Saturday Musings

Working my auctions today, and I'm happy to report that things are going well.  A few more items have sold, and we got another positive feedback.  I spent the morning making a spreadsheet using QuatroPro for my Ebay items.  I still need to learn the mathematical functions in that program so it will compute my net sales automatically.  It's nothing elaborate, but should be helpful.  Listed a few items during the past couple of days and need to make another trip to the post office Monday to ship some things out. 

Thanksgiving Day was terrific!  Cooked a turkey for the first time in my life, and it was perfect.  I set out the "good" china, and we even sat at the dining room table to eat.  Some things I learned about cooking turkeys:

• spend a few extra $$ and buy a Butterball
• there are TWO plastic bags stuffed inside the cavity (both ends)
• a meat thermometer is not absolutely necessary
• rub cooking oil on the outside of the bird (I also rubbed in cajun seasoning)
• baste with juices frequently
• baste with melted REAL butter even more frequently
• you can never baste too much
• it's always good to have your best friend on instant messaging to answer all your stupid questions!

Sure is nice having a 4-day weekend  :)  Rented a couple of movies yesterday.  We watched Chris Rock & Anthony Hopkins in "Bad Company" last night.  Sucked.  Don't waste your money.  I fell asleep halfway through.  Tonight, we'll watch "Shiner" with Michael Caine.  Hope it's better...

Hope to be able to post some auction pix here later.  I best be gettin' back to work!

Cheers :)

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