Susie's Notes and Pictures
As we all know, Christmas is a time for cookies! Sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, and gingerbread men! Every season I do tons of baking, my favorite food, cookies! So far I have made six dozens of cookies and I am just starting the second week in December. I think I might start a business.
Years ago, I met Robert Plant through my father. Daddy used to be a sales rep for a guitar company and he often brought musicians home with him for dinner with the family. My mom is an awesome cook and fabulous hostess. We would have a gourmet dinner and then sit around the living room and play music, sing and dance for hours. I had a wonderfully fortunate childhood.
Robert’s new album is coming out in a couple of weeks. I can’t wait to buy it. I love the first single they just released, called “Angel Dance.”
Yesterday we finished loading the moving truck and we are ready to head south. This morning I gave the house keys to a trusted friend who can work with the real estate agent on our behalf. It’s a sad day for my family.
My husband has been doing his best to find another job, but nothing has worked out so far. I guess we will have to start packing and head back to Tennessee. At least we have a nice house back in Nashville that is paid for and in a nice neighborhood. The house can be put up for sale for about the same price as what we paid for it. We just can’t make the mortgage payment without my husband’s income.
I’ve always loved the Fourth of July. It’s a day off with family and neighbors, picnics or barbecues, parades and fireworks.
But this year, we just found out that my husband has been laid off from his job that brought us here to Chicago. He only has a week or so to find another job here with comparable pay, or we are going to have to move. We’ve only been here about two years and I was just starting feel settled in. I don’t want to move again – I like it here.
So while the rest of the country is celebrating, we are searching the online job sites and starting to think about packing.
After I got the brakes repaired on my truck a couple of days later I went out to get in my truck to head to work and it would not start. Things seem to go in threes and I do not see an end in sight. I have had to drive the little truck “Stubbie” to work the last few days and I can not wait to get my own truck back into service. I hope when I get it fixed this time it runs for a while with out breaking down, that would be a very good thing for sure.
Today my baby sister turned 25 and I am very proud of how she has handled getting older. It seems like just yesterday I was braiding her hair. It’s hard to believe we are growing up soo fast. Just the thought of getting older and not being able to do everything how I would like anymore is driving me crazy. I will keep plugging along and keep as busy as I can and try not to turn old if I can help it. I think you’re as young as you feel and today I am 103+. Maybe tomorrow I will be 18 again, let’s hope for that.
We have a new pet out in the front yard. We have been invaded by a six foot black snake that has taken up residence in our front yard. A couple of years ago we had another bigger black snake in the same spot in the yard. I picked up the first one and it drug the ground on both ends. It must of been eight feet long. This new one is smaller and it is not afraid of us at all. It may of been a pet that was let go because it got too big or the kids lost interest. I do not mind the snake… it eats moles and mice so it is welcome to our yard.
I see that congress has blocked the President’s plan to close the base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. I say close it and send the terrorists to a prison in the Atric. They would be happy to be on a beach in Cuba where it is never cold; the sun shines almost all of the time. I for one am tired of providing comfort to people who want to kill all Americans. Give them a nice warm grave and do away with anyone who hates us that much.