donna

Thanks, b! I think this is my favorite of ours so far. A funny story (at least to me) about the tree. My roommate David and I are the ones who decorate it each year. David and I do the lights and beads and I do most of the ornaments because I have gobs of them. John and Simonia each have a few ornaments (and now, of course, my nephew, too) that they put on, then they let David and I go to work. Usually we put a little tinsel on the tree, too, but we decided tinsel would take away from the tree, so we skipped it. A couple days after we'd finished, David reported that John and Simonia had gently asked him when we were going to finish the tree! Ha--I think they were hoping for a little more glitz! So I added a few more things, maintaining the integrity of the "theme" and giving J&S a little more pizazz. I think everybody is happy now. That. Orrrr, John & Simonia just gave up. heh heh