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[SouthernBee]

@cowboy sam : Pixie haircut sounds awesome.

[SouthernBee]

@Yahooey : I added a cup of grape jelly to the meatballs and DH said : Yuk!

I was so embarrassed. I read the email wrong and arrived 1 1\2 hour early. We live 15 minutes away and they insisted we stay and not go back home. 

They had a counter top ice maker that makes the nugget ice cubes. Hostess stated very easy to clean and no issues with mold.

The menu included pot stickers(?), vegetable egg rolls, shredded bbq sliders, corn poppers that looked small round corn bread, rice. 

One of the ladies loved my insulated crockpot carrier and said she would order one( I offered to order it for her but she said no). We had fun but I am worn out. My kitchen is a mess but waiting jungle tomorrow to clean.

I really liked the little bamboo forks.

Guess who couldn't stop eating the meatballs?!!😀😀

[Yahooey]

@SouthernBee 

awww.... it all sounds delish

why the grape jelly? I understand it will be for sweetness but why not sugar or honey

yay on having fun with peeps - it has been a lot with the construction etc

i totally understand about cleaning

after full cooking - the floor is always a horror scene

i dont have a dish waher or many things so i am washing the same big bowl etc

i try to clean as i go with prep stuff but there is ALWAYS more to clean

[Yahooey]

rain today and tomorrow

gues i'm going to be knitting

i picked up a scarf that was started 

it looks like several people knitted it as it was wider on the bottom

then had a few rows of a different stitches

and then the garter stitch which i continued

for those that dont knit - garter is knit stitch

every row is a knit stitch - since this is community knitting and beginner knitting

you dont have to purl - you knit knit knit

and when finished - it gets collected and donated next valentine's day

i always start a scarf or pick one that looks sorta okay

of course - the wide bottom and the wrong stitches made me crazy

i am continuing to finish knitting off the remaining yarn

i am ripping apart the bottom - when it gets too tangled bc it is long

i cut it and add the yarn to the top

removing bottom of scarf and adding to the top - makes sense?

i will then bind off the top and bottom when done

except the scarf is kina short - the person that started it made a wider scarf

it doesnt have enough yarn to wrap around your neck properly

you can do an X in the front and it will cover your chest

i can stich the ends together to make a cowl - but the cowl will hang and cant wrap around your neck twice - it is that in between size

i can add a different yarn when i go on wednesday (last day)

take some yarn home & knit a patch on both ends to let it hang around neck longer

knit a batch and stitch together so it can wrap around your neck twice

i will not have enough time to finish (2 hr session) either version

i will have to bring home and then return it to the store that sponsors it

dinking dinking dinking....

or let it go as is when i'm done

[SouthernBee]

@Yahooey : The meatball recipe on line several used the heinze chili sauce and grape jelly and I really don't like it. I thought using the sweet baby rays hickory and brown sugar recipe would be good but it needed something else. I put a small amount in a separate small bowl and I added the sweet baby rays honey mustard sauce  and just ok. I didn't know what else to use. The frozen meatballs were a combination of beef and pork. The last choice was the grape jelly.

I didn' finish getting my kitchen cleaned from top to bottom until Thursday from the construction mess.Then Friday morning baking the brownies. Started around 1 p.m on the meat balls. By the time that I got dressed and packing everything up -  just worn out. My body was so sore from all the extra cleaning but had already promised to go.Then the embarrassment of arriving too early. I was so relieved to return home.I took some pain meds but didn't help. I had planned to sleep late but very restless. Only thing today- clean the kitchen. We have enough meatballs to eat for Sunday. I will make cole slaw from a pre made mix, canned bake beans and corn on the cob. Dh going out for lunch and will bring me something back. Sorry for the rambling.

[SouthernBee]

@Yahooey : I don't know anything about knitting but you will make the scarf  look perfect.❤❤

[KBEANS]

Good Morning Friends,

🌧️  ☔️ What a dreary day! I'll probably stay in and sort through some things for next weekends flea market.

They gave us a September rain date. In May, it was a wash out. That being said;  I made a pretty good profit selling some housewares, jewlery and clothing, that I no longer needed.

I love the flea market around here and have participated only the last 3 years. I always just passed. Now my DIL and I, as well as the guys look forward to it.

We put the doggie's in the stroller, and they help move the merchandise. 😝 

My brother is doing well. They are keeping a close watch on him so they don't miss anything should something pop up.

@geezerette Trying to relax as you suggested. It's always been out of my hands, and in the BIG GUY'S but you still worry.

@cowboy sam  I like the switching handbags idea! Wish we were neighbors. Between the 2 of us we probably wouldn't have to ever use the same bag twice. 😝 

@SouthernBee  My son made chicken meatballs and used the grape jelly. Wasn't crazy for it. I think it's a fad among the young crowd. I do like chicken sausage though. 🤤 

Give me good old Italian style beef, or beef mixed with the veal and pork meatballs with red sauce. That's my liking!

[geezerette]

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@SouthernBee wrote:

Dull life when I get excited about the laundry closet.😀😀

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@SouthernBee 

Trust me, your life is much more exciting than mine! 😉😄

[geezerette]

@KBEANS 

Glad to hear your brother continues to improve.👍

And I like your kind of meatballs too! 😋

[MyShadowLove]

Good Morning Everyone!

Caught up with most of your posts and happy to see that all is going well with all of you and keeping very busy.

Looks like most of us are in for a very rainy weekend due to the Tropical Storm that is affecting many areas, including along the East Coast...Thinking of Everyone who lives in the areas that will be most seriously affected.

My husband will be making stuffed cabbage today...Golumpkies...and we will be roasting a chicken for tomorrow....Fall is here!

@loveschocolate ...Thinking of you in NC!...Check in with us when you can!

@KBEANS ...Happy to read that your brother is improving with each passing day...I'm sure being surrounded by loving family is most definitely contributing to his overall improvement....Sending contiued positive thoughts to you and your family!

@JaneMarple ...Your vacation to Maryland and Delaware sounds fantastic...just in time to enjoy and miss the tropical storm that is affecting those areas now.

@SouthernBee ...Your laundry room came out very nice....what a relief for you to have it completed and it will now help to make doing laundry a little more fun...lol

@cowboy sam ...You've sure been busy with fun shopping sprees and enjoying good "fudz"...sounds like you are pretty well set with your Fall wardrobe.

@Yahooey ...Did you happen to catch a glimpse of Prince William jogging through Central Park when you met up with your knitting group?...That would have been exciting!...There is a thread about his visit to your City.

@geezerette ...Aren't you in NYC also?

@dooBdoo ...I "seez" your Hearts!     

Lubs Ya All!