Did you receive a picture of Violet with your card? Also Aunt Sue was asking for a picture of Kadie in her Alaskan parka. A red headed Eskimo? Not too many of them around Love and Happy Holidays to all

Jeff , Tonight I find that when I select a second blog the handle still remains on the previous blog. ?? Merry Christmas from the Blogging Grinch

In the last few weeks it seems to be taking longer and longer to load up the web site and also longer to log on. Anyone else noticing this? It took 78 seconds to get to the web site and another 37 to log on today. I have have been caching my cookies regularly as well. Maybe I just need a new string for my tin can to hook up to.??

Since I seem to actually have a brief bit of spare time I will pull up my soap box. As to the use of Christmas greetings it's really quite simple. Greet people how ever you choose and allow them to do the same. The problem comes when employees are told NOT to say Merry Christmas for fear of offending someone. If a person is offended by the greeting they have a bigger problem than Christmas. As to the continuing attacks on Christmas and Christianity, I think it's not so much about religion as...

Yes, I know I'm running sadly behind. We did get the TREE up last week, so acording to all you weanie tree fluffers that should be excuse enough. 7 1/2' ? What a breeze, although sparkles seem much better than sparks. Ouch! I'm really not sure why I'm so far behind. I start out each day with good intentions but at the end of the day what happened??? I have finally got my hip-sacrum joints working together which is a huge relief but then went into a winter cold and zero energy. I have been...

Journal of Light Construction A transparent toilet tank that doubles as an aquarium is being marketed by Elseware Design in Brooklyn, N.Y. www.elseware.to/press/jlc.htm [Found on Yahoo! Search] But Mom, where did Nemo go??

That was close to the mean temperature here yesterday. More expected today, although with the trip to town I will be able to crack the windows now and then. Oh, guess I forgot to mention we are talking inside temperatures I appears that I am no longer the cold blooded one in our house. Certain unnamed persons have discovered how to crank up the kitchen stove really well. The new Madrone firewood works just right and puts out lots of heat. Outside temperatures are not so good. Still cold, but...