Darn it, Rob, I forgot the potatoes! (grin) Actually, I've been putting that box together for a while and it was Cathy (mustangs) who gave me your address. I got the Cream Nut peanut butter and the Sanders topping, then I thought it needed maple syrup. So I got some and then I decided to add the salsa and then I had to wait for ripe habaneros to make the Habanero Gold and, well, I got busy and.....well.....it took a lot longer than I had envisioned, LOL. Arlene, I still have maple syrup for your DH too, my life has gone nuts lately, but I've got it, really I do. Robin, I'm glad I could provide a smile, so many here have done the same for me that it's good to be able to pay it forward a little bit. Hug that little guy for me. Annie

Gifts are good to give out to others due to they can be used for shopping at stores for only they can know and buy what they like. Grocery gift cards are a good one too, in fact if grandparents are doing the cooking all the time for these expensive meals, I see them here and that is a huge cost for them, help them by giving them gift cards for those and not break their budget or go without after its all over, food has become hugely expensive and hard to buy at times. Gas gift cards for those driving cars. Restaurants, book stores, there are such a variety of gift cards that can be bought and what they like and can choose what they like themselves. But think of ones you are giving gift cards and will they use them as all many not like them or not go out and about to use them. I caught this show where they were talking about gift cards and one loves them so much for everything from going to movies, to food, to gas, to shopping all those things to do. Another said she has a huge pile of them and hates them, feels they are a unthought gift. Another said she likes to actually open up a gift given. I tried that with my brother and sil years ago as I couldn't afford their expensive taste so thought I would give card where they shopped back then and they hated them said that is an unthought gift. There are many that are hard to buy for and you give up then as they aren't happy with anything. I would love to have something like grocery gift card, bookstore gift card, for me those are useful and great gifts to have but I have no one to give anything like that to me except if I do it to myself. LOL kathy

I have every birthday, greeting, holiday cards and letters I received since the day I was born. Even all the notes we passed in highschool. Sometimes I pull them out and look at them. I remember how all the stores sold the same Hallmarks cards at the time and you received a lot of the same card. Love seeing the signatures and sentiments from family and friends that have passed. I keep them all in a big box. My sister used to write on the back of my cards when I received them when I was a kid. I was always told to date my cards when sending them out which I still do today. I remember once my nieces asked why I was saving them and I laughed and said to show that I was loved. My nieces never knew the large family I used to be surrounded by since most of them had passed before they were born.

Why don't you post your question up here. I am not nearly as glazing intelligent as Oberon is, but I can probably tell you what he would say and the contributing pros here on the forum know STC questions about to some degree as he does (mostly from reading his posts).