Mickey, I hope that boy is ok, I can only imagine how guilty the other kids will feel if he ends up being paralized. Lots of good thoughts going out to you.
Dianne, come do my dogs, they need something!
Stephanie - I have a Ceran top stove. (I take it yours is electric.) I wanted it because it is easier to keep clean. It gets much hotter faster than the regular stove. But nothing falls in the burners. You get a special cleaner for it, when something spills. If it gets really bad, you use a razor scraper to get the gunk off. I would prefer gas, but we don't have that option. The biggest draw back is forgetting the burner area is hot, and setting something on it, like plastic. Yuk, but there is a little picture with red lights to remind you. Of course that means looking!
Today is the big day at work. But I already know that I am safe from lay off. My boss informed me yesterday that she has a lot more work for me, since some of my work went away earlier in the year with our reorganization. Guess I have to stick it our a while longer. Only 5 years till 55, then I am retiring! You'd think they wouldn't mind letting me go after almost 32 years. Ah well, I get 42 days vacation, and make really good salary, I get to go to Disney 2 or more times a year, I guess it's not all bad, NOT LIKE THIS RIDDLE!!!!!!!!!! I was too distracted to do math yesterday, and I really hate English! I'll give it a shot later.
Enjoy your Friday. DH is not working tomorrow, the first Saturday he has had off since October. We are going paint shopping for our guest room, he may put new floors in our bathrooms, gotten weed the vacant lot (part of our back yard) I won't know how to actg with him home 2 days in a row. Maybe we'll even..................
I am so very happy!!! I just hope the second storm coming our way misses us too 
Definitely sending thoughts, prayers, and a lot of pixie dust his way. 
I think I will be pantless for a while today.
