A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-21-04....Welcome Home, Allegra!

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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~ Billie, Mama_Bear, dutchess, dansangel, Aquamarine ~

"I'll Be Home For Christmas"
I'll be home for Christmas;
You can count on me.
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree.

There may not be snow in Houston, but bet there are lots of happy faces there this Christmas, and I'm bettin' mistletoe won't even be needed. :)

Allegra, one of our own since February 25, 2001, has been in Iraq for almost a year and is home for her first R & R just in time for Christmas. We love bringing good news to the Finest about our troops and hope you'll join us today to give her a big, rousing, Welcome Home Surprise!

Thank you, Allegra, for your service to our country, and hope you get a chance to eat lots of Mexican food, drink plenty of cold beer, and get lots of lovin' from those kitties before you return to Baghdad next month. May God bless and keep you safe.

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 12-20-04 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

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[lonestar]

That's a cute little kitten.

lonestar is making chocolate cheesecakes. It is really good!

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

2 coffee measures ground espresso coffee

2/3 cup boiling water

Make a strong extract of espresso with coffee and boiling water. Measure ½ cup and cool.

3 packages (8 ounces each) softened cream cheese

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1 package (8 ounces) semisweet chocolate squares melted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In large bowl beat cream cheese, sugar, and eggs until blended. Beat in sour cream, chocolate, espresso concentrate and vanilla. Pour into lined springform pan. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes until puffed at sides. (soft center will firm up during cooling) Cool, then chill 3 or more hours until firm in center. Remove side of pan.

CRUST

Crush 24 chocolate wafers into fine crumbs. Mix with ¼ cup soft butter or margarine and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon until crumbly. Press into 8 inch springform pan

Weinie

[Bacon Man]

Wooooohooooooo!!! I can't wait! Drunken trivia, nachos, hunting Uday, what else could one want?

[Xenalyte]

WOOHOO!!!!!!!

[Xenalyte]

Team We Suck! Team We Suck! Woot woot woot woot woot!

[BellStar]

WELCOME HOME

Houston PING

So when is the party?

[dansangel]

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