Mark-will the writer's strike ever end? Watching ancient SNL stuff. Nowhere near as good as Freya rocking out (she was really making me dizzy), Scrooge, the mad fencer who is really a sabre dancer? and the long awaited Evans interview invite! All very good news. AND New Jersey ended the death penalty today.

Tim has kept everyone up to date. Thank you for all the good wishes. Tim's using the photo for his new wallpaper. I am still flashing thru it, don't need to see the photo much. For whomever has my name for Christmas, I 'd like a new car.

Ford Escape Hybrid, 4WD, seat warmer, sync system, tomtom or Garmin, moonroof, 6 CD player. Yikes, the last thing we needed with yet another state slowdown in payouts. Clients and co-workers have been wonderful and reset eveything. I really liked my Focus and Ford isn't making the station wagon model any more. Tim needs a project so he will look for a replacment vehicle.

Years of yoga turned out to be most useful-to the firemen's/EMT's dismay, I stood on my head and lifted myself out of the seatbelt on my own power as soon as they got the door openand the back board in place. The car is really crunched. Very reasuring tho to have so many people I know there digging me out and getting me to the hospital. Our alder lives just a door down and has made it a personal goal to have first class emergency response folks and equipment and it really showed. I was only a mile east of town on 33. Fire and ambo got there in minutes and two witnesses stopped immediately, called it in and talked to me til the EMTs arrived. I hope their names are in the accivdent report, so I can thank them, 'cause all I saw was trousers and feet.

FYI- its great to have a celll phone for emergencies, but you have to push the call button after punching in 911. If you don't push that button, nothing happens. And, FYI, its hard to read 9 , 1, and 1 when hanging upside down from one's seatbelt. I wear my phone on a lanyard around my neck- I would never have been able to get my purse and fish it out.

Spent lots of time thinking of Kevin and Mark while riding around on a backboard.

Mom, I forgot to tell you, you would be proud, I was wearing clean underwear. Which was cut off. Whomever has my name, that's okay, I'll get my own new underwear. Thank you folks for the wish list info.

Cool, the old SNL has Pavarotti doing Adeste Fideles. What lungs that man had. Nice way to end the day. 'Nite.