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That's it! That's Lootie!

What's scary is how much of it IS true about DH & me...!

Interesting version of the list. Have seen others. This one omits alcoholic beverages...Anybody remember that pic of the looter in NO with the bucket of booze/beer?

Originally Posted By: halfpint Please don't let my children see this one. I have enough trouble keeping my stuff in the kitchen as they think of other uses for it already! Egads! You too? My kids are always stealing my silverware! I keep finding it scattered around the back yard & 'former' sandbox.

Wild Horse Orchards in NEKS near McLouth is a great place for interesting apples. Have gotten my apples there for the last two years. AS far as finding used pressure canners, try the Goodwill/Salvation Army stores, and especially church rummage sales. My Walmart has jars of all sizes up thru quart, and lids, rings etc.

I got my Presto Canner free! My MIL snagged two for me at her church rummage sale. I kept the almost-new in box one, and get the other to a friend of DH's. In fact I am going to take my first stab at canning tomorrow! Yes, I am going to do spaghetti sauce--meatless at first, and then if I get decent results, I will do some ones with burger, and process for the meat time. Then....SALSA!!!

Yeah...some of those are true...and I never thought it would be me, either!

FerFal still is active online. I see him post at www.warrifles.com a lot. IIRC, he is about to be able to get a foreign ccw permit. (Argentinian I think.)

Quote: I have the oddest use for duct tape ever! My daughter recently decided that she doesn't want to wear a diaper. She's almost ready to potty train but we're waiting another month until we get moved. Anyway, back to the duct tape. A strip in the middle of the diaper and one around the top to make a chastity belt as we call it! No tape touches her skin and she can't pull it off since she can't reach the area where it starts and ends in the back. Looks awful but works! HA! BTDT too! Also handy if you buy cheaper diapers & the velcro tabs tear off.

Ridgebacks, Ridgebacks, Rescued Ridgebacks! Our two RR's both from Rescue. Now, we have a long history with the particular group we adopt thru, so I have no worries about getting a problem dog. They screen their animals very well. Make sure you know the agency you will adopt from. Ours like it when we do archery practice!

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Ok, so here is my moment to whine... Back on June 10, my Monkey 3 came down with high fever, sore thrroat--Hand Foot & Mouth disease. Then when she was just well enough to go to VBS, Monkey2 caught the same virus! 3 days later, just as he was going off to the last 2 days of VBS, Monkey 1 came down with HF&M. So I was relieved when it SEEMED that everyone was done getting sick...that was 2 wks ago this coming Saturday...so on Monday June 22, Monkey 3 (my little Plague Vector) came down with viral gastroenteritis. Puke puke puke, no food for 5 days, puke puke puke...and everyone is just barely well enough to enjoy cake on the 26th for Monkey 2's birthday...and Monkey 1 gets sick the next day...Sunday, and today is the first solid food she has eaten and kept down...Wed she puked 5x and I had to resort to ice cubes to keep on top of the hydration. So today to celebrate (since we had to cancel our trip to Alabama this week to visit my sister for my neice's wedding) something positive, we went out to a pair of empty play parks just to get out of the house and such. And of course, on our way in the door when we got back, Monkey2 blew his lunch and soda all over my shoes and the front porch! And DH has to go out of town this weekend...so I will likely be stuck at home with yet another barfing child who will be wholly miserable and probably will be sick for the next 5 days! I swear, I am gonna cook me a Ribeye steak and have a Bloody Mary tomorrow I think!

Ok, so here is my moment to whine... Back on June 10, my Monkey 3 came down with high fever, sore thrroat--Hand Foot & Mouth disease. Then when she was just well enough to go to VBS, Monkey2 caught the same virus! 3 days later, just as he was going off to the last 2 days of VBS, Monkey 1 came down with HF&M. So I was relieved when it SEEMED that everyone was done getting sick...that was 2 wks ago this coming Saturday...so on Monday June 22, Monkey 3 (my little Plague Vector) came down with viral gastroenteritis. Puke puke puke, no food for 5 days, puke puke puke...and everyone is just barely well enough to enjoy cake on the 26th for Monkey 2's birthday...and Monkey 1 gets sick the next day...Sunday, and today is the first solid food she has eaten and kept down...Wed she puked 5x and I had to resort to ice cubes to keep on top of the hydration. So today to celebrate (since we had to cancel our trip to Alabama this week to visit my sister for my neice's wedding) something positive, we went out to a pair of empty play parks just to get out of the house and such. And of course, on our way in the door when we got back, Monkey2 blew his lunch and soda all over my shoes and the front porch! And DH has to go out of town this weekend...so I will likely be stuck at home with yet another barfing child who will be wholly miserable and probably will be sick for the next 5 days! I swear, I am gonna cook me a Ribeye steak and have a Bloody Mary tomorrow I think!

So we managed a record setting snowfall for the Metroplex the last 2 days. The nice thing is, all 8-10" of it should be GONE by Sunday! It gives the Monkeys a chance toplay in the snow, and I don't have to drive in it. The roads are already clear pavement. Here are a couple pics to enjoy. Two Monkeys (#2-3) and their tiny snow man. And Monkey1 and her big snowman.

So we managed a record setting snowfall for the Metroplex the last 2 days. The nice thing is, all 8-10" of it should be GONE by Sunday! It gives the Monkeys a chance toplay in the snow, and I don't have to drive in it. The roads are already clear pavement. Here are a couple pics to enjoy. Two Monkeys (#2-3) and their tiny snow man. And Monkey1 and her big snowman.

So we managed a record setting snowfall for the Metroplex the last 2 days. The nice thing is, all 8-10" of it should be GONE by Sunday! It gives the Monkeys a chance toplay in the snow, and I don't have to drive in it. The roads are already clear pavement. Here are a couple pics to enjoy. Two Monkeys (#2-3) and their tiny snow man. And Monkey1 and her big snowman.