Toby: you will be glad you made the choice to panel.
Below is my family/friends note from yesterday:
Hi all: I changed all the clocks yesterday and lived through the daylight hours on standard time so this morning, I woke at my usual 0500. I wanted to be awake at that hour because I knew WAR OF THE WORLDS with Orson Wells was going to be played. Well......that was the last of my peaceful early morning!! I heard the tell tale sounds of a Norway rat in my attic! I had one up there in December of 2003 and it ate through the wires in our weather station and it took me several hours to rewire it. So, I got the step ladder out and got up in the attic to put the electronic pest control unit up there until I could buy ONE BITE to spread up there. Apparently the sound of the electronic unit does a good job because it scurried away.
It was a beautiful sunny morning to drive to church. Afterwards, I went into Rosenberg's hardware and stocked up on ONE BITE and while I was in the KILLING AISLE, I bought stuff to kill ants (I see them occasionally) spiders (I see them WAY to often) and weed killer. I told the lady at checkout that I was a woman on a mission. People in line began to tell their personal Norway rat tales - shudder! In the 26 years we have lived here, this is only the 2nd time we have had them.
When I got home, I got back up in the attic and threw ONE BITE cubes all over up there and hope it does the trick - I will keep you all posted on my varmint killing spree.
It is supposed to rain tomorrow so I raked leaves (again) vacuumed the insides of both cars, cleaned the ashes out of the wood stove, chopped and stacked some kindling and have a fire ready to start if it gets chilly.
Anne sent me home with leftovers from last nights feast so I don't need to cook. Tomorrow is going to be a long day, but we will all make it. Laurie and I will spend the evening together. Larry was like a rock star in our family - there is a huge void where he used to be. I feel he is still near me - I talk to him all the time and I "sense" his answers to me....sounds nuts, but it is what keeps me going.
I hope you also remember my strategery discussion last Friday, wherein I noted the GOP Senator types have been put into a rhetorical box with the Meirs effort.
All in all, I think the President understands the game well.
((Bev))