Finally Friday

TGIF!! This was a long week in many ways and short in some. I spent Monday and Tuesday on jury duty. On Monday they were trying to seat two juries both for murder cases. There were 32 of us in the court room and only 14 were to serve. You know they ask all sorts of questions so that the defense and prosecution both can size you up and determine if you would make a good juror for their side. One question was "Do you have any friends or relatives who are police officers?" When it came my time to answer the question, I stood up and in my most pleased mother's voice said, "My BABY BOY is a police officer." It sounded just like Minnie Pearl. That probably caused the defense some concern. Then came a question about judges, DA's or other government officials. I knew a couple of those, too. Long story short - I think I was the first person struck. Didn't hurt my feelings. I really did NOT want to serve on a murder jury. The next day (Tuesday) there were 32 folks picked from which to seat a jury for a Civil case; everyone else was dismissed for the rest of the week. Thankfully, I was one of the ones dismissed. So, back to work on Wednesday. But, the great state of Alabama makes it worth you time to serve; $10 a day and 5 cents/mile for travel. The rest of the week was fairly stressful k with lots of reports and deadlines to meet. Didn't get them all done either. But enough of that stuff.
I really want to tell you about Sue's 100th posting give away over at The Cotton Patch. Sue is really the one who got me into blogging. Her best friend is a friend of mine at work. One day Jane was telling me about Sue's blog and pulled it up on the computer to show me. That was all it took - I was hooked. Then when I finally worked up the courage to try blogging, Sue was the first person out there in blog land to visit me and make me feel welcome. She is a really sweet person who just happens to be quite talented! Her blog is one filled with lots of nice crafts and recipes. And another thing about her is that she is just through and through a good person! So go on over and visit Sue and get yourself entered into her give away. The loot looks great! And you'll love Sue.
Have a wonderful weekend getting ready for Thanksgiving and God bless!