Wheee! I just got a box from Ginger. There were presents for Tyrone, Aidan and me in it; some really lovely homemade treats, including little gingerbread men cookies, one of which has already lost his head to Kara's fierce teeth, all in a gorgeous box, and the whole thing packed in pink peanuts with red confetti shreds and green metal confetti wreaths. Greg has confiscated the goo-goo clusters. He's never eaten one and I've been meaning to buy one for him to try.

Thank you Ginger.

Kara put the presents under the tree. She thinks she's not getting anything else this year since I keep hiding the other boxes that have come in for everyone. Thanks too, to Lee and sj, who have made sure my children are going to look like no-longer-greedy little monsters on Christmas morning.

2004 was the year I met FAQ Girl. All other events in my life pale in significance.

AW! Loving the love. Happy holidays to you both, please send my best wishes to her.

Thanks Nora, and everyone. I will.

Thank you to my secret santa!! I got a package in the mail. I haven't opened anything yet because I'm trying to hold out until Christmas day.

But it arrived safe and sound. Thanks!!

Unlike Kat, I found another box from my sekrit santa (thank you, Laura!) awaiting when I got home. And I nearly cried when I started opening it. The first thing I unwrapped was a darling little tea cup in a pale green with a green leaf pattern around the rim. It so perfectly matches my living room set it's unbelievable. I immediately went and put it on the end table with the Tiffany lamp and carnival glass compote. I have to say, Laura must have a memory like a steel trap. I know my database survey says nothing about key lime, but I got key (west) lime jelly beans, and a jar of key lime marmalade, so she must have picked up on that when I was visiting San Francisco. I do remember having discussions about the perfect key lime pie while I was out there. Also, I now have a bottle of Chocolate Temptation, which I am dying to try. I'm trying to decide if I should just sip it, or figure out how to use it to make chocolate martinis. Last, but not least, I got three lovely hand-crafted glass ornaments for the tree that look like pieces of wrapped hard candy. I'm a real sucker for glass things. Thank you so much, Laura, this package was perfect.

Whee! I was just checking in to see if it arrived. I had already selected the other things when I saw the t-shirt that I couldn't resist. Enjoy! It was great fun to be your Santa!

::hopes her sesa stuff arrives soon::

I was just checking in to see if it arrived.

Don't ask me how the FedEx dude did it, either. I found a note on the downstairs security door from UPS for some stuff I ordered for Christmas from Lush. I expected to see a FedEx note too and was a little dissappointed when there wasn't one. Imagine my surprise when I got upstairs and saw a package sitting in front of my door! The FedEx man is magic around here, I guess.

Where can you see Santa? Only in Lapland!