Work to me is lugging in loads of firewood from the woods,staining the garage,helping DH take down a tree, tarring the cracks in the driveway,or fixing something or other that's broken. UGH Now projects are something else and they are fun...building another stone wall,digging and making a path, reorganizing a file cabinet or bookcase,etc. etc. To me,if I don't like doing it ,it's work and if I do it's a project. Chores are the dinky things we do all the time,some likeable and some not at all. I have this book,..Three Men In A Boat..on my to read list. I've heard nothing but good things about it. Good job Steve..as usual.

I watched it too last night & will probably throw the CD into the machine at least one more time this season. Thanks for a great week of quotes.

Hi All, I have been away from you all for so long, I don't even know where to begin. This past weeks weather has been unbelievable. It seems that every part of the country has had their cross to bear and now this is ours. School was cancelled on Monday due to flooding and there are some towns around us that still have not gone back. Some of you may have seen Peabody, Mass on the news alot. That is the town right next to us. Those poor people really got hit hard. I live on a pond, so we were sweating it for a while, but fortunately it did not flood. We had some water in our basement, but had 2 sump pumps running and it did keep up with it. I feel very, very fortunate. Our problems were just a nuisance, there are families that can't even get back into their homes. Nothing like this has ever happened in this area. It is very surreal. Certain streets in Salem look like a war zone. The city has lined some of the streets with dumpsters so people can toss their stuff. Everything is full of mud and trash. It is so hard to believe that this is my town. And ..... Dunkin Donuts is still closed!! They were completetly flooded with rain water and sewerage. Nice huh? I think I'll be going to a different Dunkies for a while. LOL John those pictures were unbelievable. There are many areas here that look the same. My brother is a fire fighter in Pelham, NH and says everything there is a mess. Suzanne, I'm glad that you did not have to build an arc for your animals! My spare time has been consumed with finding a dress to wear to DS wedding in September. Who would have thought it would be this difficult. I am going to another bridal shop on Saturday. They are supposed to have the dress I've been searching for. I found it on line, but would like to actually see it in person before ordering. I hope this works out. It is not fun any more. I went with DS and the rest of the crew the other night to do the tuxes. My eyes welled up to see DS in his grooms clothes. He could be a model. So everyone got measured, all the bridesmaids have their dresses, Mother of the Bride ordered her dress and the brides dress is being made. So the only one that does not have anything to wear to the wedding is me! I know wah, wah, wah. The rest of my time has been attending DS #2, Lacrosse games. The season is over next week, and I am finally understanding the game a little bit. What a violent sport! Ofcourse DS loves it and plays goalie, so my palms are sweating every game. I hope everyone is doing well. I'm sorry that I don't really know what is going on here, but I think of you all so often. I will try to get back up to speed and keep up. Love, Besh

Beautiful photos as usual! Bigack,I would love to sit on your porch too. I'll bring Rowdy and Jillian to play with Allison and Carol can bring Jake and Mio.Wouldn't that be fun!!! LOL Carol-Our two little ones LOVE the aquarium.Rowdy will sit (which is very rare) for a long time looking at the jellyfish.He won't go through the tunnel where the water is over your head.The shark scared him one time and he just backs up when we get to that area.LOL