A Wonderful Christmas

What a wonderful first Christmas with our precious granddaughter. She's 5 months old and just got her first tooth the day before Christmas!

Jim took J-Me and JC to a portrait studio on the 23rd for them to have a surprise portrait made for JRson. She gave us several different sizes of the different poses. They're wonderful. I need to have them framed and hung.

We went to J-Me's in-laws for Christmas dinner. It was fabulous -- lots and lots of food and desserts. After dinner, we relaxed awhile, then more family came over and we had 2 tables of cards going on: Onze (spelling?? Supposed to be French for "eleven"). I'm not a card player, but I definitely enjoyed this game.

Jim and I went shopping on Friday to Stein Mart ... hit their post-Christmas sale. I got a BUNCH of new clothes (jackets, pants, tops) for $79!! His bill came to almost $300 -- none of his stuff was on sale! Go figure! Then we went back on Saturday because when we returned home, I checked my emails and discovered Stein Mart had sent me an email with their class action lawsuit discount on purchases. Everything was "returned" and repurchased = savings of $60!! Definitely worth the trip back. Normally, Jim would have told me I'd waste more $$ driving back and going through the hassle of returning items, but he had to agree, $60 is $60. What irritated me is that I'd never gotten the email before even though this discount began November 3rd. Oh well, it's done now!

The group cruise I've got booked for January 25th had suffered 2 cancellations...one client is in cardiac intensive care, the other client cancelled due to declining health of her mother-in-law. For now I've released one cabin back to RCCLs inventory, but the other cabin I'm holding on to for a couple days desperately trying to find someone who could go with us. I have to give up this price -- it's $700 below RCCLs price: $1328.26 for 2 people and then a $50 onboard ship credit from me. That's $91 per person per day (7 days) for all the food, fun & entertainment you can stand!! Pass the word -- but let me know ASAP -- I can't hold onto this much longer.

Love to all,
LeAnne