OhmigodI'msogladtheForumisbackup!!!!!!! NOW I can set my Secret St. Nick's mind at ease: my present arrived safe and sound (I think... is it supposed to be squishy with cylindrical lumps?) (Marigolds would be squishy, but definitely not hard and cylindrical!)! I picked up the package at the post office yesterday! HOORAY!!! :^) :^) :^) :^) :^)

Presently (ha ha!) the gift is residing comfortably in the toe of an oversized knit stocking, waiting for Christmas Day where I won't see it every day and be tempted to open it before then. Unfortunately, I don't have a mantel to hang it from, so it's hanging from a freestanding shelf unit, on the top shelf of which is my Advent music-box tree (a small artificial tree that rotates on a base with little numbered drawers, each of which contains a tiny ornament to hang on the tree for each of the 24 days leading up to The Big Day)... so technically my present is under my tree! Maybe, when I make room for the larger tree, I can transfer the pressie; but for now the situation works for me!

Thanks again, SS (or SSN), for taking the time to find a gift and going to the expense of sending it overseas! Now, remember, don't go telling me who you are just yet, because I want to wait until Christmas Day to find out!

Sharon

***COUNTDOWN: 28 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS***