Having some posting issues-I am sure it is me-and lost an almost completed post yesterday and then again today. I will try again.
Candy and MaryAnn, I am sorry you are faced with the aftermath of the burglary and car accident. Candy, is you daughter a little less anxious? Have the authorities any leads? In New Orleans we were victims several times, home burglary, car stolen, my purse stolen. The burglary happened the night before our first child was born.
I think I went into labor about 6 hours after the police left! DH had a security system installed in a matter of days. In our case it was high school kids stealing gold jewelry to bring to a fence at a jewelry store in exchange for cash and drugs. They were apprehended because one or more of the boys bragged about it a the nearby public high school, and another student who overheard it was one of the victims! Luckily, we only lost jewelry, and with the new baby we were pretty distracted so we moved on very quickly. The police arrested the boys but could not seem to nail the jewelry store fence from what we heard at the time. We were very angry, as they knew who it was.
Is there a counselor at school your daughter could speak to?
MaryAnn, thank goodness your DH was spared. How very scary these split second things like that are!
Did you get to go car shopping yesterday? New cars are so expensive it is crazy! We have not bought a new car since Dec 2007.
Sha, I have to join the Hakuna ma ta tas group today. I had a busy week and I am catching up.
Lisa, I hope the hydration helped, and that you enjoy this fall weekend.
Patsom, I am glad your numbers looked good and are back on maintenance. I think your trip is later than mine in October so I will miss you.
I was off yesterday but decided I had not made the most of the two prior Fridays I was off, so I did a full course press on cleaning house. Gosh things had gotten out of hand. I could not believe how dirty our bathroom floors were. I ended up using ultiple magic erasures on the master bathroom floor. I even had to take breaks from scrubbing. I guess the vacuuming and the quickie cleanups our cleaning lady was doing was really not enough.
I am trying to figure out how to keep the clean better, but short of keeping DH and I and Snappy, our dog, out of there I am at a loss.
Annrae is going to be at Disney around November 3rd for several days. I have a reservation for that week as well as the weekend of the Orlando race for the cure, but I am not sure I am going to be able to make the November trip now as I have a conflict. I am hoping to still go for a little while though as I have always wanted to meet her.
I am really looking forward to the race for the cure trip, seeing Sha,etc. Sha, will R. be there that weekend too? I am staying at Old Key west for 2 nights, to use up expiring points, then moving to a 1 bedrrom presidential at Wyndham bonnet creek. I just love Ken Price, the Wyndham owner I rent from. My sister tried to get a presidential last November and it was booked so I know it was a miracle at a miracle price.
We had a wonderful trip Sunday to New Orleans. DD21 suggested this great little brunch place near Tulane that is literally a block away from the high school I attended back in the day. They had some of the best grits I have ever eaten, I think cream was involved. Then we headed over early to the aquarium. We hit that place just right as the Saints were playing at home. Everyone was either at the game or watching it at home. You could have shot a cannon throught the Riverwalk shopping mall that we walked through to get to the aquarium and not hit anyone when we arrived. We were able to linger by exhibits and took lots of pictures. The trip brought back a ton of memories as we have not been there for a while. When we lived down there, we went often as members. The fish population post Katrina are still a bit sparse compared to beforehand but you might not know that if you had not gone there beforehand.
After we left we were all relaxed. DD21 and DD15 both said how going there makes them drowsy, I think it is the effortless way fish swim as well as the slow pace we adopted. And the rich breakfast probably contributed somewhat as well!
It was a wonderful outing, and we were able to drop DD21 off and head back home before the end of the game. And the Saints won! Yea!
DH is still losing weight on his diet and I am too but I still have a log way to go! He is looking quite svelte and I am enjoying the view! He is looking not bad for a 59 year old CPA! He is participating in a diabetes fundraiser walk today before he goes to work.
I am on my computer watching a family of cardinals just outside the window by the feeder on one side and my aquarium fish on the other side.
Life is good.
GAGWTA
Original diagnosis some may recall was late 2006, 3+ years treatmetn and about 18months of being "cancer free"...it is back. 
Further treatment and testing commenced today, we will know more details in the next couple of days....if this came from the blood or central nervous system the prognosis is much better than if it originated in the bone marrow. Getting the "prayer and positive thoughts" armies mustered again for our brave strong boy, he will be 10 on Wednesday. 
We'll definitely be buying more in the future as well.
