Hi Wrabbits! Thanks for the concerns and prayers over my brother and SIL. It's just life taking it's course and I HATE it.
I'm sick over the fires in Maui. Did you see the boats on fire in the ocean? Unreal. The roads are grid-locked with people trying to get out of the area. The road is only 2 lanes. If you've ever driven up the mountain side roads out of Lahaina you know that some of those roads you have to stop and let one car go by a curve and then honk your horn and hope nobody else is coming around. Can you even imagine what is going on with all the smoke/fires/etc now. Lord help those people.
They showed blocks and blocks of parked cars all burned up. Buildings that are old and basically built out of wood decades ago just gone like a matchstick burning.
A a human being I would be ashamed to go onto that island anytime soon. There is going to be lots of construction going on for a long time. There are other places to visit for the time being.
The Governor has put a freeze on any tourist landing at Maui's airport. Good for her.
I love smelt dusted with seasoned flour and fried in a pan. My Mom and Grandmother would do it that way all the time. My younger brother would go SMELTing with his late dear friend +Ronnie all the time at Pte Peely. (sp?) Fresh is the best and it's usually in the Spring when the Smelt run in the waters. (and NO it's not like the running you folks do) 
Dave: Kudo's to Kathi for getting the TV to work again. I can feel her pain. I've been there just last week and learned you just keep calling the Cable company until you get a person that knows what they're talking about. I've been known to hang up on the foreign folks when I can't understand them. So frustrating. Most recently the Kitchen TV was my GREATEST QUEST! 
I'm out of here now to wash the Kitchen floor. Hey, somebody has to do it.... and I'M THAT SOMEBODY!
Have a great day all.
Karen thanks again for the e-mail! 
