First Post

This is the initial posting from the cookie queen. I'm a clinic manager for a large healthcare organization, but deep down, I want to start a cookie company with a friend. Since my husband and I have a son and my husband's union has crappy benefits, I have to be the responsible one and have a job with health and dental. But someday......

My parents bought a house in Arizona last year and they decided to go early this year. They arrived today and I thought it would be nice to start a blog so they could see new pictures of their grandson (Conner) on a regular basis.

On a political note, I was listening to Ring of Fire on Air America this evening - usually, I enjoy listening to Air America, but tonight I was slightly irritated by a comment they made regarding thimerisol. It's a preservative used in immunizations and the comment was related to it causing long-term damage to kids. I work with pediatricians and there have been no studies that prove this preservative causes autism. Now I'm about as liberal as you can get, but it irritates me when people make claims that are not backed by science.

The picture below is from a trip to the Dells with our friends. Conner was obviously VERY tired and we are obviously VERY bad parents to mess with our child in this way. Oh well, he can talk about it with his auntie Jen the therapist someday.