Welcome over here at the KT! I *know* you from the Computer help forum...and you've helped me on a few occasions! (thanks). I think you're going to really like it here!!

Thanks so much for the Introduction RavenCajun.
Many of us know you from the Comp Help, but it's always nice knowing *more* about you!

Love, Love, your dear departed Great Dane. I hope you took lots of pictures..... the extremes in the sizes of the 2 dogs is just too cute and funny for words!!! I'd be putting that in the local paper!

I sincerely hope you get the health issues sorted out. Not fun for you at all. You seem to work tirelessly at the Comp forum, I didn't realize your health was not 100%.

I travelled to Louisianna many years ago. The cajun flavours, the gumbo, muffaletta, crab, wow, I loved it all. Looking forward to more of your recipes!

So glad to wheeled over here.......very glad to have you!

Welcome and happy you decided to introduce yourself...

I also meant to mention that my sweetie spent 11 years of years in Houston. He loves the tex-mex style of cooking and I'm trying to incorporate more of it in my cooking.

You mentioned in an earlier post that you make your own seasoning. I do as well with cumin, chili powder, cayenne, paprika, mustard, etc. It definitely has a southwestern flavour.
I'd love to see your recipe as well.

You have saved my computer life more times than I can count; it's odd, but I thought you were male for the longest time......as though a woman wouldn't be that knowledgable for some antiquated reason. Anyway, it is nice to see you posting here.

Phyllis

Welcome! May I ask where in So. La.?? I'm in Prairieville.

Greetings ravin cajun ... and welcome,

There isn't a lot of protocol around here ...

... more like "gossip", really.

You'll note from many threads that when someone asks for some advice, suggestions, or whatever, there are usually a wide variety of useful ones forthcoming.

Caring and prayers for illnesses, grieving, various troubles, etc., as well.

Many on here have become great friends ... and quite a number have met others, individually or in groups, from time to time.

I've met a dozen or so, in half a dozen widely separated locations at various times, without any ringers - yet. When one of the folks asked me in a private email for some suggestions ... it turned out that we'd been attending the same church: when I asked the minister at coffee hour whether she was there, that week ... it turned out that she was sitting in a chair within three feet of me ... so we had to explain to the minister what was going on, and I think that, mixed with her surprise, was some amusement! (Ask Iva Mae for her version).

I expect that you'll enjoy it here ... and thanks for your suggestions of the wisdom of paying things forward: would that more in our world would follow that advice.

ole joyful (who frequently messes with inmates' names)

welcome ravencajun! nice doggie pics & beautiful dane too...sorry you lost him.

genetics is one of my fav biology areas! my DH and i met thru grdenweb's Garden Party 14 yrs ago because of a discussion there on the genetics of bio-luminosity in fireflies :-) i had just finished teaching a course in genetics and he got the correct answer typed in faster than i LOL.

you will like it here...welcome ~ liz

Thanks!! I am happy to help!

Jasdip, the health issues have been really increasing rapidly the past year, but I still try to do as much as I can on the forums. The days I think my pain may influence my attitude I stay away LOL
Hopefully all the tests and scans I am going through will provide some answers.
Thanks for the thoughts. I am enjoying it here too.

As to the size of the dogs my vet still laughs every time I walk through the door!

my family is in the South Central area off of I-10 around Jennings + Lake Charles + Lafayette.

Thanks everyone!
I have been on a few chat rooms and forums some years ago where we did meet ups was always so much fun. Some long time friends from those times have developed.

It's nice to meet you Ravencajun. I enjoy your recipes on the "I'll Share My Recipes" daily post. Hope you enjoy the KT as much as I do. Stick around and play with us. We have a great time most of the time.

Welcome to the KT anytime you want to join in. Your name is also very well known to me from the computer help forum. I'm glad you and the others are so willing to help people like me.

I wish you the best in the health arena.

Shirley/Ohio

Phyllis......you too?!
Heck I thought Raven was a guy right up until she posted about the bra last week!! LOLOL

I guess DH and cooking don't enter much into the computer lingo, so I had no idea.

Yes, RC, be prepared to get lots of little nicknames from OJ
He likes calling me Dippy! LOL

Welcome Raven! It's nice to have you here...stick around and share some of that computer help with us!! Love your doggies!!

Hi raven. I wanted to tell you I loved your wisteria on the "T" photo thread.

Welcome to the table.

Thank you Raven. I know you from the help forum also, but didn't really know you until this post. I am very sorry to you have such serious health issues. I try to see the positive side in bad situations and in yours I see your health issues allow you to keep busy, mentally stimulated and helping others in spite of your handy caps. My situation is not as serious as yours, but I still think positive, the pains I have are not so bad that I have to take pain pills. Regarding my neurological problems....umm, well lets just say I am still here and only walk sideways occasionally. LOL

You have helped me out a lot and my DH has been a diabetic for years so I might have some tips etc. He also has heart problem--and cancer which is all related. Don't be afraid to ask questions or email me. Welcome
Marie--from ND

Welcome !!!

Welcome! Don't worry about any "protocol" around here. It's just our way of being nosey and learning about the new people. So we just ask them to introduce themselves! I wish you luck with the health issues. Another diebetic here, with arthritis. I'm 51 and live in, right now, a very chilly north central Ohio. They are predicting our first snow flakes for the end of the week.

Tami

Welcome! There are a few of us in your area, we should plan a get together.

Welcome. Loved the pic of the dogs together! The gentle giant with the itty bitty. So cute.

Welcome to the KT! You've helped me out a couple times on the computer forum too!!

Your furbabies look so sweet. Sorry you lost the Great Dane. It's always tough to lose our pets. I think most of us here have experienced that unfortunately.

Hope you get the diabetes under control. Getting older isn't an easy thing, is it?

Hi from an "acquaintance" from CompHelp. I had noticed that you weren't there as much lately. Glad you came here to relax and take the pressure off.

I remember being in Lake Charles when I was real young. My Uncle married a Cajun lady and my family visited there. I remember peacocks in the yard, which I thought was fantastic!

You are a mighty busy woman in spite of your problems. We just have to keep on keeping on though, don't we?

Thanks for joining in.

Sue

Welcome to the KT - there's no need to apologize, we're just happy to get to know you. I hope you feel free to post often. That's a beautiful photo of your dogs and I'm sorry your Dane is no longer with you. Hope to see you here often.

Maire

Welcome Raven,

You can find the on-going thread at the KT gathering place, on the kitchen table page.
Thanks for all your recipes, I have many saved there.

Here is a link that might be useful: Getting to know each other

From one cajun to another...welcome and hope your health issues will soon be better...I am in Sulphur , right out of Lake Charles...Mary

Welcome from Southern Oregon (and another diabetic with health issues, and yes, we do keep on going!). I hope you will find lots of laughs and friends here. Nanny

Welcome to the KT

Welcome Raven: I too thought you were a guy until this posting, but at least I have the excuse of being the blitz of the bunch (and I think one of the youngest ones). I must have missed the posting about your bra and I don't cook so i try to keep my nose out of the recipes/kitchen. I do bake fruit breads tho.

DH bought me this computer in March '10 and it is my very first one, so I'm still trying to learn how to do anything on it, besides play Solitary. It came with a Canon that is a printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine. We had to get a phone line to get internet SVCS and the phone co added in fax SVCS, but I don't even know if it works.

My older DSIL was raised just south of Shreaveport (sp), LA. Our family calls her "our raging cajun" so I did a double take when I saw you name the first time.

Oh well, welcome to KT and I will add your health issues to the prayer list. l.marie

Welcome! You've helped me on the computer forum too...and I do appreciate it. I love south Louisiana. My husband was a shrimper for 45 years and then went to school and got his tow boat captain's license, so has worked in Cajun country off and on for years. The first year we were married (1966) we shrimped out of Delcambre and almost bought a home there. If I didn't live here, that is the area I would love to be in, especially around Lafayette.

Hello Hello!

Welcome to the table from 'down under'.

I was just about to start a new thread about a laptop problem .... or more probably an operator problem!

Welcome, Raven!

Welcome Raven. I am glad you introduced yourself. It is always great fun to have a new one at the table. Sorry about all of your health issues and hope you get to feeling better really soon. I too love your doggy pictures. I have a little red Pomeranian named Izzi, she is a diva.

Sue in Indiana

Welcome, you have quite a following already..Glad you decided to pull up a chair and join us..

June

It's great to see you here at the KT, and I hope you will be a regular. Like so many others, you have helped me tremendously with your advice at the Computer Forum. So I already thought of you as a friend...now you can be one of my KT sisters. Welcome!

I'm another one you helped on the Computer Forum. Glad to see you here!

Thanks for introducing yourself, raven!

I have been a 'member' for a long time and was actively posting for a long time, then lurked for a long time and am now back posting again.

I will be watching to see what all ya gotta say and maybe put in my two-cents worth once in awhile...

WELCOME to the KT!

nola anne

Glad to see you here. You are a very valuable person! Thanks for the help, and nice to meet you.

Welcome to the wonderful KT Raven!
Glad to have you

wow what an awesome welcome from so many of you!

To those that know me from the Computer Help forum "HI" and a wave! I am always checking in there so anyone that does need help head over there we have a very good helpful group.

I really appreciate all the well wishes for my health, tomorrow I go back to the specialist to find out the results from the 20 vials of blood they took and the many scans and xrays so I am praying for some type of diagnosis or at least a clue to guide us. Thanks so much, I do believe in prayer and positive thinking so I know all y'alls will help!

It really is amazing how many people think I am a male, I get it a lot LOL, but nope I am definitely female. I guess that is my tomboy coming out, I was a Daddy's girl and the youngest of 3 girls.

I have been enjoying my time here and hope to hang around for a while.

Hi raven,

The other day in emerg. when the nurse gave me a shot of blood-thinner and told me that if I cut myself that evening I'd bleed more than usual, I didn't have an answer for her ...

... but thought later that I should have told heer that I'd given blood for years (sold it when in univ.), so if it was less than a pint, I wouldn't get too upset.

ole joyful