Housework support group!!???!!

Cathi sending warm thoughts for you and your daughter

(((((HUGS)))))

Lori

Hi Ladies, I'm on break from cleaning the blindes, do you know just how many blinds go across a patio door? OMG I will never be done, and after that I am going to shampoo the carpet...in case you're wondering, I have surgery this coming Tuesday and I am petrified the MIL will come over! LOL......it's gotta be clean, course she has a housekeeper........

As for Dumplings, all I do is put a pan of water on, throw some chicken legs in it or whichever piece you prefer, throw some onion, salt and pepper and let the chicken cook till it's falling off the bones...........TAKE THE BONES OUT!  After that I throw in a stick of butter, and I use 4 cans of Pillsbury biscuits.....I take them and pull them apart and tear them up into smaller rolls of doughl..let that cook for awhile and the flour from the biscuits thickens the water and VOILA dumplings!

Hugs

Deb

Cathi, I am such a tool and sorry I didn't mention your problem........gentle hugs to you. 

Carpets?  What are those?

Deb - you are entirely correct about the carpet.  God forbid one of them coughs up a hairball on any surface easy to clean.  We have a Spot-Bot on every floor!

Arnie, least your dog growls, try running the vacuum with a 150lb and 109lb german shepherd viciously biting at it..........they hate it!

kmccraw, When we bought this house 3.5 yrs ago I fell in love with it, I never thought I would hate having light light beige (almost off-white) carpeting in a couple of rooms...I swear these cats hold it in till they can get to one of those rooms!

I have missed a LOT by going to work....barking dogs, cats, cats, cats, watermelon, housework(yeah right!), chocolate bars the size of Barbe's ass(why'd he buy you the SMALL chocolate bar?? Next time tell him to get you the king size one!!), prayers, and dumplings. 

I can give you my recipe for dumplings.. it's easy as ... pie.  Boil your chicken and season it as you were making, um, chicken soup (salt n pepa, poultry seasoning), take out the chicken and cut it up(remove the bones if there are any), get the broth to a rolling boil, use 3 cans of refrigerated biscuit dough...just the plain old store brand ones that come in the skinny tube...you open the tubes and tear each biscuit into 3 pcs and drop into the boiling broth until all the dough is in the broth. Make sure you use a LARGE soup pot so it doesn't boil over!!  It's ok to push the  dough balls down into the broth as you go along so they don't all pile up on top of themselves. When they are all in, put the lid on, turn it down so it won't boil over, simmer 5 mins....then add about 1 cup of milk (don't measure, just pour some in.. like.. glug glug). put the lid on and continue simmering 10 or 15 mins. Add the chicken meat back and serve. YUMMY!!

Stacy 

Barbe - dogs drool, cats rule.

Deb - the changes my residences have gone through are incredible.  For a while I had a bunny who chewed on every piece of wood in the house EXCEPT the kind I bought and put in his cage!  All the baseboards and all the trim around the doors for as high up as he could reach.  He had a particular liking for carpeting and when he got pissed - it was literal!

uh I use 4 cans of biscuits..but only cuz the hubby likes to reheat and reheat and reheat...and I've used breasts before, but found out the legs or some other fatty piece of meat flavors it better....if there are only two of you, I would use like 2 chicken legs and two cans of biscuits...Barbe, I boil the chicken till it's like falling off the bones....only way I know to tell you! LOL

kmccraw...ha! got you beat, after we moved in here, my dog who I had had for like 8 yrs passed away, so the other dog was just miserable, Yes I did it!  Went and got another puppy...this dog has chewed carpet, we have formica windowsills, he actually chewed the one up in the living room window, he has a penchant for throw rugs, loves to chew on those (to this day!), he's chewed shoes, you  name it..he's lucky I am a patient person! LOL

Raw cookie dough takes me back to childhood.  Loved the dough......not so keen on the childhood

Now I know this is good for me!

Ok I did the blinds, and shamppoed the carpet...now gottta clean up the mess from cleaning........how many do I get to bank on doing that?

OMG I think I found muscles in my back I forgot I had.........

for a whole chicken i use 3 pks of rolls just cuz we like a LOT of dumplings.. hehe. If you use the boneless/skinless breasts.....it's just not as tasty..but it can be done with some creative seasoning. I'd suggest boiling onion, celery and carrots in that broth...and then skimming it out because you don't  want the veggies in this soup.  For a smaller soup pot..you can use fewer pks of rolls... since they're about 25 cents a pack i usually buy the 4 pack and use as many as i need, save the rest for breakfast on sunday....with SAUSAGE GRAVY!!  THis is an easy recipe too.. if anyone wants it....just ask.

Stacy

PS.. I know this isn't an exercise thread....but.... I walked my dog for 30 minutes...while my mommy cleaned my house some MORE!!  DAMN she's happy!!!