I FORGOT TO POST YESTERDAY :(

Well - yesterday was a bit of a "loopy" day.  I promised to help a friend with some auditions for a children's play that will go on in December. I left work at 2:00 yesterday and met her at the school.  Same school where Ryan went k-5 - brought back a LOT of memories.  Had about 65 kids show up for auditions - whew - we only got through half of them - will have to do the other half next week - my problem is I don't know if I can get off next Thursday to help.

Got home a little after 5 - picked Ryan up and headed out to find supper - my brother called and said can we eat with them tonight - SURE!!!  They couldn't meet us until 7:30 so I went back home - laid down on the bed and FELL ASLEEP!  Woke up at 7:20 - grabbed Ryan and off we went to the italian place we love - met Leon and Jewel - had a great supper - they gave him a gift card for WalMart so he could get the DVD he wanted - went back home - laid down on the bed and FELL ASLEEP again - woke up at 2:30 a.m. - put on pj's and went back to sleep - so

That's why I didn't post yesterday - couldn't stay awake!!!! LOL

My VCR is doing a weird thing and I think it's because I have the DVD player hooked up to it also - it will only record channel 3 - no matter what channel I TELL it to record - it will only record channel 3 - bummer - now if I have the TV on and hit record - it will record what I'm watching - but I can't do a "timer" recording when I'm not there - bummer - I may unhook the DVD player and see if that is the problem.  I missed the first show of  The Amazing Race - REAL bummer - and last night's survivor - bummer.  Oh well.

Got to get some stuff done for work - so - hope everyone has a wonderful weekend - and above all - that you find....

Peace

AHHHHHH - WEDNESDAY

Another hump day come and gone (almost).  Today was just a little hectic at work - nothing tremendous - an okay day.

I have the 40 scripts copied, 3-hole punched and in folders ready for auditions tomorrow if they are needed.  It wasn't such a job because of a wonderful invention - an ELECTRIC hold puncher - sweet.  No trouble at all.  I'm going to write the characters' names on the folders tomorrow and if I have time before we give them out to the kids, I'm going to high-lite the lines for each character in his or her script.  That should help a "first-timer" keep up with when to speak - I know it did me when I did my first show - many many many years ago.....LOL

So.......it's shower time for me - got to put Ryan's clothes in the dryer - he washed them himself - hasn't mastered the dryer - yet - working on it - only a matter of time - and then I'm gone to bed - I don't have a day off for the next two weeks - working both Sat and Sun for the next two weekends so I'm going to be pretty tired. 

The Foothills Fall Festival is almost here - I'm SO looking forward to going - I have asked for that weekend off so that I can just "chill"....I need to chill - really - I do.

Have a wonderful rest of this week and you know I wish for all who visit here.....

Peace

 

 

BACK TO EINSTEIN TONIGHT

Went back to see Brad in Enstein Simplified tonight - very good show - as usual.

Am really tired tonight so this is it for today.

Peace

 

MONDAY - NO REHEARSAL TONIGHT -

Well....no rehearsal tonight.  Brad is sick, Justin is late, it's Jesse's birthday so he and Amy are going out to eat, Laura can't come, April is late and we haven't heard from Dawn.  Okay.

The movie I was watching last night on TV - The Martha Stewart Story - it sucked.  Still think "Almost Heaven" is the best movie I've seen in a long time - really.

I think I'm going to try and do the documentary thing - if it looks like I can't do a good job - I'll finish what I start and then slip silently into the background... but I hope I can make this work - I think it will be a lot of fun and I'll learn a lot besides.

It's a brand new week - a fresh start every day - let's make the most of what we have, and don't forget to dream.

Peace

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

Today is my 57th birthday.  This morning at 7:35 A.M. my cousin Ilse called me from Germany to wish me a happy birthday - sweet.

I had my first CCD class today - expected 7 kids - ended up with 12 - hey - I knew I'd get more....LOL...Class went great - great bunch of kids - should be a very good year.  I'm looking forward to it.

Went down to Loudon to go on a "look-see" about possibly doing some interviewing and writing for a series of documentaries that's being planned.  It sounds like it would be a great experience for me - I really love to write - but I just don't know if I can commit to anything else right now.  If I do it I want to do it well - and I just don't know if I can spread myself any thinner than I am now (Lordy I wish I WAS that thin....LOL)

I told Matthew (he's the producer/director/it's-his-idea guy) that I would let him know on Tuesday whether or not I would "come on board".  I just need to soul search and do some praying about it - so there you are - and here I am....where am I?  Who am I?  Can you tell I'm tired?????

Oh - and my friend Annette surprised me with a birthday cake while we were at Matthews - sweet - and gave me a lovely card.   So I had a cake and a hearty chorus of "Happy Birthday".  Sweet.

Ryan "took me to the movies" tonight for part of his birthday present to me (he also got me a pair of good tennis shoes) and we went to see "Almost Heaven" - WHAT A GOOD MOVIE! - I highly reccomend this movie - it leaves you wanting more.

Tomorrow starts another week - I'll make it - I always do.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week - and of course that you find......

Peace

SATURDAY NIGHT "QUICKIE" POST....LOL

Just got home from DW - I'm tired.  Going to shower and hit the bed - first CCD class tomorrow - only have 7 kids so far - may get some more.  Going to some kind of meeting tomorrow - still not sure just what it is but I'll guess I'll see.

Tomorrow is my birthday - number 57 - I feel every single year.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend - sleep I crave...LOL

Peace

OKAY - NOW I HAVE A CHALLENGE!!!!

Okay - I need to make 30 copies of a script - 3-hole punch them and put them in folders for kids, put the character's name on each copy and high light that character's lines.  Okay.  the script is 43 pages - hmmmmm....going to take awhile.. LOL - I have until a week from this coming Thursday to get it done.....PIECE OF CAKE!!!!

Sunday is my birthday.  wow.  This past year has gone be soooo fast - it's incredible to me to think that the world will go on after I'm dead and gone.  I figure that with luck, I have about 25 more years to go.  Ryan will be 49 and pretty much established I hope.

According to "The Death Clock" The Death Clock - When Am I Going To Die? I'm going to die on Thursday, December 7, 2023, (normal mode) and  optomistically, January 24, 2044.  So I guess we'll see huh?

May post more tonight - then again - may not - depends on what time I get home and how tired I am and if I can get just one more load of laundry done.....zzzzzzzzz.

Peace

OVER-COMMITTED MYSELF - AGAIN - WILL I NEVER LEARN???

Well......I did it again.  For the last four years I have been a part of the "spirit hayrides" in Cades Cove.  This year I had decided to NOT do the hayrides - mainly because of gas prices and the fact that I hate to drive home from there by myself late at night.  BUT when the nice lady called and said how much they needed me to do this - I committed to do 3 of the 4 nights.  I can't believe that I did that.  Somebody smack me

<SMACK!>

Thanks - I needed that.

Okay - on with life as I know it -

Peace

WE HAD A BLAST LAST NIGHT!!!!

We went to "Einstein Simplified" last night at Patrick O'Sullivans - it is the ONLY improv show in this area and Brad was a part of it last night so Ryan, Annette, her friend Matthew and I went and had a wonderful evening.

The group of guys are sooooo funny and it was a real "hoot".  It is just like being at a taping of "Whose Line Is It Anyway", the Drew Carey show.  I laughed and laughed especially at Brad - he is such a super guy with a real talent for "funny".  He has a comeback for everything and anything.  It was a great night.

Robin, one of the producers of 3D told me about a Shell gas station that had a deli inside and she told me the hamburgers were great - so last night before we went to the improv show Ryan and I had "Shell burgers" for supper - they were GREAT - fresh lettuce and tomatoes and the patties were "hand patted" and sooo good.  Even their fries were fresh and not greasy.  I think we will have "Shell Burgers" again.

Ryan bowls today for special olympics so he is looking forward to that.  He is a pretty fair bowler - after the first 3 or 4 gutter balls.  Takes him a minute to "get in the groove".  He can beat me hands down.

Okay - got to do some work - so until tomorrow......

Peace

YAWN........I NEED MORE SLEEP!! LOL

Going to post this now 'cause I'm going to be really tired tonight - 'cause Ryan and I are going with a friend to see Brad (another member of my 3D Mystery group) do his inprov show in the "Old City" part of Knoxville tonight!  I love to go see this - I will laugh a lot - and I need to laugh a lot - we all do.

Today at the office it was slow and easy - I LOVE days like this.  My boss will be in Monroe County tomorrow, I have therapy at 10:30 and Ryan bowls for special olympics at 12:45 so it should be another slow and easy day.  I hope so - they are few and far between.

I shopped for a little girl named Madison today who was affected by hurricane Katrina - it was such fun - I love to shop for little girls!  When I applied to adopt I applied for a "school age girl" - got that little baby boy instead!  Ryan was my "unanswered prayer" and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Tomorrow I should have something to really post about - the show tonight so........

Check back tomorrow folks - there's more to come!!!!

Peace

MONDAY - WHOOPEE

Saturday night - sometime - my room fan died.  I woke up - really really hot - like tropical sauna hot - so I get up and turn on our central air conditioner.  It was about 3 a.m..... okay  .... when my alarm went off at 7:45 the first think I noticed was that I was still hot - okay - I get up and go outside and lo and behold - my central air had frozen solid.....POOP.  So I turn it off.  Now usually we run the air during the day and turn it off and night and run our room fans - and the house stays at about 70 degrees - perfect for us.  Now I KNOW that I've got to have a fan - I run that fan year round - even in the winter.  So after I get off work at DW - here we go to WalMart to get a fan - easy - one would think so huh - NOT SO NOT SO.

The selection was - uh - two fans:  one was $35 and had three small fans one on top of the other and it lit up - okay - it lit up.  Don't need  a fan that lights up.

The other one was a "tower" fan - $30...oh and it had a LED screen and a remote.  When did life get so technical??  Okay - had to have a fan - so I opted for the "tower".  When I took it to check out I was pleasantly surprised to find it was "on sale" for $27.95.

Now one would think that a "tower" fan would just come out of the box, plug up and "fan".......OH NO NO NO.  It had to be "assembled" - POOP.

Would you believe it took me 20 freaking minutes to assemble the "tower" fan?  Well it did.  Trouble is it IS a tower so when I set it on the table at the end of my bed - the air kind of flows "over" me - but I CAN feel it and I slept fine so - there you go.

Well that happened on Sunday  -  today is Monday - what happened today????  Hmmmmm - had rehearsal tonight - I did go to work today - I'm blocking that from my memory - and my doctor called me in a prescription for some more Ibuprofen - which seems to help me more than anything for my neck and shoulder - which are, by the way, much much better. I have two more therapy sessions scheduled and I think that will be it.  My boss says "give it 30 days to make sure I'm okay" which I will 'cause he IS theexpert in this case.

Okay - that's it for tonight - hope everyone who visits here finds happiness and

Peace

SUNDAY EVENING - AFTER A DAY AT WORK AT DW

AHHHHHHH - relaxation at last!!!!  I'm tired - but hey - what's new????  hehehe

Work today at Dollywood was pleasant - not too awfully hot - a nice breeze most of the day - we weren't that busy - just a nice day.

Tomorrow is Monday - the start of another week - I kinda sorta dread it - kinda sorta - yeah - I do.

Oh well - such is life - my life - I love my life - I do - really

Peace

JENNIFER IS MARRIED!! YIPEEEEEEEEE!! LOL

Well, Jennifer was a beautiful bride and Mike the handsome groom.  It was a lovely wedding - I'm so glad I was able to go to the wedding - ALL of 3D Mystery Shows were there - I am so glad!!

We lost the ball game to Florida - yech - played a rotton game - but that's the way the football bounces - and it bounced all over the field today.

Work tomorrow - and it's WAY past my bedtime - hehehe

Peace

FRIDAY AGAIN

I'm off tomorrow!!! AND Jennifer is getting married tomorrow and I can go to the wedding!!!  Excitement!!

Then on Sunday I work - but only from 11 to 6 p.m. - Excitement!!

This week hasn't been all that bad - except for my shoulder which continues to be sore and hurt - it was an "okay" week.

I have three therapy sessions scheduled next week and then I hope that will be all I need.  I'm not sure just what happens next.  Will have to wait and see.  My boss says to be sure that I'm okay before we accept a settlement amount.

AND it RAINED today - I was soooo glad - we really needed it - my front lawn was getting a bit "crisp".

I hope eveyone who visits here has a wonderful weekend, and you stay safe and happy.

Peace

WELL - I TOTALLY BLEW YESTERDAY OFF...heheh

Well.....what can I say???? NOTHING!  I totally blew yesterday off as far as posting here. 

I went to church last night and worked on my CCD room.  First class starts on the 25th and I hadn't been in the room since last May.  For those of you who don't know what CCD is - it is the Catholic version of "Sunday School" for kids.  My church doesn't have year-round 'Sunday School' or CCD - only when school is in session.

I teach 2nd grade CCD.  My kids are preparing for two sacrements this year - first confession and first communion.  It is a big year for them and I try to make is as interesting and fun as possible along with getting the required knowledge through to them.  2nd graders keep you on your toes!!!

Last year we had a BIG first communion class - 41 total and I had 14 in my class.  This year is a smaller class - so far I only have 6 but that will change - it always does.

Anyway - worked on the room with "Dr. Drew" the person who co-teaches with me this year - and we got it "together" until we were satisfied that it was ready for the first class.

So.....I got home in plenty of time to do some journeling and just totally blew it off - didn't feel like - was inclined, etc. so I didn't.  Later I thought about going back and posting SOMETHING, but by then it was after midnight so - what was the point.

My last scheduled therapy session is scheduled for today and then I'm not sure what the next step is.  We'll see.

So......have a great day - and.....

Peace

IMPROV REHEARSAL TONIGHT - WHAT FUN!!!!

I love improv - you know - when there is no script to learn - you just "wing it"....LOL - what fun!!

We "rehearsed" our improv show - and just how do you rehearse improve you ask?  Well....maybe you didn't ask but I'll tell you anyway!!

We play games.  That's it.  We play games.  If you have ever watched "Whose Line Is It Anyway" you know how much fun we had tonight.  And we use some of the same games they use on that show.

My favorite is "questions only" where you can only talk in questions.  Sounds easy but it's not.  But I love it.

We are doing this show in October for a group that we do 3 or 4 shows a year for.  It will be fun.

Well....went to therapy again today and my neck and shoulder ARE getting better - still sore and the left side of my neck is still hurting - but it WILL get better.

AHHHHHH - bedtime......looking forward to just stretching out and relaxing....ahhhhhhhh.....nightie night!!

Peace

MONDAY MONDAY - CAN'T HELP THAT DAY......

Another Monday - another week.  It must be going to rain - both my knees are KILLING me today - AND my neck is still sore.  I have therapy tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday - I guess it will "kill me or cure me".....LOL

Have rehearsal tomorrow night for our "improv" show in October.  Then we must set rehearsals for the cruise show in November.....busy busy busy

Jennifer, one of my producers of 3D Mystery Shows is getting married on Saturday and lo and behold - I'm off so I can go.  She is getting a very nice man for a husband and he comes with a built in family, Matthew, age 10 and Kendra, age 3.  Instant Mom - probably the easiest delivery in history...LOL  She'll make a great wife and a wonderful mother - the kids already love her.

I'm tired tonight so I guess this will be it for today

To all who visit here - God's peace and love be with you.

 

SUNDAY NIGHT - THE NIGHT BEFORE THE START OF ANOTHER WEEK

Today was a beautiful day - blue skies, sunny - WARM (LOL) but really beautiful.

It was a good day at DW - it was THE day to come to DW - no one else was there!!!!  Our ride was busy but the line was never that long - and the lines for the other rides were practically non-existant!  This is the "quiet" time at DW - we are "in between" events.  The Southern Gospel Jubilee will start soon and then Harvest Festival and then......CHRISTMAS!  And if you have never experienced Christmas at DW - wow - it is something else.  For one thing - it is breathtakingly BEAUTIFUL - lots of lights - lots of little trees decorated in lights - wonderful food - a live nativity that everyone just loves and then there are the Christmas shows - all themed around the birth of Christ - what else!!

My ride closes at the end of October - then I go through a really "tight" time money wise, but I'll make it - I always do.  I don't plan of working Christmas at DW this year - UNLESS they just put me "on call" if they need me - last year I was supposed to be "on call" and they scheduled me EVERY WEEKEND - Ryan just about freaked out - that was a BIG change for him and he was not a happy camper - He is used to he and I doing the Christmas shows together and we couldn't last year so this year I'm going to try and keep that time for him and me - we don't get to do a lot of stuff together the rest of the year - I mean - 3 jobs - NO TIME...LOL

So - I start another week tomorrow - I thank God for my 3 jobs - I thank God for my son and my home and my sweet little dogs and birds.

Peace

MEMORIES

Did you ever have a memory that was triggered by a smell?  I was driving through Townsend on my way home from DW and I caught just a whiff of wood smoke.  MAN - that threw me back to memories of the farm when we had the old wood cook stove and Mama would fix supper on it - always keeping the temperature just right in the oven to bake her cornbread.

I still have periods of being so "homesick" for a home that isn't even there anymore.  The farm house burned down years ago - but I would give anything (almost) to be able to walk through that house one more time.....and see where my Dad's chair used to set, and the chair that Mama always sat in because it was the warmest in the winter time.  I would love to climb those stairs to where my room used to be and just remember all the happy times we had in that house.  We had some sad times too - but the happy far outweighed the bad.

Oh well.....I'm worn out tonight so this will be it for today.

Peace.

I MISSED POSTING ON THURSDAY - PHOEEY ON ME!!

I can't believe that I missed posting yesterday - I thought I had - oh well.

I went to "therapy" yesterday and was physically abused.....LOL  It sure felt like it anyway.  The massage therapist did nasty things to my neck and shoulder and last night I couldn't sleep worth a darn!  It is sooooo sore today, but he told me it would be until those muscles relaxed and got back to normal.  Sigh.  Normal.....what is that?

I'm supposed to work both Sat and Sun this weekend - sigh.  But is paying for my second mortgage - so thank God for the job!

I have a meeting with my theatre group tonight to discuss the possiblity of having a once-a-month public performance of our shows at a local restaurant here.  This is exciting - right now we are only booking private parties but I have friends that would love to come see a show and we don't have a public venue.  I hope this works out.

More later - I've got work I've GOT to get done.

Peace

AHHHHH - GOOD 'OL "HUMP DAY"

My office is COLD today - had to turn on my little heater under my desk to thaw out my toes...LOL

Ryan bowled last night - the first game was AWFUL - he was so upset with himself - only bowled a 56 - the second game was much better - he got a 101 - I told him that if I ever broke 100 I felt like I should be in a league....LOL

Cancelled my therapy this morning because a client told me that the ONLY time she could come is was between 9 and 9:30 - guess what - she rolled in here about 11:00....oh well.  That's what I get for trying to accomodate people...don't think I'll do that again for this client.

Neck still sore but much better now - I've been doing the exercises that the therapist gave me to do and the right side of my neck is better, but now the LEFT side is sore - go figure.

Got to work Sat and Sun at DW this weekend but at least we are on "fall hours" now - so I work from 11 to5 and 11 to 6 - of course two of those hours will put the gas in my car to drive up there.....LOL

Well - I need to go to the bank - my boss needs money for tomorrow and Friday - he will be at a seminar both days - HOORAY!!!!  Just kidding - it's very lonely here all by myself - that's why I have a television in my office.  I couldn't tell you what's on but the noise helps....oh my.

Peace

TUESDAY AFTER A MONDAY HOLIDAY - IS IT TIME TO GO HOME YET?

I love a day off from work - but these Monday holidays are killers on Tuesday mornings!!!!

Today did not start out well - we had two cases in court this morning and had problems with both of them - our clients were not happy, I was not happy, my boss was not happy - WE ARE NOT HAPPY THIS MORNING!!

I'm still keeping up with the news from Louisiana - now that the people are being taken care of, animal rescue teams are going in to try to help all the pets that had to be left behind.  I looked at my two babies last night - sacked out on my bed and thought to myself - I'd never leave without them - I'd have to manage to find a way to take them with me if we ever had to leave in an emergency.

Ever since 911 I have kept extra jugs of water at home, and I always buy two bags of dog food so that I have an extra on hand.  I keep canned veggies - we could live on them quite well if we had to - neither Ryan or I feel the need to have meat at every meal. 

I don't even like to think about stuff like that.

Ryan is supposed to go practice bowling tonight for Special Olympics.  I haven't even told him that - it's going to be a surprise.  He LOVES to bowl.

Well....I've got a lot of work to do today - so I had better get at it.

Peace

GOD IS GOOD!

I am sooooo happy and relieved.  One of my team members from the Rampage at Dollywood has been so worried because he had not heard anything from his daughter and grandson who was in Mississippi when Katrina hit.  We have all been praying and watching all the net boards where survivors have been listing and he called me this morning and told me that they had been located in Florida and they are fine!!!!  God is good!

Today is Labor Day and I am thinking I must "labor" in this house....LOL.  Laundry to do, bird cages to clean and I've got to replace the light bulbs in my kitchen overhead light. 

Well - I must "get to it" - may post more later tonight - or I may not!

To everyone who visits here, I wish you the serenity of knowing that God loves you and cares for you....and so do I

Peace

SATURDAY EVENING - MY DAY OFF

Well....I slept until around 12 noon - and stayed in bed until 1:30 - I'm ashamed of it, but I was worn out and just needed the rest.

My puppies were soooo happy - both of them stayed in bed with me and just love on me, wanting love in return - and they got it....so sweet.

Now it's 11 p.m. and am I tired - no - wonder why???  LOL

This has been a quiet day.  I'm not scheduled to work tomorrow either and I hope they don't call me in but if they do - I'll go.  I know they wouldn't call me if they didn't need me.

My neck is still sore but I'm doing those exercises every day but now for some reason the LEFT side of my neck is sore instead of the right - go figure.

The drug store called me this morning and wanted to know if I wanted the perscription for Darvocet that my doctor had called in - I told them no - I hate to take medicine and I think I can deal with the pain now.

It looks like the areas hit hardest by Katrina are slowly starting to pull together and get some things done.  There are still people in their houses in NO and some don't want to leave.  They'll have too though until they can drain the city and get rid of all the bodies that are just floating there....how sad.  My heart breaks for them.

I'm counting my blessings - and I hope you do to.

Peace

IT'S SATURDAY AND I'M OFF TOMORROW!

Well - I went to "cultural training" today for Dollywood and learned all about the Herchend family that manages Dollywood for Dolly.  It was interesting to see just where the park came from and even more interesting - where it's going!

I then went to the park and was supposed to work from 1 to 8 p.m.  Well.....I worked but was NOT able to "do my job" the way I'm supposed to.  My team lead let me sit in Dispatch as much as possible and two of my team members let me take their place in dispatch to help me out.  Another team member let me have his spot in one of the towers - just to help me out.  They are soooo good to me.  I couldn't have done it without them.  I am scheduled for therapy twice next week and maybe by next weekend I will be more back to normal.

Continue to pray to those who have lost so much and have so little.

And remember - God IS good

Peace

THINGS ARE GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE - MUCH WORSE

This is just horrible - those poor, poor people - they are just laying down in the streets and dying - old people, babies - just dying and help is not getting to them in time.

I know that help is TRYING to get there - there are 12 tractor trailers full of water coming from Knoxville alone, but it just doesn't seem to be working fast enough to save these people. 

Being diabetic myself, I can empathize with those without insulin and pills to control this disease.  And the people with terminal illnesses without their pain medication - God help them.

There was a story on the news last night about a mother trying to board one of the busses to go to Houston.  She handed her 4 year old up the bus steps to a woman already on the bus and when she tried to board, she was pushed back and down and the bus left with her baby on it.  A very kind state trouper took her and her other child (and their little dog) to Houston in his own patrol car to see if they could find the baby.  I haven't heard if they did.  God help her.

The pictures are heartbreaking.  So many people.  And these are people who COULDN'T evacuate - had no WAY to evacuate - HAD to ride the storm out - and now they have nothing but the clothes on their backs. God help them.

There are bands of outlaws, armed with stolen guns, taking over the city now - spreading terror, looting, raping, hungry with power.  God help them.

All those people traveling to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama bringing supplies, medical help, and some semblence of order.  God keep them safe.

I talked with a lady in Utah this morning who said their gas prices are $3 a gallon.  Our gas is now an average of $3.30 a gallon here.  Atlanta is still $6 a gallon.

God help us all.  I know He will.

Peace

PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA

Those poor, poor people!  I cannot imagine what it is like down there with no home, no water, no job, family members missing, dead - I just can't imagine.  My heart goes out to all those people.   I wish I could pack up and go down there and do SOMETHING - I am getting some stuff together to send down there through a local relief effort here and I'm going to donate to the Red Cross - but I wish I could do more.

Gas prices here are astronomical and several stations are out of gas.  I filled my car up yesterday at $2.99 a gallon - it is $6 a gallon in Atlanta - People are running scared here - scared that there will be no more gas.  They are starting to "hord" gas, which is not going to help the situation. 

If I had to - I could walk to work - I could walk to a grocery store - but EVERYTHING is going to be affected by the gas situation - truckers cannot afford to drive - which will drive the price of produce and food up.....God help us.....I know He will.

Peace