Yes, I guess you have a "genuine" version of Windows

• Did anyone load the new Int. Explorer 7 in your windows update yet. - PAMT
  • I downloaded IE7..no problems.. am running XP Prof, SP2, and have genuine version -nm - mac
  • I did and haven't had any problems at all. nm - mlstoo
  • I have had it since the Beta; no problems for me. - Amanda
    • Yes, I guess you have a "genuine" version of Windows - sm
      • I use my own computer and have a genuine - TM
  • Yep, messed my computer up big - TM
    • I will try that too, I've had enough of this...sm - Aunt Bea
      • I have it on a disk. Try searching for IE6 - TM
        • when I removed IE 7 it automatically reverted back to IE 6...sm - Aunt Bea
          • maybe that was part of the problem...sm - nn
            • Yep, I didn't know that either. Thanks. :) NM - TM
              • you're welcome. nm - NN
  • Yes, I did, and it is horrible...sm - Aunt Bea

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Nothing like the old show...very hip, very edgy, very sexy.  I'm sure they'll be showing reruns....maybe already are...haven't sat down to watch TV in what feels like forever!  (although I do have a few Good Eats in my DVR so I can skip commercials and just watch that oh-so-edible Alton Brown!)  

I hear that I am a good candy maker and my secret is I don't measure!  I eyeball everything!  Lazy!  So the measurements I give are kind of guesses... but you can look up recipe for buckeye candy too.  We changed the name of ours to bug eyes because they kind of looked like bulging out bug eyes

Peanut Butter - approx 2-3 cups. I use Skippy Honey Nut. In a household taste test with another regular brand this got higher review.  Definitely go for a creamy kind and don't use all natural.

3-4 cups powdered sugar  (I specifically remember the recipe called for 3, but when I looked in the box there was not that much sugar left in there, so I dumped it in.  So basically one whole box of powdered sugar)

2 sticks butter

1 package of chocolate chips.  I'm a Nestle Toll House girl always.  I think the recipe was actually for those melting choc chips, but I think those don't taste that great. 

Beat BP and 1 stick softened butter in very large bowl until PB is really creamy & then slowly add in sugar until it seems to hold together well enough to form balls.  I say slowly on adding in the sugar so you can stop when you can make good balls that are moist and not crumbly.  Probably about 1-inch size balls or so.  Use waxed paper on a baking sheet and stick in the freezer for about an hour. 

When hour is up, melt chocolate and about half of the other stick of butter together in pot on stove.  You can microwave but I think slowly stirring over the stove is easier to monitor.  When all of the chips have melted together, you are done.

Don't let chocolate cool, start dipping PB balls in til coated, leaving a portion of the ball uncovered like an eyeball.  I put tiny slivers of unmelted chocolate in the middle of the uncovered part to look like pupils.  Keep in fridge until set. 

I hope someone enjoys.  This is probably a very common recipe, and like I said you can probably find it somewhere with real measurements!.  But it is so easy, one of those ones I can make without looking at the instructions over and over and everyone loves.  I cannot wait to make them, after typing about it!

I am bringing this up from a thread below since I would like to get some opinions. I have room darkening shades that I have stapled right onto the trim but it does not work quite as well as I would have hoped. I have not found a way to block it so that no light comes in at all. I have blankets over the curtain rod and blankets laying across the top because of the light that comes in at the top.

Also he runs a fan to block daytime noise and so it causes the blankets to move and flutter.

Here is an idea I had but would have to figure out how to build it. Window cornice(?) that would cover the entire window. Four 2x4s long enough to box in the window completely and piece of plywood over it, cover with fabric of some kind (curtainy)and install it on the window. I would also like to figure out a way to make it removable so during the days he's not in there I would have natural light. I was even thinking I could insulate the inside of the box.

I am looking for any and all opinions. Even the littlest light in there bothers him.

gotta change that air sometime........LOL 

and when windows are opened, central a/c is off....

gotta be careful with mold/mildew.....which thankfully have never had in 30 years in s. fla....

to listen to the birds before the world arises...but now we don't have to - they're chirping at 2 a.m.

LOL

Creamy Macaroni and Cheese

Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

2 tablespoons butter
1 cup cottage cheese (not lowfat)
2 cups milk (not skim)
1 teaspoon dry mustard
Pinch cayenne
Pinch freshly grated nutmeg
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 pound sharp or extra-sharp cheddar cheese, grated
½ pound elbow pasta, uncooked.

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees and position an oven rack in upper third of oven. Use 1 tablespoon butter to butter a 9-inch round or square baking pan.

2. In a blender, purée cottage cheese, milk, mustard, cayenne, nutmeg and salt and pepper together. Reserve ¼ cup grated cheese for topping. In a large bowl, combine remaining grated cheese, milk mixture and uncooked pasta. Pour into prepared pan, cover tightly with foil and bake 30 minutes.

3. Uncover pan, stir gently, sprinkle with reserved cheese and dot with remaining tablespoon butter. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes more, until browned. Let cool at least 15 minutes bef

They'll get to jumpin' up and yellin' at the TV/game after feeding and all of a sudden somebody will rip a ripe one! Ya may as well consider making that classic Knorr Swiss spinach dip with lots of shallots/onions as well....  Cat 

...that's why I gave up on Christianity.  Jesus' message was beautiful and loving for the most part, but the religion has become inundated with intolerance and condemnation and even damnation.  Religion world-wide is too much of a trigger for war and violence and I'm not sure how it got twisted into its present form(s).  Well, let me take that back -- it seems as long as there has been religion humans have been fighting and killing each other over it, which is a sad advertisement for a particular religion, unfortunately.

To quote from a favorite folksong, I'm willing to "let the mystery be."

and, if I had it to do over again, I would do exactly the same!  My youngest will be two in June, and my oldest has two of his own.  Yes, we have quite an age spread there.    Our 2-year-old is the joy of our lives.  One little laugh or even a smile from him, and everything else seems to pale in importance.  He's a great little de-stressor. 

As I have always told my children, "Friends come and go, but familes are forever."