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Many of life's failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up -- Thomas Edison.

I met my husband-to-be at a bar on St. Patrick's Day.  So, you could say St. Patrick's Day will always be the most romantic holiday for me.  Valentine's Day, not so much.  (Yeah, yeah, I know, very unromantic of me.  ) 

Emmanuelle, you've won a copy of THE BACHELOR'S STAND-IN WIFE.  Please contact me at susan@susancrosby.com with your info! Thanks to all of you for your interesting answers!

I got a reader letter this morning, and she commented on the fact that she knew she'd love Unexpected Gifts the moment she read my "Dear Reader" letter. She also commented that I was lucky to have my husband! I'll confess, I couldn't remember exactly what I wrote, so I went and checked it out.

Who's for turkey?

So I know it's still a month away, but I'm already excited about the holidays.  We do Christmas and Channukah at my house (double the fun!) and this week I started doing some of my holiday shopping.  Normally I'm the stressed-out shopper scouring the stores at the last minute, so this year I decided to be smart and do it early.  I've already checked off half the people on my list, and I feel so much better knowing I won't be rushing a month from now.

It turns out after twenty odd years of marriage that my husband had a secret desire that I only found out about at the end of last year.

I’ve agreed just last night to host Thanksgiving at my house again this year for family on my husband’s side (my side is scattered to Florida, Georgia and Texas!) so that means I’ll have thirteen people (and the list keeps growing!) from babies to grandparents, milling around my too small combined dining/living room in less than a week.

Not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I don’t cook.

I slept at a lighthouse yesterday. When I woke up I was fifty. Pretty amazing stuff.