Morning all.  We went out to dinner last night.  When Greg got home, I told him we should probably call and cancel the reservations as the news was saying how bad the roads were.  He said they weren&#39;t that bad so off we went.  I was a nervous wreck all the way there.  We have different ideas of &quot;not bad out&quot; - to me, when people are sliding all over the place, there are numerous accidents and cars running off the road, it is bad out.  I will admit that Greg is very good at driving in adverse conditions but it is all the other idiots out there that I was concerned with - the ones who flew by us going 60 (Greg was going about 25).  We were in Steak &amp; Ale for 2 hrs (really slow service) and the roads were considerably worse when we left to come home.  I was surprised that more reservations weren&#39;t cancelled, but the restaurant was hopping.   Does anyone have any experience with DirectBuy?  I have seen their commercial for a few years - supposedly they have a huge warehouse where you can buy anything for the home- doors windows, furniture, they have contractors who can do installation on anything you buy.  They also have carpeting, flooring, countertops, etc.  As we are preparing to do new flooring in the whole house, other than the basement, and that is 3300 sq. ft. of carpeting or some other flooring, and we are doing granite in the kitchen and 3 bathrooms and also a new stove and center island extension, we thought it might be worth looking into.  I know you have to pay to join, but not sure how much.  I called them yesterday and they are sending me info and a one day pass to look around - we will take all our measurements with us so we will be able to tell exactly how much we can save if we join.  Supposedly, it is supposed to be about 50%, but we&#39;ll see.  Just wondered if any of you are now or have been members and what was your experience with them.  Well, guess I had better get to my housework - I shampooed carpets yesterday and still have one hallway to do.  Yeah, I know it is silly to steam clean carpeting that is going to be ripped out but I am a little compulsive about my house.  Hope you all have a a good end to the week.  I just found out that Greg has Monday off - turkey&#33;&#33;&#33;   A month ago, I suggested we should fly to Vegas or somewhere warm for President&#39;s Day weekend and he said he wasn&#39;t getting it off this year.  Then last night he said he found out that they were.  But it is a little too late to make reservations now.  We had gotten an email a month or so ago from Camp Bow Wow, which is where the dogs go when we travel, and it said that this weeked is one of their busiest as it is such a big ski weekend, so reservations had to be made well in advance.  Oh well, I don&#39;t think I would want to fly as snowy and icy as it is anyway.  At this point, it appears I am writing a novel, so I will close.....