A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-25-03....Countdown to the Holidays

Billie

[Billie]

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

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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay, or a profile of another FReeper.

On Mondays please visit us to see photos of A FEW OF FR'S VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY

If you have a suggestion, or an idea, or if there's a FReeper you would like to see featured, please drop one of us a note in FR mail.

We're having fun and hope you are!
~ Billie, Mama_Bear, dansangel, dutchess, Aquamarine ~

Last year, about this time, we asked for help from our readers in guest-writing a holiday thread, because it gets very hectic for most of us from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day. Your response warmed our hearts; it was such a big help to us, as Dansangel, daisyscarlett, and I were the only ones preparing the daily threads at this time last year. (Mama_Bear was taking care of the weekends, then as now, but was on a temporary 'leave' from the daily presentations. Dutchess joined us the first of the year, and Aquamarine and FreeTheHostages began preparing their own layouts and presentations later.)

Once again, if any of you would like to contribute an idea, or write an entire Holiday thread, please let us know as quickly as possible. The schedule for December is filled, for the most part, but some changes could be made to replace a regular feature with a special one if you would like to share your ideas with us.

Two days til' Thanksgiving....still time to try some great recipes for the big dinner. Last year, we featured FR's own chef, carlo3b, the day before Thanksgiving, and he was gracious enough to share some of his favorite holiday foods, including:

"Old Fashion New England Roasted Turkey"
(Orange-Maple Marinated)

"Turkey Stuffing a la Crockpot"

"Holiday Golden Apples and Yams"
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"Carlo3b - Dad, Chef, Author"

In the above link to last year's thread are many more recipes sprinkled throughout the comments. You might ask Temple Owl and his wife about the "Holiday Golden Apples and Yams" - they couldn't wait to try them!

Have a blessed Thanksgiving, and remember our men and women in uniform who are risking their lives so that we will always have our freedom to be thankful for.

"To God who gives our daily bread
A thankful song we raise,
And pray that he who sends us food
May fill our hearts with praise."

~ Thomas Tallie (1505 - 1585) ~

Thirty days til' Christmas. Got your shopping done yet? :) Tree decorated, lights up, baking done, silver polished, Christmas china out? Uh-huh, me, too. LOL.

Here are links to some of the special Christmas threads we presented last year. With thanks to our guest-writers, the days between Thanksgiving and the New Year were filled with the spirit of Christmas and love.

Gingerbread House Contest (FreeTheHostages)

Holiday Top Ten List Contest (FreeTheHostages)

What Christmas Means to Me (Various Freepers)

Places in the Heart (Molly Pitcher)

Christmas Pets (Billie)

Profile of IssaquahKing (Libertina and Dansangel)

Christmas Music (Aquamarine and Daisyscarlett)

'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Daisyscarlett)

Merry Christmas (Daisyscarlett)

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 11-24-03 Military Monday

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

Thanks, Mixer!

1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me a FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

Click on the photo to view the album. To
submit your photo, please contact dansangel or .45Man
at
danbh59@yahoo.com
and include Freeper Photo Album in subject line.

[FreeTheHostages]

On many occasions it can be a blank.

But eventually some rogue idea will pop up.

[MeekOneGOP]

Yep ! It's been fun alright. Sure is a lot more fun since I discovered the 'eraser'. I didn't realize that if I use that that it will make the 'erased' area clear for overlaying. Then, if I save them as the 'PDD' (??) file, I can use them later if I want to.

I wonder what other useful stuff I may have overlooked?, lol !!

[Billie]

Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Mama_Bear; Dansangel; Dutchess; Aquamarine and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation’s leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.

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OhioWfan........................son mystery-ak..........son, husband Gogrammy................grandson Inspectorette...................son Blessed American..........nephew Slip18..........................nephew anniegetyourgun...........nephew Pippin....niece,nephew,loved one Doug from Upland......son-in-law weldgophardline.....brotherinlaw Future Snake Eater..........cousin WaterDragon..son-in-law,grandson BeforeISleep...................son The Mayor........................niece LadyX.........................grandson fawn796.......................nephew StarCMC......................brother kimmie7.....................brother ValerieUSA..................2 sons TexKat................son, step-son Spruce.....................daughter Explorer89................brother Warrior Nurse...........active duty SK1 Thurman...........active duty David Osborne.........active duty fc2tomschermuly......active duty bkwells..................active duty LongCut..................active duty Trish.......................active duty ODC-GIRL.................active duty

Maigrey................cousin ladtx....................2 sons Mama_Bear.........2 nephews gator girl............husband severa................husband MozartLover......son, nephew LBGA........................son SpookBrat...........nephew Himyar.....................son boxerblues............2 sons the piper...................son sheeza...............husband kemathen7...........husband Tiffee4Bob.......boyfriend Diver Dave................niece deadhead................cousin JimRobinson.....2 nephews Armymarinemom.....3 sons Consort..2 daughters,son-in-law Darheel..................niece dixie sass.............nephew BeAllYouCanBe.........son AgThorn...............2 sons homeschoolmama.......nephew kneezles.................son Atomic Conspiracy..half-brother Atomic Conspiracy...nephew Atomic Conspiracy...niece visualops..............cousin

[Donaeus]

Just wanted to pop in and say hi. :) Have a great day! I'm rejoicing here with much work so I don't have time to play today. Talk to ya'll later.

[Billie]

That grapic is soooo cute!

Thanks, Rus. It was one of last year's, but I updated it to replace daisy and include Dutchess, Free and Aqua. (I didn't delete the first one though.) :)

[Billie]

Morning, Freezie! Thanks - glad you like the hostess graphic. :)

I do believe that's Cal on today's calendar - look at the owl, the ducks and all those critters! :)

[Billie]

Oh, no. :(

I don't like to think about the turkey before it ever got to the grocery store.

[The Mayor]

You know I haven't seen Lodwick in a long time. He use to like getting coffee from,
HER

I was looking at some of the old threads and saw his name.

[Billie]

I'm so glad you're going to do Christmas contests again! You are welcome to use any of the Christmas graphics I post, of course! I also have another pretty red plaid bg that's 'not' diagonal.

[Billie]

Thanks for making our voices heard! What harmony. :)

[Billie]

Thank you, Meg. It's been so cold here - helps get me in the mood for the holidays.

[Billie]

Great! Right on cue - I just finished two cups of coffee - like Cal said, ready for the third. :)

Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Gail.

[MEG33]

It's cold here,too.Early freeze..but not a hard freeze.

[Billie]

Yes, the eraser is a most handy tool! I never save them in PDD though - those files are huge! Of course, it does mean that I have to erase the background again if I want to reuse a 'cutout'. :)

[Billie]

I don't know how many of you have noticed your "Comments" page and the forum and even refreshing a thread is unusually sluggish, but mine has been for a few days now, and I wrote John Robinson to see if he had had any others comment on it, or if it was only my connection. It's very odd, because usually it will be the mailroom that's slow - this time, mailroom opens fine and rest of FR doesn't.

John wrote back and said he's been watching it but doesn't have the answer for it just yet. I know he will get it fixed. :)

[Calpernia]

This is peculiar. I have this browser open for FR. I'm able to surf in here fine. But when I try to pop a browser and surf anywhere else....I get "Cannot Find Server". I can't get to Yahoo, MSN, or 1010wins.

Anyone else having problems?

[MeekOneGOP]

Make the best of your day ! Enjoy ...

[Billie]

Hi, Donaeus - thanks for popping in! If we don't see you later, hope your day is good and your Thanksgiving holiday is the best.

[MeekOneGOP]

... when I try to pop a browser and surf anywhere else....I get "Cannot Find Server". I can't get to Yahoo, MSN, or 1010wins.

Anyone else having problems?

Uh ... No. I went over to Google and found this ok ! ...

:O)

[Billie]

You know I haven't seen Lodwick in a long time...

I know. :(