Re: Quick Pot Sticker Soup

VaBelle35 · ‎03-10-2010

@Writer with Flair I hope that your families displaced by the fire get their houses rebuilt faster than ours. The fire was a couple of weeks before Christmas and they haven't done anything, not even take away to debris. It's still a charred pile with a blue tarp over it.

I know there are at least 2 insurance companies involved, so I'm sure that slows everything down as they have to agree on a builder. I assume they have to acquire the original blueprints so that they can rebuilt the structure to match the rest of the row.

I feel so bad for them. I know their insurance is paying for them to live somewhere else, but it has to be hard to lose everything, live in a temporary home and try to start getting everything you need.

I can't imagine the stress.

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QVC Shopper - 1993

# IAMTEAMWEN

Writer with Flair · ‎08-21-2013

@RespectLife wrote:
@Writer with Flair wrote:
@VaBelle35 wrote:.
@Writer with Flair

Sometimes you have to hide out until the tide passes.

We are about to roll out a new timesheet system for half the company and make some changes that will irritate the other half.

By some divine intervention, I am off work for 2 weeks during the peak of this event. As are many people because it's spring break in some places.

I am happy to be sitting this one out.
Dear VaBelle,
Taking your advice and "hiding out" this afternoon doing a spot of Online Retail Therapy by taking advantage of a Lord & Taylor sale. There is free shipping over $45.00.

OOOHHH! MY FAVORITE KIND OF THERAPY !!!

Moi aussi!

VaBelle35 · ‎03-10-2010

My brother and sister are cracking me up. We're playing rock/paper/scissors by text because none of us want to call my mother to find out the status. The hospital shuts the phones off at 7 and the Administrator at the Assisted Living is gone for the day.

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QVC Shopper - 1993

# IAMTEAMWEN

VaBelle35 · ‎03-10-2010

I did some reverse retail therapy tonight after work. I had to go to L&T and return a bunch of Ralph Lauren dresses. They were way too short for work. I tried to find them in regular vs petite, but they were having a massive clearance and it was more racks of clearance than new. I had a hard time finding the new spring stuff.

Plus, as I posted on the Talbots thread, the entire mall was blasting heat. It was so hot in there I couldn't get interested in trying anything on.

I stopped at Godiva and got my free truffle for the month and had a burger at Elevation Burger since I was there. It was my celebratory meal. LOL

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QVC Shopper - 1993

# IAMTEAMWEN

Writer with Flair · ‎08-21-2013

Respect and Honeybit,

Thanks for your moral support and the Chocolate Therapy suggestion. It sounds like a plan.

I love Lily's chocolate which is sweetened with stevia. http://lilyssweets.com/ It is delicious without so many carbs (depending on which product you get). I get it at Whole Foods.

Lily's makes several yummy items: chocolate bars and chips for baking. I portion out small amounts of the chips for occasional snacks. They are a nice treat.

Writer with Flair · ‎08-21-2013

Chili,

I love those cheese rabbits with crudites platters. Too cute! Somebody is really creative.

Writer with Flair · ‎08-21-2013

@ChiliPepper wrote:
We showed these/tried these last year:

Here is this years version:

These are so cute and are apparently pretty easy to make. Got to try these.

Writer with Flair · ‎08-21-2013

@momtochloe wrote:
@ChiliPepper wrote:
We showed these/tried these last year:

Here is this years version:

mtc's version:

mtc,

We are so sisters from a different father! Been there, done that. I have trouble getting things to turn out like the pictures, too.

The only difference between you and me is that I try not to document my less than stellar efforts. I just quietly dump them in the trash if they cannot be "doctored" or transformed into something else. For example a fallen corn souffle' becomes a "Holiday Corn Surprise" or "Fall Festival Corn Melange." Mr. Writer never knows what hit him. (This is where having a husband with a mother who is an awful cook can be a real help, sometimes.)

Writer with Flair · ‎08-21-2013

VaBelle wrote:

Good evening everyone.

More good news for me: the additional role I interviewed for a few weeks back was given to me today. I'm very happy. I'll be working outside of my department a lot and with a lot more men, which is a nice change from an almost all-female department.

VaBelle,

Make sure your Stash of Scuba Dresses and Fishnet Hose are ready to go. I have this feeling that soon you will have a Bevy of Work Crushes waiting in line (take a number, lads) to make a bid for your affections. Oh, you lucky girl!