If your visit should include any southward sliding down the coast, I'd be happy to tour-guide you through the cradle of democraxy.

Aw, thanks! But I think the furthest we're going is Cape Cod. I'm also trying to convince DH that we should go via Reykjavik.

I'll email you the in-laws addy presently. Yay presents!

I used to spend every summer on the Cape. Just love it.

Raykjavik could be fun. I wonder if they are still doing that 'free overnight' promotion.

Free overnights you say? Hm. Yeah, we're totally going to Reykjavik.

Yeah, if you fly Icelandic you connect through Reyjkavik, and they'll let you extend the connection by a couple or three days to give you some time to play there at no charge.

Except for the hotel and meals charges, which ain't cheap.

Totally worth it though, if you can afford it.

Secret Santa players: if your gift wasn't sent or received yet, you should have an e-mail from me (and if you don't, could you please ping me at my profile address? I'd hate to think I missed someone and spoil the game for them).

There are five people who are still giftless. Some, as I could see from posts above, have that being taken care of. Some are at different stages of that, but I'm sure nobody will remain giftless - worst case scenario, they will give a "bigger" meaning to the word "slacker".

I'm assuming something happened with my Santa as well—I never received a package or word of what went awry.

I had a moment of terror that I had, perhaps, completely forgotten to send mine... then I realized that you were my gifter, not my giftee. Sometimes I get confused like that.

libkitty is the best stand-in Sekrit Santa a girl could hope for! There's a pair of beautiful pomegranate seed earrings (OMG, love!), Alaskan tea, a very fun and fuzzy pink princess-y mirror, and a few other things lovingly placed in the box of goodies that made me think, "My cup, she doth overfloweth."

Thank you so much! It's a wonderful April-mas present.

I'm so glad to hear that you got the box, Maria, and gladder still to hear that you like it. When I read that you like pomegranates, I thought of this jewelry right away, that I had seen in some local craft shows. It took some librarian skills and tenaciousness to track them down, since they are apparently not in any store, but I was hoping that they would be just right. And as soon as I saw it, I knew that the mirror had to go to a buffista.

My sister is divorcing the asshat.

I traded one deadbeat roommate for one roommate extraordinaire... and his deadbeat brother. Fortunately both of them are super hot and neither has a skanky, whiny girlfriend. Also: even though one person moved out and two people moved in, all of our bills went down.

2007 can kiss my squishy white ass... I'm going to Disneyland!