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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
you are gorgeous! love your hair!!!!

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
((((FAB))))))

Awesome couple Bandit!! :-)

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
My first thought exactly Texannie ... Bandit your hair is gorgeous!! Great pic!

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Ok peeps!!! I need help! I need a side dish to take to Christmas Eve dinner at my sister's mother-in laws house (don't ask, long story). The main dishes will be Ham and Lasagna (an even longer story). There will be scalloped potatoes as well...any ideas from all you creative people out there?

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
does it need to be cooked before hand? do you want hot or cold?
here's a couple of easy ones. i am a southern cook, so sorry, i don't have measurements.

Marinated Vegetables
chop carrots, brocolli, zuchinni, squash, mushrooms, asparagus into bite size pieces.
put into a large ziplock bag
chop tomatoes into bite size pieces (you want to end up being about half of the recipe.
put those into the ziplock bag.
add in enough Wishbone Italian dressing to completely coat the veggies (you don't want to drown them though!)
add salt, pepper, garlic, fresh basil.
refridgerate overnight. when getting ready to serve, drain and put into a beautiful cut glass bowl.
this is super easy, travels well, and doesn't matter if it's ice cold or room temp. you can also bake this if you want hot.

Super Easy Spinach
melt butter (lots!) and garlic in the bottom of a pan. add in black pepper and salt. add frozen spinach, simmer till cooked.
about 5 minutes before serving add a handful or so of grated mozzarello.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Yummm to both!

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
I am making green bean bundles. Easy. Parboil the green beans for about five minutes. Cook one pound of bacon until almost done. (Must be a little undercooked so it will wrap easily around the beans.) Saute chopped shallots and garlic in a little butter. Take 7 or 8 beans, wrap a strip of bacon around the beans and secure with a toothpick. Arrange on a cookie sheet. Drizzle butter and shallots and garlic over beans. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes until hot a bubbly.

My family loves these!!!

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Mama...you are awesome...I am not

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
They are easy, really. I make them a day ahead of time, and just pop them in the oven.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 1:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
A little holiday humor:








Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
those are funny! especially like the poison one!


I make those bundles too but need the extra oven space this year.
They are good!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 1:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Last night I ran into a neighbor and she told me her son had come in fourth in a walkathon at school that made money for.. uh I forget.. anyway the top 2-3 prizes were these mountain bikes but he knew he wouldn't be getting one of them.. He was really excited.

The day they got their prizes, he called his dad all bouncy and said "Dad! Dad! I won a mountain bike!!" So he and his Dad were picking up the bike (mom is legally blind, uncorrectable, can't drive).

But the nice part of this? The kid knew his uncle really wants a mountain bike and the bike is for his uncle, not for him.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
wow! that brings tears to my eyes.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 2:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh wow, that is wonderful Sea!

We had my nieces spend the night last night. Santa is bringing them new bedroom furniture and comforter/sheet sets along with some room decs. Up til now they've shared a room and sis has been trying to get everything organized and ready to move Christmas Eve without the girls realizing what she's doing. Anyways, since they were here, we decorated gingerbread people and a couple houses. It's such a simple holiday thing to do with them but so much fun. By the time we were done they were covered in frosting and had been sneaking candy pieces like Darren and I wouldn't see, lol.

Tonight my kids are spending the night with them, so we'll be pulling out all Santa's gifts and going through them to wrap and not wrap and seperating them into boxes. We don't have anything to put together Christmas eve, but I'd like to have everything ready to go and easy so we don't have to spend a lot of time and risk waking them up in the middle of the night.

Fabnsab
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 8:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fabnsab a private message Print Post    
great story, Sea!

Scoot, how many people are you serving? For Easter I made Paula Deens sweet potato balls and now everyone makes me make them for every get together. It may not be so easy if you have a ton of people to make them for though.

4 large sweet potatoes
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
2 cups shredded coconut, sweetened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 large marshmallow per potato ball

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Bake the potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them. Stir in the brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, toss the coconut with the sugar and cinnamon. Press mashed potatoes around each marshmallow, creating a 2 to 3-inch diameter ball. Roll the balls in the coconut mixture. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Watch carefully for the last few minutes of cooking; the expanding marshmallows can cause the potato balls to burst open.

Here is the Food Network site with a pic.

http://tinyurl.com/yxdrm9

I will add some hints on the recipe if you or anyone else is interested in them.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Thanks Fab...those sound good...let me count...I think we will be 18 or 20...someone tell me why I am doing this?

Alwayzmovin
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11-06-2003

Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 3:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
Fab....I made that recipe at Thanksgiving and everyone loved them. The only thing I'd think about changing would be using mini "mellows" thus having smaller "balls"! Sure was yummy good though.

Regee
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10-09-2005

Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 7:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Regee a private message Print Post    
Scooterffic:

I would go to my local deli and just buy something, and have my own bowl in the car and switch it over.....

Don't laugh I have done that before.

I forgot I had to take something so I went to the store and got some Blueberry Pie Filling and some cool whip and mixed it up and that is how I created "Blueberry Delight".

Hey it worked, giggle.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
<grins>

Fabnsab
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08-07-2000

Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fabnsab a private message Print Post    
Always, I think smaller balls would be better too.

<choke>

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
<wipes coffee from monitor>

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
LMAO!!!

Smaller is never better.

Alwayzmovin
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11-06-2003

Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
If memory serves....right before they come out of the oven they become (drum roll please) smaller "schwetty" balls. Good times.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
ROTFLMAO!!! This is too much!

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
I thought this was cute:

Dear Santa,

I've been a good mom all year. I've fed, cleaned and cuddled my children on demand, visited their doctor's office more than my doctor, sold sixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shade tree on the school playground. I was hoping you could spread my list out over several Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my son's red crayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry room between cycles, and who knows when I'll find anymore free time in the next 18 years.

Here are my Christmas wishes:

I'd like a pair of legs that don't ache (in any color, except purple, which I already have) and arms that don't hurt or flap in the breeze; but are strong enough to pull my screaming child out of the candy aisle in the grocery store.

I'd also like a waist, since I lost mine somewhere in the seventh month of my last pregnancy.

If you're hauling big ticket items this year I'd like fingerprint resistant windows and a radio that only plays adult music; a television that doesn't broadcast any programs containing talking animals; and a refrigerator with a secret compartment behind the crisper where I can hide to talk on the phone.



On the practical side, I could use a talking doll that says, "Yes, Mommy" to boost my parental confidence, along with two kids who don't fight and three pairs of jeans that will zip all the way up without the use of power tools.



I could also use a recording of Tibetan monks chanting "Don't eat in the living room" and "Take your hands off your brother," because my voice seems to be just out of my children's hearing range and can only be heard by the dog.



If it's too late to find any of these products, I'd settle for enough time to brush my teeth and comb my hair in the same morning, or the luxury of eating food warmer than room temperature without it being served in a Styrofoam container.



If you don't mind, I could also use a few Christmas miracles to brighten the holiday season. Would it be too much trouble to declare ketchup a vegetable? It will clear my conscience immensely. It would be helpful if you could coerce my children to help around the house without demanding payment as if they were the bosses of an organized crime family.



Well, Santa, the buzzer on the dryer is ringing and my son saw my feet under the laundry room door. I think he wants his crayon back. Have a safe trip and remember to leave your wet boots by the door and come in and dry off so you don't catch cold.

Help yourself to cookies on the table but don't eat too many or leave crumbs on the carpet.



Yours Always, MOM...!



P.S. One more thing...you can cancel all my requests if you can keep my children young enough to believe in Santa for many years to come.