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Quite a lot of snow there. !

Yes ...it looked excatly like this this year too but it has lasted longer..and is much colder....it is just now beginning to melt...and is going to be muddy and not fun...especially with the horses. We will be busy dealing with that after I close Mud....I am looking forward to the time with the horses...anyway.

Yes, the horses will appreciate having more time with you. :o)

~have you noticed any improvement since the newspaper articles CJ?I think you need the break to recharge your batteries~hope you have a very happy 2009!

Yes
Arlene..there are more shoppers and after Christmas has even been busier now....my prices being so low is a help.
I need this break today...it feels like a wake some days in the store...but I am learning how to deal with the somber faces and make them laugh before they go.
I will be ready to take on the last 4 days with fierce determination to finish well after I have spent this day plowing through other pieces of life...lol.

~I'm sure you will go out with style!~Can you use ebay to get a better price or do you just want to clear your stock? Would love to be able to give you a hand and a bit of a laugh but will be there in spirit!

Me too Cat. I'm there in spirit. I'm thinking of you. :o)

Thanks to both of you...I am thinking of calling my daughters to see how many can make it in for the next couple of days to help haul out not for sale items..etc...I think all 3 of them have some time off right now...I had a nice time at my son's with all of them and their mates and children yesterday.....
GF ...was there on webcam with one of his daughters...everyone had a great time chatting with them...had to text the voice was not working....as my son had eveyones laptops networked together and there was 6 or 7 of them there...raining laptops in that room...LOL..my son works for microsoft so is a magician with computers...but with so many on line..it made webcaming slower and got pictures but not voice...it was still fun...

After talking with GF and his daughter we then had a candle light dinner with all of family..there were 20 of us all together ..8 grands...12 adults including their father, my ex husband of over 20 years...

I left shortly after gift openings after dinner, had a long 2 hour trip home,,which included a ferry ride....had to feed horses..so they got fed late around 9pm...not happy with me....poor things...friend Steven is at a job helping sort out an emergency building situation about 150 miles away...a school roof collapsed under weight of snow...his job is to figure out how to sort out the taking apart of these disasters....and direct ...said taking apart of...so I am in charge totally of all horses until he gets back.....I love the job so am thrilled....LOL...