Melissa- Yeah- I *love* "Life in Mono" There is just something so great about that song- the music, the words- awesome. LOL- I have one of those fat mead books too- I usually use it for a food/pts journal (Weight Watchers)-which I haven't lately- but the other day I scribbled down some ideas that were just springing to my mind. I'd do a tape recorder, but I can't stand the sound of my voice- LOL! I've been told though that you get used to the sound of your voice and that it is also an excellent tool. BTW- the Cristy Lane ad's on again- I think of you every time they play it-LOL! Remember how much they were playing it when the war was really going strong? OK- back to the tape thing- yeah, I could see how that would work too for your photography. I know what you mean about trying to get the perfect picture. There have been so many times where I see the light hitting something in such a way that I want to capture it and when I see the photo later, it's just not the same. That's gotta be one of your greatest pet peaves I bet, 'cause you're trying to capture a specfic moment. One ever so slight change (of light, etc) changes the whole feeling of the picture and it's just not the same. That would drive me crazy as a photographer- I'm such a visual person that it would be extremely (very) important to me- LOL. Oh, good Lord- that dream sequence- I could *totally* see that.....mmmmmm..... you know, I've always said that if I wrote a trashy romance novel I'm going to have to use a pseudonym- LOL I *loved* "Where the Heart Is"- great book (I've only seen bits of the movie- but I almost always think the book's better- I'm a detail person & movies always leave out a lot of them). I have "White Oleander", but haven't read it yet. "Losing Julia" sounds familiar....but can't place it. I remember "A Wrinkle in Time" but haven't read it- I'm going to have to check these out one of these days. Yeah, unfortunately there's *way* too many people out there lacking common sense. Hope you have fun babysitting! :-D

Well, I thought I'd check in before I did the cleaning & stuff. Also trying to get the contacts to gel and it helps when I'm doing something (like posting/reading the blog) while they gel. With my allergies, they tend to burn my eyes for the first 10 minutes. Yeah, yeah, I know- I need to get into the eye doctor. I know it's prolly 'cause my eyes are dry *note to self- need to use eye drops*- LOL I hope today is at least a Todd day- I know he tends to pop up sometimes on the weekends every so often. OH YEAH! Rick's going to be on Fox Magazine tomorrow night - you can check it out here. I think it's a repeat clip though from when he was on a couple of weeks ago reporting about the suicide of the guy who helped save the PA miners. OK- gotta get to work- LOTS of laundry to do & cleaning up. I'll check in later...

Leslie, where are you????? I hope everything's OK!!