Love For Ashley

you still have all original appliances that the builder installed. your original stove stops working and you can't find the part to replace what is broken. your icemaker stops working and again you can't find the part to replace what is broken. the shower door handle in the master bath breaks and you need to replace the entire enclosurer instead of just the stupid handle. your power bill is in the $300 range and you don't have a pool to explain away the huge bill. you look at the wallpaper in your kitchen and wonder what the heck possessed you to put wallpaper up in the kitchen. We built our house 15 years ago, moved in at the end of October 1994. I think it's time we update our house, take some time off work to make some repairs. However, there are a couple problems with that; money and money. On a more positive note: Ashley is going to be doing her first solo dance this year for competition. She will be doing a Muscial Theatre number. We don't know the music...

This was it, this was supposed to be the year that Ashley would get sicker and need a liver transplant. In 2006 around this time we were told that Ashley would more than likely need a liver transplant in three years. They said puberty would cause problems for her liver. They said she would start spending more time in the doctors office and at the hospital then at home and in school. They were wrong. Ashley is doing really well. This year we have had only a few minor illnesses with sinuses and sore throats. She has some how avoided the Swine Flu. Ashley pediatrician, however, has her on the list to be one of his first patients to receive the Swine Flu vaccination. It's amazing how normal things are becoming. So normal infact that we have procastinated opening up a new fundraising account for Ashley with COTA (Children's Organ Transplant Association). But we are still trying to sell the last bit of her Love for Ashley Recipes for Life Cookbooks . Right now, I am busy doi...