Linda, I lost track of your posts - had to go back a ways through this one and catch up. You are so positive. Reading your posts helped me a lot when I was really down.
Hope your surgery goes well and you have a wonderful time in England.
About other people's opinions, when the W and I were getting ready to move back East, one of my coworkers said (not to me - I heard through the grapevine), "It would be cheaper to get a new wife." ;-)