Are the kids at the check-out being fed steroids now? Cause they pack my bags like I have Hercules waiting on the porch to help me carry them in when I get home. Good heavens, if you can't lift it into the cart then how in hell am I gonna lift it into the trunk, out of the trunk, and up the steps into the house? I educate them on lightening up the load each trip but it seems every time I get groceries they try it again. (Hmm, maybe it's just me that needs some exercise?)

hope you get this.have tried towrite u many times and for some reason my emails dont reach u. i am a senior, past 85 and am madly in love with u and your show. love your dancing, humor, your terrific generosity, and i think your mama did a good job raising you. i love animals (dont have any) and adore babies and children. sorry for rambling. i love u i love your show. grandma lee

I work in a grocery store and once in a while have to use those bags to bag the groceries for customers. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. Nothing is more embarrassing than walking to the customers car and the bag breaks. OOPS. We also have carryout carts because we don't let them take the grocery carts out, well they were not designed for plastic bags and lots of times the cans will fall out and they roll down the parking lot and you have to chase them. Why don't they design a cart for plastic? Instead, our young people think they have to be the HULK and carry all the bags on their arms, what a sight. But yes they are a wonderful and quite a topic for conversation. My cat prefers boxes over bags though. Now that is a sight. Good topic.

I need to know how to send you and email I am canadian and the state always comes up as an error.

Everyday, always save something for your self.

I am a B woman - bags, blankets, baskets! As far as bags and cats go...the most hysterical thing I ever saw was when one of my cats got a plastic bag caught around his neck (he was okay). He went streaking through the house with this plastic bag ballooning behind him, and everywhere he ran this THING was following him. It took me a half hour to catch him and get the bag off him.

Dear Ellen,
This is the first time I have ever written but I just had to tell you how much fun you are to watch. Giving that truck to that women today made me cry. I always thought it would be so much fun to give things to people that really need them. It must be such a great feeling.
I want to go shopping with you. I want to throw things in peoples carts, give things away, make people happy. You have such a fun life. It is really fun to watch you. Love you!!!!!!!
Keep us laughing!!!!!

Speking of "fanny packs" did you know in the UK they are called bum bags becasue fanny means somthing else in the UK. It means the opposite of butt... if you know what I mean. I heard that on the raido the other day and I could not stop laughing!!

I like all bags....except the ones under my eyes!

Oh Ellen, you're right bags are awesome!!!! Don't forget diaper bags and lunch bags! I wonder if bag ladies love bags as much as we do!
Thanks for helping me lerf today!
Mary Ibarra :)

Ants, yuk, my secret weapon is ground cloves. I put them in the window sills, and any cracks they are coming in and they about face. Also kids pavement chalk, make a line and they won't cross it! I just drew a line on the house and they stayed away. Boric acid is another solution but I have pets so I haven't used it in a few years.

Good luck, Liz

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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT AMAZING PEOPEL BUT MY MOM IS
MY STEP DAD DIED IN MAY OF CRUZCHEF JACOBS DISEASE ONE IN ONE MILLOION PEOPLE GET THIS.
MY MOM AND STEP DAD HAD 7 KIDS AND WE HAD THE REAL FAMILY WE BLENDED WELL IT WAS LIKE WE WERE ALWAYS TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THEM. WE LOVE DAN LIKE HE WAS OUR OWN DAD. MY MOM LOVED HIM LIKE A MOVIE. MY MOM TOOK CARE OF HIM 24 HOURS A DAY UNTIL HE DIED. WE DID NOT EXPECT IT
SHE LOVES ALL OF US EVEN ALL 4 OF HIS KIDS. MOM LOST HOUSE AND SHE STILL GOES ON AND TAKES CARE OF ALL OF US WHE IS OUR HERO
DAN WAS AMAZING TOO HE WAS THE DAD TO THE FOOTBALL TEAM THEY CALLED HIM DAD MY PARENTS FED US TALKED TO US AND LOVED US

Fanny Pack??? I love you even more now Ellen. I wear a fanny pack whenever I go to the gym to hold my music, but I wore one to a baseball outing a last year and a friend said it looked like a V_ _ i n _ blocker. Stupid, I know, but I still wear it with pride!

Hey Ellen

About your ant problem I have a solution for you. Ants do not like Chalk or Cinnamon. They will not cross a Chalk or Cinnamon line. It sounds weird I know but it works I did it in my house and never had a problem again.

Hope this helps.

Colleen Gardner Britsh Columbia Canada :)

You have ants? I had the pesky little critters visiting my home while I was on vacation. I was completely grossed out as I watched them marching in from under my front door. After buying several expensive ant removal remedies, that they apparently loved, I heard about a mixture of 2 Tbsp. of Borax mixed with 1 Cup of icing sugar.
Cut holes into the bottom of small plastic containers,(so your animals wouldn't get at it), put the mix into a few containers around your house. What a miracle and very inexpensive, ants be gone! Also works in the garden.
Love your show from British Columbia, Canada.

ANTS??? I live in Florida and the best way to rid yourself of these things is to wipe the furniture with a mixture of bleach and water Also spray the entryways and get an exterminator FAST! They will carry your house away if you don't do something ASAP.
Always enyoy your show and being able to post comments. Your give-a-ways are not always true though like the Brita give-a-way. No where is there a spot to sign up!
yff(your forever fan)
Pauline

sprinkle sugar outside your house then the ants will not have any reason to come in and the will stay outside. Repeat every few weeks, it works.

Susan Peyerl

My thoughts..And I Do Have One... A while back I wrote and asked you to consider taking the Ellen from your card line and to put it on t-shirts. I think this would be a big seller. The cartoon Ellen is so cute and I know I would be proud to own a couple of these t-shirts. They would also make a nice gift for a friend. It is time to put some new items in the Ellen Shop.
Thank you for listening and considering this idea.
Sincerely,
Sharon M. from Janesville, WI

Hi Ellen,

I was watching your show (as usual) today and you were talking about ants. I had a real problem with them and then read about a home remedy which actually worked.

With equal parts water and WHITE VINEGAR put in spray bottle and spray window frames and other places where you think they might be coming in. Ants hate the small and will go away. I put some vinegar on my drainboard and wiped the entire thing and I haven't had any ants since. One time I ran out of vinegar and used amonia.... they don't like that either.

Should you see any ant hills outside, just pour the vinegar straight into the anthill and they will run away.

You, Porche and I are all obviously wonderful people because we're Aquarius women. I'll be 65 on Friday, Feb. 1st. I'll miss a lot of your show as I normally do because I have to leave for Synagogue by 4:30 on Fridays or else I'll get stuck in what is very much like LA freeway.

Take care,

Sue

ANTS!!!

so guess what I was doing while you were talking about ants in your opening monologue?

I was sitting in the corner of my bedroom vaccumming up ants. I left a cup of hot chocolate, I was sipping on last night, sit out overnight... big deal right? well, I just went to pick it up and found i had ants everywhere... making a little army trail coming out of the corner of my room. I'm from Minneapolis, so we don't really have this problem... everything dies in the winter... Gods way of keeping things clean. I'm spending the winter in northern CA... in the valley... this is a new problem for me... and its gross!

I've been vaccuming up ants for the better part of the last hour... but its a funny coincident.