I don't get it, Chaz... I'm blonde and slow! Duh... explain it slowly, please. Skip-Bo sounds like fun, and Uno has always been a blast! The ex and I played with another couple in the complex when we lived West Chicago. Uno nights always included plenty of booze! What a riot! As kids, my Dad taught us to play War, Poker and BlackJack... and they played Pinochle, and a card game called Donkey with their adult friends. Bozo the Clown... and Ringmaster Ned, and the original Cookie the Clown! Watched it every day! Even went there once and was part of the audience! Egads, I'm old!

Thanks for the well wishes guys, I think the test went OK, in my earlier rant I left out the weird dreams I had last night about the test, my daughter got a big kick out of them. As for my daughters eye it was just as we thought. I think she is some sort freak of nature (she would actually like being called that) Both of my girls had chicken pox twice. Now my 15 year actually has herpes simplex in her eye. Since she got it in middle school we have always called it chicken pox since it is the same virus and you know how middle schoolers can be, I don't know that high schoolers are much different. Tomorrow I get to go talk to the school cause she has to use eye drops every 2 hours. And with their no tolerance for drugs she can't carry her eye drops with out getting in trouble, we have already been in trouble once for tylenol so a second offense no matter how benign it is will get her suspended. They also put her back on her acyclovir last time she took it for a year. Last New Years Day was the last time she took any meds. We caught it much earlier this time so hopefully she won't have to take the meds as long. She wasn't as upset this time last time she cried for hours, the doctor we went to immediately started talking about a cornea transplant. We have since switched doctors, one that actually talks to her before he talks to me and even remembered what instrument she plays in the band, and every time I see him at the hospital he ask about her. It is so nice to have a doctor that actually cares about his patient. Mary

We know what you really meant! Myself, I would have a nice thick file at the FBI. Because when the noise started I would paint myself up in camoflauge, stick branches and leaves on me, get the binoculars and a big flashlight and stalk them. Then I would stand in the back yard with my "rifle"-the rake-and point it at the helicopters and make gun noises. After the FBI arrested me I would go on Good Morning America to proclaim my innocence and c/o the government spying on good old American gardeners who are just trying to help end hunger. And that was just plain old mud stuck to me, thank you very much, and who EVER heard of shooting at a helicopter with a rake? The government has gone crazy, first tapping out phones, then how we spend our money, that right there is proof, all my money goes to nurseries and garden books, 6 of my ancestors fought for this country's freedom way back when, I'm a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution for crying out loud, noone in MY family ever shirked their military duty, my husband is a Vietnam Vet! What is wrong with the government? Terrorist everywhere and they are scaring and arresting gardeners! Of course, I probably already have a file with the FBI!! Keep your head down! Tally HO!

I miss the good old days when we had regularly scheduled chats, twice a week. DH told friends and family that I couldn't be disturbed cuz I was at a "hen party". It hurts that so many wonderful friends have left the table because of a few mean-spirited people. I guess their mothers never told them "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything"...or they never learned the Golden Rule. I'm staying right here, and hope that someday the bad guys will leave and the good guys will come back.