Hi Guys.... yep, have been lurking a bit. Same old things happening in our day to day life. Work and more work.<br />So not much to report.  Been trying to catch up on seeing a few girlfriends  by meeting for dinner. It is good to keep connected- sometimes too much time goes by. So it is a new year we have all vowed to make the extra effort to touch base more often. We are off to a good start.<br /><br />Jackie- Paul is just getting things set up. Outfitting the office for all that will be needed during the tax season. He has done a few 1099s but that is it for now. He expects to start getting busy in a couple of weeks. It is the calm before the storm right now.  He is also teaching online this quarter but next quarter which starts in March he will be teaching on campus two days a week. HE will really have his hands full then. Hmm... retirement, sounds like working to me  <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 />Congrats on the new great grand baby. Wow- how cool. I bet it is hard to be away from the grandkids.<br /><br />Joey- Paul watched the debates. He is a political junky also. His undergraduate degree was political science. So if we ever cruise together again- you guys should have a lot to say. He loves to debate the issues.<br /><br /> Joey, I am jealous that you and Tonia are hooking up.  It sure would be nice for the millie group could reunite. Maybe we need to look way ahead for that one. Hopefully one day it WILL happen.  Wish we could join Jackie and Tony in the Caribbean but can&#39;t this year.<br /><br />Hope all is well with everyone. For those of you still under the weather- feel better soon. Cheryl you are busy again doing home decorating. That is a full time job for sure. We just did a lot of that in December and have more to do. Have fun and don&#39;t work too hard.<br /><br />Got to run... till next time.<br /><br />Gail<br />