IT'S ALMOST PIEDAY!!!

I need a freaking pie! It's been a rough week!

I like key lime pie.

An excellent idea. Ill have a key lime with sara and a whole chess pie for dessert.

Babies in photos are looking at us! Awww! Cute!

I like cherry pie and raspberry.

aaaww look at mehdi. I cant beleive he is 3 months old!!!

Me neither. Now that some of the wrinkles are getting ironed out, you can really see who he favors. You be the judge:

Daddy


Mommy


Baby

Jumaah Mubarakah!!

The real question is does Mehdi like older women? Because Amirah and Medhi make a cute playdate!

they'll be like pebbles and bam bam, she is so little and he is.... well, he's huge.

Oh yes. He flirts with all the little old ladies at the grocery store. Sara and I are already working on the betrothal. I think Im supposed to pay a hundred camels or something for Amirah.




You should try toting him around. He's already in 6 month size clothes! What a tub!

Hmmm. With 100 camels Sarah could really save on gas money. Sounds like a good trade.

Babies have the cutest clothes. I love the baby boy clothes with dinosaurs and elephants, etc. I also love the little girls' sundresses, especially in a warm pink/orange/blue madras.

Like this one:

http://www.bestdressedkids.com/scripts/eca...amp;Item=134339

Oh my mother would have a fit over that. She's got all grandsons, no little girls. So she's being robbed of the opportunity to buy lots of frilly things. But Ahmed and I plan to have another butterball in a few years, so maybe mom will get her chance to buy pink.

It appears Mehdi is suffering from an 'acute' case of cuteness. I think he got it from Amirah. Its serious. It has metasisized from his fat cheeks to his chubby booty. I told him earlier he may have to have a 'cute-ectomy' to have some of it removed and given to a less fortunate baby. He laughed his little belly off.

Oh, well yeah, you have to work on a little girl in order to give some of the other little boys in MENA a hopeful match... and also so you can regain your 100 camels.

It sounds serious. He may have to go see a specialist in cases of cuteness. I just happen to be one... I'll see him for free, no office charge.

Good morning and happy Friday everyone

popping in real quick.

just got up. off to shower and get everything around. headed to the hospital in about an hour.

see you all in a few days!!

Happy friday, and weekend!

Happy Friday! Good luck Jess!

Goodmorning everyone! I am so happy its finally Friday!! Im off to work soon then im coming home and going to get nothing but rest. I wish everyone a beautiful, and blessed day today! Enjoy!


AJ1

Just thought I'd stop by and say good morning and I hope everybody has a great weekend!

Good Morning and TGIF!

Jess, I will be thinking of you today. Everyone else, have a blessed day.

Let them eat Piessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss -





Welcome to Jess's baby who is being born today YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

G-Girl, that's a mighty fine looking Pecan pie!

Wow what a beautiful sunrise!! Desert is fantastic! Good morning everyone and
happy happy yeah it's finally Friday!

Babies are just precious....they are growing up way too fast.

Grocery shopping on the agenda today....aren't I lucky!

Wael has been busy working with the International Graduate admissions program here at the University of Arizona. Will begin in January, so I hope he can be ready. He is soooo excited.

Have a great Friday and a fantastic weekend!!

Jeanne

mmmmmmmmm pie. Good morning MENA. Hope you all have a good day. I am OFF WORK! And I swear I am not going in to do any paperwork. I will take the whole day off.

OH NO ...maybe tornado watches later today. This is what they say in Chicagoland on the news....'Keep your eyes on the sky...'

If I hear from Jess's sister, I'll update everyone on the baby.

Jackie

Thank you, Jackie. That very much will be appreciated.

Morning everyone!!! On my way to work on two hours of sleep, insomia and storm kept me awake. OMG Yassmine is Butterball ever adorable. Wow is he gonna have women chasing him when he is older. hahaha. And for pieday i think I would like some pecan pie. That sounds yummy. And Nagi,
just to let you know, the pic on my profile, is my son and adopted grandson. Still can't get it downloaded on my siggi, but oh well, here it is. Have a good day...... looks like more storms are in order here.

Tornado watch just issued. Looking at the radar,,it should be here in a few hours.

Terrie, I still cannot see it.
0k, NM. I see it now. My pc is working rather slow or else VJ is getting hung up again.

we are clear for a few days, guess you get to watch them now...pass the chess pie someone earlier mentioned that> that is one you dont hear of often but my grandmother used to make for me..my favorite

butterball is adorable...

on my way to drop of the puppy...poor guy knew something was up when he woke up and the food and water dishes were empty!! lol...he had to fast since last night and the lil heffer is starving...

jack...tornadoes? what a damper on my day...were redoing our cabinets and we cant strip them becuase it has to be done outside...maybe tomorrow is a better day...it is super muggy...i bet a bigggg storm is coming!

baby hasnt had any reaction to his shot...he slept from 3pm yesterday til 11pm...so u can guess who spent half the night awake entertaining him!! lol..hes worth it, he keeps a smile on my face 24 hours a day, plus hes learning to smile and its great!

Good morning MENA

Happy friday everyone...Jumuah mubarakah Mohammed

Happy friday! I am so glad the weekend is here, although nothing is really going on. We did get to go to Amor de Brazil Churrascaria last night - and as usual it was awesome... Had to load up on pineapple between servings though or your taste buds would wind up on grilled overload. Was a nice night

g'morning all. who has the coconut cream pie?

Just an FYI, the person doing that survey on Morocco that got locked, she IS a member here and has been a friend of mine since 04, she really IS a grad student and her husband is Moroccan, so no need for worries. it wasnt a fishing troll.

Is this the pie that is made with brown sugar? I've heard of it, never had it, but is
it a pie mainly in the south? Thanks !!

Its kind of custard-y and yes, southern.

Thanks Sara!!

it wouldn't violate tos if it was a poll

Chess pie is a dessert characteristic of Southern U.S. cuisine. Recipes vary, but are generally similar in that they call for the preparation of a single crust and a filling composed of eggs, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. What sets chess pie apart from many other custard pies is the substitution of corn meal for flour. Some recipes also call for corn syrup, which tends to create a more gelatinous consistency. The pie is then baked. The resulting pie is very sweet and often consumed with coffee in order to offset this somewhat. Although preparation of a pecan pie is similar (with the obvious addition of pecans), pecan pie usually contains corn syrup.

Chess pie is closely related to Vinegar Pie, and the two terms are often used interchangeably. Vinegar pie generally adds somewhere between a teaspoon and tablespoon of vinegar to the above ingredients to "cut the sweetness". Actually, it makes very little difference in the taste.

The pie seems to have no relation to the game of chess, which has led to much speculation as to the origin of this term. Some theorize that the name of the pie traces back to its ancestral England, where the dessert perhaps evolved from a similar cheese tart, in which the archaic "cheese" was used to describe pies of the same consistency even without that particular ingredient present in the recipe. In North Carolina and Old Salem Cookery, Elizabeth Hedgecock Sparks argues that the name derives from Chester, England. One folk etymology suggests that it was referred to as "just pie", which soon shortened to "jus' pie" and then corrupted to "chess pie". There is also a theory that the word "chess" pie comes from the piece of furniture that were common in the early South called a pie chest or pie safe. Chess pie may have been called chest pie at first because it held up well in the pie chest.

INGREDIENTS:
4 ounces butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon cornmeal
PREPARATION:
Melt butter; blend with sugars. Add eggs and other ingredients and stir until blended. Do not beat. Bake in unbaked pie shell for one hour at 350°.

ew

pie

this is the version my little old granny told me

I'm working from home today and just had to go look to see what was up in the other room.




Hubby is laughing *hysterically* so I look at the tv and he's watching Tom and Jerry. I don't think I've ever seen him laugh this hard!!!

sure is getting dark outside

I already have a *sweetie pie* so, no need for other pies! Thanks tho! Have a great Friday everyone. Can't wait to hear from Jess & Nawal! Baby fever, running rampant!

nvm

Bridget -
Tell your husband that here in America we have the great true crime books, so he can learn English and evils of human beings at the same time. Start with Ann Rule, a little easier read, since I can't imagine how hard it is for these guys to read English, I can only read English, how I wish I could have the ability to read another language. But this way he can practice while enjoying the nasty subject matter. My whole family speaks two to three languages, but then there is me, barely English and sometimes my lovely husband who teaches English likes to point out all my errors, nothing better than being correct by someone who’s native language is not English.

bruce willis is in the next town over. I'm gonna go try to get his autograph!!!