I will have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my newspaper like I used to, before the Web.

I will eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing.

I will get dressed before noon.

I will make an attempt to clean the house, wash clothes, and plan dinner before even thinking of the Web.

I will sit down and write a letter to those unfortunate few friends and family that are Web-deprived.

I will call someone on the phone who I cannot contact via the Web.

I will read a book… if I still remember how.

I will listen to those around me and their needs and stop telling them to turn the TV down so I can hear the music on the Web.

I will not be tempted during TV commercials to check for email.

I will try and get out of the house at least once a week, if it is necessary or not.

I will remember that my bank is not forgiving if I forget to balance my checkbook because I was too busy on the Web.

Last, but not least, I will remember that I must go to bed sometime … and the Web will always be there tomorrow.

If you need help in nashvegas during all this stuff with your dad (who WAY does not look 93!!! good job TT’s mom!!!), you’d better not be shy now. Our mutual friends can verify I’m not an axe murderer or anything, and I’m over in that county ALL the time, pretty much every weekday, for fake son’s school.

Being I grew up Lutheran, I’ve only been sprinkled. My momma would gasp to think I go to a southern baptist church (well, kind of).

Frillion, frillion, frillion, frillion.

Well, I was trying to make a joke, the key word being “trying”. I wanted to say “healthy as a horse”, but transpose it to sound like I did indeed suffer brain damage as a result of toxic river water, but since “healthy” and “horse” both start with “h”, I couldn’t figure out how to switch it around so it would still be recognizable as the above mentioned saying. And my plants were drying up on the front porch and were calling me, so I hurriedly put down the first thing I thought of, which didn’t make any sense at all and defied explanation. But leave it to Betty to try to analyze and understand it! LOL Your first guess was right, Tori! Were you, by any chance, baptized in a dirty river? Just asking.

Still praying for your dad. Let us know.

MeganW– Thank you so much. Every time I get any message that says they will be praying for Dad, I yell in to him, “Hey Daddy– someone else is praying!” It helps.

belinda– Thanks, sweetie. (I’m yelling in to Dad again…!)

LindaB– THANK YOU. One less thing I have to spend my precious few internet minutes looking up. (Those owlish, bookish types will fool ya, won’t they?) And you would have fit right in at the baptism– EVERYBODY cried!!

auburn– You’re not gonna hear any m-word suggestions from me.

johnboyFL– Thank goodness the girls did not read this before yesterday… Charlotte would especially love the Alka-Seltzer idea!

LindaB– Yes, the ‘horthy as a wreath’ comment stymied me as well. Do you mean “healthy as a horse?” “Hairy as a wraith?” WHAT???

themema– Well, I guess a Hungarian admiral makes as much sense as my suggestions. And bless you for the liar you are (and surprisingly flattering camera angles)– my arms are SO not Michelle-esque. More like Barbara Bush.

Momma Lloyd– It was wonderful. I’ll never forget it.

gracelynn– Hey, Russ has been baptized at least three times, I say go for it!

Bloomfield Farm– HEY EVERYBODY!! I want to introduce you to Peg, who is the mother-in-law of my sweet nephew Josh (only son of my brother Matt that lives in Nashville, married to Peg’s gorgeous daughter Sarah, they have one gorgeous child Anna Rose)

Peg? everybody. Everybody? Peg. She has the best blog, go check it out right this minute:
http://bloomfieldfarm.blogspot.com/

She is also ridiculously talented– paints, sews, decorates, cooks like you can’t believe and is a bit of a computer whiz. Josh totally lucked out with this MIL, folks! We got to spend a lovely evening with her (and hubby Frank) at Matt’s house not too long ago and enjoyed every minute of it. First class woman, first class family.

Give Char and Madi a big hug for me. What a wonderfully blessed day this will be for your family. I am so glad your parents can be there at the baptism. I will be saying prayers for your dad tomorrow too. Make sure you have ice cream ready for him… LOTS of new flavors to try! God will be with you all!

I was baptized when I was 12 but have been wanting to be rebaptized again myself (so I understand Madi completely). I was going to ask my cousin Dan if he’d do it since he is a minister when I found out that another cousin, Jim, who is like a brother to me in every respect, was going into the ministry. Now that Jim has become a minister, I’m going to let him rebaptize me – hopefully sometime this summer. We’ll have to use a church too because the drought has dried up the creek behind his place as well. Sadly, my parents won’t be present BUT Jim’s wife and some other family will be there.

And Tori, don’t feel bad. When our Internet went down for about 2-3 days, I went ballistic! LOL I felt like my arm was gone so I understand completely.

Can’t think of a better Fourth of July celebration!

You are a Hungarian admiral? Sorry, I had to look it up. It was a word I did not know.

Main Entry: Hor·thy de Nagy·bán·ya
Function: biographical name
Miklós 1868–1957 Hungarian admiral; regent of Hungary (1920–44)

What a wonderful way to build another memory for your family and your dear parents. None of you will ever forget this day and special service. You know, Tori. A lot of PK’s would be very resistant to having their parent baptize them. You guys are doing something right!

Now, I just have one other thing to say. Look at those arms and eat your heart out, Michelle Obama! Tori, you are gorgeous.

Well, it’s 6:14 here in E.S.T., and I suppose Char and Madi and the whole clad is gathered around them to celebrate! I’m so happy for them! Somebody hand me a Kleenex. Tori, show us pictures!

Johnboy, I was baptized at 10 years old in the Flint River……..the dirtiest body of water you could ever step into, and poluted with industrial wastes from the auto factories. But it didn’t hurt me. I’m horthy as a wreath.

of course mine was done in the lake. we didnt have those jacuzzis in church back then. LOL

im so glad to hear ya are spending quality time with your dad. yall are eating good. thats my kinda food!!!

Keillor has been married three times:

“To Mary Guntzel, from 1965 to 1976. The couple has one son, Jason, born in 1969.
To Ulla Skaerved (a former exchange student from Denmark at Keillor’s high school whom he famously reencountered at a class reunion), from 1985 to 1990.
To violinist Jenny Lind Nilsson (b. 1958), who is from his hometown of Anoka, since 1995. They have one daughter, Maia, born in December 1997.
Between his first two marriages he was also romantically involved with Margaret Moos, who worked as a producer of A Prairie Home Companion.”

Wow! His love life gives the title of his radio show, “Prairie Home Companion”, new meaning!

I love to listen to his P.H.C. show! And I love the show they do once a year— “Joke Day”, I think it’s called. It’s a “laugh so hard you start to cough” program!

But I digress. How nice that Char and Madi want to be baptized by their dad! I’d love to be there! But I’m planting flowers today. And…..I ALWAYS cry at baptisms. The bad “ugly” cryin’. You wouldn’t want me there……..just in case you were thinking of inviting me.

Have a wonderful family baptism day! And…..what are we having for dinner?

I’m we will have an update on Charlottes camp experience too, right?

We have been praying for your Dad and entire family and will continue to do so. Praying for a special peace and comfort that can only come from above for each and every one of you. Give your Mom & Dad extra hugs from us.

We love you guys!