Disclaimer: I didn't know about the thread connecting tea with toys. I'd seen Doran's Make Tea Not War avatar and assumed that was what the references to tea was all about. That was my thinking when I included the smoking only after making tea as a poll choice. And now I wish I'd thought of this as an option: I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker, Sure don't want to hurt no one. Thanks for playing and thanks for sharing. P.S. I'm one of those reformed smokers your mother always warned you about. Started in college and mostly was a social smoker off and on through the years. Smoked when I went out and on breaks at work but not around my kids, never in my home or car, and never when I was pregnant or nursing. I found it easier to quit earlier on and harder to quit the last couple of times.

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I'm done! I'm done! Yippee! Now I might pick up a few more gifts here and there but, for the most part, I'm finished. Whew!

I don't like budgets. They're like diets. Don't need 'em. :tongue_smilie:

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I understand what you're trying to say, and I think you have a valid point. Unfortunately, this is a very touchy subject, so the responses are going to be very emotional.

Anonymous ... although maybe the mods can see?

Most excellent news!

I usually make half the batch with sprinkles and the other half with frosting, so I wondered what others do. The picture attached shows how many cookies were left after we'd made the frosted cookies first and the sprinkled cookies the day after.

Dd asked for this. I read the reviews on Amazon and the DS game got great reviews, but the Wii game doesn't have as many good reviews. I'm glad to hear good reviews here.

It's been nice reading your posts. Thanks for sharing your memories!

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what special something do you miss from childhood? I guess it could be anything, but I was thinking more in the line of Christmas traditions, music, food or decorations. I miss the Christmas lights we used to have when I was a kid. They're getting harder and harder to find these days. They were the large, clear but colored twinkling lights for the Christmas tree. They all blinked at different intervals, and I remember I used to stare at the tree for long periods of time because it was so beautiful. I remember my mom always had to have a Douglas fir tree, too. Nothing else would do. We had a tough time finding the large twinkling Christmas lights during the years we were stationed overseas, so I was hoping to find them once we moved back stateside. Nope. But I've heard they're making a comeback, so I hope to find some this year! Just found it funny that I was hankering for more of my childhood Christmas memories after the recent discussion on classic covers and original songs.

I like the Rod Stewart version, too. My dc abhor listening to Rod Stewart though, so ... I crank it up sometimes just to torture them. :D

Just curious, about how much would you charge for the work you've done with this picture?

Yeah, I'm a tyrant. :D

Then you would definitely want Other as an option if I posted a generalized poll related to this topic. LOL

:smilielol5: What is it with me today? I'm lovin' it!

Wow, that looks awesome! You got mad skills, baby!

Rabbit trail? Spin-off? Related tangent? It's all too similar to the experience of hearing a song you grew up with being covered in today's music scene. Do we prefer the "original" version, because we're more familiar with it and it reminds of us good times? (I put original in quotes because there have been times I've found out a song I thought was an original was actually another cover!) Oftentimes, dc will love a song, and I just HAVE to play the original (or one I knew) so they can compare. It's funny how we usually prefer the one we heard first. I'm trying to think of examples. Life is a Highway - Rascal Flatts or Tom Cochrane The Tide is High - Atomic Kitten or Blondie American Pie - Madonna or Don McClean What's Going On - Cyndi Lauper or Marvin Gaye American Woman - Lenny Kravitz or Guess Who The First Cut is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow or Cat Stevens Lovesong - Death Cab for Cutie or The Cure Hurt - Johnny Cash or Nine Inch Nails Billie Jean - Chris Cornell or Michael Jackson Kid A - John Mayer or Radiohead Working Class Hero - Green Day or John Lennon Jolene - The White Stripes or Dolly Parton Landslide - Dixie Chicks or Stevie Nicks My Humps - Alanis Morissette or Black Eyed Peas Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sisters or Pink Floyd Message in a Bottle - John Mayer or The Police Wicked Game - HIM or Chris Isaak Leaving on a Jet Plane - Chantal Kreviazuk or John Denver

:smilielol5: Oops! I know how you meant this, but I thought it was funny.

I voted and read the other responses. You know what popped into my head when I read some of the responses? HSLDA.