Oh, you guys are all so kind! Linda (doucanoe) I'll check my email next. Thank you! LindaC, you are so sweet to offer. I have cable internet, is that fast enough? AnnT, I'd be so indebted to you if I could get another copy of your cookbooks. I don't want any of you to tie up your computer or go to a lot of time and trouble. I forgot that I've saved several recipes on that feature "My Clippings" so I'm good for some stuff. I think I have Ann's scone recipe there. I'll have to go look. Thanks again for everyone's kindness! It looks like I'll end up with even more wonderful recipes. Sally

I think it's a swell gift idea and would be pleased to find it in my stocking so I hope your gifts were received with good cheer, Lynn. My friend's son recently had his done and was tickled to find some Australian native DNA in his background. Scandinavian/German/Italian was all that was in the oral tradition of the family, so it was a neat surprise. Our family's Ancestry.com hobbyist received an email from a "surprise" cousin that we did not know we had, after several family members' DNA was registered. Photos were exchanged and yes, there is no way to deny the blood kinship--he looks just like the rest of us, poor fellow. The generation of folks who might have been shocked/hurt by this surprise family member are all gone, and I am glad for him that his lifelong question of paternity could be answered. I can see that it might be awkward for younger families who find out they have siblings they never heard of, but I'm a fan of sunlight in dark family corners-- and I also think it's time that some kinds of families stop acting like those situations never happen "among our kind of people", lol. I also had my dog's DNA done and I'm getting our newer dog's done, too. Very fun to find out what went into these rescue/shelter mutts we love.

Jakabedy, thanks for that great information about the show! Even though I haven’t watched “Breaking Bad“ or “Better Call Saul”, it’s good to know more about the part that takes place here by me. So, this is supposed to be Mexico? Interesting! And, although I’m not familiar with either of the two actors you mentioned (except for their somewhat familiar names-LOL) , I have passed all your info onto my family and friends who were also curious. We all send our thanks!

I really identify with this story. During the pandemic my husband was working in another state and I was home alone in a house with 9ft ceilings and a dozen smoke alarms. I start being woken up in the night by chirping. I'm wandering around the house stopping at each alarm, trying to figure out which one is beeping. I then discover my small ladder isn't tall enough for me to reach the ceilings. So I go buy another slightly taller one so I can reach the ceilings without trying to haul in our heavy very tall ladder on my own. I replace all of the batteries. And still, middle of the night "chirp, chirp". I finally narrow the sound down to somewhere in the basement but I cannot for the life of me figure out where the d*** smoke alarm is! I've replaced the batteries for every single smoke alarm I can find in the basement and still, middle of the night, "chirp, chirp". FINALLY I realize that there is a carbon monoxide detector plugged into the base of wall in the furnace room, hidden behind a stack of new furnace filters. I think it took me weeks to find it. When the house would get cold at night the battery would get too low and cause it to chirp, but it wouldn't do it in the daytime when I could more easily search for it. I've heard stories of people going in their elderly relatives' homes and finding smoke alarms chirping away and the homeowners either oblivious or so used to the sound they didn't even notice it anymore.