Sunday, December 26, 2004

Another Christmas Gone and Done

Well Christmas 2004 is over and done. Santa was good to me as usual. I did buy my wife the dvd of "A Christmas Story". There are some fun interview with the kids from the movie 20 years later. I also picked her up the Los Lonely Boys cd. I think they are going to be one of the top groups of 2005.

Had Christmas Eve dinner at our house. The menu consisted of a Seasoned Port Roast from Wayne's Country Grocery in Marengo, South Beach oven roasted vegetables, and scalloped potatoes. My mother, sister and brother-in-law joined us. After dinner we played the game - Scene It.

Christmas Day was spent at my wife's brother's house and my sister's.

Favorite Web Sites:

Ever wonder what happened to the favorite classic rock band of yours? Look em up here...

Classic Rock Bands and Artists






Wednesday, December 22, 2004

3 More Shopping Days!

This holiday season has been a tough one for the store. Sales have not been close to what was expected. I have been on vacation from my full time job to help Char out at the store. We have been talking with other business owners and are getting the same response from everyone. Maybe the next 3 days will turn everything around. I'm very optimistic you know.

Christmas Eve is going to be spent at my house and will consist of my mother - June, sister - Dawn, brother-in-law - Tom and myself. The dinner will consist of a seasoned pork roast, Scalloped potatoes and oven roasted vegetables. The oven roasted vegetables are from the first South Beach Book and consist of asparagus, red onion, red pepper, yellow pepper, yellow squash and zucchini. I highly recommend the vegetables.

Here's an interesting website:


Ugly Christmas Lights


What I'm Reading (actually just using it for reference):



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What I'm Listening To:





Sunday, December 12, 2004

What's Up

Here is what's going on! Over the weekend, the wife and I volunteered to help out with the breakfast for Santa in downtown Crystal Lake. As usual, the turnout was full tilt! 188 tickets were sold and we thank Santa for taking time out of his busy schedule to help us. Each ticket buyer also got a horse drawn wagon ride through the downtown area.

Last night we went to a neighbors house for their annual Christmas party. The food was great and the company was fantastic. We only knew 6-7 people there, but all the rest were Park Ridge Firemen who made us feel more than welcome.

What I'm reading:

NADA

What I'm watching:

Pavement



What I'm listening to:

Christmas Music

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Friday, December 10, 2004

It takes a steady hand....



Kind of a Japanese Operation Games! Try it!