Glad that it wasn't a bang on the driver's door, girl! Not long after I got this car, I thought that I went into an intersection on a green ... and a car that came through three lanes hit on the driver's side ... but back at the back tire area. I was ... substantially ... very substantially ... thankful! It seemed to be the general concensus that I'd run a red light ... but I figure that he ran a yellow, as when my car had been turned around about 180 degrees - there, staring at me through the windsheld, was a green light, in the same direction that I'd been travelling ... and if I'd run a red light, it should have been red! Anyway - I also like to pick spaces in parking lots where I can drive out (but must confess to being a bit too lazy/(mis-guided?) to back into empty spaces). I hear that a bit of a longer walk is good for one's constitution? By the way ... did you say that the grandkid is wanting a car? Hhm-mm-mm-m! Hope that the rest of your weekend goes better. I, too, value my wheels ... and one needs be extra careful around here, for if one in 70s or higher is in a fender-bender or two, one is liable to get a letter from the Ministry of Transportation to say that they are cancelling one's driving permit. We have a discussion session of about an hour and a half with about a dozen others, with a test of knowledge and signs, with some being selected for a driving test, every two years after age 80. ole joyful P.S. As I was fairly sure that there were still quite a few good miles in that little 20-year-old Mazda that I'd bought only a few months earlier, after the accident I chose to repair it, at a cost larger than I'd paid for it ... partly for environmental reasons, as it costs a great deal of scarce and precious fuel to dig iron ore from the ground, smelt it, then carry it through all of the manufacturing operations ... plus add quite a lot of petroleum-based plastic, to build a new one, but repair is mainly a lot of work. In addition to the amount that's added to global warming ... and pollution. o j

Glenda, In spite of a few bumps in the road occasionally, you sure lead the Good Life. You are so fortunate to have such wonderful friends to bring you such goodies. When are you supposed to go to the Biltmore, or have you already been, and I just missed it? Sue...wishing you a speedy recovery.

i had a fried bologna sandwich w/ white bread. an all around splurge for me lol i don't eat lunchmeat much, don't fry things infact i blot my fried low fat beef bologna LOL and don't eat white bread ever. it's a comfort food to me, it's from my childhood and today was cool and cloudy at 73 in orlando, a gloomy day needing comfort food :-) i made paella valencia for dinner, a cookinglight recipe. i'll deal w/ boning out yesterday's turkey tomorrow a.m. ~ liz

Tuna casserole is one of those dishes that requires NO recipe! Just ad lib - all you need is cooked pasta, tuna, seasonings, any veggies of your choice and a cream sauce. And some sort of topping - grated cheese, crushed saltines or potato chips, fried onions. Bake until hot and bubbly. This is my adult daughter's favorite dinner and she requests it specifically whenever she comes to visit. When she was little, I used to make it with a packaged macaroni and cheese (like Kraft or Velveeta) and add some sour cream. Quick, very easy and suited to a child's taste buds. Now I get a little more sophisticated and use rotini or spiral pasta (have also used shells and orecchiette), bechamel and real cheese. Sometimes I add mushrooms .And when making for her, always peas....but only canned peas :-)