There was no name on the card, so I don't know who to thank.

It's either Buffista-given, or I'm being stalked. I'm gonna go with the happy answer.

Thank you so much for the flowers. Couldn't have been better timed -- my physical therapist just finished sapping my will to live even more than I thought him capable.

And no, they do not smell, thank you for the attention to detail. The do, however, look, and are pleasing to the eye.

Plus, many buds, so it looks like they'll be pretty for a while.

Again, thank you so much. They're beautiful.

A Katie-shaped elf dropped off a package at my house today. When I wasn't home. And my family won't let me open it. No fair.

You're welcome, msbelle. I'm so glad you like it.

Merry Christmas everyone! See you guys next week!

ewww.

No, that's a sheep.

I got an adorable Jess & DH card, too--with a Ralf stamp! I love Ralf. And it's a great picture of Jess and E.

Also cards from SA, AmyLiz, Dani, DX, and a Happy Moosemas card from Katie, despite my protestations that cards would not be forthcoming from me this season. Thanks, and lovely holidays to us all!

Man, now I feel bad. I think I'll send a bunch of cards in the spring to the folks I have addresses for and would otherwise have sent Christmas cards to. In fact, anyone I don't have an addreess for right now, feel free to e me and you'll be in the group. I'm figuring mid-Feb, when the X-mas glow has worn off and people need a pick-me-up.

Brenda, my deal is, I send a handwritten note to anyone who sent us holiday cards...sometime after New Year's. Which have been as late as... oh, Easter? Unexpected, right?

Reminds me, to everyone who sent me a card, please to forgive me not doing cards, myself. Thing is, the list got out of hand to the point where, just signing them, I used the small amount of non-MS impacted flesh i've still got, and was pretty much unable to use a keyboard for a few days afterward.

I will, however, be doing leisurely baking and sending. AFTER the holidays.

ita, I think the flowers may have been sent instead of a goat. Guesswork, but it's sound reasoning....

w00t!!! I have been Secret Santa-d, and but good!

AmyLiz sent a box full of treasures, each with a sparkly tag: scented candles (one "snow" so I'll have some this year, one "cookies" which is yum), cookie-scented lip balm, wonderful-smelling orange and patchouli body scrub and a loofah mitt (made by Bathery, which made me think Elizabeth Bathory, but that's probably just me).

But wait, there's more! She read my mind somehow - I had just rearranged and cleaned my office, probably the first time it's been cleaned in 20 years, and 4 different people came through and said "That's what this place needed: a woman's touch!" Yeah, I got your woman's touch right here, pal. But I actually did want something a little feminine for my desk space. AmyLiz provided wonderful post-its, large and tiny, with colorful gerber daisies on them...AND a pink CD holder. Which is more mind-reading, as I have a stereo in my office, but no small case to carry CDs in.

Then, just to make it all perfectly sweet, she included a CD of Christmas music in the CD case (good choices too!), and two tiny friends for Mallory - a puppy and a kitty that are just the right size for him.

And the centerpiece was Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" which I have been wanting to read forever!

AmyLiz, you indeed rock like a rocking thing. Thank you so much!

I can't believe it got there in time, Raq! So glad it did, and that it made you so happy -- I had so much fun putting it together. Being a secret Santa is a very good thing. You're very welcome!