Hi Everyone&#33;  Checking in from the North Pole&#33;    <br /><br />Just Kidding&#33;  LOL<br /><br />Staying in today. That&#39;s one good thing about retirement. I don&#39;t have to go out in the cold weather...unless I have to go to the store or doctor...LOL. I will have to go venture out to the store this week, but, I&#39;ll be bundling up. Our temperature here reached -20 below zero at 5 o:clock this morning...and that&#39;s without the wind chill...with the wind chill it was much more since it was windy. Yikes&#33;&#33; This is just like the old days here in MN. The last few years had been pretty mild winters for us. I guess we were due. The tough part about all of this weather is that it&#39;s been really cold since November and we&#39;ve had a lot of below zero weather this Dec, and Jan. so far...this whole week should be below zero...especially the lows. I&#39;m hoping we have a big warm-up for February. This continued weather gets a bit depressing after so long with no change.<br /><br />Mary Lou...Thanks for thinking of Marc..he is doing well with the treaments.  Had his last one today if all goes well with the biopsies.  Congrats to little TJ on graduating from Little Gym...I&#39;m sure it was very special being there for his ceremony.<br /><br />Jackie...hope the heel is feeling better.  I have plantar fasciitis in both feet, so I feel for you.  The cortisone shots did help me a lot, also they wrapped my feet, and I always use supports which help sooo much.  So hoping it will help for you.  So glad little Luc is doing well.<br /><br />Carmen...sorry you had to cancel your Baltic cruise, but the European land trip sounds wonderful, and it will be great to spend time with family...and an anniversary in Paris...wonderful&#33;<br /><br />Joey...so glad the computer is working well.  Hope the winds and dry air don&#39;t cause problems there.<br /><br />Shaunna...don&#39;t work too hard...13-hour days is too much for my old body.  LOL<br /><br />Jim...your recipe sounds yummy&#33;<br /><br />Jen...so glad you&#39;re feeling better&#33;<br /><br />Rose...Welcome back...so glad you had a nice cruise.  Hope you&#39;re feeling better.  Loved seeing your picture on Keith&#39;s pictures and videos.  Marc is doing very well so far...thank you for asking.<br /><br />Ed...thanks for the good wishes.  My prayers are with Roe and you.  That beach time will be a wonderful break from treatments for Roe and for you.  Please send some of that warm weather.  We&#39;re in a deep freeze here.  LOL<br /><br />Deb and Sue...hope you don&#39;t get too much more snow...Deb...you have a lovely home... loved the picture. <br /><br />James...sorry about the lock.  Hope it warms up for you.<br /><br />Keith and Rita...Welcome back...loved your video and pictures&#33;  Hope you are feeling better real soon&#33;<br /><br />Falina...so glad the flooding is better.  Glad Dennis&#39; knee is doing better.  That&#39;s nice that DD will be able to help with the wedding expenses.  It does add up fast.<br /><br />Steve...so glad things are slowing down a bit for you.  Take some time to relax a bit now.<br /><br />Cheryl...chili is a great dish for the cold weather.  We had some a week or so ago.  Last night I needed some comfort food for the cold weather, and made some cheesy tuna hot dish (casserole)...I put sauteed mushrooms, onion, and celery in it, and also lots of cheese, and then use a couple of cans of nice albacore tuna, and leave it a little chunky, and two cans of creme of mushroom soup and a little milk and freshly grated pepper and...yummm...not for the diet, though.  I need to get to WW, too.  Good luck with the weigh-in. Hope they clear the roads good for your trip to WW.<br /><br />Kevin...sorry about the 3 1/2 hours to get to work...I remember those days.  Love being retired&#33;  LOL  Hope the roads are plowed and all is much better today.<br /><br />Martha...so sorry about Lee&#39;s RA pain.  I have had RA since I was 16, although, it has gone into remission for me, I do understand what he is going through.  I hope his will go into remission.<br /><br />Tonia...I&#39;m sooo sorry to hear about your cut of wages and change of hours.  What a total bummer&#33;  I&#39;m so glad that you didn&#39;t get laid off, though.  Hugs&#33;&#33;&#33;  Please send some of that warm weather our way&#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" /> <br /><br />To ALL our Cruise Crazies...have a wonderful day, and those in snowy and cold areas, please stay warm and drive safely.