It's Christmas

The tree! Today I'm baking cut out cookies. I hate frosting them but that's how they taste the best!
I'm making some snowflake ones for Nicki cuz she loves snowflakes. I bought her a cut out and a
rolling pin and will do the recipe in a jar thing to give her with the cookies. I am feeling down that
my sister Barb won't be here at all. It's the first time in all my life I haven't shared Christmas with
her. I think we are both feeling a bit dissappointed that the little cousins are no longer together at
Christmas. But then I think of the soldiers in Iraq who are with none of their family and realize how
selfish I am cuz I will still have most of my family with me. We just have a special bond between us that makes me want to share special times with her--love ya Barb!