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post #76 of 85
4/16/09 at 8:23am
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Originally Posted by Melvira

I have totally see those exact ones!! Hurray for you thinking outside the box. I LOVE that. Of course you knew that. icon_wink.gif

I figured the secretary was a nice person and I felt bad for kind of coming down hard on her. I know sometimes I (we?) kind of jump on the defensive and suggest slapping people into their senses when actually they are nice people who had one misguided line of thinking. icon_lol.gif It seemed to me by the way you were talking that you actually liked this person and just had a different opinion than she did. And like you said, she totally came around to the idea, which means she recognizes a good thing when she sees it! thumbs_up.gif



I could tell from your comments that you weren't dumping on her. And I'm glad you know what "plastic thingees" I was talking about! If anyone from Omaha is wondering about the store where I purchased the sun catcher, it was Mangelsen's.
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post #77 of 85
4/16/09 at 2:18pm
I just saw your cookies and they are absolutely wonderful. They don't look in poor taste at all! I thought you had posted this topic today, and when I saw the cookies I thought wow that was quick!
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post #78 of 85
4/16/09 at 10:47pm
Wow, your cookies are gorgeous!!! I, and my kids would've definately appreciated the thought and all the work that went into them, when we were greiving for my daughter.
Great work!
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post #79 of 85
4/16/09 at 11:14pm
They are lovely cookies and I'm sure the family will appreciate the time and sentiment that went into them.
To each his/her own - Cake that is!!
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To each his/her own - Cake that is!!
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post #80 of 85
4/17/09 at 4:44am
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Here's a photo of the finished basket. Please keep in mind that I've never arranged anything like this, so be kind!

On a "shake-the-head-moment", I was given $20 to buy a basket and the fruit and a card. Whatever was left over, I was to keep as a thank-you for doing the cookies. I spent $26, and skipped the card. So if any of my co-workers accuses me of doing the cookies as a way to get out of contributing actual cash, I will smack them!
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the optimist expects it to change;
the realist adjusts the sails.
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the realist adjusts the sails.
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post #81 of 85
4/17/09 at 4:56am
Fantastic! It looks wonderful! and yah, it looks like you contributed the lion's share, but that often happens to us softies. It's all credit in the Bank of Karma in my book. thumbs_up.gif
Melvira: Mistress of the dark... chocolate!

Well that's just great. Peanut butter in my crack.
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Melvira: Mistress of the dark... chocolate!

Well that's just great. Peanut butter in my crack.
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post #82 of 85
4/17/09 at 4:57am
Your cookie basket will be the one that the family remembers. Flowers for sympathy all start to look the same after a while and in a few days they go into the garbage. I remember when my dad passed and believe me - it the food that people brought that we all remember.
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post #83 of 85
4/17/09 at 5:52am
I think is great. I would have loved to get something like that for my family when my son passed away last july. We did have some plants given to us, and I only have 1 of them left. I also have a black thumb when it comes to indoor plants.
My dds went out and bought some of Bob's favorite snacks to put in the kitchen for everyone to snack on during his vistation[little debbie swiss cake rolls and reeses cups, along with Dr Pepper] Plus we had several people brought casseroles and some fried chicken[ a store deli donated a bucket when my dds went to buy them]
When my cousin was killed a few years ago I baked a big box of cupcakes and brought them. There were a lot of kids at that one. They loved them.
My sympathies to all who have lost a loved one.
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post #84 of 85
4/17/09 at 6:10am
It turned out wonderful, Gemini! What a fabulous idea and you made it work so well! I love the basket you put together and your cookies are, of course, perfect icon_wink.gif
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post #85 of 85
4/18/09 at 6:42pm
The basket is gorgeous and so thoughtful!! Not too showy, not too skimpy. Just the right touch on all ends. Kudos to you!!!
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