Hi Debi....the news certainly is a distraction and I sometimes get into just watching the weather channel!

There is also this TV channel, we have ATTuverse and I think it is just called Showcase or something like that but it is just scenery and music....it looks like a small plane just slowly flies over the coast of various countries to video how beautiful it is. One time they did just bridges and another time they did lighthouses....my Mom is 90 and has some dementia and anxiety and the Showcase channel really soothes her.

Thanks for the encouragement on the Italy trip...we have never done anything so foolhardy...we just booked it last week and I am just going to drug the hell out of myself to get on the plane and when we get home, we will deal with how to pay for it. I am 60 yrs old and something in me just snapped after my brother had a near fatal hear attack recently and I said to my husband, you know what, I may never feel better, let's just do it....he is a doll, believe me...just to put up with me and my issues. Cheers, Diandra