A care package from home.

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A care package from home.

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Hi Knifers,

Got a "Care Package" from Mom a few days ago. 30+ years & she still sends me "Care Packages", now that's a real good Mom! ::nod:: ::tu:: :D Just thought I'd kill some time & show you folks what I got. :mrgreen: My writing & your reading keeps us both out of trouble. :mrgreen:

I / we recieved some News Papers. :lol: Mom usually sends me some U.S. Comics and any other articles she thinks might be of interest to me. This time it's an article about a Cooper's Hawk that had gotten into the Fort Hill Highschool gym and disrupted a Senior Night Volleyball game. ::tu::

Then there are some cooking/baking goodies we like. Three packs of powder Ranch dressing, two packs of Nestlé Chocolate Chips & one small McCormick Pumpkin Pie spice. Pumpkin Pie spice tastes good in a lot of baked things. Cookies, cakes ect. My girls enjoy using it. ::nod:: Nestlé Chocolate Chips are larger, cheaper & taste much better than the Chocolate Chips we find here. And some Ranch dressing. I like to make Tunafish salad once in a while and I like putting some Ranch seasoning in it. ::nod::

Then there is a small advertising knife that she picked up for me at an Antique store a few months ago. Turns out that it has "Smucker's" advertising on it and..., it's even an unused, Swiss made, Victorinox Classic. :shock: She did real good IMO!!! ::nod:: ::super_happy::

On April 1st 2021, I had ordered ordered a limited edition Case knife and this Zippo lighter from Shepherd Hills. After 4-months of waiting for the knife to be back in stock, Shepherd Hills finally told me that they couldn't get the knife anymore so they would be shipping only the Zippo. It then laid around at Mom's house a few more months and after just 9-short months of waiting, it's finally here. ::groove:: (They don't have any wild turkeys here.) I love the picture of the "Gobbler" on it & I always think bighomer should have one of these "Gobbler" Zippos. ::nod:: This Zippo will join the others I have in my showcase. ::tu::

And last but not least, there is a sign with my last name on it. The letters are actually hand painted ceramic tiles that I had bought on vacation on a Spanish Island called Mallorca, about 20-years ago. Must have been 2001 or 2002. ::hmm:: I had given them to my parents as a gift but they never did get around to using them for anything. Since my father passed away in 2016 and my mom has remarried, she thought I'd like to have them back so she had her brother, my Uncle Dennis, make a sign out of them. He is ::hmm:: ::shrug:: 75+ years old now. Anyways, he glued em onto some wood & put some nice looking trim work around em for me. Now I just have to find a place to hang it. ::nod:: ::tu::

I guess that about wraps it up. Not really the most interesting story in the world but as I said, it kept us both busy for a while. ::nod:: Below are some pictures & thanks for looking! ::handshake:: ::super_happy::
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A foot note.:

I haven't gotten around to using the tiles with my address on them either. ::facepalm:: May have to send them to my Uncle Dennis. ::shrug:: :lol:
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"Git-R-Done!" :lol:

Hung from an old (1800's) oak beam over a door frame in my kitchen. ::tu:: Looks good! ::nod:: ::super_happy::
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Nice care package . Moms are great ! Call her often . I can’t call mine anymore .
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Purty good haul there Tom, 'cept that nasty ranch stuff
::sotb::

Being a miss-placed Yankee so far from home, care packages from Mom must be a tremendous treat!
::ds::

Merry Christmas buddy
::handshake::
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Rdubya21 wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:21 am Nice care package . Moms are great ! Call her often . I can’t call mine anymore .
Yes, moms are great! ::nod:: ::tu:: I have been calling home every Sunday for the last 30 years. ::nod:: ::tu::
Nowadaz, about the only time I can catch her at home is on Sunday mornings before she leaves for church. :lol:
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royal0014 wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:44 am Purty good haul there Tom, 'cept that nasty ranch stuff
::sotb::

Oh man, I really like Ranch! ::nod:: :D

Being a miss-placed Yankee so far from home, care packages from Mom must be a tremendous treat!
::ds::

They are a tremendous treat!!! ::nod:: ::nod:: ::nod:: I'll really feel "cut off" from America when she is gone. ::nod:: Hope she is still around for many, many years. ::pray:: ::nod::


Merry Christmas buddy
::handshake::
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year my friend!!! ::handshake:: ::super_happy::
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All I can say is "WOW"!
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And where are the "Pop Tarts" Tom ????
Perhaps the Kriminalpolizei has connections with the Deutsche Post?
I'd file a complaint. :x

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Tom, you've got a wonderful mom! She has blessed me by my reading and seeing all she has done for you and your bunch for Christmas. :)
Hope y'all have a wonderful Christmas.
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My mom brings me a shaker bottle of the ranch stuff about once a year. I like it on tuna, toast with butter, cooked chicken, bagels with cream cheese, steamed veggies, scrambled eggs, Mac and cheese. The stuff is great.

I like that Smuckers knife. With a name like Smuckers it has to be good!

Merry Christmas.
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Old Folder wrote: Sat Dec 25, 2021 3:57 am And where are the "Pop Tarts" Tom ????
Perhaps the Kriminalpolizei has connections with the Deutsche Post?
I'd file a complaint. :x
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:lol: Good idea Dan! ::nod:: Merry Christmas to you & your Queen Bee! ::nod:: ::handshake:: ::super_happy::
treefarmer wrote: Sat Dec 25, 2021 4:21 am Tom, you've got a wonderful mom! She has blessed me by my reading and seeing all she has done for you and your bunch for Christmas. :)
Hope y'all have a wonderful Christmas.
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She is truely a great blessing in our lives Philip. Exactly what a mom should be like. ::nod::
She was sick last Sunday & had been sick for over a week. I tried to make her promise me that she would go see a doctor that day but she wouldn't. ::huff:: ::hmm:: So..., when I got off the phone with her, I called her older brother Dennis who lives about a mile from her & told him that his sister needs to see a doctor. I have never called him before in my whole lifetime so I guess he understood how urgent my call was. Anyways, he called mom and got her to go see a doctor. And she got a steriod shot & several medications. ::nod:: Gotta do what ya gotta do sometimes. ::nod:: And sometimes parents should listen to their children. ::nod::

Merry Christmas to you & Miss Joy! ::handshake:: I hope you can also spend some time with your children & grand children. That would be cool! ::nod:: ::tu::
eveled wrote: Sat Dec 25, 2021 5:13 am My mom brings me a shaker bottle of the ranch stuff about once a year. I like it on tuna, toast with butter, cooked chicken, bagels with cream cheese, steamed veggies, scrambled eggs, Mac and cheese. The stuff is great.

I like that Smuckers knife. With a name like Smuckers it has to be good!

Merry Christmas.
Ranch dressing is delicious IMO! Goes well with a lot of foods. ::nod:: The name "Smucker's" was already taken, so they went with Ranch. :lol:
OLDE CUTLER wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 6:16 pm All I can say is "WOW"!
Thanks for looking OC! ::handshake:: ::super_happy::

I appreciate all the comments gentlemen! ::nod:: Merry Christmas Everyone! ::handshake:: ::groove::
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Merry Christmas to you and your family also Tom.
You have a very loving Mother.

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::tu:: ::nod::
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Nice, Tom! ::tu:: ::tu:: I know a little about that Fort Hill place. 😉
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