[abner]

Then the fun began. I walked in to the house with the sealed copy, handed it to my HP maniac daughter, and said, "Here, I managed to find one, but you can't open it - it's a collector's edition". I only let her go nuts for a half a minute or so before I pulled out the other copy :o).

That was really mean. I like it.

[Mygirlsmom]

That was really mean. I like it.

:o) Oh, they're used to me by now....this year on April 1 I told the twins that they were going to have precious little free time, since I had signed them up for a charity walk and they were responsible for getting $500 each in pledges.

When one of them demanded to know the "cause", I replied with a totally straight face, "Save the Planet, of course!". There was dead silence - especially given my continual rantings against the Global Warming Propaganda they receive at school.