MichCamper & Friends Chit-Chat Thread - Fun, Friends, Great Chat & Happy Holidays

MichCamper's Chit-Chat Thread - Everyone Welcome! Friendly Talk & more
A wonderful, friendly group that loves to chat, share, care, and celebrate the lives of ourselves and our friends. Posts include some of the best of slickdeals, lots of hellos, birthdays and more, recipes, and much much more. This is the second lounge thread for MichCamper's Chit-Chat Thread.

Original thread here: http://forums.slickdeals.net/show...p?t=629610

Check the wiki for links to key posts and information. This post will be updated with information and links as well.

By popular request, a chit-chat thread for my extended family & friends on SD.

Welcome everyone. A lot of you have been telling me you miss having friendly talks so here we are in my own little campground at SD. Come on in, pull a chair or a stump up to the campfire, and stay a spell.

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Omlets in a Baggie
Breast Cancer Awareness - help for free every day.
Taco Tater Casserole
2009 Birthdays & More List
2008 Birthdays & More List
easy chicken cacciatore recipe
Chicken in Blueberry Sauce recipe
10 Useful Email Addresses

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a spoofless thread, I'm in

MichCamper's 2008 Birthday & More Club

Please send, or post, your month and day of birth, real first name, and event (birthday, anniversary, birth of child, etc) to be added to the club.

This post will be updated with members birthdays for well wishes and salutations.
This post will be copied to the next thread when this one is closed.


January

• 1st New Year's Day - Michigan victory over Florida (Go Blue!)
• 11th Lindy0111 (Linda) - Birthday
• 17th UtahMaddie (Mike) - Birthday
• 21st MLK Day

February

• 14th - Valentine's Day
• 14th - ~Kimber~ Birthday (Kim)
• 16th - MichCamper (Scott) - Birthday
• 17th - JO_EY70 Birthday
• 25th - As If A Whisper (Ana) - Birthday
• 29th - Leap Day
• 29th - MichCamper (Scott) - 20th Anniversary at work

March

• 11th - As If A Whisper (Ana) - Wedding Anniversary with "her cowboy"
• 14th - UtahMaddie/Maddie's 2nd Birthday
• 21st - Good Friday
• 21st - Mi-Chan32191 (Michelle) - Birthday
• 24th - Easter
• 24th - ForeverDecember (Amber) - Wedding Anniversay

April

• 19th - Pipsqueaksowner (April) - birthday
• 25th - Lindy0111 (Linda) 25th Anniversary of her career at a non-profit
• 29th - Ben & Jerry's annual Free Cone Day
• 30th - MichCamper - work celebration (cake & watch) for 20 years with Co. (actual anniversary was 2/29)

May

• 16th Dana365 (Claudia) - Birthday
• 26th Memorial Day (US)
• 30th Surly Panda's () - Birthday

June

• 19th galaxygirl (Debbie) 30th Birthday

July

• 4th Independance Day (US)

August

• 6th LoriBear (Lori) Birthday
• 8th FarmerK (Karen) Birthday
• 21st SuperMatt (aka Matt82191) (Matthew) - Birthday
• 23rd Starbelly (Andrea) - Birthday
• 29th ForeverDecember (Amber) - Birthday

September

• 1st Labor Day (US)
• 8th Lilrehm25 (Jaime) - Birthday
• 9th Allyn9 (Carey) - Birthday
• 11th Jthrock (Jason) - birthday
• 25th Skibumintahoe (Jayme) Birthday

October

• Michigan vs Michigan State Football Rivalry Game
• 8th WickedQuick (Janet) Birthday
• 9th Seven7Seven - Birthday
• 31st Halloween

November

• 1st - Benito303 (Ben) Birthday
• 4th - Election Day (US)
• 5th - Lindy0111 (Linda & husband) 20th Wedding Anniversary
• 21st - Made2Act (Becky) Birthday
• 27th - Thanksgiving (US)
• 27th - LoriBear (Lori & Husband) Wedding Anniversary
• 28th - Black Friday

December

• 6th - Savem (Keith) Birthday
• 8th - Oboelynn (Lynn) - Birthday
• 24th Christmas Eve
• 25th Christmas Day
• 31st New Years Eve
• 31st Princess Crunch (Wendy) - Birthday

Quote from yesyesyes : www.BdayDeal.com This is a freebie site that has everything!!!!! The cool thing about this site is that they show you pictures of the deal (kinda like yelp i guess), and you can search by location (you can save your time and find what you're looking for around your area), by categories or by keywords

Quote from mommaof2 : although I'm not Italian, I love to cook italian food. Here it is here if you want to try it. I make at least once a week. I don't eat it but my kids love it. My easy chicken cacciatore recipe with onion, green pepper, stewed tomatoes, wine (optional) and oregano INGREDIENTS: 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped green bell pepper 2 medium cloves garlic minced 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 cans (14.5 ounces each) stewed tomatoes 2 teaspoons dry oregano 2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper, or to taste 4-6 chicken breasts cut up to bite size 3/4 cup dry red wine PREPARATION: Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Brown chicken on all sides. Remove chicken and drain off excess grease, leaving a tablespoon or two. Add chopped onion, green pepper, and minced garlic to hot skillet; sauté until onion is tender. Stir in tomatoes, wine, oregano, salt, pepper. Add chicken back to sauce and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 20 minutes. Serve with hot cooked wheat spaghetti or any other pasta you like. It should serve about 6 or 4 very hungry people LOL If you like it on the spicey side, you can substitute the 2 cans (14.5 ounces each) stewed tomatoes for 1 jar of Classico Spicey Tomato & Pesto pasta sauce and omitting the wine. Bon Appetit. Hope you like it.

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Omlets In A Bag

Ingredients:
One or Two or three Eggs
precooked Bacon pieces (canned, bottled, or from a previous meal)
ham (sliced lunch meat, cubed, or other)
precooked sausage pieces
shredded Cheese
onion - diced or minced
green or mixed peppers
salt
pepper
other seasonings
diced fresh tomatoes
sliced fresh mushrooms
other toppings you might like

Method:
In a sandwhich sized Ziploc bag, pour in one or two or three eggs (no shell!).
Add shredded cheese, bacon, onion, whatever you like and seal the bag removing as much air as possible.
Squish the ingredients to mix (milk or water not needed - use sparingly if you do).
"Burp" the air out.

Recommend that you double bag. Slips with names or pieces of packaging can be put in between the bags so you can tell whos is whos. Everyone can make their own - exactly as they like. This gives everyone something to do too.

Gently Drop in a pot of boiling water.

Boil 3 min-1 egg, 4 min. for 2 eggs. 5-6 minutes for 3 eggs.
"test" the baggie - the more toppings you add you may need more time. You can not over-cook them (generally) and they will not brown/burn unless the pot boils dry.

Open bag & roll omelet onto plate. YUM!.

You can top with more shredded cheese or toppings and serve.

Little clean up (if any).

Perfect fluffy omlets without over-cooking every time. It's the only way I make omlets now. At home or camping - very easy and it involves everyone. You can make/cook lots of them all at the same time too.

Taco Tot Casserole

1lb lean ground beef
1 - 1.25oz pkg taco seasoning mix (or more to taste)
minced onion if desired added to meat
1 - 15oz whole kernel corn, drained
1 - 11oz can nacho cheese soup, undiluted (or chedder or southwestern or other soup)
frozen tater tots (regular size, mini size, or popcorn potato)
shredded cheese (sharp cheddar, monteray peper jack, mexican blend, taco, or other(s))
salsa (opt)
sour cream (opt)

Preheat oven to 375.

In a skillet cook beef until brown. Drain. Stir in taco seasoning mix and add water, cook as directed on package of taco seasoning. Spoon meat mixture into an un-greased 2-quart casserole dish. Spread soup mixture undiluted over meant. Spread drained corn over beef. Spoon undiluted soup, if using two soups, over corn. Spinkle shredded cheese over top. Arrange tater tots in a single layer over this.

Bake for 40-50 minutes or until bubbly and potatoes are lightly browned. If desired, serve with salsa and sour cream.

Yield: 5-6 servings.

We like to mix up the soups and cheeses and often do. Onion flavored tater tots work great, the smaller ones are better than the larger.
Tonight I made it with McCains popcorn potato and it was great.

Good morning, everyone.

I had a nice evening yesterday after a stressful day at work. The heat wave continued and was still 83 at 11pm last night. The Heat Advisory was extended for yet another day and it's going back into the 90's today. At 5am this morning it was 77 (78 yesterday morning at the same time).

A friend and I went to a house party and were pleasantly surprised to find another friend of ours is done with his massage therapy course and starting a new career. He was giving away free 15 minute massages if we would take three business cards and hand two of them on to others in the next week. I must say that for only 15 minutes, it helped a lot. My lower back has been hurting since Saturday from all the kitchen work I did and the tossing and turning at night each night. I'm sure my stress at work isn't helping any either, but that's another story. He zeroed in on two massive knots on each side of my lower spine and I felt much better after the massage. It was very professional and nicely relaxing. During the night, I still tossed and turned but the pain was less than it's been and it did not hurt as much this morning when I got up. I can only imagine what a longer massage would have done for it.

As for the party, it was nice reconnecting with friends but there are so many other things to do in the summer that I'm not sure I will make it a weekly thing through the summer like it was in the winter. I have other things I want and need to do. I'm also thinking that the longer breaks between attendance will make the parties seem better/more special when I do go.

Wishing you all the very best that life has to offer, peace, love, comfort, compassion, better health, less concerns, and moments of pleasure.

Quote from hAvAAck : they're lucky I don't want to go to prison

I smell a good story here. Spill the beans, we want to know the details.

Quote from hAvAAck : they're lucky I don't want to go to prison

Maybe you'll get lucky and they will move !

Hi everyone... Well i'm scheduled for surgery next thursday. Does anyone know what's lymphoma?

Quote from Claudia365 : Hi everyone... Well i'm scheduled for surgery next thursday. Does anyone know what's lymphoma?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphoma

Lymphoma is a cancer that begins in the lymphatic cells of the immune system and presents as a solid tumor of lymphoid cells. It is treatable with chemotherapy, and in some cases radiotherapy and/or bone marrow transplantation, and can be curable depending on the histology, type, and stage of the disease.[1] These malignant cells often originate in lymph nodes, presenting as an enlargement of the node (a tumor). Lymphomas are closely related to lymphoid leukemias, which also originate in lymphocytes but typically involve only circulating blood and the bone marrow (where blood cells are generated in a process termed haematopoesis) and do not usually form static tumors.[1] There are many types of lymphomas, and in turn, lymphomas are a part of the broad group of diseases called hematological neoplasms.


Do you know what kind of lymphoma they think you have?

Quote from WoodyWoodPecker : Maybe you'll get lucky

I'm shy a small number of points in a relatives account for something I was going to redeem for. Does anyone have a southwest bonus code available? I will make it worth your assistance. MCR

Quote from Claudia365 : morning...

Quote from MichCamper :

Hey babe... How are you? Have you been shopping at Walgreens?

Quote from Claudia365 : Hey babe... How are you? Have you been shopping at Walgreens?

No. There's not a WG near me without putting in an effort.
What am I missing?