[RosieCotton]

Good morning!

We got snow! Only a little, though. This is about the first year I can remember when we did NOT have a white Christmas. Pouring rain on Thursday took care of that. All I want for the rest of the days of Christmas is about a foot of snow, so I can go snowshoeing - and my boss can go snowmobiling so he's in a good mood. ;-)

Today is ROTK EE day! We've been so busy until now that I haven't seen it - I didn't want to watch it without the others for fear of reprisals. After one viewing, though, I'm gonna keep it to myself. Wanna check out the commentaries and all! And documentaries and interviews and artwork and...oh, everything! My preciousss...

Dad surprised me again last night...when we were over visiting that family, we had barely gotten in and settled and Dad said to EVERYONE "So, Teresa, did you tell eveyrone what Rosie gave you for Christmas?" And told them all about the book! I was so pleased that he's impressed, I just sat there smiling and blushing. Like I said, it is soooo cool to me that he is taking me fairly seriously on this, even if no one else does! And he's not one to pass out praise easily...so this is major for me.

Waiting for the roads to clear a bit and then I'm heading out to the house yet again for MORE food, MORE music, and later today, ROTK!

[2Jedismom]

How nice of your Dad!

We've all watched the first disk (Matthew got ROTK EE for Christmas) but we keep getting sidetracked in the second disk! We have GOT to get through it!

[SuziQ]

I'm pleased that your Dad likes the book. You know he's proud of you, and that Theresa likes the book. Those are the most important things! Were they able to incorporate Stephen's drawing in the book? I don't remember if you said whether or not they did.

We got about 5 inches of snow. It snowed from noon yesterday until almost 6 this morning. We could have gotten really hammered if there'd been any more to it. As it was, it was fairly thin, just long lasting. As much as I hate dealing with driving in it, it's lovely to watch coming down.

[300winmag]

If you have some Christmas funds left, here's something that may appeal to some of you. It's a $160 computerized long-gun vault being closed out for $30 at www.sportsmansguide.com, item AX5X-88412.

From the photos, it has an anchor point for a cable, along with a bracket for bolting to a wall stud, plus a carrying handle. There is also a key backup to go along with the computerized keypad.

I'm not sure if it's really as good as it looks, but I bought one for testing and evaluation. For a cost of $38 including shipping, I'm willing to risk it.