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Hi friends! Beat me with a wet noodle, I feel so guilty that I haven't frequented the board and am going to try harder to make it a point to visit with y'all.

Mim, sorry you had that problem with gout. I have heard it is terribly painful. I won't go into a long story but everyone should be taking vitamin D because it does prevent tiny fractures, like what you thought you had. I learned the hard way, the 3 most common signs of vit D deficiency is bone pain, muscle pain, and sleep disorders. Maybe you don't want to get checked but for only $5 a month you can get those levels up.

Doris, I got a new iPhone and have your email addy in there so I haven't forgotten you! We have had a crazy year. Here it is halfway over...is there no normal?

Doreen, I'm sure you heard that Hines is going to NBC Sports. I hope we still like him there. LOL

For those of you who are selling, or trying to sell, I agree it is very difficult. I finally just got Power Seller tag back but that doesn't mean anything to me. I have had to relist and relist. I dislike so much about ebay but my biggest complaint is the sellers who have a shop in Ruby Lane, list things on ebay cheap, and when you click on the picture to see the item it takes you right to Ruby Lane and their sales there. This is bull crap IMO, but ebay doesn't seem to be bothered by it.

Okay, to catch you up a little on my life, we celebrated our anniversary in Colorado this past April. After years of Mike working shift work, and raising 3 boys, we had only had 2 anniversaries where we got to celebrate on the actual day. Now that Opie (our youngest, his name is really Ian) will be 22 and is back home with us, working and going to college, he has become responsible (OMG, I can't believe that happened LOL) and takes care of Heidi, our shih tzu. So I surprised Mike, told him to see if he could get certain days off, he got them off but didn't know where we were going. I had been to Rocky Mountain National Park several times but he had never been so that's where we went, stayed in a super place in Estes Park with a view of the town, and hiked in the mountains. It was great sharing the experience with him. Now, this coming Saturday we are flying to Fort Myers, FL, and we are staying on Sanibel Island for a week while I quietly celebrate my 60th birthday. Ugh, I can't believe I'm that old but at least I feel a heck of a lot better than I did at 50!!! This is the most exciting thing about this birthday trip...Mike and I are going to meet Carol aka ginnyrose, who usually posts on the antiques board. We have become close friends through Ruthie aka etc-etc and franknfrank, who lives not too far from us and we have met. But meeting Carol is going to be wonderful. It really annoys me when I hear people say "just internet friends" because we have developed some really lovely internet friends!!

We have discovered visitors living under our wood pile. Mike saw a small groundhog a few days ago. Everyone said to shoot it but no way, we couldn't kill an animal (I know he's a rodent and we could kill a rat or mouse but not him). Mike asked me if I named him and I told him no, I don't want to get that friendly with him. LOL But I did name him yesterday....Gomer Groundhog. I was amazed when I looked out today and saw Gomer has a twin, so it's Gomer and Goober and we have what I call a "transport module", a trap set for him/them so we can relocate them. I will let you know if they like bananas. LOL

Max, 3.24 for gas is really cheap. Ours hovers around 3.80.

I have hundreds of old paperback books that I dig through and read but lately have been reading Kindle books that Carol loans to me.

I am going to send a link to this page to my iPhone so I can keep track of y'all. I agree that we should all stay in touch.

Hugs to y'all. 🙂