Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Proposed four years ago today.
Tonight as we watched the news, Mark and I began discussing whether or not we would volunteer for a vaccine clinical trial.
Mark's first reaction, "No way."
Mine: "I'd consider signing up for the flu vaccine (seasonal and H1N1)...and I think I would have volunteered for varicella (aka chicken pox). The others, no thanks."
What about you? Would you volunteer to test any vaccines?
I am thankful for the others that have volunteered to participate in clinical trials for all our other vaccines from polio to pertussis* (whooping cough), and helped make the world a safer place for us all.
Mark's first reaction, "No way."
Mine: "I'd consider signing up for the flu vaccine (seasonal and H1N1)...and I think I would have volunteered for varicella (aka chicken pox). The others, no thanks."
What about you? Would you volunteer to test any vaccines?
I am thankful for the others that have volunteered to participate in clinical trials for all our other vaccines from polio to pertussis* (whooping cough), and helped make the world a safer place for us all.
Library of Congress Digital Collection
Children waiting for immunization shots at a child health station in New York City, N.Y. circa 1944.
*Oddly enough, I came down with pertussis, aka whooping cough in 2007. About the same time the CDC started recommending booster vaccinations for young adults after noticing a surge of cases among adults. To say it was miserable would be an understatement. I had to sleep sitting up in an attempt to reduce coughing spells, and Mark kept an oxygen tank next to the bed to slip on me whenever my coughing fits started.
From http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/08/how_to_think_constructively_ab.html
A few weeks ago, we drove to north to drop the puppies off with our wonderful puppy-sitters and headed to the beach for a long weekend. After a 6.5 hour drive to Mark’s conference, we sat and watched the sunset over the Choctawhatchee Bay. 
The next night we went to Captain Dave’s, the oldest seafood restaurant in Destin, and it was spectacular. We had a fantastic table on the deck overlooking the beach and another amazing view of a summer sunset. We snapped the next three shots while waiting for a table, and watching a beach wedding.
After years of reading in bed with book lights and desk lamps, I finally found a pair of inexpensive lamps (and lampshades) for the master bedroom. We also got a deal on the wall art to spruce up our wall.
Ceazer, our little ham, couldn’t resist hopping into the picture. Meanwhile, Jinx was too busy playing ball to bother with pictures.
Our puppy model in our bed.
A close-up of the wall art.
Afternoon walks…
and lunch dates along the river.
Spring flowers…
Just because tulips, sunflowers and snapdragons at the farmers’ market, and a surprise day lily in our backyard.
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