It&#39;s raining - yeah&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; we really need it.<br /><br />Congrats on all the new avatars&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />ED - Red Hatters loud????  Never heard of such a thing (is my nose growing?)<br /><br />FALINA - I love cats too but my allergies don&#39;t - :o(  Had to re-home mine last year.  I can&#39;t ever remember being without a cat before that.<br /><br />ROSE - A kid driving a parent nuts - can&#39;t imagine that LOLOLOL&#33;<br /><br />JACKIE - Hope you enjoy Tahoe - it is gorgeous.  What do you think of the park along the river in downtown Reno - thought they did a great job with that&#33;<br /><br />MARY LOU - It is amazing how much laundry piles up during a vacation - but then I was everything I pack even if I didn&#39;t wear it - just because I have an aversion to ironing :o)<br /><br />SUE - hope you have a great day too - give Pappy a tummy rub for 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 />JOEY - Sounds like you are good to go  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumbup:" border="0" alt="thumbup.gif" />   &quot;Piddling&quot; - great word&#33;  But it does have another connotation - especially since I&#39;ve been on these darned water pills  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":tongue:" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> <br /><br />DEBBIE - I can&#39;t imagine anyone eating that hot dog if it had been sittting out in the sun for a while - egads&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;  Bring on the porta-potties <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sick.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":sick:" border="0" alt="sick.gif" />  I am another Shiraz fan - yum&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; <br /><br />ROBERT - I bet you had fun with Zoey even if she kept you up past your bedtime  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":smile:" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />   Loved the Conquest and we had a ball in orlando - nice place to visit  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumbup:" border="0" alt="thumbup.gif" /> <br /><br />CHERYL - hope you aren&#39;t too lonely.  Sending you hugs&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br />Off to get Hugh ready for work ... have a<br /><br /><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b319/hazelson/Animation1afternooneverybodywhitefi.gif" border="0" class="linked-image" />