Bill wants to apologize for his Human's tardiness in getting back to you with his thanks for the great birthday wishes! Hoover, you look MAHVELOUS! Pirate, all da Boyz love their cake mixed with good soil; Yum! Another Jack! And such a cutie! Thanks Sue; hope all is well with you and yours. Thanks for coming back, Florence! Thanks Doug! Hi Steve! Who's your cute little Tequila-loving friend? Hi Oksana! Names! We must have names of your two adorable pups! Valerie and Buddy, pats delivered! Thanks! Tivoli Rose, thanks for the good wishes! Anne Cecilia and Phoebe, love the big cheesy grin! With love, Bill, da Boyz and Linda

A very happy 2008 to everyone! Katie, I agree with the others..drag the dog along, oh wait you meant your husband. See, Joe has the same idea! Linda, are you on the same coast as me? ItÂs been quite blustery for the last few days And yesterday later in the day it started raining and didnÂt stop til about an hour ago..now the sun is out but the wind is still whippin. The candles are always ready here, the only thing I do once we get a few flickers is fill up some pitchers of water..I can cook and heat the house (gas)..so the only thing we suffer from is toilet flushing. LOL Sharon, The Last Supper..now that is cheeky. LOL And what is it with the dishwasher duty? IÂve been trying to convince the boys itÂs funÂbut apparently since IÂm the only one that does it..they arenÂt buying it! Annie, well that "contract" is bindingÂbetter keep up on those 6 mo checks! And I agree with Maggie..a girl AmandaÂs age shouldnÂt be settlin..she should be playin the field and experiencing as much as possible. Happy Birthday Elery! Gina, can you "see" someone else on the side? ~snort~ and if Ms Gabor can pull it off so Can you! Nancy, as much as I love to have tan skin..but know how bad it is..IÂm really thinking about a quick jaunt to the local electric beach! Just to feel warm all over! So I do know how you feelÂ.A tiny bit! Crafty, do you have a box that holds all those stragglers until you find them all? Sue, your brunch sounds like a good idea to me..nothing wrong with chocolate that time of day! MaggieÂI hope you get everyoneÂs cough undercontrol..ItÂs not fun at all..to do it, hear it and watch your kidlets suffer with it! When you are all done with your closet..I have a few that could use someone elses "eye" to clean them! Plus that would get you out of the house. LOL A walk on the beach today, would be cold..but beautiful here. Tonight at our house will be homemade pizza and Rush Hour 3. Tomorrow will be a morning of basketball for the boys and Daddy. He coaches the middle sons team and the oldest son coaches the youngest ones team..I just get to watch. J Over course this week, they are playing at the same time. So IÂm with the 2 boys. Then I have a little bit of time to spend collecting registration forms and giving out information for Little League. Other than that..we donÂt have much planned for the rest of the weekend. IÂve got a cup of Green Tea ChaiÂso clinkÂclinkÂ

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Thank you everyone! As soon as I get my camera back I'lll share pics of the fun we had! Maggie was the bestest Snow White I've ever seen and Max was, well, Max! LOL! He was so cute as we were handing out candy! I had him sitting on the candy table in his Bumbo! Cathy, BOO! YAY the Saints won just becuse it was my Birthday!!! There were so many people in the house and the kids were so excited and hopped up on candy...I couldn't wait to come home and rest! It's been along time since I've done Trick or Treating!