Hello all!

First, my thoughts go out to the people of Christchurch, New Zealand, as they try to deal with yet another earthquake. Unknown number of people dead and the city heavily damaged.

Many of us here in California have experienced the damage that can be happen, and will eventually happen again. Other natural disasters can happen and all we can do is be as prepared as possible -- keeping extra food and water stored in the house, flashlights and extra batteries handy, battery or hand-cranked radio on hand, etc.

On a nicer note, beautiful, but cool day here in far NW California. I had surprise visit from one of my boys (their mom's week) who rode over on his bicycle. I thought, "How nice of him to come over." Actually, the internet has been out all week at his mom's and he wanted to check on an on-line game on the computer here. LOL!

No questions this week, but instead -- how about one house-keeping hint?

Mine: The dishcloth often starts to stink (enough to make one's hands stink, too), requiring a fresh one often. Sometimes the regular washing machine treatment still is not enough to get the stink out. (I do not have a dishwasher)

While multiple rinses after doing the dishes does help to delay the stink, I found that boiling the offensive dish cloth (and sponge) for a short while gets rid of all the stink -- no need to get the heavy chemicals out (such as bleach).

Happy Presidents Week! My boys have it off, and I will take Wednesday off of work and take the boys up to the Redwoods (their mom works the rest of the week, also).

Vaughn and the ABC Boys
Alex, Bryce, & Calder
3-31-97 @ 28.5 weeks