Well I got the present they wanted. I really need to remember about gift registrations for the next time someone makes the mistake of inviting me to a wedding. Now I'm stuck with a vacuum cleaner. Maybe I'll save it for a house warming gift, or sell it on e-bay. Anyone need a vacuum cleaner?

I got home in time to cook up four fruit cakes with the ingredients left over from the last batch. I saved the receipts to work out cost of unit in case I need to sell batches for rent. A couple of the cakes ended up with bottoms that were overcarmalize, but with enough brandy spritz I don't think anyone would care. I think I now understand why good food is made at home and not bought. Really good rum is dark with molasses, and costs upward of 10.00 for a bottle that is less than a quart. A quart of rum is the quantity of rum needed to masticate enough dried fruit for 5 cakes. So to mass produce one would have to forgo tasty rum and go with the for alcoholic, and less tasty, rum.

receipts are seperated by months and somewhat by catagory. Now I need to build a spread sheet to play with the numbers and find where to cut what spending and where.

Getting a little antsy about being jobless. I'm holding fast to waiting for the new year but I know I need cash flow by mid-January at the earliest. I also need to get rid of stuff. If I move to a smaller apt. then the less that I need to fit to easier the move.