Dear Folks, I thought I'd give you an update on the progress I've been making on the book of my stories about genealogy, family, WWII, my Navy days, etc. Frankly, I'm surprised that I've made such progress. I finally finished printing out all the appropriate stories that I've saved on my hard drive and three of my ZIP disks. And oh wow did I ever end up with a mountain of pages! But not to worry, I know that I can cut down on the quantity by changing my 14 point font into 12 point font. In addition, I know that I can run most of the stories one right after the other on consecutive pages. After taking note as to the basic categories of subjects, for the time being I've separated them into the years of the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and to the present. I'll insert my Navy stories probably right after the 1950s. There will also be a section on memories of my family including some of my ancestors, stories about genealogy, my travel adventures and my everyday memories over the years. Included are several of my thoughts about the horrible aftermath of 9-11. For the time being I've tried to put them in some semblance of chronological order and I know that the next step will be for me is to edit them regarding content and TRY to catch all of the spelling and grammatical errors. 'Twon't be an easy job. However, I have an idea that I'll have an even more difficult job ahead of me when I try to find each individual story on the 4 disks that I've stored them on to actually edit the originals. Nonetheless, it's a labor of love and I'm still plugging away. I know that members of my family will appreciate it as a sort of autobiography of my life and our family history. And for those of you who have enjoyed all of my stories and would like to re-read them in book style, let me know if you might be interested in having a copy of the book. Just send me an email and I'll add your name to the growing list. It will help me estimate how many books I should run off and once I come to adding up all of my out-of-pocket expenses including postage then I'll be able to let you know what the cost is per book. My estimate for the time being is that it wouldn't cost more than about $10.00. Still plugging away. vee