Dave Smith wrote:
> We are moving into high gear getting ready the kid to come home for
> Christmas and for holiday guests. I started earlier this week with a
> major kitchen clean-up, including the oven, a massive clean-up of my
> basement. Since I was going to have to make a trip to the dump anyway
> I leaned out my bedroom closet and some drawers. Today I tackled the
> family room, especially my little computer corner. I threw out boxes
> and boxes of old floppy disks, old application manuals, printer
> ribbons, expansion boards etc.

Great job, and getting rid of all that clutter is like a breath
of fresh air. You've inspired me to clean out a few drawers
myself. I really don't know how stuff accumulates the way
it does.

> I went out and bought a nice Christmas tree and set it up. Then I
> tackled some baking. I made a batch of brownies and some chocolate
> chip cookies. While they were baking I decorated the tree.
>
> So now I have 8 loaves of fruit cake and a batch of brownies for the
> holidays. Over the next few days I plan to make some mince meat tarts
> and some shortbread. I am thinking of doing the Scottish shortbread
> that I did last year. I liked that stuff.

Wow. I'm impressed.

nancy