Don't forget!

Steve and I are leaving for Florida on Wednesday! We will be in Naples Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday morning. Friday afternoon through Tuesday we will be in Key West. We are planning a lot of time on the beach watching for scenes like the one above.

Steve's Surgery

As you all know - Steve's surgery went well. The Doctor told me that he took out more tissue than he originally thought he would have to only because there was more tissue to take.

Steve had a pretty rough night last night and I keep hearing that tomorrow, Friday, will be the worst day so I am running out to get a triple supply of Ho-Ho's just in case.

Thanks for all your love and prayers!

PS - the first thing he did when he got home after surgery was have a Ho-Ho and a pain pill.

My latest obesssion

I took a card making class on Saturday and the instructor had this cool little machine called a Xyron.

IT TURNS ANTHING INTO A STICKER.

I know, I was pretty excited myself. Anyway, I rushed wildly out and purchased the 1 1/2 inch wide version today and have run amock turning ribbon, feathers, whatever into a sticker! You just shove it in one end and it comes out a sticker on the other end!. Bob, alas, would not fit because I really wanted to stick His Goofiness on a wall somewhere to keep him from "helping" me.

The 1 1/2 inch wide Xyron is $9.99 and the replacement cartridges are $4.99. You can make your stickers as long as you want, but with this version, they can only be 1 1/2 inches wide. Of course they make wider sizes, and the cost runs up to $120.00, but I felt starting small was the best course of action.

PS - I bought the purple sparkley one. I am kinda over pink.

Ernesto - the real deal

OK - so we are in a state of Declared Emergency!!!

It is rather exciting I must say. I understand how people might think, "This is really cool! I am going to stay right here in my house and watch the 300 MPH winds go by because I am invincible!! The rain won't come in MY house. The wind won't take of MY roof!"

However, one must consider the possibility that the electricity might actually go off and you will not be able to watch "Dukes of Hazard" reruns while cars whip around your snug little abode. No electricity means that your beer will get warm in your 'frig and the whole experience will be one great big buzz kill. Bummer. Perhaps you should have gone with the nice National Guard people on their boat when they came by to pick you up. Hindsight is so 20/20.

We in Southern Maryland are not facing 300 MPH winds, only a deluge of an estimated one inch of rain per hour. I am prepared. There is the possibility that we might not have phones and that the cell phones won't work because of the storm system. Do not worry. We will be fine. We will call as soon as we can.

We are not watching Dukes of Hazard.