RETIRED: Target chit chat

I finished my dd's cake!!!!! I am pretty happy with it. I had a little dilemma this AM when I went to cover it with the fondant and one corner and part of the back broke off and I had to piece it together VERY carefully. That was tedious work but I was not risking taking it all off and risking messing up the frosting, etc. Here's a pic!

I can't believe my dd is going to be 3 tomorrow

I finished my dd's cake!!!!! I am pretty happy with it. I had a little dilemma this AM when I went to cover it with the fondant and one corner and part of the back broke off and I had to piece it together VERY carefully. That was tedious work but I was not risking taking it all off and risking messing up the frosting, etc. Here's a pic!

I can't believe my dd is going to be 3 tomorrow

Kersplat

TM4D: awesome cake!!

Good night everyone

i think we should have a new rule that you can't say you love some food w/o posting a recipe you like so the rest of us can try it.

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hi ppl. haven't been on much last several days. gave up trying to catch up on this whirwind thread. when did you guys turn so talkative? wait never mind, talk: ank wants your chatter right now.

awake with pain. waiting for meds to kick in.
yep, remember the novella i posted in a chat with kay 12 early in the week? short recap:
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priorotizing organic purchases, YOU WANT TO BUY ORGANIC:
all thin-skinned fruits and veggies
all root veggies
all leafy veggies/herbs/greens

reason: much higher pesticide usage/exposure/absorption for all of the above.

organic potatoes are about 3.99-4.99 a 5lb bag depending on the store - whole foods, trader joes, stop and stop, other supermarket chain. avail in russet, golden, red, and a bunch of other varieties.

organic onions, similar pricin for a big bag. don't know how much it weighs but has lots of big sized onions. same pricing generally for red or golden yellow or white onions.

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doc visit for me: ordered addt'l imaging. mri next week. was ticked off that ER had not referred me for a folo with a trauma specialist. said i needed that. said i also should have had someone doing folo up on abdomen and chest injuries. was disatisfied with PCP and asked me to see addtn'l docs. was displeased that i am still in pain without help.

but bottomline: inconclusive right now. awaiting more tests. and have to find more doctors to go to. how much do i want to do that? not at all. but will have to. sigh.

No Pepsi drinkers here. In the box.

I guess technically he is but #1 I have issues with allowing him to grow older and #2 we live in BFE, it is not like I'd be 5 minutes away. My circle is 20 minutes east then 25 mintues north then west a bit then 45 minutes back home. If I were to drive it w/out stopping it would be over an hour and a half drive, then factor in 15/20 in each store - Today, we were out all day (threw a Target in there too, but only one form 10 a to 3/4 ish

He is 12 & 3/4s. I only just let him walk down the block to go to the local grocery when I was having the last YS, cause I ran out of price stickers...I couldn't concentrate, I couldn't add, I just watched him walk until I couldn't see him anymore, then just kept checking the time on my phone, Ugh. It was horrific, I hated every minute of it. I kept asking the strangers at ,my YS when they first let their child walk to the store by himself. I know I will have to let go sooner or later but it is super hard with #1, I am sure I'll be pushing #4 & #5 out of my life with no trouble
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:...I finished my dd's cake!!!!! I am pretty happy with it. I had a little dilemma this AM when I went to cover it with the fondant and one corner and part of the back broke off and I had to piece it together VERY carefully. That was tedious work but I was not risking taking it all off and risking messing up the frosting, etc. Here's a pic!

I can't believe my dd is going to be 3 tomorrow

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so went to whole foods yesterday in search of veggies and chicken stock. i try to buy the pacific low sodium chicken broth b/c i try to have noodle soup once/wk during the winter and each bowl of noodle soup is 2 servings = 140 mg sodium. if i used regular low sodium chicken broth like college inn, 2 servings would be 900mg and i didn't put anything in there yet. if i used ham that would probably be the first and last meal of the day, sodium-wise. it was regular price 3.49 so instead, i picked up a carton of 365 to try. the sodium is double the pacific at 140mg per serving, but it's still 3X less the regular low sodium brands.

last yr i got an awesome deal at wegmans b4 xmas, around 1.79 a container. this yr was a little more. unfortunately my pantry is bulging w/ fruit cups b/c dh got laid off, juice boxes, etc, so i couldn't stock up like i wanted and i'm almost out. i did find at shoprite for around 2.49 once, but i never know when it's gonna be on sale and i don't have a habit of checking on things every single wk. if it's not in the circular, i have to depend on an sd'er or hcw person to find it and they will only do that if there is a coupon match involved.

the only veggie i ended up getting was the organic baby bok choy at 1.99/lb. it's really shanghainese bok choy and they are not baby!!! those were the biggest i'd ever seen anywhere, at least double the regular size. regular sized ones are around the size of your hand. it also comes in *baby* size at asian markets, around 2.99/lb, about as long as your fingers. alot of them had gotten rather crushed, and since it's organic i didn't want any w/ broken leaves b/c it wouldn't last long at all. talk about picking produce.

shanghainese bok choy is usually under a dollar a lb, anywhere from .59-.89/lb depending on the neighborhood, what day of the wk and what time of the day. they charge more in the evenings on the way home and wknds.

they had large organic white onions at .99/lb which isn't too bad but i have to use up the onions at home first. i usually buy a 2 or 3lb bag and it's always a push to finish them b4 they go soft.

next wk i want to go to traders joes for something, of course i cannot remember what right now, so i will check out the produce a little closer. they have very decent prices on salad bags. too bad i don't like to eat salad in the winter!

i was going to get santa cruz lemonades free at my supermarket this wk after sale and double coupons but they were sold out. i did get rainchecks. normally i only buy 100% juices but i will try almost anything that is free and has no trans fat. it would be a treat.

i think since my supermarket doubles coupons and they do have sales more often than whole foods, i may focus on trying to get the organics there w/ coupons from mambo sprout, etc.

in the summer i like to go to wegmans and the farmers market b/c they sell a lot of very local produce. the corn on the cob is so good i only eat local in season.

ok, gotta go cook dinner!

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Got so much cleaning done today, feel great about that, but didn't make it to Target, not feeling so great about that. My list is growing and growing, I am never going to be able to get it all! I need a shopping assistant!

LOL HD, that is how dang busy I have been since Christmas!!

Thanks everyone, I am sooo glad to have this cake DONE! I am one of those must-try-everything-once in life sort of people....I have always wanted to do a fondant cake and now I can cross that one off. It was a lot of work; it was fun but we will see if I ever attempt that again

I can't wait to go to bed. I am taking SOMETHING, anything to help me sleep tonight. I desperately need to sleep past 4-5 AM tomorrow ...

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was going thru *the whole deal* that i picked up yesterday and noticed a whole bunch of coupon matchups w/ the mambo sprout booklet that's available at shoprite right now. of which i grabbed 3! so unless they are still outrageously expensive after stacking mq's and store q's, i think i'll be trying-
lightlife
maranatha nut butter
san-j sauce
organic valley lowfat yoghurt
helios kefir

i also have a kashi bar q probably from a sample but i'm not exactly fond of bars, esp kashi and soy joy. cereals are all fine.

are there any products or flavors you recommend in particular? anything to stay away from? do they go on sale periodically? i noticed they changed the format of the newsletter and i don't see the wkly sale items any more. or maybe i'm just not looking in the right place.

I guess technically he is but #1 I have issues with allowing him to grow older and #2 we live in BFE, it is not like I'd be 5 minutes away. My circle is 20 minutes east then 25 mintues north then west a bit then 45 minutes back home. If I were to drive it w/out stopping it would be over an hour and a half drive, then factor in 15/20 in each store - Today, we were out all day (threw a Target in there too, but only one ) form 10 a to 3/4 ish

He is 12 & 3/4s. I only just let him walk down the block to go to the local grocery when I was having the last YS, cause I ran out of price stickers...I couldn't concentrate, I couldn't add, I just watched him walk until I couldn't see him anymore, then just kept checking the time on my phone, Ugh. It was horrific, I hated every minute of it. I kept asking the strangers at ,my YS when they first let their child walk to the store by himself. I know I will have to let go sooner or later but it is super hard with #1, I am sure I'll be pushing #4 & #5 out of my life with no trouble

He rides the bus home from Middle school, while I carpool the elemenarty kids because that bus ride would end up being 75 minutes long. So sometimes I will run to RA after I get the little one and he is allowed to be home alone for like 5 minutes, but not too often or on a schedule - cause I don't need any kid-sized shenanigaizing.

Just today at T he was like Mom, I am growing out of my pants already.. I am all no way those are size 16s they dont go bigger and there is no way your skinny ass is fitting into #ed jeans. Well we found a pair of 28x30s in the mens dept and I had him go into the dressing room, he comes out all proud and smirking, they fit....in the waist but not the legs at 12 y/o he would already be at a 32 inseam - and F that I'll just get the 34s and say F-it. I really dont like it at all, I really can even bring myself to think about him being a teen, I am nearly throwing up....I am going to go lay down now.

Could scrubbing down the house in bleach be considered a "work of necessity or mercy"?? My oldest is now saying she feels like she's coming down with something and her throat is starting to hurt. She feels like she's starting a fever. We haven't gone anywhere!!! UGH!

DH is having chills and moaning in his semi-sleep, baby is pale and snuffly. Ugh.

Oy. I guess this is just our sick month or something!

Anyone else up for an all-nighter?

My one and only baby turns 13 in 3 days.... soooo not ready!
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We have been doing the separate shopping in T for the last year....
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Being cooped up indoors without any fresh air keeps all the germs locked in. I would call it a work of necessity. Do you have one a vaporizer that has the medication section you can fill with Vicks to send out all over the house, too, to help everyone breathe and sleep better?