Hi Everyone! I have ten from Rich's family coming here starting this Wed. I am really looking forward to it but I have been pretty busy trying to get ready. Beds for sixteen is a trick! It has been cold here for GA. We may see some flurries on Sunday or Monday. I hope everyone has a great time with family and friends. We can all commiserate when we get on the January diet and get healthy kick!

hi, it is cold here this morning but it will warm up and i will go do xmas shopping and ?? work is slowing down and people that i work with are disappearing until after the holidays. it seems early, but i think it is because the co. i work for did okay this year after 3 bad years. only one guy lost his job this year. i will be doing a new job starting jan. 1 (at the same place) and i will travel a little more. i will manage people again after a two year (very welcome) break. and snowbaording?? next friday for sure! sugarbush is selling tickets for $5.50 for xmas eve skiing. hope you are all getting ready for some relaxation with your families and friends.

Great Richard. Please send a cd. Would love to view it and give feedback to you. My address in in the note to Pat just before yours. If you miss it let me email you the address. Looking forward to it!

Sounds like everybody is busy, busy, busy. I am trying to get everything ready to fly down to Raleigh NC on Sunday for the birth of my granddaughter. My husband unfortunately couldn't get the time off during the holiday season to come with me. Hopefully, he'll miss me enough for 2 weeks he'll remember to come to the airport and pick me up! Luckily I will miss the last three days of hectic Kindergarten. The little darlings will be really wound up next week. We have been making and creating those lovely gifts that parents treasure for years.....hopefully. May everyone cherish your families and their memories. Happy thoughts to all of you.

Thanks, Roland. My woodworking method is especially good for wood from Georgia. Just kidding, it is good for any wood that can be glued. That means any wood from North America. There are qute a few tropical woods that are difficult to glue. My first target for a building project is something at the scale of a small cottage or large out building. If you have MS Powerpoint i can send you a cd that shows what it is about. We have snow, at last, in Burlington. I haven't made it out snowboarding yet but will go between xmas and new years and maybe a day before then. At times last summer, I thought it felt like winter (like the whole stinkin summer!!), but this is definitely different. Be good, have fun.