Oh my , chinacat . You sure got that first sentence 'close to home ' ! I tried to talk to his doctor about it his mental disabilities . His response " He has to tell me himself what his problems are " !!!!!!! This Dr. got so offensive to me at our last visit ( about a year ago ) we haven't been back since . I tried to get him accepted with the local VA doctor . They said they would get back to me with what we needed to do . That has never happened , and it was at least 3 months ago ! RE ; depression ... this DR. decided I needed on antidepressants because I was upset about my unsatisfactory cataract surgeries . I allowed him to give me some sample pills . They messed me up royally ! I had difficulty walking , driving , talking . When I tried to explain that to him that is when he got so sarcastic to me . It even upset my DH . I quit the pills , but it took about 6-8 weeks to get back to normal . I am connected with the world . I go to our church services twice on Sunday . I go to the church's Golden Year's Class every Tuesday . I post regularly on a conversation forum (Perennials ). DH is only interested in going to Sunday's services . He seldom gets out amongst people otherwise . We live 23 miles from town . He does not care to go to town except to Dr. appointments and to get his hair cut ! He does go up to his cousin's sawmill occasionally , but I doubt if there is much talking there , because they are busy . Visitors are very rare . People used to come , but I think his manner of talking has turned them off . He loves to talk , but most of it is about things in the long ago past . He can get very radical with his statements about people . Most of the times when I try to talk to him about present things it ends up with him getting very angry , or responding very inappropriately . Make that a 'house mate' that is equal to a 3 year old when he is at his worse . HAH ! "Dry when I wash " . He stood on the front steps of our church building and loudly announced that "He never washed dishes , and he never intended to " ! Acually , I don't dry , I drain ! He does 'make' his own bed , and he takes his plate to the sink and rinses it . I have studied FMS extensively . There is no known cure , and very little help . I took Ultram for awhile , but my pain eased up about 3 years ago , and now I can now sustain myself with OTC pain meds . My biggest problem now IS the 'brain fog' , and fatigue . I have several friends that have been diagnosed with FMS . We all hurt , but have differing ailments otherwise . The 'brain fog ' and fatigue are pretty universal . Marian

Is this it? Here is a "ring and run" activity to do with the children. Buy the items listed below, make their tags, and have the kids start dropping them off, one each day of course, to a special friend on December 13. Do this after dark, or leave them on the porch when they aren't home, and don't get caught! This is a good way to that giving can be fun. ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your true love gave to you...a partridge in a pear tree. Sorry, but we can't find the partridge, so we are givng you some pears from the tree the partridge flew away from. (attach to a can of pears) ON THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your true love gave to you...two turtle doves...but dont' have any...will candy turtles with a bar of Dove soap do? (attach note to a box or plate of caramel turtles w/ a boxed bar of Dove soap.) ON THE THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your true love gave to you...three French hens...well, we don't have any French hens, so we're giving you some chicken noodle soup, compliments of the three French hens. (attach to can of chicken noodle soup). ON THE FOURTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your true love gave to you...four calling birds...we can't find those calling birds though! Here are 4 messages they left for you before they flew off! (attach to 4 messages describing what a wonderful person they are) ON THE FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your true love gave to you...five golden rings, but sorry, we're too poor for golden rings, but will some golden pineapple rings do? (attach to can of pineapple rings) ON THE SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your true love gave to you...six geese a laying, but we know you don't really want the mess of six geese all over your house, do you? How about some eggs that they left behind! (attach to a half dozen eggs) ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your true love gave to you...seven swans a swimming! OK, we looked for the swans, but couldn't find them, but we did find some bubble bath they used while they were swimming! (attach to bottle of bubble bath) ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your true love gave to you...eight maids a-milking. Here is some milk we got from the eight maids -- we think they must have been milking some brown cows! (attach to a container of chocolate milk) ON THE NINTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your true love gave to you...nine ladies dancing...Here are some canes used by the nine ladies who were out dancing all night! (attach to a nine candy canes) ON THE TENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS: your true love gave to you...ten lords-a-leapin' - here is some "Ben Gay", which is highly recommended by the ten Lords we saw out jumping around. (attach to a package of Ben Gay rubbing lotion) ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your true love gave to you...eleven pipers piping, so here is a pipe of your own, have fun with it, but don't "blow" the whole day! (attach to a bubble pipe and bubble solution) ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your true love gave to you...twelve drummers drumming, but we figured twelve drummers drumming would take up way too much room, so we drummed up some cookies for you...hope they keep this from being just another hum-"drum" day for you! (attach to a plate of cookies) Thanks Beada, Santa was very good. Hope you had a good Christmas too!

Lynn~Glad that you made it back it one piece & that DH was able to recover his wallet. There are still some good people in the world today. Besh~My toes are defrosted for now. LOL I don't think that I have very good blood flow in my broken foot yet. Dave said that it was cold last night but the knee that is giving me trouble was hot according to him. I'm reading the "Chronicles of Narnia" & it is so long that it is taking me a while but I'm really enjoying it. I don't know about Carrabelle, FL. I don't know much about the panhandle. Marci~I need to get with you so that we can figure out how to post some of the pictures of my little one. Let me know when you are coming to Tampa. Jen~It sounds like you got some really good gifts. I am supposed to be working on a scrapbook for Dave's parents' 50th wedding anniversary in July. I haven't been able to find the book. I may have to get it off the 'Net. QOD~My 16-y.o. niece is in Orlando playing soccer & we will probably go watch her or at least go & take her out to do something fun. She is a doll. She stays so busy that she doesn't have time to get in trouble. She is in the band, the school's soccer team & band & she has several of the honor's classes & she runs track, then she is in one of the soccer teams that is exclusive & you have to be picked & like this weekend, they go places for competition. Then Dave & I plan to watch movies & have some of the pomegranate martinis then we will have some Asti Spumanti while watching Dick Clark's show & toast in the New Year. This is pretty much a tradition for us. We were pretty sad the year that Dick Clark was too sick to do the show himself. I have to say that I am so thankful for good friends like each of you. With your help, I will get healthier this year. I'm having an MRI done on my knee on Tuesday. They will probably say that nothing is wrong but it has still been hurting along with my foot. I can tell that they are healing though. Love you each. Happy New Year. Patti :)

Thank you Judy. That is really cute. Carol