Have you....

 Oh yes, Rose, you should be seeing your Christmas present from the POE Christmas exchange here prretty soon in the mail..I would of sent it out today but we had an nasty winter storm going through our area out here in Oregon. I hope you like it..haven't been here long enough to know much about you. Can I ask you how far you live from St.Petersburg, Florida?

 Christmas for the rest of you...oh yes, I've been busy on it for several weeks now...for one thing, I swtiched bedrooms with my grandson, and he now has my old room and it's going up with an Batman theme...yes, I have to make "Batman"Stained glass cookies for his Christmas Tree decor in this room. He has the tablecloth and the comforter set now...and "throw" blanket for the black leather office chair I use to have downstairs, and and "Batman" action figure in an wall unit/office desk piece of furniture that was downstairs also. So I imagine some PJ's might be fitting to go with htis also, and as for the littliest one he likes "Thomas and Friend's"the train set, and he's got a lot of it already, I'm adding "Lady" and the magical railroad, but having to spray paint the regular rail pieces with golden paint that has glitter in it...as it's not "buyable" out there in the stores, so when you see me with an holloween cookie cutter making "bats"and icing them over and putting in an "blue"raspberry center..I've not lost my mind people. It's an "Batman " theme to the tabletop tree and we will be putting an red tape ribbon he'll cut when the toom is finished. The grandaughter got "boots" and new clothes yesterday...they will all probably get movie tickets and McDonald's Gift certificates.  You know my daughter in-law is not working right now, as she just had an total hysterectomy...and between it and my own oral surgery from the dentist, we have been busy around here, so I HAD to start early..my hubby's birthday is Dec.30th an ususally we "do"something for it by him and I going out to dinner, and all of us going some where for an "over-nighter", but we will see how things go. We are starting to deal with the economy in my area. I'll explain more about that later, but for right now, not really sure what to expect this year for Christmas. I think I have mine as I lost my weddings ring, and got an new one, and by golly we found the other one, after looking all over, but I'll probably keep this one or let him have it someday maybe. It's not my real set, but an "everyday" band type ring, my other is "put away". I now actually have three of these things. One he got me, one I got myself, and now this one, only the newest one "fits" decently,which is why I lost them to begin with...OK, I'm terrible on jewerly these days. But yes, I've been into "Christmas" for weeks now.

I don't think there will be a Christmas in our house this year. With being separated it makes everything very awkward! As long as I can do something for Elsie I will be happy! 

It is so hard cause I love Christmas and big celebrations.