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Tempted....

Well it's lunch time around my neck of the woods. And I had a 4 cheese Hot Pocket and now I'm sipping on some Plantation Mint tea. Can I just say I love this tea........when I first saw it I was insulted, here I am an African American and they had the nerve to keep this tea stocked. Well I got over it real quick, cause this tea is tasty. And I've been using brown sugar to sweeten my teas here at work.

So while warming up my hot pocket I looked over at the vending machine and the twizzlers were calling me. And I really wanted some as well, but I refuse, naw you dont get it I REFUSE to pay 85 cents for some twizzlers I could get from the CVS for 50 cents. Ok, so I'm being cheap.....

Moving on.......I'm still hungry. But I don't want to seem greedy by going to make that second hot pocket.......no one's really watching, but I'd feel greedy if I went back to eat it.

Hope you had a good lunch

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I heart Musiq – Thursday 13

A girlfriend and I are going to see Musiq Soulchild at the Birchmere October 19. I can’t wait…….I’m such a huge fan…..I really love his music.

He released his first project entitled Aijuswanaseing November 2000. Hits from this album included: "JustFriends" & "Love" His second project Juslisen was released May 2002 included hits: "Halfcrazy" & "Dontchange".

Third and fourth projects included: Soulstar - released December 2003 and Luvanmusiq - released March 2007. From these two we got "Forthenight", "Whoknows", "Teach me", "B. U. D. D. Y." & "Make you happy" as hits.

He's set to release his 5th cd December 2, 2008.


So this Thursday thirteen post is dedicated to Musiq with my 13 favorites of his.

1. B. U. D. D. Y.
2. Just Friends
3. Teach Me
4. Love
5. You Be Alright
6. Seventeen
7. Greates Love
8. Millionaire
9. Half Crazy
10. Don't Change
11. Time
12. WhoKnows
13. Forthenight
    

There are too many honorable mentions to list. So I'll leave it there.

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Saucey......

At some point last week while perusing my usual blogs I came across a recipe. In fact this is the blog: Get’em Girls and this the recipe.

I knew right then and there I just had to try it. One I love salmon and I’d been on the look out for something to do with it at home. And two I simply love sauces, I mean they just add the perfect element to entrees. But of course I usually go overboard and require sauce with every bite.

So Saturday I went home to drop off my bags from Friday night and decided to devise a shopping list to pick up the items needed for this recipe. Yep, I actually had a shopping list.
First I was meeting a friend to loan her my Costco card. Yep, I believe in the sharing plan. As long as there’s no credit attached to my membership card, I’ll lend it to my responsible friends. At any rate I met up with said friend but decided I’d grab a few items as well since I was already there. Boy was I in for a shock, I thought the parking lot was BEAST, the lines were INCREDIBLE HULK busting at the seams. I handed my card over to my friend, threw the deuces up and walked out.

Next stop was the grocery store to pick up the items needed for this new sauce.Yum. Since I was in VA, I decided to hit up the Shoppers in Pentagon Row. And boy was that costly. It always amazes me how items at the same chain store cost different. This trip cost me $30.86……….and I still needed two more items. So head back around my way and grab those last items and get in the house to brew up my sauce. And might I say YUM again.

Yeah, I typed all of this up to say the sauce was that dang on good.


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Perplexed no more

I had to call for assistance. Naw, I didn’t ask my supervisor for the help I got it from a friend. Actually, I did ask my supervisor one question. And I asked a co-worker to show me how to run a report. But the dozy of the task was figured and explained to me by said friend.

And now I’m sipping on hot Plantation Mint tea as if I don’t have schedules to prepare. In fact said schedules are due by C. O. B. today and it’s after 4 now……I’m such a slacker. But I must admit I work fairly well under pressure.

I just wanted to comeback and note the update……..now let me get to cracking.


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Perplexed???

So if I haven’t mentioned it before I work in accounting/finance for non profit organization in DC. I’ve only been at the company for about 5 months now. When offered the position I was told that it would eventually evolve beyond what is listed as the job duties. Yeah tricky I know. At any rate, one of my duties is bank reconciliations for a small subsidiary of the larger company. And while I’ve done small bank recs in the past, say three jobs ago, I haven’t done any recently. But I sold myself in the interview saying accounting functions are like riding a bike, once you do it you can easily fall back in to doing it.

Now here I am, 5 months and so far the bank recs have been relatively easy. But August is a dozy and now I’m perplexed. I was here until 6:30 last night trying to figure it out and I figured I’d go home last night and pull out my old textbook and get a brief refresher. Well guess what I did when I got home………watch TV. Yikes…….so back at work now and I am still stuck.

Eventually I’ll either figure it out or go have my supervisor come in and help me with the tricky part I’m seeing. I know it’s simple but it’s one of those things that when you don’t see it on a consistent basis, you forget how you handled it previously.

Ok, so I’m off to settle this perplexed matter. Wish me luck in getting it on my own!


Have a great day.

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.55 to .65

The vendor machine prices have gone up. The 25 cent size chips were 55 cents, but now they are up to 65 cents........this is a sure fire sign I need to continue brining in my own snacks......this is crazy......bad as I want a bag of Doritos, I REFUSE to pay 65 cents.......

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It’s been a minute…..

Yeah I know it’s been a minute since I posted something substantial. Things got hectic for a hot sec last week. Friday I left work early and had a wedding to attend that evening in B-more. It was really nice. The bride (& groom) didn’t fall for the hoopla and go overboard. It was a really nice intimate wedding and reception. I think the room could hold about 100 people and about 70-75 were in attendance. The bride was pretty in a nice simple dress with a white lace overlay that was the train. Her hair and makeup were nicely done. The groom was sharp in his tux as was his groomsman, yeah hubby was one of them. I guess I should also mention the bridesmaids as they were nicely groomed and attired as well. At any rate, I bailed out about 11:30 to head back to the hotel near the airport, we didn’t want to make that drive all the way back home.

Hubby calls about an hour after I’d been in the room to say someone broke into his car…….busted the back passenger window and that created a long crack in the front window shield. So of course the rest of our weekend was a blower.

Saturday morning I got up watched some tv and call my niece to sing happy birthday to her. Of course she asked me to come pick her up. But I didn’t feel up to going thru the motions with her mother so I let that be for the day.

I finally left the hotel about 12 and headed to Arundel Mills with intentions on catching a matinee. But I couldn’t decide what to see, so I walked around for a few. I wound up in Bass with a pair of shoes in my hand trying desperately to get out of the store without purchasing them, and I made it. Only to get down to Kasper and buy a suit and some slacks……….after that I was done, it was time to head home. But since gas was cheap 3.09 I decided to fill up and then I even splurged and went thru the car wash.

Sunday, I called niecy again and even went to pick her up. My brother and I arranged for him to get her from me so that he could spend sometime with her for her birthday. Other than that I just watched tv.

Monday was much of the same, watched tv. Although I did leave the house to run to the RedBox since I had a free movie code and got Baby Mama with Tina Fey. Hubby went and got 88 minutes with Al Pacino later on.

Not much was on TV last night, I flipped between Raising the Bar on TNT and My Own Worst Enemy on NBC.

And now I’m here at work. Hope you had a great long weekend and having a great day so far.




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Seeking Guidance

I opened up some bad news. It put me in a worse mood, now I'm all teary eyed and what not here at work. I silently ask GOD to tell me what to do. I repeat it over and over in my head:

Tell me what to do GOD
Tell me what to do GOD
Tell me what to do GOD
Tell me what to do GOD

So while my request resonates in my head I decided pull out my book of "Daily Promises for Women of Color" to find something that might comfort me. I look through the table of contents for something to help me and I come across guidance. Cool, I think this is what I'm looking for. I turn to the pages listed and I go thru the different scriptures listed and then I find this:

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." -Isaiah 30:21


And so I'll wait patiently................


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Wishing for – Thursday 13’s - 12th edition

Yeah, I’m late with it I know. But I didn’t have anything in mind to list so I wasn’t going to fore go this week’s T13’s.

At any rate I’m in a very somber mood today. I have a lot of things going on my mind. Here are 13 wishes I had at this very exact moment:

1. I wish I could provide the help I want to - My youngest brother needs me, I mean really needs me, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to help him this time and it hurts like HELL

2. I wish I had a spare car.

3. I wish I owned a bigger house.

4. I wish I had family support.

5. I wish my medical issues did not exist or the remedy was attainable.

6. I wish I was in Hawaii with my hubby lying on the beach sipping on a tropical drink.

7. I wish I had moved my 401k to my credit union two months ago.

8. I wish I had a job that is abit more challenging.

9. I wish I was an early morning person.

10. I wish I could think of a great anniversary gift for my hubby.

11. I wish I had a better relationship with my father’s side of the family.

12. I wish this was my last semester in school.

13. I wish I could make this year’s Christmas memorable for my father’s side of the family.



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Today's Lunch

I didn't feel like bringing in the leftover pasta I had, nor did I feel up to leaving the office to go out and grab something. I have to be frank, chips and a soda more than twice a week just wont cut it for me. I had soup already this week so that was out and like wise for a slice of pizza.

So I look in my food drawer, yeah I know I'm corporate ghetto cause I have a food drawer at work, but the drawer had some minute rice I purchased 2 month or so ago. So I says to myself, self, why don't you have some rice.

It comes in a two pack and I paid about $3 for it. It heats up in about a minute. I actually purchased two packages, yellow rice and this one is long grain & wild rice mix. The yellow rice didn't make the cut and is probably the reason this one has sat in my drawer for so long. At any rate I'll let you know in a few how this one tastes.

Hope you have/had a tasty lunch!

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No Homecoming for me……

I was all set to go to NSU’s homecoming the weekend of Oct 24. But a situation with my brother had me rethinking the road trip and then the friend who was supposed to take the 3 hour drive with me is experiencing a financial crisis of her own. There's goes that trip. Not that I was terribly upset, but it really has me thinking or rethinking my spending habits now.

Normally I’d make several trips to T.arget in one week. Well this week I haven’t been at all, or at least not yet. Let's see Monday after work I went to the grocery store, and then yesterday I went back to the grocery store. The total spent between those days amounted to less than $30 which is good considering the state of our economy.

And then to hear that the federal government bail out lead to AIG executives getting treated to a spa. Come on.........tax payers are continuously getting screwed by the government and this is just another example.

You see, I understand that times are hard and as a result I've cut back on some of the luxuries I was use to and yet I didn't get a bail out. And in contrast one company having received financial assistance from the federal government took that as a sign to mean it's back on easy street.

Am I the only one that sees the scale as off balance?



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God mommie again.....

I got an interesting call last night. My cell rings and I look to see who's calling and it's coming from my aunt's house. My hearts starts to beat a little faster, cause I'm thinking something is wrong. My aunt doesn't usually call me......at any rate it's my cousin. She asks what I was doing and wanted to ask me a question. Me being me and in the spirit of being a resource to all I encounter, I tell her to fire away. And wouldn't you know she asked me to be her daughter's Godmother..........my response, "I'd be honored to be the godmother"

Then I go on to ask why she didn't choose a girlfriend, to which she responded she didn't have many girlfriends and that the one girl that was supposed to, she hadn't heard from her since before the baby shower. I ask about the god father and it's some male friend of hers.

At any rate the baptism is tentatively scheduled for December 14 and at the same church I got married at. First up is finding a cute dress for her and a t-shirt that reads:

Have a great day!

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Keeping the number………

My very first cell phone was a Christmas gift from my mother back in 1995. I was so psyched……..the phone was with S.print and early on I had major issues with them. Seems like every month I was on the phone with customer service having them recalculate my bill because I was charged for dropped calls and during times when I free minutes had kicked in.

Five years later I made the switch to V.erizon wireless. And I settled into their service quite nicely. To date I’ve only had to call and have my bill re-worked on two separate occasions, both my fault because I went over on my allowed minutes majorly.

At any rate, all this time I’ve had the very same number. Yep, I said I wouldn’t change my number because I wanted it to be stability to and for me. No matter how many times I changed physical address (4 since I got the phone) at least my family and friends could count on reaching me via my cell phone because the number has and is a constant.

Well imagine a pleasant surprise when a long lost friend calls me out of the blue this morning. She and I worked together at my very first part time job as a cashier at K.mart. Her and I became fast friends as we often worked the same schedule; Friday nights, all day Saturday and Sunday. We worked there for about 4 years and when we finally left we tried to keep in contact.


Eventually we lost contact, but then I walked into my local grocery store and guess who was there…..yep she was, so of course we exchange numbers again and promised to keep in contact for sure this time. Well after that encounter we actually lost contact two more times and then today’s call. And all because she found my number from one of our many encounters while packing to move.


So I have her cell and home numbers programmed in my cell. And thanks to VW backup assistant, which maintains a list of all my contacts on my phone virtually. I have it programmed to up date daily, in case I have to delete some people.

My friend still works a part time job as well as a full time job so us meeting to catch up will definitely be tricky. But I suggested we plan for next Friday after work. We’ll probably go grab a bite to eat and shoot the breeze.

Welcome back friend!




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FWD: REALIZE

To realize The value of a sister, Ask someoneWho doesn't have one.

To realize The value of ten years, Ask a newly Divorced couple

To realize The value of four years, Ask a graduate.

To realize The value of one year, Ask a student who Has failed a final exam.

To realize The value of nine months, Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.

To realize The value of one month, Ask a mother Who has given birth to A premature baby.

To realize The value of one week, Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize The value of one minute, Ask a person Who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize The value of one-second, Ask a person Who has survived an accident.

To realize the value of a friend or family member: LOSE ONE.

Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have.

You will treasure it even more when You can share it with someone special.



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Good Morning

I trust that God has provided you with another day, as he has done for me.

Hope you had a good weekend and are prepared for this work week.

My weekend was cool. Friday night Mister and I went to the movies to see Eagle Eye. It was really good, lots of action. I don’t want to give anything away, so I’ll just say technology is something else. And with each passing day we become more and more dependent on it and that might not be a good thing.

Saturday I didn’t do much. I went to the movies. I wrote a review on the movie here. Then I went home for a minute or two then I had to get my crabcake fix. So my usual spot was my destination. After that I was back home for the evening. Mister went to a bachelor party, or as he would say “we just hung out at a lounge.” But the next morning I see he has a stack of single dollar bills in his party, so you know what that means……….

Sunday I had a family committee meeting. And as usual it took us all dang on day. We really need to streamline and keep our meetings to about 2 hours. The plans for our first quarterly dinner were finalized, since it’s in November we decided on a Thanksgiving theme. My aunt will pick up some themes decorations. We will meet again in two weeks to ensure the menu is set and we know what each family member is responsible for bringing.

And last night I had to do a rush job of completing and submitting homework, as I procrastinated all week and weekend. I didn’t get a chance to wash and style my hair, nor did I wash clothes. So I’ll be tending to those tasks this week.

Well that’s my weekend recap, hope you had a good one. Have a great day!


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You Are Noon

You are upbeat, ambitious, and never at loss for energy. You have a lot that drives you in life: the desire to be the best and a secret hope of fame and power. And while you definitely have a Type A personality, you are still fun to be around. You have a ton of charisma and a genuine interest in others. You are adored by many.

What Time Of Day Are You?

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"Fireproof" a movie review

A friend sent an e-mail earlier this week with a link to this movie entitled Fireproof. The trailer looked really good, so I told her and a few other friends that I would go see it this weekend.

So I just got back from seeing the movie. The movie starred Kirk Cameron, you might remember him from the popular 80's tv show Growing Pains. I must first admit that I'm abit torn on this movie. With the exception of Kirk Cameron, the acting was bad. The other characters seemed as if they had just remembered their lines and were reciting them. Oh, and they have these 2 African American women that the stereo typed that made me mad.......cause not all African American women are like that.

Aside from that the message was really good, I can't say that enough. Cameron gave a memorable performance as a husband fighting to get his marriage back on track. Along the way he seeks advice from a co-worker and his father.

It begins with Cameron coming home from a shift at the firehouse where he's the captain. I'm not sure how long their shifts are, but I'm thinking maybe 3 or 4 straight days then a day off. At any rate he comes home to a wife giving him the cold shoulder. They have a disagreement about nothing in particular and it escalates days later to the point of him yelling at her them declaring they want to dissolve the marriage.

Cameron's character then seeks advice from his father on what to do and how to proceed. His father suggests he give it 40 days and follow the instructions in this book he provides. Day one he is instructed to not say anything negative to his wife. Day two's instructions were to do something thoughtful, so he makes her a morning cup of coffee, for which his wife declares she has no time for. Day three is to send some flowers, followed by day four where he has to provide dinner by candlelight. Wifey comes in and shakes her head, goes to her room for a few, then comes back to tell him, "Let me make this clear, I don't love you."

I wont give the rest of the movie away. But I will advise two of my friends to see the movie, as they are in relationships and often have inquiries about being in a committed relationship and or marriage. I found the message to be very pertinent and relevant. And in the end aside from the bad acting, it was indeed a good movie that I would recommend others to see. (MATINEE).

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What Your Blue Umbrella Says About You

When faced with adversity, you can be counted on. You rise to the occasion when things are tough, and you are very dependable. You are cool and laid back. Everyone finds you easy to get along with. You are a good communicator and conversationalist. People pour their hearts out to you. On a rainy day: you should spend the day catching up with your closest friends

The Umbrella Test

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This is Beautiful

READ THE FIRST LINE CAREFULLY.
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Happy moments, praise God.

Difficult moments, seek God.

Quiet moments, worship God.

Painful moments, trust God.

Every moment, thank God.

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Fwd: Interwoven...we all are

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.

What food might this contain? The mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farm yard,the mouse proclaimed the warning : 'There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!'

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, 'Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.'

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, 'There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mouse trap in the house!'The pig sympathized, but said, 'I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.'

The mouse turned to the cow and said 'There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mouse trap in the house!' The cow said, 'Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose.'

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap . . alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.

The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.

The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farm yard for the soup's main ingredient.

But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer's wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember ---- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

SEND THIS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER HELPED YOU OUT AND LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE. REMEMBER. . . . .EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY;OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.

One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a FRIEND ! ! !


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Thursday 13: 11th edition - Sidney Poitier

On weekends in the fall and winter months I'm usually in the house in the bed under my heated blanket. And this fall/winter will be no different. And as such, I'm looking to expand on my movie collection. I'm a real movie buff, but never really got into the older movies. So my first step in remedying that is to add some Sidney Poitier to my collection. He's had a very illustrious movie and tv career so there's so many options.




But here's my list of movies to pick up first:

1. Porgy & Bess


2. For Love of Ivy


3. Uptown Saturday Night


4. Let's Do it Again


5. They Call Me Mr. Tibbs


6. In the Heat of the Night


7. A Raisin in the Sun


8. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner


9. To Sir With Love


10. A Warm December


11. A Piece of Action


12. Brother John


13. A Patch of Blue

I suspect I'll have some difficulty locating let alone purchasing some of these, but I'm adamant about adding them so I'll find them.

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Target robbed me blind.....

I left work yesterday with intentions of running into Target for some personal items and some snacks for work. I decided I would challenge myself and draw up a list and see if I could stick to the items listed. Well let's just say that plan went so far array it's ridiculous.

I get in the store and grab a cart and stir clear of the women's clothing section. It's normally where I start my shopping. At any rate I head towards the personal items section and the black hair care aisle was calling me. So I had to oblige, and wouldn't you know it Neutrogena Triple Moisture products were on sale. I grab the hair mask and moved on to where I needed to go. I was a woman on a mission to not spend any more money than I needed to. I get to the section, grab what I needed, but there's a sale so I needed to make sure the items I selected were actually on sale.

Next stop was the household cleaning aisle, I wanted to pick up a couple of Glade candles. I then moved on the snack section where I grab a few items, checked prices and made final selections. Last stop was the grocery section. I needed to find something quick for dinner, and I had a taste for one of those Bertolli bag meals.

By the time I made it to the register and had my items rung up my total damage was 71.79....I have a serious love/hate relationship with Target. I have the hardest time running in grabbing what I need and leaving.

You think I have grounds for a lawsuit? LOL

And then I get home a guess what..........wait for it.............I needed to pick up some film from development! So now I have to go back again today. I'm gonna pull my hair out if I spend over $20.

Have a great day!


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Your Hair Should Be Brown

You are an intelligent, well respected person. You are very confident. You take yourself seriously, and other people take you seriously too. You are a good leader, and you can be trusted with someone's life. You motivate people well, and you command respect easily. You are competent, successful, and organized. You can't stand chaos. Some people mistake you for being cold, calculating, or elitist.

What Color Hair Should You Have?

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"When it Hurts"

Avant is coming back. He's set to release his new cd on Capital Records December 19. Here's the first video:



I can't wait......dang I spend too much money on cd's!


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