Welcome back Rac.
I feel your pain. I have been there.
GF is a nice place to come back to, indeed.
thank you my friend. it seems as time passes more and more of my friends share these "experiences"...just a fact of life I know. makes one feel a bit old. As hubby and i are both the youngest in our families, this has been happening more and more- grandparents, aunts and uncles are mostly gone for me, he's lost quite a few too; only his father is left out of our parents (and he's a rotten guy so he'll live forever!
) - time passages despite how we would change it!
Yes gatefans is a wonderful place to return to!
my new home away from home as it were.
thanks again everyone...and ape...my true nemesis is Stclare but she's busy so omni is her stand-in!