Hey Mousie,

:) Thanks for the kinds words.

Just as in life, there are definately some real winners (or is that whiners?) around here and plenty who are know-it-alls. If you are like me, you came here in search of some interesting information and could care less about the political and religious battlefields that seem to go on and on, complete with name calling. If you continue to read threads here, you'll quickly learn what posters to just skip over.

   There are, of course, some absolutely wonderful folks here as well. You'll be watching for their posts and things they have to offer. :)

   I enjoyed hearing about your first guitar (and all the other posts about first guitars that was deleted). My first guitar was a Christmas gift from my mother-in-law. It was pretty funny as she had it wrapped and sitting out under the Christmas tree for at least a week and I honestly had no idea what it was (can we say DUH?)! Of course, she had given me gifts in the past that gave one's imagination TONS of room to wander. My first gift ever from this woman (about 2 months after I met her son) was a rifle. I had only learned how to shoot the week before. Not only that, she gave me some earrings that she had made out of .22 bullets that had been shot. They actually, were pretty interesting...but I digress....yeah...my first guitar was a gift from my mother-in-law. :)   LOL...thanks for the memory...it gave me a laugh that was much needed today!

Michelle