If you celebrate, that would make a great Christmas card! (nm)
Posted By: NCMT on 2007-12-09
In Reply to: At least someone here is enjoying snow - desperado
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I celebrate Christmas because...sm
First and foremost Christmas should be about the birth of Jesus. It is very commercialized now though. I do celebrate it because Jesus was born, but I also take part in the commercialism too. I too enjoy the tree and lights, music, food, decorations. I guess you could say in way I celebrate it for all those reasons. But I do realize the most important reason for X-mas.
Wal-Mart WILL celebrate Christmas...
Look it up on CNN.com. Made the decision today. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!!!
Did that report say how many people celebrate Christmas...
for religious reasons as opposed to it being just a secular holiday for them?
I dont think people who celebrate Christmas should have
to work so you can buy groceries when you want them. I'm sorry, but that is like saying auto mechanics should stay open on Christmas Day so you can get your car fixed at your convenience or that the Post Office should stay open on Christmas Day so you can buy stamps when you want them. I respectfully disagree with your opinion, but it is your opinion and you are entitled to it. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!! and Happy Hannukah!! Let's celebrate!
The rest of you can come to the party. You don't even have to bring anything! We love everybody! If you stay home, that's okay too, we love you. Merry Christmas again!
I got a card at Christmas that I did not open
and put in a drawer- so no not everyone wants a card. The poster needs to mind her business and cool it. I would be totally put off by a popping in to see me, taking a dinner over for me, etc. etc. I think the mother said new mother does not WANT to be bothered. What is so hard to understand about that? Lots of people are worn out after giving birth and want time to recuperate. The poster made to do about her friend not accepting calls while hubby home and she does, and so? The new mother in her own home makes her own rules and the rule she has for right now is not seeing any people or talking on the phone, her wishes.
Is it tacky to hand someone a Christmas card...
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I make these every Christmas
They are big and soft. There is no sour cream, but the butter really makes these tasty.
1/2 C butter
1 C sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 C flour
6 tsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
Cream butter and sugar - add eg and dry ingredients. Add milk and vanilla. (You might need a little more milk in order to be able to roll out the dough). Chill several hours or overnight. Roll out and cut with cookie cutters. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Decorate as desired.
Yummy!
why not make Christmas nice for my own child?
the current economic situation has not allowed us to do very much this year. This is a gift from heaven for us!
Thanks all great tips. Now I am starving! Merry Christmas!!nm
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Have U renogiated credit card debt when minimum payment got too high? Do they take your card away,
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Credit Card Reform Can Cost Good Card Users
Part of article:
Credit cards have long been a very good deal for people who pay their bills on time and in full. Even as card companies imposed punitive fees and penalties on those late with their payments, the best customers racked up cash-back rewards, frequent-flier miles and other perks in recent years.
Now Congress is moving to limit the penalties on riskier borrowers, who have become a prime source of billions of dollars in fee revenue for the industry. And to make up for lost income, the card companies are going after those people with sterling credit.
We pay off our balance every month. If they do this (punish those who have sterling credit) Ridiculous!! I'll stop using my CC and pay by cash or check.
So much for reform.
I think this would make a great news
story! Contact your local news channel. They usually have a consumer advocate department like our 5-On-Your-Side person. They could go in and interview somebody at Walmart and demand to know why they are advertising this way when it's a raw deal.
oh, I make a great salsa
and I always keep that stuff on hand. I could make that and just buy a bag of chips. Or if I have tortilla's, which I think I do in the freezer, I could make those into chips!
Thanks! As you can tell I'm trying to stay out of the store. lol
It does shake you up a bit especially when we take great care not to make mistakes
But we are human and we do make them from time to time. I believe that is why the doctors read before signing. I've made mistakes in my career, nothing that would change the care a patient is to receive, but working in this field for 8 years I can't say that I have never made a mistake. And you are right. It does shake you up a bit and only natural to start doubting yourself. About 5 years ago while working in a hospital I had made a mistake the doctor was upset about they were nothing major that changed the treatment a patient got, but still was upsetting. I talked with a co-worker and she said overall the work is excellent, we all make mistakes from time to time and you just try better not to make the same mistakes.
Luckily my current clients have never sent back a report, but I just say take it as it is. It's a mistake and you're human and we all make mistakes from time to time. Don't let it get you down too much.
IMO a card would not be out of order at all. Except a sympathy card, of course.
I totally agree a sympathy card wouldn't quite be the thing, but it sounded to me that the original poster of that idea didn't mean a sympathy card like one for death. I think sympathy in the sense of "hey, you had a rough time of it with this birth, and maybe things haven't been the way you imagined, but know that I'm thinking of you and I'm here if and when you need me."
I got PPD when my breastfeeding relationship didn't go right, following a birth plan that went seriously awry, and the reality of a fussy, picky baby instead of the happy, sleeping one that I had imagined.
I *did* spend a lot of time on the phone, but then everybody's different. I would have loved to get a cheerful card from a friend, however. Does anybody NOT like a card?
celebrate the holidays!
You are a very mature, thoughtful person. Just enjoy the holidays and if he is as mature as you are, it should not matter. Go celebrate!
How did everyone celebrate New Years?
I'll tell you how I celebrated (not that anyone cares LOL). Went to bed at 7 (usual time cause I work from 3 a.m.). Husband took the kids to McDonalds. Husband went food shopping. I slept through it. I woke up for Law and Order marathon stayed up to 11:15, during which I had a bowl of chocolate chunk ice cream fell asleep. Woke up late for my shift to type. And I have a hangover HEADACHE! What?? he he. You know, not a bad way to spend New Years. Of course the husband was not too happy, probably had other ideas.. Shame on me. 
Hope to hear how everyone's new year celebration went. Let us know!
PS: To me New Years Eve is a holiday much like Valentine's day, etc. I never cared for these kinds of greeting card holidays and would rather ignore them. Aren't I still a scrooge even after Christmas? The HolidayMT has struck again!  LOL.
I do celebrate my successes
Just because I stated what I would have done differently if I had the chance to do it over doesn't mean I don't celebrate my successes in my life. As I stated I had this idea when I was watching The Time Machine. I thought, boy if I could go back in time what is the one thing I'd change. This is the great thing about the mind - it's called imagination. Try it, it's fun. That's how movies, musicals, and stories are made.
Happy Chanukah to those who celebrate!
Hope everyone has a great holiday season whether you celebrate Ramadan, Chanukah, Christmas, or Kwanzaa, and an even better 2008.....
I celebrate being single and when I'm pregnant.
I'm not 16, however. Her sister is young and made a mistake. I'm not going to judge her ability to parent based on what Britney has done.
Invite everyone to your house to celebrate
your "first" family Thanksgiving together. For Christmas, you could invite them over, OR tell them you have having your own Christmas together and then just stop by for a while at each. You don't have to eat at each place just because you go over.
Hollywood always seems to celebrate single women being pregnant
I am just wondering how they are going to react to Britney's with her 16 year old self and being unmarried and pregnant. Gosh, Britney is going to have to think of something to override that and get her share of more attention.
Allow me to celebrate with you. I conceived my daughter 9 years ago today too!
When is your son's birthday? Just curious if it's the same day as my daughter's.
What are people supposed to call Christmas Eve and Christmas Day now?? (nm)
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Home Alone 1, A Christmas Story, Home for the Holidays, Chevy Chase's Christmas, sm
There "The Gift of the Magi," He sells his gold watch to buy her a comb for her hair and she sells her beautiful long hair to buy him a chain for his gold watch. It used to be on "Short Stories by O'Henry" but that's long gone, long ago. Good moral to the story. I can't stand "It's a Wonderful Life" -- too depressing, especially with banks closing, too intimidating right now!!!
At that rate, I could make in a week what I make
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gas card
I always go with cash, but if you don't like that maybe a gift card to the local gas station. Ours has this in any denomination you choose.
Credit card (SM)
There was information about credit cards and interest rates going around late last year/early this year. Basically, from what I understand with the new bankruptcy law this was attached to it. The credit card companies can and will charge you and me whatever interest rate they want to, and the only thing we can do is cancel the card and pay off the balance. There were these little inserts with your statements that many of us just throw away and never think about it. But I did read the ones that were sent with several of my statements, and I kindly told them to keep my rate where it was and I canceled the card. Sad but true. 
Gift Card
Just a note. I learned from my daughter and my neices that the VISA gift cards are the prefered gift card. They can be used anywhere salons, stores, and even gas stations which for a 16-yo can be a lifesaver.
About my credit card
I owed close to $10,000.00 about 2 months ago on my credit card and called to make sure I sent the right amount as paying it off. After I paid in full, they also sent a "finance charge" for around 35 to 40 dollars. I paid that but have discontinued using that card. I have another card, used during Christmas, interest about half of the other one and getting that paid off before long also, just sent $500.00 towards that yesterday. I on the first had asked for payoff amount but the finance not there when I asked.
I think a card or something simple would be
appropriate. It is the thought that counts. I'm not talking a diamond ring or something! He just doesn't make much of any holidays. Yes, my kids are very young so they cannot do much themselves. One time he did take the kids for part of the day and let me relax.
Anyone Want a Calling Card?
I just bought a calling card for work and it screws up the dictation too bad. Would anyone like it for personal use? I can e-mail the number and PIN to you. No charge, just don't want it to go to waste, and we have a cell phone for LD.
When it says no gifts, I always take a card. nm
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yes, I got a Kohl's card
I love to shop at Kohl's. Will be heading there Saturday, after my son does something with my hair - can hardly wait!!!
not a sympathy card...
Just a congrats on your new baby and friendship, etc... No, sympathy on behalf of the baby would be totally out of order. The baby is fine except for a common foot deformity. It is correctable. No she needs a pick me up card. Something to brighten her day.
all of them that I can because my debit card
so I rack up the points paying my bills online with it!!
credit card
I've not had personal experience, but I know to be wary of some of those companies that advertise. I saw a financial advisor on the Today Show and she said to make sure you go with Consumer Credit Counseling; maybe there's a link on the Today Show website. Good luck!
Pay off our credit card
And with the little we'd have left just put it in the bank
Maybe not a gift card
but a gift certificate to a groomer might be nice!
I've never used an air card, but
I hear they are just as fast. I don't know anything about them, really, sorry
Questions about your card-
Have you paid on time every time and have you paid the amount due? I have credit cards and mine have not gone up- in fact if they did I would call, tell them what an excellent customer I have been and then ask for a reduction in the credit rate. Have done before and they did this for me.
Used my debit card for everything - sm
but spent too much, about $800 in all. Got overcharged on my gift cards, bought 2 at $50, but got charged for 5.....just got my money back from the offending store on that one, which was quite a fight. They would not even listen to me, filed papers with the bank and sent the company a nasty detailed email to their complaint department, which believe it or not did the trick. My bank did not have to do anything in the end, just kept me informed on what the store was doing, took a week to get it resolved, but got my $164.85 back.
My husband and I have one card
that we pay off every month. I am so sick and tired of being punished for being responsible when irresponsible people are constantly getting "taken care of." We should be rewarding responsible people....not the other way around. This is ridiculous and frankly....it p!sses me off.
credit card debt
Not sure what will happen, but I do wish you luck. Credit card debt is an unsecured type of debt. I don't know what more they can do to you other than a judgement. Not sure you can put that under a bankruptcy either once the judgement has been placed. I know a lawyer that handles a lot of bankruptcies -- did some work for him. He always asked his clients if late payments had gone to judgements. If they had not gone that far he was pleased about it. I guess it made things easier legally. Not really sure.
Welcome back card to Hilton
Dear Hilton:
We are so happy to have you back. We heard about your rash. We think this poem will help. Post it above your cell toilet:
If you're here to have a sit -
stand on the seat.
The crabs at Lynwood Jail
can jump ... three feet!
I use my credit card!!!! Priceless!
Actually it was an expired one. Hubby laughed. I use Dawn Power Disolver in the blue bottle. Works wonders. Then IF I have to scrape I have used the credit card of course, but fine metal spatula or a razor, but I use one of those like you scrape paint with that has the handle like an ice scraper.
I LOVE the gas card idea...nm
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I think a card is a good idea to let her know you are there for her when she is
good and ready. Those cards did help me.
I wanted to tell you that my PPD was so severe I ended up overdosing and spending 2 weeks in the hospital due to severe depression. It is a serious disease.
a charge card slot in their
bra LOL
Thank you - belated card and flowers to you :-) sm
I can't figure out why some people get treated well and others don't. I think maybe those of us who take care of others a lot are just taken for granted...I just don't know what it is. Thank you for caring!
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