The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[ShoalFox]

what for? everything is disney or theme park related here.
a gaming forum would be more appropriate.

It could go under the non-WDW discussion. I know there's a lot of people here who love games, not just Disney ones.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Oh I miss chex mix!! My mom made it every year, but there's no such thing as Chex here, so I have to get my fix in the US, and the store bought isn't as good as the home made! Have fun baking! Do you make Holly Wreath cookies?

Our wreath cookies this year are Sugar Twists (sugar dough tinted red/green twined with Sixlet "berries") and Coconut Shortbread (green tinted coconut on shortbread with RedVine bows).

 

[Songbird76]

Sympathy like, no Chex!

I know!! And if there was ANYTHING like it, I would substitute, but there's not much variety here in cereal. We have cornflakes, cheerios, some stores have rice crispies, but not all of them, All-bran, and Tresor.

 

[betty rose]

Tomorrow is supposed to be "wacky Wednesday" (not sure what that means) and Thursday is themed dress up day.

I wish when I was is school those things would happen. I feel, I missed out. It sounds like fun, especially around the holidays!

 

[betty rose]

I always loved spirit days at school...one of our favorites was "dress like your teacher" day. So we had one teacher who always had her hair a certain way and she carried a yard stick, and wore long skirts or dresses with a blazer. So someone would do her hair that way and carry a yard stick, etc. Our other favorite was "come as you're not" day. A lot of boys would come as girls, a lot of girls came as pregnant women. Always fun.

Wow we never had spirit days. We were brought up after WW 2, and everything in school was military like.

 

[betty rose]

It could go under the non-WDW discussion. I know there's a lot of people here who love games, not just Disney ones.

Just my opinion, try starting a new thread under chit chat and see if it goes. Worth a try....JMHO

 

[betty rose]

I know!! And if there was ANYTHING like it, I would substitute, but there's not much variety here in cereal. We have cornflakes, cheerios, some stores have rice crispies, but not all of them, All-bran, and Tresor.

So sorry. What is Tresor?

 

[MOXOMUMD]

 

[betty rose]

So sorry. What is Tresor?

Do you have crackers? Like round kinds or saltines, you can pretty much break up anything like a cracker and replace for chex and add the seasonings. I do the little oyster crackers for DD she can't have chex...

 

[betty rose]

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Love this, it reminds me of Polynesia.

 

[betty rose]

Movie time. Oh, my aching back!

 

[Songbird76]

you know, this is something that I hate of being in Mexico.
the variety of products.

I could just go to any big super market in Houston and find hella bunch of brands, variations, products..and gourmet stuff.
Here you're lucky if you find like.. more than 4 brands of the same.
Most of the market is dominated by certain big brands. Rarely leaving room for better or different products.

Yep...that's what it's like here, too. The Dutch don't like too many choices, because it becomes overwhelming. I miss the variety in the U.S. Here, I find I have to settle for things or go without, because there's just nothing like what I want. When I needed a new food processor type thing, I had my choice of 3 different styles. One was way too small, one had a bunch of attachments I didn't need, but was twice what I wanted to spend, and the other was small, but not as small as the first one, and it didn't have all the bells and whistles, so that's the one I bought, but it wasn't what I was really looking for. And things like food...in the US, there's a whole aisle just for cereal. Here, the selection fits on 2 or 3 shelves. In the US, there's TONS of alternatives for vegans, diabetics, people with celiac...here, I can't get sugar free anything except cola, you have to go to a specialty store for gluten free things or alternative types of flour, like rice flour, and there are only a couple "meat" products for vegans (tofu) and no vegan cheese. I think it would be very difficult to eat here if you had any sort of medical condition that limited your menu. And wine coolers don't exist here, which I miss. Rant over.

 

[Songbird76]

This subject has been discussed thoroughly. We are all friends here so there shouldn't be posts defending anybody against anybody. As I said in my OP all I asked was "You're kidding, right?" because I wasn't sure. Then as my quote was used to reference a "shocked" parent I posted a rebuttal. Today's a new day, time to move on, it's all good.

Good...I just don't want there to be tension here. I get both sides and I'm a peace maker by nature.

 

[Songbird76]

Our GS learned to read at 3. He read books at 4, and his best subject is reading. Math, not so much. Family read to him a lot, as he was always asking someone to read book to him. He did sight words at 4 also. DD has always home schooled the kids during the summer. She doesn't want them forgetting from school to fall. I worked with DD with math and reading workbooks when she was young, she was always asking for a new workbook. Or a stuffed animal.

Our summer vacation is only 6 weeks here...not as much time to forget everything you learned in the previous school year! But my kids like educational computer games, so they keep up. But they are still young enough that that's easy. Once they start getting tougher stuff, it might be harder to keep them interested in learning in the vacations, when there aren't computer games to help. My daughter is really into geography right now. There is an online game where she can practice the provinces, Dutch capital cities, rivers, etc. She LOVES it.

 

[Songbird76]

No pics needed - I'll take any or all of them! They don't need to be pretty.

You might have to remind me to pack them closer to my trip. If they get on the list, they will be packed, but sometimes I forget to put things on the list.

 

[Songbird76]

So funny, how we all see things differently...I was drawn to the buildings. This is what makes the world go round....

I did one of those quiz things just the other day on the book of Face (Facebook) that was all about what we see in pictures....what our eyes are drawn to. Apparently, what my eyes are drawn to say that I am an idealist.

 

[Cesar R M]

Personally I like Amazon, they have pretty much everything, and I can shop in my jammies!

jammies shopping is the best

 

[Songbird76]

My MIL gave me the best recipe for Chex Mix....very hot, but so addicting. It was a favorite of my hubby's office for years. I don't know how many times I gave out her recipe, and giving her the credit. When I smell chex mix I'm ready for any holiday!

In between Christmases my mom would make a quick version...she'd put some chex and pretzels in a dish with a couple little pats of butter, and microwave it to melt the butter, give it a quick stir, add a dash of Worchestershire sauce, and sprinkle with seasoning salt, stir again...very quick and easy, but delicious. She also used chow mein noodles for it, but we don't have the same kind of chow mein noodles over here, and no chex. I could do just pretzels, but I'm not sure how that would taste...

 

[Cesar R M]

This is good and bad. I find myself overwhelmed with so many products, and you can often pick bad ones. But no selection is not good either, I remember those days in the 50's here.

but the internet makes it easy to select as well.
viewing reviews and quality information online is a life saver!

 

[Songbird76]

We have amazing snow plows, early was seeing road closures this afternoon, the streets are clearing with the plows and most importantly, the sun. It's amazing at this altitude. Tonight some places, including ours will freeze again. But, we will be cozy and sleeping!

My favorite thing when I was living in Laramie was after a big storm like that, when the sun came out, and it shines on the trees covered with snow and it looks all silver. A total winter wonderland. It looks like a postcard. Where I grew up in Campbell County, we didn't have many trees, so we never had that. I LOVED the landscape of Laramie and the surrounding area. SO pretty. When my husband came to visit before we were married, we made the drive up from Laramie to my home town for Christmas vacation, and he was hanging out the car window taking pictures for most of the 4 hour drive. The landscape changes dramatically in those four hours, from mountain, to canyon, to plains. He had raved about it to his parents. They came in for the wedding at night, flying into Denver, and of course, that's a big city. But then they had to drive to Laramie and it's a gorgeous drive in the daylight, but at night, it's not lit, so all you see is a whole lotta nothing. They could not understand why he had raved so much about the beauty when there was NOTHING to see. Until they drove in daylight...THEN they got it.