What is family: Definition and 200 Discussions

An earlier post just got me thinking about this so I thought I would start it off and also see what others do.... Since I was 10 yoa (that is a long time ago!) we have had spaghetti for XMas eve. I am the only sibling of three that still follows the tradition. My kids and grand kids now...

ok heres my delima... my family christmas party is on saturday (around noon) my husband and i are going to a wedding out of town friday night and sleeping at a hotel, saturday morning we are going straight from the hotel to the christmas party.... when am i supposed to cook???:cry: I need...

Wishing a wonderful Festival of Lights to my fellow MOT Cheffers :p

Hello Everyone, My family of 5 (kids will be 9, 13 & 15 when we vacation in July of 2010) and my parents (who are in their mid 60s) are planning a vacation for July to either Virginia Beach or Outer Banks. We want to rent a house with a pool in one of those two areas and have some neat...

It's been so long I can't remember. My latest recruit just qualified (before she even got her new consultant kit in the mail!!!). The website is showing her sales at $1,700 and her $100 in Pampered Chef Dollars, but she can't find anything on there about the free PWS trial. Anyone who's...

What are you taking to your family for Thanksgiving? I have two potlucks (one Thursday, one Saturday) and I cannot make up my mind what to bring. My coworker gave me a corn salsa recipe that I'm thinking of trying. I love bringing PC recipes, last year I brought pineapple salsa and apple...

Geesh, I just got my latest Kraft Food & Family last week. Along with it they send an invoice for $6.99/year and said this would be the last one I receive unless they hear from me! I like it, but not sure I'm willing to pay for it! It's not a lot of money, but it's the principal. They...

The hubby and I are expecting baby #2 due may 2010! Our 4 year old is super excited since he has been asking for a new baby for a while!

I just signed up 10/13! YAY I am very excited to start recruiting and building my team. My one concern is one of my potential recruits is my Stepmother whom lives with me. I see potential problems with this and also see potential benefits with recruiting her. Anyone have experience with...

Long story short, hubby bought 2 pirate costumes for a themed event & then all the participants found out that it was a "red carpet" theme, not a "favorite Hollywood character" theme, so these two Pirates of the Caribbean costumes have been sitting in our closet for almost 2 years without being...

My sister hosted a show and there was a woman there who wanted to book. She didn't set a date and I tried following up with her. Months went by and we still never pinpointed a date. Then my sister told me that her son died in a tragic accident. I meant to send her a condolence card, but kept...

Cops: Body in Ga. landfill is missing girl, 7 NBC News and news services updated 2 hours, 30 minutes ago ORANGE PARK, Fla. - A child's body found in a Georgia landfill has been identified as missing 7-year-old Somer Thompson, police said Thursday. The partially covered body of the child...

Oh mighty cheffers, I am in need of your superior knowledge! I need to figure out gifts for my family. I have some fairly unusual parameters I am working within, and I am drawing a blank. I'm also running out of time. Here's the thing: My parents and my younger sister (now 14) moved back to...

I had a hard time submitting a show order over the weekend but learned it had something to do with the PC server and not me. So finally submtted it yesterday morning, checked CC this morning but the show was still not showing. Luckily I called and they placed the show on hold! and guess why...

I don't remember if I posted about our two fur-babies passing away earlier this year. We got all 3 dogs in 1992 as shelter/strays, and we lost Ernie, my "firstborn" 3 years ago at age 14. Earlier this year, we lost Stubby at 16 1/2 in May, and then Bobo in July, right around 17 years old...

Hello! I have a childrens/family expo coming up soon and I am looking for some ideas to add to my own. I am having 2 tables put together so I will have quite a bit of space. Half of the table I want to display my best selling products and/or the new consultant kit along with having a "free show"...

Would you want a traditional "print package" - ie 1 8x10, 2 5x7, etc... or would you want the digital files and print them yourself? I currently offer both but am considering moving to an all digital, all-inclusive format. Meaning, you pay for the session and all the digital files upfront...

Anyone know the dates for conference 2010? Need to know soon as booking a bi-annual family vacation for 15 people.

the past few weeks my gandma has ben having trouble remembering and has ben repeating things like the signs of a stroke which she has had mini ones in the past and had a big one about 8 yeasr ago. but just sat we are going to leave my parents and go back home but shortly before we get a phone...

My husband and I have been married 3 months and tonight his mother passed away. She lived in a nursing home. Today was also her birthday. 88 years. Neat lady, always called me Terry's friend. LOL! Believe it or not, I have not had a relative die near me before. My grandparents died, but...

I tried the saucy Morrocan chicken tonight for our family's dinner with the following changes: used the creole rub in place of the morrocan rub (didn't have the morrocan rub). Nice spicy flavor. I used a can of evaporated milk mixed with about 4 tablespoons of the flour mixture instead of...

okay so long story short, i am in a very very tight place... at my church my mom, myself and my aunt were coleaders of a girls group. this past year my aunt has been doing a really half-a** job with all her duties. such as not showing up, saying she would do something and then not follow...

I can get out of my box of family members for booking shows and the people for my follow up calls are people that are family members and they don't do parties they just go and it is the same people i cant get out!!! help any ideas!!!

The other day I mentioned various prayer requests. Here is the Caring Bridge site for a former co-worker Ryan: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ryanclausing/mystory He is scheduled to have surgery to fuse his vertebra tomorrow. It was supposed to happen Tuesday but he had spiked a...

Hello! I am looking for ideas of a PC dish to take to our family reunion. I can take anything I want, but was hoping for a recipe that is rather simple and does not require a lot of ingredients. I am hoping to create enough excitement that maybe I can increase my sales for the month! Anyone have...

Sunday night my DH, DD, Friends DD, and I were driving home from a day at the lake when we were the 3rd or 4th car to arrive at an accident. An SUV had hit a motorcycle head-on. I stayed in the car with the kids and my husband jumped out to see if he could help. It was really bad, and the...

Hi, does anyone know if I can ship a show order to my house and distribute it myself? I have a few lazy family members that don't want the minimal bother

Back a few months ago we were praying for the niece of a co-worker - she was having twins and her husband was in Afghanistan. The twins came early but are doing well and he was able to fly over to see them right after birth for a few days. He then had to go back to Afghanistan. We just got...

Please pray for me and my family. End of May we unexpectedly were given 30 day notice to move (owner losing house). We invested all we had $3500 to move into a new rental. The first day we moved in we had many things wrong with the new house. I sent a work order. They came to look only 5...

Since I am impatiently awaiting wave 3 I thought it might be fun to see what others do to help their families survive while you are gone for 3 days? I'm not doing too much this year. I am making a list of available easy meals, mostly for my MIL who will be here on thursday to help with the...