I'm dreaming of...oh, hey, look at that.

My folks in OH have low 40s today.  Here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, we're in the 30s (headed for high 30s).  And wouldya look at that - we have a white Christmas!  The kiddos LOVED watching it snow yesterday afternoon and evening.

Merry Christmas!!

Significantly diminished list to the right...

Savvy readers will notice that the "blogs I visit" sidebar gadget has lessened.  By quite a bit.  I finally checked out Google Reader, and lo, I like.  So the blogs I could subscribe to a feed for in that way, I did.  The list contains those I couldn't find a RSS feed subscribe button thinger for.  Might still be some way to subscribe to them through the reader, and if I find it, then you'll see the list decrease even more.

...not a crucial update, just an FYI. :D

Target gift card update

Target refunded my aunt the cost of the gift card (yay!), as it had not been used. They also disabled/blocked the card number so that it won't be usable by whoever has it.

Of course, after my little angry spout post, it occurred to me that the envelope may simply have come open en route to our house, and the gift card fell out - and that a *nice* USPS employee noticed the open envelope and tucked the envelope flap so that the Christmas card wouldn't be lost (having no idea that there had been a gift card inside).

Hopefully *that's* what happened (and heck, it probably IS what happened).

*If* it isn't, well, at least the person isn't going to be able to use the card after all, and my aunt's replacement gift to Patrick arrived safely.

Merry Christmas, idjit.

To the moron who stole the gift card intended for my son out of his Christmas card:

Bet you didn't plan on my aunt having written the gift card number down. She'll be calling Target with that number to put a stop on it.

Enjoy.

Jerk.

Calla on the computer

She looks pretty serious about what she's doing, doesn't she?

Wow. Incredible accordion skills.

YAY for an A!

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