Key Lime Pie

1 small box lime Jell-O, prepared as directed
    (refrigerate until firm and solid)
8 ounces cream cheese
Cool Whip
1 package Kool-Aid lime flavored drink powder (regular or sugar free)
1 (9-inch) chocolate crumb crust
3-4 crushed Oreo cookies

Beat Jell-O in large mixing bowl until doubled in volume. Pinch off small pieces of cream cheese into JellO mixture and continue beating until creamy and smooth (about 5 minutes). Add Kool-Aid powder and mix well. Pile onto the crust and smother with Cool Whip. Sprinkle cookie crumbs over top to garnish. Refrigerate 2-3 hours before cutting.

Serves 6.


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My name is Edgar Freemantle. I used to be a big deal in the building and contracting business. This was in Minnesota, in my other life. I learned that my-other-life thing from Wireman. I want to tell you about Wireman, but first let's get through the Minnesota part.

Gotta say it: I was a genuine American-boy success there. Worked my way up in the company where I started, and when I couldn’t work my way any higher there, I went out and started my own. The boss of the company I left laughed at me, said I'd be broke in a year. I think that's what most bosses say when some hot young pocket-rocket goes off on his own.

For me, everything worked out. When Minneapolis–St. Paul boomed, The Freemantle Company boomed. When things tightened up, I never tried to play big. But I did play my hunches, and most played out well. By the time I was fifty, Pam and I were worth forty million dollars. And we were still tight. We had two girls, and at the end of our particular Golden Age, Ilse was at Brown and Melinda was teaching in France, as part of a foreign exchange program. At the time things went wrong, my wife and I were planning to go and visit her.

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A: Victoria and I decided a long time ago that our family takes priority over most everything else. I tell people all the time that their families should be their first mission field. Today, it takes a great deal of our time and energy to make a living. We need to make sure our families don't get the short end of the stick and we need to make time for them. And, I am talking about "quality time"; no cell phones, no business calls, no outside distractions, just family.


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