BEAUTIFUL!  I’ve been in and out of the house since 8 this morning.  Dropped off the laundry, did some grocery shopping, returned home and made 2 trips to get everything from the car to the apartment; went out to the party/restaurant supply store and then the deli to get a stern tray set up and 5 quarts of meat gravy; came home and got it all up in 1 trip; went out to the liquor store and got wine then went to the beer distributor but the beer was cheaper at Shoprite so I went back to Shoprite and got beer and soda; returned home and got it upstairs in 2 trips; then I went out again to pick up my laundry and a couple of quick-pick lotto tickets for tonight and a quick trip to kmart to get some tubs to put the beer wine and soda in and then back home and got it all upstairs in 1 trip—forgot to take the dvds to mail and forgot to pick up my mail.  oh well, there’s always tomorrow.

Speaking of which I have to go to the baker tomorrow to get bread, cookies/pastries and then I have to get ice and some prosciutto breads….

I can’t wait to go back to work on Monday and relax!  Oh no, that’s not right.  On Wednesday sometime, it was discovered that the guy who does payroll for our department has been fiddling the books.  He was confronted on Thursday and suspended.  They’ll figure out what to do with/to him when they’ve audited the books to see how much is at stake.  I’m quite sure they’ll prosecute him for embezzling funds.  Dope!  So on Monday I’ll be helping with payroll.  Stop laughing - it may not be right but it’ll be honest errors, not cheating.

So back to my party this weekend.  Somewhere in between all my trips out and in and up and down I was in the house for 5 minutes when the buzzer went.  A few minutes later my doorbell rang and it was the flowers above.  My friends Loren and Jill from Indiana sent them to me.  They’re gorgeous and will definitely be the hit of tomorrow’s soiree.

Now I’m cooking.  Tell me, why doesn’t my water EVER come to a rolling boil?