If you need to find the weather (local or distant) before going out or
away, go to
http://www.noaa.gov/index.html
Scroll down and click on the "weather" icon. You can enter either the

Sarah & I were told that our youngest daughter Kandice & her
husband Brian are expecting a child sometime in March 2006.
This will be Sarah's second grandchild & my eleventh.
GramPaHugs,

My new electric Scooter is on the way...Sales guy called a while
ago--say it'll be here next week!
He supposed to deliver it day after (the 28th) my birthday is the
27th)--oh but may see if it's possible for him to deliver it ON my

Anyone in her know someone who would like a free holiday?
I'm planning a trip to Britain in september, sailing from NYC to
Southampton and spending about 2 weeks visiting 3 or 4 places
ending up on the west coast of Scotland, and returning to catch the

I couldn't remember if I had brought this up before or not.  I've read
quite often about people being able to up their prednisone if they had
a flare.  I'm not able to take prednisone because they feel that is
what caused the cryptococcal sinusitis that I had in 1990, so no

Answer to prayers.
It was what I thought, the WBC had gone sky high yesterday. So that is why
he wanted me in this bright and early this morning. He ran more blood work,
and chest xray.

If I am not asking too much, I would appreciate your prayers.
Had to go to country hospital today. Very sick.
Dr did not give me iv which I needed because the blood work for electrolytes
came back in the ok range. This is not an ok range for me so I didn't get

I  have the following on my list:
Kimmy, Joe, Alice, Loujean, Denise, Jean, Duckie, Squirrely Jo, Kim
H., Joan, Carole, Katherine, Jo Ann, Kate, Cindy, Patty, Adelle, Nann
(I put you down even though you are going away- thinking we could

     Subject: MARS SPECTACULAR! NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN
     MARS SPECTACULAR!
     The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth
is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest

Mid Willamette valley in western  Oregon temp around 97 humidity about
22%  dewpoint 50 degrees F.  (35 C and 10 C)   It is Hot!
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I just received the second denial (the reconsideration stage) letter.
They're saying i'm able to do things i can't do (lifting, prolonged
sitting/standing, stooping, use both arms, etc.) and that i can go back to my
former work of data-entry for 6 hours a day.  

Just noticed that these postcard I got from the post
office still need stamps so the idiot waiting on me
didn't know that either. She wasn't the brightest bulb
in the socket but she was sweet so she is forgiven.

I wnet to find out about the result of my most recent labs and my ESR
is the lowest it has ever been, I think it was 17 or something, and
the C-Reactive Protein was 3.5. On my last test, these were both in
the 80s, and even while I was on remicade my ESR was never below 48. I

    Ok, I usually lurk here but I'd like to pop up to ask a couple
questions.  First, background:  I was diagnosed with JRA at a very tender age,
over the years it's done mild to moderate damage to many of my weight-bearing
joints, jaw and cervical spine.  It's been in remission ...

Duckie,
I got your package today and loved the cards and stamps. thank you so much
for them.
Today has been an awful day and here comes a door bell ring. I go out to see