Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend.  We had a nice BBQ today.  I made potato salad and calico beans, and Marc got ambitious and made some chicken and ribs and brats on the grill.  We had some fruit and chocolate cake to top it off.  There goes our diet...yikes&#33;  <br />We did have a lot of tornadic activity all around us, but we were kind of in a little sunny cove all by ourselves.  Our tornado sirens went off twice, but the storm just missed us.  Haven&#39;t heard the news, yet, so I hope everyone is OK and there isn&#39;t much damage around MN.<br /><br />Everyone is working so hard in their homes and yards that I&#39;m starting to feel kind of guilty..........OK...now I&#39;m over it&#33;  LOL   <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> <br /><br />Thanks to our military, past and present&#33;  My husband was Navy Air, and my dad was a vet of the Korean war (Army), and my brother and brother-in law were in Vietnam, one Army, and one Marine.  Thanks to all who gave, and thanks to all who gave their all&#33;  God Bless&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br /><br />Andrea...we also count sometimes after the lightning to see how far away it is...  Sounds like you will have a new home when you get done.  I would love to see before and after pictures.  I&#39;d love to knock out a wall and make our kitchen bigger, and rearrange some cabinets and open it up, but it&#39;s not in the near future.<br /><br />Jen...hope you enjoy that good book.  You deserve a rest after all the yard work.<br /><br />Joey...I bet the 98 days will really go fast&#33;<br /><br />Mary Lou...I sure agree that there is no comparison to store, or deli-bought salads and our homemade. It is time consuming, especially for the potato salad, but it&#39;s really worth it.<br /><br />Jackie...that is so great that you got to talk to your SIL, and that they are very happy.  Hope Tony can enjoy that great sirloin.<br /><br />Ed...glad the garage sale went well.  A cruise on the &quot;Sapphire Princess&quot; sounds so wonderful.  I would love to try Princess one of these days.  <br /><br />Rose...sounds like you&#39;re making some headway with the kitchen and all.  I would love to see some pictures when you&#39;re done.  I can only dream about a remodel for our upstairs since we haven&#39;t decided if we&#39;re staying here, yet.  How did you like that super jump that Jessie (on AMC) made?  He must have eaten his Wheaties that day.  LOL   have a feeling that Julia isn&#39;t going to make it. And since Tad is going to find out that Kathy is his daughter...seems to fit right in.<br /><br />Steve...glad all is going well with the dirt, even if some of it turned to mud.  Doesn&#39;t sound like a fun job.   That was a great idea at church to have the pictures put to music.  A great tribute&#33;  Don&#39;t worry about looking the same...that means that you are still young&#33;<br /><br />Hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day&#33;