Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 10-24-19 22:12 <=-

Wegmans makes pretty good meals, though... ;) But it's kinda like
having friends bringing in meals for you, not necessarily how you'd
cook them, even when they're pretty good... ;)

Agree there... :)

One appreciates it, but thinks of how one would do it differently, as
well... ;)

Yes, that's true. I do love their pulled pork <g>.

Some of their oven-safe packaging entrees are pretty nice... just put
the bag in the oven for the proper length of time at the right temp, and
it cooks itself...

I haven't tried those much yet, perhaps I will :) It would definitely help on days when we're running back and forth to Oak Hill where Ron's Aunt is getting rehab for her broken hip.

All the prep is done for you, and the cleanup should be minimal... :)
And so far all the ones we've tried have been pretty tasty... :)

This week has been absolutely nutso though because Ron's aunt fell
and broke her hip (again, other side this time) this past weekend. So
we're running back and forth to/from the hospital.. but from what the
hospital told us this morning, Ron and his aunt will be investigating
other rehabilitation options at a rehab nursing home, for example,
instead of rehab in the Cayuga hospital. It was determined that Aunt
Gert can't tolerate the 6-hour a day rehab necessary (I think it was
6hours a day at least). :(

I made a mistake there btw, it is 2 hours a day rehab necessary if you want medicare to cover the cost. That would certainly be easier on someone than 6 hours a day :)

Oh, that DOES make better sense... 6 hours might stress out anybody...

How did that work out...? Did they at least find something fairly close
by, so that you'd be able to supervise it properly... ?

She's in a facility near us in Ithaca, Oak Hill Manor; it's a nice
place, people seem happy there. That's a big plus to me... And she's
not complaining so that's a good thing.

Both good things... close enough that it isn't a hardship to be there regularly, and a place that she's happy enough with... :)

As far as how the rehab itself goes, it's slow going. It makes sense
when you think about it... she does NOT tolerate pain well (she's
going to be 98 this Feb.), and so when they try to work with her for
this kind of stuff she's not very keen on working on it. Everytime I
see her I keep reminding her that if she can deal with the discomfort she'll get back home sooner than later.. but you know.. it's rough.

Yes, I know it can be very rough on you... you want the best for her,
and it can be hard to get across why she needs to put in that effort to
get that best.... She has enough brain left to be able to explain how
things can be helpful, doesn't she...? Not just to encourage working
through the discomfort, but also explaining how each exercise could be
helpful in the process....

We meet with the Oak Hill Admin. every now and then to see how things
are going, get updates on her successes (they are very few.. she's been there now 3 weeks I think, and they _today_ got her to stand with the
aid of some weird contraption...)

Have you been able to sit in on the therapy sessions with her...?
Sometimes that can be a helpful extra push to make the therapy go
smoother... Hopefully she's still making some progress...

Over here, she will have to be able to use her walker to get to the bathroom from her room (it's right around the corner) before we can
take her home :( damn..

Would a commode in her room help any...? at least as a temporary
fix...?

Anyway, running to hospital sure puts a damper on cooking.. so last
night we enjoyed a bowl of Lasagne soup from a local place.. it was
good :) I have a beef tongue in my 'frige I bought to cook this week,
guess I'll have to wait a bit to cook that. Thankfully it's an easy
one to cook, and so good :) The cook-by/use-by/freeze-by date is
sometime in the next two weeks so that is good :)

That gives you a bit of leeway... :) And even if you end up freezing
it, it will still be good for when you can cook it... :) And, right, it
is an easy thing to cook... :)

I cooked it so that's done. We've had sandwiches with it, and I'll probably turn the rest of it into a stew some day this week when we're running around and I'm too busy to cook something else :)

Oh, good... :) And is it all consumed by now....? <G>

[...]

I know what you mean there. Generally, it's good food, but I find
they give you too much food haha.. Right now I'm still trying to build
up my appetite after that chest infection I had and the soup-frenzy
that I was on <grin>

One can either share the portion... or save some for another meal... :)

That's true :)
Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as
opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the
junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if
this doesn't change :(

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you
can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

I have about 5 pie pumpkins from my garden I want to start using for
pumkin bread/pies :)

I have some not totally ripe pumpkins sitting under plant lights in
the living room... they are ripening there, so that's great :)

Sounds good... :)

They are doing really well there, they like those plant lights, so
that's great.

Another use for your indoor garden... :) Have you made any goodies yet
with the pumpkins...?

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

I haven't tried those much yet, perhaps I will :) It would definitely
help on days when we're running back and forth to Oak Hill where Ron's
Aunt is getting rehab for her broken hip.

All the prep is done for you, and the cleanup should be minimal... :)
And so far all the ones we've tried have been pretty tasty... :)

It's neat that Wegman's food is generally good to great <g> Even my son likes some of their dishes we grab..well, I should qualify that with "even my son eats _some_ of them" <vgb>

This week has been absolutely nutso though because Ron's aunt fell
and broke her hip (again, other side this time) this past weekend. So
we're running back and forth to/from the hospital.. but from what the
hospital told us this morning, Ron and his aunt will be investigating
other rehabilitation options at a rehab nursing home, for example,
instead of rehab in the Cayuga hospital. It was determined that Aunt
Gert can't tolerate the 6-hour a day rehab necessary (I think it was
6hours a day at least). :(

I made a mistake there btw, it is 2 hours a day rehab necessary if you
want medicare to cover the cost. That would certainly be easier on
someone than 6 hours a day :)

Oh, that DOES make better sense... 6 hours might stress out anybody...

Yes, indeed. She was extremely unwilling to cooperate with the rehab staff in the beginning and wouldn't do any of the Rehab work needed to make a difference in her condition. We went in and talked to her and that helped some but lately it's sad but it doesn't seem to make a difference.. she's 97 going on 98 in Feb. so geez it's understandable.. Her oldest sister lived to be 100 but her sister really wasn't all there towards the end.

She's in a facility near us in Ithaca, Oak Hill Manor; it's a nice
place, people seem happy there. That's a big plus to me... And she's
not complaining so that's a good thing.

Both good things... close enough that it isn't a hardship to be there regularly, and a place that she's happy enough with... :)

Unfortunately, it has become a hardship for the two of us.. Ron is still recovering from the Sciatica (he had the injection and goes back for another one in a few weeks I think)... but he still can't sit for long, or walk for long :( Eventually he'll be better but driving is rough for him. I'm doing generally ok but tire out fast. That lung infection this month knocked me out for a bit.. luckily my doc was able to find an antibiotic that I could tolerate so I was happy about that... But we're really just run down and can't deal very well with "stuff". It was a heavy load when she was here before she broke her hip, and now we're trying to 'catch up'. Her doc thinks she'll be staying at Oak Hill for a number of reasons... I think her mind is going a bit as well as her sister's did. That's sad.

As far as how the rehab itself goes, it's slow going. It makes sense
when you think about it... she does NOT tolerate pain well (she's
going to be 98 this Feb.), and so when they try to work with her for
this kind of stuff she's not very keen on working on it. Everytime I
see her I keep reminding her that if she can deal with the discomfort
she'll get back home sooner than later.. but you know.. it's rough.

Yes, I know it can be very rough on you... you want the best for her,
and it can be hard to get across why she needs to put in that effort to
get that best.... She has enough brain left to be able to explain how
things can be helpful, doesn't she...? Not just to encourage working
through the discomfort, but also explaining how each exercise could be helpful in the process....

Before this last fall happened, I would have said yes.. but after she fell I think it really took a toll on her... mentally especially :(

We meet with the Oak Hill Admin. every now and then to see how things
are going, get updates on her successes (they are very few.. she's been
there now 3 weeks I think, and they _today_ got her to stand with the
aid of some weird contraption...)

Have you been able to sit in on the therapy sessions with her...?
Sometimes that can be a helpful extra push to make the therapy go
smoother... Hopefully she's still making some progress...

No, we can't do that.. It would be too much really for us. There are some other memebers of the family but no one else can help they say..

Over here, she will have to be able to use her walker to get to the
bathroom from her room (it's right around the corner) before we can
take her home :( damn..

Would a commode in her room help any...? at least as a temporary
fix...?

She had one in her room from the beginning...

I have a beef tongue in my 'frige I bought to cook this week,
guess I'll have to wait a bit to cook that. Thankfully it's an easy
one to cook, and so good :) The cook-by/use-by/freeze-by date is
sometime in the next two weeks so that is good :)

That gives you a bit of leeway... :) And even if you end up freezing
it, it will still be good for when you can cook it... :) And, right, it
is an easy thing to cook... :)

I cooked it so that's done. We've had sandwiches with it, and I'll
probably turn the rest of it into a stew some day this week when we're
running around and I'm too busy to cook something else :)

Oh, good... :) And is it all consumed by now....? <G>

Yes, we finished that one :)

[...]

I know what you mean there. Generally, it's good food, but I find
they give you too much food haha.. Right now I'm still trying to build
up my appetite after that chest infection I had and the soup-frenzy
that I was on <grin>

One can either share the portion... or save some for another meal... :)

That's true :)
Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as
opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the
junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if
this doesn't change :(

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you
can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

I've been making pumpkin bread - that's great :)

I have about 5 pie pumpkins from my garden I want to start using for >>>>>> pumkin bread/pies :)

I have some not totally ripe pumpkins sitting under plant lights in
the living room... they are ripening there, so that's great :)

Sounds good... :)

They are doing really well there, they like those plant lights, so
that's great.

Another use for your indoor garden... :) Have you made any goodies yet
with the pumpkins...?

Maybe next week.. we'll see :)

Take care,
Janis

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Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 11-01-19 21:52 <=-

I haven't tried those much yet, perhaps I will :) It would definitely
help on days when we're running back and forth to Oak Hill where Ron's
Aunt is getting rehab for her broken hip.

All the prep is done for you, and the cleanup should be minimal... :)
And so far all the ones we've tried have been pretty tasty... :)

It's neat that Wegman's food is generally good to great <g> Even my
son likes some of their dishes we grab..well, I should qualify that
with "even my son eats _some_ of them" <vbg>

Yes, I remember how picky he could be... :) Actually eating them is a
high compliment from him... <G>

I made a mistake there btw, it is 2 hours a day rehab necessary if you
want medicare to cover the cost. That would certainly be easier on
someone than 6 hours a day :)

Oh, that DOES make better sense... 6 hours might stress out anybody...

Yes, indeed. She was extremely unwilling to cooperate with the rehab
staff in the beginning and wouldn't do any of the Rehab work needed to make a difference in her condition. We went in and talked to her and
that helped some but lately it's sad but it doesn't seem to make a difference.. she's 97 going on 98 in Feb. so geez it's understandable.. Her oldest sister lived to be 100 but her sister really wasn't all
there towards the end.

It can be an ongoing struggle to get someone like her actually motivated
to do the rehab... the surgery itself can take so much out of them...
and the healing as well....

She's in a facility near us in Ithaca, Oak Hill Manor; it's a nice
place, people seem happy there. That's a big plus to me... And she's
not complaining so that's a good thing.

Both good things... close enough that it isn't a hardship to be there regularly, and a place that she's happy enough with... :)

Unfortunately, it has become a hardship for the two of us.. Ron is
still recovering from the Sciatica (he had the injection and goes back
for another one in a few weeks I think)... but he still can't sit for long, or walk for long :( Eventually he'll be better but driving is
rough for him. I'm doing generally ok but tire out fast. That lung infection this month knocked me out for a bit.. luckily my doc was able
to find an antibiotic that I could tolerate so I was happy about
that... But we're really just run down and can't deal very well with "stuff".

Oh, that is not so good at all... even though it might have been
worse... I'm sorry that it is such a hardship all the same....

It was a heavy load when she was here before she broke her
hip, and now we're trying to 'catch up'. Her doc thinks she'll be
staying at Oak Hill for a number of reasons... I think her mind is
going a bit as well as her sister's did. That's sad.

I wonder if some of it is institutional delirium... her brain not making
total sense of the strange surroundings... But if she can't/won't do the
rehab to get better enough to get out of there, there's not much you can
do... We kept our mom home at my sister's after she broke her hip, as
she was very prone to the delirium, and that helped some, but it was a
lot of work for us as well as for her... We had therapists coming to the
house to work with her.... Probably more than you'd be able to do
though, with your health not so great, either....

As far as how the rehab itself goes, it's slow going. It makes sense
when you think about it... she does NOT tolerate pain well (she's
going to be 98 this Feb.), and so when they try to work with her for
this kind of stuff she's not very keen on working on it. Everytime I
see her I keep reminding her that if she can deal with the discomfort
she'll get back home sooner than later.. but you know.. it's rough.

Yes, I know it can be very rough on you... you want the best for her,
and it can be hard to get across why she needs to put in that effort to
get that best.... She has enough brain left to be able to explain how
things can be helpful, doesn't she...? Not just to encourage working through the discomfort, but also explaining how each exercise could be helpful in the process....

Before this last fall happened, I would have said yes.. but after she
fell I think it really took a toll on her... mentally especially :(

That's not that uncommon, either....

We meet with the Oak Hill Admin. every now and then to see how things
are going, get updates on her successes (they are very few.. she's been
there now 3 weeks I think, and they _today_ got her to stand with the
aid of some weird contraption...)

Have you been able to sit in on the therapy sessions with her...?
Sometimes that can be a helpful extra push to make the therapy go smoother... Hopefully she's still making some progress...

No, we can't do that.. It would be too much really for us. There are
some other memebers of the family but no one else can help they say..

That's a shame....

Over here, she will have to be able to use her walker to get to the
bathroom from her room (it's right around the corner) before we can
take her home :( damn..

Would a commode in her room help any...? at least as a temporary
fix...?

She had one in her room from the beginning...

Ah... then not a solution, either...

Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as
opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the
junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if
this doesn't change :(

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you
can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

I've been making pumpkin bread - that's great :)

And eating nice thick slices of it with plenty of butter...? ;)

I have some not totally ripe pumpkins sitting under plant lights in
the living room... they are ripening there, so that's great :)

Sounds good... :)

They are doing really well there, they like those plant lights, so
that's great.

Another use for your indoor garden... :) Have you made any goodies yet
with the pumpkins...?

Maybe next week.. we'll see :)

Anything yet...? ;)

ttyl neb

... Panic now - avoid the rush!

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Hi Nancy,

It's neat that Wegman's food is generally good to great <g> Even my
son likes some of their dishes we grab..well, I should qualify that
with "even my son eats _some_ of them" <vbg>

Yes, I remember how picky he could be... :) Actually eating them is a
high compliment from him... <G>

hahaha yep :):) He reminds me in some ways of my oldest sister who passed a while back from Pancreatic cancer... As a child she'd delay eating by lining up the peas, or rigatoni or whatever in various designs hehe... I always burned up food so fast, I just wolfed it down :)

Yes, indeed. She was extremely unwilling to cooperate with the rehab
staff in the beginning and wouldn't do any of the Rehab work needed to
make a difference in her condition. We went in and talked to her and
that helped some but lately it's sad but it doesn't seem to make a
difference.. she's 97 going on 98 in Feb. so geez it's understandable..
Her oldest sister lived to be 100 but her sister really wasn't all
there towards the end.

It can be an ongoing struggle to get someone like her actually motivated
to do the rehab... the surgery itself can take so much out of them...
and the healing as well....

The meds they give her don't help with mental clarity either.. most days I think she's in a state of confusion from that, though honestly before her latest fall she was really out of it often enough that we had to keep an eye on her so she didn't 'escape' out the back door when we were sleeping (making sure the back door and the storm door were locked was a necessity.)

She's in a facility near us in Ithaca, Oak Hill Manor; it's a nice
place, people seem happy there. That's a big plus to me... And she's
not complaining so that's a good thing.

Both good things... close enough that it isn't a hardship to be there
regularly, and a place that she's happy enough with... :)

Unfortunately, it has become a hardship for the two of us.. Ron is
still recovering from the Sciatica (he had the injection and goes back
for another one in a few weeks I think)... but he still can't sit for
long, or walk for long :( Eventually he'll be better but driving is
rough for him. I'm doing generally ok but tire out fast. That lung
infection this month knocked me out for a bit.. luckily my doc was able
to find an antibiotic that I could tolerate so I was happy about
that... But we're really just run down and can't deal very well with
"stuff".

Oh, that is not so good at all... even though it might have been
worse... I'm sorry that it is such a hardship all the same....

It gets better for Ron as the days go on, so that's a good thing, and I seem to have recovered now from the chest infection.

It was a heavy load when she was here before she broke her
hip, and now we're trying to 'catch up'. Her doc thinks she'll be
staying at Oak Hill for a number of reasons... I think her mind is
going a bit as well as her sister's did. That's sad.

I wonder if some of it is institutional delirium... her brain not making total sense of the strange surroundings...

Could be true but she wasn't "all there" many days well before her latest fall.

But if she can't/won't do the
rehab to get better enough to get out of there, there's not much you can do... We kept our mom home at my sister's after she broke her hip, as
she was very prone to the delirium, and that helped some, but it was a
lot of work for us as well as for her... We had therapists coming to the house to work with her.... Probably more than you'd be able to do
though, with your health not so great, either....

I'm doing ok now, and Ron has been doing better as well, but I'm not ready to commit to going through that kind of rehab at home when she could take a turn for the worst at any moment. I'm glad her doctor decided that it was time for her to have supervised care in Oak Hill.

As far as how the rehab itself goes, it's slow going. It makes sense
when you think about it... she does NOT tolerate pain well (she's
going to be 98 this Feb.), and so when they try to work with her for
this kind of stuff she's not very keen on working on it. Everytime I
see her I keep reminding her that if she can deal with the discomfort
she'll get back home sooner than later.. but you know.. it's rough.

Yes, I know it can be very rough on you... you want the best for her,
and it can be hard to get across why she needs to put in that effort to
get that best.... She has enough brain left to be able to explain how
things can be helpful, doesn't she...? Not just to encourage working
through the discomfort, but also explaining how each exercise could be
helpful in the process....

Before this last fall happened, I would have said yes.. but after she
fell I think it really took a toll on her... mentally especially :(

That's not that uncommon, either....

Yep...

Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as
opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the
junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if
this doesn't change :(

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you
can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

I've been making pumpkin bread - that's great :)

And eating nice thick slices of it with plenty of butter...? ;)

Well, pumpkin bread at least haha :)

I have some not totally ripe pumpkins sitting under plant lights in
the living room... they are ripening there, so that's great :)

Sounds good... :)

They are doing really well there, they like those plant lights, so
that's great.

Another use for your indoor garden... :) Have you made any goodies yet
with the pumpkins...?

Maybe next week.. we'll see :)

Anything yet...? ;)

Today I'm going to start baking some of the pumpkins.. :)

Take care,
Janis

... Panic now - avoid the rush!

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Hi Nancy,

It's neat that Wegman's food is generally good to great <g> Even my
son likes some of their dishes we grab..well, I should qualify that
with "even my son eats _some_ of them" <vbg>

Yes, I remember how picky he could be... :) Actually eating them is a
high compliment from him... <G>

hahaha yep :):) He reminds me in some ways of my oldest sister who passed a while back from Pancreatic cancer... As a child she'd delay eating by organizing the peas, or rigatoni or whatever in various designs hehe... I always burned up food so fast, I just wolfed it down :)

Yes, indeed. She was extremely unwilling to cooperate with the rehab
staff in the beginning and wouldn't do any of the Rehab work needed to
make a difference in her condition. We went in and talked to her and
that helped some but lately it's sad but it doesn't seem to make a
difference.. she's 97 going on 98 in Feb. so geez it's understandable..
Her oldest sister lived to be 100 but her sister really wasn't all
there towards the end.

It can be an ongoing struggle to get someone like her actually motivated
to do the rehab... the surgery itself can take so much out of them...
and the healing as well....

The meds they give her don't help with mental clarity either.. most days I think she's in a state of confusion from that, though honestly before her latest fall she was really out of it often enough that we had to keep an eye on her so she didn't 'escape' out the back door when we were sleeping (making sure the back door and the storm door were locked was a necessity.)

She's in a facility near us in Ithaca, Oak Hill Manor; it's a nice
place, people seem happy there. That's a big plus to me... And she's
not complaining so that's a good thing.

Both good things... close enough that it isn't a hardship to be there
regularly, and a place that she's happy enough with... :)

Unfortunately, it has become a hardship for the two of us.. Ron is
still recovering from the Sciatica (he had the injection and goes back
for another one in a few weeks I think)... but he still can't sit for
long, or walk for long :( Eventually he'll be better but driving is
rough for him. I'm doing generally ok but tire out fast. That lung
infection this month knocked me out for a bit.. luckily my doc was able
to find an antibiotic that I could tolerate so I was happy about
that... But we're really just run down and can't deal very well with
"stuff".

Oh, that is not so good at all... even though it might have been
worse... I'm sorry that it is such a hardship all the same....

It gets better for Ron as the days go on, so that's a good thing, and I seem to have recovered now from the chest infection.

It was a heavy load when she was here before she broke her
hip, and now we're trying to 'catch up'. Her doc thinks she'll be
staying at Oak Hill for a number of reasons... I think her mind is
going a bit as well as her sister's did. That's sad.

I wonder if some of it is institutional delirium... her brain not making total sense of the strange surroundings...

Could be true but she wasn't "all there" many days well before her latest fall.

But if she can't/won't do the
rehab to get better enough to get out of there, there's not much you can do... We kept our mom home at my sister's after she broke her hip, as
she was very prone to the delirium, and that helped some, but it was a
lot of work for us as well as for her... We had therapists coming to the house to work with her.... Probably more than you'd be able to do
though, with your health not so great, either....

I'm doing ok now, and Ron has been doing better as well, but I'm not ready to commit to going through that kind of rehab at home when she could take a turn for the worst at any moment. I'm glad her doctor decided that it was time for her to have supervised care in Oak Hill.

As far as how the rehab itself goes, it's slow going. It makes sense
when you think about it... she does NOT tolerate pain well (she's
going to be 98 this Feb.), and so when they try to work with her for
this kind of stuff she's not very keen on working on it. Everytime I
see her I keep reminding her that if she can deal with the discomfort
she'll get back home sooner than later.. but you know.. it's rough.

Yes, I know it can be very rough on you... you want the best for her,
and it can be hard to get across why she needs to put in that effort to
get that best.... She has enough brain left to be able to explain how
things can be helpful, doesn't she...? Not just to encourage working
through the discomfort, but also explaining how each exercise could be
helpful in the process....

Before this last fall happened, I would have said yes.. but after she
fell I think it really took a toll on her... mentally especially :(

That's not that uncommon, either....

Yep...

Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as
opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the
junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if
this doesn't change :(

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you
can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

I've been making pumpkin bread - that's great :)

And eating nice thick slices of it with plenty of butter...? ;)

Well, pumpkin bread at least haha :)

I have some not totally ripe pumpkins sitting under plant lights in
the living room... they are ripening there, so that's great :)

Sounds good... :)

They are doing really well there, they like those plant lights, so
that's great.

Another use for your indoor garden... :) Have you made any goodies yet
with the pumpkins...?

Maybe next week.. we'll see :)

Anything yet...? ;)

Today I'm going to start baking some of the pumpkins.. :)

Take care,
Janis

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* Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)

Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 11-07-19 11:01 <=-

It's neat that Wegman's food is generally good to great <g> Even my
son likes some of their dishes we grab..well, I should qualify that
with "even my son eats _some_ of them" <vbg>

Yes, I remember how picky he could be... :) Actually eating them is a
high compliment from him... <G>

hahaha yep :):) He reminds me in some ways of my oldest sister who
passed a while back from Pancreatic cancer... As a child she'd delay eating by lining up the peas, or rigatoni or whatever in various
designs hehe... I always burned up food so fast, I just wolfed it down

I guess we all have our own eating styles... ;)

Yes, indeed. She was extremely unwilling to cooperate with the rehab
staff in the beginning and wouldn't do any of the Rehab work needed to
make a difference in her condition. We went in and talked to her and
that helped some but lately it's sad but it doesn't seem to make a
difference.. she's 97 going on 98 in Feb. so geez it's understandable..
Her oldest sister lived to be 100 but her sister really wasn't all
there towards the end.

It can be an ongoing struggle to get someone like her actually motivated
to do the rehab... the surgery itself can take so much out of them...
and the healing as well....

The meds they give her don't help with mental clarity either.. most
days I think she's in a state of confusion from that, though honestly before her latest fall she was really out of it often enough that we
had to keep an eye on her so she didn't 'escape' out the back door when
we were sleeping (making sure the back door and the storm door were
locked was a necessity.)

For sure on the meds making things worse... but I guess it does sound as
though she'd already been slipping some...

Unfortunately, it has become a hardship for the two of us.. Ron is
still recovering from the Sciatica (he had the injection and goes back
for another one in a few weeks I think)... but he still can't sit for
long, or walk for long :( Eventually he'll be better but driving is
rough for him. I'm doing generally ok but tire out fast. That lung
infection this month knocked me out for a bit.. luckily my doc was able
to find an antibiotic that I could tolerate so I was happy about
that... But we're really just run down and can't deal very well with
"stuff".

Oh, that is not so good at all... even though it might have been
worse... I'm sorry that it is such a hardship all the same....

It gets better for Ron as the days go on, so that's a good thing, and
I seem to have recovered now from the chest infection.

Yes, both are good things... good signs, too... :)

It was a heavy load when she was here before she broke her
hip, and now we're trying to 'catch up'. Her doc thinks she'll be
staying at Oak Hill for a number of reasons... I think her mind is
going a bit as well as her sister's did. That's sad.

I wonder if some of it is institutional delirium... her brain not making total sense of the strange surroundings...

Could be true but she wasn't "all there" many days well before her
latest fall.

Lots of factors there... And that could have contributed to her fall in
the first place....

But if she can't/won't do the
rehab to get better enough to get out of there, there's not much you can do... We kept our mom home at my sister's after she broke her hip, as
she was very prone to the delirium, and that helped some, but it was a
lot of work for us as well as for her... We had therapists coming to the house to work with her.... Probably more than you'd be able to do
though, with your health not so great, either....

I'm doing ok now, and Ron has been doing better as well, but I'm not
ready to commit to going through that kind of rehab at home when she
could take a turn for the worst at any moment. I'm glad her doctor decided that it was time for her to have supervised care in Oak Hill.

Sounds like perhaps it is time for that now, then... and you'll still be
able to visit her regularly and keep tabs on the facility...

Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as
opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the
junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if
this doesn't change :(

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you
can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

I've been making pumpkin bread - that's great :)

And eating nice thick slices of it with plenty of butter...? ;)

Well, pumpkin bread at least haha :)

Not that into slathering it with butter....? :)

Another use for your indoor garden... :) Have you made any goodies yet
with the pumpkins...?

Maybe next week.. we'll see :)

Anything yet...? ;)

Today I'm going to start baking some of the pumpkins.. :)

Sounds good... :)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

high compliment from him... <G>

hahaha yep :):) He reminds me in some ways of my oldest sister who
passed a while back from Pancreatic cancer... As a child she'd delay
eating by lining up the peas, or rigatoni or whatever in various
designs hehe... I always burned up food so fast, I just wolfed it down

I guess we all have our own eating styles... ;)

Yes, and everybody's body is different in how it processes the fuel we put in <grin> I've been wearing essentially the same size clothes for so long, it's almost funny when I look in my closet <g> I have this velvet outfit I sewed a bazillion years ago that I'm hoping to wear this holiday season.. It's pretty cool... velvet knickers and jacket ... works great with boots and a satin blouse :)

Yes, indeed. She was extremely unwilling to cooperate with the rehab
staff in the beginning and wouldn't do any of the Rehab work needed to
make a difference in her condition. We went in and talked to her and
that helped some but lately it's sad but it doesn't seem to make a
difference.. she's 97 going on 98 in Feb. so geez it's understandable..
Her oldest sister lived to be 100 but her sister really wasn't all
there towards the end.

It can be an ongoing struggle to get someone like her actually motivated
to do the rehab... the surgery itself can take so much out of them...
and the healing as well....

The meds they give her don't help with mental clarity either.. most
days I think she's in a state of confusion from that, though honestly
before her latest fall she was really out of it often enough that we
had to keep an eye on her so she didn't 'escape' out the back door when
we were sleeping (making sure the back door and the storm door were
locked was a necessity.)

For sure on the meds making things worse... but I guess it does sound as though she'd already been slipping some...

Yes, this week continues to confirm what we feared after we heard about the stroke.. with essentially no progress, her insurance will slip into Medicaid as opposed to medicare.

that... But we're really just run down and can't deal very well with
"stuff".

Oh, that is not so good at all... even though it might have been
worse... I'm sorry that it is such a hardship all the same....

It gets better for Ron as the days go on, so that's a good thing, and
I seem to have recovered now from the chest infection.

Yes, both are good things... good signs, too... :)

And today I felt great because I ordered a number of 'seed pods' for my aerogarden - that is a always boost :) :) That company is so great, I love it... I ordered eggplant, sweet peppers (not into hot ones <grin>), tomatoes and bok choy :) Should be here in a couple days so that's just great :)

It was a heavy load when she was here before she broke her
hip, and now we're trying to 'catch up'. Her doc thinks she'll be
staying at Oak Hill for a number of reasons... I think her mind is
going a bit as well as her sister's did. That's sad.

I wonder if some of it is institutional delirium... her brain not making
total sense of the strange surroundings...

Could be true but she wasn't "all there" many days well before her
latest fall.

Lots of factors there... And that could have contributed to her fall in
the first place....

Yes, and now that we know she had a stroke it makes way to much sense :(

But if she can't/won't do the
rehab to get better enough to get out of there, there's not much you can
do... We kept our mom home at my sister's after she broke her hip, as
she was very prone to the delirium, and that helped some, but it was a
lot of work for us as well as for her... We had therapists coming to the
house to work with her.... Probably more than you'd be able to do
though, with your health not so great, either....

I'm doing ok now, and Ron has been doing better as well, but I'm not
ready to commit to going through that kind of rehab at home when she
could take a turn for the worst at any moment. I'm glad her doctor
decided that it was time for her to have supervised care in Oak Hill.

Sounds like perhaps it is time for that now, then... and you'll still be
able to visit her regularly and keep tabs on the facility...

Oh yes, we are in pretty much contant contact with the facility, so that helps.

Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as
opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the >>>>> junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if >>>>> this doesn't change :(

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you
can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

My favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies is one that I've used since "forever".. it is so good, just 2cups peanut butter, and 2 cups sugar (I cut down the sugar to about 1 1/2 cups), and no flour.

I've been making pumpkin bread - that's great :)

And eating nice thick slices of it with plenty of butter...? ;)

Well, pumpkin bread at least haha :)

Not that into slathering it with butter....? :)

Nah, too much butter kills it IMO <grin>.. but to each his own I guess :)

Another use for your indoor garden... :) Have you made any goodies yet >>>> with the pumpkins...?

Maybe next week.. we'll see :)

Anything yet...? ;)

I'm going to be defrosing some of the pumpkin soon to start pumpkin bread, and pies for the holidays soon :)

Take care,
Janis

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Hi Nancy,

high compliment from him... <G>

hahaha yep :):) He reminds me in some ways of my oldest sister who
passed a while back from Pancreatic cancer... As a child she'd delay
eating by lining up the peas, or rigatoni or whatever in various
designs hehe... I always burned up food so fast, I just wolfed it down

I guess we all have our own eating styles... ;)

Yes, and everybody's body is different in how it processes the fuel we put in <grin> I've been wearing essentially the same size clothes for so long, it's almost funny when I look in my closet <g> I have this velvet outfit I sewed a bazillion years ago that I'm hoping to wear this holiday season.. It's pretty cool... velvet knickers and jacket ... works great with boots and a satin blouse :)

Yes, indeed. She was extremely unwilling to cooperate with the rehab
staff in the beginning and wouldn't do any of the Rehab work needed to
make a difference in her condition. We went in and talked to her and
that helped some but lately it's sad but it doesn't seem to make a
difference.. she's 97 going on 98 in Feb. so geez it's understandable..
Her oldest sister lived to be 100 but her sister really wasn't all
there towards the end.

It can be an ongoing struggle to get someone like her actually motivated
to do the rehab... the surgery itself can take so much out of them...
and the healing as well....

The meds they give her don't help with mental clarity either.. most
days I think she's in a state of confusion from that, though honestly
before her latest fall she was really out of it often enough that we
had to keep an eye on her so she didn't 'escape' out the back door when
we were sleeping (making sure the back door and the storm door were
locked was a necessity.)

For sure on the meds making things worse... but I guess it does sound as though she'd already been slipping some...

Yes, this week continues to confirm what we feared after we heard about the stroke.. with essentially no progress, her insurance will slip into Medicaid as opposed to medicare.

that... But we're really just run down and can't deal very well with
"stuff".

Oh, that is not so good at all... even though it might have been
worse... I'm sorry that it is such a hardship all the same....

It gets better for Ron as the days go on, so that's a good thing, and
I seem to have recovered now from the chest infection.

Yes, both are good things... good signs, too... :)

And today I felt great because I ordered a number of 'seed pods' for my aerogarden - that is a always boost :) :) That company is so great, I love it... I ordered eggplant, sweet peppers (not into hot ones <grin>), tomatoes and bok choy :) Should be here in a couple days so that's just great :)

It was a heavy load when she was here before she broke her
hip, and now we're trying to 'catch up'. Her doc thinks she'll be
staying at Oak Hill for a number of reasons... I think her mind is
going a bit as well as her sister's did. That's sad.

I wonder if some of it is institutional delirium... her brain not making
total sense of the strange surroundings...

Could be true but she wasn't "all there" many days well before her
latest fall.

Lots of factors there... And that could have contributed to her fall in
the first place....

Yes, and now that we know she had a stroke it makes way to much sense :(

But if she can't/won't do the
rehab to get better enough to get out of there, there's not much you can
do... We kept our mom home at my sister's after she broke her hip, as
she was very prone to the delirium, and that helped some, but it was a
lot of work for us as well as for her... We had therapists coming to the
house to work with her.... Probably more than you'd be able to do
though, with your health not so great, either....

I'm doing ok now, and Ron has been doing better as well, but I'm not
ready to commit to going through that kind of rehab at home when she
could take a turn for the worst at any moment. I'm glad her doctor
decided that it was time for her to have supervised care in Oak Hill.

Sounds like perhaps it is time for that now, then... and you'll still be
able to visit her regularly and keep tabs on the facility...

Oh yes, we are in pretty much constant contact with the facility, so that helps.

Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as
opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the >>>>> junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if >>>>> this doesn't change :(

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you
can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

My favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies is one that I've used since "forever".. it is so good, just 2cups peanut butter, and 2 cups sugar (I cut down the sugar to about 1 1/2 cups), and no flour.

I've been making pumpkin bread - that's great :)

And eating nice thick slices of it with plenty of butter...? ;)

Well, pumpkin bread at least haha :)

Not that into slathering it with butter....? :)

Nah, too much butter kills it IMO <grin>.. but to each his own I guess :)

Another use for your indoor garden... :) Have you made any goodies yet >>>> with the pumpkins...?

Maybe next week.. we'll see :)

Anything yet...? ;)

I'm going to be defrosing some of the pumpkin soon to start pumpkin bread, and pies for the holidays soon :)

Take care,
Janis

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Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 11-15-19 22:21 <=-

high compliment from him... <G>

hahaha yep :):) He reminds me in some ways of my oldest sister who
passed a while back from Pancreatic cancer... As a child she'd delay
eating by lining up the peas, or rigatoni or whatever in various
designs hehe... I always burned up food so fast, I just wolfed it down

I guess we all have our own eating styles... ;)

Yes, and everybody's body is different in how it processes the fuel we
put in <grin> I've been wearing essentially the same size clothes for
so long, it's almost funny when I look in my closet <g> I have this velvet outfit I sewed a bazillion years ago that I'm hoping to wear
this holiday season.. It's pretty cool... velvet knickers and jacket
... works great with boots and a satin blouse :)

How pretty... :) You are so right as to everybody's body being
different in how it processes its fuel... Mine certainly isn't as
accomodating as yours is... <G>

It can be an ongoing struggle to get someone like her actually motivated
to do the rehab... the surgery itself can take so much out of them...
and the healing as well....

The meds they give her don't help with mental clarity either.. most
days I think she's in a state of confusion from that, though honestly
before her latest fall she was really out of it often enough that we
had to keep an eye on her so she didn't 'escape' out the back door when
we were sleeping (making sure the back door and the storm door were
locked was a necessity.)

For sure on the meds making things worse... but I guess it does sound as though she'd already been slipping some...

Yes, this week continues to confirm what we feared after we heard
about the stroke.. with essentially no progress, her insurance will
slip into Medicaid as opposed to medicare.

She might have been having little strokes all along that just weren't noticeable... that would also have played into the ability/mindset for
doing the rehab...

It gets better for Ron as the days go on, so that's a good thing, and
I seem to have recovered now from the chest infection.

Yes, both are good things... good signs, too... :)

And today I felt great because I ordered a number of 'seed pods' for
my aerogarden - that is a always boost :) :) That company is so great,
I love it... I ordered eggplant, sweet peppers (not into hot ones
<grin>), tomatoes and bok choy :) Should be here in a couple days
so that's just great :)

That's a mood booster, for sure... :) And you'll have the fresh
veggies to look forward to even as the season gets less appealing
outside... ;)

It was a heavy load when she was here before she broke her
hip, and now we're trying to 'catch up'. Her doc thinks she'll be
staying at Oak Hill for a number of reasons... I think her mind is
going a bit as well as her sister's did. That's sad.

I wonder if some of it is institutional delirium... her brain not
making total sense of the strange surroundings...

Could be true but she wasn't "all there" many days well before her
latest fall.

Lots of factors there... And that could have contributed to her fall in
the first place....

Yes, and now that we know she had a stroke it makes way to much sense
:(

True.

I'm doing ok now, and Ron has been doing better as well, but I'm not
ready to commit to going through that kind of rehab at home when she
could take a turn for the worst at any moment. I'm glad her doctor
decided that it was time for her to have supervised care in Oak Hill.

Sounds like perhaps it is time for that now, then... and you'll still be able to visit her regularly and keep tabs on the facility...

Oh yes, we are in pretty much constant contact with the facility, so
that helps.

Yes, that would... :)

Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as
opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the
junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if
this doesn't change :(

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you
can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

My favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies is one that I've used
since "forever".. it is so good, just 2cups peanut butter, and 2 cups sugar (I cut down the sugar to about 1 1/2 cups), and no flour.

Those would be rather nutritious... and be an easier way to eat the PB
than on a spoon from the jar... <G>

I've been making pumpkin bread - that's great :)

And eating nice thick slices of it with plenty of butter...? ;)

Well, pumpkin bread at least haha :)

Not that into slathering it with butter....? :)

Nah, too much butter kills it IMO <grin>.. but to each his own I guess
:)

Yup.

Another use for your indoor garden... :) Have you made any goodies yet
with the pumpkins...?

Maybe next week.. we'll see :)

Anything yet...? ;)

I'm going to be defrosting some of the pumpkin soon to start pumpkin bread, and pies for the holidays soon :)

Yup the holidays are fast approaching now... :)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

designs hehe... I always burned up food so fast, I just wolfed it down

I guess we all have our own eating styles... ;)

Yes, and everybody's body is different in how it processes the fuel we
put in <grin> I've been wearing essentially the same size clothes for
so long, it's almost funny when I look in my closet <g> I have this
velvet outfit I sewed a bazillion years ago that I'm hoping to wear
this holiday season.. It's pretty cool... velvet knickers and jacket
... works great with boots and a satin blouse :)

How pretty... :)

Yeah, it is really pretty outfit I made quite a long time ago when I was sewing all my clothes and for the kids as well <grin>.

You are so right as to everybody's body being
different in how it processes its fuel... Mine certainly isn't as accomodating as yours is... <G>

Well, there are days when I would like to just be 'normal' but I guess the combination of my height (geez, I'm not that tall, but ~5' 6" maybe) and my pulse clocking in at about 70 do it.. got me... :)

It can be an ongoing struggle to get someone like her actually motivated >>>> to do the rehab... the surgery itself can take so much out of them...
and the healing as well....

The meds they give her don't help with mental clarity either.. most
days I think she's in a state of confusion from that, though honestly
before her latest fall she was really out of it often enough that we
had to keep an eye on her so she didn't 'escape' out the back door when
we were sleeping (making sure the back door and the storm door were
locked was a necessity.)

For sure on the meds making things worse... but I guess it does sound as
though she'd already been slipping some...

Yes, this week continues to confirm what we feared after we heard
about the stroke.. with essentially no progress, her insurance will
slip into Medicaid as opposed to medicare.

She might have been having little strokes all along that just weren't noticeable... that would also have played into the ability/mindset for
doing the rehab...

Sure, that makes a lot of sense, really. She still won't try anything along those lines. The wheel her down there I guess, and then wheel her back.

And today I felt great because I ordered a number of 'seed pods' for
my aerogarden - that is a always boost :) :) That company is so great,
I love it... I ordered eggplant, sweet peppers (not into hot ones
<grin>), tomatoes and bok choy :) Should be here in a couple days
so that's just great :)

That's a mood booster, for sure... :) And you'll have the fresh
veggies to look forward to even as the season gets less appealing
outside... ;)

Yes, I was so happy to see they've expanded the veggies they package included eggplant (they are smaller, purple ones almost like japanese eggplant). The seed pot kits arrived a few days ago... now I have to sterilize the aerogarden "Farm" we have in the living room so I can plant the new pods.
:)

Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as
opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the >>>>>> junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if >>>>>> this doesn't change :(

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you >>>>> can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

My favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies is one that I've used
since "forever".. it is so good, just 2cups peanut butter, and 2 cups
sugar (I cut down the sugar to about 1 1/2 cups), and no flour.

Those would be rather nutritious... and be an easier way to eat the PB
than on a spoon from the jar... <G>

Oh yeah, I munch on those anytime I get hungry :)

I've been making pumpkin bread - that's great :)

And eating nice thick slices of it with plenty of butter...? ;)

Well, pumpkin bread at least haha :)

Not that into slathering it with butter....? :)

Nah, too much butter kills it IMO <grin>.. but to each his own I guess
:)

Yup.

Today I made pumpkin pies with that frozen pumpkin I defrosted.. Thanksgiving should be great this year...

Another use for your indoor garden... :) Have you made any goodies yet >>>>> with the pumpkins...?

Maybe next week.. we'll see :)

Anything yet...? ;)

I'm going to be defrosting some of the pumpkin soon to start pumpkin
bread, and pies for the holidays soon :)

Yup the holidays are fast approaching now... :)

We also are trying something different this year... we'll see how it goes ... Wegman's had an advertisement for a turkey dinner for 12 with all the fixins' So I thought, geez, I'm old enough to enjoy just sitting around like everyone else on the holiday hahaha... so we have an order in for it. Ron will pick it up on Wednesday this week for Thursday's Thanksgiving, and according to their instructions in an hour and half or something like that we'll have Turkey Dinner :)

Take care,
Janis

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Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 11-24-19 16:22 <=-

Yes, and everybody's body is different in how it processes the fuel we
put in <grin> I've been wearing essentially the same size clothes for
so long, it's almost funny when I look in my closet <g> I have this
velvet outfit I sewed a bazillion years ago that I'm hoping to wear
this holiday season.. It's pretty cool... velvet knickers and jacket
... works great with boots and a satin blouse :)

How pretty... :)

Yeah, it is really pretty outfit I made quite a long time ago when I
was sewing all my clothes and for the kids as well <grin>.

Two of my sisters have done that sort of sewing... I never got quite
that proficient... :) I did help make my wedding dress (quite a simple
one), but one of those two did most of it.... :)

You are so right as to everybody's body being different in how it
processes its fuel... Mine certainly isn't as accomodating as yours
is... <G>

Well, there are days when I would like to just be 'normal' but I guess
the combination of my height (geez, I'm not that tall, but ~5' 6"
maybe) and my pulse clocking in at about 70 do it.. got me... :)

Apparently you've also got a very efficient metabolism... mine tends to
shut down all too easily... :)

For sure on the meds making things worse... but I guess it does sound as
though she'd already been slipping some...

Yes, this week continues to confirm what we feared after we heard
about the stroke.. with essentially no progress, her insurance will
slip into Medicaid as opposed to medicare.

She might have been having little strokes all along that just weren't noticeable... that would also have played into the ability/mindset for
doing the rehab...

Sure, that makes a lot of sense, really. She still won't try anything along those lines. They wheel her down there I guess, and then wheel
her back.

Sad. I suppose that at her age, and given the stroke, it might have
become more than she actually can do anymore....

And today I felt great because I ordered a number of 'seed pods' for
my aerogarden - that is a always boost :) :) That company is so great,
I love it... I ordered eggplant, sweet peppers (not into hot ones
<grin>), tomatoes and bok choy :) Should be here in a couple days
so that's just great :)

That's a mood booster, for sure... :) And you'll have the fresh
veggies to look forward to even as the season gets less appealing
outside... ;)

Yes, I was so happy to see they've expanded the veggies they package included eggplant (they are smaller, purple ones almost like japanese eggplant).

Oh, that sounds really good... I do like eggplant, especially the
japanese sort... they cook up very nicely... :)

The seed pot kits arrived a few days ago... now I have to sterilize
the aerogarden "Farm" we have in the living room so I can plant the
new pods. :)

It's for a good cause, after all... ;)

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you
can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

My favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies is one that I've used
since "forever".. it is so good, just 2cups peanut butter, and 2 cups
sugar (I cut down the sugar to about 1 1/2 cups), and no flour.

Those would be rather nutritious... and be an easier way to eat the PB
than on a spoon from the jar... <G>

Oh yeah, I munch on those anytime I get hungry :)

Good show... :) Easy to keep handy, too... :)

Today I made pumpkin pies with that frozen pumpkin I defrosted.. Thanksgiving should be great this year...

Yes... Happy Thanksgiving, by the way.... :)

We also are trying something different this year... we'll see how it
goes ... Wegman's had an advertisement for a turkey dinner for 12 with
all the fixins' So I thought, geez, I'm old enough to enjoy just
sitting around like everyone else on the holiday hahaha... so we have
an order in for it. Ron will pick it up on Wednesday this week for Thursday's Thanksgiving, and according to their instructions in an hour and half or something like that we'll have Turkey Dinner :)

Did that work out nicely, as advertised....? I've thought about it, but
since I'm not feeding 12, or even half that, never really figured it was
worth doing for us... :) But it does look like a nice deal... :)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

so long, it's almost funny when I look in my closet <g> I have this
velvet outfit I sewed a bazillion years ago that I'm hoping to wear
this holiday season.. It's pretty cool... velvet knickers and jacket
... works great with boots and a satin blouse :)

How pretty... :)

Yeah, it is really pretty outfit I made quite a long time ago when I
was sewing all my clothes and for the kids as well <grin>.

Two of my sisters have done that sort of sewing... I never got quite
that proficient... :) I did help make my wedding dress (quite a simple
one), but one of those two did most of it.... :)

Still, that's cool that you were able to help with it :)

I started sewing all my clothes when I was in about 7th grade because my arms and legs were longer than the pre-packaged "sizes" allotted for from clothing store racks <grin>... I dug up my grandmother's sewing machine (It was an ancient Singer that would probably be worth a ton of $$ now. My youngest sister finally swiped it and used it as living room "show-piece"). It was totally "mechanical", so it sewed really well with very even stitches. By the time I was in High School, working summers at our local Hospital, I was able to save up enough $$ to buy a more modern Singer (still mechanical as opposed to electric) and that made sewing even easier. At some point in High School I had a job working for a dress shop in Warwick, NY where the
'well-to-do' Hollywood types that lived in Warwick liked to shop... so I sewed a dress for Gloria De Haven (most people don't even know who she was I think <laugh>)... It was cool because of course people like her wanted dresses made from exotic fabrics, etc. And because of people like her and the dresses I sewed I had enough $$ to make my dresses for High School proms, etc.. like a sari silk dress, and also a gold lame dress. I _think_ I still have them here somewhere ...

After I married Ron, he bought me a 'dream' machine that was electric, did embroidery and all that stuff <grin>.

Back then Singer allowed you to trade in your old machines as a down payment on a new one, so when Singer came out with the Athena 1000 I bought one of those... it was such a great machine (still have an Athena, it's an Athena 2000)... I sewed for everyone in the family, my kids, my sisters, my mom...creating daring dresses for my sisters (as couples my sisters/their hubbys, and Ron and I used to go out dancing in Jersery at night clubs owned by some friends of my Dad... that was incredibly neat).

When my youngest sister got married, another of my sisters couldn't find a bridesmaids' dress in her size, so I made a copycat dress for her from scratch that matched everyone elses. She was so happy, I remember :)

You are so right as to everybody's body being different in how it
processes its fuel... Mine certainly isn't as accomodating as yours
is... <G>

Well, there are days when I would like to just be 'normal' but I guess
the combination of my height (geez, I'm not that tall, but ~5' 6"
maybe) and my pulse clocking in at about 70 do it.. got me... :)

Apparently you've also got a very efficient metabolism... mine tends to
shut down all too easily... :)

Understand, one of my sisters has a metabolism similar to yours. It can be hard for her as well, so I always sewed dresses for her.

For sure on the meds making things worse... but I guess it does sound as >>>> though she'd already been slipping some...

Yes, this week continues to confirm what we feared after we heard
about the stroke.. with essentially no progress, her insurance will
slip into Medicaid as opposed to medicare.

She might have been having little strokes all along that just weren't
noticeable... that would also have played into the ability/mindset for
doing the rehab...

Sure, that makes a lot of sense, really. She still won't try anything
along those lines. They wheel her down there I guess, and then wheel
her back.

Sad. I suppose that at her age, and given the stroke, it might have
become more than she actually can do anymore....

And that's if she can even understand what the staff is saying to her... If she cannot even recognize family members you have to wonder where she thinks they are trying to take her, and for what purpose.

And today I felt great because I ordered a number of 'seed pods' for
my aerogarden - that is a always boost :) :) That company is so great,
I love it... I ordered eggplant, sweet peppers (not into hot ones
<grin>), tomatoes and bok choy :) Should be here in a couple days
so that's just great :)

That's a mood booster, for sure... :) And you'll have the fresh
veggies to look forward to even as the season gets less appealing
outside... ;)

Yes, I was so happy to see they've expanded the veggies they package
included eggplant (they are smaller, purple ones almost like japanese
eggplant).

Oh, that sounds really good... I do like eggplant, especially the
japanese sort... they cook up very nicely... :)

Yes, and they are so sweet. I love japanese eggplant :)

The seed pot kits arrived a few days ago... now I have to sterilize
the aerogarden "Farm" we have in the living room so I can plant the
new pods. :)

It's for a good cause, after all... ;)

Yep - just a bit of work... you really have to sterilize everything thoroughly with bleach. Thankfully it's not hard to do, it just takes a little time.

Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you >>>>>> can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

My favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies is one that I've used
since "forever".. it is so good, just 2cups peanut butter, and 2 cups
sugar (I cut down the sugar to about 1 1/2 cups), and no flour.

Those would be rather nutritious... and be an easier way to eat the PB
than on a spoon from the jar... <G>

Oh yeah, I munch on those anytime I get hungry :)

Good show... :) Easy to keep handy, too... :)

I'm out of them now and have to make more - I was thinking about it this week but I still have some Thanksgiving deserts left that I made :) Pumpkin pie is gone, but there is still some Italian Ricotta Cake left (great for breakfast haha). And there is still some_ Chocolate Cake with vanilla pastry cream between the layers covered with Chocolate butter cream frosting left. For that cake, I split each layer then filled the split layers.

Today I made pumpkin pies with that frozen pumpkin I defrosted..
Thanksgiving should be great this year...

Yes... Happy Thanksgiving, by the way.... :)

Same to you and yours :) I was able to send a ton of leftovers home with my daughter's oldest son, so he was happy about that :)

We also are trying something different this year... we'll see how it
goes ... Wegman's had an advertisement for a turkey dinner for 12 with
all the fixins' So I thought, geez, I'm old enough to enjoy just
sitting around like everyone else on the holiday hahaha... so we have
an order in for it. Ron will pick it up on Wednesday this week for
Thursday's Thanksgiving, and according to their instructions in an hour
and half or something like that we'll have Turkey Dinner :)

Did that work out nicely, as advertised....? I've thought about it, but since I'm not feeding 12, or even half that, never really figured it was worth doing for us... :) But it does look like a nice deal... :)

It worked out great, and there were plenty of leftovers which to me was important ... I love turkey and gravy openfaced sandwiches... My only complaint if I was going to be really picky was that their cranberry sauce wasn't as good as mine. You could tell it was made from fresh cranberries, but they used big chunks of orange peel in it.. some may like that, I wasn't crazy about it... Also, without the carcas you can't make turkey soup but that is not so critical :) If I hadn't sent the leftover legs/thighs home with my grandson I could probably have done it :)

Oh, and they didn't include sweet potatoes.. can you imagine a turkey dinner with _only_ white mashed potatoes??? :) But the turkey and the gravy were plentiful and very good. They included the whole turkey (whole turkey breast sliced, 2 legs, 2 thighs, 2wings)... tons of food.

Now I'm thinking about Christmas but I think I'm going to do what I've always done in years past... Roast turkey/gravy/sweetpotatoes/mashed potoes/veggies as the first course, then homemade cheese ravioli and meatballs as the second course.

It's really easy to do if you plan ahead and freeze the ravioli until it's time to cook it.

:)

Take care,
Janis

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Re: Re: food and family was:
By: Janis Kracht to NANCY BACKUS on Wed Dec 04 2019 02:47 pm

Yeah, it is really pretty outfit I made quite a long time ago when I
was sewing all my clothes and for the kids as well <grin>.

You are a very talented person. Most kids today couln't sew a button on a shirt, much less a prom dress. Even then.

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Hi Will,

Re: Re: food and family was:
By: Janis Kracht to NANCY BACKUS on Wed Dec 04 2019 02:47 pm

Yeah, it is really pretty outfit I made quite a long time ago when I
was sewing all my clothes and for the kids as well <grin>.

You are a very talented person. Most kids today couln't sew a button on a shirt, much less a prom dress. Even then.

Understand... I guess essentially for me it came down to necessity, really... I refused to wear ill-fitting clothes (ok, I was a little vain <vbg>) when I knew I could easily make them, and make them fit exactly right. I was able to spend my $$ on really nice fabrics since we lived so close to Manhatten.

Even though I worked every summer, my mom insisted because I was working I had to give her something like 25 bux a week out of my paycheck... which back in the late 60's that was a bit of $$ to me, since minimum wage is all you ever got in High School.

Once in a while you'd get like a 10 cent differential for a late shift or wk. end shift.... So if I WANTED a prom dress, I really had to make it... It was fun anyhow, and I always had one of the best looking ones <grin>

Take care,
Janis

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Re: Re: food and family was:
By: Janis Kracht to Will Milberger on Wed Dec 04 2019 07:53 pm

Even though I worked every summer, my mom insisted because I was working I had to give her something like 25 bux a week out of my paycheck... which back in the late 60's that was a bit of $$ to me, since minimum wage is all you ever got in High School.

I feel your pain. I'm a little later than you were, but $2.15 an hour in the late 70's didn't go far when you had a souped up Camaro. Luckily I lived in a small town (then) in Texas.

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Re: Re: food and family was:
By: Janis Kracht to Will Milberger on Wed Dec 04 2019 07:53 pm

Even though I worked every summer, my mom insisted because I was working

I

had to give her something like 25 bux a week out of my paycheck... which back in the late 60's that was a bit of $$ to me, since minimum wage is

all

you ever got in High School.

I feel your pain. I'm a little later than you were, but $2.15 an hour in

the

late 70's didn't go far when you had a souped up Camaro. Luckily I lived in

a

small town (then) in Texas.

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Janis, I went through same thing. I had just finishd 8th grade and was
looking forward to summer, when my mom announced I had a job. That job
was a dishwasher at a hotel that my Uncle worked in as a butcher. I
made 7 dollars for an 8 hour shift. Long story short I cashed in my
first pay check (guys at work told me where to get it cashed). I was
feeling good about it until I got home and my mom asked me where was my
pay check. I had a confused look about me as how did she know I got
paid. Well I told her I had cashed it, she reprimanded for doing so and
told me to give me the cash I had left. She said I was to hand over my
check each time.

I later found out that she was using the money to help pay for a private
high school I was enrolled in (didn't know that I was). So every summer
and every job I had that is what I did, hand over my pay check. All my brothers did the same. We were a family of 8 kids and 7 were boys, but
we all did the same until we graduated from high school.

Though as a 14 year old boy I didn't like it, I learned that it was good training for me to understand that my paycheck was just not for me, that
other people could be depending on me for it.

I appreciate my mom in training me that way. She said it is always my
duty to help my family and others.

My mom passed away this past January at 97 and her love and toughness
made us boys and girl into men and women of a resonsibility. So we owe
her and my Dad a lot. He taught us to appreciate the company that hired
us because we are able to support our families. That our loyalty and
trust should go to them to better help the company and as a possible
result benefit ourselves. My dad weathered my layoffs because of his willingness to work hard and get done whatever his bosses needed done
whether it was a part of his job or not.

So this is somewhat a tribute to my parents who barely got a middle
school equivalent education and raised 8 succesful children in various professions and we have raised our children who are now grown men and
women with their own family and the traditions we were taught continue.






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Re: Re: food and family was:
By: RUBEN FIGUEROA to Will Milberger on Fri Dec 06 2019 08:17 am

Janis, I went through same thing. I had just finishd 8th grade and was looking forward to summer, when my mom announced I had a job. That job
was a dishwasher at a hotel that my Uncle worked in as a butcher. I
made 7 dollars for an 8 hour shift. Long story short I cashed in my

Great share!


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Hi Ruben,

Even though I worked every summer, my mom insisted because I was working

I

had to give her something like 25 bux a week out of my paycheck... which
back in the late 60's that was a bit of $$ to me, since minimum wage is

all you ever got in High School.

[...]

Janis, I went through same thing. I had just finishd 8th grade and was looking forward to summer, when my mom announced I had a job. That job
was a dishwasher at a hotel that my Uncle worked in as a butcher. I
made 7 dollars for an 8 hour shift. Long story short I cashed in my
first pay check (guys at work told me where to get it cashed). I was
feeling good about it until I got home and my mom asked me where was my
pay check. I had a confused look about me as how did she know I got
paid. Well I told her I had cashed it, she reprimanded for doing so and
told me to give me the cash I had left. She said I was to hand over my
check each time.

That sounds like my mom, for sure :)

I later found out that she was using the money to help pay for a private
high school I was enrolled in (didn't know that I was). So every summer
and every job I had that is what I did, hand over my pay check. All my brothers did the same. We were a family of 8 kids and 7 were boys, but
we all did the same until we graduated from high school.

My family was 5 girls and 1 boy, and yes, we all did the same until we graduated from high school. It did teach us to appreciate the value of the money we earned, and helped us to spend it wisely as well. It also felt good to know that we were helping out in this way since Mom and Dad worked such long hours.

Though as a 14 year old boy I didn't like it, I learned that it was good training for me to understand that my paycheck was just not for me, that other people could be depending on me for it.

I appreciate my mom in training me that way. She said it is always my
duty to help my family and others.

A very neat woman, no doubt.

So this is somewhat a tribute to my parents who barely got a middle
school equivalent education and raised 8 succesful children in various professions and we have raised our children who are now grown men and
women with their own family and the traditions we were taught continue.

Thank you for a great reply, Ruben. :)

Take care,
Janis

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Hi Will,

Re: Re: food and family was:
By: Janis Kracht to Will Milberger on Wed Dec 04 2019 07:53 pm

Even though I worked every summer, my mom insisted because I was working I >> had to give her something like 25 bux a week out of my paycheck... which
back in the late 60's that was a bit of $$ to me, since minimum wage is all >> you ever got in High School.

I feel your pain. I'm a little later than you were, but $2.15 an hour in the late 70's didn't go far when you had a souped up Camaro. Luckily I lived in small town (then) in Texas.

That 'souped up Camaro' reminds me of one of my first boyfriends who agreed to teach me to drive when I was about 15/16 ... My mom's house was a large Colonial type with a cirular driveway in front.

I pulled in the front driveway of my Mom's house, and continued right INTO the front porch!! Needless to say that was the end of that lesson haha

Take care,
Janis

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That 'souped up Camaro' reminds me of one of my first boyfriends who
agreed to teach me to drive when I was about 15/16 ... My mom's house
was a large Colonial type with a cirular driveway in front.

I pulled in the front driveway of my Mom's house, and continued right
INTO the front porch!! Needless to say that was the end of that lesson
haha

Arrggh...

Did you at least get to keep the boyfriend? Or perhaps your mom put you on restriction for life, lolz.

Yes, kept the boyfriend (well for a short time as those kinds of things go <grin>)... I don't remember mom putting me on restriction because of it but I do remember her running outside to see if there was any "evidence" on the porch itself... and I do remember her hiding things like that from my dad...He had such a temper!

:)

Take care,
Janis

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Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 12-04-19 14:52 <=-

Two of my sisters have done that sort of sewing... I never got quite
that proficient... :) I did help make my wedding dress (quite a simple one), but one of those two did most of it.... :)

Still, that's cool that you were able to help with it :)

I'd learned some basic sewing in school, just never really developed
into a seamstress... ;)

I started sewing all my clothes when I was in about 7th grade because
my arms and legs were longer than the pre-packaged "sizes" allotted for from clothing store racks <grin>...

So you've always been a "stringbean"... ;)

I dug up my grandmother's sewing
machine (It was an ancient Singer that would probably be worth a ton of
$$ now. My youngest sister finally swiped it and used it as living
room "show-piece"). It was totally "mechanical", so it sewed really
well with very even stitches. By the time I was in High School, working summers at our local Hospital, I was able to save up enough $$ to buy a more modern Singer (still mechanical as opposed to electric) and that
made sewing even easier. At some point in High School I had a job
working for a dress shop in Warwick, NY where the 'well-to-do'
Hollywood types that lived in Warwick liked to shop... so I sewed a
dress for Gloria De Haven (most people don't even know who she was I
think <laugh>)... It was cool because of course people like her wanted dresses made from exotic fabrics, etc. And because of people like her
and the dresses I sewed I had enough $$ to make my dresses for High
School proms, etc.. like a sari silk dress, and also a gold lame dress.
I _think_ I still have them here somewhere ...

That's neat... :) Working at that dress shop gave you experience with
the exotic fabrics so you could confidently work with them for your own dresses.... :) And you'd probably be able to wear them still, if you
did find them.... :)

After I married Ron, he bought me a 'dream' machine that was electric,
did embroidery and all that stuff <grin>.

You'd be able to appreciate it, and make good use of it.... :) I never
had anything much more than a basic machine... worked well enough for
mending, and simple sewing... :)

Back then Singer allowed you to trade in your old machines as a down payment on a new one, so when Singer came out with the Athena 1000 I bought one of those... it was such a great machine (still have an
Athena, it's an Athena 2000)... I sewed for everyone in the family, my kids, my sisters, my mom...creating daring dresses for my sisters (as couples my sisters/their hubbys, and Ron and I used to go out dancing
in Jersery at night clubs owned by some friends of my Dad... that was incredibly neat).
When my youngest sister got married, another of my sisters couldn't
find a bridesmaids' dress in her size, so I made a copycat dress for
her from scratch that matched everyone elses. She was so happy, I remember :)

Now that is indeed a gift... to be able to do that from scratch.... :)

You are so right as to everybody's body being different in how it
processes its fuel... Mine certainly isn't as accomodating as yours
is... <G>

Well, there are days when I would like to just be 'normal' but I guess
the combination of my height (geez, I'm not that tall, but ~5' 6"
maybe) and my pulse clocking in at about 70 do it.. got me... :)

Apparently you've also got a very efficient metabolism... mine tends to
shut down all too easily... :)

Understand, one of my sisters has a metabolism similar to yours. It
can be hard for her as well, so I always sewed dresses for her.

Is that the one you made the bridesmaid dress for....?

Yes, this week continues to confirm what we feared after we heard
about the stroke.. with essentially no progress, her insurance will
slip into Medicaid as opposed to medicare.

She might have been having little strokes all along that just weren't
noticeable... that would also have played into the ability/mindset for
doing the rehab...

Sure, that makes a lot of sense, really. She still won't try anything
along those lines. They wheel her down there I guess, and then wheel
her back.

Sad. I suppose that at her age, and given the stroke, it might have
become more than she actually can do anymore....

And that's if she can even understand what the staff is saying to
her... If she cannot even recognize family members you have to wonder where she thinks they are trying to take her, and for what purpose.

Quite possible... Is she settling in to living there now....?

That's a mood booster, for sure... :) And you'll have the fresh
veggies to look forward to even as the season gets less appealing
outside... ;)

Yes, I was so happy to see they've expanded the veggies they package
included eggplant (they are smaller, purple ones almost like japanese
eggplant).

Oh, that sounds really good... I do like eggplant, especially the
japanese sort... they cook up very nicely... :)

Yes, and they are so sweet. I love japanese eggplant :)

I've never grown it myself, but I do get it now and again when I see it
at the Asian food market... :)

The seed pot kits arrived a few days ago... now I have to sterilize
the aerogarden "Farm" we have in the living room so I can plant the
new pods. :)

It's for a good cause, after all... ;)

Yep - just a bit of work... you really have to sterilize everything thoroughly with bleach. Thankfully it's not hard to do, it just takes
a little time.

And do you have the plants growing yet....?

My favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies is one that I've used
since "forever".. it is so good, just 2cups peanut butter, and 2 cups
sugar (I cut down the sugar to about 1 1/2 cups), and no flour.

Those would be rather nutritious... and be an easier way to eat the PB
than on a spoon from the jar... <G>

Oh yeah, I munch on those anytime I get hungry :)

Good show... :) Easy to keep handy, too... :)

I'm out of them now and have to make more - I was thinking about it
this week but I still have some Thanksgiving deserts left that I made
:) Pumpkin pie is gone, but there is still some Italian Ricotta Cake
left (great for breakfast haha). And there is still some_ Chocolate
Cake with vanilla pastry cream between the layers covered with
Chocolate butter cream frosting left. For that cake, I split each layer then filled the split layers.

That sounds mighty good.... :) I'll bet it's all finished now,
though... :)

We also are trying something different this year... we'll see how it
goes ... Wegman's had an advertisement for a turkey dinner for 12 with
all the fixins' So I thought, geez, I'm old enough to enjoy just
sitting around like everyone else on the holiday hahaha... so we have
an order in for it. Ron will pick it up on Wednesday this week for
Thursday's Thanksgiving, and according to their instructions in an hour
and half or something like that we'll have Turkey Dinner :)

Did that work out nicely, as advertised....? I've thought about it, but since I'm not feeding 12, or even half that, never really figured it was worth doing for us... :) But it does look like a nice deal... :)

It worked out great, and there were plenty of leftovers which to me
was important ... I love turkey and gravy openfaced sandwiches... My
only complaint if I was going to be really picky was that their
cranberry sauce wasn't as good as mine. You could tell it was made
from fresh cranberries, but they used big chunks of orange peel in it.. some may like that, I wasn't crazy about it...

If I remember correctly, their cranberry sauce also has apple in it, so
I'd not be able to have it anyway.... I've made that from scratch with
the cranberries and little pieces of orange rind in it... making it
yourself, you can control how sweet you make it, too... :)

Also, without the carcass you can't make turkey soup but that is not
so critical :) If I hadn't sent the leftover legs/thighs home with
my grandson I could probably have done it :)

You'll just have to cook up another turkey just for the carcass.... ;)

Oh, and they didn't include sweet potatoes.. can you imagine a turkey dinner with _only_ white mashed potatoes??? :)

Maybe that would have been an available add-on... ;) I know that they
do have a side entree in their Market Cafe offerings of mashed sweet potatoes... and recently added sweet potato gratins to their frozen
potato gratin line...

But the turkey and the
gravy were plentiful and very good. They included the whole turkey
(whole turkey breast sliced, 2 legs, 2 thighs, 2wings)... tons of food.

Just not the carcass... <G> I guess that they figure that someone
interested in the convenience wouldn't be making turkey soup
afterwards.... ;)

Now I'm thinking about Christmas but I think I'm going to do what I've always done in years past... Roast turkey/gravy/sweetpotatoes/mashed potoes/veggies as the first course, then homemade cheese ravioli and meatballs as the second course.
It's really easy to do if you plan ahead and freeze the ravioli until
it's time to cook it.
:)

A proper Italian feast, for sure.... ;)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

that proficient... :) I did help make my wedding dress (quite a simple
one), but one of those two did most of it.... :)

Still, that's cool that you were able to help with it :)

I'd learned some basic sewing in school, just never really developed
into a seamstress... ;)

We also did sewing in middle school (6th-7th grade I think)...I remember the kind of thing we were assigned .. some simplistic waist only apron (no-fail type <grin>). I personally couldn't wait to dump that class and switch to an art class <grin>. Later when I was a Jr. in high school, I had the opportunity to select certain classes as I approached the last years of high school so I dropped Chemistry (didn't need it) and took Oil painting.. that was a great class :) :)

I started sewing all my clothes when I was in about 7th grade because
my arms and legs were longer than the pre-packaged "sizes" allotted for
from clothing store racks <grin>...

So you've always been a "stringbean"... ;)

Lol.. yes, that is the darn truth.. I take after my Dad's side of the family... Taller and thinner than my mom's family :)

well with very even stitches. By the time I was in High School, working
summers at our local Hospital, I was able to save up enough $$ to buy a
more modern Singer (still mechanical as opposed to electric) and that
made sewing even easier. At some point in High School I had a job
working for a dress shop in Warwick, NY where the 'well-to-do'
Hollywood types that lived in Warwick liked to shop... so I sewed a
dress for Gloria De Haven (most people don't even know who she was I
think <laugh>)... It was cool because of course people like her wanted
dresses made from exotic fabrics, etc. And because of people like her
and the dresses I sewed I had enough $$ to make my dresses for High
School proms, etc.. like a sari silk dress, and also a gold lame dress.
I _think_ I still have them here somewhere ...

That's neat... :) Working at that dress shop gave you experience with
the exotic fabrics so you could confidently work with them for your own dresses.... :)

Yes, it did. The village of Warwick was a sleepy town of not much note for years... Then various people from Hollywood 'discovered' it, so close to Manhatten and NYC. I was pretty busy after that :)

And you'd probably be able to wear them still, if you
did find them.... :)

I think they are upstairs in a closet, maybe I'll check today... Now I'm curious :)

After I married Ron, he bought me a 'dream' machine that was electric,
did embroidery and all that stuff <grin>.

You'd be able to appreciate it, and make good use of it.... :) I never
had anything much more than a basic machine... worked well enough for mending, and simple sewing... :)

And I did make good use of that machine... early on for the kids, I had real fun making jeans for the kids, and for me. I put embroidered things on their jeans and mine <grin>

payment on a new one, so when Singer came out with the Athena 1000 I
bought one of those... it was such a great machine (still have an
Athena, it's an Athena 2000)... I sewed for everyone in the family, my
kids, my sisters, my mom...creating daring dresses for my sisters (as
couples my sisters/their hubbys, and Ron and I used to go out dancing
in Jersery at night clubs owned by some friends of my Dad... that was
incredibly neat).
When my youngest sister got married, another of my sisters couldn't
find a bridesmaids' dress in her size, so I made a copycat dress for
her from scratch that matched everyone elses. She was so happy, I
remember :)

Now that is indeed a gift... to be able to do that from scratch.... :)

Clothing construction just all made sense to me... I guess once you make enough pieces of clothing, it is not such a mystery.

You are so right as to everybody's body being different in how it
processes its fuel... Mine certainly isn't as accomodating as yours
is... <G>

Well, there are days when I would like to just be 'normal' but I guess
the combination of my height (geez, I'm not that tall, but ~5' 6"
maybe) and my pulse clocking in at about 70 do it.. got me... :)

Apparently you've also got a very efficient metabolism... mine tends to
shut down all too easily... :)

Understand, one of my sisters has a metabolism similar to yours. It
can be hard for her as well, so I always sewed dresses for her.

Is that the one you made the bridesmaid dress for....?

Yes, it was. I remember seeing her face when the bridesmaid's shop clerk told her it was impossible to get a dress for her in her size.. she was crushed. I told her 'don't worry about it, I'll take care of it'. Bridesmaid's dresses are generally pretty simple in design. :) I knew I could find matching fabics so I wasn't worried.

Sure, that makes a lot of sense, really. She still won't try anything
along those lines. They wheel her down there I guess, and then wheel
her back.

Sad. I suppose that at her age, and given the stroke, it might have
become more than she actually can do anymore....

And that's if she can even understand what the staff is saying to
her... If she cannot even recognize family members you have to wonder
where she thinks they are trying to take her, and for what purpose.

Quite possible... Is she settling in to living there now....?

Yes, so that's good. It's a safe environment for her I think.

That's a mood booster, for sure... :) And you'll have the fresh
veggies to look forward to even as the season gets less appealing
outside... ;)

Yes, I was so happy to see they've expanded the veggies they package
included eggplant (they are smaller, purple ones almost like japanese
eggplant).

Oh, that sounds really good... I do like eggplant, especially the
japanese sort... they cook up very nicely... :)

Yes, and they are so sweet. I love japanese eggplant :)

I've never grown it myself, but I do get it now and again when I see it
at the Asian food market... :)

I did grow regular eggplant in my garden outside one year but this is the first time I was eggplant from Aerogarden, so I was really happy about that :)

The seed pot kits arrived a few days ago... now I have to sterilize
the aerogarden "Farm" we have in the living room so I can plant the
new pods. :)

It's for a good cause, after all... ;)

Yep - just a bit of work... you really have to sterilize everything
thoroughly with bleach. Thankfully it's not hard to do, it just takes
a little time.

And do you have the plants growing yet....?

No, not yet... I have to sterile the big Aerogarden "Farm", it's huge <grin>.. well compared to other aerogarden units I have. My plan is to sterilize that one today and then get the plants started. These aerogarden seed pod kits are 'engineered' to grow faster than regular seeds, etc. so they will be off in no time.

My favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies is one that I've used
since "forever".. it is so good, just 2cups peanut butter, and 2 cups >>>>> sugar (I cut down the sugar to about 1 1/2 cups), and no flour.

Those would be rather nutritious... and be an easier way to eat the PB >>>> than on a spoon from the jar... <G>

Oh yeah, I munch on those anytime I get hungry :)

Good show... :) Easy to keep handy, too... :)

I'm out of them now and have to make more - I was thinking about it
this week but I still have some Thanksgiving deserts left that I made
:) Pumpkin pie is gone, but there is still some Italian Ricotta Cake
left (great for breakfast haha). And there is still some_ Chocolate
Cake with vanilla pastry cream between the layers covered with
Chocolate butter cream frosting left. For that cake, I split each layer
then filled the split layers.

That sounds mighty good.... :) I'll bet it's all finished now,
though... :)

Yes, they are :) That chocolate cake was my favorite of them :)

an order in for it. Ron will pick it up on Wednesday this week for
Thursday's Thanksgiving, and according to their instructions in an hour
and half or something like that we'll have Turkey Dinner :)

Did that work out nicely, as advertised....? I've thought about it, but
since I'm not feeding 12, or even half that, never really figured it was
worth doing for us... :) But it does look like a nice deal... :)

It worked out great, and there were plenty of leftovers which to me
was important ... I love turkey and gravy openfaced sandwiches... My
only complaint if I was going to be really picky was that their
cranberry sauce wasn't as good as mine. You could tell it was made
from fresh cranberries, but they used big chunks of orange peel in it..
some may like that, I wasn't crazy about it...

If I remember correctly, their cranberry sauce also has apple in it, so

eek, I'm glad my daughter didn't have any of it, since apples are a problem for her as well.

I'd not be able to have it anyway.... I've made that from scratch with
the cranberries and little pieces of orange rind in it... making it
yourself, you can control how sweet you make it, too... :)

Yes, and how HUGE you make the chunks of orange rind (or not).. Lol

Also, without the carcass you can't make turkey soup but that is not
so critical :) If I hadn't sent the leftover legs/thighs home with
my grandson I could probably have done it :)

You'll just have to cook up another turkey just for the carcass.... ;)

I've done that before, we really like turkey :)

Oh, and they didn't include sweet potatoes.. can you imagine a turkey
dinner with _only_ white mashed potatoes??? :)

Maybe that would have been an available add-on... ;) I know that they
do have a side entree in their Market Cafe offerings of mashed sweet potatoes... and recently added sweet potato gratins to their frozen
potato gratin line...

Frozen is not quite the same as fresh... but it's no trouble to throw some sweet potatoes in the oven or to cook them on the stovetop :) I did that later with the leftovers. :)

But the turkey and the
gravy were plentiful and very good. They included the whole turkey
(whole turkey breast sliced, 2 legs, 2 thighs, 2wings)... tons of food.

Just not the carcass... <G> I guess that they figure that someone
interested in the convenience wouldn't be making turkey soup
afterwards.... ;)

Yeah, that and I guess they wanted the carcasses to make other dinners they could sell :)

Now I'm thinking about Christmas but I think I'm going to do what I've
always done in years past... Roast turkey/gravy/sweetpotatoes/mashed
potoes/veggies as the first course, then homemade cheese ravioli and
meatballs as the second course.
It's really easy to do if you plan ahead and freeze the ravioli until
it's time to cook it.
:)

A proper Italian feast, for sure.... ;)

Yeah, I don't want to mess with Christmas Dinner <vbg>

Take care,
Janis

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Hi Nancy,

that proficient... :) I did help make my wedding dress (quite a

simple>> one), but one of those two did most of it.... :)

Still, that's cool that you were able to help with it :)

I'd learned some basic sewing in school, just never really

developed> into a seamstress... ;)

We also did sewing in middle school (6th-7th grade I
think)...I remember the kind of thing we were assigned ..
some simplistic waist only apron (no-fail type <grin>). I
personally couldn't wait to dump that class and switch to

School is not the same as it was before. We had Home Economics (teaching cooking, balancing checkbook, sewing along with other items), we also had drivers ed (no cost to us) and so many others.

My wife busted up laughing one day as her work pants hem came apart and she was not happy to have to go to the store and purchase another only to learn I went and got thread, sewed them right up. :) First time she learned in the years we had been together that I had a secret skill. :) She did learn early that I could not cook.


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Hi Dale,

that proficient... :) I did help make my wedding dress (quite a

simple>> one), but one of those two did most of it.... :)

Still, that's cool that you were able to help with it :)

I'd learned some basic sewing in school, just never really

developed> into a seamstress... ;)

We also did sewing in middle school (6th-7th grade I
think)...I remember the kind of thing we were assigned ..
some simplistic waist only apron (no-fail type <grin>). I
personally couldn't wait to dump that class and switch to

School is not the same as it was before. We had Home Economics (teaching cooking, balancing checkbook, sewing along with other items), we also had drivers ed (no cost to us) and so many others.

Same here... it's sad if it's true they don't teach any of those classes anymore... I'll have to ask my grandboys <g> if they had those classes. Somehow I expect they don't.

My wife busted up laughing one day as her work pants hem came apart and she >was not happy to have to go to the store and purchase another only to
learn I went and got thread, sewed them right up. :) First time she learned >in the years w had been together that I had a secret skill. :) She did
learn early that I > could not cook.

Early on I discovered that cooking and Ron did not mix, though much much later he actually conquered the Instant Pot, and can make a mean corned beef in it :)
:)

Take care,
Janis

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Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 12-09-19 12:21 <=-

that proficient... :) I did help make my wedding dress (quite a
simple one), but one of those two did most of it.... :)

Still, that's cool that you were able to help with it :)

I'd learned some basic sewing in school, just never really developed
into a seamstress... ;)

We also did sewing in middle school (6th-7th grade I think)...I
remember the kind of thing we were assigned .. some simplistic waist
only apron (no-fail type <grin>). I personally couldn't wait to dump

I don't remember what the project was... it was something basic done on
the machine... I can see why that would be too simple for you, since you
were already well beyond that by then... :)

that class and switch to an art class <grin>. Later when I was a Jr. in high school, I had the opportunity to select certain classes as I approached the last years of high school so I dropped Chemistry (didn't need it) and took Oil painting.. that was a great class :) :)

At the school that I had that sewing class, one day a week was devoted
to classes that would be enrichment, things like the sewing, various art classes, chorus, drama and so on... So I had a few art classes along the
way, too... and was in the jr choir... :)

I started sewing all my clothes when I was in about 7th grade because
my arms and legs were longer than the pre-packaged "sizes" allotted for
from clothing store racks <grin>...

So you've always been a "stringbean"... ;)

Lol.. yes, that is the darn truth.. I take after my Dad's side of the family... Taller and thinner than my mom's family :)

Nothing wrong with that... :)

well with very even stitches. By the time I was in High School, working
summers at our local Hospital, I was able to save up enough $$ to buy a
more modern Singer (still mechanical as opposed to electric) and that
made sewing even easier. At some point in High School I had a job
working for a dress shop in Warwick, NY where the 'well-to-do'
Hollywood types that lived in Warwick liked to shop... so I sewed a
dress for Gloria De Haven (most people don't even know who she was I
think <laugh>)... It was cool because of course people like her wanted
dresses made from exotic fabrics, etc. And because of people like her
and the dresses I sewed I had enough $$ to make my dresses for High
School proms, etc.. like a sari silk dress, and also a gold lame dress.
I _think_ I still have them here somewhere ...

That's neat... :) Working at that dress shop gave you experience with
the exotic fabrics so you could confidently work with them for your own dresses.... :)

Yes, it did. The village of Warwick was a sleepy town of not much
note for years... Then various people from Hollywood 'discovered' it,
so close to Manhatten and NYC. I was pretty busy after that :)

I'd guess so...

And you'd probably be able to wear them still, if you
did find them.... :)

I think they are upstairs in a closet, maybe I'll check today... Now
I'm curious :)

And did you find them...? ;)

After I married Ron, he bought me a 'dream' machine that was electric,
did embroidery and all that stuff <grin>.

You'd be able to appreciate it, and make good use of it.... :) I never
had anything much more than a basic machine... worked well enough for mending, and simple sewing... :)

And I did make good use of that machine... early on for the kids, I
had real fun making jeans for the kids, and for me. I put embroidered things on their jeans and mine <grin>

Oh, that would be fun... Hopefully they enjoyed having the embroidery as
much as you enjoyed doing it... <G>

payment on a new one, so when Singer came out with the Athena 1000 I
bought one of those... it was such a great machine (still have an
Athena, it's an Athena 2000)... I sewed for everyone in the family, my
kids, my sisters, my mom...creating daring dresses for my sisters (as
couples my sisters/their hubbys, and Ron and I used to go out dancing
in Jersery at night clubs owned by some friends of my Dad... that was
incredibly neat).
When my youngest sister got married, another of my sisters couldn't
find a bridesmaids' dress in her size, so I made a copycat dress for
her from scratch that matched everyone elses. She was so happy, I
remember :)

Now that is indeed a gift... to be able to do that from scratch.... :)

Clothing construction just all made sense to me... I guess once you
make enough pieces of clothing, it is not such a mystery.

And some people just have the knack for it, as well... :)

You are so right as to everybody's body being different in how it
processes its fuel... Mine certainly isn't as accomodating as yours
is... <G>

Well, there are days when I would like to just be 'normal' but I guess
the combination of my height (geez, I'm not that tall, but ~5' 6"
maybe) and my pulse clocking in at about 70 do it.. got me... :)

Apparently you've also got a very efficient metabolism... mine tends to
shut down all too easily... :)

Understand, one of my sisters has a metabolism similar to yours. It
can be hard for her as well, so I always sewed dresses for her.

Is that the one you made the bridesmaid dress for....?

Yes, it was. I remember seeing her face when the bridesmaid's shop
clerk told her it was impossible to get a dress for her in her size..
she was crushed. I told her 'don't worry about it, I'll take care of
it'. Bridesmaid's dresses are generally pretty simple in design. :) I knew I could find matching fabics so I wasn't worried.

Nowadays it might be easier to get nice plus-size dresses, but I know at
one time it just wasn't possible...

Sure, that makes a lot of sense, really. She still won't try anything
along those lines. They wheel her down there I guess, and then wheel
her back.

Sad. I suppose that at her age, and given the stroke, it might have
become more than she actually can do anymore....

And that's if she can even understand what the staff is saying to
her... If she cannot even recognize family members you have to wonder
where she thinks they are trying to take her, and for what purpose.

Quite possible... Is she settling in to living there now....?

Yes, so that's good. It's a safe environment for her I think.

Oh, that IS good.... :) It's a hard decision to make, but sometimes it
just is the right one... And hopefully really is a safe environment...
one hears horror stories, but many places are decent enough....

Yes, I was so happy to see they've expanded the veggies they package
included eggplant (they are smaller, purple ones almost like japanese
eggplant).

Oh, that sounds really good... I do like eggplant, especially the
japanese sort... they cook up very nicely... :)

Yes, and they are so sweet. I love japanese eggplant :)

I've never grown it myself, but I do get it now and again when I see it
at the Asian food market... :)

I did grow regular eggplant in my garden outside one year but this is
the first time I saw eggplant from Aerogarden, so I was really happy
about that :)

You'll have to let us know how they grow and end up tasting...

The seed pot kits arrived a few days ago... now I have to sterilize
the aerogarden "Farm" we have in the living room so I can plant the
new pods. :)

It's for a good cause, after all... ;)

Yep - just a bit of work... you really have to sterilize everything
thoroughly with bleach. Thankfully it's not hard to do, it just takes
a little time.

And do you have the plants growing yet....?

No, not yet... I have to sterile the big Aerogarden "Farm", it's huge <grin>.. well compared to other aerogarden units I have. My plan is
to sterilize that one today and then get the plants started. These aerogarden seed pod kits are 'engineered' to grow faster than regular seeds, etc. so they will be off in no time.

And did you get it sterilized and planted...? ;)

I'm out of them now and have to make more - I was thinking about it
this week but I still have some Thanksgiving deserts left that I made
:) Pumpkin pie is gone, but there is still some Italian Ricotta Cake
left (great for breakfast haha). And there is still some_ Chocolate
Cake with vanilla pastry cream between the layers covered with
Chocolate butter cream frosting left. For that cake, I split each layer
then filled the split layers.

That sounds mighty good.... :) I'll bet it's all finished now,
though... :)

Yes, they are :) That chocolate cake was my favorite of them :)

I can see why.... ;)

It worked out great, and there were plenty of leftovers which to me
was important ... I love turkey and gravy openfaced sandwiches... My
only complaint if I was going to be really picky was that their
cranberry sauce wasn't as good as mine. You could tell it was made
from fresh cranberries, but they used big chunks of orange peel in it..
some may like that, I wasn't crazy about it...

If I remember correctly, their cranberry sauce also has apple in it, so

eek, I'm glad my daughter didn't have any of it, since apples are a problem for her as well.

Yup, I'm glad she didn't, too, then....

I'd not be able to have it anyway.... I've made that from scratch with
the cranberries and little pieces of orange rind in it... making it yourself, you can control how sweet you make it, too... :)

Yes, and how HUGE you make the chunks of orange rind (or not).. Lol

That, too.... :)

Also, without the carcass you can't make turkey soup but that is not
so critical :) If I hadn't sent the leftover legs/thighs home with
my grandson I could probably have done it :)

You'll just have to cook up another turkey just for the carcass.... ;)

I've done that before, we really like turkey :)

We've been known to... but I suspect you like turkey much better than we
do.... ;)

Oh, and they didn't include sweet potatoes.. can you imagine a turkey
dinner with _only_ white mashed potatoes??? :)

Maybe that would have been an available add-on... ;) I know that they
do have a side entree in their Market Cafe offerings of mashed sweet potatoes... and recently added sweet potato gratins to their frozen
potato gratin line...

Frozen is not quite the same as fresh... but it's no trouble to throw
some sweet potatoes in the oven or to cook them on the stovetop :) I
did that later with the leftovers. :)

That handles that nicely... ;)

But the turkey and the
gravy were plentiful and very good. They included the whole turkey
(whole turkey breast sliced, 2 legs, 2 thighs, 2wings)... tons of food.

Just not the carcass... <G> I guess that they figure that someone interested in the convenience wouldn't be making turkey soup
afterwards.... ;)

Yeah, that and I guess they wanted the carcasses to make other dinners they could sell :)

Maybe... I don't think I've ever seen fresh turkey carcass soup at
Wegmans.... They've got a turkey breast in gravy oven-ready entree, but
that's probably not made from boiling down the carcass...

Now I'm thinking about Christmas but I think I'm going to do what I've
always done in years past... Roast turkey/gravy/sweetpotatoes/mashed
potoes/veggies as the first course, then homemade cheese ravioli and
meatballs as the second course.
It's really easy to do if you plan ahead and freeze the ravioli until
it's time to cook it.
:)

A proper Italian feast, for sure.... ;)

Yeah, I don't want to mess with Christmas Dinner <vbg>

People expect the traditional, no exceptions, no ifs ands or buts... <G>

ttyl neb

... My mind wanders, but my body is too tired to follow!

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Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 01-10-20 23:35 <=-

Eventually things will settle down, and you will go to satisfy your
curiosity... ;)

hehe.. still haven't gone up there to try them on or see if they are there... but I have a feeling they will fit "mostly" fine <grin>. Eventually though I will get upstairs and check them out, I especially want to check on a black velvet dress that is in a dress storage bag.
I would be crushed if that one was damaged... but it should be fine :)

Hopefully so.... :)

Yep... Of course now I have 'other' things to deal with since Aunt
Gert died.. Among other things, she had a box of some 20 porcelin dolls
that Ron unpacked (they were in her closet). One of his cousins had
told him that Aunt Gert had a very very valuable doll that her mother
had given her but I haven't seen it. I have a feeling some other
relative grabbed that one at some point before we took Aunt Gert in...

Possible that she might have given it away...

True, though who knows. We'd never talked about that at least.

And now you can't ask her...

regardless, there are now beautiful porcelin dolls (some with stands)
on a bookcase I "freed" up in my living room. Not so extremely
valuable (like thousands' a piece) but they seem to be worth something
- and what is great is, they remind me of her because she used to
display them all in a beautiful glass enclosed wooden display case.

That's great... :) You get a very nice way to remember her, and can
enjoy the dolls for themselves, too... :)

I'd really like to find another home for them though, because they
would really need to be vacuumed/dusted often. Or I'd need to invest
in a display case for them and right now is not a good time for that...
At some point Ron could build one, but again right now is not a good
time for that either. We'll see how it all works out - I'm sure a few weeks won't be a disaster for them. :)

I'm sure they'll be fine for a few weeks, or even a month or two or
longer.... :) I have a doll that was given to my mom when she was
almost an adult... she boxed it up, and it moved with her for a number
of moves... she gave it to me (as her oldest daughter), still all boxed
up, when I got married and moved out of the house... It sits on a shelf
in the bedroom... :)

We have many boxes of her clothes/coats that we'll get over to the
local thrift shop, etc... Hopefully that will help someone somewhere.

That's a big job, too.... And I'm sure that there will be those that
will be blessed by getting them... :)

Certainly her coats and sweaters (there are many many of each of them <grin>). She was very tall so hopefully they would fit someone out
there. At the least if someone is handy they can hem them if they
are too long.

And for someone else that is very tall, it would be a real windfall.. :)

I remember I gave some of the kids' clothes I made to some friends who
had sons and daughters about the same size as my two, needless to say
those moms were very happy. The one I remember most was a clown
costume my son had requested for Halloween... it was beautiful <g>

And hopefully the kids enjoyed them as well... :)

Yep :) Much later, I made various things for my daughter's boys, like when her first was a baby (and later, her 2nd son), I made fancy diaper covers (water proof yet... <grin>). Overalls, jeans, you name it ...
those things I sewed lasted so well, my daughter was able to give them
to her friends later. That's the thing about home made clothing... it generally does last longer than store bought "stuff" <g>

And has more style, often as not... :) Especially when done by someone
that knows what she is doing... :)

I suppose it might have been possible to get a special order... but that
likely would have been a lot more expensive... a very good thing in that
case that you had the skills to make her one yourself... :)

and maybe have taken more time? anyway, I knew I could take care of
it <g>

Yeah, probably would have taken more time.... so very good that you
could and did take care of it for her.... :)

I remember my sister's wedding was a busy time for me... I also made
my mother's "mother of the bride" dress... it was beautiful.. Gold
designs on a see-through fabric over a taffeta shell... :) She loved
that one :)

That does sound lovely.... :) And that does sound like a particularly
busy time, with all that to make... :)

I did grow regular eggplant in my garden outside one year but this is
the first time I saw eggplant from Aerogarden, so I was really happy
about that :)

You'll have to let us know how they grow and end up tasting...

I planted them today so now I can be impatient but THANKFULLY I will
only have to wait 12 weeks from now to see how they taste.. that is
"amazing" to me <g>

12 weeks.... middle of March, then...? Even that is rather amazing... :)

Yes :)
The plants are already going crazy :) When you plant them in the
aerogarden, you cover each seed pod with a plastic cap to maximize
moisture... You remove the caps when the first "true leaves" show and
start pressing against the cap. I had to remove just about all of the
bok choy caps yesterday, so they are off to a great start :)

That's quick... :) You'll be harvesting them in no time at all.. :)

They are almost ready to start grabbing some stalks for baby bok choy
:) It is amazing to me :)

It is indeed amazing.... :)

Now I have to get some other veggies planted in another aerogarden
planter I have... That one has been sterilized and it's just waiting
for me to get to it :)

Sounds like you'll be set for winter veggies.... :)

ttyl neb

... "Patience ... yeah ... yeah ... how long will *that* take?"

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Hi Nancy,

Eventually things will settle down, and you will go to satisfy your
curiosity... ;)

Sure... and then the Jeopardy! GOAT happened... BIG distraction :) I was SO glad to see Ken Jennings win last night :) :)

hehe.. still haven't gone up there to try them on or see if they are
there... but I have a feeling they will fit "mostly" fine <grin>.
Eventually though I will get upstairs and check them out, I especially
want to check on a black velvet dress that is in a dress storage bag.
I would be crushed if that one was damaged... but it should be fine :)

Hopefully so.... :)

Indeed :) Today I'm making a loaf of bread in my pullman pan (it's one of the very long ones, not the short chubby ones) so I'll wait until my hands are free of all the flour, etc. before going upstairs to check it out. :)

I'd really like to find another home for them though, because they
would really need to be vacuumed/dusted often. Or I'd need to invest
in a display case for them and right now is not a good time for that...
At some point Ron could build one, but again right now is not a good
time for that either. We'll see how it all works out - I'm sure a few
weeks won't be a disaster for them. :)

I'm sure they'll be fine for a few weeks, or even a month or two or longer.... :) I have a doll that was given to my mom when she was
almost an adult... she boxed it up, and it moved with her for a number
of moves... she gave it to me (as her oldest daughter), still all boxed
up, when I got married and moved out of the house... It sits on a shelf
in the bedroom... :)

That's neat... :)

We have many boxes of her clothes/coats that we'll get over to the
local thrift shop, etc... Hopefully that will help someone somewhere.

That's a big job, too.... And I'm sure that there will be those that
will be blessed by getting them... :)

Certainly her coats and sweaters (there are many many of each of them
<grin>). She was very tall so hopefully they would fit someone out
there. At the least if someone is handy they can hem them if they
are too long.

And for someone else that is very tall, it would be a real windfall.. :)

True :)

I remember I gave some of the kids' clothes I made to some friends who
had sons and daughters about the same size as my two, needless to say
those moms were very happy. The one I remember most was a clown
costume my son had requested for Halloween... it was beautiful <g>

And hopefully the kids enjoyed them as well... :)

Yep :) Much later, I made various things for my daughter's boys, like
when her first was a baby (and later, her 2nd son), I made fancy diaper
covers (water proof yet... <grin>). Overalls, jeans, you name it ...
those things I sewed lasted so well, my daughter was able to give them
to her friends later. That's the thing about home made clothing... it
generally does last longer than store bought "stuff" <g>

And has more style, often as not... :) Especially when done by someone
that knows what she is doing... :)

Now it's a bit harder to thread the needle, but they make gadjets for that, and most of my machines use an auto-threader, so that helps :)

I remember my sister's wedding was a busy time for me... I also made
my mother's "mother of the bride" dress... it was beautiful.. Gold
designs on a see-through fabric over a taffeta shell... :) She loved
that one :)

That does sound lovely.... :) And that does sound like a particularly
busy time, with all that to make... :)

It was gorgeous, she loved it... We went to the fabric store at the time and she picked out the pattern/fabric she wante, then I went to work.

I did grow regular eggplant in my garden outside one year but this is >>>>>>> the first time I saw eggplant from Aerogarden, so I was really happy >>>>>>> about that :)

You'll have to let us know how they grow and end up tasting...

I clipped a number of bok choy leaves/stems the day before yesterday for a dish I made with them, they tasted so good :) The eggplant plants are doing really well right now as well... can't wait for those :)

They are almost ready to start grabbing some stalks for baby bok choy
:) It is amazing to me :)

It is indeed amazing.... :)

They were so good, incredible flavor.

Now I have to get some other veggies planted in another aerogarden
planter I have... That one has been sterilized and it's just waiting
for me to get to it :)

Sounds like you'll be set for winter veggies.... :)

Yep :)

Take care,
Janis

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Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 01-15-20 11:37 <=-

Eventually things will settle down, and you will go to satisfy your
curiosity... ;)

Sure... and then the Jeopardy! GOAT happened... BIG distraction :) I
was SO glad to see Ken Jennings win last night :) :)

I only see Jeopardy rarely, at someone else's house, or elsewhere... I
take it it was an exciting show, then...?

hehe.. still haven't gone up there to try them on or see if they are
there... but I have a feeling they will fit "mostly" fine <grin>.
Eventually though I will get upstairs and check them out, I especially
want to check on a black velvet dress that is in a dress storage bag.
I would be crushed if that one was damaged... but it should be fine :)

Hopefully so.... :)

Indeed :) Today I'm making a loaf of bread in my pullman pan (it's
one of the very long ones, not the short chubby ones) so I'll wait
until my hands are free of all the flour, etc. before going upstairs to check it out. :)

Success on both parts, I hope...? (both the bread coming out well, and
the finally getting upstairs... [g])

I remember I gave some of the kids' clothes I made to some friends who
had sons and daughters about the same size as my two, needless to say
those moms were very happy. The one I remember most was a clown
costume my son had requested for Halloween... it was beautiful <g>

And hopefully the kids enjoyed them as well... :)

Yep :) Much later, I made various things for my daughter's boys, like
when her first was a baby (and later, her 2nd son), I made fancy diaper
covers (water proof yet... <grin>). Overalls, jeans, you name it ...
those things I sewed lasted so well, my daughter was able to give them
to her friends later. That's the thing about home made clothing... it
generally does last longer than store bought "stuff" <g>

And has more style, often as not... :) Especially when done by someone
that knows what she is doing... :)

Now it's a bit harder to thread the needle, but they make gadjets for that, and most of my machines use an auto-threader, so that helps :)

So you still are able to do some sewing like that... :)

I remember my sister's wedding was a busy time for me... I also made
my mother's "mother of the bride" dress... it was beautiful.. Gold
designs on a see-through fabric over a taffeta shell... :) She loved
that one :)

That does sound lovely.... :) And that does sound like a particularly
busy time, with all that to make... :)

It was gorgeous, she loved it... We went to the fabric store at the
time and she picked out the pattern/fabric she wante, then I went to
work.

And now a nice memory of good times with your mom and sisters... :)

I clipped a number of bok choy leaves/stems the day before yesterday
for a dish I made with them, they tasted so good :) The eggplant
plants are doing really well right now as well... can't wait for those :)

Just keep tending them... ;)

They are almost ready to start grabbing some stalks for baby bok choy
:) It is amazing to me :)

It is indeed amazing.... :)

They were so good, incredible flavor.

And you have more to look forward to over the winter... nice... ;)

Now I have to get some other veggies planted in another aerogarden
planter I have... That one has been sterilized and it's just waiting
for me to get to it :)

Sounds like you'll be set for winter veggies.... :)

Yep :)

So, have you gotten that planter planted yet....? :)

ttyl neb

... He blows his horn loudest who is lost in the fog.

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