I'm here! And not sneaking in a quick check either!!
Glad you are safe & sound Tricia-- God knows you guys down there deserve a break.
Judi-- I agree that the MoWs bill is uncalled for. I understand they need donations, but they should be soliciting from people other than those they're serving!
Bonnie-- A sing-along version of MM?!?!?! WTH wasn't I invited missy??? (ok, so I couldn't have gone anyway. Just razzing ya!) Hope Brent is feeling better, and that the girls are enjoying school. Has Heather been eaten alive by any upperclassman yet?
Becca-- YAY! A new floor (soon) and almost time for WDW. Are ya pumped up yet? Packed? Stocked up on industrial-strength Purell?
Angus-- what's shakin? How's your back doing?
Julie-- I see on a first-hand basis how stressed librarians get-- I have some verrrrry grumpy ones at my branch! (I'm thinking maybe it's the constant paper cuts? No?)
Wilma-- Hope you get that eyebrow wax soon. The National Park Service called. They want their shrubbery back.
Heather-- I too do the super clean when in-laws arrive. For my own parents, not so much!
Shirley-- How's my favorite granny? Hope the situation with your grandson gets better soon.
And... did I see a Rella sighting a few pages back? Hi Rells!!!!!
I will be writing a brief TR about beach trip tonight, but will probably post it at the Pie Hole rather than here. I have lots of pics, including the rather unflattering beach pics, and I'd hate to give the lurkers a free show!!!
As for my mother's visit here...

Somehow, she has invited herself along on the
Disneyland portion of our trip next month!

Sadly, there is not a chance of her usual habit of cancelling last-minute--- while she was here, she had me book airfare, hotel, and park tix. Though I love my mom, she is very, very hard to be around! Bi-polar, not super friendly or outgoing, and a hypochondriac! She doesn't know how to "chit-chat" or make friends easily, so even though I've known her for my almost 32 years, we often lapse into those awkward, first-date kind of silences. And, she has a habit of being just plain rude to waiters, store clerks, etc... I feel for the DL CMs! Let's just say that it should be... interesting... having her around while we're there! I already promised Ryan not to let her ruin our time, and I warned her 90,000 times this week that we are hard-core, opening -to-close people, and that she'll have to keep up or go back & rest.
Ok, vent over. No one else but you guys will understand why having her at DL w/ me is worse than if she had just inserted herself into a camping trip, or beach trip, or something. I hope she doesn't taint my Magic!