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Sheri, I'll bet your frosting could win awards. My wife is prone to start apologizing before the first bites of her delicious cooking pass our lips. But it always turns out to be yummy. You just keep cooking. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheri Harper" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:50 AM Subject: Re: Holidays > Hi, I know exactly what you are going through, but I have also > decided that things need not always stay the same way. I bake what > I can and yes the frosting is not that great, but it can still be > eaten and enjoyed. I always did these fancy wraped presents, that > is not so easy either, but once again life is not about a perfect > wraped present. Be kind to yourself and don't sweat the small > stuff, life will go on and everyone will still enjoy Christmas! > > Sheri Harper > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Monica Bolin <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:53:50 +0000 > Subject: Holidays > > > Me and my Martha Stewart ways will have to change! For years I have > made > homemade candy at least 10 different kinds of hand dipped chocolates > and > other types of candy, three kinds of cookies and up to 12 pies at > Christmas. > Then all the typical decorations (she would be proud) and the > properly > wrapped presents that have a theme, i.e. the bow or decoration > matches the > theme of the wrapping (an angel on the angel wrap, etc.) The 8-foot > tree > with all the trimmings from my 30 year old's kindergarten reindeer > to my 11 > year old's cub scout ornament. All of the painstakingly handmade > ornaments > that I have made each year are added to the tree. But the hand > strung > popcorn is not. > This year I find I can not stand long enough to dip the chocolates, > and they > are not without mistakes due to the shaking. The hand decorated > Christmas > cookies with 7 different frostings, all different colors and > flavors, sit > partially decorated in a tin until I can get to them, again, when I > am > relatively able to do it without much shaking. The packages sit in > the > closet, waiting for the finishing touches, the bows, the tags and > all. (I > hope I don't forget who they are for when I can get to them again!) > The > lights are partially up, and not at all finished, the nativity set > is still > in the box, but the manger is out-empty and beckoning. > I have only so much energy and good hours to use! How will I ever > finish > before Christmas comes? Well, I must decide which things are not > necessary, > not important, or not needed. Already the children are complaining > that > Christmas isn't like it used to be, with so many "shortcuts"! What > am I > going to do? > Monica > P.S. Thanks, Dee, for the insight! I had just written this to send > to you > all, as I'm sure you have all been at this point. I am still getting > used to > the idea. > > > > > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >>mailto:[log in to unmask] >>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn