Great day.  Had some "Home Blend" coffee…  Got some work done… sat out on the veranda (It’s the closest thing we have to a veranda here in NOLA) and watched da dogz play.  Worked out with my favorite workout partner.  Wasn’t particularly a cheery workout – but now that it’s done?  GREAT!!! Livin’ it up as we can down here.  Not our favorite place … so far…  BUT we’ve been to "not our favorite places" before and they turned out good.  Change is on the wind and in our heads.  Not sure what changes yet – but 5 years ago we were sitting in a nice ranch just south of Tallahassee and I was Captain of my own ship!  7 years ago I was marching and running around with my Army pals at Army camp in El Paso – while the family was takin’ care of bsuiness in NJ.  Last year we were in Key West – living large and spending lots of time on our dock.  SO this won’t last forever either.  That could be good or it could be sad.  Can’t picture being too sad looking at NOLA in the rearview – but we felt the same way about Key West when we left the first time 24 years ago!  Well… it’s Tuesday and we have to go get CAKE so we have something to eat while we watch the Biggest Loser tonight. Love to knock around with Sparky.  The dogs are giving us the "don’t you two have something to do so we can sleep?" look.  We have to use what littLe time off we get together wisely – so we’ll go shop!  The alternatives are clean house, do laundry, pay bills, wash the car, fix the bikes… Shop it is!!!