hi this is Sophie. i didn't get a strike in bowling but i got a trurky spare. That means 3 spares in a row!

Today Sophie finished her summer goal of riding her bike 100 miles. She was pretty excited about that.

This is Sophie. And I thought I couldn't but I guess I was wrong. I just went a couple mils a day and as soon as I could I got it!!!! we went bowling every single day from the start of summer (except Sundays)! My score was 140!!! That's amazing my mom said and my dad said "Wow you're a natural at bowling!" and my sister said "Great job Sophie." My mom got a turkey the other day (3 strikes in a row) and a score of 179. My dad got a 4 bagger once (4 strikes in a row) but I don't remember his score.

And so you have it, we will be going bowling soon and see what we get today!

The circular structure is a blood vessel and in the center there was a thrombus, that means a clot, like what happens when you have a heart attack, a thrombus then blocks a coronary artery (one that gives blood to the heart). This one is in a dog, in the skin around an area of inflammation. There are actually new blood vessels (small circular structures in the middle of the circular pink material) growing through the thrombus so that blood can start to flow again. It is called a process of recanalization. I think it is pretty cool and now you see what kind of stuff I look at for my job.

This is my first official "Blog" post. I have resisted blogging because I cannot stand the word "Blog" but I need a way to keep in touch with my family and friends and I would like a journal for my family to have so here I am.

This week I decided to remodel my bathroom, the small one downstairs. It started because I tripped over the vinyl that was coming up one too many times so I just ripped it out with my hand. then the toilet sort of tipped so then I went to Home Depot and now I have everything out of the bathroom. I painted the ceiling, walls, smashed out the ceramic tile (and let the girls do it as well) and had to put up new sheetrock. I guess a prybar works better than actually smashing out the tile... Hope to be done in about 4 more days. It should look great!

I have been working about 2-3 hours a day since May. Prior to that I had about a 9 month reprieve from work. Now the slides mostly come on the computer and I view them "virtually" which is really amazing and fun. If I can figure out how to do it I will add a photomicrograph to this Blog.

Well, that is enough for the first time, I will see what happens now, don't want to have it all erased...