Good to know Loren is showing some improvement. Just watching those twins being cute sounds like good medicine for Gramma! Take care!

We had eight girls for a sleep over one night--have to say they had fun and I just wanted to sleep.

Eeyore is my favorite Pooh character too Nancy. And I don't know what that says about us. I am having an Eeyore time today--just had to have my big dog put down she was a very good dog(I rescued her from the pound 10 years ago) and I will miss her terribly.

Loren is still in the hospital. Doctor said he could go home if he wanted but that he thought he should stay one more day.

On a more happy note--I was able to spend some time this morning on FaceTime with the twins. Of course all they did was lay on the floor and look cute but I enjoyed it anyway.

Yep Rosemary - snot soup sounds great for a 'not Halloween' non-sleeping sleep over!

Barb

I agree, you are all such fun. Rosemary, I will have to pass the snot soup recipe along to my DDs. They will love making it for Halloween sleepovers. I have also been there, done that with sleepovers, but the grands enjoy them at their houses. Grandpa and I like to sleep I will have to remember the Pooh sticks when the little ones visit. We used to do that when I was little, but I didn't now what it was called. We just wanted to see whose stick, leaf, whatever would move downstream the fastest. Hope you all have a great week. I am off to the basement to work on a Halloween costume. That an I am in the middle of an audio book.

I agree Lois and Rosemary this is the place to come for smiles!!

Barb

Dorothy, with the exception of the roots and the bits going dry/brown, the whole leek is chopped and goes in. However if you can choose between leeks that have lots of dark green leaf, and leeks that are nearly all white, the greener they are, the snottier it looks.

Lois, I am with you, this is the place to come for smiles, cheering up, and letting our hair down. With a bit of learning on the side.

Call me Eeyor or RR cheerleader I'll go by any name. You are all such fun. I would have loved to have Rosemary been my mother. Cool, cool clothes. Snot soup. I vaguely remember other birthday party treats and favors that were over the top special. This is the place to come for smiles. Terrie, is our comedian, not to mention Geneva. Anyway its always a good time. Carry on all!

Rosemary..snot soup sounds delish Do you have a color preference, or just leaves?
Congratulations Terrie!!!
Ritzy..hope Loren is on the mend...you are in my prayers
Love Eeyore Pooh sticks sounds like fun! The grandkids would love it!!

Dorothy

Snot soup - as I made it.
approx. 2oz butter
2 leeks - as much of the green section as possible, sliced about 3/8"
approx. 2pints homemade chicken stock
2 baking potatoes, chopped to about 1/2" dice.
S&P to taste

Fry the leeks in the butter so they are soft and starting to colour, throw in the frozen block of chicken stock and melt, when nearly all melted add the potatoes, put on the lid, bring to the boil and simmer for about 20-30 minutes. Put into the liquidizer and blitz until fairly smooth. Return to saucepan and season to taste.

Don't agonise about quantities too much, it is a very forgiving 'chuck it and duck' sort of recipe, but homemade stock really makes it good. And that is easy enough to do if you have had a roast chicken - save all the bones and throw them into a pressure cooker with a couple pints of water for about an hour. (although you could put them in a slow cooker/crockpot overnight) then strain off and put in the freezer for when needed.

All teenage werewolf's have been recovered by delighted parents and now in the throws tidying up.... ie Izzy is emptying & reloading the dishwasher, then hovering the lounge & dining hall.

Terrie, you are so funny! And, congratulations on your new grandchild. I pray everyone is doing well!

With all of this talk about Eeyore (my youngest daughter's favorite when she was small) I just want to mention that my new sewing machine has all of the Disney embroideries in it. If you would like a Pooh scene for your row, let me know. I can work with that!

Rosemary, I'm am glad it is you not me, with a house full of giggling girls! Been there done that! BTW....what are the ingredients in snot soup? Not, that I plan to make it, but am just curious!

Well, time to fix dinner (Not snot soup....hamburgers!) so I'm out of here!

Dawn

Geneva - it's nothing you said. It's the way a lizard's mind works when in a rowboat...

pooh-sticks.com/2015/08/the-formula-for-winning-pooh-sticks/#more-994

Amazing what you can find on the Internet!

Once, someone told me you cold find ANYTHING on eBay. I challenged: Okay, let's see if you can find dentures.

Yup, they had several - about 8 or 9 at the time,individuals mostly and even 'one matching pair! Today they even have a 'vintage pair' - used by a medical student - for about 65 bucks!



I think I need to get a life, as they say....

Ok... I didn't set out to make Lois into something she is not! Maybe Lois could be the "RR Cheerleader"? Cheerleaders get you going when the going gets tough, as well as keep you pumped up when you are at the top of the game.

At least I think that's what cheerleaders do. I've never been a cheerleader....

Rosemary, I remember the days of sleepovers, from both my childhood and my kiddos. It is usually a groggy morning after for parents and kids! Enjoy!

geneva

At 13ish they are definitely only getting sweets & fizzy pop in this house. It is a 'Snot a Halloween sleepover' because we will be away for Halloween. The have also had Snot Soup _{leek and potato} Finger food _{hot dog sausages in buns with ketchup, looking like fingers} and homemade pizzas that they decorated themselves. Followed by strawberry & raspberry blancmange set in a brain shaped mould. DH has escaped to our bedroom & me to the computer/sewing room!

Breakfast will be toast or cold pizza!

how to play Pooh sticks - you need a bridge over flowing water and a twig or leaf or piece of grass each. standing on the up stream side of the bridge everyone drops their twig or leaf at the same time. You then rush to the other side of the bridge to see whose twig comes through first, which makes them the winner. A great game for kids of all ages