Good afternoon, Cruise Crazies&#33;  <br /><br />Hope you are all doing well.  It&#39;s 31 degrees here in Mpls. right now.  Big heat wave for us&#33;  LOL  I am doing somewhat better.  Kinda have felt like a truck ran over me the last week.  My whole spine is just out of whack some times.  Too many past injuries.  lol<br /><br />I feel so good that I got my bedroom all spring cleaned.  Got a new comforter set, and it&#39;s so pretty.  Makes me feel good.  I still have closets and cupboards and drawers to do, but all in good time.  I want to be able to get outside and enjoy the nice weather when it does find it&#39;s way up North here.  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 />Rose...Happpy Birthday to Howie.  Thanks for the well wishes.  The Japanese dinner sounds yummy.  <br /><br />Tonia...Hope you can get some good sleep soon.  I wake up around 3 times a night and struggle to get 7 hours so I know it&#39;s frustrating when you can&#39;t sleep.  Marc and I will be married 24 years this April.  We&#39;ve had our ups and downs but still love each other and can&#39;t imagine being without each other.  We are very different in our thought patterns but love a lot of the same things.  We also started out as good friends.  Marc had to ask me around 4 times to marry him before I said yes.  I was a little afraid to get married again, but it&#39;s the best decision I ever made.<br /><br />Jackie...Happy Anniversary...the flowers sound so lovely&#33;  That is soo sad that you have to say goodby to your daughters...I feel tears for you.  It must be so hard.<br /><br />Ed...that&#39;s so nice that you had a chance to meet up with Jen and Hugh.  So sorry about the water heater.<br /><br />Mary Lou...thanks for the prayers and hugs.  I sure appreciate them.  The ten tenors sound wonderful.  If they&#39;re anything like Il Divo I would love them.   Sure hope your weather improves...hope you don&#39;t have to go out with all the snow and ice,  Stay stafe.<br /><br />Maria...So glad you&#39;re doing better and had some nice time with your daughter.  I know how hard it must be to have her leave.<br /><br />Joey...thanks for all the well wishes and hugs.  I&#39;m sending you back a great big hug.  I&#39;m so sorry you are feeling sad about your mom.  You were so young when she died.  I keep waking up sometimes and thinking I have to call my mom and take her out to lunch and then I realize she&#39;s not here.  It&#39;s so hard.    We have to try to remember the good times.<br /><br />Keith and Rita...hope your daughter&#39;s home sells very fast and they can relax and enjoy their new home.<br /><br />Sue...that&#39;s so nice that you had a chance to have a nice dinner with friends.<br /><br />Carmen...R...I could never keep up with a schedule like yours, or do the kind of work that you do.  It takes a very special person... that&#39;s you...very special.  Love to read your poems.  Hope things slow down for you and you can take another cruise real soon.<br /><br />Steve...good luck with the bidding.  Your boxer is a very smart doggie...he sure knows where to go to get comfy and warm.  lol...p.s....what&#39;s a tilly hat?<br /><br />Cheryl...gottacruise...I&#39;m sooo glad that DD is doing so well with the new program.  It&#39;s so nice to have you back.  I missed you.<br /><br />Cheryl...gregswife...hope you get that 60 degree weather...it helps to have a nice day even if it gets cold and snowy again for awhile.  Helps to get through the winter.  It&#39;s so nice that you had a nice day with Scotty.  Sorry about the bad garage day.  <br /><br />Carmen...M...I&#39;m so glad your back is better. It&#39;s good that you have a date set for surgery.  You need to get all well for that great Mediterranean cruise that you have booked.  Can I sneak into your luggage?  I want to go to Italy so bad.....I might make it one of these days&#33;  LOL<br /><br />Jenn...Welcome back&#33; So glad you had a good trip and got to meet up with Ed and Roe.<br /><br />Rat...enjoy your cruise&#33;<br /><br />Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend&#33;  All those having bad weather...stay safe and stay warm&#33;  Sounds like it may be rainy and windy for the Oscars.  The gals will have to watch their gowns and hairdos.