<!--sizeo:6--><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->MONDAY - April 28th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies....It sure was good to sleep in my own bed last night.   It&#39;s fun to go away but great to be back home.  My nieces shower was a lot of fun.   It was thrown by my brothers neighbors and they sure know how to party.   My niece did not come down to my brothers until Saturday afternoon, she had a call-back from an audition she had earlier in the week for 4 big  concerts in Washington, DC (where she lives)   We were just leaving for the shower when she got the call that she won the audition and would be giving 4 concerts in the DC area next year.   It was like the icing on the cake for the weekend - she was so happy.   The wedding is fast approaching and Laura, Dan and both sets of parents will leave for Hawaii on May 19th.   They will be married by Laura&#39;s Uncle on Monday, May 26th and then head back to Pa. for their receptions.   They will have a barn dance on Friday night - and a formal reception at Dickenson College where my brother and Dan&#39;s father are professors) on Saturday so it will be a busy weekend.    I think we are all a bit hurt that we will not be invited to the ceremony, but they assure us they will have tons of pictures when they get back.    Laura &amp; Dan both feel that the exchanging of their vows is a special private time between the two of them and shouldn&#39;t become a big spectator event and after all, making the bride happy is what it is all about.  <br /><br />Tonia Lou - you beat me to the computer this morning.   Good luck with the lawyers this morning.   I hope they don&#39;t give you any problems.   Looking forward to hearing you will be joining us on the group cruise.<br /><br />Jenn - believe me, I will have plenty of pics from my nieces parties.   Glad your red hatters party was fun.  Have fun with the Paper Roses.<br /><br />Jackie,  I&#39;m so sorry your cruise wasn&#39;t what you expected.   Of course we want to hear all the bad along with the good.   If we can&#39;t be honest with each other here there is no sense posting.   <br /><br />Ed - it&#39;s great to have you back with us.   We missed you and can&#39;t wait to hear all about Azamara cruises.   <br /><br />Maria - hope you had a great birthday celebration with you son yesterday.<br /><br />We have to call the car dealership this morning and if all is in order we are heading back to Staten Island to take Cait to pick up her new car.   They promised it to her for today but on Saturday claimed they had not received the insurance papers so they had not gotten her plates yet.  If we drive to SI in the rain today and they don&#39;t have the plates for the car, it will not be a pretty sight.   Jim is just about out of patience with this dealership.   We have to be with her to pick up the car as we decided to finance the car and pay it off within 6 months so she could establish some credit for herself.   We had to co-sign for the loan since for some reason they didn&#39;t think any bank would give a loan for a brand new car to an unemployed college student.  Go figure.   lol   <br /><br />I&#39;ll be back later on - in the meantime, make today special.