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<br><br>You know, I wasn't going to write in about the shenanigans that my 13-year-old Maggie Mae has been up to, but this last one has me mortified. Let me preface this by saying that a little over a week ago, I came home to find one of my small Christmas trees completely upended and my favorite ornaments broken and displayed all over the house. Then to make matters worse, I super glued my fingers together and to one of the ornaments I was trying to fix!! Words were flying.<BR> <BR>Yesterday my work place purchased $1200 dollars worth of gas gift cards for our employees. I put them in sealed envelopes with Christmas cards and decided to keep them in my purse for safekeeping, as the Christmas party is tonight. When I came out of the shower this morning, it occurred to me that I hadn't shut my office door. I sneak out, look in the room and I see the first chewed up gift card!!! Then Higgie comes bumbling in with another in his mouth (I know Maggie was the initial culprit!!). I hurriedly searched my purse and discovered the remaining envelopes were safe, but I am not sure my heart was beating in its regular pattern! I was so mortified when I arrived at work and handed over cash to one of our employees and explained he was getting cash instead of a gift card! So, all in all, the most my out-of-pocket expense will be is $100, if you don't count the one gift card that was for me, but that is better than $1200!! And . . . . I am hoping the gift cards I have now paid for will still be accepted at the gas station!? <BR> <BR>Candy Dusek<BR>Miss Maggie Mae (I ate two envelopes, two Christmas cards and two gift holders in their entirety!! I'm still hungry!!)<BR>Mr. C. Higgins (I was an innocent bystander! Maggie gave me the plastic gift card toy!) <BR> </div></body>
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