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Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Over the River and Through the Woods...

listening to: 'What It's Like' by Everlast
feeling: Prepared?

At least in theory that's on the agenda tomorrow. I've filled up the car, filled up the cell phone (special for $25 I got $60 worth of calls, and the minutes don't expire for a year, instead of the regular month, yay!), checked the oil, and bought an emergency kit that has everything from a tyre inflator to jumper cables to a first aid kit ($29.99 at Wal-Mart, incidentally. It also has several bungee cords, glow sticks, a reflective triangle, blanket, flashlight, emergency water container, and a card worth 3 road service calls, all in a compact kit that has Velcro™ on it to keep it in place in the trunk. The first aid kit even has vinyl, not latex gloves. Yipee. Not bad, not bad at all. If you have someone you worry about on the road, you might want to get one as a present for the holidays. It even came with batteries for the flashlight, packaged separately to increase the shelf life.) What can I say, I like to be prepared. Actually, I feel very comfortable with this car, but you have to understand that my last two couldn't make it out of the city without a meltdown of some sort. I'm looking forward to getting out on the highway and playing with the cruise control.

Tonight I found, at Kroger of all places, the perfect holiday cards to send out. They're handmade with see-through vellum and a plaid ribbon, with a leaping stag and the moon in the background, with 'Season's Greetings' inside, meaning it's appropriate for a Pagan to send to all sorts of folks of other religions. :)

Well, that's all for now. If you celebrate Thanksgiving, have a safe and wonderful holiday. Want to know what really went on during that first Thanksgiving? Try the Plimoth Colony, which is pretty balanced, or an indigenous viewpoint. One of my ancestors didn't quite make it there for the first Thanksgiving (he was on the ship The Fortune, which arrived a few weeks later. Of course, some of my ancestors were already here, just further south and west. :) 'Night.


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