Sounds like we ALL need a bit of silly. Here I'm complaining about finding out I have ulcers, when there are always others worse off the us.

Pat, you NEED the lung transplant, let Child Services figure out what to do with the kids. Sounds like someone needs her tubes tied. What a bad place for you to be, between the love for your DGKs and your health, In my opinion, your health comes first. You can't take care of kids if you can't breathe.

I agree, child services found you didn't they? They can find someone else to keep the kids while you get yourself healthier!!

Yes, Pat, heed the advice. The kids need you healthy & you'll feel a whole lot better because of the transplant. Take care of yourself!

don't forget the gorgeous guys throwing food atcha on the way down! OOOOOHHHHHHH!! Chocolate!

Just to let ya'll know..... The farmer fertilized the field and I think some got into the hole....ppppppppuuuuuuuuuuuu

Pat, I agree with the others. You need to take care of yourself, in order to take care of anyone else. Please get that lung transplant, while you're still healthy enough to do so!

Sending hugs and prayers,
Neesie

I live out in the country, where a bit of fertilizer is not a big deal. :D

***Just wanted to add, last year I used a silicone 9x9 pan to pour the mixture into to set. It was fantastic, I was able to just flip out the hardened mixture onto a chopping block for breaking the piece apart.*** Years past I just used a Pyrex dish and it was sometimes difficult to remove, no sticking no problems with the silicone. I highly recommend it, in fact now I won't use anything else. The silicone pan I used was round but similar in size to the 9x9. Once it's broken into pieces and dipped in the chocolate it will all look the same.

And we will drink so much we won't even notice the smell!!

I am new to the Secret Santa, so is what we do is send 4 fat qtrs and a gift not over $20?

thanks

Like a roller coaster!

and our prayers for you! keep positive and I'm sure those grandkids love you to bits

Yes, but you can do more if you want. Vicki M advised me to look up last years Secret Santa for ideas & to see how its done, Heres the link...http://www.quiltingboard.com/member-...a-t200887.html

cheesehead.......thanks for the recipe...printed it and is in the recipe file for holiday enjoyment.

.....and just now added the angel fairy candy post script to the files...sounding better all the time.......

Hey gang, to co-inside with this swap, you may check into the Christmas ornament swap as well. I know a lot of us do both. Sign ups are right now. We have fun on that one too!

I joined in and added the post but didn't receive the messages, well I'm almost all caught up. I love this swap and am getting busy. What will it be???

I'm in on that one too, thanks for the reminder. It was so much fun last year. Everyone is a hoot on both swaps.

I agree with the above. Get the transplant! You can't take care of the kids if you aren't here now can you? God bless you.

I'm anxious to get my Secret Santa-ee, so I can get started. It's more fun collecting stuff, if I have a person in mind. Otherwise, I'll buy stuff only I like and will then have to keep it. :o Why am I thinking that's a bad thing? :shock:

Heeding Sharon's advice, I deduce that if I'm gonna join the fun folks, in the hole . . . I should first wait for the offer of bribes and promises. :thumbup:

Fellow SSSNewbies, who's with me? I say we hold out for the best bribes and promises, we can get! May as well go in style, if we're gonna fall anyway! :)[/QUOTE]

** I'll be with you! This could be a really fun adventure! ;)

** I'll be with you! This could be a really fun adventure! ;)[/QUOTE]

YAY! Maybe we should pretend to be super-serious, so they'll consider us challenges and up the bribes. :thumbup:

Well, if you pretend to be super-serious, we'll just think you're nuts like the rest of us.

I just came back from SS 2012 and I was amazed. I started around the time the presents were opened. It was like I was there! Now I know just about what to do for the partner I get, thank you for directing us to the site.

Oh. :rolleyes: Gonna need a new strategy, I guess.

Well, at any rate, I WILL NOT fall down that hole! NOPE! NOPE!! NOPE!!! No one can lure me down that hole!
:::::: firmly attaching angel halo ::::::::
:::::: passing extra halo, to Mariposa :::::::

ok nutbars you cant fool me into jumping into the bad hole with you. no way no how. Our fearless leader is one mean pitbull if your bad. She showed her teeth early on and they are awfully.. pokey! so have fun in the hole I will sit out here watching you in my nice lounge chair sharing a midnight cocktail with the other ones who comply with the rules. I think we will have stuffed mushrooms, chocolate covered strawberries, packages did I mention PACKAGES full of secret santa goodies while you guys will have mud muck and shotguns pointed right down into that hole. Tell me, which side would you rather be on NOW??? (I wonder will those packages have fabric? threads? Christmas cookies? candies? books? patterns? hum.. go enjoy your mud girls go on)..

Oh, this sounds like a good deal, too! I may have to sit on the fence, wearing my halo.

just joined in on the fun...started to collect some things that any quilter would want.

You need to read back a few pages. We have 2 bars set up in the HOLE, one is alcoholic, and one is non-alcoholic. We have our sewing machines, and I can even bring my long arm. We have the HOLE set up pretty nice. So if you SISSIES want to sit outside and watch US have all the fun, then just go right ahead. Did I mention snickerdoodles too?!?!?!

I agree.
anyone taking SSSSHHHHHAAAAARRROOOONNN''''sSS advice
will lose out on what is in the hole.
we have lots and don't mind sharing; right grann and Tink !!!!
we in the naughty hole know when you share BRIBING not necessary.
we go on midnight hunts to Terri's & Sharon's homes and
raid the quilting rooms of FABRIC.
and in cyber world NEVER get caught.
s00000000000000 Snoooooooooooze
and Looooooosssssse. :p

Yeah, my studio got raided last year! Didn't catch them either! Grann, I'll bring my longarm too. With all this sewing going on, we'll both be busy getting them quilted by Christmas! Sit on the fence or sit in the lounge chairs if you want to, but we will share when you get thrown in the hole!

Well, heck! IN THE HOLE, I GO! Never could pull off that goody-goody image, anyway. :p I really like the idea of cyber-raiding someone's stash . . . as long as it isn't mine. :thumbup:

I'll be the short lady, clutching a carton of International Delight Mocha Iced Coffee and a bag of Ghirardelli Intense Dark Midnight Reverie (86%) dark chocolates. :)

ROFLMBO !!!!
knew the stash would bring you in.
it's so much fun when we go raiding stash.

Hey Neesie, can I join you?

How long do we have to stay in the hole?

Most certainly! :) I'll even share my iced coffee and chocolates!

If there's a way into the hole, there's got to be a way out. Since they go on stash raids, I'm guessing there's a secret tunnel, somewhere. :thumbup:

Sewnsewer2, we'll stay there till they fill up the hole, when the season is over. You chocolate people had better supply some non-chocolate too. You don't want to see me with a migraine headache, can't do coffee or chocolate. I LOVE the white chocolate peanut butter cups, and Dove has some great white chocolate squares. I may even throw in some pizzelles with the snickerdoodles.

As far as the hole is concerned, don't tell Terri, but that hole don't scare us none. She thinks it is a punishment for being bad, but we look on it as a treat, what with the bar, and all the goodies, and the sewing machines, and the fabric, and the....and the....and the.....

No chocolate or coffee? :( Is it about the caffeine or can you have tea? I have a nice assortment of teas, in the pantry.
If I have a chance before I slide down the hole, I'll make up a batch of almond biscotti. Could you eat that? :)

Boy you get hungry just reading the board, so many awesome things here. I tried this tea lipton lemon citron in the diner and just loved it, well of coarse ya can't find it any where. So I did find it on Amazon and ordered it two weeks ago and still hasn't arrived. It's about 5.50 a box, but well worth it.

It's not the caffeine, it's the way cocoa beans and coffee beans are processed. They use gases for processing, and my allergy doc says that is what I am allergic to. Tea leaves are washed. I have been drinking a lot of green tea since I got my teeth bleached. It stains less than regular tea. The Lipton Lemon Citron sounds good, I drink a lot of Bigelow green tea with lemon, both decaf and regular, also love their citrus chamomile. I love almond biscotti. I used to make anise toast, very similar to biscotti. Haven't made it in years, sounds like something to do this year.