wow -  busy day.<br /><br />First we took all the &quot;empties&quot; to the bottle depot - DH needs his alowance lol....then to the discount place a few doors down - I spent his allowance and then some lol.<br /><br />Then off to drop of some old computers at the recycle place...then to Payless to take some shoes back...then to the SPCA.....<br /><br /><br />We dropped off some food and goodies for the &quot;inmates&quot; and some chocolates for the &quot;keepers&quot;.  And, of course, we had to go say hi to all of the tail waggers.  Good thing we don&#39;t live on acreage or the car would have been full of new faces &#33;  Hard to resist when they all look so sad.<br /><br />Tomorrow it&#39;s lunch with friends then a stop in to the grocery store to get some baking supplies.<br /><br />Now for my Gingerbread House Story ... and it ain&#39;t pretty LOL.<br /><br />I wanted to make one from scratch so I made the dough, and rolled it and cut it out the the exact measurements - but, for some reasons the walls came out lopsided.  So I made a batch of icing and laid it on really thick - but it didn&#39;t hold together.  So being the crafty lady that I am - I got out the trusty glue gun and glued the dang thing together, coverd the glue with icing and it looked great.<br /><br />We put it out for Santa and the reindeer on Christmas Eve ..... so the kids would get excited that Santa had eaten some of it, my husband bit of a big chunk and chewed, and chewed and chewed - then finally spit.  Got to admit it was pretty funny.  But it put me off the house thing forever. :o)<br /><br />Anyway - off to put the flannel sheets on the bed - right out of the warm drier - and I&#39;m crawling right in there to finish the &quot;Santa Cruise&quot;.<br /><br />Take care.