Monday night is going to be like Christmas. He's been waiting a long time and it's finally here.

Things happen in very mysterious ways. Christmas is a hectic time for us. We had just gotten a break when we could all sit down and then the phone rang. It was Manatee County Animal Services telling us they had confiscated 24 poodles and asking if we could help.

I was offered to do a night-time soap after The Beverly Hillbillies. There was so much I didn't want to do because of family values. It was a big hit in a couple weeks, but it didn't matter to me, because I wanted to do a certain caliber of work and didn't want to do garbage.

We plan to bring standardization to all that we're doing, ... We hope to have some RMUs in place by Christmas. We also plan to spend money for tenant improvements to help bring in more national tenants. The new owners plan to take the mall to the next level, which will be even better for our customers.

He said that on four occasions between Christmas and New Year's Eve he went to strip wire out of the base housing.

This year alone, Karen has used Kristi's Christmas to organize relief efforts for the tsunami and hurricane victims. She gathered up frequent-flyer miles for Katrina victims so they could come up here to get back on their feet.