Happy New Year! I've been down with "a bug" the past few days, and am just now getting my bearings on where I am; if the condition of my house is any indicator, it's NOT a particularly tidy place <BG> The White River Valley has had snow and ice on the ground for the better part of 3 weeks now, with accompanying wind chills of zero or lower--we've not been above freezing but for a little while one day earlier this week. The kids built snow forts in our small front yard--I didn't get a snow man, guess I'll have to go play outside when we get the next major snowfall. We needed a REAL winter this year, to kill off the bugs and stuff, and so's we don't forget what winter is supposed to be like. I like the different seasons, and wanted a decent winter--remind me of that when I start wishing for spring in a couple months. Right now, I'm perfectly fine and dandy, all snuggled up in my house--as long as we don't run out of diet Dr. Pepper and jalapeno cheese dip, we'll be okay...LOL (kinda like that sayin', "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!) Some of the links at the WRV site have been having troubles--I would really like to know who goes messing around in my directories. <BG> Greg is the only other person who has access to them aside from Rootsweb staff, and he doesn't mess with them without forewarning me. Anyway, I did a quick runthrough, and the links WITHIN the site are working. Outside the site, I can't fix until I find what the owner of that site has gone and done--if they've moved it, or what. I honestly have to wonder if people forget they have webpages, and don't keep up with them so that their servers cancel their sites out or something. Anyway, if you continue to find links within the WRV site that aren't working, please check them for a day or so, and if they STILL don't work, let me know, so I can go fix whatever someone else has messed up. I use both Netscape and Internet Explorer for browsers, and sometimes the latter one doesn't do the things it should do... They are apparently doing some major work at Rootsweb, with various sites being offline for a while, that sort of thing. Nothing new, just routine maintenance--everything should be back up before long. Like any huge network with several different servers, there are kinks ever so often that gotta be ironed out. Those of you who've been adding "Positive Energy Flow" in the form of prayers for my sister, I thank you. She has been transferred back down to the local hospital from Springfield, and she told me a little while ago that they are talking now of letting her go home. She's been hospitalized since 5 Dec with bacterial endocarditis, a heart infection; it was touch and go there for a while. Now, they are talking about a machine which will do her meds every 4 hours at home, and the possibility that there won't have to be any surgery for repairs. Sends chills down my spine, the power of that flow! I hope you and yours have a Wonderful 2001! May we solve just enough genealogical mysteries to keep us coming back for more! Vonda ListMom for MOTaney and MO-AR-WRV http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gregvonda/