Thank you all for attending.
Not to get too sappy, but it makes me pleased and proud to belong to such an intelligent, friendly and fun group. It is nice to be among people who will actually understand my obscure references in conversation.
It was especially a pleasure to no met the non-member husbands and wives and of course the children.
Ahh - okay, I knew it was either Eve or Ann. Unless WhatExit has suddenly become a Pennsylvanian, it was definitely your spouse that I was talking to :).
My kids loved your Scooby, by the way; even Dweezil who is generally very, very nervous around dogs, was enjoying sitting and petting him.
That would be great! No need to re-size them, just send the originals. My e-mail is in my profile. Thanks!!
Well, the mac and cheese I brought seemed to be a hit, so here’s the recipe:
2C Barilla Plus elbow noodles
2C whole milk
20oz Velveeta, cubed
2C shredded mild cheddar
4 slices white American cheese
Salt and pepper
Pre-heat oven to 350. Boil noodles in well-salted water in a large pot. Don’t over-boil; I leave them for about 7 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water, set aside.
In the same pot you cooked the noodles in, add milk and cubed Velveeta. Stir frequently until the Velveeta gets pretty “melt-y”, then add the shredded cheddar. Stir frequently until both cheeses are completely melted. Add white American cheese and salt and pepper to taste, stir constantly until the American cheese is completely melted and sauce is smooth.
Add pasta back in to sauce and stir to get all the noodles well-coated.
Pour the whole mess into a 2qt baking dish (I spray mine with non-stick cooking spray first to expedite clean-up a tiny bit), and bake for 30 minutes or until the top starts to get golden and the smell is driving you insane with hunger. 
It should also be noted that danceswithcats supplied convincing evidence that his knowledge of chili is not of yesterday. Any chance we might see those recipes? (There were two: Reasonably Hot and Substantially Moreso.)
Just a suggestion for next time… whoever makes off with all the bowls and plates and utensils should probably wait till the very end, when people are finished eating.
Oh, gosh! We didn’t even think of that! All we took were the utensils we brought, but we really should have just left them. Sorry about that!
No, I don’t think it was you. People were still eating after you guys left. It was near the end, but some of the kids wanted chili and cheesecake, and there were no plates or forks to be found.
If they wanted chili + cheesecake, it’s probably just as well there were no more utensils 
We left behind one container of chocolate cookies, and the cheese ball’s remnants + a plateful of crackers; hopefully whatever leftovers there were of those either got tossed or found a home with someone who left later. Woulda left the baked beans as well but they weren’t in a disposable container (maybe next time I’ll bring a foil pan to dump them into).
Oh - and I too would like the chili recipes, pretty please!!!
Oh! I think my hubby made off with most of the plates/bowl/disposable flatware stuff, at Wendell’s request that someone take it! I’m so sorry if you all weren’t finished with it yet! We’ll be more careful next year, we promise!
I sent the pictures to nyctea scandiaca, partially titled.
Thanks for sending your photos, What Exit?!
Anyone who wants the chili recipes should PM me or email me with their email addresses. Xema, I’m looking at you - you have no email listed in your profile. danceswithcats will send it to whomever wants it, but he doesn’t post anymore, so send me your email address, and I’ll get it to you.
Also, someone made little chocolate cookies, with nuts and dried cherries (I think) in them. Could I get that recipe, please?
The cookies were from us; I’ve emailed you the recipe. They have white chocolate chips though, not nuts.
I made the cookies. I make very good cookies. But the sad truth is I use the recipe on the back of the Hersey semi-sweet chocolate chips. Just cut back on the chips to allow people to taste the cookie.