(writing/work) Snow day!

Yep, I'm home, waiting for the second storm to come rolling through. I called my trainer and said, "Um, no. Not coming in. Not fighting all the traffic coming home at noon. Sorry." And he said, "I agree! No problem - I'll update you."

So I have a large mug of tea (no china cups today - I need fuel) and I'm pondering breakfast - for some reason, I want pizza. So I might make english muffin pizzas in a bit. I'm logged into FM Chat and NC and Twitter, and I have a list (of course!) of what I need to do today:

1. Get out and get soda/bread/cat food before the storm. (I'm doing this around 10 am)
2. Finish Three Ships
3. Wash Dishes
4. Clean off Dining Room Table
5. Shovel
6. Wrap presents
7. Finish decorating tree
8. Finish Christmas cards

That's a good list for the day. Better get cracking!

(christmas) metrics!

starting count: 3643
ending count: 3904
change: +261

starting line:
Jen gave her a look, and Abby’s mouth firmed. “Go lock the door,” she repeated. “While I finish with the fire.” When Jen still didn’t move, Abby said, “NOW.”

ending line:
“Not mine,” Abby replied, putting two small logs

darling:
n/a

(didn't write long enough, unfortunately)

**

These are from lunch yesterday - the only chance I had to write.

(tea) Okay, SO ordering from these folks again!

So I ordered my tea from Harrisons & Crosfield Ltd. yesterday. I just got the ground shipping - I wasn't in that much of a hurry.

It arrived today.

TODAY.

And the best part? STUFFED with free samples!!!

I ordered the Christmas Tea and the China White Pear and Pineapple. They included the following samples:

1 each: Organic White Blackcurrent, Organic Green with Passion Fruit, Kensington Tea, Imperial Gold, White with Orange and Mango, and Christmas Tea

2 each: Traditional English Breakfast, Raspberry Vanilla herbal, Imperial Gold, Mango Black Tea, Raspberry Black Tea, Afternoon Darjeeling Tea, Scottish Breakfast, and Forest Berries herbal

I'm soooo excited! What do I start with???

And how soon can I sneak another order past the hubby????

(tea) First trial...

Forest Berries: All natural hibiscus flowers, apple pieces, rosehips, blackberry leaves and natural essence of raspberry, blackberry and bilberry.

This is a PURPLE tea. Very yummy! Lots of blackberry flavor - I think it would be fantastic iced.

Verdict: Most likely this will be on my next order.