Hi Everyone...It turned out to be a nice day today...no storms...no rain...yea&#33;  Didn&#39;t get much accomplished...cleaned house a bit and went grocery shopping.  Went off the &quot;Seattle Sutton&quot; diet.  It seems like a great plan for some, but I think it was too many carbs or too low calories or something for me and Marc...we just weren&#39;t losing weight.  I&#39;m doing my own plan now of just smaller portions and cutting the carbs a bit...plan to do some walking, too.  Marc is walking on the treadmill.   <br /><br />We&#39;re thinking, again, that we need to move out of this neighborhood...it seems to be getting worse, but it&#39;s just a bad time to try to move with the housing market and all.  We&#39;ve been here for 34 years, and up until a a few years ago it was a great neighborhood, but things are changing fast.  Not sure what we should do, yet.  It&#39;s a tough decision.<br /><br />Mary Lou...thanks for the well wishes...no results, yet.  So glad you survived the storm.  Way too many storms this year. Reading about your cards...have you ever tried a card program on the computer?...saves a bit of money in the long run...I do find that I can&#39;t always find one that&#39;s worded right, but you can make your own, too.  Happy Birthday to Paige&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Carmen...continued prayers for your step-dad and uncle.<br /><br />Jackie...congratulations on the good news about the B&amp;B.  It&#39;s sounds like a dream job.  It sure is a beautiful area.  Hope all works out for you and Tony.<br /><br />Sue...so glad to hear that your friend is OK&#33;<br /><br />Steve...stay safe from the storm&#33;  You have sure had your share this year.  I did read about the Boy Scout camp..so very sad.  That&#39;s great that you were able to work out the flight changes...4:30 AM is a tough time to leave, but it can be done...I usually go to bed around that time, and have done it.  lol  It looks like you will be cruising right before me.  We will be leaving on Oct. 9th for San Diego, and sailing on the Oosterdam on the 11th.  We are cruising to the Mexican Riviera.  We have been there before, except for Cabo San Lucas, but I am excited to be trying a new ship.  This is our first time on Holland America.<br /><br />Joey...our beef is up, and also most of our grocery items...along with the gas...yikes&#33;  Not good&#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" /> Gas was at &#036;3.99 today.<br /><br />Tonia...your trip sounds so exciting&#33; I know you will have a great time.  Glad you had fun at the movies...another good one that I just saw...a chick flick...is P.S. I Love You...I really liked that one.<br /><br />Rose...so scary about the lightning starting fires...hope your weather improves.   Your countertops sound great...that&#39;s something I would love to change in our kitchen...along with most everything...lol...can you believe that they are a soft yellow?  It&#39;s the original color from the early &#39;70s.  Would love to see your pictures when you&#39;re done.  Good luck with everything.<br /><br />Debbie...hope you don&#39;t get any more storms.  Good luck at the podiatrist.  Hope you are healing well&#33;<br /><br />Cheryl...yummm...your Mexican dinner sounds wonderful&#33;  So glad you are feeling well, and your eyes are doing so well.<br /><br />Jen...Hope you were able to get out into the garden.  So great to see the sun, for sure&#33;  Just found out I was severly low in my Vitamin D...Helllooo&#33;&#33;&#33; I live in Minnesota&#33;&#33;&#33;  LOL   <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> <br /><br />Karla...glad your FIL is doing better, but so sorry to hear that Mandy&#39;s fiancee&#39;s grandfather is not doing so well.  Hope the new place will work out for the kids.  Congratulations to Mandy on her job offer&#33;<br /><br />Hi to Andrea, Ed, Maria, Debbie and Jerry, and all Cruise Crazies&#33;<br /><br />Have a great day, everyone&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br />