Daddydavek

I agree, and I hope it's this year!

"Home is where the heart is," that's for sure!

New beginnings are a chance to pick your friends. I wish you the best in Iowa. The people I know from Iowa have all been down to earth decent people and I hope you find them that way too. Good Luck and keep on keeping on!

Chapter 47 started out from JP's POV and explained a lot especially about Brad. The switch to Wade was just as satisfying. Elizabeth was put in her place and it was all done according to protocol, how droll! The end of the chapter even had some slutty behavior. A fully satisfying read. My only regret is that Matt didn't make the call to Carullo and wind up both him and Will.....

Trust Mark to find a sexy way to end a chapter that was all about tying up some details including laying out things for Brad by JP. It included Wade deposing Elizabeth as chief mourner and setting the details for the funeral. Technically excellent and soulfully satisfying. More please!

Cards won both games 1 & 2 and now the action will move to LA starting on Monday for 3 games. Both were pitchers duels!

Happy Birthday Chris! May it be your best one yet!

They look good to me too. Any word on who did them?

Life in the 21st century is too full of surprises to guess when anyone finds a life mate and settles down. Circa 2011 is 10 years in the future in the CAP universe and I'd rather speculate about the next few months than a far distant future. So again my questions are more like, will Will and family go to Hawaii for Thanksgiving and will it still be cool between him and his island hottie? Or how does the whole thing with Maddie shake out, or even does Brad have another explosion of grief after the memorial for Robbie that freaks everyone out? Wade still has to face his mother over his father's memorial and Elizabeth is not known to be kind, gentle or agreeable. I think Mark has left us with a target rich environment and he can pick and choose any of them as he spins out the rest of this segment of the family saga.

Happy Birthday!

ALCS is now set. The Tigers completed their comeback over the Oakland A's and advance to the ALCS against the Boston Red Sox. I just love October ball!

Your chapter title had me spooked! Going back to the folks and his sister is the right thing to do. Coming back home to the ranch is too. So thanks for this chapter, but I look forward to the real homecoming!

And of course Missouri got BASEBALL.

CARDS win the Division Series and face the LA Dodgers on Friday at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Pittsburgh played us tough and took a 2-1 series advantage before we tied it Tuesday at PNC Park with the young pitching phenom Wacha. Tonight Wainwright and home field advantage were too much again.

Bon Anniversaire! Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Rustle! be cool, but enjoy your day!

Trust Will to end up with the hot, hung Italian gentle big guy. The coincidences in the story with Joey being the firefighter Will saw in the Tower seem improbable, but it really is a small world and those kinds of things really do happen. The FDNY had horrific losses and I suspect nearly everyone who survived in that organization knew several comrades who died that day. The plan Cody outlined to Will for Maddie shows he does care and does have her interests at heart. However, I think he will have to sell it to Isidore. Frank not so much. Of course Isidore is in her sixties or very nearly there as I recall and keeping up with an infant, then a toddler etc at her age does mean that nannies will be involved. Tiffany and Riley being in the picture would be a real plus.

I think JJ being involved in skating keeps him busy and focused on that. It is an elitist sport, not a team sport and accusing him of being an elitist would be a compliment in his outlook. Performing in front of crowds who are just waiting for you to make a mistake or take a fall also may have something to do with his ability to tune out others and keep to himself. All in all, I think the picture that Mark has drawn of JJ is fairly consistent for the life he is leading. He doesn't want to get involved in all of Will's drama as he figures he has plenty in his own life.

I don't know about a stroll, but if roboManning keeps up he will rewrite the record books.

Day by day keep up the good fight. It's never easy, but it's clear you would rather be you than the product of addicting chemicals. Congrats!

Glad to see you enjoying now, because as you noted it passes quickly!

Your story has me hooked. I'm looking forward to seeing how they deal with their troubled spirit. Alas it seems they cannot fully escape the bigots as now we've also heard about Dirk the Jerk. I wonder if his father was behind the demise of our troubled spirit?

I looked up the family name Markey and you did not take poetic license, as it actually does mean horseman. I loved this chapter. Now he just has to face his family in jolly old.....

Even after all of the Beatles generation has passed on to the great concert in the sky, the record books will still be around. I can't say I loved all of their work and they were not as great a rock band as the Rolling Stones, but they have some great songs in their catalogue including "Yesterday," "Let it Be," "Eleanor Rigby," "We can work it out", "Help" and more. While the Stones were more known as rockers, the Beatles did have better ballads and as someone else mentioned used non-standard instruments and not just guitars and drums and piano. Having lived through it all, it was really an English invasion.

Happy Birthday Daithi Have a great one!