Hey there everyone.  Just taking a break from my &quot;pre-holiday housecleaning&quot;.  <br /><br />Mercedes, good for you - I am way overdue for my mammo.  They found a lump a few years ago and I had to have a surgical biopsy (thank God, it came back benign) but they said they wanted to keep a close eye on things and I should have mammograms every 4-6 months.  It hs been over 2 yrs. now.  I really do need to call and make that appt.  I was hoping that Jackie woudl check in while she was in South Africa but I haven&#39;t seen anything here from her.<br /><br />Tonia, were you able to get an appt. wth an attorney?  Don&#39;t let them push an appt. date out past the holidays as your time to file may be up by then.<br /><br />Rose, I am no good at window shopping.  If I see it and I want it, I just gotta&#39; buy it&#33;&#33;&#33;  I try to avoid the mall at all costs this time of yr.  I have done a lot of shopping already for the munchkin but I go to WalMart, Kohl&#39;s, Penney&#39;s and Toys R Us - places that are nowhere near the mall.  Enjoy your &quot;down day&quot;.<br /><br />Maria - sounds like we are all having crazy weather.  Enjoy your time in the kitchen with your little ones.  Scotty loves to help so I always save some of the little tasks for him and then I make such a fuss over what a great job he did, that he ends up thinking he cooked the whole meal himself.<br /><br />Sheryl - welcome to Cruise Crazies.  Glad to see you jumping right in here on the Dock.  You are in the presence of quite a few grandparents (myself included) here and believe me, we know how much love, pride and joy the little one brings you.  <br /><br />Keith - what do you and Rita have on the agenda for Thanksgiving?  Will you be having the family over to your beauiful new house for dinner?<br /><br />Mary Lou, I just wanted to let you know how much it means to all of us here that you start the Dock every day.  I always look forward to seeing you &quot;lead off&quot; post every morning.<br /><br />Yesterday, we reached a high of 77 degrees, our high for today was reached at one minute past midnight and it has fallen since.  Right now we are at 34 degrees and the snow is forecast to move in this evening with 2-4 inches by tomorrow and more by Thursday.  I wish someone would come up with a way to make it snow just on the grass and dirt and not the roads.  WHy don&#39;t you all get busy working on that one???<br /><br />Well, guess I had better get back to my chores.  Wishing you all the best of days....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />