Tampa area BCO sisters get togethers

pictures, regale us with snippets of the gathering?

Not the cake, could you send the quiche? Sooooooo good!

galsal - thanks for the shout out!

Here is the quiche, we have to thank the felonious Martha Stewart for the recipe:

http://www.marthastewart.com/315691/goat-cheese-quiche-with-hash-brown-crust

FLwarrior - here you go! I added a bit more powdered sugar to the filling/frosting because once I put the pumpkin in it seemed too runny. I was actually surprised how it firmed up with the addition of the Cool Whip. Definitely refrigerate it to keep it cold-ish and I would put the caramel and pecans on just before serving.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/luscious-four-layer-pumpkin-cake

You can use a long serrated knife to cut the layers in half, or use a long piece of dental floss. Here is a youtube video of how to do it with the floss:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZioq-PvSqU

OMG...I just followed the link and saw the pumpkin cake. Now I'm really sad I missed the party!

Glad I wasn't around you all. I was exposed to my coworker's Shingles. Told her I figured that's what she had. Finally convinced her to be seen, that she needed clearance to be around her Mother with lung cancer before going there this week. Nope, she can't go. Prayers I don't get it either since I was helping her check it out and put stuff on it to clear it up. She convinced herself it was bug bites. Not hardly. Washed hands and sanitized them lots and lots.

I enjoyed having everyone over! All of you are welcome anytime.

@SpecialK, I needed the pumpkin cake recipe so thanks! Again, I love my new punch bowl ladle! You're such a sweetheart:) Love the picture of Martha and her daughter.....she must be sooo proud of Mum.

GalSal......yikes! Is it too late for you to get the vaccine?

Here is the non-soy biotin we talked about the other day:

My sister developed shingles last year at this time! DH & I had flown cross country to join the big family Thanksgiving dinner hosted by her, and she cancelled it because her doctor told her it could be dangerous to the young children. We did a lot of online research to discover it isn't that easy to pass to someone else as long as it's kept covered and hands washed well. She turned out to have a mild case -- painful mostly a couple of days -- and it slowly cleared and hasn't come back (but could at any time, especially with high stress or low immunity). She and I had chickenpox at the same time, when she was 5 and I was 6. So, I'm thinking Yikes, after all my low immunity during treatment, we had the same pox!

Galsal, you are probably just fine, shingles-wise! Sorry all to miss the get-together. I am going to study that pumpkin cake recipe to think about making it, but know I can't live up to the culinary talent of Martha Stewart and SpecialK! I suppose the next meet-up will be in the new year.

Neither she nor I are of an age to take the vaccine. Hers showed from stress about her Mom no longer going to pursue any treatment for the lung cancer. That, and the second anniversary of her Father's death right at Thanksgiving.

Yes, she kept it covered and I was diligent as she about cleanliness dealing with it all.

Two years ago on Nov 18th was the first Mammogram that started the odyssey of BC for me. I'd never have thought that two years later surgeries still wouldn't be over yet. I'm thankful things weren't as worse as they could have been and that I'm here to meet you all.

MondaysChild - I like all the rooms in your house already - no need to redecorate, lol! Heck, I will sleep in your awesome kitchen! Maybe I need to start a private chef business???

I missed seeing everyone . and know I missed out on some awesome dishes.

Monday's child....who me? the founder? I only remember mentioning we should maybe do a Tampa area group since Florida (Florida people where are U?) covered such a huge area. That and I really did want us to get together more often than once a year! You have all been so wonderful and I treasure the friendship and the support.

Ladies, I'm still under the weather, and I know its because I overdo it at times. This flu going around is a nasty bug. Hope you can avoid it ! All this talk of the shingles too. Yikes, We really do have to take better care of ourselves.