Looks like I haven't been on in a while, either!
Pam -- I was just like you. I had trouble thinking of anything except pie. Then I remembered the plum pudding! It was manna from Heaven, I tell you! Or like a bolt of lightning. Anyway, once I got that into my head, I was almost done with the postcard.
nhnative -- what a great job on the gingerbread man. Are those buttons of candy, or what? Your partner is pleased as punch!