Thanks for the prompt answer, Joe. I was feeling a little like you might not want to accomodate strangers in your work room--don't worry about that for RKP and me. We love the local Hampton Inn and hope you all have one nearby. He is a talker as I am, so we can probably have a nice visit. And he is forever asking me what am I going to do with all those machines and cabinets in his shop, plus under my bed in my sewing room, plus all along all the walls in my sewing room. I will try the PM thing as time gets closer (right now we are taking the grandkids up to KY for a day of fun while they are out of school and all the mamas and daddies work outside the home) so a trip on our own probably won't happen for a few weeks--we have to get over the Christmas spurt of spending.....