Hi Everyone&#33;<br /><br />Had a nice evening with our friends from church.  Cheryl...we went to Red Lobster tonight, too.  Got our docs yesterday for our October 11th cruise on the Oosterdam&#33;  Whooo Hoooo...I think we&#39;re going to make it this time.  Can&#39;t wait...we need to get away sooo bad and just have some great relaxing time.  We will be meeting up with some of the friends we were supposed to meet with last year when we had to cancel.  <br /><br />We had a nice offer of a free dinner with prizes and drawings and also massages from the spa at a casino about an hour away and Marc wants to go, so we will be going up tomorrow afternoon and staying overnight.  Then when we get home we will have some of the kids and grandkids over for an easy BBQ...just some brats on the grill and whatever I can find...my daughter asked if I would make my potato salad (she loves it) but it&#39;s hard to do if I&#39;m not home until Monday afternoon so it&#39;s going to be whatever I can do at the last minute.  LOL  This will be my first venture out in quite a while, so looking forward to it.<br /><br />Joey and David...Bon Voyage&#33;  <br /><br />Jackie and Tony and Rose and Howie...Bon Voyage...have a fabulous cruise&#33;  Rose and Howie...Happy Anniversary&#33;  Jackie...Happy Birthday&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Steve...glad you had a nice time at the festival.  The stepping stones sound really nice.  Have fun placing them.<br /><br />Falina...congrats on your Seahawks win&#33;<br /><br />Kevin...I&#39;m so sorry to hear about your son&#39;s wrist.  I hope it heals well, and fast.  The firewood....Marc has been chopping and carrying wood, too.  Our daughter had to have a tree cut down so we got the firewood for our fireplaces.  It&#39;s good oak.<br /><br />Debbie...Glad you had fun at the fair.  Our state fair is going on right now.  I have to miss it again this year, but maybe next year.  I love to go, too.<br /><br />Cheryl...glad the shopping went well.  Enjoy your time with your friends.  Let me know how you like &quot;Mama Mia&quot;  I want to see that, too.<br /><br />Mary Lou...thank you...my back is much better.  Still dealing with other things, and now a couple new for Marc, but keeping the faith and we are going cruising in under 5 weeks...staying positive.  Hope you can find some meds that will help your pain.  I wonder if you could stand the ones that help but make you sleepy for awhile.  Sometimes you adjust to meds and then they don&#39;t make you so sleepy anymore.  That happened with my progesterone.  It used to make me sooo sleepy...could only take it at night, but now it doesn&#39;t anymore.  Hope you find something that works.  <br /><br />Robert...good luck with the packing...I need to start doing some of the &quot;get things together stuff.&quot;<br /><br />Sue...Happy Birthday to your dad, and friend.  Hope you have a nice time at your sister&#39;s.<br /><br />Jen...hope you are feeling better.  Have a nice lunch with your daughter and mom.<br /><br />Ed...congrats on your new booking on the Valor.  We are booked on the &quot;Pride&quot; next July.  We haven&#39;t been on Carnival since the late &#39;80s so I&#39;m looking forward to seeing one of the newer ships.<br /><br />Shaunna...congrats on the new cell phone.  Sorry to hear about your truck breaking down in traffic.  I had that happen to me once and it&#39;s no fun, for sure.<br /><br />Andrea...we don&#39;t have a garden, but Marc likes to put in tomatoes, so we do have some nice juicy tomatoes coming in right now.    Hope all goes well with the kitchen remodel.<br /><br /><br />Sorry for the errors, it&#39;s hard to type at 4;17 in the morning...LOL  I remember my business keyboarding teacher saying...proofread, proofread, proofread...LOL  but I&#39;m not going to now since I need to get to bed.  LOL<br /><br />To all our Cruise Crazies...have a great holiday weekend&#33;&#33;&#33;  Stay safe&#33;<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />