Sapphire Faeries - Playing catch up

Did notice that there were less people again this year like last year for a variety of reason - the economy, the fact that the hotel had another whole floor closed off again, various personal reasons, etc - which was okay with me. ... And Bob (mom's husband) suprised me w/6 boxes of books he picked up at a yard sale for me for my ebay! Three proved to be unusable - very old encyclopedias & textbooks (from the 1960's) as well as some too battered/musty (They were sitting ...