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I got myself a nice outfit for my $10 off $10, plus a few dollars of my own money, at JCPenney. I called my aunt to see if she wanted to go (at 84 she is a little less game than before), and off we went. She also wanted to go to the Hickory Farms kiosk. They have the very best hot sweet mustard. So I got one, or two, or three for next year.

Then we stopped at one of my girlfriend's houses to drop off a Christmas card and an Amaryllis plant with instructions to "OPEN NOW". The first year I started giving her this plant at Christmas, she waited almost a month to pot it, then it was tall, bent, and ready to die. So now I enclosed specific instructions.

I like the mustard on grilled ham and cheese sandwiches. It truly makes that sandwich great.

I was so proud of my nephew last night. He was invited to dinner at the home of the little boy he knows who has cancer. When he hadn't checked in with me by 9:30, I called. He was just about home with the kid in tow, and told me the kid had to spend the night. So he called when he got home to say that the family had no oil, therefore no heat. I was ready to send my electric heater from my bathroom, and have him come raid the garage for the 2 out of there, but he told me the mother had to go to work, no one else would have been home. So he just took it upon himself to bring the kid home for the night. I was so touched.

Well ladies, I think that I want to start baking. I haven't done any, and there is tons that needs to be done. It will keep the house warm too.

Take care all!! Norma