Howdie Everyone!! I know I am late being its Saturday evening LOL!! I will raise a glass of water you all!! Yesterday was my day off and Drew had off as well so not wanting to be left out Frank took off as well. It was a grueling week here in our fine city. A cop, a very young cop was killed in the line of duty. Its just so sad. There are no words to express how gut wrenching it was to watch his young widow-5 months pregnant during the viewing. Did I know him?? Gosh you guys are gonna think I have tons of cop friends but honestly I don't but yea I did know him, well I knew him thru my Brother Stephen and his son, my nephew Stephen. I met him and Kim at Stephen Jr's engagement party last October. John was to be in the wedding party. When big Steve was hospitalized last spring, John made sure SIL had a police parking permit as the center city parking was horrendous. Frank says he met him at the hospital but I do not recall that at all. I did go to high school with his aunt. I also have a dear co worker who very suddenly, lost her husband on Tuesday. One minute he was sitting in his chair so Linda headed out to have her after supper smoke, she returned and he was blue. It was a massive heart attack. They were common law husband and wife and from what I have recently learned about it, Pa is not common law friendly. These 2 were very poor. Davey carried no life insurance so Linda was forced to have him cremated. Its still very costly so I have been collecting to help her family out. They have 3 children. Linda is the lady who gave me my dog Gretchen. I have been cooking for them and I plan to stop by with everything tomorrow. So with all this sadness, we decided to get out of dodge and go to a nearby home and garden show, after we went to Ikea. Last week Ikea had a sale on a 3 drawer chest so we popped in but it was so crowded we just got 2 chests and went home. We had a very late lunch and came home. Today I had to work but when I got home I finished my family room painting project!! Now I just have to do a good cleaning and stage the room. Tomorrow I also have to work but I plan to visit my friend early in the day before I go in. There are lots of new listings in and around our target area so Frank plans on taking Drew for a drive to take a look before we ask for a showing...gosh I am just overwhelmed with all the options!! I have a full week of work ahead of me but next week DD has her spring break and she has scheduled her wisdom teeth extraction!! YIKES!! So I plan to take a few days off to tend to her. With any luck she'll be ok by Friday of that week so we can go to the flower show!! Sorry to have such a depressing TGIF here...hopefully next week will bring some better news!! Cheers to you all!! Susie Here is a link that might be useful: Link

San - I am by no means an expert on Judaism but this is my understanding -- Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement and is the holiest day of the year -the last of the 10 Days of Awe -- (the first day being Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year) -- Reform Judaism teaches there are at least 3 reasons to fast: (1) for self-discipline - to remember that we can be master, not slaves, of our desires; (2) for empathy, so we can think of those who go hungry not by choice; and (3) for penitence, as part of the atonement we are supposed to seek during this time -- during the days of Awe, Jews are supposed to ask those whom they have hurt for forgiveness - Yom Kippur itself is for Jews to atone for sins they have committed against God-- the fast begins after the evening meal the night of Yom Kippur and continues until after sundown on the next day (all Jewish holidays go from sundown to sundown) - so one actually misses only 2 meals -breakfast and lunch the day of Yom Kippur -I actually like to fast on Yom Kippur, as it distinguishes Yom Kippur from all other days of the year for me, but I think most of my friends don't fast -- even so, they are all happy to join us for break-fast however(I'm expecting 40+ tomorrow night) -so I need to do a little more cleaning, as I'll be at temple all tomorrow -hope all who are fasting have a good fast -Happy New Year and for all, have a good weekend!

Marilyn, You sure keep busy gal. I was exhausted from the trip...along with being cold. Enjoyed company, they were great guests. No grandkids visiting, but the animals were exhausted too from playing with the visitors. We all took a long nap today. Went to HP this morning and had to wear jeans and a sweatshirt, it cleared up but is back to the icky weather. I do know you live in the NW corner of NM, but was floored to hear their rainfall numbers. My guests are following storms all the way home to NC. Am on a roll though to get some things done. My son lives with me but travels a great deal, is with airline security and was called out last Thursday during the upheaval to LAX for a month. He is a great help when here but also tends to divert me from getting projects finished. Good diversions like watching movies and eating too much, when home he just kicks back. So, I have 4 weeks to play all day if I decide to. Bought tile at HP to finish the bath surround and have tile to do same with my fireplace. The kitchen had been remodeled about 5 years ago by previous owners, but they did a terrible job on the counter tile job. Tile was butted right next to each other, very little grout will stick in seams and I am constantly cleaning spills which seep in between tiels. Most likely this will be another tile job soon as I hate how it looks and the work. Am also putting a cement resurfacer on the concrete patio. Paid some good money to have this done on the driveway and looks like I can do as well myself. Thinking of putting a terra cotta tint in it. The patio is so old I really don't care if I mess up..hopefully next year will build a deck. If it turns out well, may not have to build that deck. Thunder and lightening....hot bath and snuggle in for the evening. Good grief, it is almost Sept. and we hardly had a summer....too early to talk about snuggling in. Sandy

I watered my tomato plants this morning and one of my flower beds. Cleaned the kitchen really well today. Washed all the dishes in the dishwasher. Took a good 2 hour nap then played on the computer. I've taken my shower and am dressed for bed. Will get up and water some more in the morning then to church. We will pick up some fried chicken for lunch. The son is preparing Father's day dinner Sunday at 6:30. I'm really looking forward to his grilling, he is a great cook. I'm taking potato salad and comeback salad dressing. That should about finish the weekend.