Santa, dear, thanks for letting me know -- but spreading out the season will make Christmas all the more enjoyable. (AND I'll be listening to Kendall's CD which you so generously sent me early!)

We've been in the dark (well, nothing new about that) since last Thursday night -- six days without electricity, phone, running water, etcet etcet -- AND WITHOUT MUDCAT!!!!) and the Great Ice Storm of 2008. (Just part of some 440,000 customers without power in New Hampshire.) The power just came back on about an hour ago.

By the way, sometimes went prezzies ARE sent Air Mail, the postal authorities get confused and send them surface anyway. Sigh. Happened to packages we sent a few years back, both sent air mail and at the same time and one (to Leadfingers) arrived in a few days. Poor Rumanci had to wait for about a month and a half. No postal elves were ever fired for that -- nor did we ever get an explanation, apology or refund of the extra postage.

Linn