Just wanted to let everyone know I'm still around!
Time is limited these last few months, but even if I'm not replying..
I am lurking and trying my best to keep up with my Disney Friends! 
As with many of you, the winter here in Michigan has been unusually brutal.
I went from day shift last year, to being bumped to a 12hr night shift 6p to 6a...
spent most of January sick, finally ending in my having to take 5 days off for
walking pneumonia -upper respiratory- bronchitis crud...
then on Feb. 15 my 81yr old mother fell on black ice and broke her ankle in
two places...she is weak in her upper body strength so the first two weeks were rough
for her to get around...she now has a knee scooter (superb invention!), had surgery,
a plate with 8 screws on one side, and 2 screws on the inside of the ankle,
after 2 weeks, they took the surgery cast off, and put the hard cast on, hoping
in four more weeks we can take that cast off and replace it with a walking boot,
she has also had previous heart issues (a-fib) so now going thru some cardiologist
tests to make sure she is in a good place with all that stuff.. every week is a doctor
appt. or something !
Then our black and white feline, Daisy, had 3 fast growing masses in her tummy,
we took them out and she is now home with about a 4" incision with 2 drain tubes.
They believe the masses are going to be cancer (waiting on biopsy) so they were
very aggressive in removing her tummy fat, etc. She has to be under direct supervision
so she doesn't lick her wounds or else the cone collar goes on ....anyone who has a cat
knows cone collars are very BAD. She is a mess when she has to wear one.
Perhaps you remember our friend who we were going to Disney with next Feb.
has a husband who is dragging feet on going...he is still uninterested so its starting
to sound like they will pull out and not go...tried to get our friend to go with us and
we could do a girls only trip but she feels guilty spending money on a vacation that he isn't
there to enjoy with her...so it's looking glum...
So far, I'm not real impressed with 2014~!
That my friends, is my sad state of affairs....
hoping things are going better for all of you!!
And now..I will go back to my lurking -----
Am so sorry all these things happened. But they should all be behind you now and the rest of the year will be wonderful.
no problem Alice. Done! 
how horrible!
