Chelsea

it took awhile to get here

[Fara Kaufman @justfara]

So, I spoke to people getting food at a food bank and here are some things I learned from those in need:
1. Everyone donates Kraft Mac and Cheese in the box. They can rarely use it because it needs milk and butter which is hard to get from regular food banks.
2. Boxed milk is a treasure, as kids need it for cereal which they also get a lot of.
3. Everyone donates pasta sauce and spaghetti noodles.
4. They cannot eat all the awesome canned veggies and soup unless you put a can opener in too or buy pop tops.
5. Oil is a luxury but needed for Rice a-Roni which they also get a lot of.
6. Spices or salt and pepper would be a real Christmas gift.
7. Tea bags and coffee make them feel like you care.
8. Sugar and flour are treats.
9. They fawn over fresh produce donated by farmers and grocery stores.
10. Seeds are cool in Spring and Summer because growing can be easy for some.
11. They rarely get fresh meat.
12. Tuna and crackers make a good lunch.
13. Hamburger Helper goes nowhere without ground beef.
14. They get lots of peanut butter and jelly but usually not sandwich bread.
15. Butter or margarine is nice too.
16. Eggs are a real commodity.
17. Cake mix and frosting makes it possible to make a child’s birthday cake.
18. Dishwashing detergent is very expensive and is always appreciated.
19. Feminine hygiene products are a luxury and women will cry over that.
20. Everyone loves Stove Top Stuffing.

In all the years I have donated food at the Holidays, I bought what I thought they wanted, but have never asked. I am glad I did. If you are helping a Family this Christmas, maybe this can help you tailor it more. It does for me!

[TraderThink4Self @SelfThink4]

Queen Latifah sang the national anthem beautifully. #SNF

[Chelsea @CollingsChelsea]

@morganoliviaa23 Chad says Grimace is a tastebud

[Chelsea @CollingsChelsea]

@Wynonna @CBS @CMT @AshleyMcBryde Soooo good 🙌🏻

[Elizabeth Cook @Elizabeth_Cook]

I guess here in Nashville, if we’d been raided the day we filmed the video for “Sometimes it Takes Balls to be a Woman” w/ director Roger Pistole, none of my band or the skateboard kids in this video would be able to vote…ever again.

[Brolivia Rodrigbro @noverine74]

Just saw The Whale and wept and no spoilers BUT there is a pizza place called "Gambinos" in it and I just looked it up and the guy who wrote the play the movie is based on is FROM MOSCOW IDAHO!!! THE WHALE TAKES PLACE IN MOSCOW IDAHO!!! THE PIZZA IS THE GAMBINOS!!!

[Kelli Russell Agodon @KelliAgodon]

In 2008, I was at a writing festival & two male editors were on stage talking about their presses & said, "And don't send us your 'mommy poems'" & laughed.

It still makes me cringe. Here's one of those "mommy poems" that was most likely never sent to them

"Hurry" by Marie Howe

[Chelsea @CollingsChelsea]

@rangerjayfilm There’s nothing better than someone who’s good at their job imo 🙌🏻

[Chelsea @CollingsChelsea]

@morganoliviaa23 Wut

[morgan @morganoliviaa23]

@CollingsChelsea I’m a loner Dottie…a rebel

[Chelsea @CollingsChelsea]

@morganoliviaa23 You don’t want to get mixed up with a guy like me

[M. Night Shyamalan @MNightShyamalan]

The final reckoning is coming. #Servant Season 4 - our last 10 episodes - premieres January 13 on @AppleTVPlus. This will be the conclusion of the 40-episode arc we all envisioned since we began work on @Servant, and I can't wait to share it with you all.

[Chad @chadalvin]

Vacationing on the east coast, I have come to the only conclusion. @sheetz needs to expand to the west coast please!!!

[Chelsea @CollingsChelsea]

@lorieliebig Don’t bring Miranda Lambert into this. You have no idea what’s in her heart.

[Kelly Willis @KellyWillisKW]

I adore both these things AND Sandra Boynton.

[Albert Brooks @AlbertBrooks]

Lindsay Graham coming up with the plan of when a woman can have an abortion is literally right out of the Twilight Zone.

[Emily Porter, M.D. @dremilyportermd]

I had a guy friend with a Ph.D in engineering ask me last week how women pee with a tampon in and this is why men shouldn’t be passing laws about women’s bodies.

[Ken Olin @kenolin1]

This is how a very good and decent human being - a real American leader - behaves.
To anyone who isn’t moved by this, I feel truly sorry for your broken soul.
I am so proud to support @Potus

[M. Night Shyamalan @MNightShyamalan]

Went for jury duty. Wasn’t selected for, as it turns out, a very serious trial. But was very touched by all involved and the responsibility they and all of us hold. As I left, staff printed out posters of their favorite films of mine to sign. Lovely people. Wish everyone peace.

[Senator Ed Sutton @EdCSutton]

I took this photo of a #burnpit in '13, right before I climbed inside to retrieve our weekly air drop that fell into the pit. FOB Boris.

Every time I get sick, I wonder if these pits have finally caught up. Just last month, an fellow Vet I knew in college died from exposure. 1/3