Cards! Lights! Toys! Oh My!

I did it! Finally, all the Christmas volunteer cards are out! The scary part... I know I missed someone. If that someone is reading this, I am so sorry. There were well over 200 and (obviously without thinking) I mailed them in three sets, so I never did a complete head count.

Christmas...
It's almost over. Usually, I'm a little more bummed about this fact, but for some reason it doesn't feel like we ever got started! Don't get me wrong, we've been doing the holiday thing. We went to the Trail of Lights at Zilker, bought a Gingerbread House kit (it's not together yet, but it's there), attended Christmas parties and decorated the inside and outside of the house. OK, OK, the outside only has two net lights over the bushes and one on the big tree that doesn't work yet, but again... it's there! It's totally the thought that counts, right?

Strangely enough there is one more thing that makes me sad about this Christmas... there were no toys on the boys' Christmas Lists this year. Gone are the days of Hot Wheels and Ninja Turtles. Have you any idea the difference in price between those little cars and a Pocket PC? Several hundred dollars, now multiply that by three... can you feel my pain?
Seriously, I have to say that they aren't greedy kids, it's just a reality of life.

Now the big test. I'm getting ready to sign out and post this. I have no idea if the spacebar is working yet. It looks fine on here, but then again, so did the other one and most of the wordsreadlikethis,howannoying.

Hope you are all having an amazing Christmas.
BTW That's Christmas, not holiday or just season.
No worries, you won't find me protesting in front of WalMart, I just think it's stupid to change it.