Hi family, Well, after my 2-month "hiatus" from doing the Coffees, I find I can't handle this anymore... I miss you all too much! I owe you an explanation and that's what this particular "pre-Coffee" is for. (If you'll notice, I've stepped out of the usual format.) The biggest event in my life is that my mom will be 81 this month and finally, after 6 years of one negating reason after another, I've begun putting major efforts into getting her side of the genealogy written. When we arrived back in the States (1999) after our last tour in Germany, I determined that I would get my mom's side of the genealogy published. I didn't... for two years I didn't. I need to get her book done before her time in this life is ended, and that's a lot of what's been tying up my life the past couple months. In addition, we've had company nearly all summer dropping in and out of the house. With those two factors, and in-life events added, my time has simply been eaten up. In the middle of that I was offline for nearly two weeks. My brand-new computer threatened to die on me, (after I carefully moved files from my old harddrive to the new one) taking 2-years worth of email database with it. I had to drop _everything_ to work on saving it and the rest of my files. That sure wasn't fun! I wasn't fighting a virus, but I do believe a couple components inside the computer weren't happy with each other. This isn't working. The book isn't even near finished. The company is gone... temporarily; more is coming. In-life events are just _not_ going to go away! I'm back to using my old computer. I've been very low-key for two months, trying to glean every second I can/could to work on the book. However, every Sunday rolls around and I find myself thinking of all of you.... I miss spending Sunday morning with you all! So, next Sunday morning, please expect me to be "there" with you. For a while, it may not be for every Sunday, but most assuredly it won't be for a two-month absence again. You're worth it... you really are. Family ... it's what we're all about. I wish you all a week filled with health, productivity, fun, and above all ... filled with love. "See" you next Sunday! ) ( ) _.-~~-. (@\'--'/. Colleen ('``.__.'`) `..____.'