Anne,
You have come close to home on this Friends in my case are better then relatives . I have two that are mother's that are more toxic then toxic waste dump . My mother died last March and I do miss her , but I have lots and lots of friends and making more friends all the time. I have relatives had have caused me so much pain and verbal abused my mother that I wish them them nothing but the worse in the new year.

This to shall pass when they die on day and I am waiting on that one . I don't feel like Christmas this year can cannot get into the mood at all . Husband was in the hospital last year with a hernaited disk and then had surgery and now we are going down that road again he has a hernia , which is his fault for not doing as he was told to do to prevent it.

So, here I am spiting nails and can't get myself out of this rut to cook any cookies or cakes this year and this is the first time . Wow! are we sounding off , this feels so good for once and glad that I am not alone.

I have sounded off way to much . Oh, well

Renee