Wlcome to Hump Day, my fellow crazies.  Mercedes, Kaylee is so beautiful, I know you must enjoy your weekends with her.  We haven&#39;t seen our grandson in 2 1/2 weeks, which is the longest we have ever gone without seeing him.  He was sick, then his mom was sick, and now Greg is sick - hopefully we will get to see him this weekend.  I just miss the little guy so much.  I hope you have a wonderful and very happy birthday cruise.  Mary Lou, if you can&#39;t remember how to turn on the stove, just pm me, I am sure I can guide you through it, although with Greg being sick, I have mainy been making soup and oatmeal.  Maybe something easy like hot dogs, tacos or sloppy joes would work out for you - kids usually love them.  Jeannette, hope you get the basement situation sorted out.  We are getting all new flooring laid soon - I wanted all hardwood but Greg wants berber in part of the house - we picked one out that is really nice and is darker than the off-white I was crazy enough to pick out when the house was built 9 yrs. ago. I will have hardwood in the foyer, dining room, kitchen and downstairs guest bath and he will get bereber everywhere else.  Shari, try to stay warm and take care of that leg.  Robert, hope you are starting to come out of the deep freeze there in the DFW area.  How are thngs coming with insurance as far as getting another truck goes?  We have been looking at the new Dodge&#39;s.  Jackie, hang in there - the weather you are experiencing really isn&#39;t normal and hopefully will pass soon.  By the way, you can drive on the beaches around Padre Island, we did on several of them, but there is one that has a sign that says &quot;caution, loose sand&quot; - heed that sign.  I saw it as we were going off the paved road onto the sand and asked Greg what it meant but by then it was too late.  We were buried up to the axles.  A bunch of guys came over and tried to help us dig it out, to no avail.  Then one of them, who had a 4 wheel drive truck - hooked his tow strap up to the back of our car and yanked us out.  He didn&#39;t have any trouble because his truck was sitting on the pavement, so he was able to get traction.  Well, hope you all have a great day, and as Mary Lou always reminds us, smile...