Okay … who am I kidding. I live in North Dakota … there are no woods. Maybe some shelter belts or groves of trees, but no woods. I will be traveling over rivers … or one several times. And hopefully I’ll get to see Grandma. We usually go to visit her (along with others in the family) on Christmas day. But I’m not sure what the plan is for this year. She’s living in a  […]

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I finished up my Christmas baking/goodie making this afternoon. I was thinking about making another batch of peanut brittle, but I decided against it. I usually have extra anyways.

Here’s the final tally of what I made:

• peanut butter cups: 8 dozen + 3
• chocolate covered cherries: 8 dozen + 9
• pecan tassies: 9 dozen
• no bake cookies: 2 dozen + 6 (I actually made a 2nd batch, but they didn’t turn out. I ran

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How are ya doin’ up there at the North Pole? Are the reindeer all ready for the trip? You better feed ‘em lots of carbs so they’ll be ready for the journey. Either that or lots of energy drinks. LOL

I thought I should get you my Christmas ‘wish list’ since it is getting kinda close to Christmas (just over 2 weeks). I’m not asking for much this year. I know that the economy sucks.  […]

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I got an email from my contact at Volt on Wednesday nite that the company I had interviewed at twice was ready to extend an offer to me for the contract position with possible extension. She called me yesterday afternoon to fill me in on the details. I accepted. I start on Monday.

Next week sounds like it’s going to be a getting up to speed type of thing … not a full 40 hours.  […]

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Since I’m still sitting on my backside waiting to find a job (I had a 2nd interview for one yesterday, and I’m hopeful), I haven’t really been in a “festive” mood. I did put up my Christmas tree this past weekend. But I’ve been putting off even thinking about baking Christmas goodies. That is until today. I already have a bunch of the ingredients that I need for things. And I do still have money  […]

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