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Hope you all have an enjoyable Holiday weekend with your families

15 years ago

Sending out wishes for some quality family time to everyone this weekend. Put those much discussed kitchen appliances to work!

Elyse...:-)

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rhome410
15 years ago
Thank you, Elyse...The same to you! I hope your boys will be making more sandwiches for (with) you. ;-)
elizpiz
15 years ago
Elyse - a lovely post :-) It's been a beautiful sunny day here and so far we've celebrated Passover with friends and are looking forwrad to Easter with family on Sunday. Happy weekend, all, and happy spring!

Eliz
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I'm going to make a new dessert. I'm just winging it so there is no recipe, but it's basically a trifle. It sounds good on paper--but the verdict isn't in. :-0 1 Sara Lee pound cake, cubed (I won't use the whole thing) 1 quart strawberries Sugar (somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 cup) 1-2 pkgs. Jello cheesecake pudding mix Cool Whip Clean and halve (or quarter if they're big) strawberries and sprinkle with sugar. Set aside to macerate. Make pudding and chill. Cube cake in bite-sized pieces. Put one layer of cake in the bottom of a round glass bowl (or whatever you have). Top with 1/2 the berries along with 1/2 the juice. Spread a layer of pudding on top and then a layer of Cool Whip. Repeat and chill.
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15 years ago
Happy weekend to all. I hope that everyone in TN and north AL and the GA areas are safe and sound. It has been a day of huge wind gusts here but no major damages. I will be thinking of you all and hope too that the kitchens get a good workout. c
twoscoops
15 years ago
Hope all of our homes and kitchens are full of what truly matters~family,friends,food and laughter. Don't forget to add the love!
Jeannie
lesmis
15 years ago
Thank you and I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend as well. We still don't have a kitchen, have no idea what we'll be eating, but we told our daughter at college to bring home her friend who is from the UK. We told her that our house is a wreck, we have no food, but at least she will be with "a" family and that the Easter Bunny will make a visit regardless of the mess!

Enjoy your finished kitchens, and for those of you without, enjoy thinking about the next holiday that you'll be cooking up a storm in your new kitchen!

Kat :)
remodelfla
Original Author
15 years ago
Yanno... if you eat your chocolate standing up... the calories don't count! Happy weekend all!
rnest44
15 years ago
Well those calories may not count, but they still seem to show on me! Thank you for the holiday thoughts.
faleash
15 years ago
All of you too! I made Passover seder for 34 people Wednesday night and really had to laugh as my coil burners could only turn hot and red on parts and all the numbers on the control knobs are worn off. My oven is so tiny it's a dance to take turns with items going in and out. My friend calls it the "Easybake" oven! My MW is needed for more cooking space but you have to open, shut and restart from time to time to stop it from making a screaming sound. My counter space is tight and food is aplenty, so the top of the fridge becomes extra counter space. I'd been trying to keep myself reasonable with new kitchen plans, looking at the kitchen that I've used for more than 17 years that is fitted with, of course, honey oak cabs that look new (but the set up and center stiles on all are a pain) and white formica counters that amazingly have not a mark on them. I've found myself saying "Is it really necessary to do all this??" So, with my new appliances sitting in my garage and plans being finalized, I can just smile and tell myself... Yep, necessary it is! Happy days to all...
Buehl
15 years ago
To the Christians out there (and anyone else interested):

He is Risen!

I also hope everyone has a joyful Easter!

+++++ KIA +++++

I took the plunge and we dared to color eggs w/no papers to protect the counter surface...our granite survived purple, blue, and red drips and drabs unscathed! I never could have done that in my old kitchen!
plllog
15 years ago
Thank-you, Elyse, and to you and your family as well! What a nice thought.

Faleash, Okay, you win! LOL! You've had a worse old kitchen and a bigger Seder than I. Watch me counting my blessings here.
erikanh
15 years ago
Happy Easter, everyone!

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