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Cinnamon Chip Banana Bread 1/2 cup Butter (it turns out much better when you use the real stuff) 1 cup white sugar 3 bananas, mashed 2 eggs (I have used egg beaters with this and got the same results) 2 cups flour 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda, mixed with 1 Tbsp. hot water 1/3 cup chopped walnuts 3/4 cup Hershey's cinnamon chips (I've also used the mini-chocolate chips when I haven't had the cinnamon ones). Cream butter, sugar, bananas & eggs. Sift and add flour, salt and baking soda. Stir in nuts and chips. Bake in a well-greased BUNDT pan at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. As soon as you take it out of the oven, flip it out on a cooling rack. Tastes great warm right out of the oven. I have made this recipe in a regular bread pan but thru time and experiments have gotten much better results using a Bundt pan. It bakes much more evenly and stays moist too. I found with the regular pan you would have to bake about 15 minutes longer resulting in a drier outside of the loaf. Enjoy!!!

Its chilly and raining here today so I thought I would make: A big pot of Homemade Turkey Noodle Soup with celery, onions and fresh carrots and some Cranberry Jello with fresh fruit added topped with cool whip.

Good one Ginger LOL. My sister in law should enjoy this joke.

My Dear SIL sent this to me and how true it is: LOL Have you noticed anything fishy about the inspection teams who have arrived in Iraq? They're all men! How in the name of the United Nations does anyone expect men to find Saddam's stash? We all know that men have a blind spot when it comes to finding things. For crying out loud! Men can't find the dirty clothes hamper. Men can't find the jar of jelly until it falls out of the cupboard and splatters on the floor...and these are the people we have sent into Iraq to search for hidden weapons of mass destruction? I keep wondering why groups of mothers weren't sent in. Mothers can sniff out secrets quicker than a drug dog can find a gram of dope. Mothers can find gin bottles that dads have stashed in the attic beneath the rafters. They can sniff out a diary two rooms and one floor away. They can tell when the lid of a cookie jar has been disturbed and notice when a quarter inch slice has been shaved off a chocolate cake. A mother can smell alcohol on your breath before you get your key in the front door and can smell cigarette smoke from a block away. By examining laundry, a mother knows more about their kids than Sherlock Holmes. And if a mother wants an answer to a question, she can read an offender's eyes quicker than a homicide detective. So...considering the value a mother could bring to an inspection team, why are we sending a bunch of men who will rely on electronic equipment to scout out hidden threats? My mother would walk in a with a wooden soup spoon in one hand, grab Saddam by the ear, give it a good twist and snap, "Young man, do you have any weapons of mass destruction?" And G-d help him if he tried to lie to her. She'd march him down the street to some secret bunker and shove his nose into a nuclear bomb and say, "Uh huh, and what do you call this, mister?" Whap! Thump! Whap! Whap! Whap! And she'd lay some stripes across his bare bottom with that soup spoon, then march him home in front of the whole of Baghdad. He'd not only come clean and apologize for lying about it, he'd cut every lawn in Baghdad for free for the whole d@mn summer. Inspectors my a**...You want the job done? Call my mother

Just watching the news here on CBS and will turn it over to CNN at 7 pm. My thoughts and prayers are with the troops and have been all day..

Estoy alegre yo sé hablar varias idiomas Happygirl. ¿Me pregunto si eso me trae vida larga? Sono felice che parli alcune lingue differenti Happygirl! Mi domando se avrò vita lunga? Je suis heureux que je parle quelques différentes langues Happygirl ! Je me demande si j'aurai la longue vie Ich bin froh, daß ich einige unterschiedliche Sprachen Happygirl spreche! Ich wundere mich, wenn ich langes Leben habe? Eu estou contente que eu falo algumas línguas diferentes Happygirl! Eu quero saber se eu tiver a vida longa? Ik ben blij dat ik een paar verschillende talen Happygirl spreek! Ik ben benieuwd of zal ik het lange leven hebben? and last but not least!!!!! I am glad that I speak a few different languages Happygirl! I wonder if I will have long life?

Thats an excellent article Cat. Maybe the government thinks there is something to this stockpiling even if they only tell you to do it for a three day supply. Informative reading.. Thanks!

My sister sent me this through e-mail.... > For those of you who watch what you eat----- Here's the final word on > nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those > conflicting medical studies. > > 1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than > the British or Americans. > > 2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the > British or Americans. > > 3. The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart > attacks than the British or Americans > > 4. The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer > heart attacks than the British or Americans. > > 5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats > and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. > > CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is > apparently what kills you.

Ladies don't forget to get your mamograms this month. Also please go to the Breast Cancer site and click on the free mamogram link for those who can't afford to pay for a mamogram. Help save lives. Click that button!

Why Happy thats what being a MOM is all about.. I hope your lil darlin gets better real soon and that you can finally get some rest. HUGs

Hot beef sandwiches with gravy a nice fresh garden salad fresh fruit and oatmeal cookies

Poor Man's Bread 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Water Stir in enough water to make a batter and pour into greased skillet.{ use a cast iron skillet. Fry until brown on each side like a pancake. Taste great with homemade butter and jam.

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Wow you all have been busy as beavers posting here while I was out doing more stocking up on items especially TP. LOL Mare see what you did..you got me started...LOL I dragged Mr. Reci out of the house last evening and out to SHOP SHOP SHOP! and Today I am making him take a few hours of vacation time so we can shop some more.. YOU ARE A BAD INFLUENCE MARE!!!!!

Fireman HUH!

Fort Campbell's 'family' was meeting last night..and found out a few things that are important to send to our fellows overseas Any leaking box, will be thrown away. Do NOT send chap stick for lip balm (they need lip balm w/sunscreen) They found that the chap stick is melting in 95+ degree weather. No-See-Um Head Net or Mosquito Head Nets are needed to keep the bugs off. These can be found in the Sporting Goods/Camping Depts. 3....4-5 count slim jim boxes of beef stick & beef jerky fit in a padded envelope perfect I know that there are some items that can not be bought & are needed. Disposable Razors Suntan Lotion (Fort Campbell's meeting, asked for us to send more..than was required of them to purchase prior to leaving) Deodorant Foot Powder hand sanitizer in packettes or bottles (I found packets at the dollar store) baby wipes(this is how they bathe, paper towels & toilet paper) Powdered Drink mixes that only need water. Michael told me that the water that they drink is very warm. Snacks of any type that will not spoil or melt in the heat I have been sending Pringles for chips, they won't crush. gum, breath mints, lysterine pocket sheets, hard candy Envelopes writting supplies phone cards A friend whose husband is in the military sent this list to me after she attended the meeting at the fort.

Thats a good one Lowie!

FYI, A BREAST CANCER SALES PAGE COMES UP ON TOP OF THE DONATION PAGE, SO YOU HAVE TO CLOSE THAT ONE OUT FIRST, THEN YOU WILL SEE THE DONATION PAGE. www.thebreastcancersite.com Try this Snowmom... it should work alot better and thanks for clicking.

Email me girlie!

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Spill the beans and tell us how the concert was!!!!

There's more than one reason to save your celery leaves-eat them. Did you know they are a great natural decongestant and cough formula !

When I transplant my seedlings to a larger container I mix ground flax seed (I grind it in my spice grinder) into the soil. It is just as wonderfully nutritious for baby plants as it is for us. Whole flax seed is very inexpensive & a little goes a long way. I grind it up fine in my spice grinder. I also mix a bit in the bottom of the hole when my plants go outside. Also, I use my way out of date vitamins to feed my plants. I pound them up, put them in water & bingo! Plant food. My veggies taste great & my flowers shine!

Use peeled twist tie wire can be used as an emergency repair if you lose a screw in your glasses. Be sure to trim it closely so you don't scratch yourself.