained ribs from coughing in fact, so I guess it's a matter of waiting to see what kind of voice I end up with.

Wish me luck!