I am definitely cutting back on what I spend on Christmas this year and I plan to do most of my shopping online. Rosebud- it sounds like you have a nice tradition.

We had a little bit of snow in Pennsylvania, about 2 weeks ago. It barely coated the grass, but my friend's 2 boys, ages 6 & 8, were able to make a small snowman. I hope we get some snow at Christmas when my 3 year old granddaughter will be visiting from Florida. She has already called me and says she hopes to see snow when she comes. Last week my daughter took her to the science museum in Fort Lauderdale where they had an exhibit with artificial snow for the Florida kids to play in. My daughter was laughing when she told me about how she stood in line with her daughter to give her a few minutes in some snow that was dirty from so many kids. Although I live in se Pennsylvania where we don't get much snow, my kids grew up in upstate NY where we had a lot of snow.

My prayers are with Laura.