Good morning gang.  I have errands to run and a drs. appt. but can&#39;t seem to get myself going yet, so thought I would check in with you guys.  <br /><br />Robert, so good to see you back safe and sound.  I cannot even begin to imagine the emotional toil it must take to see people&#39;s lives so devastated.  God bless you for being there to help out.<br /><br />Shari, I am so sorry about Marc&#39;s illness.  He has been added to my prayer list.  Having been healed myself, from scholeosis, thru prayer, I know it works.  I hope you 2 have a wonderful cruise before you have to come home and face this.<br /><br />Jackie, it&#39;s almost here girl.  Have fun pampering yourself today.<br /><br />Mary Lou, I hope Ash&#39;s teacher is back today and she can settle into her new routine.  Change is never easy but children always seem to adapt and I think it will be so much better for her than worrying about facing that horrid teacher at her other school.  How wonderful that she only has a few minutes ride each way rather than hr.<br /><br />Deb, I love Jeff Daniels.  We thought he was hilarious in the movie &quot;RV&quot;, and of course &quot;Dumb &amp; Dumber&quot;.  Until a year and a half ago, we owned an RV and we thought it was so great that he was an avid RV&#39;er and appeared to be much more grounded and down to earth than most &quot;stars&quot;.<br /><br />Falina, hugs going out to you today.  I may rag on my MIL sometimes but I really do love her.  Her and my FIL feel like just as much my parents as they are Greg&#39;s.  We will be going to Okla. this weekend to surprise her for her 75th birthday.  My FIL is 77 and I do worry about them.  Every time we see them, they seem so much older and I know the time is coming when we will no longer have them with us and I truly think it will devastate my husband.  We came very close to losing his dad about 5 years ago and it was very difficult on him.  She was blessed to have such a wonderful DIL as you.<br /><br />Rose, did you take many pics?  I am glad that you and Cynthia had such a wonderful time.  How great that you got to share that special time with her.<br /><br />Sue, do you go over and help your mom paint?  I seem to do a lot of it, but I really do not enjoy it&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Ed, is Roe making any headway with the insurance company?  Isn&#39;t it ridiculous how much red tape they put you thru when trying to deal with life changing issues, such as this?  I wish they were more humane and less worried about their bottom line...<br /><br />Joey and Andrea, missing you guys here&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Kevin, I see you were certainly feeling your oats last night.  It&#39;s good to have the old Kevin back&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Tonia, my grandmother&#39;s name was JO also.  She has been gone about 5 yrs. and I really miss her.  We lived out in the country when I was growing up, and she and my grandfather lived on our property, so I saw them every day.  She did buy me things but what I remember most is all the time she spent with me, teaching me to cook and sew.  My grandmother on my father&#39;s side was a mean, sour old woman so I have absolutely no fond memories of her but I sure do miss my Grammy Jo.  I know that Scotty&#39;s Grandma Mary is jealous of the things we do for him and with him, but the ability to do those things wasn&#39;t handed to us.  Greg worked very hard to put us in this position and I feel that if she had worked at bettering her life rather than expecting to live off of other people, she would be able to do those things too, so I really do not feel sorry for her in that aspect.  I realize that in some cases, such as the one you described, that is not always the case, but with her, her situation is of her own making.  When Scotty brings her up, I always say nice things about her (and believe me, it is a far stretch for me to come up with anything nice) and tell him how much she loves him.  I know she doesn&#39;t return that favor but there isn&#39;t anything I can do about that&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Sending a big hello to anyone I may have overlooked.  My brain doesn&#39;t seem to be functioning correctly this morning (no comments from you, Kevin, on that one&#33;&#33;&#33;)...