Hey I thought I would pop in.. I tried a couple of times and CC was down..
I have ha the crud also. Jord had it over Christmas and gave it to me. It is a head cold but I have lost my voice and it has been gone for about a week.. And with the week I have had I really needed it.. They are sying this thing lasts about 2 weeks..GGGGAAAHHH I hate this CRAP..
Ok tonight was breakfast for supper. Scarmbled eggs, hashbrowns and sausage..
Last night chicken nuggets and mac and cheese..
I have been so busy over Christmas and the New Year..
Mike's work is really scary right now like everyone else..We take it one day at a time and pray this will all get better SOON..Like everyone else times are tough.. I do have a paying cake for the 20th but a non pay for the 18th..I am working with a girl who runs a Knights of Columbus hall. They rent it out for weddings and such. We are planning bridal show of sorts. I will be making the cake for show and tasting So I have been searching trends and trying to figure out what I want to show..Hopefully this will boost my cakes and I can do it full time..And make more money than I do decorating cakes at the store.. Don't get me wrong I love working with the people. Just not the pay..I can't believe I have been there almost a year.. I have learned alot of tricks on decorating.. But now I wish I had a edible image printer, and a sprayer..I dream of the day I can have these..Makes life so much easier..
Well I better go for now..Hope I can pop back in really soon..I didn't have time to read up much.. I hope everyone is doing ok..And I love that my chair has been dusted off.. Thanks to my TWIN LOL
It's holiday season here and it's hot Hot HOT we had 3 days 42C (about 107F) thank goodness for a pool and air conditioning. Now the cool change has arrived and I'm in track pants with a jumper nearby 
, go figure.
Kay I understand about Mike's work when my DH lost his job it was really hard, thinking of you.
Janine glad your mum and dad are back on track, hope the computer follows.
butterflyjuju your baby is due near my birthday a Taurean we're really nice people 
mklomar when you come to Oz make sure you let me know we'll have a ball, we'll eat and drink our way around and maybe we'll be able to see a few sights as well 
Ohara sending good thoughts to you for 2009
Supper we've had a mix of stuff we went and saw Le Grand Cirque - Aerial Dreams (acrobatics and aerial acrobatics) it was really good, just love live shows, it was on at the Opera House in Sydney in the concert hall. We had dinner on the harbour watching the ferries and boats go by and all the people rushing to catch the train (or ferry) on the way home from work. Meanwhile I was eating grilled Jewfish with beans and kipfler potatoes on a seafood sauce, I was in heaven beautiful fish, don't know whether you have it there, if you do try it. Oh and drinking a beer (or 2) Heiniken(?) on tap watching the world go by. Gee lifes hard isn't it. That was courtesy of the money I'd made on cakes during the year, so it was well earned.
The rest of the week we've been eating salads and trying to stay cool.
Sending warm thoughts to all of you in your chilly part of the world 
Okay this may sound odd but I need all of you to pm me your email addresses. Even if I have it, do it again, because I've had computer issues (my kids got on it...grrr...that's my issue). I have a late Christmas and New Years present for you all. It will come via-email.
Sent you a pm mklomar.
We had patio steak, corn, and homemade cheese fries. First time I've make oven baked fries from potatoes we have on hand that turned out good. Just like the store bought steak fries.
Hey all..
Tonight I made tuna noodle casserole..
Last night was taco salad..
Fri. night was Beef stew /soup It wasn't as thick as stew but thick for a soup LOL I made it from left over frozen roast.. And it was YUMMY
Sparkle I would love to come spend time at your house LOL We have been cold,nasty and sleet/snow.. Warmed up and almost melted all our snow away and got a balst of snow again. Now tomorrow we will get another blast.. NO WONDER I HAVE THE CRUD AND NO VOICE GGGGRRRR
Juju I have made bake fries before and they are really good.. I haven't done them for quite some time now you got me cravin them.. LOL I am going to have to make some real soon..
Hey twin I emailed ya.. If you don't get my email let me know and I will pm ya my addy.. GOTTA LOVE THOSE KIDS...
Ok I better go for now.. catch you all soon
I'll pm you my email address mkolmar, your using your authoritive "voice" and I'm not gunna mess with that
juju what's patio steak, is it a cut or what you do with it?
Kay you'd be most welcome, we don't get snow here. Wouldn't recommend swimming at the beach at the moment lots of sharks about, there's been a few attacks, nasty business. Lots of hot weather and some u beaut afternoon thunder storms.
Tonight we had chicken schnitzel, corn on the cob and salad.
Talk again soon
I'm with you Kay...let's go to Sparkle's. More ice, snow here now and in a couple of days the arctic blast gets here.
Nothing new here. I am still trying to put the house back together from Christmas. I was sick most of last week. I am thankfully feeling better. It sure did slow me down. This is a short school week, only 4 days this week and only 4 next. I like quiet mornings, so that is ok with me.
My brother is in the hospital. We are really worried for him. We have no idea when he will get out. He had surgery and is a diabetic (who doesn't take any care of himself) and it will take him longer to heal. They are also teaching him to give himself injections and teaching him better "nutrition".
Knowing it and doing it are two different things. Maybe this will convince him to take care of himself.
Thursday was burritos, refried beans, chips and salasa
Friday I made sausage stew, served it with italain bread
Saturday I roasted a pork loin with potatoes, carrots and onions.
Sunday we had left overs for dinner.
I have no idea what we will have tonight. I do need to make a plan though. We have a middle of the afternoon appointment, so I won't be here to start dinner.
Try to have a good day ladies.
Sparkle--it just says patio steak on the outside of the package...lol. So I'm guessing it's a cut.
I'm ready for this winter to be over. Here it will be like in the 60s and 70s (F) one day and in the 30s the next. My poor kids have been sick nearly all winter. Viruses love this type of weather.
Kay--I always bake my fries but it's usually store bought. When I've tried the homemade ones they never turned out. Someone told me the trick was to blanche the potatoes strips first before baking or frying them. Worked really well.
We had Wendy's for supper. I had a bacon and cheese baked potato and a salad.
I'm going to have to get back into the groove of cooking.
We had my goulash for supper.. You know money is tight when you didn't have enough elbow mac and can't afford to go to store to get more and sub half wide noodles.. And DD thought it was AWESOME.. Same taste just different look LOL.. I thought I had bought more elbow mac.. But duh NO and had a half bag of the wide noodle from tuna noodle last night..
I guess time for new recipes to start again at our house for improvising.. I have developed many recipes this way.. LOL So maybe this recession or whatever it is was put here for me to be CREATIVE LOL Maybe I will publish a book of my recipes LOL I have quite a collection LOL not all are kid approved but I liked them alot LOL So I told them eat it or find something else LOL Changes the attitude real fast LOL
Ohara I am glad also when they have A DAY OFF and only a DAY cause after that I HATE hearing I AM BORED.... Burritoes YUM
JUJU I will have to remeber that before I bake fries again.. I have tossed them in oil and onion soup mix before and they were YUMMY..
Sparkle the heck with SWIMMING I will have my BUTT parked in a chair on the beach with a ICE COLD BEER and agood book LOL under a umbrella of course I don't like the heat alot either but deal with it better that FREEZIN MY BOOTIE OFF.. So once again PARTY at SPARKLES HOUSE and she is buying the round trip tickets LOL And the booze LOL
Hi everyone. It's cold here too. It's been about 8 degrees today, and even colder tomorrow. This winter is brutal. It's sad when your best friend (mine) lives in Anchorage and has WARMER weather and less snow that us... 
Tonight~ (I've been slacking... big time)
vegan "steak" strips (no, they don't taste like steak. Great for saute.
Tings (cause I'm too damn lazy tonight to turn the rice cooker on...)
oven roasted broccoli
I'm sorry to hear so many are having money issues. I think we can all relate to that right now. 
I wish we could all meet for coffee/tea and have a few great laughs. I think we could all use that right now.
butterflyjuju~ I miss the Wendy's superbar (from like, 1996!!) 
Mkolmar~ I hope your son is feeling better.
Kay~ I'll buy your recipe book! We're feeling the recession too.
Ohara~ I'm sorry to hear about your brother. I hope he'll be better soon. I also have a (sister) who doesn't take care of herself or her illness. It's painful to watch, isn't it?
Sparkle~ I made vegan schnitzel once... (kind of absurd, I realize but I'm German) We also tried vegan haggis (YES, I said vegan "haggis") in Scotland. We laughed so hard~ we had to try it...
janine1972 ~ I'm glad your folks are doing better. 
talk later friends. 
We had breakfast for supper.
Sausage links, eggs, and toast.
I had grilled cheese and jalapeno sandwiches with pickles. Craving green things.
Anyone else having a hard time getting their kids to eat veggies in the winter. Mine will eat loads of veggies all summer but come winter they don't.
It was leftovers for supper..
JUJ I have a hard time period trying to get Brooke to eat veggies so I sneak them in stuff..When I make a casserole I always put a can of veggies in it.. or I sneak celery and carrots diced real small into stuff..Like chicken /beef and noodles it doesn't really change the taste but it's in there.. And Brooke loves taco salad so I make that alot. She will eat canned peas and corn.. But she doesn't care for alot of veggies..
K2 Yeah with my cookbook I would have to give you lots of things to sub LOL And I think my hands would hurt from all the typing LOL..Like ok you don't have elbow mac.. What do you have that you could sub?? half bag of rotini noodles, 1/4 bag extra wide noodles, a can of veg/beef soup or a can of tomato soup.. so here is a sample recipe.. MY GUNK Boil what ever noodles you can find..Drain Open up a can of soup whatever kind you have. Dump over noodles. Toss in any meat you have..Stir and warm up more if needed.. Voila supper You could even use rice LOL endsless possiblities unless you have no food at all in the house LOL Oh and Wendy's superbar I remeber those dang now I got hungry for it LOL Man that was a longtime ago..
Ok gotta go bake a cake
Tonight was McDonald's. Jaz had a doc appt for her face. She has impetigo and has antibiotics to take orally and with cream. Fun Fun!
Kay--my kids like veggies and lots of different ones but they only want to eat them in the summer.
Take out Thai tonight~
Tom yum and vegetable & tofu soup
soft roll with veg & tofu
broccoli and tofu over brown rice
(I know, I eat LOADS of tofu...that's why I can lift a buick with one arm)
Well ladies, in 5 hours I'll be 35!!!! That's 1/2 way to 70... how did this happen? I don't feel old, but I realized some of my highschool friends have kids that are 16~ mine is only a toddler... she keeps me feeling young with all the tea parties and sledding. Oh well, more important things going on in the world than these petty concerns.
Well Happy Birthday K2.. To be 35 again and pregnant..I am 45 had son at 27, DD at 35...I was having my DD around the same time my younger sis became a G-Ma LOL I am the oldest and everyone thinks I am the youngest..LOL I feel old when my hands and body hurt.. But general I feel pretty young.. Brooke keeps me on the go at 10. With dance and girlscouts,her paper route...Everyone always thinks of me as younger because of her..
Ok supper Brooke went to a friends for supper. Jord didn't work tonight so he had left over chili mac. And I made Mike frozen fish and tator tots..
Juju ya impetigo is SSSOOOOO Fun only one better is head lice.. Just typing those words made my head itch..
Happy Birthday K2.
I had my first child at 21, second at 23, third at 27 and #4 will be while I'm 28.
Think I have enough kids...lol?
Well it's been hot Hot HOT here today 43C, which according to my temperature conversion chart is 109.4F. Too hot to go outside and swim in the pool you'd fry . Now do you feel warmer . Naturally that goes hand in hand with bushfires, we've just had a strong southerly change which has cooled things down but not good for the poor old fire brigade as there are a few houses in the fires path .
K2cakes - Vegan Haggis??? Are you for real I'd like to ask if it tasted like the real thing but then you wouldn't know
Ohara hope you are better now and your brother is doing better to. Unfortunately he's old enough (and as the saying goes) ugly enough to look after himself, that doesn't make it easier for you though.
Kay I reckon you're on a winner with your cookbook there wouldn't be another like it. I love the way you said "Dump over noodles" that could be your catchphrase . When you make your first million you can buy the round trip tickets, I'll drink to that, BTW it's your shout mate
Tonight we had chicken and chips from the local milk bar, it was too hot to cook or swim
Last night we had a BBQ at about 8pm, we went in the pool about 6pm it was like a bath and soo nice, too hot to go in before.
Stay cool (or warm)
Yep sparkle I use the dump over method ALOT I better paton it LOL
Sparkle, I love reading your posts. I had to do a search to figure out what a milk bar was. See this site is educational as well I also never heard the phrase, old and ugly enough to.... lol I have heard old enough, but I really like the ugly enough part of that phrase. I will have to work it into a conversation with my girlfriends. They will all like that. Thanks I am feeling much better.
Kay....I started the baby thing much earlier than you. I'm a year younger than you and have a 23 yr old, a 20 yr old and a 12 yr old.
K2.... 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
I hope you have a great day. Remember you are only as old as you feel.
Juju....impetigo...yes lots of fun. Hang in there. At least yours eat veggies in the summer. My youngest doesn't eat them any season. It is always a bit of a struggle to get her to eat them.
Mkolmar...I hope all is well at your house....cold I'm sure.
Janine....you must be crazy busy still. How are your parents doing? Your weather must be nice and warm also.
My brother is doing better. Will be in the hospital for a while still.
Our weather sucks. No school today. We had over 7" of snow yesterday. The temps are below 0. No school tomorrow due to a teacher in service day, and Monday is a holiday so no school then.
I am supposed to go give blood today. I will try to combine our little errands at the same time, so we aren't making multiple trips into town.
Monday I made pepper steak with rice, sweet corn and french bread
Tuesday I made chicken fajitas, refried beans, taco chips with salsa.
Last night DH wanted leftover pepper steak, so I heated that up for him and made bacon and eggs w/ toast for the kids and I.
I am making a beef roast tonight. We decided it was a good idea to use the oven and help warm the house with it as cold as it is. It just makes DH feel warmer when the over is running.
Hi All,
Sorry for not "eating" here, my computer has been down for a while due to the service provider -all fixed now
Who mentioned blanching their fries before baking??? - well i dont blanche mine i put the fresh cut and washed chips/fries into the microwave on high for a couple of minuter - about 5, and then i fry mine - ooopppsss but sooo yummy - lol this helps them cook through and come out crispy,so im sure it wil work for oven bake too??
Thanks all for the well wishes etc for my folks, they are back at work - whoo hoo!!!
Ohara - sorry about your brother in hospital, i too am a diabetic, and not a very good girl either at times, it is really hard, but when one is ill, then one needs to change your habits - i too this year want to get me back on track - I will keep him and you and your family in my prayers!! God bless!! our weather is weird, summer here used to be sunshine and bbq's now it is sunshine and electric storms in a mater of the same day sometimes 2 x a day - it is realy weird, but at least when the sun shines it is lovely and hot. Youre welcome to come visit here!
kay- the cook book sounds good, i too am interested - lol here things are tough too! Hope youre all feeling better!
Mkolmar - I pm'd you - hope the better late than never will apply for me - lol
k2 cakes - Happy birthday to a young 35!! youre still young - lol May this be a very blessed year for you! i turned 37 on the 12th - and they say you are as young as you feel, so every time i hug jarod, i feel 9 years old - he he he , my dh and i were saying tonight that 20 years ago this year, we finished our high school - like 20 years - eeeeekkkkkkk, sure doesnt feel that long ago - lol
But young at heart is a good thing - i love being 9 - lol
butterflyjuju- my son also preffers veggies in summer - lol i think in winter ones body seems to crave the comfort food -lol
Sparklepop - ooh sounds like youre having fun, i love the hot weather - even though i get hot very very quickly but dont get cold easily - i know its weird - lol i would rather have the hot hots than the colds!!! lol. i see or weather is similar - one minute boiling sun, the next major thunder/electric storms - where are the summers when we had nice days with the whole day being sun shine and happiness - lol????
Well lets see, tonight we went out for dinner with dh's gran, aunt and uncle - lol their treat - what fun!!
Had a steak and salads
Last night dh made curry and rice as i was busy preparing for the demonstration i had to give at the cake decorators guild today - lol went off well though and all were pretty happy incl me - he he he
I demonstrated the butter cream transfer - or as we call it here - lol the butter cream flip!
I dont know if i mentioned that i got my results from the exams for basic instructor in cake decorating - whoo hoo - lol i passed, i got a B - whoo hoo, now the practicals are to be 31 march 2009 till 3 april 2009 - yikers!!!
So i still have courses to do - am starting 19th feb with the piped flowers and that is so far the only course that i need, that is on offer before the exams - please all send a little prayer for me/- maybe they will postpone the practicals - lol wishful thinking - lol
Over the new years weekend, i made new curtains for my whole house - lol i bught the material 2 years ago - he he he and finaly had some time to do it all -
Hope youre all ok and that things come right quickly with the recession, come visit me, your money is worth a hell ofa lot more here than mine is there - lol
big big hugs to all
I mentioned blanching the fries. DH wouldn't eat them if I microwaved them. And I quit deep frying a whole lot of foods after my moms heart surgery. We use to live with her so I changed my cooking for her and haven't changed it back since we moved. Healthier for us.
Tonight was CiCis pizza. Met mom there and had the buffet. Love thier cinnamon rolls. I ate like 6.
Hi everyone and thanks for the birthday wishes.
I stopped over my Nana's house for a quick b-day visit and she told me some depressing news. She recently lost tens of thousands of dollars in the stock market (one of her IRA's..) What the hell is wrong with our economy/government/country??? What is wrong with this picture? The elderly have worked their whole lives for retirement, etc. and POOF, it's gone. 
She wishes she'd moved her money out last year, but she didn't have a crystal ball and thought things would change.
I hated to see the look on her face. She feels so stupid, eventhough it wasn't her fault. Money sucks~
tonight's food~
veggie chix'n patties w/soy cheese and tomato-sage sauce
oven roasted broccoli
(hunger pains- because I forgot to eat rice)
Have a good one, and sorry for that vent. I know she'll be ok, but it still makes me sick.
Hi All
butterflyjuju - i agree, baked is way better than fried, lol but sometimes i love them fried - i know too naughty he he
then i guess blanching them is best so dh will eat them!, i do roasted potatoes similar, but then if you take a spray bottle with some olive oil, and just spritz them a little and i spice them, then bake??
k2cakes - so sorry to hear about your granny's loss on the stock market - if only we could turn back time!!! Give her a big hug from me!! and for you!!
The whole world is taking a knock at the moment, and it sucks!! wish there was something i could do to help! and youre welcome to vent whenever you want! Thats what friends are for.
ok, food - mmm tonight i have a lady comming over to help me out with the ironing - hooray - hate that, so we are all going to have toasted mince and cheese sandwiches, as it goes far - lol
Hugs to all
Tonight I made hashbrown casserole and added alittle diced ham to it.. They ate it all up LOL
K2 No prob with venting that is what we are here for ((HHHUUGGSS)) Sorry your Mom took a huge loss.. I hope it all works out soon..
Janine I will have to try the nuking of the tators before baking or frying.. I am craving fried potatoes..
Juju I am jealous you had pizza I have been craving that lately also..
Ohara I am glad your brother is doing better.. And I have been baking cakes so I to love turning the oven on to warm the house up.. The oven has cooled off and I can tell I need to go bump up the heat.. We are suppose to have a inch of snow tonight but start a heatwave tomorrow Upto 40 and into the high 40's maybe 50 for a week WOOHOO
Tonight is baked potato soup. DS is complaining that he doesn't like it. DD has most of hers gone...lol.
Kay--I ate way more pizza than I normally do. I think I must have been craving it too.
Yesterday it was like 12*F all day. Freezing even with a coat. Today it's 30*F and I just went out without a coat and felt fine...lol.
Hi all
Kay - if you nuke the potatoes before frying them, they retain a lot less oil therby making them that little more healthy - he he he
wow but it is cold there, keep warm all, and bake bake bake for the extra heat - lol
Hi everyone!
Happy B-day K2! I know I already pm'd you but I'll tell you once again just so you know I wanted it to be extra-happy.
Ohara-I'm glad your brother is doing better.
Janine- How is the studying going for cakes?
Sparkle-do you want me to send you some snow to cool things down? We have plenty.
Butterfly- 4 kids is fun. You will be extremely busy though. My oldest just turned 5 when I had my youngest so she was just starting to be a little helpful. How old is your oldest.
Dinner last night was soup and lasagna,
Night before was salad, chicken and homemade bread plus potatoes.
Tonight will be cajun chicken pasta with homemade bread and salad.
Did all of you receive the emails? Or do I need to resend some....let me know.
Melissa--my kids are 6, 4, and 1. The oldest two will be nearly 7 and 5 when the baby is born or already that age depending on when she shows.
Tonight we are having french dip roast (thanks so much for that recipe), dinner rolls, potatoes, and possibly carrots. I think I may fix myself a salad too.
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