I'm still here too! lol. I just haven't had the time i wish i had to check in as often as i would like. When i got back from El Salvador, I had a week to relax before the beginning of the fall semester. Then after two weeks of school, I lost my doggie to an infection in the spinal chord :( and that was really hard on me. I didn't tend the yard for over about months(the grass was halfway up my calves, weeds were growing rampant, hedges were way out of shape... I finally gathered myself and am now spending time bringing the yard back from neglect on the weekends. I promise i will be here more often.

Yes, she was found, thank God. Here is an article about how she was found. She was pulled over for a speeding ticket in San Angelo and when the police ran the plates, they found out the car was stolen and she was a runaway. Hopefully, the parents will drop the stolen vehicle charges, but I'm sure she will have to pay that speeding ticket. At least she is safe. Here is a link that might be useful: Article - Meg Cherry Found

I have them, and have used the same ones for nearly thirty years since I got my new ones when I married and changed my name. When I was younger, and my friends were younger, we all used more of them when everyone was wedding-ing and christening and generally having a ball playing with our (new) grown-upness. At a later point in my life we lived in cities where the customs were more formal so I used lots of them again, but now that we are nestled in the country I don't find a lot of places where they fit. I'm sure there are circles in Boston, NY, Washington, Palm Beach, etc. where visiting cards are still quite common. And in the capitals of Europe and South America, they are still in use, as well. Mine read: Mrs Husband's First Name, Husband's Middle Name, Husband's Last Name. And nothing else, although having an abbreviated local address would be acceptable, and I may have that added to the die next time before I get a more engraved as I am now living in a family house and expect to be here forever. My visiting card is just barely off-white and utterly plain other than the engraved name. One purchases the engraving dies, which is expensive the first time, then simply orders more as necessary. (One small cost of getting divorced is having to get a new die made.) And there is generally nothing on them except your formal name, or in the case of the other set I have, which I use much less often, Mr & Mrs Husband's First Name, Middle Initial and Last Name. (I use the Mr & Mrs cards mostly for enclosing with funeral flowers, weddding presents, or for post dinner party B&B flowers.) My personal visiting cards are still useful for enclosing with flowers (I keep a small supply at my city florist for this purpose) and for gift enclosures in certain settings; for making formal calls in the few remaining circumstances in my life that require it and very, very, rarely for handing out on the fly like business cards. I do keep a couple in an old sterling cigarette case in my purse for those times. But one wouldn't want to hand them out like common business cards since they can be pretty pricey. I think the last time I re-ordered (more than a decade ago) they were about 75 cents each, and that was a pretty large quantity since we were then living in a very formal situation. One other thing, too, as a rule ladies don't give out their visting cards (or leave them when paying a social call) to men, only to women. But there's nothing to stop you from inventing, and using, a more personalized version of the conventional business card with name, address, pictures, myspace data, mini dvd's or your baby's sonogram. But these are probably more accurately termed simply personal cards not visiting or calling cards. Molly

redclaygirl, Ellen....She had been newly diagnosed with diabetes then had a stroke. She quit posting because someone had criticized her typing and spelling. She has a great sense of humor and was posting daily. I miss her! Leslie/KS