This is a time of year that is about love, family, friends and most of all giving. Discuss holiday plans, recipes, gifts (the tangible and intangible) and more here.
Meanwhile, just in time for the season, Netflix and Amazon.com have released for streaming a raw and intense documentary about giving, Craigslist Joe.
In December 2011, 29-year-old Joe Garner decided to see if he could live solely off the generosity of others all month long. He empties his wallet and takes to Craigslist. The dozens and dozens of heartwarming (and often funny!) encounters Joe has with people from Craigslist moves him, and viewers, to tears. In particular, he is once invited to stay with an Iraqi family in Seattle. They tell him about their experiences, good and bad, as immigrants in the U.S. And in New York, he meets an eccentric woman named Fran with cancer. Joe quickly realizes Fran has a severe hoarding problem. Without judgement, he spends a few hours at her place clearing one small area for her to sit, bringing joy and peace to Fran. Will Joe find a place to rest his head and food to eat every day? The answer may surprise you.
Craigslist Joe is the ultimate 31-day grifting plan--and yet this grifting had a greater purpose. To see if most people really are generous, open, and good at heart. Perhaps the most moving moment of all is when Joe's mother talks about the experience. She says she wasn't going to worry about her son out there. She was confident her boy would find plenty of good people to help him. We were rooting throughout the film for Joe to prove his mom right. Thank you, Joe and Zach.
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That would also describe Mexican wedding cakes and a German cookie I can't remember the name of. Starts with Sch....
By whatever name, they are wonderful.
Fidosmommy- Schpringerli? My mom used to make them.
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Fidosmommy- Schpringerli? My mom used to make them.
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aren't those an embossed cookie? Very tasty! I guess I'm wrong about the Sch.... thing. Maybe I was thinking of Pfeffernusse? But they are more spicy/gingery than the tea cakes. Oh well, whatever is being baked will make everyone happy. Bring some to the party, ya hear?
Caeolina Peach:
"Who was that man? I'd like to shake his hand.....♪♪♪♪"
Fiidosmommy- you're right! Mama used to have a special rolling pin with designs carved into it. They also had a lot of anise in the recipe.
Some of you really need to get over yourselves. Is this a who can bake the most variety of cookies contest or who did the most service today? Really?
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And you need to get that chip off your shoulder. Really.
And you need to get that chip off your shoulder. Really.
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Chocolate chip?? I hope so!
Disagreement about a post loses credibility when they throw in insults about cookies. No one is in a cookie competition although that just gave me an idea for the holiday party--cookie contest, I'll judge the best cookie! Submit your entries now!
I have made no cookies this season and probably won't. I have many opportunities to buy homemade cookies and do that instead. I am not threatened by cookie posts.
Says the posters who feel they must one-up each other to prove (on an anonymous board no less) who is the better homemaker.
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You are seeing things that just aren't even here. I guess the question is why are you seeing something so negative and competitive that doesn't even exist. We all see a nice community here.
If this mother's reaction had been embarrassment at being a "charity case", it would seem to me that she would just stand quietly by, or try to get her kids busy in another room and ignore me. But no, she just wailed loudly that my timing sucked and I had ruined Christmas for her family. Even her sleeping boyfriend rolled over long enough to tell her to shut the something up and be nice.
So, how's about you doing better than I did? Please be sure to let us know how your own "charity" gift giving went, OK? I really would like to read about it. Thanks!
Charity is NOT about YOU. If you can't do the work without feeling slighted, again, please don't do it at all.
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And I think you shouldn't be so darn judgmental of the human emotions that people tend to go through, nor were you there nor did you go through that experience the volunteer who posted here went through to tell her she shouldn't volunteer. How dare YOU be so judgmental and snobby, actually.
Instead of judging her, you could have taken the opportunity to help her understand what that mother was probably going through and how hard it was to accept charity and helped her realize that may be why she reacted the way she did. Perhaps she was frazzled and embarrassed, perhaps there were other things going on contributing to her reaction like stress or drugs or alcohol, even mental illness. The solution is not to cut off volunteers who don't adhere to your stands of how humans should think and feel in any given situation, but rather if you have a problem with how someone is reacting, help them see things a different way. This is a safe place for people, but you make it unsafe.
If this mother's reaction had been embarrassment at being a "charity case", it would seem to me that she would just stand quietly by, or try to get her kids busy in another room and ignore me
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It really depends. People express embarrassment in a variety of ways, sometimes it's lashing out, sometimes it's acting frazzled, a whole host of ways.
I don't know what to think of what was going on with her, but I think even if people are acting in unexpected ways, you were still able to do what you came to do.
This is a small town. This woman has been very open about using the available services without a hint of embarrassment. She is not embarrassed to go to the free clothes pantry, to get free food from the pantry, to have the annual Thanksgiving or Christmas baskets delivered to her house. Her reaction had little or nothing to do with being embarrassed.
She is also not mentally ill. She's a good mother and a good employee. She's just poor and we all know it. I knew immediately who the
family was just by ages and sexes of the children. They have been "angels" every year
ever since the program began.
Her problem was that I was bringing the gifts while her children were home. Even though I had
called ahead and she had told me that it was a good time to come, it apparently was not a good time to come. I asked about taking the gifts to the garage, but she told me to bring them in the house. Then she got mad.
Not embarrassed, mad. Not mentally ill, mad. Not anything but mad.
Fido she could be mentally ill you can't really know for sure. There could be drug issues. Who knows. I mean you just have to accept sometimes that kind of thing happens. The best thing ever said to me about volunteering I remember so vividly, sitting on my sleeping bag, upset, was that we're not here to decide how the people we're helping should be. It's so true and changed everything for me.
Christmas Ruiner = fidosmommy
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/no-giving-shoes-to-a-homeless-person-does-not-work/
It happens when you volunteer.
fidosmommy -- Your Angel Tree works a bit differently from the one I participate in every year. Here, it's all anonymous. Each "angel" on the tree has the (fake) name of the child, sex, age, clothing sizes, and a few gift suggestions like books, Barbie, trucks, crafts, etc. The "adopter" takes the angel, goes shopping for the child, and delivers the gifts unwrapped, along with some wrapping paper, to the merchant who has the tree up. The gifts are picked up by the Salvation Army. Then the parents come down to the SA, go through the gifts to be sure they are appropriate for their child, and wrap them up. There are so many layers to protect the privacy of the families involved. The shopping is fun, at least for me, and I've found some incredible bargains. Last year I wandered into Wal-Mart and saw a rack of a few of those puffy winter coats marked down to $8. The sizes were right, so each of the little girls I had adopted got new winter coats. I found scarves and gloves to match and had enough money left over to get each a pair of slacks and a warm sweater and a couple of toys. I don't have any small kids on my gift list these days, so I have a lot of fun doing the shopping and hunting for bargains.
Can't sleep tonite for some reason. Anyone else out here?
Readerlady, they've changed the way it's done here, too. Now they want the gifts unwrapped and there is a big wrapping party in one location. The way names are chosen is done a bit differently, too. The town organizes things now instead of the churches. It's working much better, I think. I often wondered if part of the problem some families had was that churches were involved in a very visible way. They may feel more comfortable with the
American Legion or the Lion's Club doing that.
Who knows?
Where I lived before our church opened a Coat Exchange. Bring in your old coat and find a new (used) one to replace it. We had about 20 people come and get coats. The next year the
American Legion heard about it and asked if they could move it from our church to their building. Sure. They took care of the advertising, the sorting, the cleaning, and the
exchange. I know the numbers at least doubled the first year they did it and it grew. People didn't want to walk into a church building, we were told, but were OK going into a veteran's building. It was a huge success. Then they quit doing it. Just out of the blue. I had already moved so never learned why.
Screen shots!?!?!?!?!
The horror.
OT, but is anyone following the Storage Wars debacle. I loved the first season when it was real and they were not "stars." I quit watching after the second season when they all had a pocket full of money, and were paying 10 times what a unit was worth and I thought they were planting things in them for excitement. They would practically throw everything out and dig until they found one priceless object and left forthwith to find out what it was worth. How did they know there was only one priceless object? Where there is one there should be more in most cases.
Sure enough the show's villain Dave Hester is suing A&E because he got fired for saying he thought it was illegal for them to plant items in the lockers. He is also saying they paid for one to have plastic surgery to make her more appealing. I am thinking that must be the auctioneer's wife because Brandy doesn't need it, yet.
This led to exposing the house hunting show (which I never watched) when they had a lady out still looking at houses when she had already bought one. The housewives as well out loud that the overturning of the table incident was set up, and that people don't hang out with people they despise dressed in expensive cocktail attire in the middle of the day.
I still like to watch real people in real situations but think they should do one season and not pay them until it is over, and then move on to another group of people.
The only one I watch now is Duck Dynasty, which obviously has a plot, but the entertainment value is high. Who doesn't love a good laugh and a turn around at the end to teach a little life lesson. They are playing themselves and are very good at being "real" yet funny and entertaining. They don't need the money, so that changes everything.
Finally, they are starting to expose these shows for what they really are which is anything but reality after they get a taste of star treatment and big money. Which brings us back to KT, who is practically begging anyone who will listen at this point for another show. No wonder! Easy money. She must be falling apart at the seams because no one could have possibly loved it more than the girl who was honeymooning at Disney Land skipping around with a Winnie the Pooh tattoo on her ankle looking for more stuff, saying make sure the red light is on are you getting me? Are you sure?
Finally figured it out!!
Milo reminds me of George Anthony!!
Creepy sweet....weird choice of words and thoughts.
Paper Plates Forever! Yay! said... 176
When Milo makes references about "sweet tweets" and other toady remarks to Kate, I get the dry heaves.
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PPF, I love your way with written words.
Pity Party,the same is true of all the Tow shows. They are all staged with actors. I watched first year of one of the tow shows and then found out it was fake. I don't watch any of them now. I,too, like to watch people in real situations. Coming hard to find. Everyone have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!
GWOP was my first blog that I posted at, under another name. I parted ways when they insisted on watching the shows and then writing a summary. I felt they were enabling the popularity of Jon and Kate. I also had posts that were not published because I would disagree about something. They are D.O.A. and it appears Small Town Gosselins is too. It is good this blog is taking a new direction but still wanders back to Kate's craziness. I can't help it, but I find her fasinating. I don't know anyone like her (and I hope I don't ever).
When I think of the tweetie above, I envision her with one of those jars with a picture of a needy KT on the front filled with a vast array of tweets perfectly worded in Tweet speak for any given situation. All she has to do is reach in and pull one out as after you read them they are all saying the same thing with just a little twist for whatever application applies. Canned tweets if you will.
Pity Party - YUP! I'm following the Storage Wars debacle. Sad to know that it was so fake, but when you stop to think about it, it had to be. If anyone were to get my storage locker all they'd get is a bunch of junk. Dave was always one of my favorites.
Pfeffernusse! I've got a bag sitting on my desk right now and am having them with my morning coffee. I'm not a baker but live in a military town with a wonderful German bakery so I don't have to bake. Pastries are homemade every morning and their Friday goulash soup can't be beat.
. I don't know anyone like her (and I hope I don't ever).
I have someone very much like her in my life. It's painful. So much heartache.
That's why I was so fascinated with Kate....I was really hoping to figure this out. But have now decided that that's not possible. Sadly.
There is no hope of things getting better if the person doesn't think there is anything wrong. They're 100% right and perfect. Always.
So sad... The coroner determined that the nurse involved in the DJs hoax died by hanging. She left suicide notes for those she left behind.
Life is fragile, isn't it? And so mysterious. And while we all wish this had never happened, it's a good reminder that you never really know how people will react to the circumstances in which they find themselves...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/13/inquest-nurse-in-british-royal-hoax-call_n_2290838.html
Kate has more sick kids.They really do pick up germs easily- maybe from Kate's sanitized home- or b/c the germs spread across the family quickly? Where's her @Zicam? Is she also grifting for a plumber and a winter beach vacation??
I saw that the movie “Prosecuting Casey Anthony” is going to be on Lifetime channel in January. According to the article the Anthony's won't get anything for it but I still don't think I will watch it.
http://www.examiner.com/article/casey-anthony-movie-prosecuting-casey-anthony-will-premiere-january
I stumbled on this music the other day and it is wonderful. The music, lyrics and the scenery is amazing. Love it.
Ben Howard
"Old Pine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzzCthKw_C0
"memories were the best things you ever had …"
heather
Admin, you've mentioned that you're a photography fan and, I think, a recipe fan as well. This is a great blog: http://smittenkitchen.com/
The blogger started the site on a whim as she experimented with recipes. The blog led to a cookbook which debuted #2 on the New York Times best seller list. The blog is big - 10 million page views in November. It's easy to read, funny, and she doesn't hesitate to write about her mess ups.
Again with Milo, drooling over can-do Kate. Again with the "friends" for whom Kate's fixing dinner--a thinly veiled plan to get them to help her.
One episode following another, same old same old.
MiloandJack @Kateplusmy8 So U never answered? I want 2see U w/that wrench N hand...tackling the kitchen sink! LOL #KatieTheFixitGal
@MiloandJack you guessed it.I'm making dinner for family friends tomorrow and the mr is a plumber.. Good excuse to get together #cantwait
Who asks people for dinner and asks them to fix the plumbing while they're there? #noclass
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She really does have an anger management problem. We saw her on the show explode over things that wouldn't bother a normal person.
Same with that tweet about grifting, why did THAT little statement set Kate off? There's a lot worse said about her. It's like she has little triggers and if you find the right ones BAM she freaks.
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Could it be that no one is responding to her 'subtle' grifting attempts? Dyson hasn't called and the Donald isn't offering to send her to one of his resorts, golf clubs, or casinos?
Because surely she'd announce or give shout outs to the various companies or people that come thru for a hard-working, deserving mother of 8, count 'em 8 kids!
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Mel--my thoughts exactly. And who would even admit that that's the reason "friends" were coming over?
"Good excuse to get together"? That sounds like the only reason she ever has "friends" over is to get them to do something for her. Remember, Mr. Smith fixing the garage door, the men fixing things at Thanksgiving last year, and even Jamie cleaning the stove hood?
I can hear her now "My (fill in the blank) needs fixing. Can you come over and fix it--and then we'll have dinner afterwards. I'll make sure Katharine prepares us a wonderful feast! Yum!!"
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Who asks people for dinner and asks them to fix the plumbing while they're there? #noclass
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Not something I'd do, but it fits a pattern, doesn't it? They are Kate's friends...they know how to help her.
To whoever had an unexpected experience with gift giving....that happened to me once, also, where the experience was not what I expected.
A family member had the dad out of the picture for Christmas, and the word was that there was "no money for presents". Sob, cry, poor me.
So I not only bought nice presents for the kids, but also the mom, and gave the mom cash so she could buy her kids some presents herself.
Christmas comes, she never said thanks, spent the day sleeping in my mom's extra bedroom while mom & I chased after the kids. Granted she probably was tired and needed the break, but I had my own toddler kids to watch after along with my sick mother, and we're all tired moms. I would have liked to spent the day sleeping, too.
I didn't really want a thank you, but I did want to see her do her share of the work when at the family gathering.
The kicker was that I heard from her kids how there were so many presents that they couldn't open them all that day and were going to open the rest on the following weekend. And how the mom was out of the house shopping all the time.
As time went on, I finally realized that she wasn't willing to help herself, she just wanted the rest of the world to hand her a golden life on a silver platter. I got suckered by her for quite a while before I tumbled to the fact that she refused to get a job, didn't think *she* should have to watch the kids, or pay the rent, and thought she should just be handed everything she wanted.
All these years later, she's still scamming innocent people into doing things for her. Although most of the churches in the area have caught on to her piteous cries.
I don't think she has friends. She simply has workers over to fix things (paid and scheduled just like us mediocre folks do) and then pretends she offers them food as if they are her "friends." Which they are not. I would bet some of them have never even met her before, they are just folks doing their job. Remember, everyone she has ever described as a "friend" has been paid to be there.
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My brothers and dad are plumbers. I don't ask them to dinner so they can fix the plumbing!
Actually, I feel funny asking them to help me with that stuff, like I'm grifting (ahem), and hire it out with a local guy.
Screen shots!?!?!?!?!
The horror.
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LOL I said the same thing. Ooooo screenshots I wanna see post them somewhere like on a sheeple blog with 6 people please pretty plsss! Hey anonymous no one cares. Also screenshots? Obsessed much? CREEPY.
I hope dinner is not in LIEU of paying the plumber. People don't want chicken cacciatore they want CASH. And rightly so. Respect people's hard work by paying them.
Christmas ruiner, you just have to accept that there always be people like the one you encountered and that has nothing to do with you. You did a good thing, you did it for her kids and you should be comforted by that. Sounds like those kids are the G kids in a lower income bracket with a mother like that. I work with many people, and unfortunately a segment of society just takes and takes and takes and never works or gives back. We had one woman who missed her federal energy assistance appointment TWICE, then came in after the program was over, demanding we pay her bill and we said the program had ended, she missed even her rescheduled appointment and she pointed to her (4th) kid and said, "So you're OK with my power being cut off and my kid won't have his oxygen." We said, "That is not what we said." It was VERY hard not to unleash on her and ask her why she didn't apply some of the money spent on her fresh neck ink, still bandaged, toward her power bill. Of course, she hassled us at back-to-school backpack time. ("What do you mean, I can only take one off this table?" "It's extra, you already got 3 loaded backpacks, those are just extras." "What do I tell my other kids?" "Well, you could not take any then." Yeah right, she whipped a pair of socks off the table in a huff.) I assume she'll be causing trouble at the toy store next week. Some people are just ungrateful jerks, no matter what they receive, but most are not.
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I'd just as soon not hear about the specifics of Milo's fantasies.
Well! I am glad I went to bed before the trolls showed up. I'd like to bake them some cookies to cheer them up!
LancCountyMom, it must be a regional thing. I am originally from the east coast (NY) and russian tea cakes mean only one thing. when I moved to the midwest most people didn't know what they were and had different names for them. But funnily enough, my best friend is from Yugoslavia and they make them there!!
ooooh Ginny dolls! I had them and loved them. I was allowed to have Barbie because they were 'developed'.
About Duck Dynasty, we watch it and I think it is VERY staged. I still love it, especially Sy! But it just doesn't ring true to me. I'd bet you dollars to donuts that the show is outed as another fakeroo.
The Bear has a good friend who is a gas fitter/furnace guy and he occasionally does some work for us. Sometimes we pay him (and cook for him too) and other times he and the Bear do a labour swap. You help me this weekend and I will help you next weekend. Works out well, for both families.
And BTW NO ONE wants kHate's chicken cacciatore! haha
You know the simple acts of charity can take odd turns. For 15 years a group of women friends and I have been filling Christmas wish lists for girls at a residential home (what used to be called an orphanage). Most are there because of family issues, but are not in the foster system. We have delivered bags of wrapped gifts for 30-40 girls. This year, with a change of management, our coordinator was asked to not wrap the gifts; they now apparently have a wrapping team. Fine, tho I know some of the women who actually like the wrapping part were disappointed. And then we found out that in all the years past, they had actually been unwrapping and re- wrapping all of these gifts. The old contact person had never thought to mention that, for some reason and since she's gone, the story is also gone.And while I do know it is NOT about paper and ribbons, we all would have been happy not to wrap either. Our coordinator feels a bit duped, and is thinking about all those years of delivering bags and bags of beautifully wrapped presents. Just a story from the front.
Kate, one does not invite a friend for dinner and hand him a wrench. And if you have sick kids, cancel the meal, call a plumber and pay a real wage. Or just stop twitting about it.
It came out a long time ago that Storage Wars was fake and that treasures were planted, but good for Dave Hester to say so and suing, that's new. What really ticked me off when I heard that treasures were planted, is I thought of all the people out there struggling who might think buying lockers might be a path to riches. Sort of like a gold rush. I think it's so unethical to portray this line of work as a way to hit it big. Anyone in it will tell you it's not.
It's just common sense though. What are the odds you find some exciting artifact worth thousands of dollars in EVERY piece of junk locker you buy?
What I heard about buying storage lockers is that the owners of the storage business would go through and pick out the valuables before allowing it to be auctioned off.
We watch Storage Wars off and on, but it makes me so uncomfortable. I look at the contents of each and think, "That was someone's LIFE. Did they run out of money to pay the bill? Are they able to get new stuff if that was AlL their stuff (homeless)?" Hopefully, some just forget about it, especially with benign lockers like mattresses and chairs. But when I see toys or real treasures (like tools to do a job or heirloom stuff), I feel bad.
Has anyone seen Moonshiners? I watched a bit last night. It is a hoot - they need subtitles! Very staged, but quite funny. My favorite is Undercover Boss. Amazing what these big-wigs learn by working various jobs at their own company. Very touching, each and every show.
It's one thing if you're struggling yourself and you say to your plumber friend, hey don't be afraid to say no and I hate to ask but what would you think if I make you dinner and you fix the plumbing? I'm so sorry I just can't pay you right now but I was hoping we could barter.
But to be filthy stinking rich and not pay someone the wage that they deserve? Disgusting. How do you know that plumber isn't a paycheck away from not making it this year? People deserve PAYMENT in CASH for their work. Why does she think she is so special that she doesn't have to pay the plumber like everyone else?
Are storage lockers actually IMPOUNDED when someone doesn't pay and you can't get your stuff back? It seems to me a lot kinder to just kick someone's stuff out and blacklist them if they don't pay. Is it even legal to impound them?
If they are just abandoned then that is their choice to abandon it. If they are holding their stuff hostage until they pay then that's sad. Why not just give people 60 days to pay or whatever then come get your stuff or we auction it off?
I love Uncle Sy too Bear's Wife. He is so funny. I find myself saying, Hey, and "it's a piece of junk" when something doesn't work right and I can't make it work right. I agree they definitely have a plot and a story line but they really pull if off well. I would give anything for one of those Tupperware glasses Sy carries around in his pocket. I don't care if it is an episode because I will go to bed and be laughing out loud. They are all funny.
I quit watching Undercover Boss because I always get emotional and cry when he acknowledges the people in the end. I haven't tried Moonshiners but will make a point to watch.
It seems that every time Kate has "friends" for dinner, it revolves around some chore that needs to be done. Remember, when she tweeted the picture of her "fish in paper"? She also tweeted this:
Kate Gosselin@Kateplusmy8
What a beautiful busy day!Church,dinner prep4friends visiting 2day,lunch,a run & winter barn prep..just a few things on list..&still going!
Has she ever had guests for dinner where they weren't expected to help her with something?
Yes, lockers are impounded and contents sold for nonpayment, at least here they are. Other states too - my brother lost a bunch work tools that way. What if you can't get hold of those people? What do you do with all that stuff? It happens quite often, but they do let them go a few months without paying, in hopes they will.
That's sad. You're not allowed to do that to someone's apartment why a locker?
Bearswife said: "LancCountyMom, it must be a regional thing. I am originally from the east coast (NY) and russian tea cakes mean only one thing. when I moved to the midwest most people didn't know what they were and had different names for them. But funnily enough, my best friend is from Yugoslavia and they make them there!!"
We got our recipe from an old Betty Crocker book from the early 60s. I still have it, though it is falling apart. :) Lots of good recipes in that book!
I guess I'm confused. After posting a notice to vacate, don't apartments and houses regularly get their stuff impounded when the occupants fail to move it? We've all seen stories of housefuls of good stuff being dumped in a dumpster by companies paid to clear them, and at one time, foreclosures were coming so fast and frequent, they didn't have time to go gleaning for the good stuff.
No, you can't hold someone's stuff hostage in many states! That may have been abandoned.
Undercover Boss ALWAYS makes me cry. They always find the superworker, paying off student loans and caring for a sick parent. I love when an employee will say "he's kinda slow. I don't think he's cut out for this business."
I ewcently started watching Shark Tank. Love it.
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Thanks for sharing that great link for smittenkitchen, Jane.
Are storage lockers actually IMPOUNDED when someone doesn't pay and you can't get your stuff back? It seems to me a lot kinder to just kick someone's stuff out and blacklist them if they don't pay. Is it even legal to impound them?
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In this state, it's all in the fine print when you rent the locker/storage space. They tell you what they have the right to do, how long the grace period for paying, and what will be done in case of non-payment. Before you rent the space, they make sure all their ducks are in order, all papers are signed, so that it is legal to impound the contents if payment isn't received as agreed. Everything is disclosed to the renter.
If disclosure wasn't made prior to the renting of the unit, there would be a case against the owner of the storage locker. The person renting the space, legally, has to know everything up front. Keep those signed rental agreement papers!
Admin, reporting back from the test at GWOP. It's still alive.
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Thanks for sharing that great link for smittenkitchen, Jane.
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You're welcome - it's such a great blog :)
Kate thinks that if she calls Mr. Plumber Man her 'friend', he won't charge her for his services and all she has to do is feed him. Wait 'til he sees how she cooks. Poor guy.
I can't believe can-do gal, single mom of eight, doesn't know enough to look up "how to fix a leaky faucet" on Youtube and do it herself. There's hundreds of easy to follow videos there.
Try it Kate. You'll make Milo so proud.
I love shark tank! Allegedly its authentic. So if a tester comment went through at gwop I guess that really means no one has been posting huh?
When my daughter was getting evicted and her so called boyfriend was in jail because she turned him in for abuse, we came and loaded 5 cars of her stuff to get her away. The police showed up while we were there. When we left they threw his stuff out in the yard and the neighborhood people stole it. I believe the landlord had rights to the apartment itself but not to the renter's property. I think storage units must have something in contract to effect that they own the stuff after so long of non-payment where landlords of homes wouldn't? Kind of like mechanics liens.
Try it Kate. You'll make Milo so proud.
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And after all, isn't that what life is all about? Milo being proud...
And after all, isn't that what life is all about? Milo being proud...
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Yep, Milo the overseer, the keeper at the gate. Whoever called her(him?) creepy was right. The whole Milo/Kate thing is just plain weird. It has twilight zone written all over it.
When the business that is next door to me was evicted, the Sheriff put everything(including computers, furniture, etc.) out on the sidewalk, marked off with Sheriff's tape, which said "Do Not Cross". That was a joke. About a half hour after the Sheriff's people left, it was like a feeding frenzy. People were even using the tape to tie stuff to the roof of their cars. The day after, it looked like a tornado hit-papers(including paystubs) were all over the place.
I'm not sure the reason for the eviction, but I think the owner left town and couldn't be reached.
NJ Gal, hotter you are having fun dancing!
It has been four days since the conclusion of the amazing race, and the winners have been interviewed on many CBS outlets, so I am going to post about it.
There is no better example of the spirit of gratitude and giving than the amazing race winners. They posted THANK YOU NOTES on their website. And they are very unique thank you notes. Check it out at
Beekman1802.com
They have something nice to say about everyone.
Isn't Lindsay Lohan having some storage locker problems? Something about she owes the firm around $16,000, and they're going to auction off the contents soon if she doesn't pay?
Yep, Milo the overseer, the keeper at the gate. Whoever called her(him?) creepy was right. The whole Milo/Kate thing is just plain weird. It has twilight zone written all over it.
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Milo, the all-seeing Carnac the Magnificent, KNOWS everything there is to know about Kate, her plans, her life, and I suppose, her good bra size and the last time she went to the bathroom.
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 Good day 2U Kate! Hope U got some much needed sleep! I know U have a big dinner planned 4 tonight! So I'm sure ur busy w/that!
@Kateplusmy8 Probably U've been Nurse Kate this mornin...paid the bills..&now ur N the Kitchen! Rewards 4all..gr8 meal & 2leaks fixed! LOL
She/he is one dang creepy person!
Now we know what Kate's grifting... I mean what the kids want for Christmas.
http://img.ly/qCVu
Update on Ariel Winter from "Modern Family". A judge has now ruled that her mother have no further control over her daughter's business or financial interests.
http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/mother-modern-family-star-ariel-winter-loses-control-170059111--abc-news-celebrities.html
since some of you keep making snide remarks regarding DWTS and spoilers, in Survivor on Sunday, ..... wins immunity at the final challenge. But of course I am happy because Saint ...... won immunity.
This has probably been suggested before, and I missed it( I blame it on thr Imovane, Canadian Ambien), but does anyone else think Milo might be Kate herself?
She certainly seems to know most everything that Kate is doing, and her questions seem designed to get others wondering.
All the questions about Shoka, and Kate's answers, could have been a way to keep people guessing and to keep her(Kate) relevant. And Kate wouldn't have to pay anyone for it.
Didn't Mr Smith make dinner (pizza) as well as repair the tractor and more??
She's horrible.
IDModo said... 74
I don't think Milo is Kate, but they do follow each other on twitter. I wouldn't be surprised if Kate coaches Milo on "talking points" or let's her be privy to some information. I'm Kate was also the one who convinced Deanna to allow Milo to follow Deanna's protected account.
The whole thing is very strange and creepy.
Now Lindsay's locker is something I'd like to see on storage wars.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 63
I love shark tank! Allegedly its authentic.
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I love it too and it is about as authentic as reality TV can be, but I learned something in an article I read about one of the people that had been on the show.
She did a deal with Robert on the show, but post-show after going through due diligence, Robert changed his offer to a much lesser offer than had been aired. They ended up not doing a deal. It makes sense that there would be some due diligence involved before money starts changing hands, but it was disappointing to learn that what we see on TV might not actually be the end result. Not surprising, just disappointing.
Let me add also how happy I am to see the discussions here turning more away from Kate. She's not even vaguely interesting anymore, even from as a trainwreck.
I guess they can't really know all they need to know in 10 minutes to do a deal. There must be some caveat that if more information is discovered that would impact the deal they can change it.
Twittering And Twattering said... 70
Milo, the all-seeing Carnac the Magnificent, KNOWS everything there is to know about Kate, her plans, her life, and I suppose, her good bra size and the last time she went to the bathroom.
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 Good day 2U Kate! Hope U got some much needed sleep! I know U have a big dinner planned 4 tonight! So I'm sure ur busy w/that!
@Kateplusmy8 Probably U've been Nurse Kate this mornin...paid the bills..&now ur N the Kitchen! Rewards 4all..gr8 meal & 2leaks fixed! LOL
She/he is one dang creepy person!
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I can't help but wonder what Milo was like before Kate entered her world.
Tweet-le De, there is probably someone out there who is soooo glad Milo found Kate and is now leaving him/her alone. lol
I cannot imagine how I would handle a Milo person in my life. She triggers my "yike" factor. Kate is in too deep to casually withdraw herself now. They are joined at the dysfunctional hip for the duration.
I don't see a happy ending.
When Kate decides to abandon Milo, and it's coming, I also don't foresee a happy ending.
chefsummer said... 71
Now we know what Kate's grifting... I mean what the kids want for Christmas.
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I don't usually look at Katie's website or recommend that others do so, but it's worth a giggle right now just for the 1st two comments to the picture above. The 2nd poster seems quite articulate and has now posted a link to the infamous "water video" at the bottom of the page.
I wonder if Katie's guests will be swiffering her website comment page tonight?
NJGal,, meant to say I HOPE you are having fun dancing, not hotter. curse you auto correct!
I thought of something else good for a party. Friend gave me recipe for her rum balls. They are very yummy, include vanilla wafers crushed up and rum and some other stuff and rum. Of course if you don't like rum, you will want to skip over these in the buffet.
Twittering, the comparison of Milo to Carnac the Magnificent makes me think of Kathy Bates in a huge turban starting into a crystal ball. I only ever watched Johnny Carson when oldest dd was a baby, I would be up feeding her when Carson was on. Carnac wad one of the funniest things he did.
ooooh oooh I know the answer!!! I like rum! I like rum!
Storage Wars, while I DO believe that the show may be/is rigged; my gut is telling me that Hester is making a big stink only because he is a raging narcissist. He loves the attention, loves to be hated and I'm sure he loves being the whistleblower. Media is banging on his door and he fells like a king - doncha ya know? yuuuuuup!
He's a tool and I'm putting him in the same pile I put kHatie.
Twittering And Twattering said... 70
Milo, the all-seeing Carnac the Magnificent, KNOWS everything there is to know about Kate, her plans, her life, and I suppose, her good bra size and the last time she went to the bathroom.
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Kravitz the Magnificent! haha.
The last time she went to the bathroom
...@kateplusher8 U must have bin eatin roses Bcuz UR farts R smellin so sweet! #iheartU
FEELS like a king, not fells...
Tweet-le De, there is probably someone out there who is soooo glad Milo found Kate and is now leaving him/her alone. lol
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Her husband, most likely!
All I can say is that Kate should get down on her knees every night and thank the Good Lord that Milo doesn't live anywhere near her. #SuperCreepyKravitz.
Is there a cookie contest? Anyone want a 100-year-old recipe for PA Dutch sand tarts? Those are the ones that kids for generations have been leaving out for Santa. He's kind of fussy in this area. He won't touch anything but sand tarts.
Does anyone have dogs who eat Freshpet food? A rep was hawking it in our local wholesale club today and wanted me to buy it in the worst way.
I thought of Dwindle. There was a large display of triple slow cookers. I was tempted, but they weren't exactly flying off the shelves, and I figured if anyone knew how well they worked, Dwindle would!
Ok completely OT!
This one is for you animal lovers, someone just shared this with me on facebook and it is a must see. Pretty amazing stuff, and crazy, too.
http://youtu.be/gPQ1VUMSYZo
If we are sharing cookie recipes, I will share the Bear's English Shortbread recipe. It's a killer.
I am off to work, not that anyone cares ;)
Joy said -- "Twittering, the comparison of Milo to Carnac the Magnificent makes me think of Kathy Bates in a huge turban starting into a crystal ball. I only ever watched Johnny Carson when oldest dd was a baby, I would be up feeding her when Carson was on. Carnac wad one of the funniest things he did."
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Does anyone remember when we were up feeding our babies at 2 a.m., 4 a.m., that the ONLY thing on television were those darn infomercials? I remember buying face cream, some kind of wet/dry mops and a super dooper blender, among other useless products that never worked. My husband would roll his eyes, saying he couldn't wait until the baby slept through the night so that these little goodies would stop coming in the mail!
Twittering And Twattering said... 92
Joy said -- "Twittering, the comparison of Milo to Carnac the Magnificent makes me think of Kathy Bates in a huge turban starting into a crystal ball. I only ever watched Johnny Carson when oldest dd was a baby, I would be up feeding her when Carson was on. Carnac wad one of the funniest things he did."
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I LOVED Carnac!
CARNAC: I must have absolute silence...
A: The ZIP Code.
Q: What do CIA agents have to remember to go to the bathroom?
A: A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
Q: What were some of the earlier forms of Preparation H?
A: Rosy red cheeks.
Q: What do you get when you squat on a rosy red fire?
A: Shoo-be-doo-be-doo.
Q: What do you look for when you're tracking a shoo-be-doo-be?
A: Hickory Dickory Dock.
Q: Who do you go to when you have a pain in your hickory dickory?
A: Double trouble.
Q: What's the name of a drink made with beer and prune juice?
A: The CIA.
Q: Where should you address all your mail?
A: Pipe dream.
Q: What does the Tidy Bowl man have when he sleeps?
A: Green thumb.
Q: What does the Jolly Green Giant use to hitchike with?
Hmmm....so Kate can't sleep at night and she's thinking about bills?!? Maybe she should have thought about all those bridges she has set on fire with that "winning" personality of hers...and what the hell is wrong with her hair? She looks like she is I'll and losing it
http://www.examiner.com/article/kate-gosselin-s-2012-failures-punctuated-by-bad-week
Sorry...should have said "ill" and losing it
Oh, yes, twittering, I remember those days. When we lived out in the woods where there was no cable, and at one or two am, the station played the national anthem and the recording said ”we have come to the end of our broadcast day”. Then the stations started playing the infomercials, then the overnight news started, or ABC station would replay Nightline in the wee hours.
I LOVED Carnac!
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And that look Carson always gave Ed when Ed repeated the answer!
Remember that the questions/answers were kept hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnalls porch since noon today.
I wonder who has the Carnac hat.
Bearswife, did you see who Dave Hester's attorney is? None other than the great Marty Singer.
Marty Singer? Lol!! So in Kate's case he's trying to help her maintain the smoke screen, and in Dave's he's trying to tear it down. Way to play all sides, which is what attorneys do I guess.
kateplusmy8
Just stopping by2say HI! I've been busily working on yr end paperwork&I've been cooking up a yummy dinner!Friends joining us tonight! :)
I guess fudging the freebies for income tax filing is rather time consuming!
What is year end paperwork? It's not income tax time...Xmas cards would have been done, she has year-end bills?...wth? So friends are 'joining' them. Don't believe she'll be cooking as she didn't give details of the menu or her exhausted masterminding of the menu...maybe later after Katherine has prepared it and the faucets are fixed...
If eight kids is so hard how can she throw a dinner party on a school night with lunches to pack, homework to be done and everything else? Seems nearly impossible even with hired help.
I stopoped at the store on my way home from work today (left early leave starts tomorrow and I'll be off for 2 weeks - YEA ME!!!) and saw that Gorton or one of the other froen fish companies now makes fish in paper. Maybe that's what Kate is serving tonight.
What is year end paperwork? It's not income tax time...
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It is if you like to get it done early and you have all of the necessary documents. I was working on ours earlier, ready to file at the end of next month.
I imagine with all of Kate's "business" expenses, deductions and grifting, it could take some time.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 102
If eight kids is so hard how can she throw a dinner party on a school night with lunches to pack, homework to be done and everything else? Seems nearly impossible even with hired help.
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When you're a liar like Kate, you can perform miracles.
I think I'll try it.
Let's see. This morning, because it was so warm out, I reshingled the roof seeing as though I was up there hanging the Xmas lights anyway.
Rolls right off the tongue.
From those with small businesses there is a lot of paperwork that's ongoing but what exactly is her business??? She gets freebies is her line of work. Can't possibly be that much paperwork. A 1099 and some receipts.
I also find it impossible to believe someone doesn't do her taxes for her.
parker_scarlett
@Kateplusmy8 Have fun Kate! Can't wait to see pics of your yummy dinner. #LoveChristmas
Sheeple have come to expect this. They don't even ask if she would (please) tweet pics. They are her enablers, support her, and therefore feel that she has a duty to them to give them what they want...in this case, photos of tonight's dinner. Send those pictures! We demand to be included in your life. Our own lives depend on it.
Then another sheeple tweets that her wish for Kate is that Kate and her kids can have privacy. Make up your minds, sheeple! Your brains can't be misfiring this much!
Can it get any more creepy?
Ms Organized should have all her papers in order all ready for the accountant. Isn't that what organized people do? And if not, why pick today to do it if she's having people over for dinner? #realitycheck...She's a harried, chaotic mess.
AuntieAnn, that was my thought exactly. Why the hell is she "doing paperwork" when she's preparing to have guests for dinner? I think it can only mean that the maid has the house clean and Katherine is the one actually cooking.
Perhaps Milo will be able to find out for us exactly what type of "paperwork" she's doing.
Perhaps Milo will be able to find out for us exactly what type of "paperwork" she's doing.
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Sherlock Kravitz.
Parent in Lancaster Co. Said:
Anyone want a 100-year-old recipe for PA Dutch sand tarts? Those are the ones that kids for generations have been leaving out for Santa. He's kind of fussy in this area. He won't touch anything but sand tarts.
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Hi Parent, I would love your sand tart recipe!
Glad to see your post, did you happen to turn on the show Amish Mafia last night??? Wowee, I wasn't sure whether to laugh or change channels!
PJ's momma said... 188
Ladybug, you can make crockpot applesauce......just peel and chop up 3 to 5 lbs of apples, add about a half cup of sugar or less (depending on the sweetness of the apples) some cinammon, about a half cup of water and let it all cook on low all day.
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I will attest to this method as being quite easy and delicious. It doesn't even require a full day if you make a smaller batch. When apples are in season, my sis has a tree that produces a lot of small granny smith apples. I gladly take her extras (sometimes one or two full grocery bags) and make apple sauce. Oh boy, fresh made apple sauce is sooooooooo good!
In years past, I worked with a local secretarial group that raised funds throughout the year to provide to families in need during the Christmas season. We would shop at a local discount grocery store for lots of basics (flour, sugar, salt), canned goods, baked ham, peanut butter, cake mixes, etc. We received a list of names from a county employee who helped people needing financial aid (with the families' permission of course). A small group would take extra money and buy gifts for the children.
Most people were very appreciative and almost always overwhelmed to receive 6 or 7 bags full of groceries, plus gifts for their children. It was a worthwhile endeavor but sadly as the older women retired and secretaries weren't "cool" anymore (everyone is now an admin assistant), the group disbanded.
Glad to see your post, did you happen to turn on the show Amish Mafia last night??? Wowee, I wasn't sure whether to laugh or change channels!
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I saw it. Good grief. I laughed through the whole thing. What a farce. I hope people don't believe any of that stuff is real. The only reason I watched was to see where in Lancaster they were filming.
Sand tarts recipe forthcoming. Don't forget - they can't be too thick or too thin. It takes some practice to get them just right.
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Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 107
I also find it impossible to believe someone doesn't do her taxes for her.
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You still have to get everything together for the accountant, and in Kate's case, I would think that might mean digging deep into her "records." She was, after all, employed this year and took trips that might qualify for deductions. Then there was all of the gifting that came her way.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 63
I love shark tank! Allegedly its authentic. So if a tester comment went through at gwop I guess that really means no one has been posting huh?
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I just looked up Shark Tank, never heard of it, and it has nothing to do w/sharks, LOL! Oh well.
I thought Amish Mafia was a farce too, a funny farce, but a farce. For the 5 minutes or so I saw, it was quite laughable! Maybe it picked up or seemed relatable at some point, but I couldn't stick it out. They try to make it seem like Amish Sopranos or something. I need a car, not this scooter! Reminded me of when Pauly Walnuts was eating ketchup from the package after they got stranded in the snow and he lost his shoes. But that was supposed to be funny!
An organized person would file paperwork for their accountant as they go. Not let it pile up in a mountain. I've run a small business from home for years to cover all my music gigs, it's really only a few minutes a day if you don't let it pile up. And I do all the taxes myself even. The actual taxes part take a several days but throughout the year it's really not that bad. It's her usual exaggeration trying to make herself sound busy and important because she has the same paperwork ANY of us with busineses have.
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 But I KNOW how ORGANIZED U are! So at last, ur bed gets2b free..& U won't have2sleep amongst the paperwrk! HaHa #IDoItToo :)
She really is Milo Sherlock Kravitz, isn't she? She KNOWS (upper case) everything. Yesterday someone asked her if she KNOWS Kate personally. She won't give a straight yes or no answer, but says that Kate is a friend.
Gladys is going through the "bed" phase right now. Any predictions what will be next?
Milo if you're truly being organized you file as you go, not let it pile up.
Testing a new profile pic...
PatK:
That's a cute pro pic!
Re: end of year paper work. I think she just said it to sound busy as her dinner is no doubt chef-prepared. Yes, why pick today to do taxes ( yes, she may be getting them ready early or pays quarterly taxes etc) but she wrote a CC blog- HAHAH -about how she organized, filed and shredded paperwork as it came in/ Hmm, not too organized there, Kate! Also why do it now if she hasn't been sleeping well? Just filling her twitter with stuff.
I thought Amish Mafia was a farce too, a funny farce, but a farce. For the 5 minutes or so I saw, it was quite laughable! Maybe it picked up or seemed relatable at some point, but I couldn't stick it out.
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Then you didn't get to the part where "Levi" confronts a very wealthy, prominent Amishman visiting a hooker in her house of ill repute? I thought all hooking took place on Water Street. I wonder where he found her. The Yoder Toter (the taxi that the Amish use when they need to get out somewhere and don't want to take the horse) delivered him to her house on a regular basis. He was caught with his pants and suspenders down.
This week there was a photo online of three local beauties who were arrested. Unless someone was desperately hard up (pun intended) or put bags over these women's heads, I have no idea how they could find them exciting. These women were the ugliest I think I have ever seen. I mean insanely ugly. If one of them was the hooker that the Amishman was soliciting, then he has serious problems that go far beyond his wife finding out.
loree121
@Kateplusmy8 how soon do you start planning summer vacation? Tips?
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It's dumb questions like this that just scream responses from the non-fans! Doesn't she mean how soon do you start searching for free beach houses?
I hope Kate doesn't let spring break slip up on her this year. Grifting needs to be done before the snow melts here.
Kate, go to the Camp Fair at school. It's always held in February. Sign those kids up for summer camp, one or two weeks away from home, maybe in another state, making new friends, having new adventures, and making memories without a camera crew of daddies to film it. You went to Vegas, you go to New York, you want to be a globe-trotting jet setter. Let them go to summer camp, for heaven's sakes. They'll be fine. No panic will ensue.
Twitter has gained another Milo wannabe, a retired teacher who tweeted that the kids were never abused because she saw no signs of abuse. You just wonder where these people come from.
Pat K, that avatar is so cute. Animated! Classy.
Oy I would be so uncomfortable if ANYONE gushed over me the way Milo does over Kate, and even more so if it were a perfect stranger!
I would have to say, "I'm very flattered and appreciate the compliments, but I am human and far from perfect!"
Working Woman said, I would have to say, "I'm very flattered and appreciate the compliments, but I am human and far from perfect!"
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Then Milo would gush all over her saying that Kate is the most humble, unassuming person that she KNOWS which is why she will love and support her for all eternity. #GR8TModestKate
Sorry, admin. I shouldn't have taken the bait. There's someone who really holds grudges and seems determined to play it out here by acting like a middle schooler.
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 #RealityChk Now U've had a yummy meal, gr8 company & a skilled handyman 2fix those leaks. I'd say ur day was pretty good! :)
Unless Gladys is peering through Kate's windows, how in the world would she know that dinner is over? Did Kate tweet her and tell her when the meal would be served, or did Gladys advise her the perfect time for an evening meal with friends? Or is this Milo's sneaky way of saying that Kate DMed her because she's special?
Admin, you're right. This is not going to end well. It gets more creepy by the tweet. Something is really "off" upstairs with Milo. If her family finds this harmless and amusing, then they all need to get a group rate with a psychologist.
Is Milo a bit of a narcissist maybe? Or attention whore? I think we are feeding into her ego, I think it's a possibility she thrives off the attention her comments generate, which have in essence only added fuel to the fire- are we guilty of shaping what she has become??? Oh no
Just a mad, mad thought I just had, LOL
There was someone posting here recently with an attack/vendetta against another poster, and was then warned to observe the rules or be banned.
Is he/she still playing childish games here? Get over it, for gosh sakes.
Who has the recipe for English shortbread? Bear, is that you? Would love to have it, please, if it's not too much trouble. Thanks!
My Ex's family used to make a cookie called Snickerdoodle every holiday. It really wasn't all that special, but it was a tradition. I am culling through old cookbooks looking for a recipe.
My Ex's family used to make a cookie called Snickerdoodle every holiday. It really wasn't all that special, but it was a tradition. I am culling through old cookbooks looking for a recipe.
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Dwindle -- I just made a batch last week. Let me know if you can't find your recipe, and I'll post mine.
I was looking for the original family recipe for Snickerdoodles. Didn't find it. But, several internet sites have a cookie that looks identical. Maybe I will have to bake up some "old memories".
willowmom,
Marty Singer must advertise in Narcissist Wekkly...
Parent, thanks. (Dwindle might like a copy, too.) Are the cookies you make really soft? I remember a crispy version and a plump, soft version. Hope your batch turned out great.
Parent In Lancaster County said... 90
Does anyone have dogs who eat Freshpet food? A rep was hawking it in our local wholesale club today and wanted me to buy it in the worst way.
I thought of Dwindle. There was a large display of triple slow cookers. I was tempted, but they weren't exactly flying off the shelves, and I figured if anyone knew how well they worked, Dwindle would!
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There I was: Reading. With a nice hot cuppa at my side. And over on the table my laptop started a-thwunkin' and a-shimmyin'. I approached cautiously and it FLIPPED open and magically zoomed right to your post! CROCK POTS!!!!!
Yes, they triplet kind work fine. No matter which ones they were. The kind with 3 that are side by side work great, and the kind that have 3 different size crocks that go in one base works fine too. My church as has the first kind, and I have the 2nd kind. When HunnyBunny got me that one, I couldnt see how the 6qt pot could possibly work in that tiny base, but it works great. Stores will too, as it all stacks.
Kate must be talking about herself with this retweet:
kateplusmy8
RT @iAmTheWiseOne: Often, the first person to point the finger, is the one with the most to hide.
Wasn't she the one always pointing her finger at Jon telling him what was wrong with him?
And after reading the book, we know exactly what she was trying to hide. She couldn't have picked a more perfect platitude to retweet.
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Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 102
If eight kids is so hard how can she throw a dinner party on a school night with lunches to pack, homework to be done and everything else? Seems nearly impossible even with hired help.
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When you're a liar like Kate, you can perform miracles.
I think I'll try it.
Let's see. This morning, because it was so warm out, I reshingled the roof seeing as though I was up there hanging the Xmas lights anyway.
Rolls right off the tongue.
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now why didnt *I* think of that? Maybe the next time I am sweeping the patio, I'll see if I cant build the addition on the back of the house that we have always wanted. And get it all done in time to come in and mastermind dinner!
Parent in Lancaster County said: "Then you didn't get to the part where "Levi" confronts a very wealthy, prominent Amishman visiting a hooker in her house of ill repute? I thought all hooking took place on Water Street. "
Nah, never see anybody on Water Street. They go to the McDonald's now.
Parent, thanks. (Dwindle might like a copy, too.) Are the cookies you make really soft? I remember a crispy version and a plump, soft version. Hope your batch turned out great.
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Both. Crispy along the outside, soft inside. Of course, I dunk mine in coffee, so the entire cookie is soft! Did you find a recipe?
They turned out great, but I didn't make enough of them and I'm not doing it again. Our local market sells them, so I'll just replenish that way!
Dmasy said... 132
"My Ex's family used to make a cookie called Snickerdoodle every holiday. It really wasn't all that special, but it was a tradition. I am culling through old cookbooks looking for a recipe."
OoooOooOOooh, I LOVE Snickerdoodles!! I forgot we used to make those, too. Those are easy - just make them into little balls, put on the cookie sheet, and smush them with a glass!
Kokomo,
Here's the recipe, it's written in his mother's handwriting (she passed away in 1987).
SHORTBREAD
3 cups of flour
1 cup corn starch
1 lb butter (soft)
1 cup icing sugar (powdered)
Mix dry ingredients. add butter and and beat with electric mixer. If too moist add more flour. Bake 12-15 min. 350*
NOW, we use our kitchen aid (aggie mom!) to mix the dough. The Bear makes 1 inch balls and flattens them. Then he puts half a glazed cherry in the center (red and green alternating). we have a friend who bakes them plain and then half dips they in chocolate.
He says the trick is to not overbake them. He doesn't even let them get any brown on them. To me they taste underdone, but everyone else LOVES them. I eat all the "burnt" ones!
He makes 8-10 dozen each year. I think he's going to start this weekend.
Nah, never see anybody on Water Street. They go to the McDonald's now.
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lol!! I stay away from that McDonalds! It always looks dirty to me!
Permanent Name - the Target in my town has the Dream Water for $8.28 for 4 bottles.
Aaaahhhh... Snickerdoodles!!! As they are a typical american recipe, I didn't know about them until I "found" them in a Lee Bailey's cookbook. And eversince at Christmas time, I've been ("telepatically", lol...) sending my fondest thanks to the sweet man. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas in my house without snickerdoodles. (I almost wrote "Yum!" at the end of the last sentence, but Kate ruined that word for me and forever..)
A non-fan posted this on twitter--Kate's tweeties theme song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UGS8re8cIVI
I have never been much of a cookie baker-chocolate chips cookies were my forte, and that's about it. I used to make them for workplace, my friends, and even my daughter's workplace. When my daughter moved away to college, she insisted that I give her "my" recipe, so that she could make them also.
She was a bit shocked when I told her to buy Nestle's chocolate chips, and follow the directions on the bag!!
So, unfortunately, I have no cookie recipes to share, but reading all the ones here have made my sweet tooth overly hyperactive!
KIAT, I use the Tollhouse recipe and everyone loves them. Why fix what ain't broke?
Bearswife said... 149
I agree Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies are the best!! And at least I didn't pretend it was my own recipe, like someone else we know.
Lightweights.....pshaaaw.....A little roof reshingling, a tiny add-on to the back of a home.....bah!
*I*......Meeeee.......have dug out, by dainty TEA spoon I must add,....an Olympic size swimming pool! Yep! ME! Myself!! I!!! Plus....I didn't even break an unladylike sweat! In fact....my French Mani is still perfect!! Oh....I also lost 37lbs and am now back to my glory days size 0!!!'
PS....also made dinner by ordering HOMEMADE pizza!!!
I have already taken my well deserved bow but feel free to post about my awesomenish-ish!!!! YAY!!
Darn! I got caught in a lie. : (
No problem! I MEANT that I did all of the above enroute to Dwindles party......
*whistling*
Kate is a twit said... 150
Bearswife said... 149
I agree Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies are the best!! And at least I didn't pretend it was my own recipe, like someone else we know.
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Chiming in : ) I've tried many chocolate chip recipes and these are the best.
Agree Tollhouse are superior!
PatK, I agree your avatar is great! Very festive.
Toll house cookies are terrific and a never fall recipe. I sometimes make the toll house pan cookie variation, I bake it in a9 by 13 pan and they come out like toll house brownies.
change of topic to another off topic. Anyone else going to see The Hobbit this weekend? We are heading to a midnight showing at a Theatre with the faster 48 frames pier second speed. Its in three d. I will share impressions of the viewing experience at the faster speed if anyone is interested.
Bearswife said... 143
Kokomo,
Here's the recipe, it's written in his mother's handwriting (she passed away in 1987).
SHORTBREAD
3 cups of flour
1 cup corn starch
1 lb butter (soft)
1 cup icing sugar (powdered)
Mix dry ingredients. add butter and and beat with electric mixer. If too moist add more flour. Bake 12-15 min. 350*
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No liquid, not even an egg? I am not calling you a fibber, I just want to make sure that those are the only ingredients and Blogger didnt eat the egg and milk from your recipe!
Kate is a twit said... 148
I have never been much of a cookie baker-chocolate chips cookies were my forte, and that's about it. I used to make them for workplace, my friends, and even my daughter's workplace. When my daughter moved away to college, she insisted that I give her "my" recipe, so that she could make them also.
She was a bit shocked when I told her to buy Nestle's chocolate chips, and follow the directions on the bag!!
So, unfortunately, I have no cookie recipes to share, but reading all the ones here have made my sweet tooth overly hyperactive!
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My sweet tooth got active too, so I popped open a can of the Pillsbury Cinnamon rolls and put them in the oven! Cheating I know, but the house smelled great and they hit the spot tonight!
Now to make amends to the Baking Gods, I am leaning toward making an apple pie tomorrow.
My father was from Scotland before he moved to Canada. One day I was visiting at home and was making Communion bread. Since we're Presbyterian we used Scottish Shortbread for the bread. I was using the church's recipe. Dad came into the kitchen to oooh and ahhh because cookies were being baked. He asked me what I was baking now. Shortbread.
Dad: No you're not.
Me: Uh, yes I am.
Dad: No you're not.
Me: So what am I baking?
Dad: Cookies of some sort, but not shortbread.
Me: How do you make shortbread, smarty?
Dad: Not like that.
He got his clue when he saw the eggs and the vanilla. Those, apparently, do not belong in Scottish Shortbread. He got down Mom's recipe file and pulled out his own mother's (Scottish to the core) recipe, written in her own hand.
Butter. (real butter, no oleo.)
Flour.
Sugar.
The only other thing to be added was Heat.
Nothing more, nothing less. And he liked it quite thick - almost 2 inches thick. Like someone said above, it hardly seemed cooked to me, but he LOVED it. After I learned the proper way to make Grandma's Scottish Shortbread
I made it for him every time I went home for a visit. He would beam brightly.... and by the way, the church folk really liked it too and
created me the Official Communion Shortbread
Baker. What an honor!
There are probably as many recipes for shortbread as there are families, and this is the only one allowed in ours!
Dwindle said... 157
Apple pie? Can you send some my way? Just give me some apple pie and some chocolate chip cookies and I'm in heaven!!
My daughter makes the best apple pies. Another reason I'm looking forward to going there for Christmas--I know they'll apple pie and cookies waiting for me, and she makes enough, that I even get to take home leftovers.
I'm not a pie maker either. I think the baking gene skipped my generation. My grandmother and mother were the avid bakers, and so is my daughter.
When I want a fresh baked apple pie, my "friend" Mrs. Smith(no relation to Kate's friends-the Smiths) will bake one for me. She makes the best Dutch Apple pie.
Kate is a twit....148
I have the same type of story. I'm always asked for my recipe for oatmeal cookies. I'm embarrassed to tell people that it's printed on the box on the store brand oatmeal! I've never copied it down. If that store ever goes bust, I'll never have them again.
Mix dry ingredients. add butter and and beat with electric mixer. If too moist add more flour. Bake 12-15 min. 350*
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No liquid, not even an egg? I am not calling you a fibber, I just want to make sure that those are the only ingredients and Blogger didnt eat the egg and milk from your recipe!
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My grandmother made this, and there was no egg or milk, but she used about a quarter teaspoon baking powder. I never heard of it made with cornstarch, but I'm going to give it a try. Thanks, Bearswife.
Dwindle, there is NO liquid in them, I "swear on my mother's grave". But it works and they are good. Swear on my mother's grave is what the Bear says when he is REALLY telling the truth. He is a big fibber and story teller.
I will be making dog cookies this weekend, my present for my co-workers and neighbours. I bought new cookie cutters: a squirrel, a dachshund (for my god-dog) and a sitting dog. Last week I made hearts, dog bones and wolves.
I was also thinking about making spritz dog cookies, but I probably won't get to them.
I always liked the tollhouse cookie recipe until I made Giada de Laurentis' chocolate chip cookies with roasted hazelnuts and chopped up toffee bars. Unbelievably good. Now it's the only chocolate chip cookie recipe I use.
Kate is a twit what a coincidence! I also have a close personal friend Mrs Smith, except she makes delightful mincemeat pies that we enjoy. Such a great pie maker, and she really gets around to share her pie making talents.
Dwindle said... 139
Now why didnt *I* think of that? Maybe the next time I am sweeping the patio, I'll see if I cant build the addition on the back of the house that we have always wanted. And get it all done in time to come in and mastermind dinner!
Lbelle said... 151
Lightweights.....pshaaaw.....A little roof reshingling, a tiny add-on to the back of a home.....bah!
*I*......Meeeee.......have dug out, by dainty TEA spoon I must add,....an Olympic size swimming pool! Yep! ME! Myself!! I!!! Plus....I didn't even break an unladylike sweat! In fact....my French Mani is still perfect!! Oh....I also lost 37lbs and am now back to my glory days size 0!!!'
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Pffft.
I went downstairs to do the laundry this afternoon and ended up framing in the walls for the extra bathroom I'm building . First I ripped up the concrete and put in the new drain for the shower, raised the floor and installed the plumbing for the sink. Tomorrow morning before anyone gets up I'll go down there and wire the ceiling for the recessed led lighting. Then I'll come back upstairs and prepare home made bread, hashbrowns and poach six dozen eggs which I lay myself.
I still have paperwork to do tonight after my 322 guests leave, and bake 7,891 dozen shortbread cookies for the bake sale tomorrow (darn I only have six ovens). But I will have some time left over to spend with my little pals on twitter.
Bearswife, can you share dog biscuit recipe? I would love to try making something homemade for our dogs. It would be much appreciated.
Joy,
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/peanut-butter-and-pumpkin-puppy-treats/2bdaee86-dc24-4a65-85a6-e4bdd30e458f
I had to make gluten free as two of the dogs have allergies. I had to add some extra rice flour to make it a bit stiffer. I also used fresh pumpkin that I steamed and froze at Thanksgiving (which is why mine needed extra flour). My pup loves them, but she only got the broken ones!
OK. I am laughing at the extreme homemaking skills -- re-roofing, building an addition, digging a swimming pool, and trenching for plumbing. You ladies are so silly! After a good night's sleep, Kate will return and top all of your paltry efforts. Good try.
AA,
can you build me a bathroom too? I will cook you supper!! and cookies!
fidosmommy said... 158
Butter. (real butter, no oleo.)
Flour.
Sugar.
The only other thing to be added was Heat.
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Fidosmommy - equal parts? If not, what ratio? What temperature do you cook them at and for how long? Thanks!
FYI, for those of you who have have your good friend, Mrs. Smith, bake your pies:
Mrs. Smith's® Desserts Serve Up Something Sweet For Those in Need With Operation Homefront
With the Purchase of Every Pie – Including New Signature Deep Dish Varieties – $1 Will Go To Help U.S. Service Members and Their Families
MINNEAPOLIS --
This season, consumers dishing out holiday desserts will also be able to feed the needs of many military families in the country – thanks to the makers of Mrs. Smith’s® desserts.
From now until Jan. 31, 2013, for every Mrs. Smith’s® pie purchased, the makers of Mrs. Smith’s® desserts will donate $1, up to $35,000, to Operation Homefront, the national non-profit dedicated to providing emergency financial and other assistance to military families. In addition, the makers of Mrs. Smith’s® desserts will provide 5,200 holiday pies to Operation Homefront as part of the nonprofit’s annual Holiday Meals for Military program, which will distribute 5,200 full holiday meal kits to 17 locations nationwide.
“Military families are not only dealing with the effects of war, but also the current economic difficulties,” said Jim Knotts, President and CEO of Operation Homefront. “So often these families are split up during the holiday season from deployments. This year, we are helping them bring the celebration home, and show that we are thankful for the sacrifices that they have made for our country.”
First I ripped up the concrete and put in the new drain for the shower, raised the floor and installed the plumbing for the sink.
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Well, you know if you would have offered to feed a plumber, that would have been one thing less you would have to install.
"Then I'll come back upstairs and prepare home made bread, hashbrowns and poach six dozen eggs which I lay myself."
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You could call Milo to help you if you find you're not producing enough. She lays eggs all the time.
Bearswife I'll stop over at your house on my way back from Lowe's. Should only take a couple of hours to build you a bathroom.
PS... I hope you make fish in paper. Or is it paper fish?
You could call Milo to help you if you find you're not producing enough. She lays eggs all the time.
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LOL!!
AA,
I've made paper dolls, but not paper fish. Is it similar to Swedish Fish? I'll make it, don't you worry - my "friend" Katherine will help.
Kate is a twit said... 171
FYI, for those of you who have have your good friend, Mrs. Smith, bake your pies:
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Mrs. Smith used to make a bumbleberry pie that everyone who tried it just loved. At some point she stopped making it and I sure wish I could find a frozen, throw-it-in-the-oven bumbleberry pie again.
Dmasy said... 168
OK. I am laughing at the extreme homemaking skills -- re-roofing, building an addition, digging a swimming pool, and trenching for plumbing. You ladies are so silly! After a good night's sleep, Kate will return and top all of your paltry efforts. Good try.
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We are feeble in comparison, aren't we? The thing that bothers me is she can say anything she wants and her sheeple sop it up like milk toast.
On a serious note, I was just reading about Jacintha Saldanha. As this story unfolds, it seems as if she was unhappy about the hospital where she worked too. Could be the hoax call may have been what put her over the edge?
"The dead woman's family has been given typed copies of the three handwritten notes by the police and has read the contents, the Guardian has been told.
One note deals with the hoax call by the DJs from 2Day FM, another details her requests for her funeral, and the third addresses her employers, the hospital, and contains criticism of staff there, the Guardian understands from two separate sources."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/13/jacintha-saldanha-suicide-notes
AuntieAnn said... 178
I also wonder if she was getting a lot of flack and/or teasing from her co-workers for letting the call go through. The hospital may not have disciplined her, but co-workers can be especially brutal at times.
She could have been extremely sensitive. She might have been teased and where a lot of us would brush it off and laugh along with it, not everyone is like that. I'm sure the notes would explain more because it sure seems like there's a lot more to this story than we're hearing about at this point.
GRANDMA'S SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups real butter (3 sticks) slightly softened
4 cups flour (I never bother to sift)
Mix very well. My mother encouraged me to get my hands in it mix it better.
Press firmly into an ungreased (glass is best) pan. We always used a fork to poke holes in the
top before baking. Decoratively, of course! It's just for show, does not affect baking.
Most people won't want it as thick as my Dad did. About an inch thick is probably plenty.
Bake at 325 for about 30 - 35 minutes.
Freezes well.
Hope this tastes as good to you as it did to our family!
Fidosmommy - thanks!!
Thanks for pointing me to smittenkitchen.com Jane!
Giada de Laurentis' chocolate chip cookies
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Little Big Head rivaled Tollhouse?? Figures!
By the way some of the Food Network snark boards out there, which I've peeked at a few times, are outrageously funny.
She could have been extremely sensitive.
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Yeah. I understand people are having a hard time understanding why she would do this but not everyone has thick skin or perceives things the same way. I think most people would have gotten over this incident soon enough. She couldn't.
She might have been teased and where a lot of us would brush it off and laugh along with it, not everyone is like that.
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Example: My family is a family of teasers and pranksters and most of us enjoy it, I mean really love it. There is one family member though who got teased and started crying. She doesn't take it well. We quickly learned okay fair enough you don't like it so we won't tease you. We may not undertand it but we respect it.
For most of the family it's all fun and games and laughter. For this person it's not. She may be in the minority but her feelings are just as valid as anyone else.
Count me among those who detest practical jokes and pranks. I simply don't see the point. But
if the "victim" is OK with it, I guess I am OK that he/she got pranked. Just leave me out of it, both as "victim" and "perp".
Well there's a difference between putting a little whipped cream on someone's nose while they are sleeping and taking a picture, and calling a hospital to get a famous person's medical information then broadcasting it around the world. Friend of mine had a thing as a kid with trying to clip clothespins onto people without them noticing. It became a game. It was funny. Benign stuff. I don't mind benign little pranks like that whatsoever.
Here's my submission to the cookie contest. These are easy to make and a huge hit at any time.
ANGEL BITES
1 cup well-chopped pitted dates
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or any nut of your choice and this includes Dwindle)
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs - beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
Place above ingredients in a pot and cook over medium-low heat until dates are soft. Cool for about 10 minutes and add the following:
2 cups coarsely crushed corn flakes
1 cup coconut, plus another cup for rolling**
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Shape into 1" balls, and roll in coconut or icing/powdered sugar.
Makes three dozen, give or take a few that you've eaten because you are indeed an award winning creator of all kitchenly creations.
**I like to slightly toast the coconut (shredded, unsweetened). It enhances the nutty flavor, but the biggest bonus is the house smells absolutely heavenly.
To toast the coconut, spread on a cookie and stick in a 325 oven for a few minutes (about 5 or 6 minutes). Watch carefully as it will burn quickly after that.
I, of course, make these blindfolded while standing on my head while singing the aria Ave Maria.
And I make 422 million dozen at a time.
Friends and family shriek in delight.
Suck it Kate.
To toast the coconut, spread on a cookie and stick in a 325 oven for a few minutes (about 5 or 6 minutes). Watch carefully as it will burn quickly after that.
NO, NO, NO
Spread on a cookie SHEET, not just a cookie. Geez.
NO, NO, NO
Spread on a cookie SHEET, not just a cookie. Geez.
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I was going to ask how big that cookie had to be, and if there was a specific kind of cookie
one should spread the coconut on. ;-)
Thanks, ladies, found a crock pot apple butter recipe. I'm going to give it a go. Thank you all for your kind suggestions.
And I was only speaking as a child's prospective of the whole "charity" at Christmas time. And really why would Santa make you line up to go on stage rather then surprise you on Christmas morning. Hearts may have been in the right places but execution, not so much. Believe me the deal they had for free school meals was much more humiliating. I don't feel the same now as I did at 10 but I would really fight against any groups that thinks that way is a good idea.
It still is a messed up world where a mom has to quit her job so her husband can get on medicaid in order to afford his medical treatment while awaiting a heart lung transplant. Just shaking my head over that development.
I hate switching up shifts, my body doesn't know if it should be awake or asleep. I hope they don't do this too often.
Can't imagine Katie actually doing physical labor. Women who get down and dirty with doing the business of keeping a home up and running generally don't get fancy nails as they tend not to do well when plumbing, cleaning out coops and the rest of it. And we all know how lazy she is with that plastic chair glued to her rear during the show. The only thing she likes to work is her mouth and now I guess her grifting twitter fingers.
Kate Gosselin@Kateplusmy8
A wonderful dinner (stuffed shells, baked brussels, homemade bread) and visit with dear friends...and a fixed kitchen sink! Yay!! GN all!
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Yes indeed, the dinner "guests" had to work for their supper.
Stuffed shells and Brussels sprouts? I've never heard of that combination before. I think of Italian when I think of stuffed shells.
Maybe it was some kind of seafood pasta dish.
Bearswife, thanks for the link to dog treat recipe.
Completely off topic, if you can, see The Hobbit in 3D with the higher frame speed. It did seem sharper, more realistic. Go see it any format you can. Good movie. Really good movie.
I find pranks to be curel with the only result a humiliation on the part of the victim. And then everyone laughs at him/her. Unnecessary in my world.
Would not be friends with, nor maintain family relations to anyone who attempted that on me. Disrespect? No thanks.
Admin...Little big head? Ha!Ha! I have to agree. I rarely watch her present show Giada at Home because she has definitely gotten full of herself. But I like her earlier show Everyday Italian on The Cooking Channel when she first started out around 2004. She wasn't full of herself then. But I have to give her credit as I think her recipes are simple and and taste good.
Okay, yeah #195, whatever.
Chiming in from New Zealand, I hate when you all go to sleep. Planning Russian Teacakes, Baklava, Peanut butter Blossoms, of course, and now am going to make those shortbread cookies because the lady I look after and my daughter love them so much. And sound so simple!
Something I did tonight- my daughter is sort of addicted to menthol-eucalyptus cough drops. Back in the States I could buy her industrial sized bags at Walmart for cheap. (I only went to Walmart for those and petfood, don't hate) Here in New Zealand a bag of Vick's if you can find them is close to 5 bucks. So I found some eucalyptus oil at a local Indian store (as well as some little cucumbers to make dill pickles, just got to find some dill)then bought some peppermint essence, couldn't find a candy thermometer (I've done my research)but learned how to reach the hard tack stage after boiling the stuff and made perfect little cough drops. She's sick and can't smell, but after a little tweaking, they'll be as good or better than Vick's. Cooking is like science, awesome.
Winter Wonderland said... 128
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 #RealityChk Now U've had a yummy meal, gr8 company & a skilled handyman 2fix those leaks. I'd say ur day was pretty good! :)
Unless Gladys is peering through Kate's windows, how in the world would she know that dinner is over? Did Kate tweet her and tell her when the meal would be served, or did Gladys advise her the perfect time for an evening meal with friends? Or is this Milo's sneaky way of saying that Kate DMed her because she's special?
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Did Milo tweet this before Kate tweeted about stuffed shells and fixed sink? If so yes she is relishing showing her inside track. She did it earlier in the day...she tweeted that she knew Kate was having a nice dinner with company later. Unless Deanna is telling her this stuff, Kate must be emailing or DMing or (shudder) texting with Milo.
Stuffed shells, Brussels sprouts and homemade bread? THAT's her idea of a "company" dinner? Bleah! I like stuffed shells and I like Brussels sprouts, but not together. She really has no idea of preparing complementary dishes for a meal, does she? She's as tone deaf in that regard as she is in most other areas of human interaction.
I finished watching "1940's House" last night, but I was too sleepy to post. What a great documentary that was. The family really pulled together and made a contribution to the success of the project, even the kids. I got a kick out of Ben, the fuel warden. He took that seriously and he certainly proved competent at it. I liked the way the adults took him seriously, too, even though they groused about the restrictions. Even when there were disagreements and conflicts that family worked together and supported one another. That's the way families should operate, not with one person being the dictator and the rest being firmly planted under his or her thumb.
BTW -- Did I miss the recipe for sand tarts? Those sound interesting.
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