I DID IT!

Oh yeah! I did it!
It may be the very end of November, but daggone it, I checked my New Year's resolution off of my list. Last year, I was sick of going to the post office to mail packages. Well, not exactly 'sick' of it, but when I found out that the post office would come to my home and pick my packages up for no extra charge, I was giddy with excitement. Giddy, I tell ya'. So then, every single stinking time I was in line at the post office or had to make a trip down to Aurora just to mail one ebay package, I was sick. (That's where the 'sick of it' came into play.) So last year, I made it one of my resolutions. All year long it nipped at my heels.

Not anymore, baby. The procrastinator has made it a month before the deadline!

On another note, I am very excited to be among those with a good knife. It's a paring knife and it's a beaut. I got it from a friend as an early birthday present.

I won't tell you exactly how I know it is a sharp knife, but I will tell you that seven hours later, I am still surprised to feel a throbbing pulse on my thumb...Did I tell you it's a beaut?

Saturday evening, almost two full days after Thanksgiving and I am just now getting the kitchen back to normal. The raccoons are giving thanks for our turkey carcasses. I boiled the crap out of them (well, not crap but you get the drift) and we have chicken stock for a month.

Another thought: One of my best friends and I have the same birthday. Pretty neat, but get this: Our oldest sons have the same birthday as well.

The Gone with the Wind connection from the last post? No, although it's popular thought, Scarlett is not part of my name. Melanie was the nice girl in GWTW, the one married to Ashley, the man Scarlett was hot over. My maiden name was Clark. My son's name is Gable, as in Clark Gable.

I'm hoping that by my next post, my thoughts may join together a bit better...