A quick shout out!

... to my mom and my wife's mom, Ellie and Rita.  They came, they staid with our children and watched them, and now they are gone.  Without this wonderful help we couldn't really vacation-- we would have to bring the little darlings with us, and well, it would be nice, but it wouldn't be an adult kind of lets-get-drink-pena-colladas-on-the-beach type vacation, and that is what we needed most.  A chance to have conversation, to sleep in, and to not spend every waking moment in the care and feeding of those small and needy creatures. Anyway, thanks a bunch!