DeeTee- You are close enough to where I grew up (Cincinnati) that you might
run across some folks who say "please" instead of "pardon" when they don't
understand what you mean. So you say something and I didn't quite get it and
I say "Please?" with a question type inflection in my voice. And you wonder
why in the world you should be saying please with whatever it was you just
said not to mention why a basic stranger would be rude enough to remind you
to say please. Can lead to some very funny if not awkward situations. So
.... if someone says "please" all by itself and totally out of context, just
repeat what you said back at them!  Still have relatives in the area!

Rhonda, Bob and DeeTee are STILL in a hotel.  However, we're getting
closer to having a home.  They are telling us about two more weeks.  I
am so done with one room and a bath.  I've been using my time to
explore the area where our house is located and realizing that this
place is perfect!  It's close enough to a major city that shopping and
facilities are close by, yet far enough out that the local town is
small town America.  Everyone is friendly and helpful and it's like
being back home where I grew up (in the South).  We're still trying to
figure out what people are asking when they say, "Would you like a
pop?" (they mean soda) and Bob will probably never get used to hearing
"Hi, Hon!" when we walk into a restaurant. He's teased me for years
about calling other people - even strangers - hon, or sugar.  Now it's
happening every day.  LOL

DeeTee

hi rhonda,
we're in our house one week now. this house is an incredible 4200
square feet! john needed room for a studio and all his digital
equipment; i needed writing and book storage space, plus room for
guests. it's going to work out great because the main level has the
master bedroom, my office and lots of living space all on one floor
(for me). the downstairs is all john's domain. we've figured out the
intercom system so we can actually communicate with each other because
the levels are so removed from one another that we couldn't hear each
other shout. so, i love the house and the quiet neighborhood, but all
the packing and moving did a number on my foot and ankle and i am
walking poorly and up at night with a pain i haven't experienced since
before the "good drugs." the rest of the RA seems to be under control,
tho, so i know it's just the old damage in my ankle acting up. it's bad
tho. time to dust off the scooter for any forays into home depot and
other big stores.

i'm sorry to hear about the losses in your family, but glad you're
feeling fairly well. why did the mitral valve problem cause you to go
off remicade?

and dee tee, i'm excited for you that you love your new surroundings!
(not the hotel, but the town). i feel that way here, too. people are so
friendly and laid back, and our neighbors are nice. . . except for the
one who yelled at me yesterday for letting my dog poop on his lawn,
which he had not done and which i would have picked up with my baggie
anyway. :-(  

diane