Janie Parrish

Can you imagine seeing 2,000 Santas in one place? Can you imagine seeing all 2,000 racing down the public street in a charity marathon? Every year in December there is the Santa Run in Hamburg, Germany.

I would have loved to see that! Maybe next year?

Our first real snowfall today! How magical!

We had snow flurries one night last week, but most people were asleep in their beds and it melted as soon as the sun came up, so i didn’t see the snow falling. But tonight it started snowing just as I was getting ready to turn in for the night. They say it will snow all night and cause all the schools to close tomorrow.If there is no school then I don’t have to go in to work, either!

I hope it is the good snow that you can make snowballs and snowmen. Sometimes the snow is so dry and small that is doesn’t roll up. And sometimes it gets a layer of slick and crunchy ice on top so you can’t roll it. We’ll just have to wake up early and see what kind of snow we have tomorrow!

One of the very cool things about the internet is that I can shop for things that are in Europe or the Far East without having to get on a plane and go there. I was shopping for a particular style of shoes by searching the internet and ended up on a web site in France.

Now, I had a ton of questions - are the sizes comparable to U.S.A. sizes? How does the money convert so I know what I have to pay in U.S. dollars? How much extra is the shipping? How long does it take to arrive here from France?

I guess I’ll find out some of this today when I order the shoes that I love and absolutely  MUST have.

Although no one know how long AIDs has actually existed, it has been 20 years since the time that AIDS was discovered in almost every country in the world and they decided to create “World AIDS Day” to recognize this horrific health care crisis.

If you can donate some time or money to your local AIDS organization, I can promise you that they will appreciate whatever help you can offer. There are thousands of people of all races, all genders, and all ages suffering from AIDS that need help. If all you can offer is $20, that would help a lot. Please do it while it’s on your mind - don’t forget.

This year we are going out of town for Thanksgiving. We are driving to Virginia tonight and will be gone for the entire long weekend. Looking forward to someone else cooking a turkey and handling a big gathering.

Hope you have a great Thanksgiving, too!