I just read Susan's blog. I find I have a lot in common with her. My Mom also has cancer (NonHodgkins Lymphoma) and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. In fact, this week is her 4th course of treatment. Then she will be off 2 weeks and starts another course. Off for 2 more weeks and has her final course in February. My Mom is 53. It is so difficult to go through this with her. Sometimes I feel so helpless... I want to make it better and I can't. I don't want my kids to lose their Grammy. My grandmother passed away in May and I am still struggling with it. I miss her so damn much.

I did forget to mention this - as much as I adore my sister in law, she makes an AWFUL cup of coffee! Bleeech! As soon as I got home last night, I made a pot of coffee. Paul and I drank almost 2 pots of coffee last night! AND - I am on my 4th cup this morning... Maybe that's why I am feeling so adventurous about tweaking my code!

Hey faithful readers! Made it back from Malvern, Pennsylvania with no problems. In fact, on our way home, about 20 miles from our house, it started to rain. Phew! I was never so happy to see rain! I was afraid it would snow on our way back. Luckily, it wasn't cold enough! We had a nice time in Malvern.I don't think it's the total sticks - heck, I live in the sticks! Manahawkin NJ! Exit 63 off the Garden State Parkway. I have a 40 minute ride to Atlantic City. Long Beach Island is about 20 minutes and Barnegat Lighthouse is about 30 minutes from my home. Anyway, enough of that! I had such a nice time out visiting Barb and Tom. My nephew (14 year old resident with major attitude) was hardly around. Barb, Paul and I took the girls out to McDonalds for lunch on Saturday and then we all went to a really nice park for the girls to run around for a while. Olivia fell asleep in during the 10 minute ride from McD's and the park. Poor kid - she missed her regular nap and she was so tired! Paul stayed in the car with Olivia while Barb and I took Moira outside. It was SO cold out! I was glad I packed hat and mittens for the girls. We stayed for 25-30 minutes then left. Not too many kids outside as it was pretty damn windy. Headed back to Barb's place. I had brought a couple movies for the kids, Elmopalooza and A Bug's Life. The kids watched Elmopalooza and Animal Planet. The girls got to bed pretty late since we ate dinner VERY late. Normally, Paul and I eat dinner by 5-515. I hate eating that early but it's a lot easier on the lil monsters. Olivia crashed out by 9pm and Moira went to bed after we watched A Bug's Life. John, my nephew, crashed his system so Paul was trying to help Tom fix the computer. Turns out that John's computer had only 64mb RAM and was running Windows 2000 Professional along with Dazzle Video and some other programs. While cleaning out the hard drive, Paul found a TON of porn about 1.5 gigs worth of pics and some avi's as well! Barb was SO pissed! But, Tom and Paul wiped his hard drive and limited the Internet access. John was not a happy camper! We left on Sunday and made it home by 245pm! Woohoo! I will be tweaking my site a bit so bear with me if it seems a little weird! Bye for now!