Sudokuaholics Anonymous 8

And now my cat has come in and told me it is time to go to bed! She will get on the bed once the light has gone out!

June, Thank you for your concern, but this is not an old microwave, about one year is all. it is the second one of this brand I have owned, and they seem to have a design flaw, they do not vent moisture well. Moisture inside the oven and the slightest scratch in the paint, they begin to rust. Daughter had one of the same brand and had same problem. We just did touch up painting after he sanded down the rust to bare metal, cover that spot to prevent more rust.

yes, microwaves are very inexpensive now, but at the moment just not in the budget for us. In the meantime, we repair instead of replace. Besides, this is one less appliance sent to the land fill.

Good Morning/Evening SA8ers!!! Just woke up about 45 minutes ago. MizT: Thanks for the cuppa coffee!! Hubby worked overtime again last night...slept good, FINALLY!! Got ffuts to do later around the house.
Thank you for all the kind thoughts for my dad & our friend Doc...I'll be calling my folks later as today is their 45th wedding anniversary.

June: Congrats on the TOPP!!!

Did I miss everyone this morning???

HI Suzanne, I was away making desert for our evening meal, low fat lemon lime pie. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to your parents on their 45th, what a long and I hope happy marriage.

Hope I did not miss you by just ( ) much!

Thinking about your friend Doc going to Iraq, I hope we are all here next July to welcome him safely home.

Hi MizT: Thanks!! I don't know how they do it!!! That is a long time...considering this is my mom's 2nd marriage. She got divorced when I was 8 months old. My real dad is a jerk (mostly)...He was a raging alcoholic for most of my early life, he's been sober since I was 16, but hasn't been in my life in a very long time. My (step)dad raised me, he's my daddy!!! He is a fantastic person & I am very grateful to have him in my life.

MizT: Dessert sounds yummy!! I dont' bake much, but I'd probably make that! Can you send me the recipe??

Hey Suzanne, did you ever tell these nice people here that your parents are really a witch and a fool????

Suzy, I actually like going to the mall. I don't always shop, but it is fun to "people watch" There are some strange people out there. Besides, I spent 25 years working in a mall so it is kind of in my blood. The malls I usually go to I have friends, former co-workers, that are there. This is the only time I ever see them.

Good Morning TTT!!! How are you?? And the boys??? Yes, my mom's birthday is Halloween & dad's birthday is April Fools!! Maybe that's their secret for staying together for so long!!

Beasties are at a neighbors house. My neighbor has a giant inflatable water slide which they set up this morning. It is a last hurrah. It now has a hole in it, so today is the last day and then it is going in the garbage. Wish your parents a happy anniversary for me.

Suzanne.... I suspect that their secret is that they can laugh at themselves. Witch and fool, indeed. Smart people... don't take themselves too seriously.

Tami: I will tell them!! How is camp going??
Heidi: Probably so, they both have great senses of humor!!

IH woke me up too early. He wants me to work on some problems with the hot fence. There are a LOT of shorts caused by that ice storm in January that still haven't been fixed. I figure one or two more hours won't matter.

Hi there Heidi!! Sorry to hear you got up so early, hope you can catch a nap later!!

I need to get something in me to jump start me.

It's funny.... since I got the Ace for Dennis , we haven't had a single thunderstorm.... tho' 4 of them were predicted.

Boy do I know THAT feeling!

Suzanne, last week was training. The campers start tomorrow. Our budget is non-existent. I am trying to come up with cheap craft ideas. I am going to ask the big boss if I can put up a "wish list" of things for the parents. Crayola has a lot of ideas on their website. I am going to try to use them. One of them uses cardboard boxes cut into flowers. You draw a flower, cut it out, and then peel the layers of cardboard of the petals, not the center. You then color the layers and stick in a green pipe cleaner. A great way to reuse an item. I have 3 other counselors with me. They are all young, 22, 18, and 17, but all are really nice. It should be a good summer.

Heidi: Guess we posted at the same time!! I am on the 2nd cup already!!

TTT: Good luck with the craft ideas! Did you try to google craft ideas?? You might find something there that can use recycled items. How about asking parents to bring recyclables for the kids to use??

One of the younger counselor's is going to be in charge of arts & crafts. I want to see what they come up with.

Gonna go out for a while. Be back later. Have a great day all.

Have a great day Tami!!
Going to do some ffuts around the house, be back later, TTFN all!!

I've got one section of the fence fixed. But it's too bloody hot and humid to work out there long.

Suzanne, that desert is a no bake, easy one. There are many variations, I am sending the lemon one. Thought I would put it here in case others might want to try also. Not sure if the Aussies have sugar free Jello, graham cracker pie crusts, or cool whip, though. I think we talked about this before.

This makes 8 servings. It will keep for 4 days for us to enjoy.

You need one box of 4 serving sugar free lemon Jello. 2 small (6 oz or there about) containers of low fat lemon chiffon yogurt, One reduced fat graham pie crust, and 1/2 container of fat free whipped topping, Cool whip or generic.

Heat 1/4 cup of water to boiling in a one quart or larger microwave safe bowl. Stir in the box of Jello. Stir and stir till it is all dissolved. If it will not dissolve, put back in microwave for 30 seconds or so. Repeat if necessary to get it all dissolved.

Add the 2 containers of yogurt, and blend well, a whisk is good for this. Blend in the cool whip, Pour into the pie crust and refrigerate for 2 hours or more, till firm.

This was a weight watchers recipe that was handed down to me. Al loves it. You can make any flavor you can find Jello and Yogurt in same flavor. Lemon is my favorite, lemon/lime is what I make when I have lemon yogurt and lime jello hehe. Lime is good when I can find low fat or fat free, sugar free, Key Lime yogurt. (I have to watch the sugar, Al has to watch the fat)

I have a BIL who has made strawberry, Mixed berry, peach and I am not sure what else. You can garnish those with fruit if you like, he said they were yummy.

The h3ll with IH. It's nap time!

Tami, have you seen the caterpillars that are made from egg cartons? the egg cups are the segments of the bug, you add eyes and feelers on the head.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/eggcarton/caterpillar.shtml

or http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/butterfly/

I liked the butterfly window hanging/sun catcher made of shaved bits of old,broken crayons, wax paper and an iron. My kids loved doing the wax paper and crayon crafts way back when. they used the iron at a young age, with supervision. the rule was, put the non dominant hand behind their back and keep it there while ironing. Never had anyone get burned!

Tami, found another site for making crafts from recyclable materials. I have not checked these out, gotta run now, but some of these might be useful.

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/craftsbyproduct/a/trashcrafts.htm

Hi there everyone.
I think I had 2-3 pages to catch up on and now can't remember much about what I was going to say.So,hope the ones who weren't well are much better.
Suzanne..you will miss Doc,hope he stays safe.
It was nice to see Cat posting.
Hello MizT,Heidi,Tami and June(who would be in bed now).
BIL has to catch the train to Brisbane at 5.15am so I am up early to drop him there on my way to work.Saves Greg having to,and I can have a few extra cuppas before starting work at 6am.

Sorry to have missed everyone.Catch you another day.

Hi all, Just got back from dropping hubby off at the airport. He is off to Dublin until at least Wednesday maybe longer.

missed you by () Nola, have a sfe trip to drop BIL off and have a good day at work.

Morning all!

Nice to see you here Cathi!

My internet connection is acting up again. Don't know if this will post...

Nola, you are the only one I know who gets up as early as I do, and today you beat me by a mile!

Good morning All.
Yes I was in bed asleep at 3.23am Nola.
Suzanne, a very Happy Anniversary to the witch and the fool. Thoughts for your friend the Doc.
Hi Brenda, I would enjoy going to Dublin at the moment. An interesting place to visit.
I often get up early Suzy, do the puzzles, but then I go back to bed!

Good morning to my down under friends.
MizTricia, I will check out those sites you posted.
I went shopping again today and am much happier. Yesterday I bought 2 pairs of shorts and spent $38. Today I went to Sawgrass Mills Mall. I bought 3 pairs of shorts and spent $22. I returned the shorts I bought yesterday. Saved $16 and got an extra pair of shorts.