General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and ... for Thursday, August 3, 1 by meezersfive

meezersfive wrote:
Sarv, I think that's beautiful! But I like sage, so I am biased. Bonnie, that pool looks so refreshing I'd even put on a bathing suit to jump in it. Didn't do much today except check traps, move some furniture and read. Couldn't possibly keep up with Bonnie....she's smokin' !!

LOL about the books!! My stepmother got primmer and properer as she aged. I used to send her my books, mostly mysteries, but once I threw in one of those bosom rippers, you know, with Fabio on the cover. She said she was so embarassed to read it she threw it in the wood burner before she finished it. And it was one of those that doesn't even have steamy descriptions, don't even know how I got it, those aren't my style!! Then, later , when she was getting terribly forgetful, she would bring out a book I had sent her and ask me if I wanted to read it when she was done!!

Suzi our cooler wether arrived just with rain, so maybe you'll be lucky too.

Darius, great story about the aunts!! My stepmother had an aunt who used one of those horn kind of things, really couldn't hear a thing through it but insisted on commenting regardless. We kids would hang around until we got thrown out for giggling, and then we would go sit under the window and listen, and laugh some more. She couldn't get offended because we were out of sight. You didn't say anything about the Vet visit to Gracie did you? Every time I bring out the cat carrier they are all very interested until it's time to leave, then they all disappear. Olivia didn't go in for her shots today...I dillydallied too long and missed the appointment so I called them to apologize. Turns out the girl who made the appointment made a mistake and put the 3rd on the reminder card, and it should have been the 7th.
I suppose if I had gone, they would have squeezed me in somehow, shots are fast.

Elaine, butter has almost the same amount of fat, etc. as lard, but lard makes better pastry, IMHO. And we don't want to be putting lard on our veggies or our bread. It's good to be reminded of these facts, but they never seem to affect my eating habits.

When one of my aunts passed away, Sarv, my sweet uncle made me come over so he could give me some of her towels........and bras. Bras made for Brunehilda the Viking Queen, four hooks, multiple boning, body armor....and I wore a teeny little 34a, poor dear man, I took them and donated them to the Goodwill box. How he even thought I could fit in them is beyond me....but he meant well.

After that hot spell, I need some real food. Chicken Cacciatore on the stove. I used to tell my kids if you didn't have spaghetti of some kind once a week, your teeth would get loose and fall out. When my youngest lost one of her baby teeth, she brought it to me and said I better make spaghetti before the rest of them fell out!

Speaking of, I better go stir the pot....and chase Olivia out of my file drawer, and take away the pencil she's trying to steal......and I really should clean off that desk, shouldn't I?

Sheila