This photo was taken on Cris’ brithday. Notice the birthday cake?
A nice photo of the entire Contreras clan, plus one. Shown on the left is Dylan, the baby of the family… but not Cris’. Jessica claims him.
{October 31, 2007} Happy birthday, Cris
{October 30, 2007} decorations
Proof that others are much more into Halloween than I am.
In my defense, I updated my Twitter icon with a Halloween theme. Does that count?
{October 30, 2007} California towhee
I have no idea what kind of bird a California towhee is, but I really like this photo. Posted by my former boss and current retiree, Susan, it’s a nice shot with wonderful color context.
Wish I had photos like this.
{October 30, 2007} Ashlee (photo)
My niece is growing up much too fast. I remember, vividly, staying up all night at the hospital, waiting for her to be born. Now she’s this hormonal pre-teen.
She’s got a smart mouth (which I encourage), a quick wit and a smart personality. She’s a bookworm who shares my love of fiction.
One day soon she’s going to be a grown up. But not today.
{October 29, 2007} Three generations
Jessica, Ashlee and Mom at the mall. See how Ashlee is nearly as tall as the others? Very soon she’s going to be taller than all of us.
I don’t think I’m ready for that.
Taken at Katy Mills, while we waited for reservations at the Rainforest Cafe. We were celebrating Cris’ birthday.
{October 21, 2007} Dylan at 11 months
The little cutie at 11 months.
{October 17, 2007} staph infection info
After Dylan’s recent stay in the hospital, this week’s news that Staph infections kill more people than AIDS is scary.
U.S. deaths from staph surpass AIDS
Study shows majority of cases of drug-resistant infection originate in health settings
– Houston Chronicle
About 18,700 people die in this country each year from drug-resistant staph infections, according to a federal study released Tuesday — more deaths than the United States sees from AIDS annually.The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, scheduled to be published in today’s edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, is the first of its kind to track methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA.
Based on data from 2005, the agency estimated that about 94,400 patients nationwide suffer an invasive MRSA infection each year. And in the vast majority of cases, the infections originated in health care settings.
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The once-rare, drug-resistant germ causes more than half of all skin infections treated in U.S. emergency rooms, the CDC reported last year. But until now, there was no solid data on the number of cases nationwide to serve as a benchmark.
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{October 16, 2007} A Boss’ Day photo
My virtual friend Cybertoad posted this photo on her Flickr stream. It seems her HR staff covered their VP’s mustang in colorful post-its.
Proof I’m not creative enough. This is so funny and such a great idea. I need to try it on someone else sometime.
{October 15, 2007} an extended stay in Iraq
It’s official. Saul got his new orders and will be staying in Iraq at least another 7 months. We’re expecting it to be a year more.
{October 11, 2007} Photo “In the Texas Medical Center”
My new friend, CyberToad, took this very nice shot. It’s at the Zoo metrorail stop in the Texas Medical Center. Very nice composition.
