Good Afternoon all&#33; The cookie factory is now closed for another year. DD came this morning and we finished&#33; Yipee&#33; This crazy tradition started with my mother……..she used to bake and give the cookies to neighbors……now I just give to a few but everyone has their favorites so we make many kinds. My back and knees are killing me&#33; <br /><br />I love my DD but she sprung on me that her BF is coming Christmas Eve. Guess who doesn’t have a gift for him……..guess I’m going shopping tomorrow morning. Yuck&#33;<br /><br />Congrats Jackie &amp; Tony on the birth of Luc Antonio&#33; What a cutie&#33; Hope Candace is doing well. <br /><br />Ed that is some wild weather your having&#33; Of course they were only too pleased to show it here on the local news. LOL Glad your getting the car serviced before you hit the road.<br /><br />Carmen great customer service from Crate and Barrel&#33; I’ll have to remember that.<br /><br />Congrats Keith &amp; Rita on getting to the SDM status&#33;&#33;&#33; Woo Hoo&#33; Won’t be long till we sail on the Emerald.<br /><br />Deb both my kids will be sleeping here Christmas Eve as well as my parents so we can have our Mickey pancakes for breakfast and then open gifts.  Then she’ll be splitting her time between the BF and her apartment. Hope your cookies come out well.<br /><br />Happy Birthday Shari&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Hi Andrea, Kevin, Cheryl, Joey, Tonia, Falina, Sue, Joey and anyone I may have missed. Hope everyone has a great evening&#33;<br />