Hi all.  I am in the midst of deep cleaning.  My house is normally clean but with the mother-in-law arriving in a few days, it is time to clean out closets, drawers, under beds, cabinets, etc.  I am making much more of a mess than I started with - have piles of stuff everywhere, sorting out what to keep, what to give away and what to throw away.  My son&#39;s girlfriend offered to come help and I really appreciate that but frankly, with her constant gabbing, it would be hard to concentrate on what I was doing.  Besides, she would bring her 3 yr. old daughter and that would amass an even bigger mess for me to clean up.  As I have a habit of doing, I have been overdoing it and my fibro is flaring up a bit so I am now taking a break for 10 minutes every hour and a half or so.   We got so much rain here over the weekend, but it was really needed.  May, June and July combined, we got a total of about 2.5 inches of rain and over the weekend we got almost 4 inches where I live.  The sun is shining today though and it is a welcome sight. It has been too muddy for Greg to get into his garden to pick the veggies the last few days, so maybe tonight he can do a &quot;harvest&quot;.<br /><br />Andrea - hope you are feeling better today.  Girl, you sure could use a vacation&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Tonia - nice to see you here, I miss your posts and all your yummy talk about what you are cooking.<br /><br />Mary Lou - I keep praying that you will get better quickly.  Hang in there and now we are all cyber hugging you.<br /><br />Jackie - Glad to hear you arrived in Miss. safely.  Did you have to drive thru any rain?  I know what you mean about needing a cruise.  When we were lazing on the beach in South Padre, I could see a ship way off in the distance and it really gave me the fever...<br /><br />Falina - I too would love to visit Hawaii.  We keep talking about it but just have never done it.  Funny, as we have travelled all over the world and have missed that part of our own country&#33;.<br /><br />Joey - Just think, this could be the last cruise that you and David take alone, so enjoy it.  We had an inside the first 2 cruises we took and I was fine with it, then we made the mistake of booking a balcony and I was hooked after that.  I did look at your deck plan and it looks like only a few steps out your door and you will be out on deck.  When we had insides, we were on deck 4 or 5 and had to take the elevator or stairs to breath the ocean air and that was a pain.<br /><br />Jenn - Hmmmm, I thought wings were for angels.  Your are a wonderful person and a real hoot, but I think you have a little devil in ya&#39;, which is one reason I luv ya&#39;.  We want to see pics of your visit with our fellows when they come up there shortly.  I think you should wear your red hat garb when you go out to dinner with them.<br /><br />Rose - glad to hear you have the hatches battened down and are ready for the storm - but I do hope it passes you by, or better yet, fizzles out before it makes landfall.  Keep us posted, as long as you have electricity.  Is that usually an issue in your area when there is a storm?  Fox News said that it has passed over Key West as a Tropical Storm.<br /><br />Deb, Shaunna, Robert, Keith, Ed, Shari, Kevin, Cheryl, Maria, Sue and all others, hope your week is off to a good start.  Have to get back to my cleaning.  My next break will involve cooking dinner, so I will be back this evening...