Hi Everyone&#33;<br /><br />It&#39;s a beautiful day here in Mpls.  It&#39;s 73 degrees, and may reach 80...It&#39;s a little on the humid side, but the sun is shining...yea&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;  We are going for pizza tonight after Sat. eve Mass with our cruising buddies ...my former SIL and her hubby...should be fun..we haven&#39;t seen them in awhile.  OK...I&#39;ll only have two White Russians.  LOL   <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />   That&#39;s my limit, anyway.  LOL  Pizza and White Russians aren&#39;t on my diet, though..I have really been good so maybe I can splurge a little tonight.  LOL<br /><br />Happy Flag Day...Mary Lou..we fly ours at all times...light it up at night&#33;  Happy Father&#39;s Day weekend to all the dads&#33;<br /><br />Mary Lou...thanks for the good wishes.  Good news on the test...I&#39;m ok right now, but they do want to test me every 6 months since I am in a pre-diabetic stage.  Have a great trip to Amish country...the kids should love the drive and the amusement park and seeing the &quot;Sound of Music.&quot;  That&#39;s one of my very favorite movies.  Glad you were able to move before the neighborhood went bad.  We did see this coming but just didn&#39;t find the right time to move or the right house for our budget in the areas we looked at before.<br /><br />Carmen...Bon Voyage&#33;  Have a great cruise&#33;<br /><br />Debbie...&quot;police visits next door&quot;  yes...we have those, too.   Had a really big one the other day. <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Glad you made the move...we need to decide.  So good that the tree branch didn&#39;t do any damage&#33;<br /><br />Joey...that&#39;s so great that your area is improving.  My hubby wanted us to move up North a few years back, so it&#39;s my fault that we&#39;re still here.  LOL  Didn&#39;t want to move so far away from kids and grandkids, and wanted them to have a place to come to.  <br /><br />Cheryl...Thank you so much for your prayers...I really appreciate them...I still have some time to get in better shape.  Happy Anniversary to your in-laws&#33;&#33;  Little Scotty must be sooo excited...what a fun trip this will be for him, and also for grandma and grandpa&#33;  The Richie storyline...I thought that J.R. was dreaming, too, when I saw it was the real thing I just cringed thinking that he would &quot;do him in&quot; when he was just becoming a better person...like you say...and getting in Babe&#39;s good graces...it looks like Zack has finally figured out that it&#39;s Richie who pushed him out of the car that night...I think Ritchie is in trouble now...and what&#39;s with Annie...she&#39;s getting pretty desperate now&#33;  <br /><br />Rose...Happy Birthday to your dad&#33;  Hope he has a great day.  Yes, the weight thing is a constant struggle...especially when you like to eat...LOL   <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />   Hope all is going well with the kitchen renovation.<br /><br />Sue...sorry about the bad storms...hope Pappy is feeling better.  Have fun on your sister&#39;s boat.  I sure miss our pontoon&#33;<br /><br />Keith ...so glad your surgery went well, and you are doing well.  Hope you can find a way to see the computer and all better until you have the other eye done.  I didn&#39;t know that cataract surgery would correct a lazy eye and astigmatism... That&#39;s very interesting.  I have a lazy eye, too, and slight astigmatism...don&#39;t want to have cataract surgery, though... <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 />Ed...I&#39;m so sorry to hear about your neighbor&#39;s dad.<br /><br />Debbie and Jerry...hope you&#39;re having a great weekend&#33;<br /><br />Tonia...yes...I would LOVE to meet you&#33;  I will send you a PM when we get closer to the cruise time to see if our schedules will work.<br /><br />Jackie...glad you made it to California OK.  How exciting to be so near, and you will be there tomorrow.  It sounds like there will be lots to do.<br /><br />Steve...glad the tornadoes didn&#39;t cause any damamge&#33;  Those things scare the heck out of me&#33;  We are living in an area that was wiped out by 7 tornadoes back in the &#39;60s, but most of the storms these days seem to go just North or South of us.  Hope all goes well with getting your dad up at 4:30...I sure don&#39;t blame him for not wanting to get up at 4:30... <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />   Hmmm..adult beverages at &quot;Cabo Wabo&quot; ...that will probalby be our first stop.  LOL   <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 />Jen...&quot;ran around the block naked&quot;  oh my gosh...I totally cracked up on this one&#33;  LOL  You are too funny&#33;  <br />On the vitamin D&#39;s.  I&#39;m still learning on that myself.  I am concerned because I am supposed to take 50,000 IU&#39;s per week for 8 weeks and then 1000 per day from then on.  The usual amount in a multi-vitamin that&#39;s recommended is 400 IU&#39;s per day.  Yikes&#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" />   One interesting note that I found out is that lack of it seems to cause a lot of symptoms of fibromyalgia (which I have) (Cheryl, take note) so, they are still researching it and learning more every day.  I do know that Vit. D is a fat soluable vitamin and can be toxic when taken in high doses so don&#39;t take too much without your doctor&#39;s approval if you are serious about it.<br /><br />Rat...glad it has cooled off a bit for you.  I&#39;m getting out the lighter clothes myself here now.  Yea&#33;  No more boots and heavy coats&#33;  LOL   <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 />Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend...and for all our dad&#39;s...have a wonderful Father&#39;s Day tomorrow&#33;<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />