[jb829]

Hey, ladies, Happy New Year to each and everyone of us here!!!! Did any of you do anything special last night...Watch Service at church...party with friends...fireworks? We didn't do anything...I came home from work and collapsed, E. went to the WH after midnight and didn't come home until almost 4, by which time I was in bed and asleep. Today we need to go to the grocery store, and I'm supposed to go for coffee with my IRL friend, Pam, to the WH. Then for dinner I'm going to fix black-eyed peas and rice, pork chops, greens, and probably biscuits.

Martie, maybe now that the holidays are over...thank goodness...you can slow down and relax a little. I'd love to have some of your get-up-and-go...can you email me some, please?

Doris, thanks for the nice New Year's wishes. I hope the same things for you...a wonderful, wonderful 2004. 2003 wasn't all that bad, nothing great, either, so I'm going to work really hard at making 2004 a fantastic year.

Elizabeth, I'm sorry you had the allergy attack, but I'm glad you're feeling better now. That turkey you described sounds awfully good, and it's totally different than any I've ever had, also. Sounds like y'all will have a wonderful Christmas. That was a beautiful passage you posted for us, thank you.

Well, I hope everyone is safe and sound, and starting to relax from the holidays. My tree, etc., is still up, but I think we'll start taking things down this Sunday, after the dgk's are here for their Christmas Saturday. I think I'm going to call the mom, and see if she'll bring dessert and drinks, and I'll do a spaghetti dinner...haven't done spaghetti in a long, long time. I love it, but it makes me swell up quite a bit...acid from the tomatoes in the sauce, I suppose.

God bless.