Robert, glad to see you back online - and your sense of humor is still intact.  We will be holding you in our hearts and prayers while you undergo your treatments.  Well, the tree is up and the lights are on it and that is as far as I am going today. Tomorrow I will do the beading and the ribbons and maybe by Sunday I will be ready to start putting ornaments on.  We usually go to church on Sat. night so I will only be working on it in the morning and early afternoon tomorrow.  I think all the stores were busy today - we didn&#39;t do any Christmas shopping but did have to run to Radio Shack and also Home Depot and both were very crowded.  My m-i-l called me last night and said some stores in NYC was opening yesterday afternoon and weren&#39;t going to close at all throughout the weekend and she was thinking us girls could grab a flight today and take off for a few days of shopping.  I told her that was the last thing I wanted to do but her and my sister in laws should go and have a good time.  I don&#39;t think she got any takers as one of my S-i-l&#39;s son is getting married in 2 weeks and everyone is busy with the holidays also.   Well, think I am going to go and watch a movie with Greg.  I bought &quot;Click&quot; the other day so gonna&#39; go pop some popcorn and pop in the DVD...