Thanks, Peggy.  Yeah, CDs are the way to go now because they are so easy to
load in those players that can play a whole stack of them like they used to
do with vinyl records when Brad and Phil were young.  Smile.  Tough to do
with cassettes. I plan on getting a CD player that does a stack at a time
some day.

Now that folks are telling me to keep the ceramic pup I'll have to think of
a name.  I'm afraid it's tough to tell gender on it unless I bring it to a
vet, so it will have to be a generic name.  Smile.

Lion wondering how to walk a cookie jar puppy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Kern" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: Wise Men


> My best gift was a CD of Handel's MESSIAH, which I'd been wanting.  I just
> had it on cassette, and now that CD's are the big thing around our house,
I
> figured it was time to update MESSIAH.  I also got my annual pair of
> slippers.  I can't think of any really bad gifts I've ever gotten.
>
> Paul, I think you should keep that cookie jar.  Your friends have the real
> dog, who needs more intention that what you could give;  so it's only fair
> that you get the cookie jar doggie.
>
> Peggy
>
> At 08:25 AM 12/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Okay, so we all know that the real meaning of Christmas is the Gift of
JESUS
> >and that He gave Himself for us.  But let's not forget that the wise men
> >brought gifts to Baby JESUS.  And it's a wise thing to give gifts to
> >Italians, too.  So, in the Spirit of gift-giving, let's hear what
everyone's
> >favorite gifts they got this year are.  And the worst gifts.  Okay, you
can
> >say "the worst gifts ever" so people won't know it was something you got
> >this year and track you down.  Smile.  Let's hear it, folks, especially
from
> >those of you who are returning things today.  You know who you are.
> >
> >My favorite gift is a ceramic cookie jar that is a lifesize yellow lab
> >puppy.  My friends out west sent it, knowing I love yellow labs and had
> >planned on getting one (that was what I thought my last dog was when I
got
> >her from the pound, but it turned out she was a mutt and didn't grow at
all,
> >but shed as much hair as two huge yellow labs.  Smile.)  But I had mixed
> >emotions about it because I gave the dog away last year when I got sick
and
> >a friend of a friend asked if she could have her for her children.  Since
> >the dog was alone all day while I was at work I gave her to them.  So I
did
> >have an emotional moment when first opening this gift since it reminded
me
> >so much of my dog (whom I miss very much)....well, she's not "my" dog
> >anymore.  Anyway, I was going to give the cookie jar to them but now am
> >trying to talk myself out of it since it looks so good on my hearth and I
> >keep telling myself "It doesn't look THAT much like your dog, after all,
and
> >the small kids will probably break it anyway and hurt themselves!"
> >
> >Be that as it may, let's hear it about the best and worst of gifts that
you
> >all got!
> >
> >Greedy So and So Lion Holding Onto The Cookie Jar Even Though It's Empty
>
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