Good morning all.  Boy, I wish Jason hadn&#39;t put those advertisments on the forum.  I just saw the one for the Cruise IQ game and of course, I had to order it.  Scotty called me yesterday afternoon and at first it startled me, because he kept saying &quot;Grandma, you have to come to I-70 &amp; Kipling&quot;.  I kept asking him why and he would just say &quot;you have to come now&quot;.  I finally asked him if his mommy was near and could I talk to her.  I knew he must be with her because she lives at I-70 and Kipling and it is nowhere near where my son lives.  She laughed and said that they were at Target and he saw the Darth Vader/Death Star Transformer he has been wanting for a while.  He asked her if they could get it and she said no, that at &#036;60, it was too expensive.  A few minutes later, he told her he really needed to talk to his Noni (me).  She had no idea that was what he was going to tell me.  He wanted me to come over there and get it right then before someone else bought it.  I ended up going online and finidng it for &#036;50.  Yes, I know we spoil him terribly, but it is Christmas.  Okay, I am using that for an excuse, I would have bought it anyway&#33;&#33;&#33;  Happy Birthday to both TJ and to Maria&#39;s son-in-law.  Hope you have good times celebrating.  Tonia, anything new from the attorney?  Steve, retirement is great - I did it almost 3 yrs. ago, at 47, and my only regret was that I didn&#39;t do it sooner.  Jackie, hope Gucci is feeling better - since you were gone for a month to Africa, she must have wondered if she was being left long term again.  So glad she got to come home after a short time.  Joey, glad you made it home safely.  I am looking forward to hearing about your first experience at solo cruising.  Carmen, I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.  I honestly think you will be very happy you had it done, but the thought of surgery is always daunting.   Sue and Tonia, do you have a Kong for your dogs?  Bucky and Sadie love them, I fill them with dog treats and peanut butter and they will literally spend hours at a time trying to get the thing emptied.  Well, gonna&#39; go finish my housework so I can spend the afternoon watching Christmas movies.  It is a cold, snowy day so I do not plan to set foot outside the house today.  Have a wonderful weekend Crazies...