Hello all.  Well, Greg is sitting at the airport - his flight was supposed to leave at 10:40, then they changed it to 11:40 and now it is scheduled for 12:35, so we will see what time he actually get away.  When I talked to him about 15 minues ago, he said the plane hasn&#39;t even arived at the gate.  He is supposed to attend a business dinner on Long Island this evening, but I think that may be in jeopardy.   I have talked to several of our relatives in the Tulsa area and they are all without power due to the ice storms.  Greg&#39;s parents said they lost theirs on Monday and my brother said his went out on Sunday.  They have a generator at his place of employment so he said he has benn spending more time than usual at the office.  Chris is taking me to dinner and to Penney&#39;s tonight.  I haven&#39;t been out all week because of the bad weather.  He knows I hate it when his dad is away so he will be more attentive the next few days.  I am going to have him take me by WalMart to get Scotty a reward.  He had to get a flu shot on Monday and he called me that evening to tell me how brave he had been.  I had ordered Greg skid plates for his new truck for Christmas (not really sure what they are, but that is what he asked for) and they are slated to arrive via UPS today and he had ordered a snow plow for his ATV because he is already tired of shoveling, and it too, is going to arrive today.  I am hoping that I can get the UPS driver to stack everything in the garage.  They normally leave it on the front porch but I don&#39;t think I would be able to move it.  I still have about 7 or 8 other packages that I hope arrive before Christmas.  Winter always gives me cause to ponder retiring to somewhere sunny and warm, but I don&#39;t think that will ever happen.  The draw of having the kids and grandson close will probably always be stronger than my intense dislike of cold.  Well, hope you are all having a good hump day....