OK, Joann.... Cherbo....Feb. 3 Carolyn...Feb. 4 Carol in CA...Feb. 5 Sandra Maine Feb. 8 des arc ya ya..Feb. 8

I'll be adding these later Bigack. (Susan). fran1523 Fran from Massachusetts. Gadgets Shirley/Ohio Hayjud_MN Central Minnesota itsmesuzq (Susan) from Palm Desert, California linda_6 Linda from PA maxmom (Nancy) from Tuscaloosa, Alabama renee_b RosemaryT from Norfolk, VA. secsteve from Dover, DE susan_on Susan from Southern Ontario. Whidbey Kathy/ Whidbey Island WA

1 .Hgl_Gayle Marie 2. Phyllis_mn 3. Monica_Pa 4. Cheryl_ok 5. Kathsgrdn 6. Stoneybaloney 7. Janie_ga 8. Millburn_jn_po_mom 9. Liira Lynn_d Terilyn Jasdip Minnie in TX Marilyn Sue Jackie Ok Wanda_va Gabby girl Pattico Maryanntx Marilyn_c 21.Joann_fla Vickey MN Toni NE Kat WA 25.Mama Toad Daisy_3gardner Sjars 28 cathy id Country_sunshine Cherryfizz 31 mrsmarv Mickey15 Murraysmom Mariend Lean2800 Ont. gal Tami Those willing to exchange with Tara are: Me Jamie_La Marilyn_Sue Murraysmom Lynn_d Stoneybaloney Cheryl_ok Liira Kathsgrdn Susie53 Pattico Marilyn_c Terilyn Carolyn (countrysunshine) Jackie ok Phyllis mn Jannie, are you saying you will exchange with Tara? I now know why I had some on the list and some not. I totally forgot that I saved my list to a flash drive before we went on vacation. I was working off of two seperate lists that didn't match!!!! It's now all fixed. I have gone thru both lists, corrected and re-saved. They now match.! Sorry for all the confusion. That is why Ont_gal didn't find herself on the list and mrsmarv wasn't on the list. We now have 37 on the list counting me!!! If we get 3 more we will have 4 groups of ten and at least 16 signed up to exchange with rileyireland (Tara) Thank you all who have helped me keep track. And thank you to those who have extended a hand to Tara. Tami ....who will also post this on the reminder thread!

I had a very good but very busy Christmas. Ours started the weekend before Christmas and lasted until Christmas Day. We are season pass holders to Busch Gardens and Sea World so the Sat before Christmas we went to Sea World and saw their Christmas display and show, the next day we went to Trans Siberian Orchestra concert where we had great floor seats. (this is a yearly tradition, been seeing them for 15 years now) That morning I felt like I was coming down with something and sure enough during the concert I really started feeling bad which made it hard to enjoy the last half of the concert. It took everything I had not to be ill during the concert but on the way out of the concert hall I just could not take it and had to run to the nearest restroom. I was soooo sick, even though I don't drink I bet people thought I had had to much to drink at the concert when I ran to the rest room. My sons birthday was also the week of Christmas and even though I was really not feeling well I cooked his birthday dinner as I do every year. He wanted a Mexican Fiesta so I made Tacos, Fajitas, homemade pico de gallo and all the fixings. He really enjoyed and appreciated it. This was his 30th Birthday so no matter how bad I felt I wanted to make sure we celebrated it. I took Tuesday and Wed and kinda moped and thought I recovered a bit then I started working on our Christmas desserts. I made Lemon Meringue pie for my dad, Banana Cream Pie for my son and 2 Cobblers one peach and one cherry. Sat night we went to Busch Gardens for their Christmas Town and enjoyed their Christmas display and then Sunday on Christmas eve we celebrated our Christmas with dinner and gifts. I made a Spiral Ham, Scalloped potatoes, my sons favorite butter and onion potatoes, roasted squash, cauliflower and roasted some green beans for those of use who are trying to eat low carb. Christmas morning we were all up by 6 am and on our way to Orlando for our new Christmas tradition since moving back to Florida, spending the day at Universal Studios. So much fun!! Tuesday was a sad day as we had to go pick up my room mates mothers ashes and unfortunately what ever bug I had been fighting kicked in with a vengeance, I was in bed at 8pm and didn't get up until Wed morning at 9am. Of course everyone decided before I got sick that this year would be a great year to have a New Year's Eve party so for the past couple of days I have been shampooing carpets sick as a dog with my new rug shampooer I bought myself for Christmas. Up until yesterday my illness was stomach related and then yesterday morning I woke up with a darn cough, sore throat and runny nose on top of everything else. Today I am trying to finish cleaning and tomorrow I will get all the cooking done for tomorrow night and Monday and Tuesday I can finally rest an allow myself to be sick. I think I have ran myself so ragged and I have issues with my immune system anyways that my body is just telling me to rest, finally.