Our early-spring seaside getaway

(Warning:  many, many pictures await!)

A winter getaway had been on our agenda for months.  We just couldn't seem to find time for it, however.  And we weren't really sure where we wanted to go.  A great package at the York Harbor Inn helped us decide and also served to help us choose a time frame to get away, since the price was good until the end of March.   It was a wonderful package deal -- a fabulous price on the room (and we actually ended up with a free upgrade to a nicer room, too!), plus it included a voucher for a free meal.  The breakfast is included in the price anyway, so we would use our meal voucher for supper on one of the nights.

It was pouring rain as we headed for the seacoast, but it really couldn't dampen our spirits.  It was still raining when we arrived in Kittery, where we had planned to eat lunch.  We had already decided that the Weathervane Seafood Restaurant would be our choice for lunch.  After a nice seafood meal, we headed across the street to browse at Kittery Trading Post until it was time to check in at the inn.  (It was still pouring rain and we were literally streaming with water as we left the car.)  We especially enjoyed looking at the camping gear and the nifty home decor.

Thankfully, the rain had slackened a bit by the time we arrived at the inn.  Thanks to our free upgrade, we found that we would be in the building below, the Yorkshire House.  I failed to get a photo, so the one below, taken in a much nicer season, is from the website.

Photo from York Harbor Inn.com

This amazing building was built in 1743!  It's astounding how they've been able to update the rooms to today's standards and yet the cozy feel remains.

View from our room -- we often came and went by those stone steps

Since the rain had slacked off quite a bit, Mr. T was eager to get out and do some exploring.  He did just that while I got our things settled in the room.

The Cliff Path is accessed via a park right across from the Inn

 He came back to the room since the rain had lessened even more and he thought I might like to venture out for a walk as well.  Good thing I was wearing a slicker, because the rain intensified while we were out.  Cool and rainy as it was, it was still a blessing to enjoy the sight and sound of the sea.

We relaxed for the rest of the afternoon and, since we planned to use our meal voucher for the following night's supper, we eventually went in search of a place to eat.  I had done a little research online, but all of the likely places were closed because of it being the off season.  We finally ended up stopping at Wild Willy’s Burgers because we were both quite hungry.  Once we figured out the ordering system, with the help of a friendly fellow customer, we chose simple burgers and hand-cut fries.  Delicious!  The murals on the walls in the main eating area were unusual and very nice.  We saw the one just below from where we sat.  Mr. T had to duck into adjoining booths to get pictures of the others.

Isn't this beautiful?  Loved this scene.

Depiction of a cloudy sky on the ceiling

The light detracts a little but not too much.  Notice the soaring eagle at the top left.

Snowy mountain range above the forest scene

After a good night's rest, we found that the rain had more or less stopped, though it was still cloudy.  We headed to the dining room for a bountiful breakfast, way more than the typical continental breakfast.  All sorts of homemade pastries and muffins, plus homemade granola and lots of other cereal and bread options; yogurt; hard-boiled eggs; many elegant options for fresh fruit; juices, coffee, tea ... probably more that I've forgotten about.

Cranberry cinnamon roll, and coffeecake

Partial view of the dining room

View from our table

After breakfast and our quiet times, we headed out for a walk. The Inn provides information on various walking tours and routes.  We chose one called "Quiet streets and Nubble Light" or something similar.  It was a nice long walk that took us through quiet and interesting neighborhoods and ended with a view of Nubble Light in the distance before wending our way back to the Inn.

There was a view of the sea between this house and carriage house, but the overcast sky rendered it nearly invisible.

We thought this whale weathervane very interesting

Wow!

Wow again!

This door in the wall around a mansion fascinated us.  That's not a window in the door.  It's a mirror! 

 We met up with a dear cousin of mine for lunch and she took us to a favorite lunch place of hers, Beach Pea Baking Company.  It proved to be a great choice.  Mr. T and I both enjoyed the Turkey Sandwich: roasted turkey breast, cheddar, avocado, poached red onion, and tomato, with chipotle mayo on baguette.  Cousin Betty enjoyed a salad -- think it was the roasted vegetable one.  It looked really good, but it's hard to imagine anything tasting better than those sandwiches!

After lunch we went for a nice long walk in Betty's neighborhood in Kittery.  Then we returned to the inn and relaxed until time for supper.  The main dining room wasn't open for dinner at this season,  so we ate at the Ship’s Cellar Pub in the lower level of the Inn.  It really does look like one is in a ship's dining room on an old ship.  The woodwork is amazing.  We were not in the area pictured below, but were in a side area which was also nifty.  There are two fireplaces in the Ship's Cellar Pub.

Photo from York Harbor Inn.com

With our meal voucher (which also included tax and tip!) we enjoyed an absolutely fabulous meal, unlike anything we have ever been able to afford in a restaurant.  We both had chowder to start, then for entrees we picked seafood also.  Mr. T had baked stuffed haddock, and I had a seafood pie which included haddock, shrimp, and scallops.  It came in its own baking dish and had a crumb topping -- no crust of any kind.  (Just in case someone is picturing an actual pie.  Seafood pie is traditionally made just as I've described.)  We would  ordinarily never order dessert after a rich meal like this one, but it was included, so ...

The windows in the area where we were seated look just like portholes.

The Atlantic Ocean is across the street just on the other side of that fence.

The baked stuffed haddock that Mr. T ordered.  We both had mashed potatoes and roasted asparagus for the sides.

It included dessert!  He had flourless chocolate cake with whipped cream and a dish of vanilla ice cream alongside.

I chose a sort of blueberry lime mousse.  Absolutely amazing.

 After another restful night we again enjoyed breakfast in the dining room

and another walk before heading out.  On the way home we walked for a bit on the Long Sands beach and we also stopped to visit Nubble Light.

Long Sands

Nubble Light

Hope you've enjoyed seeing a bit of our seaside getaway.  It was a wonderfully refreshing time!

Marvelous May Hodgepodge

 Wednesday again, and time to think about the Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond!  Joyce asks the questions (and she's reducing the number to five!) and bloggers answer on their own blogs, then link up.  If you've never joined in, this is a great time.  Five questions are far less intimidating than seven, so why not give the Hodgepodge a try this week?  Here goes with my effort:

1. Share a favorite memory of your mother or share a favorite something from your own life as a mother.

 This is a difficult question.  One of my most favorite memories of my mother was how much she loved blueberry picking.  Some of my happiest childhood days were spent with the family picking low-bush blueberries on a ledgy mountaintop or high-bush blueberries in a cow pasture.  My mother taught us to always wear a belt when blueberry picking so we could hang an empty lard pail from it, and thus have both hands free for picking berries.  When the lard pails were full, we emptied them into larger buckets.  And one of my last, best, memories of my mother was a  day when she was much older and we took a jaunt together to some high-bush blueberries we'd learned about. 

If you're a mother (or stepmom) tell us how your experience as a mom differs from your own mother's experience.

 My husband has always been a hands-on type of dad, even from the newborn stage on.  My dad was not so much, although I remember him washing the dishes almost every night, so he did help.  He also oversaw our tooth-brushing every night, and he administered quite a bit of discipline.  He was also great about letting us kids help with things that he was doing.  But I always had a good bit more help with the kids from my husband than what my mom had. 

2. In May we celebrate teachers (May 9) and nurses (May 6) both. Most every family has at least one in their midst, so tell us something (or a few things) you appreciate about the teacher or nurse on your family tree.

These four little girls all grew up to become teachers.

My mother and her three sisters all ended up being teachers, although they all stepped away from teaching to raise families.  My youngest aunt did go back to teaching later on and would travel from school to school teaching handwriting.  All of my aunts taught me many things by their examples of being wonderful homemakers, fantastic cooks,  and dedicated mothers.

3. Chicken salad, egg salad, tuna salad...which would you go for if all three were on the menu? 

Chicken salad, hands down, though I enjoy all of them. 

On bread or a bed of lettuce? If you answered bread, what kind of bread would make it the perfect sandwich?

 Either way is good, although of course lettuce is healthier.  But if I was going for the perfect sandwich, I would pick a croissant with plenty of lettuce, perfectly ripe tomato, and mayo. Or just lettuce, mayo, and sliced cranberry sauce would also be wonderful.

4. Do you have a desk? 

I do -- two, in fact: a computer desk and what I call my "crafting desk".

My crafting desk in a rarely seen, cleared-off moment.

Is it organized?

One is slightly more so than the other: the crafting desk, which is smaller.

 If so, share your secret to keeping it that way. 

I'm hoping to read others' secrets to doing so.

If you don't have a desk, where in your home do you take care of family paperwork and business? 

I do my dad's paperwork and business at my crafting desk as it usually has more free space on it.  My hubby does our paperwork and church paperwork (he maintains the checkbooks for two of the church accounts) at the dining room table.  I work on my Sunday School lessons and writing projects at the computer.

Where do you normally sit to blog?

 At the computer desk as, logically enough, that's where the desktop computer is.  I don't own a laptop and -- although I can blog using my tablet -- I prefer a larger keyboard.

5. When I was nine years old.... 

 

So this must be the thought question.  (Joyce promised she was still going to be making us think, even with fewer questions.)  Hmmm .. at nine years old I would have been in the fourth grade.  One of the few things I remember from that year is that, sadly enough, it was the year I learned to tell time.  Although I was a fast and early learner in some areas (like reading, for example), I was a pathetically slow learner in others.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

A house I pass frequently (on my way to/from the grocery store, etc.) has glorious grounds and plantings.  Here's what it looked like Monday in a part of their yard:

 I thought the juxtaposition of colors just beautiful.  Hope you've enjoyed today's Hodgepodge.  Happy Wednesday!

A baking misadventure

I've been baking since I was probably 9 or 10 years old.  We won't discuss how many decades that translates to.  And yet I still have my share of occasional baking misadventures.  Not precisely failures, for the results are still partaken of and often even enjoyed, but misadventures for sure.  The most recent was only a couple of weeks ago:

I had told my hubby I would bake some cookies for a work-related event.  I made some peanut butter cookies with mini Snickers in the centers.  Turned out great, and I will share the link for that recipe soon, I hope. 

Then I decided I would like to make a quick batch of bar cookies as well.  I turned to an old Pillsbury booklet featuring quick and easy desserts, and didn't find just what I was looking for.  Then this old magazine clipping fell out.  It seemed meant to be, so I grabbed a can of sweetened condensed milk from the pantry (the only ingredient that wasn't already right at hand) and began work.

Well.  You would not believe the amount of mistakes one experienced baker could make in preparing one simple little recipe.  In my mind, I thought I should mix the flour, brown sugar, and butter and press them in the pan.  I skipped right over the oats.  So I scraped the dough out of the pan (which necessitated washing and drying said pan, so I used a clean one), put it back in the bowl, mixed in the oats and pressed the dough in the pan again.  After pouring the condensed milk over the unbaked crust -- another error: see below), I sprinkled on chocolate chips and chopped nuts and then saw that I should have reserved 1/2 cup of the oat mixture for sprinkling on top.

There was nothing to do but put the resulting mess in the oven and hope for the best.  The bars didn't look particularly appetizing, and by the time all was said and done they were still too warm to cut and package before  leaving for the event.

When we got home, I cut the bars and packed them in a tin, to be stored in the freezer for the next Sunday's potluck.  We ran a taste test on them and found that they tasted fine. 

Inexplicably, one of the teenage boys at the potluck absolutely loved these bars and asked his mom to get the recipe.  I typed it into my email to her as the ad is a bit difficult to read, but I attached the scan of the recipe so she could see how they were supposed to look.

If you are interested in trying these bars, and if you are less scatter-brained than I, here you go.

CHOCOLATE ’N’ OAT BARS
1 cup flour
1 cup quick oats
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350º.  In bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar and butter; mix well.  Set aside 1/2 cup of this mixture.  Press remaining oat mixture onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan.  Bake 10 minutes.  (Yet another direction which I personally did not see or heed.) 

Pour condensed milk evenly over crust.  Sprinkle with nuts and chocolate chips.  Top with remaining oat mixture; press down lightly.  Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly brown.  Cool and cut into 36 bars.  Store covered at room temperature.

The May bees have all gone south Hodgepodge

Wednesday again -- and time for the first Hodgepodge in May.  To join in, head over to From This Side of the Pond and get the questions from Joyce, then answer them on your own blog.

Guess I should quickly explain the title I gave my hodgepodge post.  When in conversation with my Great-Aunt Bessie, if there was too much "maybe this" or "maybe that" speculation, she would invariably interject, "The May bees have all gone south."  That phrase just jumped, or maybe I should say buzzed, its way into my mind as I looked over the questions Joyce is posing this week.  She begins:

1. Can you tell I'm embracing a Cinco de Mayo theme here this week? Do you like Mexican food? What's your favorite dish? How about on the side-black beans, pinto beans, refried beans, rice? What about heat-mild, medium, hot? Will you celebrate with Mexican food and drink on May 5th aka Cinco de Mayo?

We love Mexican food.  I would be hard-pressed to choose a favorite dish, but one of the favorite ones that I make is this Chicken Chili Lasagna

Photo from Taste of Home

which is not a lasagna at all but just a wonderful layered chicken, sauce, and tortilla dish.  On the side, I like this Southwestern Rice Bake.

Or, if there's not time to make that, then a purchased yellow rice mix (the one below is my favorite)

works well.  And with any Mexican meal I love to serve this Fruit and Nut Tossed Salad

Photo from Taste of Home

which to me is just perfect with the spicy flavors.

As for level of heat, I like my salsa no hotter than medium.  And as to whether I will serve Mexican food on May 5, I really have no idea.  I haven't planned my meals yet.  It's possible, I guess, but this isn't a holiday I usually celebrate.

2. Ever been to Mexico? For work or holiday? Love it or no? If you haven't been is this a place you'd like to visit? Can you speak Spanish?

Haven't been there, never learned Spanish, although like most people I can recognize a few words and phrases.  I think I would probably enjoy visiting Mexico, but it's not on my bucket list or anything.

3. What's one thing you may accomplish this month?

Finally getting our trip to Nevada planned, finalizing dates and getting airline tickets.  I said I may accomplish this.

4. If you were mayor of your village, city, or town, what's one thing you'd like to see changed, done away with, revamped, or accomplished? Is serving in public office something you've ever seriously considered?

We don't have a mayor.  Cities, even small ones, here in New Hampshire, have mayors, but towns have selectmen: usually a board of three men and/or women.  If I had the power (which I wouldn't necessarily have even as a selectperson), I would do away with that stupid roundabout at one end of town.  Nope, never seriously considered running for/serving in public office.

5. What's something that may be popular, but that you just don't get?

Image from Pinterest

That men's hairstyle that looks like a combination of Dracula and a kewpie doll. Tintin's style (from 1929, I think) isn't exactly like it, but close enough for my purposes.

6. Can't let this week slip by without mentioning Thursday May 4th is Star Wars Day. As in 'May the 4th be with you' ahem. Are you a fan of the Star Wars series? Exactly how much of a fan are you? On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being 'I've seen every film, own the action figures, might have dressed as Darth Vader for Halloween one year', and 1 being, 'what's a Vader?' -where do you land?

I guess I would give myself around a 3.  I'm not really what one would call a fan, although I've seen some of the films,  am aware of the general story line and could recognize a number of the characters.  I have grandkids who love Star Wars, as evidenced by an answering machine message at their home very like this one:

"Reached the Smiths you have.  Come to the phone we cannot.  Leave a message you will."

7. Scroll back through your blog posts and in three sentences or less tell us the general theme of your fourth blog post. Does it still ring true today? Is it a topic you re-visit on your blog from time to time?

The general theme of my fourth blog post, written in August 2005, can be summed up by its title: Saving money in the kitchen, and other thoughts.

 Yes, it still rings true today and I still use all of the recipes in it.  And it is definitely a topic I revisit on my blog from time to time.  Check out the "frugality" label in the label cloud to see how often.

8.  Insert your own random thought here. 

Question 7 prompted me to look at the general theme of my fourth post on my Christmas blog.  It is: The story of my Christmas hutch, which tells how we acquired our hutch.

It still rings true today, of course, and I often revisit the general topic as I decorate the hutch for the seasons.

And that wraps it up for this week's Hodgepodge.  Happy Wednesday, everyone!

May goals

Can you believe it is May already?  Where on earth did April go?   Time to set some goals for the month:
* Continue an informal study of Come Before Winter, by Charles Swindoll, for my quiet time
* Memorize at least 4 Bible verses and review some older ones.
* Add 4 pages to my "What Do I Know About My God?" Scripture notebook
* Continue study for Sunday School -- Following God With All Your Heart
* Order books for our next Sunday School study 
* Exercise or walk at least 20 times.
* Get to bed by 9 pm each night. 
* Limit sugar and red meat.
* Drink enough water each day.
* Keep up with Flylady's missions in homemaking zones of the week.
* Post in my Christmas blog at least once or twice weekly
* Post in this blog most weekdays if possible
* Continue working on several UFO craft projects
* Continue planning for family birthday gifts and work on crafting any handmade ones
* Declutter filing cabinets and bookshelves
* Spend several hours updating my A-store.
* Write at least 4 encouraging notes to friends and family
* Help and encourage my local daughter as I'm able
* Clean church and set up for potluck meal
* Continue weekly visits to my dad at the nursing home
* Sort out and declutter my dad's house
* Plan meals with a greater emphasis on healthy eating
* Continue planning a trip to see loved ones in Nevada
* Get kids' summer devotional books to the printer
* Continue upholding my husband as he continues on with our church's pastoral search
* Get started learning to make kombucha

MAY'S HEALTHY HABITS:  Drink enough water/exercise/eat healthfully
WORD FOR 2017: STEWARDSHIP

And here is how April went:
* Continue an informal study of Come Before Winter, by Charles Swindoll, for my quiet time -- DONE!
* Memorize at least 4 Bible verses and review some older ones -- DONE!
* Add 4 pages to my "What Do I Know About My God?" Scripture notebook -- DONE!
* Continue study for Sunday School -- Following God With All Your Heart -- DONE!
* Order books for our next Sunday School study -- not done
* Exercise or walk at least 20 times -- DONE!
* Get to bed by 9:30 pm each night -- DONE! (at least nearly every night)
* Limit sugar and red meat -- have done great with red meat, not so great with sugar.
* Drink enough water each day -- not done consistently
* Keep up with Flylady's missions in homemaking zones of the week -- making good progress with this, but not consistently yet
* Post in my Christmas blog at least once or twice weekly -- not done -- I managed to do this once in April!
* Post in this blog most weekdays if possible  -- not done -- think I'm been averaging twice a week
* Continue working on several UFO craft projects -- not done
* Continue planning for family birthday gifts and work on crafting any handmade ones -- DONE!
* Accomplish some paperwork on my dad's behalf -- DONE!
* Declutter filing cabinets and bookshelves -- not done
* Spend several hours updating my A-store -- not done
* Write at least 4 encouraging notes to friends and family -- DONE!
* Help and encourage my local daughter as I'm able -- not done as often as I'd like
* Clean church and set up for potluck meal -- DONE!
* Continue weekly visits to my dad at the nursing home -- DONE!
* Sort out and declutter my dad's house -- making some progress
* Plan meals with a greater emphasis on healthy eating -- DONE!
* Continue planning a trip to see loved ones in Nevada -- not done, though I've been doing some research
* Update and print summer devotional books for our church's kids' ministry -- updated, but not printed
* Continue upholding my husband as he continues on with our church's pastoral search -- still upholding; search still ongoing.

APRIL'S HEALTHY HABITS:  Drink enough water/exercise/eat healthfully  -- did okay with this but there is always, always room for improvement!
WORD FOR 2017: STEWARDSHIP

As always, I'm hoping that the coming month will be more productive.  I'm optimistic that it will be!

A random April hodgepodge

 Wednesday again; time to link up for the Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond with Joyce and other friends.  Joyce asks the questions; bloggers answer them on their own blogs and then link to the Hodgepodge.  Why not join in?

Mural in Ely, NV

 (Note: the photos interspersed are from various touristy (or not so touristy, as the case may be) places I've been.)

Seaside, FL

1. April showers bring May flowers or so the saying goes. Has your April been filled with showers? Do you carry an umbrella, wear a slicker, or make a run for it? Besides rain, what else has filled your April? 

My April has been filled with showers. We've had lots of rain this month; more than usual, it seems.  I usually wear a slicker if I have to be out in the rain, so I can put the hood up.

My April has also been filled with busyness.  Lots of things to do this month; my calendar has been very full.

LL Bean, Freeport, ME

2. What's something you could you give a 30-minute presentation on at a moment's notice and with zero preparation?

Probably how to make a certain recipe that I have memorized, like my mother's fish chowder recipe, for example.   If I needed to add more information fill up the 30 minutes, I could share memories of times when she served fish chowder and how it was a favorite meal of certain friends and family.

Wiscasset, ME

3. Share with us a favorite food memory from childhood.

This is a tough one because there were so many.  Both my mother and grandmother were amazing cooks, as were my aunts.  One favorite one I recall was coming home to the scent of baked potatoes and creamed chipped beef.  Comfort food for sure!  My aunt Dot made fantastic pies.  She made a date cream pie that was simply incredible.  And my mother often greeted us after school with the scent of just-baked brownies, cookies, or homemade bread.

Cabbage Island Clambake

4. What's a song you thought you knew the lyrics to, but later discovered you were wrong?

Drawing a blank on this one, but I'm very sure there were some.

Story Land, Glen, NH

5. According to one travel website, the most overrated tourist attractions in America are-
Niagara Falls (NY), Hollywood Walk of Fame (California), Times Square (NYC), Epcot (FL), Seattle Space Needle (WA), and Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market (Boston). How many of these have you seen in person? Did you feel like a tourist? Did you care? Tell us about a place (not on the list) you've visited that might be considered a tourist trap, but you love it anyway.

I've been to Niagara Falls on the Canadian side, but it was night time and we were in a hurry.  So it doesn't really count, I'm sure.    I've also been to Times Square, eons ago, and to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market a few times.  I'd have to say yes, I felt like a tourist in every instance, but didn't really care, I guess.

I think a good many of the places I like in New England could possibly be considered tourist traps (but then again, maybe not).  But I love them anyway.  Probably the one that could be considered most like a tourist trap is Boothbay Harbor, ME -- a place I would never have opted to visit in the summer.  But I have done so, and I enjoy it.

Boothbay Harbor, ME

 6. Your signature clothing item?

Some people would say it's a vest.  I own a few, but don't constantly wear a vest.  Other than that, no signature item.

Nubble Light, York, ME

7. What's an experience you've had you think everyone should experience at least once? Why?

Hmmm ... this is a tricky one.  Joyce is trying to make us think again. I thought of salvation, but that would be only once.  How about this -- the realization of how much God loves you.  Because that would change us from the inside out and transform our world.

Ely, NV

Ely, NV

 8. Insert your own random thought here.

My brain feels utterly fried today. Guess most any thought I have would be considered random!

Bliss, ID

Castleford, ID

 Happy Wednesday, everyone!

From the April archives

Photo from Photos Public Domain

I hope to do one of these "from the archives" posts every month, both here and on my Christmas blog.  We will see!

From 2007, I chose this Meals as Ministry post.  I had planned to write a second post on this topic, but it hasn't happened yet! However, I have learned a lot more about meals as ministry in the ten years since this was written, so there's still plenty to write about.  There are often situations where we can help a friend, neighbor, or relative by providing a meal -- often on a regular basis, as with someone undergoing cancer treatment.  This post contains some ideas for you.

Continuing on God’s Path, from 2008, offers encouragement and a book recommendation for those going through trials of one sort or another.

This Chocolate Chip Coffeecake, which I shared in April 2009, has stood the test of time.  It's one of the coffeecakes my hubby baked for the Easter sunrise breakfast at church again this year.

Lovely graphic by Abby at Little Birdie Blessings

God is in the Details of Life is a post I wrote in 2010, updated from an earlier one.  Hopefully the examples shared here will be a big encouragement to someone!

A post about a completed embroidery project showcases a spring tablecloth that took years of work to complete, but still shines on my daughter's table for spring events.

Another crafting post, Felt Food Frenzy, from 2012, pictures some felt food I made for grandkids' birthdays that year.  Still fun!

A finished project, from 2013, shows a very special project requested by a very special little girl.

If you are one of those who enjoys completely random posts, Mud Season Meanderings, from 2014, might interest you.  Lots of recipe links there and other fun stuff, too.


 And there I will quit.  2015 and 2016's posts are not that long ago, so I shouldn't need to link to any of those.  I enjoy looking around in archives and hope that others do too.  Have fun!