Bill

Wow - it has been a while, so lets catch up. Let see - where to begin ... We have been negotiating for a townhome in Blacksburg Va for Phillip. What a pain in the big toe! The sellers live in Chicago, we live in Northern VA and nobody wanted to give up anything. Oh well, we finally came to an agreement and will close and take possession on Thursday. It is a really nice place: 3 bedrooms, 1575 sq ft, 2 1/2 baths, 2 car garage and - most important to Phillip - a huge workshop for his woodworking. It will be a great place for him to live, relax and put up his parents when we come to visit. Mari is doing well and they are having fun commuting between VT and JMU.

Patrick is once again proving he is amazing - his interim report for school shows him to be an awesome student. MB is doing great and we really enjoy having her around.

I have started 2 new businesses - which keeps me out of the way and Debbie is amazing in helping me figure out what works and what does not.

Phillip, Mari, Dan, Eric, etc were home for Spring Break last week and we REALLY enjoyed having them home. It is great to catch up face to face - they really do not communicate well long distance. Of course we laughed and had a great time. Enjoying life and Enjoying each other ---

LIVE, LOVE AND LAUGH

Uncle Mark made it down last week for lunch and it was REALLY, REALLY good to see him. He look good and appears to be doing well. We miss seeing Alex and Elisabeth as well but we will make it up for it on Alex's birthday.

We are getting ready to take Patrick on college visits, should be fun.

Debbie is FABULOUS - and I am not just saying that to get lucky - she keeps everything running smoothly and her insights are, for me, invaluable.

OK to the entertainment value - you should checkout this YouTube Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dut1b--AgLM - it shows a guy peeling a hard boiled by blowing it out of its shell. OK so we were hanging out - so I gave it a try. A) this is too fricking funny, b) it does not work, and C) Make sure, if you feel like you just have to BLOW an Egg, - that it is hard boiled first. I under cooked the first one and egg shot out everywhere It was VERY entertaining.