05/16/08 CS's Chat

        

• WOW Did we ever have some bad weather yesterday.  Rain, which we needed, but also the thunder, lightning, and wind that went with it.  Bob and I had gone down to Gulf Shores for lunch and ended up stuck in King Neptune’s till it passed.  Then we store hopped looking for some frozen SOS that someone had told Bob about and he wanted to try.  No luck in finding it, so I guess he is stuck eating my attempts to duplicate the taste of what he had in the Air Force!!

  

• Thought for the Day-The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.-Benjamin Disraeli

   

• Today is Love a Tree Day. So, go out and give a tree a great big hug.

 

• Trees are a good thing. They give us shade, comfort and warmth. They give off oxygen, too. There are many, many benefits provided by trees. So, you have good reason to love a tree or two.

 

• Everyone has a favorite kind of tree. Use today to identify a tree you love, and to pamper it. Give it a trim. Eliminate competitors around it. Feed it a dose of fertilizer. Tree spikes work great. And, give the tree some water, if it is thirsty.

 

• Important Note: On Love a Tree Day, your attention must be turned toward trees. A bush or a shrub just won't do.

  

• So guess I will go hug my big ole live oak outside the porch.  I do love it and but it sure is messy as it loses leaves year-round.

   

• Filling the prayers basket and hugs basket! Don’t forget the extra baskets that are out or the basket marked Anne and her family! 

     

• Special hugs and prayers for Cilla, Louise and Maury, Gat and Jeanette, Mabel and Floyd, Grace, Sally, Ruth, Anne, NancyZ and Russell.

   

• Remember the group prayer! “Heavenly Father, we ask that you watch over and care for all Cookin’ Seniors and those they love as they go about their day!!”

  

• Zora

         

• JP-You were right they are the same as your casual nurses, and sometimes some of them are very casual in their nursing care for the patients.  How was the raspberry patch??

  

• Lois-I can sympathized with getting up early.  I am finally sleeping till the alarm goes off instead of getting up at 4:30 like I did for years.  Did you get the quilting machine you looked at???

  

• Mabel-Hope things start looking up for both you and Floyd!! Just know we are here for you when you need us!!

  

• Rosie-Hate it that Critter is in pain, but glad it is not a result of his surgery.   How is Walt handling things now??  How sore is Mom today??  So glad nothing was broken!!

   

• Tippy-I am not choosy about my CCs just so long as they are simi-sweet.  Cook’s Magazine says the new Nestle Chunks are some of the best. Just send me the picture of the cake when you get a chance and I will post them for you.  Hope you have calmed down some after the near accident.  Kelly says people try to beat his 18-wheeler on turns too and those things do not stop quickly!!

 

• Merle-I hope you reported the waitress attitude to the manager!!

  

• NancyZ-Don’t you want to know what is in the cups first?? J   Might not be what you expect!! LOL

  

• MargaretE-Thanks for the recipe for the scones!!

  

• Cilla-Have you tried the extra strength Tylenol??  Bob says he doesn’t think Aleve has asprin but is not sure about it. 

  

• Helen-Sounds like you bought TJ’s out!! LOL  Hope the fires are contained!!

 

• Cats-Have you downloaded the new Neil Diamond album yet?? It is wonderful!! I have some Etta James (Blues) on mine right now too and BB King, George Thourgood, Jimmy Buffet, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.  I have so many playlist saved on Best Buy Music and what I play depends on my mood. 

  

• Penny-I love Jason!!! He is to die for good looking!!! 

  

• Merle-Maybe you need to try NancyB’s new doctor.  Hope you get to feeling better soon!!

  

• Ruth-Maybe your body is just going thro an adjustment period with the new meds!  Feel better soon!!  Did you watch ER?? If not that is what reruns are for!!

  

• Margaret-Was the recipe you were talking about the Pimento Cheese recipe you posted about in a new post?? Sounded good!!

  

• NancyB-Sounds like you found a keeper for a new pain doctor!!

  

• Peg-Good luck learning to quilt!!

  

• Dee-Hugs to you!! Your Mom sounds like she is doing well for 92!!

  

• Pat-Sorry your trip isn’t going as planned!! But enjoy the company!!

  

• Hugs and prayers for all!!

 

• Zora

          

Hello everyone.  I decided to post tonight before I go to bed.  I'm like Ruth, with the sleepiness.  I used to be able to stay up late at night and play games on the computer or just browse the board, but here lately I've been getting sleepy earlier.  It's only a few minutes after midnight. I wonder if it's my age catching up with me. 

 

Zora, the weird thing about that recipe for the Pimento cheese was that I had just sampled it the night before at my card game, and really liked it, then the first thing this morning, (the 15th) it was the first recipe I saw on the board.  I'm going to save it for when I need a party dip. It is too thick to eat with chips.  They would probably break, but it is spreadable on crackers.  It is not formed into a ball, just served in a bowl.  It was in a different magazine than Taste of Home.  I believe the web site is included in the recipe.  I'm not sure how recent it was published.  I give it a good review.

 

Well, guess I'd better close for now.

 

All of you are included in my prayers, and your family members too.  Be back tomorrow, if I don't get too busy with Zack.  He keeps me busy when he's here, and pretty soon, I will have him and his brother, Tristan too, for the summer.  Then, I will probably go to Margie's house, because the two of them would make too much noise here. 

 

Hugs and Prayers for all.

 

 

 Good day my friends, its not very nice in this part of England, its overcast we had rain yesterday and thuder. hope those of you who try the cheese scones enjoy them,let me know what you think.Katz0556 what is SOS hope you dont mind me asking these things. I send prayers and hugs to all who need them. I had a check up at doctors yesterday, he sent me for a chest x ray and I am having a ECG next week, its only to rule out heart problems before he trys to find out what else can be causing my shortness off breath. have a good day

Okay, can't get this reply to load properly, so this will be jumbled together rather than iin paragraphs. Zora, my raspberry bushes are now cleared of dead canes. What a job that is every Spring. My DH will clear up the debris I left beside each row. I did enuf bending, stretching and crouching. I'm sore enuf with my Fibromyalgia, never mind trying to garden. Tippy, How freaky, your near accident. It must've scared the heebiejeebies outta you !!! Good thing you were able to avoid it. Quick thinking! Cilla, I always use Tylenol 1. It has codeine in it and we can still get it without a prescription. It's kept behind the pharmacy counter, and is recorded. Anything stronger you'll need a prescription for. Regular and extra strength Tyl. is useless for me. You may want to try it. Just don't drive till you know what is does for you. Thought for the day...Disraeli, eh? I used to live near a Disraeli Bridge...will never forget that name. And love a tree? We have a lot of trees at our place, especially spruce and pine. Do I hug them all? That'll take a long time. LOL There's several forest fires burning within 100 miles of us. It's very, very windy, so that'll hamper the fire-fighting efforts. One of our friends is only a few miles from one of the fires. We pray for her safety and that of all in the vicinity. Bedtime for this gal. Tomorrow I'll be putting in a long shift. ***JP***

Have a wonderful day, Grubup as we sleep. We have lots of relatives in Europe. they are 8 hours time difference from us. So it's just after 8 a.m. for them (and you) now. Welcome to this group! I'm JP. I live in Central Alberta, Canada. I'm married, have 2 adult daughters and two children living with their Lord in heaven. We enjoy 3 grandchildren...and our SonIL, of course. I'd better join DH in bed. High time for some shut-eye.

Where did my post go? Sheesh! Guess who can't fall asleep? So I'm sitting here with hot milk and soda crackers. The wind is fierce! A few minutes ago, while I was typing the post that disappeared, It was as though several people were knocking at the door, only it was coming from the bathroom. My DH slept through it...he says he goes to bed to sleep, not lie awake. He didn't seem overly concerned, or he wasn't awake enuf to want to get up. Sure hope it doesn't happen again. That's freaky! Will hit the couch and try again to fall asleep. Once I'm sleeping, if I wake up for a peestop, I'll fall asleep again. It's just GETTING to sleep that's my problem.

Good Morning Everyone! 

I am now the proud owner of a HQ quilting frame and a Juki sewing machine that goes with it. Jim and I went to see it, I wanted him to go so he could see it and if I got it could help me get it set up. She had it all set up so I could ‘play’ with it and it works like several that I have seen at quilt shows.  She showed me a lot about it and there is a video with it that takes it step by step. She was so nice and offered to come to our house if I had a problem with it.  I don’t have it set up yet, we have started re arranging the furniture in that room to fit it in. Also there is carpet in there which we had been planning to take up and use the hard wood floor, so we will do that as we get things arranged. Jim says it will be all set up today. Can’t wait to get to play with it. DD# 2 is really excited about it too, she said they would be here on Saturday to help with the furniture etc if we still need help. It is going in what has been the dining room so to move the china cabinet, it had to be emptied and things put back, then I also have my grandmothers buffet which we will move today so will have to remove some things from it too. The result will be good so just have to get these things done.

 Thanks to both Margarets for the recipes. I make pimento cheese, (no recipe, just dump it in), but this one sounds really good next time I make it I will try this. We like pimento cheese sandwiches on wheat bread.  I have never made scones but I may have to try this recipe soon.  

Zora, Great thought for the day!  Love a tree day will not be hard we have lots of trees in Charlotte as a matter of fact there is a city ordinance that any new construction has to have trees planted along the main street at a prescribed interval. Makes for a pretty city. We do have a couple of pine trees that need to be taken down. They are old and with enough wind I am afraid will either come down on our house or the neighbors.

 Not a lot of cooking going on here until we get this project done. I do have turkey enough to do something just don’t know what it will be. 

I need to get the coffee going so we can go for a walk and get back at it.

  I am adding armloads of hugs, prayers and well wishes to the baskets this morning as I repeat the group prayer.  

Wishing Everyone A Happy Day!

 Lois

 

Good Morning Everyone,

 

Lois, congratulations on your new quilting frame, may you spend many enjoyable hours at it.

 

We can't get Tylenol with codeine in the states without a prescription.    When ever I went to Canada, I had a standing order to bring back some to a couple friends.

 

Another dreary looking day here, but it's Senior card game day so will be playing cards instead of looking at the weather.

 

Wishing you all a wonderful day,

Mabel  

Just another quick run through as the girls will be here any minute.

I did want to tell NANCY B that I am so delighted that you have found a doctor who is giving you hope. Doing the dance of joy for you.

 

ZORA~ Finally got the cake pic sent to you.

 

Wishing you all a great day and lots of hugs and prayers going out to my friends here.

Waving at everyone. I think Playland at McDonalds is calling our names.

Tippy

 

 

Good morning from a sunny Indiana, it's 60 out there, so a little warmer today.

DH out hauling corn, will be home early this evening, don't mind him doing that, just hate it when he's out late.

Just got finished cleaning the bathrooms & have a load of towels in the washer.  Have a man coming this afternoon to work on my sweeper, the handle cracked.  Has taken him 3 weeks to get the part & get out here, grrrrr, they take their sweet time doing things.

My favorite tree is in the front yard, a big ole sugar maple, turns a glorious color in the fall, all gold, if I could post pictures I'd show you, it sure is a beauty.

Zora..............saw on TV last night where NCIS is on for 2 hours, just enough to interupt DWTS, gotta watch Jason on his last night, I've pulled for him this long, will have DD tape it for me, always something to mess me up........LOL!

Hope everyone is having a great day.

Pennybrown

Tippy's Little House Cake!!

Zora