Good morning gang.  It is cool and cloudy on this day of memory, seems only fitting.  I did not know anyone personally that died on that awful day, but know of a few close calls.  My boss was scheduled for a meeting that morning in the Twin Towers and was slated to fly out the afternoon of the 10th.  On the morning of the 10th, he was involved in an accident that laid him up for a bit, so was unable to make the trip.  My brother-in-law was also supposed to be in that building that morning but being perpetually late for everything, he missed his flight to NY.  In retrospect, I believe God had his hand on both of them.  My hearts and prayers go out to the families still suffering from the cowardly acts of that day.  <br /><br />Mary Lou - Scotty is in 1st grade, not kindergarten.  He and Ashleigh are the same age.  I haven&#39;t seen him in 11 days and am going thru serious withdrawal.  He is coming to spend the night on Saturday though, and I think I am looking forward to it every bit as much as he is.<br /><br />Martha - a big WELCOME to you.  As you can see, Mary Lou is a huge part of what makes this forum and the Dock such a wonderful and friendly place.  I am so glad she steered you to us and I look forward to getting to know you.  Please jump in and join in the chatter.<br /><br />Steve - love the pic of Gramps and Lynda.  Mary Lou is right, he sure does look good for his age.  I was expecting a little, bitty old man and he doesn&#39;t look that way at all.  I am sure all of you are getting into &quot;cruise mode&quot; since it is so close now.<br /><br />Robert - still praying and crossing anything that can be crossed for your and Annie&#39;s cruise.  I am watching the news right now and they say it will hit around Houston at about 12 a.m. Friday.  Hopefully, Ike will spare Galveston and everything will go off as planned.  From what you posted, I know we will not be booking at the Sun Spree for our Conquest cruise next year.  We stayed at a Comfort Suites on 89th last year, the night before embarkation.  It had only opened about 2 weeks prior to our stay, but I had booked it 6 months in advance while it was still under construction.  I got a rate of &#036;95 each for the 2 rooms I booked.  When we checked in, I had my confirmation letter with me and the desk clerks were scurrying, trying to figure out what to do as the room was supposed to be &#036;225 per room (we had ocean views).  I checked their website the other day, thinking we would stay there again, but that is about what the rooms are running now and that is AAA rate so we may be looking elsewhere.  We do have a free night coming, so if they will let us use it then, we will definitely stay there.<br /><br />Hi Joey - roasted chicken sounds fabulous.  How do you cook it?  Not sure what I am going to pull off for dinner.  I have to leave here in a bit to take my car to the dealer in Boulder and I imagine I will be gone all day, so what goes on the table will depend on what time I get home.  Does David enjoy JD as much as you do?<br /><br />Andrea - I will be up early again tomorrow as the mobile pet groomer is coming at 8:00, so I will be checking at 9:00 mountain time, to make sure you are NOT online&#33;&#33;&#33;  Luckily, the groomer is engaged to my son, so I don&#39;t have to worry about getting dressed or anything&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Deb - what do you think about Y &amp; R?  I loved it that Victor gave Nicholas the money to buy Restless Style, but after Jack&#39;s trick of trying to get Nikki to freeze Victor&#39;s assets, I do not think he is going to just hand over the magazine so easily.  He is such a sleaze.  Don&#39;t you just love it that Noah went away to camp at the start of the summer, being 10 yrs. old and came home being 15???  I hate it when they do that.  I wonder what Jack and Adam are going to stir up?  <br /><br />Shaunna - as others have said &quot;where are you???&quot;...<br /><br />Falina - hoping for a relatively quiet day for you.  You have been far too busy lately.  When I worked it, I preferred it to be busy because the day went by faster, but then, I didn&#39;t have to come home and do more business work.  When do you have time to get anything else done?<br /><br />Kevin, I saw that you were at work early this morning (okay, I am assuming that the post you did at 7:21 was from the office).  Us taxpayers are satisfied that you are on the job and taking care of running our city&#33;&#33;&#33;   <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />  You&#39;ve done your duty - now come back and play with us&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Jackie &amp; Rose, didn&#39;t see anything from you this morning.  What&#39;s up with you 2.  Okay, it is entirely possible that you did post and I just missed it - has been known to happen.<br /><br />Ed &amp; Jenn - where are my late night co-horts this morning?  Hope you both have a good day and I guess I will be talking to you later, after all the other crazies go to bed&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Keith, Shari, Tonia, Sue, and anyone else I inadvertantly missed (I really don&#39;t mean to leave you out, my brain just doesn&#39;t work well in the mornings - okay, make that in the afternoon, evening or night also), hello to all of you and I hope everything goes your way today.  Guess I had better run.  I have to leave in about 45 minutes and I am still in my nightie with hair and make-up undone&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br />