The Muffuletta Appreciation Society

On a recent trip to New Orleans, I wasn't able to get hold of a muffuletta.
I think I've blogged about this before, but I got addicted to this New Orleans delicacy while living in Tuscaloosa, Ala. and eating at a restaurant on the Strip. I can't remember the exact name of the place and it may not be there in its original form anymore.
But I absolutely loved the things and, over the last few years, have been in search of the perfect muffuletta. On our last trip to New Orleans in 2004, I got a muffuletta at a place which was probably in or near the area that got clobbered by Katrina.
So for not many other reasons than to get a muffuletta at Central Grocery, the place apparently established as the originating source of the phenomenon, I think we need to make another trip to New Orleans when we can do it!

Thanks!

To all who have prayed for and supported us over the last 13 weeks during Amanda's unemployment, we say thank you!
She accepted a position today with an established employer in the area and overall we think this is a good step for our family. Thanks again!

Please hire my wife

Tomorrow, Amanda will have been unemployed for three months.
So far, she’s applied for at least 50 jobs. She’s interviewed for five.
So far, no one has chosen to hire her.
Here’s what the top of her resume says and what employers are missing:
“Flexible, creative, skilled in problem solving, able to learn complex tasks quickly.
Hard working team player with great communication skills and a professional attitude.”
She’s a talented woman who freely gives of time and money to help others and is a fantastic mother who wants to use her abilities outside the home and provide needed additional income.
Her talents include, but are not limited to broad computer literacy, organization and filing of documents and multi-tasking. She is skilled in arranging PowerPoint presentations and using the Internet to communicate. She also is very familiar with the Microsoft's Office suite and Publisher program.
She is conversational in German and holds a political science undergraduate degree with a concentration in international relations.
Amanda is also very adept at using the English language, both in written and verbal form. Plus, she has a creative bent – she can paint, take good photographs, knows her way around a piano and a guitar and can sing.
She would prefer to work for organizations whose missions are service-oriented, such as educational institutions, but will be glad to use her talents and skills where they are most needed. She is looking for full-time work with benefits, to include health insurance.
If any of these skills and traits sound good to you and you are an employer in the Golden Triangle region of Mississippi, please write Amanda at praisechick @ gmail.com.