Originally Posted by ronni62:
Yeah, here too, but what do we do for the other 23 hours and 50 minutes?;)

WOW!! Sounds like you got EZ beat by about 9 minutes.

Originally Posted by ronni62:
:rofl:

Yeah, here too, but what do we do for the other 23 hours and 50 minutes?;)

If your DH is smarter than me he'd use that time to cuddle....and go for seconds ;)

Originally Posted by Ruthxxx:
Exactly how long does it take for candles to cool? And is that when they are blown out or pinched out?

Not exactly sure RUTH but I know cool-whip takes the sting out :)

Originally Posted by Operator265:
WOW!! Sounds like you got EZ beat by about 9 minutes.

Oh pleeeeeezzzz MISS TNT..ret....I can beat it much quicker than that!

I'm just glad I'm young enough to wonder what I do with the other 15 min. on my birthday. :o Guess that's enough time to have some cake and ice cream. :hb:

Originally Posted by Operator265:
I'm just glad I'm young enough to wonder what I do with the other 15 min. on my birthday. :o Guess that's enough time to have some cake and ice cream. :hb:

At least you will have worked off the calories!:D

:o

This is where you want me to be????

'Bout time you showed up around here, Susan.

just stopping in to say hi.

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Three day weekend coming up and glorious weather predicted. I intend to suck the juice out of this last long weekend of our summer!

We're having a wonderful weather weekend here too! It's just incredible outside-I even got sunburned while having my yard sale today....and made a bunch of money too:D

What's everyone else doing for the weekend?

Just spent most of the day helping the Canadian economy by getting a haircut $40, gas $40, a car wash at $10, more than $350 in casual clothes, some new plants and shrubs for $50, fresh fruits and veggies for $44 and a $122 kennel boarding bill.

I plan to spend a frugal weekend but the economy feels stimulated!

Wow lots of stimulating round here...the birthday gifts and the economy...dh is in wisconsin..working...no stimulating at my place this weekend:(

Never heard it called that, Julia!

I just tasted the chili that I put in the crockpot last night and realized I put in paprika instead of chili powder. Duh! Must have been a brain fart.

Ruth---that almost sounds like our take on it we refuse to participate. it may take some time to get what we want but if it is something that we really want we will end up buying it. but anyway good for you.

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Is the chili still edible, Ruth? In that case call it beans Stroganoff and pretend you did it on purpose.

Well had two eye appointments this week. I get this bummed eye fixed on Sept 15. Crazy fast timing. But that is good. DH is getting tired of my lame 1/2 blind fat girl jokes. Just trying to keep the mood "lighter", you know be a visionary in to the more humourous side of things. And I have the kids a wee bit freaked as Mommy will be able to "see" everything more clearly. No more getting away with things. No use getting depressed about it. Its all in Gods hands.

Have a wonderful morning everyone!

I tiddled up the chili with hot sauces and it's fine now.

Damned games are pushing us off the page. I've asked twice to get them moved but to no avail. Suzanne and Jennifer are really busy with a business move right now so it may be a while.

Sunny Sunday coming up BUT I did hear geese this morning. Maybe they were just locals not the guys that commute south. Whether we like it or not, it's starting!

Saw the first geese come by here last week. They are early this year, it seems. great that the chili is chili again. Love the doggy avatar, he looks a sweety-pie!

Julia, it is better to get this sort of stuff over with asap, anticipation is worse than the procedure itself.

Feeling tiddly here
 

Ruth - I do love expanding my vocabulary on this thread. I had to look up your "tiddled up the chili " and foundNevertheless, that's what I'm gonna do to my chili that I'm making for my lunches next week. Can't wait.

Drunk chili, never had that however the Corona as your beverage may contribute to that If the chili is hot enough you need lots of Corona or if you are watching your weight , Bud Lite.

once in awhile we will use beer in chili. it really is not that bad depending on the beer. we usually use a darker one. and refried beans. the first time we made with beer i could not stand it but the more we made it the better it became because we started to find the right balance of ingredients.

Tasting it every so often as it cooks may make it more interesting depending how much beer is added.

that is the big thing with it how much and which kind is used makes a really big difference. we have found that the darker beers are better. but that is also the kind we prefer to drink any way.

I'm not going to waste my corona by dumping it in my chili....

maybe my son in law's dark beer he leaves in my fridge, for me to keep "iced" down...the guy will do anything to save a buck so he doesn't have to get a real job.

Beef stew with beer (I use ale) is lovely! And I prefer drinking ale over lager as well. On the rare occasion I drink alcohol at all.

Thanks, Dutch Girl. I'd forgotten about Carbonnade à la flamande. My husband used to make it a lot on cold wintry days. I must remember it this fall because there is a scent of autumn in the air this morning.

good morning everyone.

There is a scent of smoke in the air here from the fires.

Have a great Labor Day everyone.

Beef stew does sound wonderful! Oh yeah!....gonna see if I can find a good recipe.

Love the smell of stew as it is cooking it on the stove. Doesn't hurt if you are baking biscuits, too.

now that sounds good bargoo. stew and biscuts or fresh baked bread.

3 kids in bed with nervous tummies. Back to school in the morning!

I miss those days Julia....all the new "dreams"...clothes....

Homemade bread and biscuits sound good...indeed

And as long as the oven is on how about a pie, blueberry is my favorite.

Yay for blueberry pie
 

Originally Posted by bargoo:
And as long as the oven is on how about a pie, blueberry is my favorite.

Drooling over blueberry pie. Thank goodness for this oasis within 3FatChicks where all the other threads are talking about mindful eating and other such restrictive thinking.

Food PORN! I love it. Right now I could go for a slice of blueberry pie but will have to settle for Fibre 1 with blueberries. ** Sigh **

The kids around here are back to school this morning. It feels like January 1! At least the weather is great. I remember many years when it was a scramble to find rainwear that first day.

Happy Tuesday.

When I bought a new car a few years ago I noticed a Marie Callendar's right across the street from the dealer. If you don't have Marie's in your area, they make great pies. I decided that when I finished with the dealer I would celebrate by having lunch at Marie Callendar's. I had lunch and took a piece of blueberry pie to go. I drove 50 miles home, my mouth watering for blueberry pie, when I took a bite IT WASN'I BLUEBERRY !!! What a disappointment. A few months later my son took me to lunch at a different Marie's, same scenario, ordered a piece of blueberry pie to go. We left the restaurant and got about a half a mile away and I realized I had forgotten my pie at the restaurant.I was dismayed and thought I am just not supposed to have blueberry pie, but we went back, they had already bussed the table but they bought my story and gave me another one.

Blueberry Cheesecake. Yyyuuuuuuummmmm!!!!! :hungry: :drool:

Oh man..... why did ya have to go and say cheesecake LOL !

Well I'm off to my interview, super nervous.

YAY I GOT MY TRACKER :)

since we are talking about pies i just made 2 candy apple pies. and i think the next i am going to do is a pumpkin meringue. first i just have to find a recipie. my trust pie cookbook does not have one. google here i come.

360 . . .
 

140 to go.

Ya know, this thread is detrimental to my notion of losing weight through starvation and chastity.


I'm gonna tell.