ScottMom---so sorry to hear about your FIL--we will keep you all in our thoughts and prayers. He is very lucky to have you all who care about him so much! Please know whenever you need to "talk" we are all here to listen!!

CC - I did check out all the flower sites mentioned ... Thank you to all! I requested order books from all and can't wait until they get here. I may not order by mail from them unless it's something I can't get here but the books help in the planning stages. Hope the move goes smoothly. It's hard to leave something you've come to admire but home is home. I know I have moments when I wished I could move back but I am home and my parents are counting on me. I just keep thinking ... I will retire to the sun belt soon!

Scott - I am pulling for your family and FIL. My in-law side of the family has been riddled with cancer since we've been married. Its been hard on my kids; they are the first Grandkids & Great Grandkids. In the end we told them brief information unless they asked more questions. We tried to keep things simple for them in the explanation so they didn't feel as if it was someting they should try to fix ~ my kids love to solve problems or help towards a solution so not being able to solve cancer would drive them mad. Remember we are all here for you.

Shawn - Da Bears! I honestly do not know much about the Colts but I know Da Bears have been terrible for so long that they have to be the underdog in all this!

Busy day ahead ... it might be a 2 pot half / half coffee day!
Have a good day everyone!

Yeah, I know, it's crazy around here too. I was surprised to pop in last night and see NO activity. I was worried about eveyrone.

Shawn, kids seem to just stay sick this time of year. I hope yours are up and bouncing around soon!

ScottMom, I feel for you and send warm thoughts and prayers your way. My FIL was the greatest man I ever met. When I was 16 he became my surrogate father and took me in like one of his very own - which is saying a lot. Yours must be a very specail man too for you too hold him in such high regard. Hubby can't play the what if game. What if he'd gone on trip with FIL and then one of the kids got sick? What if he got called into work, missed both trips and then he got sick? Too many variables to drive you crazy. I'll bet if he looks over his whole life, he'll see he's had a relationship with his father that most people could only dream about. With modern medicine and all of the prayers from friends and family, there are many more trips in his future!

GaMom, I'm getting ready to move. It's easier this time than last since we never really even got settled. Now that the time is hear, I'm kind of sad about it. I'm so glad to be moving 'home' but have made a fast and very dear friend here that I will miss very much. She said the nicest thing to me that is similar to the quote at the bottom of my post. It was meant for us to meet and impact each others lives. And what a profound impact it's been. I'm blessed, happy, sad and grateful all at the same time! We close on the new house on March 1 and the movers show up on March 12. Open house here is this Sunday so I have lots to do!

Why does this page only have a 4 star rating? That is not fair! I think we are a five star group!

Oh Scott, I'm so sorry to hear about your FIL. But you are right....they have caught it early, and it sounds like he is pretty healthy otherwise and that is a blessing! You and your family have my prayers! Where is it? Cancer sucks. It totally blows my mind that we can send a man into space, make babies in test tubes, and yet we still don't know a whole lot about cancer and how to cure or prevent it.

CC--sounds like you had a great weekend. We were missing you. How is the move going?

GO COLTS!!! Thank goodness only one more weekend of football! My husband is starting to grow roots to the sofa. The house could catch on fire while a football game is on, and he would never know it. But after football season, is basketball finals.

Everyone have a great day!

We had our school planning meeting and out PTO meeting this evening. I was at the school from 3 to 6:15 then I had to take the kids to get new shoes. By the time I picked up dinner and we cleared the table it was 8:30 and I was wondering where the day went. As I was outting away some laundry, my husbands came in to let me know that his father has been diagnosed with cancer and he wanted us to come up with a plan for telling the kids. Now let me tell you, I don't even know if my father is alive and he has never been much good to me but I think the sun rises and sets on on my father-in-law, so this is really bugging me. He is getting ready to leave town on Thursday for a week and then he's going to have surgery. They'll figure out what the plan is after that. I know it's the nurse in me, but I just keep telling myself he has an extremely high chance of complete recovery and he goes to the doctor every year so they've caught it early and I've seen multiple relatives through cancer...but after my husband left for work and the kids went to sleep, those things don't matter anymore and I just want to sit here and cry. Needless to say, I'm crying instead of sleeping. I know my husband is taking it really hard because he's been wanting to go on the annual trip my FIL takes and he chose not to go this year (this first time we could afford it) because he wanted to go to an event with our sons and I think he's really kicking himself for not going.