Happy Elf and Cat's Afire!

As you certainly know, it tends to get a little crazy between the end of October and January first. In addition to the usual holiday shopping, I have kept busy making paper for wedding invitations, jewelry for my daughters, and marbled paper for no good reason whatsoever.

Now that things are starting to wind down, I find myself needing to write, and wanting to tell you just a little about our Christmas vacation this year. But I still don't have much time, so I'd better hurry.

On Christmas day, I realized my family life could easily make up a series logic puzzles. You know the ones that say things like "Harry had three events to attend over the holiday season. His friends were named John, Sally, and Pete. They lived in Dover, Dallas and Denver. The parties were on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday...you get the drift. So, briefly, I'd like to tell you my Christmas day puzzle:

Deborah has five daughters. Some came home for Christmas, one lived in town and one could not leave home. They all gave their men presents. Three were hand made gifts. Which husband slept on the Ab Lounger throughout dinner, which one cried when he saw his handmade gift, which daughter was pregnant, and which one caught the cat's tail on fire?

I'll have to make that into a bunch of puzzles on day, if I can find out how to do it so it would work! In the meantime, let me assure you that the cat is fine. One person suggested we rename him "Singe", but the cat didn't find that suggestion humorous or attractive in any way.

Meanwhile, I just wanted to say hello and post a couple of photos of our first white Christmas here in Hickory. (No, it didn't snow on Christmas; it rained. However, we had snow on the ground, so we figure that counts!)

Happy Holidays! And a Blessed New Year!

deber
Oh, yeah. The cat's fine. His fur is so thick it hardly singed the top. He was just mad we made him get off the table.