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Here is how I do mine. I don't use a recipe.

Save up on cornbread and biscuits during the

week or make some the morning of Thanksgiving.

If making that morning, I use a box of Jiffy

cornbread, follow directions on box, and a

tube of refridgerator biscuits. Bake. Cool.

Crumble. Saute' celery and onions in butter or

oil. I like more onions than celery. Use one

onion and two stalks celery.

Add them to the breads. I use sage. Add

a teaspoon or two. I use two. Add salt and pepper.

A teaspoon of salt and a dash of pepper. Then

add chicken broth. I add a can, usually works out.

Just don't make it too moist. Put this in a 9 x 13

pan at 350 and bake until firm and browned on top.

Usually 30 minutes give or take a few.

I do not add eggs. I watched my grandma make

this and this is how she taught me. That's the

thing about grandmothers, ask them for a recipe

and they tell you add some of this and some of

that until it taste good. My grandma doesn't

own any cookbooks.

This is how I learned to cook. When I make something

new I like to use a recipe because I afraid it will

turn out bad, but the next time I make that

same thing I don't use the recipe I'll cook like

grandma. Usually taste better.

Shannon

After reading about some of your families I have come

to the conculsion that...my family doesn't suck so

bad after all. Now I am very thankful for the one

I have. I think it takes seeing how others live to

see what you actually have, you know seeing if the

grass is really greener on the other side type thing.

Thank you everyone for helping me to let go of some

of my anger to my family, well my not so horrible

in-laws.

Before I started doing the Thanksgiving meal it was

"who's family to spend it with" then when that didn't

work it was spending it with both families and wanting

to throw up afterwards. Lunch with mine and dinner with

his. Two huge dinners in one day became too much. That's

when I decided to have the dinner at my house and have

both families over. That's 15 people to cook and clean

up after. I did this for several years until this year.

This year I am angry at my inlaws and will not go any

where near them. I will have my parents over and that

is all. Still won't be perfect.

My husband and I are taking turns putting up with

each others family. This year we are have a family

picture with my parents. For that I will go and

have Christmas Eve with his parents. Thanksgiving

and pictures for Christmas Eve night. I think we got

an even trade.

I could do without holidays.

I call it taco rice, but call it what you like.

1 lb. hamburger (cooked or not)

1 cup instant rice

1 cup water

1 envelope taco seaoning mix

If your meat is already cooked just add water

and taco mix, boil, then add rice, cover, remove

from heat and let sit until rice is tender.

Use this in tacos, burritos, or anything mexican.

My favorite is Jude Deveraux. Right now I'm reading

Always and I have The Mulberry Tree after that.

I also like Beverly Lewis and Janette Oakey. The

only problem with the Janette Oakey books are that

they are talking very country and I have to reread

sentences over and over. It's not a fast read. I

perfer the movie Love Comes Softly by Micheal Landen Jr.

I have watched it 20 times or more. The next book of

hers Love's Endearing Promise comes on Hallmark

on the 20th of this month.

I like to read any christian romance. They are such

wonderful love stories.

I just got finished reading John Grisham's Skipping

Christmas. It was very good. I can't get to the

movies very often so I figured reading the book is

just as good.

Joan, I would like the one with the green letters.

The first one.

Thank you so much.

Shannon

I started buying cheap disposable diapers for

my newborn, I thought diapers are diapers, right?

When I started using them I noticed that his

sleeper was totally soaked and I figured that

he just peed alot, but when I changed his diaper

it was barely wet. We went through all of his

outfits in one day. This is crazy! So I went and

bought the most expensive diapers at the store to

see if this made a difference. It did!

The cheap diapers seemed big for newborn so I let

him get a little bigger, so today I put the cheap

diapers back on him. Same thing happened. Now I

have four packages of the cheap diapers and don't

know how to fix this problem.

Any suggestions?

Can I freeze milk? Do I freeze it in the original

container? What about headspace?

Buttercup

Is your stove in your kitchen? If so,does your

kitchen get hot when you use your stove?

If it is in the kitchen, where did you put it?

I don't have anywhere in my kitchen for one.

Lucky you, I would love to have one. My dad

has one but like I said, I have no room for one.

More questions about your stove.

How long after you start the fire before

you can cook on it? Are you only using cast iron

or regular pots and pans too.

Could it be something else? Colic or gas due to the

formula you might want to switch to soy and see if

that makes a difference. Heck, if you are that

desperate, try anything, right?

How many ounces of formula or breastmilk is she taking?

I have a one month old son and he wants to eat every

two hours on 2oz and with 3oz. bottles. If I try to

get 3 hours in between each feeding with a 4oz. bottle

he just spits most of it up and we end up feeding again

in two hours. So I just feed him more often.

What about her weight? Is she in the "normal" range?

Are you using a pasifier? Finger? Babies like to suck

even if they are full.

If you are nursing do you let her eat until

she falls asleep or just doesn't want anymore?

I'm sorry to ask so many questions but I'm just

trying to help.

Those are cute but do you have anything else? I like the

bathtub one but they are all boys. I have two girls and

two boys. Sorry to be so picky.

I have a picture on my wall that I really like, how do

I know if I can use it or not? You know copyrights and

all. There is a name on the picture all I can make out

is Lavin something. This picture goes along with a poem

called Mother's Prayer. Any suggestions?

Thank you

Shannon

Just a note to remember: Solid foods should not be

given until at least 4 months old. Then you should

start with rice cereal. At 6 months you

can give fruits and vegetables. Until then bottle

or breast milk is best.

Here are some links to look at when you are ready

to start feeding solids foods.

http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa091997.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/nm/MorganWilliam/food.html

I would like something different for my siggy name.

I'm looking for something motherly. I have a newborn

so I'm feeling very motherly. This is my 4th child, so

I could have something with 4 children in it.

I hope this helps.

Shannon

I need help seasoning a cast iron skillet.

I read the direction on that came with the pan but

after I put it in the oven it started to smoke

not alot but enough to make the whole house smell

like smoke. I lightly coated the pan with melted

shortening and I put a cookie sheet under the pan

in case the oil dripped.

What did I do wrong?

My family got the flu shot because of Luke, we didn't want

to bring it home to him. We are going to be extra careful

this year.

We are going to stock up on things now so that we don't have to go out very much during this time. I am making out a list of things that I'm short on. I'm always short on

things that we go through really fast.

Is anyone worried about this years flu season?

Shannon

Thank you Buttercup that was very nice of you.

I'm glad you told me to come over here or I would

have never known.

Since Buttercup was already picked I will choose

UNIKEMOM!!!!

U UNIQUE

N NICE

I INDIVIDUAL WHO GETS LOTS DONE

K KIND

E ENTHUSTIC

M MOM

O OPEN MINDED

M MOTIVATOR

With my first two kids I used Pitocin waited 12 hours and

used Demerol for pain. Took about and hour of pushing to

deliver.

With my third child one of my friends talked me into

getting an epidural. So it was Pitocin, waited 12 hours

and got an epidural, which I will NEVER use again!! Still

took an hour to push out.

With Luke I used Pitocin, started the night before in

a small amount, then the next morning they turned it

up and I used something like Demerol but it was called

something else. After two hours the Demerol stuff

wasn't working anymore and I was begging for an epidural.

The nurse told me I would have to wait 20 minutes for it.

20 minutes!!! That's like forever when your in labor!!

I'm in really bad pain and about 15 minutes the nurse wanted

to check to see how far along I was and she said "No time

for an epidural it's time to deliver." I was only in

labor for two hours and pushed Luke out in about 5 minutes.

Let me say this was the best labor and delivery I ever had.

Sure you can. How can I get to Cat's site?

Hi everyone!!!!

For a week or two I had computer burn out. I could not

stand to even look at. Then I went to the ob/gyn and

she thought it was ok to go ahead and have the baby.

Now, here we are. I'm back but only for now. I came

here to just let you know everything is ok.

Buttercup, I sent you an email with a picture. I hope

it comes to you ok.

His name is Luke and he was born on the 23 and his

weight is 6 lb and 14 oz and he is 18.5".

His birth was very different from my other 3 kids and

when I return, maybe in a week or so, I will go into

detail, if you want.

I have to go. I'll be back later.

Shannon

My parents have a wood cookstove that they are not

using and I wanted to make an outside kitchen.

Canning really heats up the house. Does this

sound like a good idea? I too would also like

to know how to cook on one. How do you lower the

heat once you get it hot?

That's what I do also. It's also to find those bloody

eggs, gross!!! I know it's fresh and still good to eat

but I can't do it. No since in having to throw out good

food because of a bad or not so bad egg.

I know, me too!

We need to chat and see what else we have in common.