Shrinkin' Violets Part 3 Read HERE!

[Suziecat 379]

Go Danny Gokey.

[Teachlady 3]

Good evening, Violets..

It's finally time for me to sit and relax for a bit. I made 17 pasties today. Gave 4 to a friend, had one for dinner and will give some to Kris in exchange for Grady time on Thursday.

While the last group of pasties were baking, I went out and raked flower beds in the backyard. It's amazing how many of the plants are already greening up. I always feel it's like witnessing a miracle when I see the new growth after the plant looks totally dead. Acutally, I guess it really is!!

Didn't have a chance to trike today, but hopefully tomorrow before Ethan comes at noon.

Dr. PamELa.. is your back better??

TracyK.. you all back to normal after your bout with the flu??

Heather... you ARE tiny!! Even with the little belly.

Haydee.. loved the pics on Facebook. Such an attractive family!!

Kat.. glad the job is working out so well for you.

Jane.. how did the Celebration of Aging turn out? Did you take pics??

Time to watch some tv, play some computer games and then head to bed. Everyone have a good evening. sleep well!!

[Suziecat 379]

I just saw the pic of Carson going "Tah Dah, I'm Here"

It's adorable and so is he.

[TerriDoodle 6]

What a day.

I subsisted on sugar most of the day.

My son insists I make this dessert called "Sopapilla Cheesecake" which is deadly. We just finished a pan of it yesterday and then Hannah wanted some tonight! So I made another pan but this time with less sugar and butter. It makes a wonderful casual dessert for company or pot=lucks if any of you want the recipe. Super easy too.

Laura, I don't think they pull your uterus out during a c-section....maybe it's the placenta? I could be totally wrong, of course. When i was in nursing school the first live 'operation' i ever saw was a c-section. I almost fainted. I know for a fact I turned very green. There was just SO MUCH FLUID!!

There's a reason I'm a secretary rather than a nurse.

Kat - that totally sucks what they are doing to Rick's hours. OMG - how low can you go? Oh, and my budget is doing real well. this month I should be right on target and am so proud! I've paid off 52% of my debt....and every month I pay off about another 3%. Still waiting on two estates to settle and might get to give them a good final whack soon. Or.... I might build a new extended patio/arbor/hot tub! tee hee. Dave Ramsey would be so NOT proud of me.

I can't keep my eyes open. I'm headin' to the bed. Laterz.

[Suziecat 379]

Terry, I would love the recipe.

Haydee, I loved the pic of you a Juan. And your family is so good looking.

[janiebug 0]

Laura, okay I want to see the pics too!!

The celebration of aging isn't until next Wednesday. I guess I will take pics, hadn't really thought of it. I just ordered the flowers today.

Got to go!!

[Teachlady 3]

Here's a pic my friend took of the pasties I gave her.

[Kat817 19]

I want Terry's desert recipe and Judy's pasties recipe. I DO NOT want Pamela's pastie recipe----think I have had it before and the glue hurt!!! LMAO!!!!

Jane, I love, love, love the hand cream!!! Rick wanted some.....I frowned, and he said nevermind, I felt so selfish!!! So I forced some on him, and he brought it to me and showed me a web address on the back of the tube, so we are going to log in and find where to buy it!! TY so much!!!!

Laura, I don't think that is your uterus either.......not sure exactly what it IS.....but it is my understanding, that the uterus remains in position and is only cut as well.....could it be Carson, in a bent over position, before he gained color? I would be really interested in knowing, either from the Dr. or from a nurse.....Denise where are you??????

Well we are off to bed. See you girls tomorrow!

[kity 2]

LOL Kat, that was funny!

Judy what is in that pastie thingy? I like the pic w/ the spilled beer bottle.

Laura, I only can open carson 2 pic, not carson pic 1 (which came second). Hopefully I can from my other laptap in the dining room. I loved him so much in that pic 2..."look ma, 10 fingers!" Soooo cute!

Ok...lovin' Idol! They are all great and these are my fav 5 and have been since the beginning. Did not like Anoop or Lil!! I love that little girl, cant think of her name, but if I could sing...I'd want to sing like her!

My back is still killing me. I went to doc and did the electic stim machine for 25 min. I swear, I am tired of hearing myself complain about this hurts and that hurts. Enough already! I need to go back to doc on my lunch (which sucks) for more if it is not better...cause he takes Wed. afternoons off!

Have a great night ladies! Love ya!

[Suziecat 379]

Good Morning Girls.

Is everyone in Tx dried out yet? We are in for 2 days of rain ourselves.

Judy, Those look really good but Honey, what is the name of that beer??????????LOL.

This was my fast night as I have to give blood today for the kidney Doc. I don't see her till the 20th of May. I used to see her once a month and now it's down to once every 5 months. So, nothing but Water till 8:30am.

Everyone have a great day and I'll check in after work.

[TracyK 3]

Good morning violets~

Judy-yep, all healed up from my flu or virus or whatever it was! Thank you :biggrin:

Today is the day we join either the Y or 24 hr fitness. I am happy about that!

I will get back on soon....have a great day!

[TerriDoodle 6]

**Food Porn WARNING**

Sopapilla Cheesecake

Ingredients:

1 (8 ounce) package cream

cheese, softened

1 cup white sugar (I reduced to about 3/4c)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 (8 ounce) packages

refrigerated crescent rolls

1/2 cup melted butter (I reduced to about 1/3c)

1/2 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

1.Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.2.Beat the cream cheese with 1 cup of sugar and the vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth; set aside.3.Unroll the cans of crescent roll dough, and use a rolling pin to shape each sheet into 9x13 inch rectangles. Press one sheet into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Evenly spread the cream cheese mixture into the baking dish, then cover with the remaining piece of crescent dough, and brush with melted butter. Stir together 1/2 cup of sugar with the cinnamon in a small bowl, and sprinkle evenly over the top of the cheesecake.4.Bake in the preheated oven until the crescent dough has puffed and turned golden brown, about 30 minutes. Allow to cool 10 minutes before serving.

[Teachlady 3]

Good morning, Violets. Felt good to sleep in today. Ethan doesn't come until noon. The sun is shining, but it's only 37 degrees. I had hoped to trike this morning, but it's too chilly for that right now.

The pasty is a meat pie that miners in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan took with them to eat in the mines. It has pork, beef, potatoes, onions, rutabaga and carrots baked in a crust.

As for the beer, Suzie. I don't have a clue. The picture was taken by a friend of the pasties I gave her.

Laura.. send me the pics in email, please. I get my Grady fix tomorrow when Kris comes in for a hair appointment. When I talked to her yesterday she was complaining about her belly. She's finding that clothes are tough to fit now with her being normal size everywhere except the belly flab. I welcomed her to my world! I gave her a pair of my size 16 slacks to wear, but she couldn't stuff her belly in. It's amazing to me that I wear a smaller size than my daughter. The tables have certainly turned.

I'm off to dry my hair and get dressed for the day. Gotta figure out some Breakfast too. Pasty for lunch is a given.

Everyone have a great day. Be good to yourselves!

[Kat817 19]

Spent too long on the phone with the damned auto finance people at Wells Fargo to post-------I paid the car off, and they are still complaining that the pay off amount I was given, and paid over the phone is --get this.........a whole .46 cents short!!!! THEY gave me the exact amount I did it by debit over the phone---now they want me to pay the .46 cents. I told them to bill me so I could see what it was for!!! LOL cost them to do that--------morons!!!

Now I gotta run!

Love ya!

[janiebug 0]

Good morning!!

I want all the Houston people to be safe!!

Busy day for me, take it easy everyone!