Cheryl, just saw your post on Marilyn_Sue's "tick" thread. Glad everyone is okay with little or no damage. You sure have a mess in OK. Feel so bad for those who lost family or friends.

I'm so glad she had no trouble from the flooding and is safe on her ride.

This is going to sound silly, but I remember watching "The Goonies" as a kid and thinking how cool it would be to live where it was filmed. Years later I saw parts of "Kindergarten Cop", even though I'm no fan of Schwarzenegger, and fell in love with the area. Imagine my surprise when I found a website listing both having been filmed in Astoria! That's when I fell in love with the area and after a few road trips, we have decided that when it's time for us to retire, that's where we'd like to move. We'll definitely have to stay at that Holiday Inn, Bee. Thanks for the tip!!

Might as well have been home alone today, only I wouldn't have worked quite as hard and would probably have enjoyed it more. Busted my rear making a nice Christmas dinner for DH, which he finished in five minutes and went back to his garage to "putter." So then the kitchen had to be put back together. Nothing from him all afternoon, until the call, "what have you got in mind for supper?" Fed him again, and at 6:50 he goes to bed. Granted, his back hurts because he spent too much time on his feet "puttering" but sheesh! My kids are 3,000 miles away and busy with their own family and traditions, but I would really have liked a call. I am their only mom and grandma, after all! Okay, pity party over. It wasn't a bad day, after all, and tomorrow I get to go to work. YAAYY! And DH will take me out for Mexican food tomorrow evening.