And here I thought *I* had updated the TOC! Thanks, Labby and Paul.
Sorry I've been missing in action for a few days. I've been quite ill this past week with a bad sinus infection. Thank you, researchers and scientists, for discovering antibiotics!!
Also, I've been working quite a few hours in my store, training, filling in as we're short-staffed, and to top things off, had to take my son to the emergency department at the hospital yesterday and sit for four hours waiting for an x-ray. (Hearing a snapping sound coming from a leg is NEVER a good thing. Thankfully, nothing is broken, but he has the worst case of shinsplints the doctor's seen in a while.)
To add insult to injury, I've been non-functional at home for a while - either not here, or too ill to do anything - and Doug invited his mother and stepfather for dinner today. ARGH! The house is a mess, the grocery shopping isn't done, and I just got up, but all I want is a nap!!
Sorry to vent, but I think it was necessary for the sake of my sanity!!!!
I'm a bit time-crunched so I'm not going to reply to the individual posts as I prefer to do. I'm going to say a huge 'thank-you' for all your feedback and encouragement and come back to this thread and reply to specific comments later.
Off to post part 8, head into my store to check on things, head to the grocery store, continue on, running away from home, never to be heard from again.... Just kidding, although some days I wish I weren't!
Irene
(Surely June's going to be a better month....)
