Thanks Steve! Always good to hear from you. In the end, being a bitch will serve no purpose around the ILs. Being gracious will do me more good. Now, remind me of this next month when I get to see my BIL & SIL who grated on my nerves before all this began (they are Main Line Philly folks who treat us like country bumpkins--everything is viewed through monetary filters and we just don't measure up).

Hi Sue--yup, he is back for good, I think. He seems pretty solid and puts up with me asking if it is for real a million times (not that bad, but I do ask).

MMH, there is hope! I joined BB on 11/8/02 and we have been all over the roller coaster, but I think this is the final part, we are back together, now we just have to make it a good, solid M, no easy task, but something we are finally both ready to work on.

Hi Pam. Nice to see you, never give up!

Things are going well here. H's work is stressful, again. Bigwigs in from corporate. He took a day off to attend the Disney shareholder meeting in Philly and came back excited about his day off and tooling around the city. I worry that he feels stuck in his job as he is providing for all of us. He says he still loves his job, but he comes home looking strained and exhausted. Just one day off changed his whole appearance. I don't know how to help him.

Trying to keep rowing my own boat and H is being really good about it. I test Saturday for my next rank in karate and that is consuming the week. H is good about allowing me to practice on him. I'm a nervous wreck about the test, but making myself do it.

Jackie