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Originally Posted By mater4

Mickey where did I say that I was calling off the "be nice to me week"? I simply said that I would give MM some slack. She is prone to mistakes you know. Glad your DD show went well.
Villians so happy you have a new computer. It is always nice to have something new especially when it is a computer. Glad youe are a last minute packer like me. As for the rooms still thinking about it. Too many things have come between me and the decorating of the rooms. As soon as I get more info on my truck getting fix I will try to move forward with the task.
Does anyone have a great brownie recipe for Mickey?

 

Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM

mickey...ditto on the house envy. My dream home would be a Queen Anne Victorian. I actually was about to buy one once, but my ex nixed the idea. He demanded acreage and a big shop. So, that's where we wound up. No regrets, but I love turn of the century homes.

My DH loves brownies, too...who's bakin'?

RT...glad to know someone else here buys all new stuff before a trip. Man, isn't it so much easier? You shop a good sale, and it really doesn't cost that much.

I will attest to the fact that mickey tried pushing all of my buttons on the day that I promised to be nice. No matter how hard she tried, I didn't cave in. It was the worst 24 hours of my life, but I did it. I think she paid dearly the next day, though.

I forgot to tell you about our tragedy of friday afternoon. DD got dumped by her first "real" boyfriend. She was feelin' pretty down, but after the "Men are Pigs" speech and a Hershey bar, we had a good laugh or two. She said that she was too good for him anyway. She called me from school today and said that she pitched all his things from her locker onto the floor. She's gonna be one tough babe. Of course, being 13 she already has her sights on her next victim...I mean boyfriend. Someone named Diego Rodriguez. Poor kid.

 

Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains

MM - this is where my life will be a little easier - My DD has 3 big brothers and they measure her shorts and check the tightness - leggings or tights must be worn with dresses or skirts...She's not even allowed to think about "blossoming"....Poor thing!!

Tink is making brownies today - probably why she's not chiming in - all that chocolate!!!

Mater no room choices yet - hmmm a bit of a procrastinator huh - gotta luv that!!! I am really bad about that, I have about 30 (not an exageration) boxes of clothes to put on ebay...started taking the picts last night!!!

We have a ranch style house - sort of - it started out 50 years ago as a ranch - we are only the 3rd owner, the last owner lived her 38 years and we have been here 9 years the garage was converted to a living room then another bedroom was added next to that an enclosed patio was added and a single car garage!! What was once a L shaped ranch is now kind of sortof a J shape...

 

Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains

OMG- it was a little overcast today then there was just a huge loud thunder sound (long and loud like in a movie) then it started pouring these huge rain drops now 10 minutes later it's all but over - now it's just regular rain....I feel like I am back in Missouri (where I lived for 3 years ago with my x during my misguided youth...)

 

Originally Posted By mickeynewe

I can give you my brownie recipe....very easy! Duncan Hines.

Mater, never give any slack--- slack is considered waiving your rights. New lesson. We play hardball here.

Aw...poor DD13. That must have been hard for her. Your first broken heart is never easy. My DD14 thinks you shouldn't date until Junior Year. LOL, let's see how far along into high school this lasts! I'm rather curious to see how long this line of thinking plays out.

Gotta, your daughter is sooo not going to like that when she gets older!

I LOVE thunder/lightening storms you lucky gal!

 

Originally Posted By rtjl72

villians, i missed the loud bang near my house- well, about 8 miles down the road anyway. did you see it on the national news? a solvent material warehouse had an explosion and then a major fire near des moines. we are just north of there. thank goodness nobody was hurt. it's too dark now but the accident happened at about 1.30p and i could still see the major smoke at dark. probably nothing compared to the forest fires in southern cal, but still eerie.
ahhh, young love. remember the butterflies and how you couldn't eat because you were so in love? gee, i haven't tried that diet technique yet. maybe there is a new fad somewhere there. i truly so love my dh but it's that more mature ( known as maybe less passionate love). anyway, mollysmom, how good she can share this with you. and how awesome you could be there for her! dumping all the other persons stuff out. where have i heard something like that before? villians, have you checked your front step lately?(snicker..snicker)

 

Originally Posted By rtjl72

brownies recipe

1 cup flour
1 cup of sugar
1 stick of butter (melted)
4 eggs
1 can of herseys chocolate syrup
1 teaspoon of vanilla
nuts optional(not your friends and family kind)

melt butter and stir in eggs. add vanilla and herseys chocolate
in a seperate bowl combine the flour and sugar.
add the 2 bowls together and stir unitl well mixed. mix in nuts in amounts desired.
pour out onto a greased and floured cookie pan. (depending on how thick you want your brownies will depend on how big of a pan you will want to use.)
bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
may sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired after baking.

 

Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains

I have checked...I am expected a check for the rest of the money Friday!! Problem is there is no school friday and we were looking at going to Monterey!! Oh well DS18 will be here as he has an interview with Kohls on friday so he can't go with us!! I will be contacting HER daughter's father after I get my next money order - I have a SD card she gave me that I found out she stole out of his drawers when he took her "perscription" Funny with all the pain I was in with my tooth before my trip I would have never thought to take anything more than Advil!!

We have gone back and really put some thought into it - We figured HER took DS18's vicatin when he had two teeth pulled 2 years ago and DS16's vicatin last year when his wisdom teeth were pulled! The boys and my DH had suspected it all along and after my mom's went missing after she needed a "tour" of my mom's house they were sure of it!!! HER even faked that time of the month to use my bathroom (guests usually use the main bathroom which has no female supplies) and my DH noticed all the percription bottles were moved around!! SO sad!!

 

Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains

Okay rt - can I use herseys special chocolate? I prefer darker chocolate as it has antioxidents in it (yeah that's my story and I am sticking to it)
;-}

 

Originally Posted By rtjl72

villians- i don't know about the chocolate. i am a female mutant because i don't really like chocolate. strange but, true! i usually make this for tailgate parties and for our christmas brownie cook off. my dh family likes to make brownies and have all the kids judge them for the best. probably not the smartest thing to do-fill all the youngsters up on sugar and chocoalte- but hey, i don't have to take any of them home. meaning hyped up kids. come to think of it i usually don't have any brownies to take home either.

 

Originally Posted By rtjl72

villians-i saw your post on community regarding the driving suggestions you offered to tink mobile. that sounds like very sound and practiced advice. i hope they heed your warnings and suggestions. we crossed over the rockies 1 winter during a snowstorm and at night. not the smartest thing my dh has ever decided to do, we were one of the last ones to get through and that is not an honor you really want bestowed upon yourself. anyway, with you going to tahoe you probably do run into a lot of winter driving! in the long run- with as much as you travel- you probably really do as much winter driving as i do here in iowa. here it storms, it gets cleaned up usually within 24 hours and then it's just normal( what ever that is) driving until the next storm rolls through. really only 3 or 4 times a winter is it really bad.

 

Originally Posted By rtjl72

oops! the post was right here on trip planning, not community. sorry!

 

Originally Posted By travellerandquilter

My mouth is drooling with all your baking stories. Cannot make some of the recipes as the ingredients seem to be different. I will just have to make something similar! but it will be chocolate based!!!
I feel sorry for HER as she obviously has a problem and is in total denial about anything wrong ( as a lot of users and abusers are). You are very patient to wait so long and not hassle HER.
So lucky for you to be planning your next trip soon. We come across in Jan but not till 14th. I have sort of packed in my mind but will need to check the weather first as to how cold it is predicted. I will not be buying all new undies and socks but will make sure we have enough to last the whole time so not to have to find a laundry and waste time washing. I would rather be in DL>

 

Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD

Thanks for the brownie recipe rt. I can't believe you don't like chocolate. Are you sure? My sister had her kids convinced that they didn't like it until they were 10 years old and then they tried it and were like wait a second, what have we been missing all this time.

Villians - I sure hope you get your check Friday from HER. It is sad about HER pain medication addiction, but it explains a lot.

MM - So sorry about your DD's tradgedy. My DD17 and I always recite the "men are rats, worse than that... men are like fleas on rats.. worse than that men are like ameobas on fleas on rats" from Grease. She has been thru a couple of minor heartbreaks this year. I remember when she broke up with her first boyfriend when she was around 13. I overheard her on the phone telling him that "they have just grown apart" and he would be okay because "there are lots of other fish in the sea". It was all I could do to not laugh.

 

Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD

Hey everybody - I was looking over in the community section and they are talking about the LP Winter Bash. Have any of you ever done that? I didn't see any of you signed up on the list. I was thinking about it, but I can't decide. I guess it is like a secret pal thing. I have done that before and it was fun. Tomorrow is the last to sign up so I guess I better decide quickly.

 

Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM

rt doesn't like chocolate?????????? Whoa...that's just wrong on so many levels. Well, it leaves more for the rest of us.

TQ has ingredient issues??? What do you have issues with...maybe we can help.

I'm with ya on the dark, semi-sweet chocolate....the darker the better.

Whoever's makin' brownies can send me a pan full. tink...how's my punkin' bread comming?

TX...it was hard not to giggle a bit at DD's first break up. She was trying to be so grown up about it. Eventually, we both got a good laugh out of it, though. I asked her if this was the man of her dreams, and if she planned on marrying him. She told me "no way", so I asked her why the heck did she care then. "True" she says, and that's when we started laughing. I told her that she would have more broken hearts in her lifetime, and that she will break a few herself. I told her that I would always be there to pick her up and dust her off, and have sage words of wisdom and a hershey bar to offer. Sometimes, it may take more than that, but we'll work it through. She said I was her hero...ya, I was struttin' around for a while.

She said that this boy Matt and her are still friends. I told her that it's better to have a boy that's your friend, than a boyfriend that's a pooper. She got it.

 

Originally Posted By mater4

Villians good luck getting the rest of your money from HER. It sure would give you extra spending money on your next trip to DL.
MM that is good that your DD and you are close and she can talk to you. One of my goals as a mom is to have a similar relationship with my DD. She is a 2nd grader so she comes home from school and talks to me about how some other girl or boy made her mad. I will enjoy it while it lasts. I am glad your DD is doing ok.

 

Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains

Tink is missing - she must be making us all brownies(well none for rt) and punkin bread!! I will be seeing her next month so she must be stocking up for Mater and me! Neener neener!!

MM - now I feel bad - because I have the heartbreak kid here in my DS18 - He is very cute (yes biased - but it's true)...he's dirty blone, blue eyed (framed by black eyelashes/brows), full lips, perfect nose...problem is he knows he's cute and uses it to his advantage!! I know he left graduated hs with a trail of broken hearts behind him...Probably why he's so overprotective of DD9...

 

Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM

villains...for every broken-hearted girl, there's some dude that broke it. It's the way of the world. Your DS sounds like a good guy.

DD can pretty much tell me anything. The trick is to be honest with them at all times. If she asks me a question, I answer it...no matter how uncomfortable or embarrased I may be with it. There are times that I cringe at a question, but I answer it anyway...sometimes she has cringed at the answer, too. I always tell her that there is NOTHING she will do, or think about doing, that I haven't done or thought of myself. "Been there, done that, got the t-shirt."

 

Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819

Hi Everyone!
I was lurking, but couldn't log in earlier! very frustrating! I was supposed to have a j%b today, but it was just rescehduled for Thurs. Somebody sent the paperwork to the wrong notary. So, my morning was kind of wasted waiting around for documents that never arrived. At least I can still do it on Thurs. I have had so few j*bs and you know I need some Dinsey dollars and Christmas dollars!
Villains, I am so upset about your Mom maybe having to back out! No, you need to go on a trip with someone normal! It would be so nice for you nice, too. (or is it cousin? From the way I was reading the story, it sounds like your Mom is raising her great niece. Is this correct? Now don't get all MM crazy and start yelling at me if this is supposed to be something you told us about already! lol) Heck, with everyboby backing out and getting j*bs, you could get the king room at Hojo's now!

MM, I'm glad your DD is handling the 1st break up well! Very mature!

Rt, thanks for the brownie recipe. I always use Betty Crocker br. mix and add mini marshmallows and choc. chips. I never had a REAL recipe that I liked. I'll have to try yours. I still have to copy down the pb&J pizza recipe from MM. I remembered that there is a bakery nearby that sells fresh pizza dough for $1. I'll use that instead of trying to make the dough myself. Last year, I bought one of those Auntie Anne's make your own pretzel kits. I was under the impression that they were going to be frozen. I got this box of dough mix and directions. You should have seen those awful looking pretzels. And they took all d**n day to make.

MN, my house was built in th 1800's, too! There is always a problem somewhere, with these old houses. When you're young and stupid they look so nice to fix up and all. Even after getting every window replaced, new siding, a new roof, there are still leaks here and there. They always start after the "warranty" is up.

TX, I'm on the fence about the bash. It sounds really fun and since I don't get many j*bs anymore, I'm hardly w*rking. I think I might be able to do it. But, I'm still undecided. Now, I'm afraid I'll get someone too young and I won't know what's cool to get them. We only have a day left to decide! (Oh, and you know I'm on the "late" side with the shopping, I wouldn't want to get a bad rep on LP!

I'm off for my free taco at Taco Bell~from 2-5 PM you can get a free taco today!