A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...12/16-18/05 ....Christmas In The Heart

Sgt. Rodney Murray, Freema & GodBlessUSA

[Aquamarine]

Lol, that's the way that I fix them!!!!

Lol, So do I half the time, it's hard to get the temperature just right for them.

[dixie sass]

Oh, I sure do freema. Remember Mary Jane's?

[LadyX]

"my brother ordered a burnt grilled cheese sandwich."

So glad you're here, Aqua!
I just remembered that grilled cheese sandwiches were the first thing I taught my two sons to cook for themselves. When Bernie and I were expecting the birth of Jennifer, they were 7 and 8, and we felt it would be helpful to make them at ease with fixing simple things, Beyond Peanut Butter & Jelly.

Decided it was about time to give them Life Skills for adulthood, so they could batch successfully until they snagged some pretty chefs..:)

It not only gave them a sense of accomplishment and self-sufficiency, but came in handy if Mom were busy with the baby - much later, if she was at work when they came home from school and were 'starving.'

Steve never really enjoyed cooking, but coped well, and wisely married a South Carolina gal who had seriously considered Chef School.
Kevin became the Expert at Throwing-Together-Something-from-Nothing, and made the best from scratch onion rings I ever ate!
Both learned to grill well.

[Mama_Bear]

Are they like a wafer biscuit?

Necco Wafers? They are just a hard, kind of chalky disc. The flavors are not strong. I guess you could say they are fruit flavors and some are mint, I think. The black ones are licorice and the brown ones are chocolate.....but they are all only faintly flavored. I definitely think that Necco Wafers are something that you acquire a taste for as a kid. By the time you are an adult, it is probably too late to appreciate them. LOL

[snugs]

I forgot to add the catalogue facility also allows you to get the item delivered.

[snugs]

Wow I feel lucky that I can walk to ASDA

[snugs]

They sound similar to parma violets or love hearts to me or the chalky sweets you get in lucky bag.

[Mama_Bear]

Yes, "Carol of the Bells" played fine for me. :-)

[snugs]

Here are few more Nativity Scenes

[Mama_Bear]

They are exactly like Valentine Conversation Hearts...except they are wafers and are sold in a roll. Necco (New England Candy Company) makes the conversation hearts, probably with the same basic ingredients that they use for the wafers. I think other companies make the hearts too.

[freema]

We can still get them at the Dollar General!

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks, Lil' Sis. You know how much I love Mannhein Steamroller. :-)

BTW, I have been visiting the "Sound America" site that you sent me the link to last Christmas (I think). Was looking for a wav of Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby". I found it there. It is a great site for good music files. Lots of Mannheim Steamroller too.

[LadyX]

We have a Pig (Piggly Wiggly grocery store, snugs) here, too, about 1.5 miles in the other direction, but I don't like their store brands and most prices are cosiderably higher.
The weekly paper gives their specials, and sometimes I'll go for those specifically.
There is a Bi-Lo in Denmark, 15 miles east of us.

The Good Thing is Wal-Mart will match the price of any competitor on name brand items at the checkout, with no haggling!
Cost and time saver.....

[dixie sass]

Matthew learned to cook while working on the oil platforms in the gulf and has become a pretty good cook.

[dixie sass]

Lol, I wish that I could walk to the store then I would only have to catch a cab home. I really need to move closer to the downtown area so that I can walk to the store.

[dixie sass]

Played great.

[Mama_Bear]

Are these public (government run) schools where they are having the Nativity plays? How wonderful that the children are not denied the joy of reenacting the miracle of Christmas in your schools. When I was in (public) school many years ago, I remember seeing manger scenes set up in the school and the word "Christmas" was not forbidden. That was a long time ago. :-(

[dixie sass]

The child in the second picture for some reason reminds me of Elizbeth Taylor. She is beautiful.

[dixie sass]

Next time I can talk my cousin into hitting the dollar stores in the area, I'll have to look for them.

[dixie sass]

I love that song by Eartha Kit! She is the only one that can do it right, everyone else just doesn't have that certain something in their voice.