> And, even with her dad home for just a couple of days, she's finding
 > that she has to rethink priorities.
    :)
 > But they make life fun!  There's a few of us in our church that have a
 > good stock of groaners.  It's usually the quiet folks too, that make
 > the worst ones.
    My Dad is *very* quiet.
 > "A Woman of Substance", "Hold the Dream", "Angel", "The Women In His
 > LIfe" to name a few.  She has managed to incoroprate Bichon Frises (a
 > cute little dog, we had one once) onto a number of her books; she has
 > some herself.
    I've been getting to the library pretty regularly.  I'll look for some of 
these.  Thanks!
 > Well, if it's meant to be for you to go, then you will get back.  It's
 > good you're keeping busy with other thnigs though.
    Right.  If the opportunity ever comes, I'd be very happy to return.  In 
the meantime, kids grow.
 > Seems something always falls by the wayside.  How are they in the fine
 > arts department?  So many schools seem to be cutting that out now and
 > it's very much a needed part of education.
    I guess my opinion is biased because the Omaha school was SO GOOD, and 
the school here is comparatively less.  BUT, we have discovered that, in this 
area, it is one of the better schools.  Again, I feel like we did the best we 
could for him, but our best wasn't all he should have.  :/   In any case, he 
is adjusting well, and I probably worry too much.
 > Around the hem to give it a bit of stiffness and stand out a bit.  The
 > new "Threads" magazine has an article about using it as a decorative
 > trim.  After seeing it; I don't know if I would use it for "fancy"
 > work.
    Thanks.
 > Yes, but now you can minister to people more effectively, having gone
 > thru the los of your mom.  A friend of ours is active with SIDS support
 > groups because she lost a baby to it.
    It would be safer to care about trees or rocks, but much less fulfilling.
 > I'm looking to see if we have any children's craft books still.  I know
 > the girls have a number of books in their rooms but not sure if there
 > are any crafting ones.  I'm also still trying to hunt down the cross
 > stitch catalog that had the easy to do kitten in it.
    No worries!  :)  You've got enough to do without hunting for books right 
now.  I hope your reunion is proceeding smoothly and happily!  I remember, 
with John, Arthur and me, that we had some adjustments to make on our return 
to living together. If that's true for you, too, just hang in there.
    Life doesn't come with a "good parts version."  But, the long 
partnerships are worth a bit of trouble.  :)
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