[quote user="ladyjane"] I know you mentioned a Best Buy purchase.  If they are big television or movie watchers, you might make a couple specialty popcorn mixes in jars, pick up some inexpensive plastic bowls, a 2 liter soda, and drop in a cheap DVD or small Blockbuster giftcard. Whatever you decide, remember a wish list is not an ...

I am an avid reader, crochet and/or cross-stitch frequently, and have been in Taekwon-Do for 23 years... somehow people have trouble reconciling the last two; most people seem to think they don't go together for some reason.

Check your local freecycle for craft supplies - I've gotten a fair amount of yarn, floss, aida cloth and patterns from people who wanted to learn to knit, crochet, or cross-stitch, and then, years later, gave it up.  Estate sales are also good for craft supplies, as well as tools and sometimes wood.

Turkey carcass soup... mmmm!!!!  I also use leftover turkey for anything that calls for cooked chicken - sandwiches, casseroles, etc.  Here's an easy recipe that's been a favorite for years: Chop about 1 lb turkey into bite-size cubes; mix in any left-over vegetables (corn, peas, squash, potatoes, etc.) and gravy (if you ...

Last weekend, I saw pre-chopped raw squash, at both King Sooper's and Costco, labeled as a time- and cost-saver (no more paying for rind and seeds you won't use! it said on the label).  Granted, it takes a few minutes to cut a squash in half and seed it, and you do pay for the rind and seeds - but the cost was nearly triple the per ...

I made a large pot of spaghetti sauce yesterday; some is going into spaghetti pie as soon as the spaghetti finishes cooking, and the rest will be split into containers for freezing.

The mind boggles.  I cannot imagine turning down a job - especially multiple jobs - because something better might come along, much less turning down a job after struggling for years because there was no guarantee of severance pay... it seems to me that the risk of no job is higher than the risk of no severance.  I sort of understand the ...

As a teacher, I would like to point out that teachers are not parents.  The amount of child-rearing expected of teachers today is insane; the biggest issue that the administrators at my school deal with is the parents calling on Monday morning about what the neighbor child did to their darling baby over the weekend, asking what the school is ...

[quote user="littlepitcher"]  @Karenteacher--have you forgotten? I've been single for 23 years.  Far too many women have told me that they're scared to shoot, or have been kicked by a gun, hence my statement.  I apologize if you're offended--more women than men are victimized by violent crime, and we need ...

[quote user="gayla50"] Thanks Karen I will read all of this, but I have to agree with Edey ..  [/quote]  So do I - if you read my previous post in this thread, you'll see that I have a gun in my home that has never been registered, as I inherited it from my grandfather.  I find legislation of this nature does ...