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Well, it's letting me type. . . 

Mary, lucky you! A vacation at the shore!  We spent last week-end in Edmonton with my parents and my siblings -- and I came home with a nasty cold.  {:-(  :(   All the symptoms are gone but the cough.  I still sound like I'm ripping out a lung.  Thankfully, it's not too severe -- I can go for hours without coughing, and I don't cough at night either. 

You've been doing a lot of reading!  I like Elizabeth Lowell, but haven't read anything by her in a while.  I'll have to look for it. 

Congratulations on your Anniversary!  40!  That's a biggie! 

Note:  I have now read Midnight in Ruby Bayou, and am looking forward to reading the rest of the Donovan books by Elizabeth Lowell.  :) 

I may be able to type, but I can't highlight or bold or underline, or anything else.  I sure hope it lets me post it after I'm done typing. . .

Trudy, Wow!  My oldest grandson won't be 17 until Oct.  Though I do have a step-grandson who's 21. . .  My youngest grandson is 7. 

Hmmmm, that's weird about your internet access for wifi.  My access code is printed right on the back of my modem.  Of course, I had to get my grandchildren to show me where. . .  I needed it so I could download books onto my ereader.  I've been playing with my ereader more, and have learned lots of nifty things about it. 

What wonderful  news about your student loan!  I don't blame you for being light-headed and dizzy -- you earned it!  :)

That's awful about having your trip taken away.  {{{{HUGS}}}}  That really is dirty! 

Are all the summer storms missing you?  We haven't had a decent rain in weeks, but it's also been cloudy and cool, so that helps the garden, but we're not having a nice summer at all.  Who wants to go to the beach when it's cloudy? 

I took notes before, and now as I'm finishing them, I'm throwing them out.  I sure hope I can post this when I'm done. 

Donna M, good to see you back!  Very cool that you get to go to your school reunion!  I sounds like a fun trip/vacation!  (Adding in:  Oh no!  I hope you can figure out an alternate place to stay!) 

Thanks for the anniversary congrats!  I agree, there are a lot of couples who go into marriage thinking that if it doesn't work they can always get a divorce.  Those are doomed from the start!  But there are also many divorces that are necessary due to some form of abuse by one spouse or the other.  I can actually see the physical improvement of my daughter since she left her husband.  I can't believe I didn't see anything sooner, but then, she was trying to hide it.

I'm sorry your ex is sick.  I hope what he's trying works.  A friend of ours died of leukemia.  Not pretty!  I don't wish it on my worst enemy. 

Love your bridge pictures!  It's good to see you back here!  {:-)  :) 

Sandi, Sorry that you've got so much stress in your life right now.  Our lives were full of stress too, when Oma passed.  We've settled back to normal now  -- whatever "normal" is. . . 

I've been having major trouble with my computer but hopefully that is over now.  At least it seems to be! 

Belated Birthday Greetings to Brian!  Our momentous step to becoming an adult comes at age 18.  Age 19 I got married, and by age 21 had 2 kids.  Yup!  How little did we know!  Even by age 29 with 5 kids in tow I still didn't know how little I knew. . . 

We had a BBQ dinner at our house on Sunday.  Started at noon with 25 people in attendance, and didn't end until 10:30 p.m.  All I did was make the coffee.  Went through 45 cups of coffee, and I don't know how many cans of pop and bottles of water!  My sister-in-law brought all the food.  She'd catered a party where 65 people said they were coming, and only 30 showed up.  So she invited a few friends, borrowed our back yard (it's bigger than hers), and we had ourselves a party!  It was actually fun.  Beautiful day!  The weather was perfect -- sunny, but not too hot! 

Well, I'd better see if they'll let me post this today.  I didn't save my notes, so if it doesn't post, I'm sunk. 

Greetings to everyone who's still holidaying. . .  {;-)