On Oct 1, 5:54*am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> You can tell because

You can tell in MY house - it's cooler now and I lit the oven to make
a peach cake. I'm back to my winter menus and will get ambitious
about doing a lot of cooking and freezing, now that 'cane season is
virtually behind us.

Xmas is not a big deal for me. I shop in five minutes, do cards in
ten and decorate in 20. Too much hoopla for me. I used to knock
myself out, but didn't really enjoy it.

I know a lot of ppl who are just ruling out the gifting entirely.
Schmart.