Chatty Hyena Thread (Everyone's welcome)

[funnygarcia]

School starts next week.

Hey stranger Sucks to be you..

Just kidding.. our days are numbered for the boys, they start on Sept 3rd.

Hubby has no job, but we hold out hope that he will land a non teaching position at a school in the area. Good experience and a foot in the door into school district.

Too much competition here for a newbie

He can sub if all else fails, but we worry about helath insurance. 20% medicare co pays will kill us for dialysis Plus meds out of pocket.

 

[sameyeyam]

School starts next week.

Albert!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was just asking if anyone had heard from you a few days ago. How's work going?

 

[sameyeyam]

Bernice!! Sorry, didn't want to forget you too!

 

[funnygarcia]

Bernice!! Sorry, didn't want to forget you too!

Am I that forgettable?

 

[funnygarcia]

I just tossed a huge pizza in the oven, I may fly away to check on it and then snarf it down. I'm starving.


J's friends came over yesterday-- bringing two Papa Murphy pizzas.. one was to be for us to have ( i guess for putting up with all of them?) and the ohter was to go with one of them to home.

Made one as we were hungry last night -- darn teenagers ate every bite before E and I had a chance. They felt bad.. considering they ate all my parmesean cheese as well..

ahh Pedro?? do you really need an inch of cheese on your pizza there??

Score, I now have a pizza just for us tonight

 

[Albort]

Albert!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was just asking if anyone had heard from you a few days ago. How's work going?

its like meh, life is full of drama i guess.

 

[sameyeyam]

Am I that forgettable?

No you are absolutely unforgettable!

I just tossed a huge pizza in the oven, I may fly away to check on it and then snarf it down. I'm starving.


J's friends came over yesterday-- bringing two Papa Murphy pizzas.. one was to be for us to have ( i guess for putting up with all of them?) and the ohter was to go with one of them to home.

Made one as we were hungry last night -- darn teenagers ate every bite before E and I had a chance. They felt bad.. considering they ate all my parmesean cheese as well..

ahh Pedro?? do you really need an inch of cheese on your pizza there??

Score, I now have a pizza just for us tonight

Sounds yummy! I had the giant baked potato with the works at the fair and a strawberry lemonade smoothie. Then at a PB&J sandwich when I got home, oh then DH walked in with a bag of jerky, so had a couple pieces of that. Now I'm going to wonder why I'm not hungry for dinner.

 

[sameyeyam]

its like meh, life is full of drama i guess.

I imagine it slows down a little after the kids get back in school doesn't it? So what classes are you taking?

 

[funnygarcia]

Pizza is out, must cool to optimal cutting temp.. no gooey cheese trying to snag on the pizza wheel.


I found this really cool cookbook Cheap, Fast, Good

It has simple recipes and loads of tips so that even I... yes hyenas..I .. yes the domino queen.. can make a meal with minimal fuss and minimal expense.

I'm so happy, I have 4 containers of poached chicken thighs and 4 of "seasoned chicken" breasts in my new chest freezer -- cooked and ready to toss into a recipe at a moment's notice.
All bought on sale, well duh of course.. for I am the coupon queen of the hyenas

I even used a coupon to buy my tiny 5 cu ft chest freezer

 

[sameyeyam]

Here's my grandmother's Mexican Chicken recipe:

1 whole chicken boiled & deboned or 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts boild & shredded.

2 cans cream of mushroom soup (or cream of chicken if you prefer)

2 cans Rotel tomatoes w/chilis

2-3 cups grated cheese

1 bag Doritos

Mix soup & Rotel together in bowl. Layer chips, chicken, soup/tomato mixture & cheese..2 layers in baking pan. Bake 350 degrees 45 minutes or until bubbly throughout.

Serve in tortillas with sour cream, guac, salsa or serve over the top of spanish rice.

 

[sameyeyam]

Pizza is out, must cool to optimal cutting temp.. no gooey cheese trying to snag on the pizza wheel.


I found this really cool cookbook Cheap, Fast, Good

It has simple recipes and loads of tips so that even I... yes hyenas..I .. yes the domino queen.. can make a meal with minimal fuss and minimal expense.

I'm so happy, I have 4 containers of poached chicken thighs and 4 of "seasoned chicken" breasts in my new chest freezer -- cooked and ready to toss into a recipe at a moment's notice.
All bought on sale, well duh of course.. for I am the coupon queen of the hyenas

I even used a coupon to buy my tiny 5 cu ft chest freezer

Does that make me the Clearance Queen??

 

[funnygarcia]

http://www.amazon.com/Cheap-Fast-Good-Beverly-Mills/dp/0761131760

Of course, my copy was bought for less moola.. thank you Border.com 40% off coupon is very nice

Cheaper than a used copy on half.com.

The writers also have:

Deperation Dinners

Desperation Entertaining


Unfortunately, they rely on a lot of canned cream of whatever for rice/pasta dishes. I may be a lazy cook, but still a smart one.. takes just a bit to make my own cream of whatever .. with a whole lot less fat, sodium. (or the coupon queen can find 98% fat free to use in a pinch)


Eating at home has to be a whole boatload less calories than going out to eat. right?

 

[sameyeyam]

We have MN State Fair coming up in a few weeks.
It's kind of a farewell to summer event as school starts as the fair ends on Labor Day.

We MUST see the art center, technology building and watch them carve the Dairy Princesses out of butter The princess and the artsit sit in a glass walled, rotating , refrigerated room. Bundled in parkas while the artist carves out a bust from a giant block of butter. Bonus: each princess gets to keep the butter sculpture after the fair


Then we eat whatever new "food on a stick" creation is featured for the year. Anything from deep fried candy bars to alligator. oooo and cheese curds (fried of course), bucket of fries, bucket of choc chip cookies... mm "eat your way thru the fair" - a grand MN tradition!
Washed down with a cup of "all you can drink" milk/chocolate milk from the Moo Booth == thank you MN Dairy Association. We buy two cups, run back into line for our refills multiple times until our bellies our sloshing full.

Some years we tackle the long climb up the stairs for the Giant Slide (riding on a burlap sack down down down).

Or we take the Sky Ride across the fairgrounds. The new ones look like ski lifts (dangling feet above people's heads) .. The old ones are round cages, the fair employees grab the cage, pop open the door and beckon you to quickly run and sit inside-- they lock the door and off you go - bobbing along to the other end of the fair.

They have a rotating space needle kinda thing too.. let's you have a bird eye view of the grounds.. but the line is always waaaaaaaay too long.

We walk thru the barns, the pet center (where they have vet surgery to watch), the DNR building with the huge tank of fish and dioramas of MN animals.

The Miracle of Birth building to see the piglets suckling, eggs hatching, and maybe catch some animal in the throes of birth. ewwww but fascinating too.

One year they had a bathroom sponsored by Cottenelle, cleanest bathroom in the whole park.. Air conditioned, someone handing you paper towels at the sinks. Replacing TP constantly, sanitizing toilets after each use.. Heavenly -- wish they all could be that way

They have an arcade-- blah whatever.. but they have the old penney machines and some other oldie but goodie ones from our childhood..

Lots of concerts, story/puppetry, parade... They have a "guy friendly" area.. skateboard demos, chain saw/axe competitions

The boys loved Tractor Hill when they were little, climb on tractors and other big farming machines. And HOme Depot has workshops to make birdhouses and stuff.

Anyway, something for everyone and we love it!

I wanna go to your fair!

 

[funnygarcia]

Here's my grandmother's Mexican Chicken recipe:

1 whole chicken boiled & deboned or 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts boild & shredded.

2 cans cream of mushroom soup (or cream of chicken if you prefer)

2 cans Rotel tomatoes w/chilis

2-3 cups grated cheese

1 bag Doritos

Mix soup & Rotel together in bowl. Layer chips, chicken, soup/tomato mixture & cheese..2 layers in baking pan. Bake 350 degrees 45 minutes or until bubbly throughout.

Serve in tortillas with sour cream, guac, salsa or serve over the top of spanish rice.

oooooooo sounds yum!


Hubby has a fondness for my crockpot chicken taco meat .. it's ridiculously easy..

Toss frozen boneless, skinless breasts in crockpot, packet of taco seasoning, water and some bouillon (Knorr, spanish label is really good). Cook on low 6 hours, take meat out.. shred, add back to liquid.. YUM!

Instant taco, enchilada, what have you chicken .. ready to go.

 

[funnygarcia]

I wanna go to your fair!

well hop a plane and join us


http://www.mnstatefair.org/

 

[sameyeyam]

http://www.amazon.com/Cheap-Fast-Good-Beverly-Mills/dp/0761131760

Of course, my copy was bought for less moola.. thank you Border.com 40% off coupon is very nice

Cheaper than a used copy on half.com.

The writers also have:

Deperation Dinners

Desperation Entertaining


Unfortunately, they rely on a lot of canned cream of whatever for rice/pasta dishes. I may be a lazy cook, but still a smart one.. takes just a bit to make my own cream of whatever .. with a whole lot less fat, sodium. (or the coupon queen can find 98% fat free to use in a pinch)


Eating at home has to be a whole boatload less calories than going out to eat. right?

I usually get the fat free cream of whatever soups. I really can't taste much of a difference, esp. in a recipe. I subscribed to a magazine for a while, Taste of Home's Light & Tasty. They had good recipe's but way too many ingredients. I like to throw together things that have handy simple on-hand ingredients. I tend to invent recipes, throwing together things that sound good, putting lots of seasonings/herbs into them. The only problem I have is if everyone likes it, I have a horrible time trying to replicate the recipe!

 

[sameyeyam]

Speaking of dinner I need to go get a couple of chores done and start some dinner...whatever that might be! TTYL.

 

[funnygarcia]

The only problem I have is if everyone likes it, I have a horrible time trying to replicate the recipe!

They have a sale a few times a year on the annual books for Taste of Home, clearance out the old year books. coupon code was out and I bought a bunch for cheap.. fun to drool over... hard cover books, but a bit overwhelming and not categorized for easy use. Takes too much time to find what I want, I had post it tags on a bunch of pages.. but some fell out when we moved.

ah well... I have a thing for collecting cookbooks Hubby grumbles but figures it keeps me happy to find a new to me book at a rummage sale or used book store

 

[funnygarcia]

Speaking of dinner I need to go get a couple of chores done and start some dinner...whatever that might be! TTYL.

See ya later.

 

[tinkermell]

So in the Athletic Underwear section of Wal Mart staring down an Adult XL size Cup. How worse off can I be???

I search for kids. Youth small appears and I check the chart on the back. No youth XS. size of waist is 18-22 inches. This has to fit its the smallest they have. i have to open it up to see. Luckily it was a package that was easily opened and resealed. Good Ole Wal-Mart. WOWZA that thing could fit my DH. Now I havent even looked at the cup I'm just looking at the size of the briefs. No way is Jake's tiny rump going to fit in this. Jake has a hershey kiss size butt. a tiny little m&m compared to this gigantor underwear. This will not work. I can see the cup getting out of place, he getting hit and he getting sliced off by the cup. decapitation down there by the protective cup.

YIKES. I'm looking dismal. I'm upset.

I'm thinking I need to feed my son red beans and rice. I mean if it worked for the girls in sir mix a lots songs it might work for Jake.

I'm on the phone with my mom as I exit Wally World with my bag of goodies minus the jock strap. She says I might have to take the underwear in. In my wildest dreams when I took up sewing I had not imagined this. She says I could go into business since my last name sounds good with STRAPS. STINKY STRAPS could be the name of the business if my last name was STINKY. Sure Mom. Thanks for laughing at me and my problem.

I call my brother in despair. He says dont worry come up and help with his girlfriends classroom and he'll help me. So I do it. I slave all day setting up a kindergarten classroom. I'm pretty good at it by the way. Then we hit Sports Authority. I was planning on going there first. I'm glad I went with him though he showed me the ins and outs of cleats as he still plays football at the University.

So he struts in and asks the first guy he sees where the "cups" are. I would have died to ask that. I would have called them jock straps. Again I am thinking old school. 16 candles old school. Guys can talk to guys about cups. Girls cannot talk to guys about cups that they do not know. It doesnt work. No cup talk allowed without a male present that you are related to. So my brother finds a Pee Wee size cup. Same as the football. Size 4-5. YEAH. We open it. It looks HUGE again but possibly not as huge. Waist size 16-20. Weight 35-45. Jake weighs 38-39 if he's eaten or not peed.
So we purchase them and check out the cleats. I need to bring him to try them on so we dont purchase those. I'll do that later.

So, I bring home the cup and tell Jeff he must explain it all to him. He tries it on. Loose but they fit. TA DA. A run in hot water and high dryer and we will be good. Room to grow on. Then Jeff puts the cup in. This is funny. This makes me pee my pants funny. Jeff taps it to show its to protect the family jewels. Jake hits it too. Then he realzes it doesnt hurt so he hits it again. Then Jeff tells him to run so he's used to the feel of running with the cup. Jake takes off running in them all over the house. Jake looks like he has a banana in his pants. Jake is well endowed at the moment and even though he doesnt know it yet something deep inside his genetic makeup gives him a manliness and a pridefullness when he runs. He is now running like a warrior, like a psychotic warrior with a large sac who keeps hitting himself in the privates to prove his manhood. He glances in the mirror, backs up and glances again. He doesnt know its good to be ummm large but somewhere deep down he is happy he is because he stands taller. I'm laughing so hard I cannot stand. Then the warrior retreats to the mancave in his tighty whiteys with cup. 5 minutes pass. We wait. The warrior does not emmerge so we go see what is happening. The warrior is pounding his cup with his play hammer, then his sailboat, then an action figure. next was superman. I guess if superman couldnt break the barrier he was safe. The barrier held. The cup was a shield against even the strongest of all superhero's. Superman could not defeat the cup. The cup is now the the superhero of the room. He sees us watching him. He wants to show us his experiments. His cup withstands every one. He is proud. He is ready for football. We throw the football at the jewels. It bounces back unharmed. The jewels protected. The cup has won.

The jockstrap, aka athletic briefs, aka cup or superhero is now a part of our life. He wanted to sleep in it. We had to say no. I'm not sure that would be good for our future grandchildren. The cup might do more harm than good if used too much.

so now my 5 year old owns a jock strap.