Good morning Crazies.  Looks like a gorgeous day outside but I plan to spend it holed up here in the house.  Tomorrow I have a drs. appt, plus I am shopping for my MIL&#39;s birthday present, Wednesday I am going to Boulder to meet friends for lunch and Thursday, I have to go pick up Scotty as he will be going to Oklahoma with us for the weekend, pack everything and get the car loaded so that we can leave early in the morning, as soon as Greg gets back from taking the hounds to Camp BowWow.  So, today I am doing my normal stripping the bed and changing the sheets, cleaning bathrooms and doing laundry.  I had made a meatloaf and put it in the freezer to cook back in August when we had houseguests and it never got cooked, so that is on the menu tonight.<br /><br />Mary Lou - please give us an update on Ash&#39;s first day at the new school and also on anything that you hear about TJ&#39;s condition.  I will be keeping both of them in my thoughts and prayers.<br /><br />It appears that there is still no Joey.  I am worried about him....going to send him a pm.<br /><br />Mercedes, bless your heart.  Your follow dr&#39;s (and hubby&#39;s orders).  Your grandchildren are beautiful.  Oct. 26 is also my oldest son&#39;s birthday - he will be 28 in a few weeks.<br /><br />Deb - thank you.  We try to be a positive force in the munchkin&#39;s life.  His grandmother on his mom&#39;s side is a mess.  I hold her partially responsible for the way her daughter turned out.  She was married 6 or 7 times while her kids were growing up, never showed them a positive example of how to make a marriage work.  She also lived with a slew of different men.  Right now, none of her 4 children are married, although they have all made attempts at it.  A few years back, she decided she was going to file bankruptcy so she went out and got every credit card she could and ran them up to the max before filing, setting the example for her kids that you don&#39;t have to take responsibilty for anything.  She also showed them that the more babies you have, the more welfare you can get.  I am civil to her if we are in a position to be in the same room, but I do not like the woman.  And believe me, the feeling is quite mutual.  My ex DIL has told me that her mom is very jealous of all we have, not just the material and financial aspect but also the fact that we have been married for so long and have such a good relationship.  I would never say anything bad about her in front of Scotty and when he tells me that I am his favorite grandma, I tell him that we may do different things with him than his Grandma Mary but that she loves him every bit as much in her way and that he should not have a favorite and he should always tell her how much he loves her.  I don&#39;t ever want him to feel conflicted in any way even though I know for a fact that she says things to him about Greg and I that are not favorable.  It is a long story that I will not go into, but I was not in the room when Scotty was born.  His other grandma made sure of that - she shut the door in my face when I tried to go in there, after telling me that my son had decided that he did not want me in there (which turned out to be a lie, he did not even know about it until after Scotty was born).  Greg and I stood in the hallway and listened to his birth thru the door.  Anyway, Scotty recently informed us that his Grandma Mary told him that she was there when he was born but that his grandpa and I did not care enough to be there.  I explained to him that we were there but we were not able to be in the room (didn&#39;t go into detail there) and that we heard his birth and came in to the room as soon as the dr. would let us.  She doesn&#39;t really do much with him, she has a lot of grandchildren and as he is our only grandchild, he gets the full focus of our attention.  Whew, sorry to have rambled on - don&#39;t you wish you hadn&#39;t asked now&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Jackie, I know you must be getting terribly excited.  Will you even be able to sleep tomorrow night?  Wishing you a safe and wonderful trip.<br /><br />Falina, since you are such a big FoxNews fan, do you watch Hannity and Colmes?  I love Sean Hannity but everytime I see Alan Colmes, I just want to do something about his eyebrows&#33;&#33;&#33;  Wed. and Thurs. are inservice days around here - wish they had included Friday, or made it Thurs. and Fri. instead of making the kiddo&#39;s come back to school for 1 day before the weekend.  Scotty will have to miss school on Fri. for our trip to Okla.  I do hate to take him out of class when he isn&#39;t sick, but we did feel that his greta granmother&#39;s 75th birthday was a good enough reason to do so.<br /><br />Sending a big hello to Ed, Steve, Sue, Martha, Jenn, Tonia, Kevin, Rose, Andrea, Shaunna, and all other Crazies.<br /><br />Happy Monday to you all...