gardenmom5 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 step right up. I ordered several items from amazon (coming in four different shipments). . . . she lives in texas. they're coming to me in washington . . . at least it's early enough I can now ship them to her. (the two outstanding are just books - so, book rate. I may wait until tuesday to ship to see if they arrive.) at least the shar order is going to her . . . . :glare: I loath shipping. it's the biggest reason I don't see on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Dh and I bought the same thing for the same child. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 So far, I've managed to buy the same DS cartridge twice. In my defense, there are about 50,000 Pokémon versions. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I baked my Thanksgiving apple tart with salt instead of sugar. Major fail! Regards, Kareni 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWillSoar Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 This was years ago but when I would water the tree, it would suck it up immediately so I kept putting more and more water in. Turns out there was a crack in the stand and I had soaked the carpet. We ended up having to move the tree, pull up the carpet and run fans in the room to dry it out. Another year the tree, all decorated, fell over. Now we just do fake. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share Posted November 26, 2016 I baked my Thanksgiving apple tart with salt instead of sugar. Major fail! Regards, Kareni cringe. my sympathies. 1ds was little and wanted to make chocolate cookies. he added the ingredients hmself (he needed help baking). good thing I tasted it. he didn't want to admit how much salt he added - he knew I'd throw it out. I kept assuring him we would start over. he added about a 1/4 CUP of salt. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 ... he added about a 1/4 CUP of salt. Yes, my tart ended up with 1/2 cup of salt. It was sad, but I have to admit it made for a lot of laughter. My brother-in-law, who is cross country, even sent me some joking messages about it. This kind of news gets around. Regards, Kareni 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I baked my Thanksgiving apple tart with salt instead of sugar. Major fail! Regards, Kareni I have to ask- Did you realize it before or after it was served? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plateau Mama Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I bought several Lego sets last summer and put them up for Christmas. A couple weeks ago Amazon had some great Lego deals. I went to wrap them yesterday and yup, the two sets I bought recently I'd already bought last summer. So much for saving $$. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I have to ask- Did you realize it before or after it was served? As I was removing the tart from the springform pan, one piece of apple stuck to the pan. I put that piece into my mouth and realized immediately that there was a major problem. Our guests were here as it was baking, so we'd all been salivating for hours and there was no hiding the failure. Regards, Kareni 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecropia Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) I tried making the turkey in our standalone roaster this year, to free up oven space. 23 lb turkey. I started it at 10:45 at 325 degrees, thinking it would be ready around 3-3:30. I didn't want to check it much because the roaster would lose all that heat. At 2:30, I had just finished serving a substantial snack to get us through the next hour+ and thought I'd peek on the turkey. The bird was DONE. The meat thermometer read over 190. You should have seen me scramble to finish cooking all the other dishes to go along with the bone-dry turkey. Luckily we didn't have any guests coming this year... Edited November 27, 2016 by Cecropia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 As I was removing the tart from the springform pan, one piece of apple stuck to the pan. I put that piece into my mouth and realized immediately that there was a major problem. Our guests were here as it was baking, so we'd all been salivating for hours and there was no hiding the failure. Regards, Kareni Still better than a guest taking the first bite! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thessa516 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) This was years ago but when I would water the tree, it would suck it up immediately so I kept putting more and more water in. Turns out there was a crack in the stand and I had soaked the carpet. We ended up having to move the tree, pull up the carpet and run fans in the room to dry it out. Another year the tree, all decorated, fell over. Now we just do fake. This happened to us yesterday. Apparently our old tree stand developed a crack whilst we moved the tree into its final position. A full gallon of water ran all over the place. *sigh* Edited November 27, 2016 by thessa516 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 This Thanksgiving, the turkey was not ready until after dinner. My cute little daughter looks at dinner when we decided to go forward sans turkey and says "wait! Something is missing! The chicken is missing!" ha ha ha ha ha! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) Minor fail on Thanksgiving, but it still amused me. I googled how to keep mashed potatoes warm in a crockpot. I made the mashed potatoes before the guests arrived (much less stressful than trying to do it last minute), put them in the crockpot that was buttered and had a little cream at the bottom, closed the lid, and turned the crockpot on. And an hour or two later when we were getting ready to eat, the potatoes were cold because I never actually plugged the crockpot in. Then to improve the situation I plugged the crockpot in while I was transferring the potatoes to a dish to microwave--what was I thinking? Trying to cover up my mistake? Anyway, after dinner I had a nice crusted-on mess to clean up in the crockpot that never even warmed the potatoes. Edited November 27, 2016 by Ali in OR 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scbusf Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 1. Years ago, my cat ate the turkey. 2. My last real Christmas tree - I was living alone in a townhouse and I was going to spend Christmas in Japan with my sister. I decided I would buy a tree and then just take it down before I left. I mean, you can't have December without a Christmas tree! So I took it down and literally half the needles fell off the tree. The darn thing was so dead!!! I was vacuuming up needles for months!!!!! I bought a fake tree the next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Still better than a guest taking the first bite! :) Very true! I'm pondering whether I want to bake the tart again for Christmas; it would be nice to actually eat it. Regards, Kareni 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Very true! I'm pondering whether I want to bake the tart again for Christmas; it would be nice to actually eat it. Regards, Kareni You should! It sounds wonderful! I almost made that mistake this year. I REALLY need to label my canisters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I almost made that mistake this year. I REALLY need to label my canisters. My grandma did the salt thing once. Which is the reason that, although all my baking and cooking ingredients are in nice glass containers, the salt stays in its ugly cardboard thing - this way, nobody can possibly mistake it for sugar. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 my grandmother had a large jar of salt in the cupboard above her stove. I used on it berries once. she kept her sugar in a drawer. (i think it had a metal lining.) My salt is in an old peanut butter jar. my sugar is in an old tupperware container and will hold at least 5lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 My opa raised a thanksgiving turkey and expected my oma to clean it, her eye sight wasn't terrific so we were quietly picking tiny feathers out of our Thanksgiving dinner turkey before we could eat it. Always brings us a good laugh to tears of sweet memories as we recall oma's Thanksgiving turkey 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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