Maybe that is why so many of us fell off the bandwagon. (me, Stingo, CloveApple). Being snowed in totally stinks. Having a forum offline stinks too. But these things happening at the same time.. grrr.
Must fess up that I only now discovered JP is based on the umpteenth floor of some office building in Little Rock, AZ
As for your mom: take heart to Julie's advice, I'm afraid she's totally right
(BTW, I can't be the only one who is totally tempted to look up & post a lolcat pic in your log, while I normally don't look them up at all, but do LOL upon seeing them )