I miss Kristee and think of her often. Jayson Is a cutie and growing up so fast. Another one I miss is Murph. She was aleaus so much fun. Anybody know about her??

I agree with wanting to know why there wasn't big time press coverage about this. Maybe there was and I missed it. How very nice for them to do this. Shirley

Connie; Time sure flies by. I can't believe the wedding is here already. What I really can't believe is that Alex & Rachel's wedding was almost a year ago. We are so happy that the card box will be enjoyed again. If there is anyone else who would enjoy using it at their wedding please feel free to "pay it forward". Kind of like the "traveling wedding card box" Have a great wedding day. Blessings to your family. I can't wait to see the pictures.

Hi everyone ... if there may have been rumours of my demise, let me assure you that they were wildly exaggerated! I've made some major posts over on Saving and Finance. Covering and picking tomatoes and finishing with the garden. Cleaning and putting away the coverings that I used for the tomatoes. Pitching a number of tomatoes that won't ripen. Does anyone want some sprouted radishes? I think that I have hundreds of little seedlings that have come up after a number of the plants that grew in the spring went to seed: hundreds of pods. I plan to ask a fellow gardener who asked for some radish seeds tomorrow whether he'd like some sprouts to see whether he can bring the radishes to maturity in his house this fall, I plan to bring some in here, and think that I'll cover some of the ones in the garden with bales of straw, to see whether we can keep them surviving in the ground over winter. We had a federal election (with only about 6 weeks of electioneering - can you believe that?) ... not much change from before. So, about 30 million for ... minimal result. I had a substantial dispute with a local Member of Parliament in his campaign office a few days before the election ... about some generous tax benefits to rich guys ... but nuthin fer the rest of us. I said that an announcement that his boss The Prime Minister had made had rubbed salt into what had been an open wound of mine for years. He figures that I should pay taxes on my wages, pension, etc. ... but when his asset grows (doubles, maybe) he shouldn't have to pay tax on the extra income. As an owner of a Wendys, he seems to feel that the little gals who work there for minimum wage (plus a few cents an hour, maybe, if they're lucky), should pay tax on that income. But when the owner of the shop who paid, possibly a million for it ... ... later sells it for 2.5 million ... ... that there should be no tax on the increase (that's his opinion: the law doesn't say that [yet]). I don't suppose he'd be too interested in sharing some of the gain with the hard-working staff who'd helped him build the business. No room here for a full discussion of the systems that caused my open wounds ... but the salt that his boss offered was his plan to pay $750.00 to folks buying their first home, to help them pay closing costs. I said that if someone can't cover closing costs, and have some money for a down payment, as well ... ... that they have no business buying a home ... that they may well end up losing it. I said that it was such an approach to buying houses that triggered the avalanche of financial troubles that has bedevilled the U.S. financial system in the past year and a half - do they want to set such similar troubles in motion here?? But there are many more restrictions here to deter such possible troubles developing. My problems dealt with the exemption from income tax that owners of owner-occupied homes enjoy when selling ... but there's no parallel benefit for people who don't own their homes. A limited number of people (farmers and owners of small businesses) have recently enjoyed a major increase in what was a pretty generous exemption from capital gains tax when they sold their business ... but there was no similar exemption from capital gains tax from others of us who may have built them up. I'll be happy to provide more details to any Canadians who'd like to learn them - just contact me. U.S. folks are welcome, as well, but it'd be of minimal interest to most of you, I think. Some lunches and various activities at church, including "Commitment Sunday". Helping a friend get her computer email working better. I hope that you're all learning some interesting things and enjoying your week. ole joyful