>>>>Sustainable Living PLUS Canning and Dehydrating Food<<<<

there comes a point where they cant raise the price of goods, the consumer just wont pay the money, then it will become an issue. Until then its business as usual because they just care about the bottom line

The highest paid executives are in insurance...go figure.

got it nines and sent one back.

Everyone doing ok? It's been storming like crazy here. We've had some snow, lots of rain, and high wind. Hoping to finish off the Christmas shopping this weekend.

Hope your having success in your Christmas shopping SO. We drove to Ga on Thursday, high winds, rain, felt like the world was going to end at some points! It took us 10 hours instead of the usual 8 due to the weather and driving conditions, but we made it safely.

It is COLD here! I am not used to this 20something sort of weather, and with the high gusty winds it just cuts right thru clothing and chills to the bone.

Today we did grocery shopping and made cookies and dinner for tonight, where did the day go! Have to finish up my milano cookies tomorrow (the chocolate dipping part) and do the chocolate chips. I just ran out of steam today. Flopped onto the couch and gonna catch up with glp

Have 2 presents under the tree for each family member, then it's a prepaid visa for the youngest and the foster daughter. They love to shop and this way they can buy whatever strikes their fancy during the post holiday sales.

Grocery shopping is tomorrow ~ it's our turn to host family dinner on Christmas Eve for my immediate family. Prime rib and baked potatoes are all I have to do. Easy Peasy.

We had the high winds and rain in our area too, snow fell on the mountains though. Like a foot in 26 hours!

Got a picture text from the oldest in Missouri, it's cold and snowy there. It's funny with being on a Military base and having people there from around the country. What seems like a blizzard to her is normal to others. Our schools get closed with 2" of snow on the ground here. Guess she will be learning more about serious winter weather and driving conditions. Thank goodness she lives in base housing and works on the base.

The cookies sound wonderful. We do cinnamon rolls for our neighbors. Make them up on Christmas Eve so they can bake them Christmas morning. It's an easy recipe (I will post it on the recipe thread) and we have made them for so many years I can do it in my sleep!

Were doing prime rib too. I never did that before, usually its turkey and ham, sometimes roast pork, but Pete wanted filet minion until he saw the price, than he said, how bout prime rib. The only thing we always have is mashed potatoes. My kids love them so I never get to change up the potato dish

It must a beef kind of Christmas! We're having a roast, too. We're not having our Christmas until the 29th because daughter has to work until the 28th and they won't be in town until very late. Then, we're having ham and fixin's at the hotel. The kids want to go swimming and hubs has to work later that night.

Sorry I haven't checked in for awhile. I've been kind of in the dumps, but all is working out for the best now. It's nice to have youngest son home for a little while. He'll go back with daughter after New Year's to catch the train back to school. I wish we had Amtrak here. I LOVE trains!

And, before you all say anything, I'm NOT cooking like a fiend, like last year!LOL Super simple!

Glad your taking it easy TB. Sounds like you will have the family around even if its not all on Christmas. Its the spirit of Christmas not the day that makes it special. Hope you enjoy both your days.

Its nice to be able to spend some time with each of the kids without feeling pulled in two directions so the few days you get your son alone is probably a good thing.

Hey, Flav! Easy is about it anymore. I feel better, but I just can't shake the fatigue. I really hate that part.

I gave myself a strange Christmas present yesterday. I took "little boy" to get a haircut! Desperately needed one, too! He's so good looking when it's cut. He looks like ZZTop when it isn't!LOL

Yes, Jake, the one with diabetes has thinning hair now and looks like Einstein, but if I cut him he will be cold so hes gonna look funny for a few months

I just popped on to check the news and to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! I hope you all have a wonderful, safe holiday. We're not having our "big" one until Saturday. Too many have to work. Hubs, youngest son and I are having a little one tomorrow.

I love you all and I hope you have the BEST week ever!

Same to you TB. AND everyone else too.

My oldest daughter, my mom, and myself had a 24 hr stomach bug yesterday, but feel better now, this morning my younger daughter woke up with it. Glad its only a 24 hr thing.

Yuck, Flav! Glad to hear you're all better. Being sick on Christmas is just WRONG!!! Keep an eye on the weather up there. Luisport has had a couple of threads on it. May not be so good for you.

I saw the polar vortex one, its not that cold here at the moment, but rain, rain and more rain! Its been between 30-50's here.

Thread: Christmas weather storm updates: 6 deaths,40+homes damaged with "numerous injuries !!!


This is the one with the severe weather reports in it. Idk about Georgia, but there are tornados in the forecast for TX,LA, and across to FL.

We're just going to be cold and dry....AGAIN!!LOL

Hey my dear friends,

Merry Christmas

I haven't been here in a while. The past few months have been very trying, and I hope to clear my head now that it is the holidays, a new year, and a new school quarter. I hope to stay in touch with you all...

I hope you all are healthy, happy, and as beautiful as ever. I wish love and good blessing to all you and your families :)

--Derek

Hey, Nine's...I think this one is for you. Better read it!

Thread: I got my pictures TODAY!!!!!

Eazy D

I was just thinking about you the other day and what had become of you. Glad to hear you are ok. I hope your trying times are over and that next year brings you an inner peace and happiness. Happy holidays to you and your family.

Thanks for thinking about us! I wish you a Merry Christmas, and the best of things in the New Year and school term.

Merry Christmas everyone! I am having a few quiet mins of peace before everyone gets up and havoc starts.

Merry Christmas, everyone! You are NOT going to believe this! It's snowing here! We weren't supposed to get anything, but we did! About an inch, but it's blowing so much, it's hard to tell for sure and it looks like it'll keep it up for awhile. I got up when hubs got home from work and he said it had been snowing since about 4 am.

I wish I could show you all the pics my daughter sent of the amazing EM! She helped her mom make cookies for Santa last night and then she ATE them!! She was sitting up on the counter stirring and scooping cookie dough. It looks like it went better than when I did it with her mom!LOL

Anyway, hope y'all have a wonderful day.

Christmas Morning Cinnamon Rolls

18 Rhodes frozen dinner rolls
1 Cube Butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1-2 tsp cinnamon
1 box jello butterscotch pudding (the kind that has to cook)

Place the rolls in a bundt pan, or oversized disposable loaf pan. Melt butter and mix in brown sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Pour butter mixture over frozen rolls. Sprinkle pudding mix over the top. Cover loosely with foil and let rise on the counter overnight. Remove foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or so. Invert pan onto serving plate and enjoy.

Flava - I put this on the recipe thread too. These are so easy and yummy!

So, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! We love cinnamon rolls, but I have a hard time rolling them out anymore. I can make these!!! I'll get the stuff tomorrow to make them for my guys and the girls at the hotel.

They are super easy. I make them for our neighbors every year and deliver them on Christmas Eve. It's a long running tradition. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Hope everyone had a good day yesterday! Was trying to stay off GLP as it distracts me! LOL I am wiped out today!

Not to mention 10 pounds heavier from non stop eating of all that holiday food!


SO...thank you for posting the cinnamon roll recipe! Sounds good and that is so very kind of you to deliver it to your neighbor! That is a win win situation!!

TB hope you have a good time Sunday with your family! We did not get any of that snow that is pushing through near here. We are right on the line. Love Kate's deer picture!

Flava...Hope you stay safe down there! Crazy weather indeed!

Eazy D....Merry Christmas and so good to see you! Wishing you a good New Year with many blessings to come your way. So glad you stopped in to say HI!!!


Much love to you all! Looking forward to slowing down enough

chat with you all!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
We kept it simple this year...lack of motivation due to having too much to handle the last few months. But I made our traditional ham, and all the goodies that go with it.
Sending love to all of you on the thread!

Hi Old Guard! Sooo good to see you!!!

Good to see you OG. It seems everyone has kept Christmas sort of low key. It has been nice in a different sort of way. The tree we had in Ga went up 1 2 3 and had lights on it so that step was eliminated, and we didnt have ornaments, so I used some garland that was here and several Christmas teddy bears that usually sit on the mantle and on tables and put them on the tree, there were only 7 of them but they covered the parts of the tree that you can see and it looked really cute and took all of 30 mins to put up the entire thing. I took it down today cause we are leaving on Friday and I have to clean up and do laundry and stuff tomorrow.

I have a renewed energy to clean out my house in Fl when I get home and do a spring cleaning a little early. I already took out some stuff from my closet under the stairs and thats gonna be my starting point. There is so much crap there that is way in the back, if I havent used it recently its going to good will or somewhere other than my house! I am actually excited to be cleaning up. I have been feeling over cluttered for a few months and its taking a toll on me at this point.

The kicker was that we brought home videos to watch of when the kids were young up here to Ga, and I kept saying wow, look how un cluttered my house was, I loved it that way!

My family tends to save stuff, especially my hubby, and its crap that were never gonna use, so I have to pitch it when hes not home and drive it elsewhere, he is on to me and always checks the trash. Even he has said he wants to organize his closet and throw out alot of stuff so I guess 2012 may not have been the end of the world, but a new beginning! Yeay