Good morning gang.  I started a new project last night, so will be working on that today.  Last year, when our kitchen was remodeled, it was painted a tuscan gold.  While I like the color, I have always thought it needed something more, so last night I started doing a faux finish to it to make it look more &quot;old worldy&quot;.  <br /><br />Shaunna - while I wouldn&#39;t exactly call hubby a fanatic, we do hava a lot of guns in the house.  He likes all different kinds.  Most of them are kept in a gun safe in a closet.  There are 3 that are not and they are hidden throughout the house, in places that children could not get to.  Don&#39;t want to have to run upstairs and unlock the safe in case someone were to break in.  About 5 years ago, we took a class so we could get our permits to carry a concealed handgun.  It was taught by a marine and his wife.  He suggested a Bersa 380 for women ( a 38 caliber).  After the class, we had to take a shooting test and then pass a background check.  I passed the test, registered as a sharp shooter, and told Greg that I wanted a Bersa 380 of my own, even though he had 7 or 8 handguns (he likes to go shooting with a couple of his friends).  I was so excited that Christmas when I picked up my stocking and heard the rattle of ammo&#33;&#33;&#33;  Have fun shooting.  My grandfather was a prisoner of war in WWII and he absolutely would not talk about it.  He had a lot of scars on his back that I asked him about a few times when I was a kid and curious about everything, but he never would answer me.  My grammy said he got them in the war, but I never did find out how.   <br /><br />Jackie - is Gucci going to be boarded while you are in SA?  We will be taking Bucky and Sadie to Camp BowWow when we go to Oklahoma for the weekend in 2 weeks.  They called recently and said that their records show that their bordatello vaccine will have expired by then, so I have to get them in next week to get it administered again.  Even though the dr. said it is good for a year, most boarding facilities require you to have one every 6 months.  I love it when they go there because Sadie is normally a yapper - she just sits in the middle of the floor, looks at you and yaps, for no reason, all day.  I must say, that it drives me crazy.  It is so loud at Camp BowWow with all the barking, that she will not make a sound for a day or 2 after they come home from there.<br /><br />Mary Lou - sorry you are going to get bad weather.  It is absolutely gorgeous here.  Forecast to be 88 today and then 80 tomorrow, Sat. and Sun.  Saturday, we plan to take a drive to see the changing of the leaves.  Not this coming weekend, but the next, we take Scotty to the circus and the following weekend is our Oklahoma, so Greg&#39;s atv riding is going to be limited.  I like for him to be able to ride as much as possible because I know how much he loves it and it is a great way for him to unwind and forget about all the crap at work.  I think I did see on FoxNews that tomrrow was Ashleigh&#39;s birthday  <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 />Tonia - it was so good to see you here.  I miss you and wish you could pop in more.  Canning - I hate it&#33;&#33;&#33;  I only do it because Greg puts out quite a few tomato plants every year and we literally get hundreds of tomatoes and there isn&#39;t a lot you can do with them, so I make salsa, stewed tomotoes and spaghetti sauce and can them.  I know a lot of peopel don&#39;t like Carnival, but we have taken 11 cruises with them, with the 12th on deck and I love them.  Cheryl, GottaCruz) is an expert on them too, but she probably already onboard a ship at this time (sailing today) so feel free to ask me or her anything you want to know also.  Sure wish Carmen would pop back in here...<br /><br />Joey - hope the jury reaches a quick verdict and David can get back to his normal life.  What a way to spend his &quot;honeymoon&quot;.  Speaking of which, anything planned for that other than your cruise in Dec?<br /><br />Sue - we have a huge walk-in pantry and my when my sons first moved out, they woul come over and do their &quot;grocery shopping&quot; in there.  It is stocked completely full, so I don&#39;t know why I spend so much at the grocery store.  <br /><br />Martha - glad you are back with us.  it takes a while but eventually you will learn everyone&#39;s names.  Of course, we are growing by leaps and bounds, so it seems like there are alwaysnew people to get to know once you think you have everyone&#39;s names down...<br /><br />Falina - good morning.  Tomorrow is your lunch day out.  Going anywhere fun?  How is Stuart this morning?  Love the fall motorcycle pic -saved it to show to hubby.<br /><br />Deb - happy camping.  I read that you stay in a cabin - that isn&#39;t so bad.  When you first mentioned camping, I envisioned sleeping on<br />the ground in a tent.  Are you all set to go?<br /><br />Andrea - you are missed here, especially as we just got you back.  Just take care of the things you have to do for your family and know we are here waiting on you when you get a chance to pop in.<br /><br />Kevin - they must really be keeping you busy the past couple of days - we haven&#39;t seen you stick your head in during the day.  Tell them you have more important things to do&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Waving to Ed, Carmen, Shari, Maria, Mark, Keith, Robert, Steve and all you other crazies.  Gotta&#39; get back to my painting project...<br /><br /><br /><br />  <br /><br /><br /><br />