Hi Everyone&#33;<br /><br />What a great game tonight...Congratulations to the Pittsburg Steelers&#33;  Also, to a well played game by the Arizona Cardinals...thought they might make it there at the end, but Pittsburg is tough to beat.  I can&#39;t figure out why Arizona didn&#39;t take the coin toss and go first.   Congratulations, also, to Kurt Warner for his award for the Walter Payton, &quot;Man of the Year&quot; award.<br /><br />Jen...hope things can be worked out for your mom and for you.  I&#39;m rooting for you to get on the &quot;Wheel of Fortune.&quot;  That would be so great&#33;<br /><br />Rose...Marc is doing very well, thank you for asking.  He will need to go in the hospital in around 4 weeks for more biopsies, but he&#39;s feeling great right now and has high spirits.  That&#39;s so cool that you found an old friend on Facebook.  Have fun planning your European cruise.  That&#39;s so exciting&#33;  I will love to hear all about your time and ports.<br /><br />Cheryl...well...our &quot;underdogs&quot; didn&#39;t win, but they sure can be proud of the game.  They really came back in the second half.  I thought they were going to make it for awhile there.  I hope your mattress helps you...I truly understand what you are going through.  Poor Marc has had to buy three mattresses in the last five years or so for me.  I&#39;m now trying a &quot;tempurpedic.&quot;  You can&#39;t really toss and turn on this one.  It&#39;s really comfy, and I sleep better, and it&#39;s helping my pinched shoulder problem somewhat, but not the back.  The &quot;Numbers Bed&quot; didn&#39;t work for  me, but Marc loves his.  We have one King sized bed together, but it actually is two twin longs that elevate, and are connected.  We both now have different mattresses.  <br /><br />Steve...congrats on the medicare...think of the pluses, and not the getting older part.  Next year I will be eligible for Social Security (I&#39;m taking it early at 62) so I am feeling pretty old right now.  LOL  One good thing...I&#39;ll have some spending money, (hopefully, if SS is still there for us) and people say I don&#39;t look my age, so I can collect SS and pretend to be younger.  LOL<br /><br />Jackie...I&#39;m sooo sorry you are going through that pain.  I know how bad and immobilizing it can be.  I will say some prayers for you.<br /><br />James...hope you get a nice warm-up soon.  We had a nice day or two, and now we are getting cold again.<br /><br />Andrea...I&#39;m so glad the service went well and people were able to laugh and remember good things.  The flip-flops is a cute story.  I will keep the family and you in my prayers.<br /><br />Ed...I&#39;m so sorry that Roe is having a hard time with the treatments.  I hope she will able to stop for a week or so.  My mom did this with her cancer treatments and then was able to finish.  I will keep Roe and you in my prayers.<br /><br />Maria...hope you have a wonderful cruise.<br /><br />Carmen...hope all is well with your back.<br /><br />Keith and Rita...hope things are improving there.<br /><br />Jim...it&#39;s &quot;supper&quot; here, too&#33;   <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />   Afternoon is just &quot;lunch&quot; though. Thanks for all the coffee&#33;<br /><br />Mary Lou...Happy Birthday to Jim&#33;  Hope it was a great day&#33;  On my hours...yes, I am getting worse instead of better.  LOL  Sometimes I&#39;m just getting done posting and I see you&#39;re up, and I need to get to bed, and think...&quot;Oh my gosh, most people are just getting up, and I haven&#39;t gone to bed yet.&quot;  I really have to work on this and change my hours.   <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 />Martha...hope you had a nice dinner and birthday celebrations.<br /><br />Joey...about your quote on the banks...grrrrrr&#33; <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />   I loved your picture.  I was also a safety patrol...we only got to go to Minnehaha Falls (here in Mpls.) for a picnic, though.  LOL  We had a great parade... we were in in downtown Mpls. first though, and I rode in my girfriend&#39;s dad&#39;s truck with a bunch of gals and we were singing &quot;99 bottles of beer on the wall&quot; when they opened up the back door and let us out in the midst of everyone.  Too funny...for a bunch of 8th grade girls from a Catholic school.  LOL<br /><br />Kevin...what a great experience for your son.  My daughter was all signed up to go to France with her French class, but she chickend out at the last minute.  She would have spent time in Paris with the group and then some time with a family in the French countryside...I think she was nervous about that...so was I, though, Marc talked me into letting her go.  She is sorry she didn&#39;t go now.  It would have been a great experience, I&#39;m sure...even though I was worried.    Jennifer Hudson...Yes&#33;...she did a fabulous job&#33;<br /><br />Falina...so glad that things are calming down a bit and you have more time.  The drive in the countryside sounds wonderful.<br /><br />Sue...hope you got a new coffee pot...can&#39;t go without coffee...you&#39;ll have to get some from Jim for now.   He makes great coffee.<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 />Robert...how&#39;s it going&#33;&#33;??  Good, I hope&#33;<br /><br />Debbie...love your pictures.  That&#39;s so nice that you got out for awhile and had a nice time with your DH and son.  Hope you&#39;re having fun planning your cruise.  It&#39;s always so fun to have a cruise to look forward to.<br /><br />Cheryl...gottacruise...I&#39;m thinking of you and hoping you&#39;re doing well.  Miss you&#33;<br /><br />Hi to all our Cruise Crazies...so sorry if I missed anyone...it&#39;s time for bed. LOL<br /><br />Have a great day, EVERYONE&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />