Good morning all.  The sun is shining brightly, so hopefully we will have more melting of the snow today - especially as it is supposed to snow tomorrow.  I don&#39;t know if I am going to survive this winter, I am already so sick of it, I could just scream and we still have 3 1/2 months of it left.  I look at the pics that you guys post of your cruises and I try to take myself mentally to those sunny, warm places&#33;&#33;&#33;  <br /><br />Jackie, Scotty would love to build a snowman, but grandma can&#39;t stay outside that long as the cold damp air affects my fibromyalgia.  I think we will stop by Kmart and pick up a new board game.<br /><br />Joey and Jim, sounds like today is the day for pace maker check ups.  Good luck to you both.<br /><br />Mary Lou, will be saying a prayer for Jim and the job situation.  They are supposed to start the layoffs at Greg&#39;s company at the end of the month.  One of his ATV riding buddies sent him an email last night and said that he had lost his job yesterday.  He is a younger guy, in his 30&#39;s with a wife and 3 little children and in debt up to his eyeballs.  I feel so badly for him, he said that they are already in danger of losing their home and everything.  When we were young and stupid, we made that same mistake and made a lot of changes so that we could live debt free and build a nest egg.  Hopefully, he will get another job quickly and will have learned some lessons to be able to make some changes in his family&#39;s financial stability.  Does Deb know anything about the status of her job yet?  <br /><br />Jackie, did the rain stop yet?  <br /><br />Deb, are you back in the swing of mom&#39;s taxi service yet?<br /><br />Carmen, your vacation home looks so peaceful.  Do you live anywhere near Baltimore?  My nephew and his family are moving there for 3 years.  They will be arriving on the 19th, just in time for the zoo that I am sure the DC area will be for the inaguration.<br /><br />Falina, I am glad that you got to spend time with Dylan.  They are so much fun, but can be so exhausting too.  Now that Scotty is 6 1/2, he is much more self sufficient, so I am not nearly as pooped when he leaves.  We can play games and instead of me reading him a story, he reads to me now, plus he gets his own drinks and goes to the bathroom by himself and the best thing is that he can actually pick up after himself now.<br /><br />Tonia, are you going to post cruise pics?  I need more mental getaways&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Well, I have to leave in about 45 minutes to go get the munchkin and here I sit in my nightie, so gotta&#39; get dressed, do my hair and make-up and get out of here.<br /><br /><img src="http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k96/cherylfuller/smileyhi.gif" border="0" class="linked-image" /> to Robert, Sue, Rose, Keith, Kevin, Ed, Steve, Jenn, Shari, Shaunna, Martha, Chris, James, the other Carmen, Gail, and any others I might have missed - it wasn&#39;t intentional.  My over 50 brain malfunctions sometimes.<br /><br />