Thanks!

The apple are all peeled, sliced and on the wood stove simmering! I looked for a recipe and it said to add the sugar and cinn after you cook the apples down? I would think you would put it in while it simmered but the all said no. :confused:

I will let you know how I made out! :D

Good morning everyone. Let's see if I can get everyone in here. lol Thank you for the kind words. I haven't decided how to pay it forward yet but will. Thinking, thinking.

Debbie D, I am so sorry your family is in turmoil. :hug:

Sarah, allow yourself to grieve. It's a natural process and one all of us have to go through. It will get easier as time goes by but you'll never stop missing her. :hug: Rest and take care of you OK? How much gaba were you taking before you dropped to one a day? It could be playing a small part because you must ween slowly off that med. :hug:

DM, I am praying for your friend and hope seeing her today perks her up. :hug:

Char, I thought about you when I saw that snow! WOW is all I can say. Glad it didn't hit you. Don't you hate when one class ends and another starts up? Gosh, I remember those days. I am itching to get back into school and looking up online classes. :hug: How are you feeling lately?

About the apple sauce. I've never made it but when I use cinnamon I use the kind with sugar added. :confused:

Tara, good luck on your appointment! Let us know how it goes. I am in the mood for a trip. Cindy lit a fire. Now, if only I can find the money to do it. lol We almost hit the road to see Obama in MO but changed our minds. I so want to see him before the election.

Trish, hiya! I hope the weather cools down for you too. That must be hard dealing with high temps most of the year. :hug:

Frank, I don't know what to do with you. Tell Deb to tie you down and make you listen. lol

Kelly, how's the weather by you? You haven't ate all your candy yet have you? Jim and I might. lol I need the 31st to get here fast!

Kay, did it stop raining yet? :eek:


MY UPDATE:
I finished the main walls in the basement and plan to hit the side walls in a different color today. I will be glad when I am done. I only realized yesterday that painting the basement is like painting the whole house. Doh!

To everyone I missed I hope your day is wonderful and cool. :grouphug:

I'm workin' on it!! I'll eat one, then go back 5 minutes later and get another one....then another one and so on and so on. I should just get the kind I don't like but I've never been able to do that!! :rolleyes: Wait.....I don't think there is a kind I don't like!!! :eek:

Frank, with all this energy you have and all the cooking you do I think you should be the next "Food Network Star"!! :cool:

Now, to think up a name for your show..........:Ponder:

hey Kell - I have the same choc-o-addiction ... already ate all my milk duds and finishing off the mini-Kit-Kats ... started on the choco-stars (for my peanut butter cookies) .. there is never an end ... LOL

Okay - here's my update .. may be a bit deep ... but I need your help! :Red eyes:

financially, I'm struggling ... if I told you ... you'd be shocked ... and how I've made it has been a miracle! ...

about the quilt corp ...

I want to move back up north (long boring story) :holysheep: .. possibly this spring ... and I was 'wondering' .. this is the clincher:: how do I establish credit for the corp?? can I buy a house?? can I get a loan (to remodel a house for a studio and office??)

thanks - inquiry minds would like to know! :Thanx:

Vonn, I would think you'd need established income to buy a house these days. If you don't have a consistant income it may be hard to get a loan for anything. :hug:

thanks, Sandy ... I figured ... I'll make it ... :rolleyes: I'm running out of rope ... and the knot has been pretty worn!

:hug: Vonn :hug: I don't have any good answers for you....:(

The past two years have been very rough for me, too. I haven't used credit in over a year....I have my debit card and one credit card for emergencies but that's it. I use cash only. I know my credit has suffered since I've not been able to work and I don't know how (or if) people on a fixed income (SSDI) can even get a loan.

I told my son just the other day that at least I didn't have to worry about becoming unemployed! Can't fire me from being disabled!!

Maybe we should all start a big lottery pool here and buy up hundreds of tickets when it gets to be several million dollars! We'd have to get someone up north to buy the tickets 'cos it always seems like it's somebody in Michigan or Illinois or Minnesota that wins the big jackpots!

I can tell you that if I ever won that much money I'd be helping all my NT friends out....alot!

thanks, Kell ... I didn't want to get anyone down ... no matter how bad it gets, I just have to remember that I'm better now than I was in the last 8 years ...

some situations changed on me yesterday - and now I have to 'punt' and work at changing the game ... again! LOL

good morning ... opps ... i should say good afternoon everyone ...:Wave-Hello:

frank has been up since ... well i don't know since this "chainsaw" was asleep until that chainsaw actually started sawing in the house ... around 9 am ... ugh!!! nasty way to wake up ...:yikes: then our oldest comes over and proceeds to waltz into the room :icon_eek: thank god i had the blanket over me or the child would have gotten an eye full :yikes: something about my child seeing me in the buff ... just not right ... especially when you take into consideration that gravity has definitely NOT done me any favors ... anyway ... that was the start of my day ... no good morning honey ... no hot cup of coffee to wake up with ... nada ... just a lousy saw and a childs bugged out eyes ...

next we proceed to get dressed quickly and then nuke a cup of coffee in the microwave ... better than nothing and i need it NOW ... meanwhile frank and son tear up the bedroom getting to one of the walls that we are paneling ... so now i get the lovely morning sounds of saws, hammers, and loud words i will not repeat ... so i go and hide in the bathroom http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u..._computer1.gif... armed with paint and a roller ... figure i can paint the walls while i avoid the now heated temper of my darling husband :ranting:... seems his father cemented every addition he did to the house cause nothing budges easily ... so still hiding in the bathroom and am now giggling:icon_lol:... meanwhile darling son with his size 15 shoes can't seem to walk through the house without knocking something over or tripping:thud:... all in all ... quite a comedy act to listen to as i am not stupid and i stayed in the bathroom :Doh:

at the moment husband has gone to store for basic groceries and son has returned to his home ... so i can come out and play ... http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...mileyputer.gif

i hope everyone is having a great day so far and :hug: to everyone wither you need one or not