Ahhhhh ... peace and quiet at last! We all went to Home Depot after dinner tonight. I bought my paint (Ralph Lauren), molding, and some miscellaneous bits of hardware.My project tomorrow is to sand the shelf. Fun fun! Paul will get the primer and I hope we can paint it by Friday morning! God - I am SO crafty! Look out Martha!

:::grumble::: Didn't get my damn nap - phone kept ringing. By the time I was finished with the calls, it was too late to get any quality nap time. Well, at least Olivia got a great nap!

UGH! Up wayyyy to early today. I do despise the mornings. Got Moira off to school then Olivia and I visited ShopRite. 90 minutes later and $194.32 poorer, we head back home. It took me a half hour to unpack and put away all groceries, including Miss Olivia's "help". I still have to head over to BJ's and get meat and chicken. Then we will be stocked up for a while. I have to head on over to Home Depot tonight or tomorrow morning to get paint and quarter round molding. Paul found a cute little 2 shelf case that someone had put out at the curb. So, he will sand it down and I will repaint it. He will attach the molding and VOILA! New mini bookcase! Now, I think I will be taking a nap. Leftovers for dinner tonight.. YUMMY!

Thank goodness my day is finally over! After getting up this morning, Paul and I un-decorated our tree as fast as possible. He dragged the half dead, needle dripping, branch breaking tree carcass out the door and down to the street. BUH-bye! Wreath - GONE. Lights on the house - GONE. Interior Christmas decorations - GONE! Hell - you would never even know Christmas was even HERE. Well, except for the dozens of toys strewn about my living room. I planned on making a turkey for today. A tradition for us. I call it Irish Turkey. My Mother in Law, who is from Ireland, makes her turkey this way and it is SO good. Prep the bird and place it in the roasting pan. Place strips of bacon over the turkey breast and drums, making sure that there is no exposed turkey. Then bake as usual. The bonus to using the bacon is - no basting... the bacon drips over the bird. Therefore, no need to disturb it while it is roasting! Nothin like a self basting turkey. So, I popped that big ole thing (14.5lbs) in the oven by 1245pm! By 530PM, dinner was served. Turkey (of course), gravy, corn, mashed taters, and rolls. Ummmmmmmm! Oh, almost forgot about the turkey bacon!!! When the turkey is ready to be carved, pull off the strips of bacon and eat them. Oh my God - it is sooooooooooooooooooo delicious. Not recommended for people with any cholesterol problems. My kids fight over it! The little monsters.. Paid bills tonight after the monsters went to bed. Gosh - what a bummer, those damn bills ::sigh:: I need to win the lottery. Actually, I should get my ass back in gear and start eBaying all my crap.. err..junk...err... merchandise - yeah, that's it, merchandise! Plus, I plan on starting some night classes in February - the first class I am looking at is Intro to HTML. It's basically a computer training class. There are 4 other modules offered... Web Design and Marketing, Intro to JavaScript, Intro to Macromedia Flash, and Basic Networking and Internet Information Server Administration. Sounds like fun, eh? Anywho - I am off to bed. We have school tomorrow! And I get to go food shopping. Yeeeha!