Something about Nothing, come join in........ Part 3

[Sharon G]

Well gang...I'm outta here. Have a good night!

night Todd. Have great day at work tomorrow~

 

[bubba's mom]

The kids and I are rockin out while we decorate the tree.

Sounds like fun... can't wait to see the pic!

 

[bubba's mom]

last december i bought my first digital camera.


someone loaded them to iphoto for me but i haven't figured out how to post them online.


and i really have no idea what i can do with my camera.
i did find out i can make my black and white cat with a blue collar, a pink cat with a red color......

oh mac.... i hope you can figure out how to post pictures soon.... I have a feeling we're missing out on a lot of fun stuff..... Have you tried to google it?? (we don't have a mac, and i think it works a bit different.....)

somebody help our mac!!

 

[bubba's mom]

I give up. Just know that I have read everything but I can not keep a computer online long enough to get caught up.

The tree is up and decorated. I will try to load a couple of pics later on.

 

[bubba's mom]

I'm here. I'm tired. Extended family has been fed and hugged and sent away again. Just brother came without the drama queen in tow, so a good afternoon was enjoyed by all.

If anyone in this house needs to eat again today, they will have to pick up the phone and call someone who cares.

Oh, and we hit a record high of 74 degrees here today. Supposed to reach into the 70s for the next 4 days. Somebody turned winter off?

Glad to hear drama queen wasn't there...prolly made the day a bit less stressful....AND Carol happier

Would you happen to have the number for "who cares".....I'd like to call them myself....

Record high of 74... ....lucky you!

 

[macraven]

I always get this email a few times during December. It makes me laugh every year...

It's the BEST Christmas Cookie recipe EVER!
Feliz Navidad Christmas Cookies

1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar
Lemon juice
4 large eggs
1 cup nuts
2 cups of dried fruit
1 bottle Jose Cuervo 151 Tequila

Sample the Cuervo to check quality.
Take a large bowl, and check the Cuervo again to be sure it is of the highest
quality, pour one level cup and drink.
Turn on the electric mixer.
Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point it's best to make sure the
Cuervo is still OK, try another cup just in case.
Turn off the mixerer thingy.
Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit,
Pick the frigging fruit off floor.
Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it
loose with a drewscriver.
Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity.
Next, sift two cups of salt, or something.
Check the Jose Cuervo again jush in case.
Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
Add one table.
Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find.
Greash the oven.
Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.
Don't forget to beat off the turner.
Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the Cose Juervo and
make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.

CHERRY MISTMAS



Follow-up:

I jesh made theesh. S'veddy veddy gud. Ashually, I think I started theshe lash year. Shtill waiting for the oven to be done. How long do cookiesh take at 71 deg? 352 daysh not enough. Meanwhile, Jose Curvo is goo-oo-ood friend waiting for the chrismass cookies with me. Will get back when ... darn, my glass is leaking! Need miracle cloth to round it up - hold on.

Merry Navidad to all.

Tip for all trying to remodel their fridge. Wine fridge more useful than oven, hot fire-thingy or fast-heater radiation noissy rotating plate doo-hicky. can't cook without good alcohol. And with good coold alcohol, cooking not neckessary.

that was a real hoot......

And it has the longest hood of any car I have ever driven. I've always loved the older Lincolns.

Here is the first car we had when I was a kid: 1967 Ford Country Squire but it was yellow:

Followed by a Baby Blue 1972 County Squire:

Then we had a 1977 LTD II wagon but I can't find any good pix online.

As you can tell....my father was a Ford man. Back then, people still had brand loyalty.

i remember you pointing out that station wagon by a couple of the hhn houses.........

Employee discount


(how'd I do? whada i win?)

yea a real employee discount and not the five finger type.

RAVEN!!!

well...........you're the only one that caught it......

 

[bubba's mom]

The exciting Christmas tree, with only a few presents under it last night:

beautiful tree.... artifical, right?? And yep, you definately need more gifts under it

Outdoors all lit up with our shrub lights, outside tree, and cute new large-size bulbs (you can see some of the snow):

I think the lights under the snow on the bush look neat too.... can't believe you have all that snow Guess it's a white Christmas for you guys....

For those of you missing the snow, DS burying his brother in it in the backyard. Personally, I prefer doing it in the sand. In the sunshine. In Tricia's 74 degree weather rather than the balmy 19 it's up to here right now!

Uh..no, I don't miss it.... but, I would agree with you...the sand is MUCH better

DS12 with his coaster he built in the basement - yep, it's bigger than him:

Another view so you can see more of it (and more of the messy basement - this should make some of you feel better about your houses!):

Quite an impressive coaster! He did a great job!!! And, I don't think your basement is messy at all.....heck....I don't even HAVE a basement! (consider yourself lucky!)

 

[marciemi]

Sharon - thanks for the explanation. Nope, never would have figured that one out on my own!

Mac - going back a few pages, but I should be able to still get the education discount I'm guessing. I still have my ID card and even pay statements for September (the last I worked in GB schools), but we used it in July with the Macbook and we get emails all the time from them saying "use your education discount to get...". Thanks for the offer though! Sometime I'll try to feign interest and ask DH what exactly he's looking at getting.

Who KNEW Detroit was going to blow it today before it happened? At least the Packers looked good out there and Brett Favre's doing okay! And we clinched the playoffs! Don't think we'll make it to any of those games, but still!

 

[bubba's mom]

i'm starting to feel like everyone out there has started the shopping and tree already.

i have an excuse.
i don't know how to load the pics from iphoto to the thread.
and, i haven't started yet to shop, etc.....

You started....you got cards, remember?

Didn't you get your ornament yet??? Did you send it?

You'll get that tree out of the box in the basement yet.....check my ticker....soon time

 

[bubba's mom]

when i was at the store, i bought apples.
just put my apple crisp pie in the oven.

yup, i made that brown sugar lumpy topping on it also.



i forgot to peel the stupid apples when i sliced them up and put them on the crust.

oh snap.
it's too late now to fix it.

Okay...so I HAVE to know....how did this "original" recipe turn out???

 

[macraven]

oh mac.... i hope you can figure out how to post pictures soon.... I have a feeling we're missing out on a lot of fun stuff..... Have you tried to google it?? (we don't have a mac, and i think it works a bit different.....)

somebody help our mac!!

well, i do have the one video where the cat baby mommy traps the other cat kyla in a brown paper bag.

i had the sound on so you can hear kyla moving around in the bag....

but my house is a mess and fraid you all will notice
but then on the other hand, you would then realize i have told the truth about the mess this dump is at times...........gee, i think i talked myself into posting it here.

 

[bubba's mom]

some day i will give the nickel tour of my dump and you will see what i have been yaking about..

that is...once she figures out how to load her pix to online host site....

 

[macraven]

Okay...so I HAVE to know....how did this "original" recipe turn out???

glad you asked homie.

i think it tasted really good.
no one else in the house has tried it yet.

so as of now, everyone that has tried it loves it. wow 100% satisfaction. the peeling does get a bit crunchy and it's not adding to the nice look of the pie but the topping is yummy....

i have 2 that are out of the house, 1 still in bed, and 1 in the bathroom.

i'll make them try the pie when i see them next

 

[bubba's mom]

I once drove a car with the check engine light on for 50 miles (thats how far from home I was). It was still running ok, so why stop and check it, and what was I going to check it for? Come to find out, the oil had all dripped out somehow. The person I was living with at the time was not impressed. It cost me a small fortune to have the engine rebuilt. And wouldn't you know it, not 2 months later, we were caught in a hail storm and the insurance company totaled the car.

That would be that Mr. Murphy visiting again

 

[macraven]

that is...once she figures out how to load her pix to online host site....

 

[marciemi]

Hi Barb! Didn't see you out there while I was typing! Yes, it was our first attempt at an artificial tree in a decade and I have to say I actually like it. Other than missing the smell, and I think you can buy a spray for that! Oh, and there are a LOT more presents under the tree tonight. Although I never got to the Santa stuff. Maybe next weekend. DH is out of town all week in exciting places like Lima, Ohio and St. Louis! I don't think we could live without a basement anymore. I can't imagine where all the junk would go.

Speaking of which, not sure if I told everyone that we're working on cleaning out the basement for DS15 so he has a place to "hang out" with his friends and GF. Not making too much progress on the cleaning part, but we did buy him a futon yesterday, a 32 inch TV today, Xbox 360, Halo 3, and Rock Band, and some space heaters. Shhh - these are his main Christmas gifts, but we're getting there at least. I'll show you guys a pic of the finished area, if it ever becomes a finished area!

 

[bubba's mom]

HEY!!! How am I supposed to ketchup if you're already replying to my ketchup?

 

[bubba's mom]

Jim had a 70's firebird

I had a 93 mustang

My Dad had a 1971 Road runner


Am I now in the muscle car circle?

We used to own a 68 (or was it 69?) Mustang....will have to have DH scan pix so I can post them....

Am i in the club now too?

 

[marciemi]

Oh, and it's nice and quiet here (once again with my wine and cheese!) since DS12 and 14 were absolutely driving us crazy so we threw them in bed. Probably watching TV in their rooms, but at least I'm not dealing with them! And of course DS 15 is IM/text/webcam'ing his girlfriend so he's not bothering us either. DH is watching the military channel (joy!) and I'm hanging out here!

 

[macraven]

You started....you got cards, remember?

Didn't you get your ornament yet??? Did you send it?

You'll get that tree out of the box in the basement yet.....check my ticker....soon time

where did i put those cards that i bought?

i'm still looking around this place to find the ornament to send off.........

just being a sneaky homie to throw off the person who i really have...



i'll try to get that tree done soon.





barb, love the edits you have been doing to your posts...............
congrats on the big 9000 !