Good morning ladies!
A wintery day here in northern Saskatchewan! And wouldn't you know it, Skooter (our little dog) has been escaping every couple of hours. I can't figure out where or how as there are too many little footprints in the snow. The fence is over 6 feet tall in most places. I am sure he must be part monkey or bird.
I need a bit of advice - I think I know the answer, but I want to hear other opinions. Several months ago, someone from the board pm'd me noticing I had posted about a nearby city. She is from the area and understands the limitations of getting carts up here. We pm'd back and forth and she offered to pick up some clearance carts for me and send them to me. I thought it was a wonderful thing to do. She gave me a price and everything and then she disappeared until last night. I had not sent money becuase I was waiting to hear that they had been sent, so I could add postage for her. When she dropped away, I did check on her profile and she was not on here at all during that time. But did find she has a track record of being a flaker - her commitment eventually is fulfilled, but takes forever. So . . . She pm'd me last night and is asking if I still want the carts. I do, but I'm worried about paying out and never seeing them. What do you guys think?
Jeanne Thaks for making up the list. It is truly helpfule.
Angie I have been thinking about you and hoped all was well. Prayers that you and your family remain safe. As far as the Thanksgiving meal, if I were a lot closer, I would sure help out!
Sonja Thanks for both recipes! I have a tiny family, so I will try to cut the recipes down for us!
Debbie $22 for a stamp - WOW! It sure doesn't sound like any bargains there
Joy a snail?! Kind of neat, but kind of yucky too. My DD used to bring bugs in. She would pick them off the grill of the vehicles and try to heal them. She said she wanted to be a bug doctor, because no one cares about them.
Deneen I am glad I am far from scraps because I am sure I would always buy more than I meant too.
Oh I forgot to mention - in the Canadian, bargains, eh of the message board we have started our second Canadian swap. Come have a look if you might be interested. A few of us found postage got to be a bit silly with the swaps originating in the States.
Have a great day!
Laura

Sharon...nice you took the girls for their photo with Santa

Sonya .. thanks for the recipes

Debbie.. wow how expesive for a used stamp!!!

Sandra... nice your son finally got his sleep machine I hope my DH gets his soon

Laura... if the gal on the MB is a flaker I wouldn't send her any money.. over the years we have seen a lot of people being scammed so becareful

Shelly... sounds like a cute idea using B for Boy.. I am sure your GS will love it

Joy.. how was dress shopping did DD find anything??

Well we started out today at 9am didn't not get home until almost 2 pm. So much traffic but we got so much done

Even managed to eat breakfast out. i tried whole Wheat Pancakes with blueberries and walnuts and a little banana on top ohhhh so good took half home it even came with a side order of egg whites took the home on Sunday i will use the egg whites and make a cheese omellet

Sorry if i missed anyone

Have a good night/day

Hi everyone... Didn't have a very productive day because I didn't feel very well. I did take a 3 hour nap.

Sandra...I got that email too. I Amy have to place an order. I am waiting to see who else is having a good sale.

Shelly...sounds like a cute book for your grandson. Show us pics when it's finished. Good luck getting the stockings done.

LarmAbee.....I wouldn't take the chance on having to chase her down to get your carts.

Lv2....that breakfast sounds so good. I can't eat wheat but it still sounds good.

Joy....how exciting finding the dress.


Hope everyone has a great night.

Deneen

Hi girls....beautiful, chilly fall day here. I did a 27 mile bike ride today that ended with pumpkin pie and other yummy snacks. It was a "hosted" ride, and it was a great day for it. Started out and it was 41 degrees, but I stayed warm in my gear. My friend and I then got cleaned up and visited a new winery nearby....super fun girls day!

I have 20 people now coming for our bike team breakfast ride tomorrow. I have the casseroles made and those will bake in the morning. I have muffins made and will have fresh fruit to cut up in the morning, too. Will also do sausages. And lots and lots of coffee! Same friend I rode with is coming over to help me prep food in the morning. So thankful for helpful friends.

Needless to say, I didn't craft at all today....but it was a great day!

Hi and welcome to cricut world! Glad you are enjoying your cricut mini and yes those 2 carts are so cute!If you need any help or have questions, just ask! Kathy

Hi everyone;
Busy day today; shopping, housecleaning and a hockey game. Got an order of vinyl from here yesterday. Cut out a hockey player to put on Troy's breathing machine.

Laura: I sure wouldn't give that gal any money, hopefully you can find them somewhere else. Check out cartridgesandmore.com they have some good black friday deals on all week.

Debbie: glad you were able to find a few things at the swap. $22.00 for a used stamp is a bit high though.

Joy: glad your girls found their dresses, hope your dinner went well

Sonja: Wow, that was some bike ride! Hope your breakfast goes well, sounds yummy

Kathy: welcome, feel free to jump in any time. We always like to hear from some new cricuteers

w3ndy: welcome to you also, I agree those are 2 really cute carts.

Shelly: that book sounds adoreable. Look forward to seeing the finished product. Good luck with the stockings

Deneen: hope you are feeling better. I'm still debating on what carts to order, have a few in mind.

Sharon: look forward to seeing a pic of your family. We are getting family pics done when dd & s-i-l are home for Christmas.

Whew, hope I didn't miss anyone...if I did I'm sorry.

Take care everyone.

I know it will bring a tear to my eye if or when the girls get married! That is great you found one possibly 2 dresses.

What is everyone serving for Thanksgiving Dinner? Are you traditional or do you serve something that isn't the norm?

We are very traditional here. Turkey with homemade stuffing inside, turkey gravey (buy the heniz jars, we seem to like it best), green bean casserole, canned corn, baby potatoes roasted with olive oil & fresh rosemary & baked sweet potatoes (we buy them from the local amish market).

Will also pick up a pie for dessert from the amish market too.
Serve it with either vanilla ice cream or English warm custard.

Hello everyone!
Joy- Kate's dress sounds beautiful. I can't imagine getting ready for two weddings!

Deneen- Hope you are feeling better.

Alaska Kathy I'm sorry to her of your injury it sounds painful! How long ago was this? Since I'm a Kathy too I hope we don't get posts confused lol.

W3ndy-Welcome!

Sandra- Sounds like a cute idea to cut that hockey player out of vinyl. I used that hockey player on a scrapbook page once and really liked it.

Debbie- My dd went on a trip for spring break with four friends, so I know how you feel. These were good responsible kids but I sure felt better when she got home. I did tell her to text me anything (even just hi) while she was gone, just to ease my mind.

Sharon- we are having a traditional dinner here; Turkey,stuffing,mashed potatoes,giblet gravy,broccoli casserole,home made rolls, pumpkin pie.

I am working on a chipboard door hangar for Christmas. I've never used chipboard before. I glued it together with hot glue. I hope it will stay. Does anyone have anything else they use to glue 8" chipboard letters together?

Can't play with my cricut much this week, I must get some cleaning done!

Take care everyone,Kathy (in Colo.)

Thank you... she is a cutie. Join us anytime Kathy

I joined in Aug. 2006

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This is the first year in 8 yrs. we will be going to my DH sister house for Thanksgiving.. She usually has a house full of people (20 people) this year we will go since it won't be too crazy. Just 2 Aunts my sil her 2 sons my DD and her DH me and Steve... 10 isn't bad.

I am so used to cooking actually my mom use to always to Thanksgiving then I took over so it will be a treat for me to not cook..

Usually lots of snacks she puts out
My sil will make 2 quiches usually seafood and a brocchli

I am doing 2 trays of Anti Pasta which is lettuce, tomoto, pepperoni, provolone, artichoke,black olives, green olives and Italine Olives I know I am missing something!! and we will bring some Italian bread got to have italian bread when eating this...

Then Turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean cassarole,corn, stuffing homemade gravy, and whatever else my sil adds then all the homemade desserts come out.

Good evening, well it's evening here. Busy day today. I had the recipe swap today. That was fun, then Jamal invited a co-worker who is visiting from Bangkom over for dinner, I made Veg. Lasagna. I was thinking of you Nancy, It was really good, I'll make it again. Then tomorrow I'm having a Thanksgiving/Birthday Party for 2 ladies/Pintest Party here at my house. The idea was to make something food and something crafty from pintrest for the party. I just started on my craft. I wish I would have put more effort into it. Oh well, I'm exhausted!


We're having trouble getting Layla to sleep. No naps, and she won't go to bed before 12:00 midnight. Last night she stayed up until 2 am before she decided to stay asleep. She would sleep off and on. Grrr.

Nancy you're doing so great getting your shopping started already. I just did some online shopping, Jamal is going to Washington DC at the end of the week for a cinference for 2 weeks. I hope he plans on paying for an overweight suitcase. Mt freind here has a sister in Virgina that I shipped to and then she'll drive it down to Jamal. I'm so excited. I bought more paper. We can never have too much paper right?

Joy that's so cool you guys found 2 dresses. Ivory is so pretty for wedding dresses, very classic. Can't wait to hear all the details of the planning.

Sonya have fun at your breakfast! Your recipes sound delicious. I'll def. try the french toast one. We don't eat pork so the other one is out for us.

Well, better go get back to my craft pintrest project.

Bye for now

I love to play bingo too! I go about once every other week to a local Jewish Community Center in my town that holds games (on certain monday evenings). Then once a month to the local Elks that also does bingo.

Quick Holiday snack recipe
I am an activity director for an independent living facility. We have parties all the time so I am always coming up with new treats.
Super fast snack that was a huge hit

I used one loaf of the tiny 2 1/2" square rye party loaves ==Available at grocery
a tub of stawberry /or garden vegetable flavored soft cream chesse
8 oz pkg of Kraft Taco flavored shredded cheese

All you need to do is spread the rye bread with the cream cheese,
then having the taco flavor shredded cheese in a bowl
You flip the bread upside down and dip and press the cream cheese top into the shredded cheese
I use gloves of course, then take them out and lay them out on a nice platter in neat rows.
Easy peasy and it was a huge hit, The taco taste with the garden vegetable or strawberry cream cheese was a HUGE HIT and oh is it ever good.
Just something I came up with.

This is fun reading all of the wonderful things you ladies post .
Hey there is anouther Bingo player, I go to the Indian Casino, Casino of the Sun.
I go twice a week cause they have 20 percent off. I love reading about all the things that are going on. The weddings and all the things you ladies do. Well today is one of my Bingo
nights, so wish me luck. I got to get ready.

Hello everyone, I'm Janis & need to change my name on here from ~JD~ to Janis {one of these days}. I live way up in the Upper Penninsula of MI. Beautiful up here. :) I have two grown daughters & one teen son living at home.
I been crafting forever it seems & I'm totally addicted to this board as much as I am to my Cricuts. I join the cricut.com site in 2006 & am here off & on it seems. Something always attracts me back here & I figure it's the cricut & all you great people here.


I noticed a recipe & had to copy it, it's the French Toast one, but I didn't see how many it feeds? Anyone know?
Well, I will try to keep up with you gals here when time permits. :) I want to say there are so many awesome people here & I love it.

I'm watching for more recipes. :)
Janis

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