God Bless you, Mary, for that little bit of light for us all. We have had the darkest day of this winter and it will only get better after Mom Nature gets the snow out of her system. We had snow today here in PA but the sun was shinning part of the time. Still a pretty good dusting. Covered ALL the grass this time. Connie -----Original Message----- From: Mary Sayman <marysaerie@stny.rr.com> To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, Jan 4, 2010 3:50 pm Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Any body out there??? You are right about that. I hear the kiki birds calling here! ("ki---ki---ki---- criminy, it's cold!!!) As much as I love Christmas, I'm glad it's over. My stepson, Bryan; his wife, Melinda; and their two boys, Mitchell and Evan, were here Saturday for the first time since Dale and I were married 3 1/2 years ago. It was another step in the right direction of closing the gap in my husband's and son's relationship. I think the fact that Bryan nearly lost his Dad this year was a wake up call. It certainly was time that they realized how important they are to each other. Now we will work on spending more time with them. Any way, I'm not used to having two little ones (10 and 6) around, so I was really worn out by the time they left. I blew my hip out (sacro-iliac joint) two days before Christmas, so that takes a lot out of me, too. The good thing is that we are gaining light every day; and every day slowly brings us closer to spring. YAY!!! Hugs, Mary -----Original Message----- From: padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of junerose56@aol.com Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 3:27 PM To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Any body out there??? We're probably all just trying to stay warm and resting up after the holidays. June In a message dated 1/4/2010 3:22:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, marysaerie@stny.rr.com writes: Hey, List! Is anyone out there? There haven't been any messages for a few days..... Hugs, Mary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message God