Different Person......

OMG! I do feel like a different person! I did not realize how breaking up my sleep was effecting me. I am so glad I no longer am doing the papers.

I have the week off and have been seeing friends and family. My sister and I took 6 kids to see Wallace and Gromitt today! Cute flick! But I love the British and their humor!!!!

My husband just came home with 30 pounds of pork shoulder and we are going to make Italian Sausage. Port Wine and Cheese Holiday Sausage to be exact!!!!! We will celebrate Christmas with his side of the family on Friday the 30th. I will wrap the yummy treat in a white wrapper and I found the sweetest little garland (cheap!!) with matching ornaments to use as a name tag! He will also make Salciccia Toscano, which is a Tuscan style sausage that you put Prague Powder in it and we will hang it for 8 hours to cure before you refrigerate it.

I will take a picture of our little presents and post them soon!

Happy Holidays!

Well I surveyed my working three jobs since October!!! I am no longer doing my paper route and feel like a different person being able to sleep the whole night through!!!!!!

I worked last week at the flower shop and those girls are such a trip!!!! I had so much fun working with them!!! We laughed our asses off while we rocked out hundreds of flower arrangements!!! I have to toot my own horn right now, the owner got three calls about beautiful arrangement and when she went back and found the orders my initials were on all three!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! It is so easy to call when there is a problem, but to call when you are happy is rare, she got THREE calls for happy customers!!! This woman who owns the shop is a great girl, I was happy to work hard for her, she wants her stuff to look great, no faded flowers, make sure you give them their moneys worth, is so refreshing, and not the norm!!! She catered in great food for us, and one night told everyone, find a container you want, use the flowers you like to fill it and take it out tonight!!!!!!! In all my years working at flower shops NO ONE has ever done that, not ONE boss has ever told me to make my own flower arrangement for free and take it home! I made a sweet flower arrangement in a wooden train with a caboose (the arrangement in the caboose) I brought it to my mother in law. I have given her fresh flowers every Christmas since I have been married! Even if I was not working at a florist I would buy one! I had to keep up the tradition!!!!! She is a sweetie and loved it too!!!

I bought Rick a meat grinder, sausage maker, and he made fresh Italian Sausage yesterday and I had a half of link, it is very yummy!!! I was afraid to eat more than that, I have been feeling good and do not want to set off anything in my digestive system!!!
I made a wonderful basket full of three kinds of honey, British tea, hot chocolate, chi tea and truffles for my parents, it was a big hit! My Dad loves honey!
I had a really good Christmas this year, I was so happy when I was able to find the things that my family wanted and loves!!!
I have had some really hard holidays so this was so wonderful! My Teddy Bear tree is full and still twinkling!

Week 12 in NFL The Bills were winning 21-0 by half time. Then the Miami Dophins had one of their greatest comebacks in 30 years! How can a team loose after scoring three unanswered touchdowns? Oh Yeah, we're tallking about the Bills!!!! Bills 23 Dolphins 24
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I know I write about the Iraqi war (embarrassment) alot. I think about it so much though. Wondering what is happening over there, the mind set of the people in Iraq, if our troops have been given better equiptment and been taking care of. I heard a soldier call into the Howard Stern show this morning, he just arrived and will have to stay for a year, his buddy's hummer had just been blown up and he said it was insane there.
I recently found a new band, System of Down. They are metal rock but have some wonderful melodies throughout their songs. I saw them the first time on Conan one night. I did not even know what they were singing, but they played with such passion, I had to check them out. Come to find out they just released a double album. They are anti war, anti the Bush government and it is quite amazing to hear exactly what I feel being sung with such conviction! They have one song that asks "where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?"
I remembered in April 2003 the day we started bombing. I was at my nephews birthday party, but all I could think about was those people being bombed, here we are, eating, laughing, celebrating, smiling and those people are being bombed. I tried so hard to not say one word about it, I was very vocal even before we invaded, I did not want to ruin my nephews party, but my heart was so very sick. Now people are outraged, Bush's approval rating at it's lowest and it brings it all up again. That sick feeling in my stomach, crushing my heart