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Also if there is any of you that want to listen to Christmas music online go to www.christmasradio.com Works really well with dsl.. Don't konw about dial up as I haven't tried it.. Right now I am listening to Billie Holiday- Have a jazzy Christmas... Not so sure I would like her very well.. At least not this song anyway.

How do you think my teenagers would react to me pulling their ears to get them to do something?

ok i wanted to be the first to say Happy december ya'll!!! Okay now I am off to bed! nightie night

Drug Problem The other day, someone at a store in a small town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farm house in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?" I responded that we did have a drug problem when we were kids growing up on the farm or in the city. I had a drug problem when I was young. I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather. I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults. I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher Or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me. I was drug to the kitchen sink if I uttered a profane four letter word. (I do know what Lye soap tastes like.) I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flowerbeds and cockleburs out of dad's fields. I was drug to the homes of Family, Friends, and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline or chop some fire wood, and if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the wood shed. Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack or heroin, and if today's children had this kind of drug problem, America might be a better place today.

Oh I am sorry I confused you! I know you sent me the snowman I was saying I sent you an angel with a yellow robe!

Awww Westie we are at 41 here wanna come to Illinois to play?? Only 20's tonight with a chance of snow.. BTW I love marshmallows too!! Especially in the fireplace...

Good Morning everyone! Hope everyone had a great night! Everyone decorating for Christmas yet?? I have a small tree up downstairs. And I will put a bigger one upstairs.. I have been doing pretty good keeping up with the chores. Well not the laundry but that's a given here.. Never never have all of it done. Hey Slgrubbs??? Think I have posted enough in the past 2 days to make up for it?? If you all are getting snow lucky you! Wish it was snow here instead of sooo much rain! YUCK Ok ya'll take care.........

I think I sent you the Santa. They were all different, I think Snowmoms was a snowman couple Theyd's was an angel fuzzy on the rest!

There you are.. It's good to see you post! Hope your Thanksgiving went well..

Mommyof5 I see I am not hte only nightowl in the group. Of course it's probably not as late there!

and he was so cute!

Oh Homey I am sorry I am late for the party!! Happy Happy Birthday to you!

I assume everyone has received the ornaments I sent out by now. I hadn't really seen where anyone but Snowmom had gotten hers.

I really like the snow. I don't like to drive in it. But when I look out my windows across our ten acres here,it's very beautiful. My children can go outside and entertain themselves for hours in it and laugh together. Which is something teenagers don't do very often in any situation. I love to smell the fires burning. I like Christmas lights. And as winter sets in I like to relax with all of the seed catalogs and plan my garden for spring and it's promise of new life. More reading, sewing, quilting, and baking....

I am all for wanting to hear that Chocolate Pecan pie recipe too!!!! Georgene as soon as I get the chance I will let you know about Carla's visit.. It was mostly concerning the eventual run out of petroleum (sp) and how that affects us as homesteaders and the whole world for that part. And the need to prepare for such a tragedy..

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We are headed closer to the Windy City (Chicago) this morning! We only got a skiff of snow here but the hubby says that in the next town up they had lots more! Since we have to travel up that doesn't surprise me! Ya'll take care.. Blessings! When I was a young turkey, new to the coop, My big brother Tom took me out on the stoop, Then he sat me down, and he spoke real slow, And he told me there was something that I had to know; His look and his tone I will always remember, When he told me of the horrors of.... Black November; "Come about August, now listen to me, Each day you'll get six meal instead of just three", "And soon you'll be thick, where once you were thin, And you'll grow a big rubbery thing under your chin"; "And then one morning, when you're warm in your bed, In will burst the farmer's wife, and hack off your head"; "Then she'll pluck out all your feathers so you're bald 'n pink, And scoop out all your insides and leave ya lying' in the sink"; "And then comes the worst part" he said not bluffing, "She'll spread your cheeks and pack your rear with stuffing". Well, the rest of his words were too grim to repeat, I sat on the stoop like a winged piece of meat, And decided on the spot that to avoid being cooked, I'd have to lay low and remain overlooked; I began a new diet of nuts and granola, High-roughage salads, juice and diet cola; And as they ate pastries, chocolates and crepes, I stayed in my room doing Jane Fonda tapes; I maintained my weight of two pounds and a half, And tried not to notice when the bigger birds laughed; But 'twas I who was laughing, under my breath, As they chomped and they chewed, ever closer to death And sure enough when Black November rolled around, I was the last turkey left in the entire compound; So now I'm a pet in the farmer's wife's lap; I haven't a worry, so I eat and I nap; She held me today, while sewing and humming, And smiled at me and said "Christmas is coming."

It's SNOWING here too! Along with sleet.. It rained here all morning and now it's freezing! Yippee.. I hope it thaws a little before we have to leave out in the morning! If you all are traveling be careful out there! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

We have pretty much stopped buying tomatoes at work because they are 2.50 a pound..

I'm with Wes! Give em up!!

Aww mother I am hurting for you.. May God wrap you in his arms to ease your hurting heart.. Amen on the new body and no pain!! Dawn

My post wasn't to enquire as to where your ornaments were.. I was wondering about you... So sorry about your Uncle.. My prayers are with you! Dawn

Cookie was your's the needle point star? Becca Anne? Yours was the white yarn snowflake with the pin? I think I have them all straight now.. I will take a small marker and put the names and year on the back so I will always remember ... Thanks all Buttercup

Has anyone heard from Bigskymommy?? I am forgetting who I got what from.. I should have put little tags on them so I would never forget! Ugh!

If I were fixing it at home this year like I wanted to we would be having Turkey Sage Dressing Mashed Potatoes and Giblet Gravy Sweet Potato Praline Noodles Cranberry Salad Greenbean Casserole Rolls Pecan Pie Pumpkin Pie and probably a fruit salad.. Still might do it next weekend...Everyone's menus sound very delicious!