• Dad went for his blood check-up last week....
• Ursula and Dean have been having a hard time with little work coming their way, but Ursula has just started a new job. She says it is in communications and marketing, mostly writing and editing, and that it included the quarterly alumni newsletter. She studied journalism, so that's right up her alley.
• Janelle and Joe have set a date for their wedding: July 24, 2010. (That's 2 days after Mom's b-day, btw.)
  
• Pat and Gus were finally able to buy the rest of the building that houses their business. Pat's cousin, who owned it, didn't want to sell it but didn't want to repair anything, either. So now they are relieved to not have to build another building--but they've got a ton of repair-work ahead of them!
• Jim and Annie have become engaged. They will also get married next summer, but I don't think they've set a date yet. They will also be moving after the school year is over. I think they've already found a house about 2 miles from Jim's parents.
• Nikki has been seeing some changes at work due to cuts in funding. I think they may have her working part-time in another lab.
  
• Mom and Dad have named their puppy Sophie.
  
• I missed Lee's birthday last month--sorry!
• I think the reunion went really well yesterday! There were altogether 37 adults and 18 children there.
• Jo Ann's car was ruined by that flash flood that we had in August, so she had to get a new one--well, new to her ;-)
• Mom's storm windows, made by Gus and Pat's company, have now been put in. (Fred painted, I washed, Mitch screwed and August advised.) Gus had to buy extra firewood last winter because the windows didn't get replaced before the cold weather :-)
  
• A guy from AT&T went to Mom and Dad's house and decided they needed a new modem, so Dad should be able to surf to his heart's content now. BTW, since the computer's upstairs, Dad can get Mom to look at emails. Mom won't admit it, but she really enjoys the jokes.
• I have a pre-trial date for the house lawsuit at the end of October. Apparently, this is the last attempt to settle before going to court.
• Jill is signing up to start the Ovarian Cancer Screening program at UK. I had to fax them a copy of Gina's death certificate (since Jill's under 35), so if any of you nieces want to participate, Jill would be interested in getting a group together--UK will gladly accommodate a g roup when scheduling appointments. If you want to start getting the screenings, make sure they know about the fax. I'm not sure if it would be in Jill's or my file.