Welcome to the Ya Ya Club Med!!!

[Tiger Lily 03]

Sherry, Morning!
Enjoy your day then. Have fun in the snow.

 

[Pam]

Mornin'!

Well - we have around 2 inches of snow on the ground and the temp is in the 20s. We had a brief power outage last night and somehow I screwed up the alarm clock and slept in an extra hour. Guess who was around half an hour late getting to school this morning?

Pathetic ketchup attempt here....

KarenL - great new signature photo!

Elaine - wow - I didn't know Luis had lost weight, too! WooHoo to both of you!

Deena - did you all use Dial or something that Auntie Whatshername tried to squish you all at one table?? I like LOTS of space when I strap the old feedbag on!

I see Boo did a quick driveby post over the weekend!

Nancy - you're killing me with the cookie recipe postings! I swear I gained 6 lbs. just reading! Let us know how that restaurant is when you get to eat there!

Sherry - bummer about Junior's MRI. And I, too, cautiously opened Nancy's card - having been a victim in the past of confetti! Thanks for the card!

Liz - I caused quite a commotion at the post office with your bell! I was standing in line with my mail I got out of the box and had lots of packages/kits to mail out - your package kept ringing! I wanted to say, 'Oh, look - another angel just earned its wings!!" Actually, I think I was resposible for about 243 angels earning their wings while I was standing in line!!

Tara - ya killed me with the nursing until college post!

Hey, KristaTX - I hear you made me proud doing the Nekkid Initiation Dance!

Lily and Beth - cool Nekkid shirt - I think we should market and sell those babies!!

Shep - what do you have to say about my Steelers?????????
Amanda - are your office parties finally coming to a close? Good night - that's a lot of partying!

Where are the 2 Kimmies hiding at? Plotting to do bad things to cabana boys, I bet.

Speaking of cabana boys, Hi, Alan! Your family photos were awesome! What an attractive family!

Mad love to one and alll! It's deadline week - boo hiss!! Gotta dash!

 

[shep]

Pam--good luck to your Steelers..
I think we scored more points on New England than anyone this year...even though we still lost..

 

[Pam]

Thanks, Shep!

Hey - I forgot to ask if everyone would pray for DD this week - her college finals begin tomorrow and last until Saturday! Poor thing is studying her brains out and is pretty stressed out.

Thanks!

 

[dizneenut]

Pam, prayers and PD for your DD.

Hey, Todd!

Lily, y'all got more snow than us. Nothing around here is closed. Be careful out there.

 

[shep]

You got it Pam!

Hi Sherry..

Keep the snow up there...Its finally winter here...cold..brrr...

Sherry--what happened to them Browns..

 

[dizneenut]

Our Browns suck this year.

 

[shep]

Guess we're not any better since we won't be in the playoffs either..

 

[dizneenut]

Grrr! I do have to go out in the cold today. I forgot to get the treats for Julian's Christmas party on Friday. Ack!!

 

[DaveH]

Good morning all. I think at Prime Time the thundrheads at the front gave us only the tables Auntie Claire was trying to make us squeeze into. I finally got a DVD made from my taping of the Candlelight Processional with Jim Cavezal. It takes about 6 hours for this slow PC to make a 60 min v The sound came out great, the video is a little fuzzy at times. The autofocus on the camerea has trouble at time in low light. I hope to post a few pics later.

 

[helenabear]

Sherry, I hope the next time the needle won't hurt him so much. Sorry you do have to go out in the cold. I just talked with my dad a little while ago and he was loving it that he didn't have to go in to work now

Lily, I admit that I am not near as close to my sister as I am to my brother. My sister lives a few miles away and I see her on birthdays, holidays and a few other things. Considering how close we live, it's kind of sad I rarely talk to & see her. We do better now than we used to, but still...

Pam, I'll keep your DD in my prayers. I hope she does well this week!!!

Todd, it always amuses me that you tease about the Browns given who your team is

Okay, I have about an hour to go before I feel like I can leave for lunch... a bit mroe actually.. dang it, I want to get my paws on something!!!!!!!!

 

[HughJackman'n'me]

...photo left in the camera of the Ya-Yas at WDW:

 

[believe]

Hello all...

Alan, great pictures. Appears your wife can't keep her eyes off you Beautiful girls

Pam...I have a lunch today, which I don't have to take a gift to they are treating. Tomorrow is another lunch that they are treating Then tomorrow evening is at my manager's house, we do have to take a gift to this. Then I am finished.

Shopping list is getting smaller Shocked at the cost Hope I get cash for Christmas

 

[alabamaalan]

Nancy, next: Minted Snowballs and the Chocolate Whoppers are on my wish list.

I get one of these suckers in my stocking every year at Christmas!

 

[Meriweather]

Good morning.

Good luck to your DD, Pam. I'm sure she will do fine.
Today is M'Cori's last final Theirs are spread over 3 weeks, 2 finals a week.....at least there is time for studying, but the stress level

Guess if I have to root for a football team, I will have to go with the New England Patriots Thanks to Beanie, I have an ornament on my tree

Got a couple errands to run today and then I guess I will bake some evil cookies
LOL.....I don't usually keep them around the house, Elaine.....send them off to Dave's work, but at Christmas, well.....it's different! I store them in the freezer and take a little out at a time. Hopefully Geoff will eat lots while he is here (yes, his diet is on hold while he visits Mom ).

Oh, forgot to say.....windy here
And today is the funeral P&PD for Gavin, would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Meriweather]

Here ya go Elaine
These 2, I have tried and they are pretty good. I have more, but they are untested.

* Exported from MasterCook *

Gingersnaps (Low Fat)

Recipe By :Fat Free Living 3
Serving Size : 48 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies Formed


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup egg substitute
1/2 cup dark molasses
3 tablespoons light margarine
2 tablespoons orange juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray cookie sheet with non-stick spray.
Sift dry ingredients.
Cream margarine and brown sugar.
Beat in eggs, molasses and orange juice.
Blend in sifted dry ingredients.
Shape rounded teaspoonfuls into balls, and roll in sugar.
Place 2" apart on cookie sheet.
Place in oven for 10 minutes, or until cookies flatten.
Remove cookies from sheet while hot.


* Exported from MasterCook *

Snickerdoodles (Low Fat)

Recipe By :Fat Free Living 3
Serving Size : 36 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies Formed


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
2 tablespoons low fat margarine
2 tablespoons fat free margarine
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/4 cup egg substitute
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Lightly spray cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, combine margarines, 3/4 cup sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and egg substitute. Blend until smooth and creamy.
Add flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix until blended.
Refrigerate dough 1-2 hours.
In a small bowl, combine 1 cup sugar and cinnamon.
Form dough into 1" balls, and roll in cinnamon/sugar mixture.
Place on cookie sheets and flatten slightly.
Bake for 15 minutes.

 

[KristaTX]

Hey, KristaTX - I hear you made me proud doing the Nekkid Initiation Dance!

Actually I missed my chance. We walked into Jellyrolls just as KathyTX, Vickybaby, and Karen were doing the dance (at least I think that was what they were doing!). I guess we'll all have to get together again so I can finally be a real Ya Ya .

 

[helenabear]

Trying to kill time still... work is slow this time of year for us, and I am dying to get to Best Buy today

Dave, you sneated earlier... I can't wait to see the pictures! I can't remember which one, but Luis was curious if you had taped either a parade or a fireworks show. Hmm... I'll have to ask him.

Amanda, enjoy all your lunches!! That is nice you are being treated to so much!!! Good luck finishing your shopping. I am done with mine and just need to wrap and clean the house

Okay, since this has been mentioned so much already, but I am curious... am I the only one who hates malted stuff??

Nancy, I doubt the freezer trick would help us... we'd eat them frozen I have to admit, sort of dieting during the holidays gets hard. At least I am mostly used to it by now, or Christmas and NYE would be a PITA!!!
Oh and thanks For me though, I don't care if it has fat though... the calories are what matters Luis might like this more though... he's really bummed about his weight gain
I do love gingersnaps and snickerdoodles though

Awww Krista, you could just do the dance here... we used to do it that way before we met in person I think Pam could show you how it's done

 

[KristaTX]

Thanks, Elaine .

Oh - and for those of you wondering about Ray Sharpton. . .I just talked to John (who left WDW to drive home about an hour ago - sounds like it will be a fun drive through Ohio). Ray did show up for an Illuminations Cruise last night. So he is alive! Yay! Sounds like he was having some mobility problems (knee maybe?) and needed ECVs to get around. He was having a hard time getting one from Disney, and so he ended up missing LOTS of things he was looking forward to . Poor guy. I wish he would have asked some of us DISers to take turns helping him with a wheelchair . But at least we know he is okay .

 

[helenabear]

Krista, thanks for passing on about Ray! The poor guy I know last year he was doing fairly well without an ECV, pity he had such troubles this year. I know I would have been more than happy to help push him around too!