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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2012

    I can actually eat....except steak and meat products.....

    I can just see RPOC's face if i'm blending a piece of turkey    Surprised

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2012

    GN♥

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  • ptdreamers
    ptdreamers Member Posts: 1,080
    edited November 2012

    Had jaw surgery several years ago. Went to a restaurant and asked them to blend a dish on their menu. They were horrified but did it.

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited November 2012

    Thanksgiving Day the Senior Center is co-operating with the Lions Club and a local restaurant to serve a community dinner. When the Center started doing the dinner 17 years we did it all our selves but it grew to the point about 12 years ago that we had to have help so the Lions pitched in.  30 people the first year.  Now we don't even have room for it in our building.  We can handle 200 but this year should be 250 to 300.  My job this year is to make the gravy.  I do have my helper to spell me on the stirring and to do the lifting.  We also have to do the jello salads, both green and red.  I found another Center volunteer to do the green and and we will do the red. 

    In a retirement community there are always a lot of singles and couples with no families to share holidays with.

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  • chrisct
    chrisct Member Posts: 2,662
    edited November 2012

    That is so awesome that you do that, Chabba.  I'm going to barely be able to handle making turkey dinner for my family of 4 and my parents. 

    40 people at your brother's house?! Yikes!  Are they having it catered or are they really good cooks who can cook large quantities of food?

    Yuck - blended food.  I'll stick with Ensure if I can't chew.  I don't know how you did it, PT. 

    Aww Sheila - they couldn't get it done before the holiday for you?  Crummy timing.

    Hope you can get some DQ soon, Sandy!  Glad you were able to go to dinner - even if you did eat too much.  It's hard to eat out without eating too much.

    Well, I didn't exercise - surprise!   I'm going to really try tomorrow. 

    (((((((TOL))))))))

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited November 2012

    chris, couldnt even begin to do it without my helper.

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  • Valjean
    Valjean Member Posts: 1,898
    edited November 2012

    Sandy, what do you do for your milkshakes? I haven't made one in years, was doing smoothies until I realized one almost every day was putting the lb's on me! When my girls were young, I used to mix good ole Nestle Quik (why don't they call it that anymore??!!) in milk, blend it & added vanilla ice cream. Yummmmy!!

    Hi everyone!

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  • Makratz
    Makratz Member Posts: 12,678
    edited November 2012

    I agree!  That's awesome Chabba!!!

    LOL, PT.  Sheila should try that!

    My brothers house is HUGE so he can handle the people easily.  We all bring something.  This year I am bringing 10 pounds of roasted potatos and two pumpkin pies.  They actually do very little and we all bring things.  It works out well.  I would just hate to clean up after!!!

    Val, they call it NESQUIK now!  I am looking at a container of it.  My sons loves it!

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited November 2012

    I am dreading planning anything more after this coming weekend.  We will probably have a small dinner which will seem lonely after all of the hubub surrounding the wedding.

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  • Makratz
    Makratz Member Posts: 12,678
    edited November 2012

    Hopefully you will enjoy the down time and talk about all the memories you just made!

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2012

    chabba...what a good thing you are doing to help...♥

    Big hugs....to young mothers......mothers....grandparents....MOB'...MOG's..all my friends....Kiss

    I'm a lucky person to have you all.....♥

    OK....mildly chilly and raining........I still have my bottom tooth........Cool

    DD requested some NY food....so I'm gonna go out and do little shopping and mail the package tomorrow..........Just finding myself...which is a good thing not to be lost...

    ♥

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2012

    ducky...please report to the post...Are you OK...hugs♥

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  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 5,712
    edited November 2012

    Chabba, been trying for years to volunteer to do it, they have all the volunteers they need...

    ducky what shiela said...

    shiela what kind of ny food?

    chris....vanilla ic, choc ic, hershey syrup and milk, stir it, that is what Jamie (daughter did) don't need a blender, love it. exercise, yuk!!!

    linda, 40 people, omg...overload, and bet most are kids..

    Sandy

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited November 2012

    Mac - the easiest T Day I ever did at home was for 35 people.  I cooked the turkey, stuffung and gravy, and directed traffic.  Everything else was taken care of by DH, BIL (who lived with us and took care of the patatoes) and the guests.  They even cleaned up and left everything spotless.

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  • chrisct
    chrisct Member Posts: 2,662
    edited November 2012

    Turkey for 35 people- how much turkey was that?  I don't even know how much to get for 6 people.  And gravy - forget it.  I can't make gravy.  I'm incompetent in the kitchen (and everywhere else, apparently...lol)

    Everything in my life is broken.  DH had a cold shower this morning - oil co man has to come back again - but first I had to pick up FIL and MIL from the ER and bring them home (MIL had ambulance come for FIL - turned out his blood sugar was 37!).  On my way to get them, the engine light came on in the car.  So have to take that to have that fixed.  But before I could call the oil man, I had to drop off the other car to have a tire looked at.  I don't know - is it better to have everything break at once and get it over with?  Maybe everything will then be fixed so I won't have these problems if anyone calls to hire me.  that would be nice... (then I could have money to pay for all the things I have to have fixed!)

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  • Makratz
    Makratz Member Posts: 12,678
    edited November 2012

    Wow Chubba, that's impressive!!!  If I like my SIL I would offer to clean up!  OK, I'm going to hell now....again.

    Hang in there Chris!!

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  • chrisct
    chrisct Member Posts: 2,662
    edited November 2012

    Ha ha - typo - She's Chabba...I'M Chubba....lol     must....stop....eating....

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2012

    chris.....hahahahahahahhaha...that makes 2 of us.............

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2012

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited November 2012

    Mac--the only two guests that T Day that stayed on the sofa except to eat were my SIL and MIL.  And I didn't even get any pie that year because I was too full to have a piece at the table and as soon as dinner was over SIL, who had brought the pies, packed them up and went home!  The other women helped put food away and then went to sit down while the men and teenage boys did all the clean up.  It was wonderful---well except SIL but that was typical.

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  • Makratz
    Makratz Member Posts: 12,678
    edited November 2012

    HAHAHA!!! Sorry chAbba!!!!  WOW!!  She took the pies back home?????  Sounds llike something my SIL would do.  Maybe we're related???   ;)

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  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 5,712
    edited November 2012

    She took the pies home, wth.......

    chris....wow, you need a vacation too!!

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2012

    Do they know about Linda's tank???????

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  • Makratz
    Makratz Member Posts: 12,678
    edited November 2012

    Send 'em all over!

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2012

    JOAN....Are you OK?

    Ducky...Where are you?

    We also had a member here JUDY...I didn't see her for a long time......does anyone know how she is....She had some numbers next to her name   not sure...i think it was 1967

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  • raincitygirl
    raincitygirl Member Posts: 3,143
    edited November 2012

    Chris - what a week you've had.  So many hassles - that is one good reason that you haven't got a job yet!

    My DIL must be related to the SIL's on this board :)

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  • Makratz
    Makratz Member Posts: 12,678
    edited November 2012

    OMG Diane!  I think you're right!

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  • raincitygirl
    raincitygirl Member Posts: 3,143
    edited November 2012

    I forgot - I make terrible gravy for some reason but I became successful when I started using Williams Sonoma gravy base (in a jar).  It's darn good for cheating gravy.

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  • Makratz
    Makratz Member Posts: 12,678
    edited November 2012

    Good to know!  I HATE making gravy.  I also don't like gravy.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2012

    We are on page 777

    i love gravy...i love everything

    Try avocado and crumbled Gorgonzola with olive oil and vinegar

    I only had MIL issues.....It's not nice to talk after dead but RPOC takes after her...selfish and now it all...

    Now i want Carvel.....I might be pregnantWink

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