[JERRY2KONE]

Not that it is the responsibility of every single person out there, but that was a very nice thing for you to do. Very cool E-Revonut, and maybe Santa will reward you with some pie later(if you know what I mean). Merry Christmas to you.

Even though my wife and I have 8 kids of our own(5 in college & 3 home), and two grandkids we still manage to donate money, clothes, and time for various charities. We just bought a box full of clothing, and like 20pair of sneakers for family & friends kids who have allot less than we do. Of course they were on sale, and marked down another 50% to 75%. I always bit!*$ and complain about the things we need or want, but she very gently pushes me to stay involved anyway, because these people have no one else to help them out. Our kids are doing ok, and we have a roof over our heads, and food on the table, so why not help others who do not.

We both work for the Gov so job security really is not much of an issue right now, but the housing market crash has really put us upside down with our house in Cali. We hope that it will come back to reality at some point, but shelling out money for something that is worth allot less than we owe on it really sucks. We paid out over $45K last year for this house, because the renter lost her job and had to move out and this year will end up costing us even more because it has sat empty. Still we are one of the lucky families, and we know it.