> From: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3> > Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:59:59 -0800 > > Hi Robert and Noelle, > > Thanks, Robert, for sending us your gift wish list which is always helpful. > Noelle, please also let us know what you would like for a Christmas gift. I > hope you have or will receive soon your Birthday gifts I already mailed you. > Please let us know whether we can count on you for being here to celebrate > Christmas with us - I think Noelle indicated due to her work schedule that > you two could be here from 12/25 to Sun. 12/27. Please confirm as soon as > you know. It looks like we can make it then. > I doubt any other family members will be able to come here for > Christmas partly due to my seeing many of them mid-Dec. for my > granddaughter's college graduation in Nashville where many will be coming > from all over the US. > > We would really love to have you here then. Last night at our Thanksgiving > dinner at Art and Cynthia's, we met one of Cynthia's new French UCSB > colleagues who made and brought one of the desserts that was a vegan pear > tart with a lot of almond as he is a vegan. Wow, French vegan pastry. > It was delicious, and he emailed > me at my request right away his recipe, so I can make that for you, Robert, > so you don't have to make or bring your own vegan dessert for Christmas > dinner. Oh, cool! > We hope you had a nice Thanksgiving yesterday. We enjoyed meeting all of Art > and Cynthia's guests, mostly family members of all ages. The conversation > was very interesting with varied topics. One of those young people was also > into computers as his college major at Harvey Mudd as a Sr. thinking of > accepting a job upon graduation with Macrosoft I believe in the SF area. Interesting. If you pass along his name, I can connect with him on LinkedIn. > I keep getting varied opinions regarding Windows 10 from several people in > the computer field. Robert, therefore, I would appreciate your doing some > research in this regard getting the most current information so that when > you come at Christmas, you can help me make the best decision and if > necessary go ahead and install it on my computer as well as train me on its > use regarding any differences between Windows 7 and Windows 10. If we decide > to install Windows 10 then, that will be your Christmas gift to me so please > come fully prepared in that regard. OK. > Best, > Gail