[Iowa Granny]

Well that's better!

Here I thought you were next going to purchase an Earth Shoe franchise.

I know you'll enjoy your cottage garden. Planning is half the fun!

[bevlar]

Thank you all for your prayers. Mike has had his daughter with him since Thursday morning. She had to go back to Vegas yesterday. He has friends with him off and on. He is almost consumed by grief but I can feel he is relying on his tough Marine training to get him through.

When Larry and I married and put together our blended family of 12 children, we only had one name duplication and that is our MIKE'S. So, we distingush them by saying Marine Mike or Fire Chief Mike. Well, our Fire Chief Mike and his wife and son are in Thailand for the Christmas season and I just heard there has been a bombing by Muslim extremists in Bangkok.

Please keep our family in your prayers.