Am I blue? Yup, I am feeling blue and could use any messages of hope and caring today, I am half way thru this broken leg ordeal, I am trying to keep my spirits up~taint easy today for some reason, gee could it be that I am still stuck in this 10 x 12' room? My sisters visit has come and gone, it was nice, we had some laughs. I have alot to be grateful for, my husband takes good care of me, I still have to use this walker. I am unable to do what I need to do right now to finish compiling my book, but I will have time before I leave for California, its almost done, I will feel much less anxious when it is done, I have 17 books preordered, and am printing 50 copies, so I will have enough, what I still need to do keeps rattling around in my brain, maybe if I write it down it will help me. To do~ 1) I need to stamp the numbers on all pages and create a table of contents. 2) I still need to put in changes from a few recent emails, with updated people, places and dates, mostly from Henry and Rachel Hamrick's descendants~ glad to have them! 4) I need to make sure I have all descendants photos included in correct family section. Right now I have lots of photos for descendants of Cosy, Sarah, Amador, Henry, and Ceil, I can always use more tho. The descendant photos really make this edition of the 'Hamrick's of Jackson, California' a special collection. 5) A few documents and photos still need captions added. 6) Then I need to take it all down to the printer and sit there while they run each page, so I can say, "yes thats a good copy" because I want the photos done right, and then have them make 50 copies of each good copy, there are about 50 pages of photos, in the 220 page book. I figure it will take a day. Then each copy will be bound with comb binding, which is the easiest for future copying of the book. 7) Then I need to pack and come to California, and I tell you I can hardly wait to get there! I wish I was there now, getting ready for our weekend that I was supposed to be there now for. I suppose that is why I am feeling blue, I am stuck here, unable to complete the last few little tasks before I take this to the printer and get on the plane.....'frankly Gertrude, I would rather be in California' .... chortle, chortle. So I am glad I wrote my to do list, that helps, seems alot less than what I thought, and I'll be there when I get there, Aug 10. Thanks for listening, Jill ~aloha~ from jill in maui http://www.maui.net/~mauifun/genweb.htm