March 1, 2010

Well, another day almost over. And what have I done? I mailed off a package this morning and I'll mail off another tomorrow. I vacuumed the house and cleaned the kitchen. Right now I'm finishing my dinner-spaghetti noodles with tomatoes, green peppers, onion, garlic, some rosemary, fennel seed, pesto, salt and pepper in olive oil with grated Parmesan cheese and oven toasted foccacha(?) bread brushed with herb olive oil, cracked pepper and Parmesan cheese-YUM!!!. Sounds expensive. NOT! I either already had the stuff frozen or I had a coupon (like for the bread and the olive oil). My husband, however, would not eat this. He would say it wasn't real food. He especially wouldn't eat it since there isn't any meat in it. To me it's just good rustic food. Very tasty, very filling. Very healthy. And now it's gone-darn!
Patrick is back in Quantico right now awaiting his flight to Berlin. It was so good to have him in church Sunday. The Pastor prayed over him-I can thank Pastor Betty for that. I didn't think I was going to be able to stop crying for a moment there. He was such a sweet-but funny-kid. It really seems surreal that my baby-my first born-should be going so far to live. Of course he did do two tours in Iraq. One could say he lived there for over a year added together. Thank you God he is not having to go back there or any place like that. He will eventually have to do a hardship post. I don't know if Germany is the best one to start with. I mean is it better to have a post like this so it's easier the first time? Or would that kind of really make the others suck big time because this one is so good? Would it spoil you for the others? In a way I'm excited too. I want to know everything over there-well, that we are allowed to know. I want photos and I want to hear about the food and the culture. I want to win the lottery so I can go visit (yeah, lol!). Oh, well. I can dream.
Business is picking up a little. Not the way I'd like it but anything is good right now. Still no movement on the job front. Still praying. I have a Clothing Showcase tomorrow and I have a lot of sewing to start, mostly bead work. Early day tomorrow.
House comes on tonight. I think it's a rerun. I don't think I've seen it though. It didn't sound familiar. Either way I still need to walk the dogs-they are waiting patiently. I do love my walks with them. Especially at night. I feel a little closer to God. He reminds me just how small I am and just how big and wonderful a place the world can be. Good night.