I'll be the first to admit I don't always give my santas a lot to go on--I like to get something they think of, rather than what I hint at. Thought I'll admit this go around I gave a little more info--that I just bought a house and that all forms of orange are my favorite color. Santa seemed to have a lot of fun with loading me up with goodies.

First I got an Amazon package with a funny orange bobble-head pen, and nice orange and black fountain pen, and a bunch of ink cartridges. My daughter was with me when I opened the mail, so it didn't take long for her to appropriate the funny pen and the ink cartridges, but I was able to keep the fountain pen as my own.

Then a few days later I got a rather large, flat package on my doorstep. I opened it up to see a rather nice picture of a very orange sunset--a photograph originally taken by my santa. In the pictures you can see it against an orange wall in my drum room, but once my office is done being painted I'll be moving it in there so I can see it more often.

Thank you santa--you did a fantastic job.