Well, Barb'ry, I confess, I sent your items. But I had help--that wonderful crochet shawl was made by Mmario and I bought it in an auction last year. I see he has turned out some more--an auction closed earlier this month on another beauty.

I opened my gift today from my Secret Santa--Rock Chick!!--and found a marvelous fat collection of limericks! They're tongue twisters--I stumbled through a few before the kids insisted on scanning the book and trying a few. This is a great little book and remarkably appropriate for someone from my family:

The limerick's callous and crude,
Its morals distressingly lewd;
It's not worth the reading
by persons of breeding -
It's designed for us vulgar and rude.

Thank you so much!

I've discovered that it probably wouldn't have worked to try shipping a DVD from the UK--the formats are different between the machines in the different countries (this is in reference to a note in the card tucked in with the gift.) Books work anywhere!

SRS