Ok, my mailbox has a lot of msgs needing answered. Sorry for those msgs probably needing answered a week or so ago. I will try to bail out in the next wk or so. Yes, the Ozarks is covered in ice. And, today we drove 110 miles one way on the main highway which was 75% ice covered to take our granddaughter home. We made it home still on needles. The rural area around here has been without power since 2am Fri morn and still without power. Parts of West Plains were without power but we have been lucky in not losing power. We do have tree limbs that snapped in our yard. Power lines down in the city that you have to drive the extra block to get around. At 5 degrees tonite, don't think it is going to melt too soon and I pity the poor crews working out in this weather. I guess our temp is a little better than our son's near Des Moines which we just heard was a windchill in the minus 40's. And, Chicago with 22 inches of snow. Yuk! Any newbies on the list, feel free to ask dumb questions and do post your Macoupin families. Questions/queries on the list unanswered need to be posted and reposted until someone helps/steers you in a direction. If you feel the question is too "dumb" to ask on the list, ask me. If I can't help, I should be able to lead you in some kind of direction. Be patient if you ask me, I will get to your message. My Christmas gifts included many more thousands of dead people. YES! An unexpected 64 Nintendo which is now hooked up with my Super Nintendo so I can switch back and forth. I wonder if I could hook up a Play Station for a 3 way switch??<g> Hope all had a great holiday season. We did. Had both of our children and families home for a late Christmas dinner Monday nite. Gloria (volunteer) ------------------ Gloria Frazier DE>IL-Coverdill IN>IL-Hays KY>IL-Nash/Oller/Shipp KY>MO-Frazier/Morrison/Ragland/Upton/Hamilton KY>Hord TN>IL-Adcock/Carter/Sutton/Richards/Warren/Wingo TN-Baseye Thrasher