What is family: Definition and 176 Discussions

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...

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...

I have a customer that has the large stoneware bowl and has had it for some time, but is not sure what to make in it now, its from the Family Heritage stoneware collection and it looks like a big bowl. Any Suggestions, or ideas.. Thanks in Advance

Thanks Nicky! Who do you know who sells this company.....if you do know anyone, a call to them is in order offering the rock solid business of Pampered Chef. After careful consideration, and with a heavy heart, we announce today that our Once Upon A Family Party-Plan Operations will...

In the "hardest product to clean" post, I mentioned the FSQSP...I make iced tea in it almost daily, and the "sludge" from the tea makes the fins all slimy and gross. Unless I scrub each individual fin with a toothbrush, I can't get it clean enough. I won't put it in my dishwasher, cuz even...

What are some of your favorite show recipes to make in the Family Skillet that feed a lot of people? I've looked for a thread on this topic but can't fine one. Thanks! Suzy in Texas

My first party is tomorrow so I'm practicing with my kit today. Does anyone know any good/quick lunch recipes for the family... and I want to incorporate things that are in my kit... I also have a med. round stone. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks :)

Our twelve-year-old dog, a loving chihauhau (and our first-born dog) died early this morning of a heart attack. We are truly sad...thought he would live to be 20. This deer-colored dog was given to us by my husband's late sister who died of Alzheimer's. Please pray that our hearts can...

A family in our church is in desperate need of hospitality. They have one child-about 5-and a set of quadruplets-age 3!! The mom has health issues and has been in the hospital for the past 2 weeks. She is not getting out anytime soon from what I can tell. The dad works and sometimes travels. I...

I am new to PC. We are attending a Family get-together on Sunday and I want to take a PC dish. We will travel for 2 hours there and there is no electricity at the park. What do you suggest I take?

First of all let me start by saying that I don't know this family personally, however it is a friend of a friend. Mom works part-time and dad was recently laid off and is out of work. Braedon Monthony is a soon to be 7-month-old little boy who has been fighting the flu for the past couple of...

Hi everyone! I'm not one to post here lately, but this is just way too close to home for me. Everyone on our street knew this little girl and we are all so stunned that this happened here. She was a very sweet, quiet girl and loved by everyone who met her. Please pray for her mother and the...