Drawing by Amber Patterson Merry Christmas & Welcome to the Third Edition of The Patterson Post Christmas Newsletter. For those of you that are new to this publication, we have been doing this for the last two years, instead of Christmas cards. We believe this is more personal. STEVE [email protected] http://devoted.to/bcards Steve now has a new job working for Premier Publishing. He helps with The Knoxville Journal, The Volunteer Auto Trader and a few other special publications. Steve has gotten more and more involved collecting business cards. He now has over 29,800 in his collection and they continue to grow each and every day. He will soon set his goals for next year, based on if he got his goal of 30,000 or not by Christmas 2003 and how many he received during the year of 2003. If you want to be kept up-to-date on how Steve's collection is going, visit his website. Steve pleads with you, "Please NEVER toss business cards in the garbage, send them to him instead. AMY [email protected] http://imateacher.itgo.com Amy spent most of the year working, crafting and taking care of the house. She was able to start working on the wedding scrapbook, although that is on hold for now. She has yet to begin her family genealogy stuff, but hopes to this next year. Amber [email protected] Over the summer Amber spent her time with Gram, learning a little Tae Kwon Do, and practiced riding her bike. In August she started Kindergarten and fit right in! She can eve read a few words already. She loves to color, watch movies, paint, and play with her play dough. She is even starting her own business card collection! THE FAMILY 2003 has been a great year for all of us. For Halloween, Amber was Marie. We went to Sherrie's for Thanksgiving out in Sevierville, TN. December 2003 Post 3 SPICY SAUSAGE & RICE 1 lb. Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage 1 can of corn DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 350° Slice sausage up into bite-sized pieces Pan fry w/1 Tbsp. of Tabasco Sauce Cook rice as directed on pkg. Pour cooked rice into baking dish. Add drained sausage and corn Stir together Cover with aluminum foil & put in oven for 20 minutes. ADD-IN IDEAS: Sauteed green peppers/onions Peas 1 pkg. Lipton's Chicken Fried Rice 1 Tbsp. of Tabasco Sauce Drawing by Amber Patterson Amber Patterson & Santa - 2003 Steve & Amy's Daughter! Mikayla Tasch & Santa - 2003 Steve & Amy's Niece!