Thanks to everyone for the recipes. I look forward to trying many more of them. Doucanoe, I made your alfredo chicken pizza and it was wonderful. Rusty, I made your hot chicken salad and it was great! I didn't take pictures but I wanted to let everyone know that both recipes that I tried are keepers!! I look forward to having more left over chicken soon. LOL Karen

It reached mid-60's on Christmas eve which broke a record, and it was approx. 63F on Christmas day here in metrowest Boston. Today was cooler but still extremely pleasant for late December, 50-ish with muted sunlight and zero wind. The sky was soft blue with a few white puffs of clouds and the neighborhood was mostly quiet. Beautiful! I am still transplanting stuff into the mixed privacy borders on both sides of the back yard. Have decided to push the envelope this "winter" and keep going until the ground has a good layer of frost, which hasn't even remotely happened yet. Just in case I am watering and mulching these plants abundantly. .Moved 2 8 foot tall Cornus racemosa today. When I originally planted these 5 years ago, they were little and cute, but now they are 8 feet tall and 5 feet wide and out grew their positions. Tomorrow, I'm going to cut down some Buckthorn that's still remains way in back (Rhamnus cathartica), and perhaps transplant some Bayberry (Myrica pennsylvanica) in its place.

Hi nannygoat, that's strange as I see you listed as a member from the first day! You can't see any of the discussions when you go here? Could you take a screen shot to show me what you see when you click the below link? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/list_group/615019-kt-book-club Did you verify your email address? You can tell by going to the top right and clicking "profile" and then "edit profile." It should say "settings" and click "account" and it will list your email address and say if it's verified or not. Don't worry, you haven't missed out yet :)

I took advantage of an offer of the $45 membership, with a free rotisserie chicken every month. I was curious if it would be to any advantage -- I had been in a couple of times for specific bulk items on a day pass. Now that I have been in at least monthly and taken the time to look at prices, I would say it is not worth it. Keep in mind that I have Kroger, Meijer, Giant Eagle (which I don't ever go to), Aldi, Trader Joe's, Marc's. Fresh Thyme, and Lucky all within a few miles to shop at, nearly all of which regularly offer sales on most of the same items. The produce at Sam's Club has never been a bargain -- I can get the same or likely, better prices at several stores, especially with sales. Same for meats, dairy and seafood. Most staple grocery items that I would buy I feel are also no bargain. Tea, for example, is more expensive there than at Marc's, and about the same as Kroger. Canned soup and peanut butter also. Likewise some cereals, if I compare sale prices at other stores. The very large quantity items such as rice, sugar, flour etc are not useful to me so I haven't really compared pricing on them. Now, the store stocks LOTS of what I consider junky food -- snacks and highly processed stuff, packaged in large quantities, at attractive prices. Things like granola bars, candy, cookies and so forth. I haven't shopped the goods section all that much. Found better prices on the TVs I was interested in at several other stores, which surprised me. I did buy some towels at a good price and nice quality. I bought a special package of LED bulbs which are all failing after a year of use. I just picked up a little lightweight hoodie, time will tell if it falls apart. I also got a down jacket last fall, but again, once I looked around, the price wasn't any better - the advantage was I didn't have to wait for a sale, the disadvantage was that if waited to price compare, the jacket would be sold out. Good prices I think on underclothes and sock, especially when they are offering "special savings". Some prices/packages of things like shampoo, body wash, detergent, supplements are at least competitive if not cheaper. Pharmacy and optometrist might make it worthwhile if you have the need. Oh, and I was VERY disappointed in the toilet tissue (Scott 1000 brand) that I bought there - much worse quality than the supposedly same item from the grocery, and no cheaper than that either. So, it all depends on whether the bulk packaging meets a need; and whether you have done your homework and know what comparable prices are for the items you are interested in.