hot sausage and snow (or lack thereof)

good morning! it's monday, the first of three 4-day weeks that remain. actually...come to think about it, including my scheduled vacation, that means this week is 4 days, next week is 3 days and the following week is 3 days! yippee :) i graduate this friday (double yippee!) in wedding news, we have: site, ceremony music, dress, bridesmaid dresses, photographers (red turtle!), d.j., cake, wedding bands, officiant, invitations (designed, but not sent out)... is that it? still missing: florist, decor, specific hotel blocks....and tons of other things i'm sure. can't believe christmas has come so quickly! quick fact- i used to oppose the shorthand "xmas" because i heard someone say "it takes the christ out of christmas," so i always cringed a little at the abbreviation. come to find out, the abbreviation actually has christian orgins, representing the greek letter chi for the first letter in christ. i'll probably still write it out though.. most abbreviations bug me anyway!