Coffee and...Part 46...! :-D

MaryE.... all the other epi colors (besides red & QOTN) I have are cuttings in small pots. Some are only 2" tall, no way to do cuttings this year. Only 3-4 are named, the rest unknown until they are large enough to bloom. Hopefully they will get some good growth in the FL winter where they can mostly be outside.

Ok back from adventure at Country store. The good news is, Sarv, you now have 4 Holiday cookbooks, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Most of the other stuff was already picked over....so, tomorrow I will get to the PO and send them via media mail, and we'll figure out the cost after I mail them.

The bad news, Carat, the Complete Guide to Country Cooking is NOT on sale, price is $29.95 but the GOOD news is the clerk told me it is going on sale for half price in November, which is next week!! So, if you still want it then, I'll be glad to pick it up for you.

Jassmer, the store is located in Greendale. If you feel like a road trip, I'd be happy to meet you for lunch, there are plenty of restaurants in that area, and Greendale is just south of 76th and Grange, ( Southridge Mall if that's familiar to you). If you came in on 94, you'd want to take the hwy 45 exit south, and ....oh well, why am I telling you this now? LOL If you decide to do it, I'll Google a map for you.

Hold your breath everyone, I'm eating stinky braunschweiger and vidalia onion on rye bread.........something I get a taste for now and then ...got just enough for lunch for me. Got to fill the eclairs and get them chilling, but the rest of the day is not committed to anything useful.

I found the intact pie in one of our early sessions (3? 4?) Julie attacked it the same day. She's a fast mover. Haven't put one on the counter since. LOL

Well, FINE, Dave wrote all over it. Julie, go find it! LOL

Edited to add: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/478991/
It was in part three, late, but shows both pictures. Maybe without all the writing ???

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Well, Julie, M5's link answered my question...the doors will be locked and bolted with furniture pushed in front before any pie baking goes on here!!! LOL

M5 - when I can make it down that way I will certainly let you know.

Mary - thanks for the comments. When I do tell people about Nick it always done in a positive way; good memory, etc. Unless I'm having a conversation like with all of you yesterday. My heart goes out to your DIL...it's hard enough losing a child, but a parent whose child has been murdered goes through so much more anger and that is hard to deal with.

Here is the article I mentioned:
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Why Do We Garden

I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m sure there are many of us that spend hours and hours in our gardens not only planting and weeding, but also battling insects, disease, frost, drought, and excessive heat. I’m also sure some of us are still running outside at night in the middle of October to cover everything in case of frost. Why? To be perfectly honest I can’t explain it, and I have never met anyone that could. I’ve seen people try to answer, but they always end up getting a dreamy look in their eyes, and after mulling it over for awhile they come up with something like, “Oh, its hard to explain.“ I guess you have to be a gardener to understand that there is no explanation.
Over the past two months I have had contact with many gardeners from the areas hit by hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Again and again I have heard “My garden is completely destroyed.” Most of us can’t imagine what it would be like to have the gardens we spend so much time caring for completely destroyed. I know how I feel when one plant I have been hovering over for months is accidently taken out by the mower. No matter what happens we run right out to get a replacement plant knowing the same thing could happen again.
So, what makes us continue gardening when it is a constant battle? A message I read from a woman who lives in Louisiana said it best, “I am still in shock when I look at my yard... I was ready to give up completely on gardening at first, but then my roses started blooming again...”

Next Spring, if you have plants you would like to send to gardeners rebuilding after the hurricanes, please contact... (my name, phone number, email here)
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Jody


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Hello everyone!! Just got back from lunch with my mom, her 86yr old sister, two sister in laws, a cousin and me. My aunt told her daugher "your hair sure is gray - not like the rest of us" What a way to start off lunch. She meant (as she explained later) her hair was a nice white gray and not the salt and pepper stuff- we laughed at that one.

M5 - oh you made my day - more cookbook for me to drool over- I can't thank you enough. Wish I lived closer - I love outlet kind of stores!!

Maria- love the name change (how did you do that??) and no wonder you have been feeling punk - pneumonia!!! I had that once and thought I was dying - spent days in bed- my chest rattling and no energy to do anything!! After two weeks of it, I went to the doc, but still didn't feel like a human for two more weeks. That stuff is nasty. I have heard that once you get it, it comes back easily - so be careful. Mine never returned= thank goodness!!

Darius - that sister of yours.....people are crazy when they drink tho. Be careful in dealing with her. Maybe you could stay at Molly's and visit your sis. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. That phrase makes me laugh as a pychologist once asked me what that meant (I must have answered it correctly - he was a psychologist where I worked)

Mary - good luck on your last ride of the year - you are first place in my book!! I am continually in awe of you and feel like such a slug in comparison. I am trying to eat better tho...(oreos all gone and I won't buy more until 2006)

Who's making eclairs??? Are they like ______ (oh my gosh, can't think of what they are called) Oh here it comes, (OH no left again.._) CREAM PUFFS!!! I've never made an eclair, but am making cream puffs for our family farewell for my mom this weekend. I stuff the with vanilla pudding/cool whip, and put chocolate and powdered sugar on top - very nice looking and light after a big meal.

Man, the old memory is shaky today- I just can't seem to retrieve words lately. scarey....

Wrapped and ready to go in tomorrow's mail!!

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Meezer oh yes I would like the cookbook in November. If you Dmail me your address I can send you the money now and you wont have to be out anything.

Mary, good luck and stay warm on your ride. Congratulations on your victory. I am so amazed with the whole sport. You amaze me.

My mom use to say that she compared gardening to breathing. It was something she had to do and it just felt natural to her. She could make anything grow in any zone.

I am drooling waiting for those eclairs. I guess I am going to have to run up and get me a couple from the bakery. I am the only one who eats them and I can't afford to eat a whole batch alone.

Well I have a million things to do and can't seem to break away from this computer.

Casey

Mary, you are already a winner in our book! Good luck on the ride, and let's hope for a warm start!

Eclairs are just egotistic cream puffs, same pastry, just blobbed longer...I get six to a batch so I froze two empty for another day, and filled four.

Carat, just wait 'til we see the price plus tax plus mailing, no point in doing it beforehand 'til we get a total. Sarv's box is heavy!! Poor mailman will be wondering if she is taking up weight lifting!

They are done. I cheated and used a can of premade frosting, but I cooked the filling. One will be plenty, but I'll bet DH will put two of them away tonight, he just loves them. Not telling him I got to lick the pudding pot....

Terrible picture!! Don't blow it up, you'll get dizzy

still spinning!!!!

Here we go again - trying to catch up on a whole day.

Maria - it was so nice to hear you sounding happier in the morning. Also glad you finally got your real name. Also glad you Dr. diagnosed you and got you on meds. Next time to have a cough like that keep bugging the Dr. if you don't feel better fast. Hope the meds get you feeling much better fast. And I bet if you feel physically better, it will also help your mental state. That doesn't mean you shouldn't get some counselling though. Be sure to follow through.

Jody - if churches REALLY want to have a handbell choir, there are ways of getting the bells - such as memorials - having people donate enough to buy one bell in memory of a loved one. Or you could consider chimes. Played similarly. Sound a bit different. a LOT cheaper. (But avoid Suzuki ones as they often aren't in tune). Some groups start with just two octaves and add bells.

Darius - I'm with Casey in wondering whether your sister is on some meds that alter her mood. Heck even menopause will do that for some people.

Mary - good luck with the endurance ride.

I can't look at those eclairs. I get hungry.

I got my flu shot this afternoon. Arm aches a bit and I may forego practicing this evening. but I have to leave soon for handbell choir - right after a quick dinner.

I DID divide up the gardening page into two smaller pages. Same address - http://www.magma.ca/~fredrkng/Ann/Ann_garden05.html
but it should be easier for those who have slow access.

TTYL

Ann

Ann, I don't think it's meds with my half-sister.... more like jealousy and envy that only comes out when she drinks too much. I have always been an achiever, and in many diverse fields whereas she has always been a secretary except 10 years in the Navy when she repaired and packed parachutes.

How do you think she compares that to an older sister who: (1) was on the team that did the first heart transplant in the US, (2) was the first woman builder published in Fine Homebuilding, (3) worked as a consultant for a week in The White House in an ofiice re-do for The First Lady... and much more?

Wow, Darius you really are a diverse lady. Those are some remarkable accomplishments you have to your credit. But I think the fact that you are so willing to share all your knowledge is a bigger credit to who you really are and I for one thank you for that.
I never really had to deal with the jealousy thing with my brothers but I do sit back and watch DH's 3 sisters battle it out. Except their arguements are really so trivial compared to what you are having to deal with.

Okay pass those eclairs right on over. Oh yummy and they even look fattening.....OH yeah



Casey

Thanks, Casey. I try my best.

Yum, I should find my mother's old creme puff recipe and make a batch! I just never think about making them, except maybe for a party. I usually fill them with a pudding mix but sometimes get fancy.

This is just to tell you I have to rest quite a bit to make myself as healthy as I usally am so if you do not hear from me that will be the cause. Felt so great this am, but here is always something that happens to shake me up,.
If they gave out blue ribbons as to who the biggest worrier is I surley would get it. When I do not hear from some one I care a lot about they think I am nuts because my thought are negative thinking something horrid happened and get very chastised about it, cannot win no matter how I try, I am such a jerk to be concerned about some who are offended by my sincere feelings, no wonder I find my life depressing.
Maria

I've stuffed everything in that kind of pastry from crab/cream cheese/chives, to ham salad, ice cream, pudding, custard, and Rediwhip! Make 'em little, make 'em cream puff size for dessert, very versatile and so easy. Do better at that than camera work , right?

I get some comments from my sis from time to time too, due to the fact that I had a professional career in spite of only a high school education, and some management type classes later. I was one of five women in management at a very large company, and the first in my department. She now refers to the year she spent in secretarial school as "college" which I just let pass because it isn't worth fussing over. What is, is. I do think she feels quite a lot better now that they have sold their two properties and made a poo load of money, 'cuz she refers to the lawn service as "the yard man" LOL So, every once in a while, when DH is outside working, I refer to him as the yard man....and she never says anything about it. Her DH was in gov't service his entire life, and if you want to see heirarchical henfights, that's the place to go. Very rigid and competitive, and lots of unwritten rules about who you can entertain, etc. Bleahhhh!

Maria is feeling better, hooray!! And SAD is Seasonal Affective Disorder. I just got one of those "sunlight" desk lamps at Sam's. I'm going to put it by my sewing machine so maybe I can get the thread through the needle for a change.

Plain old fashioned New England boiled dinner tonight. Got to get out of the kitchen before Survivor comes on.! Who mentioned that website called televisionwithoutpity?
It's a hoot! They do a great job on recaps and the comments are very funny.

Ahhhh DH at the door....dinner in minutes... see you all in the morning,

Maria - if I should, for any reason, not post here for awhile it would be such an uplift to know that there was someone out there that cared enough to check on me. Please don't stop loving. There are so many people who love you, and we want you to be healthy and happy! Please take care of yourself and follow orders - both the doctors and ours!!!!!!!

love ya
ginni

ps Maria has always been one of my favorite names and I thought "aria" was a neat way to combine your name with your love of beautiful music. But from now on Maria you are in my book, a wonderful, warm and loving person. God bless.

Ok reading up again on everyone lurking as usual!
I do not bake except for stuff in boxes with directions but can offer up some of my DH's famous choclate chunk creme brulee!!!!!!
IT is out of this world!!!
Mags

OK...I didn't get past Shelia's link to the old thread...I have another window open with responses, but I doubt it will be sent now. ROTFLMAO!! BOY were in rare style in THAT thread. No WONDER people stayed away from us.

I'll be back just as soon as I fix those eclairs.....Mwwwwwwaaaaahahahaha
:-D
~julie~

Edited because I'm laughing TOO HARD to spell ANYTHING right. :-D

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Bear in mind, Julie, it was the dead of winter in Wisconsin when even the most level headed people are overcome with cabin fever and do all kinds of outlandish stunts. I blame it on football.

Sheila...did you happen to notice that BOTH pics of that pie in that thread are the same? I thought I managed to 'steal' a loaf od bread along with half the pie. But I'm pretty sure that the pic in YOUR post is an "after" ....I wonder how the heck THAT happened. (I can see my cloning 'prints' in both of them.) And now for those eclairs.
;-) :-D

~julie~

Oh....and I won't blame what we were doing in that thread on anything other than fact we were having a GRAND old time...LOL

This was written BEFORE I got distracted by Sheila...
LOL

Maria...good news and bad news...but they both turn out GOOD in that you can now deal with all the stuff that's bothering you. Sure hope those meds do the trick on your pneumonia. Nasty stuff...and walking pneumonia is a drain! (To upload your collage, go to the thread where you want to upload it to, click on browse (just below the response box, find the collage and dbl click on the collage file name...preview your post to be sure the picture got uploaded...it *will* take a while to upload so don't leave the screen...when the premiew shows up on your screen...hit send and it *should* be in the thread.)

Jody...you don't have to lock your doors if your bake a pie...just *don't* post a pic of it, or I promise you it'll be GONE by the next time you look. Mwwaaahahaha

Darius...I completely expected that to happen...it's just like her to act like nothing happened. (arrrggghhhh....some people's sisters - and I include ME in that remark. LOL not *as* the sister, but having one just like yours!) Oh....and Molly is lucky to have your expertise on her side. (If you talk to Mol soon....tell her I dug up the MollyMc cannas today and they're looking GOOD!)

I'm NOT finished, yet...
But better post what I had done before I forget and close the window while messing with those eclairs.

~julie~

Meezer I am with you on the threading the machine. I can't count the amount of time I have wasted sitting in front of that thing trying to get it threaded with a magnifing glass. I have DD do my regular machines and I have a little adapter for my serger and my big machine has an auto needle threader. Now that is my true meaning of spoiled. I cryed when I saw it work the first time.

Maria, rest all you need and when you have the energy just pop in on a thread and we will spread the news. Getting you well is the most important thing.

I never knew that my winter depression actually had a name. Wow. My DH has even gone to the point of purchasing cut flowers every few weeks to help with the glummy feelings I get in the winter time. Will a sunlight really help with that????

Marie (tugging on the blue ribbon) I AM THE QUEEN OF WORRIERS!! But I'll share the title with you. Who were you worrying about now??? I don't understand your last post. Rest easy, but you must visit with us daily - that is from doc sue!!

Oh, speaking of doc's- I gotta good one for you. I just applied on line for a new credit card. It came today and printed on it was Dr. Sue Sarver - I must have hit the wrong key somewhere along in the application. I called the company and of course talked to someone from overseas. The poor guy was laughing so hard he could hardly talk!! He is sending me a new card - minus the Dr. title!! I am keeping the Dr. card and will use it when I shop in some snooty store...LOL DH and I really got a laugh out of that one!! From now on I expect to be addressed as Dr -I have the card to prove it!!

DS came over for dinner. He was my awful one to raise -gave me major ulcers and gray hair, plus a delightful grandson. Anyhow, today he had to do a presentation to a bunch of big wigs in the tool/die business- I was so proud of him telling about it. He is a die designer and I thought he would end up pushing a broom in jail. He has turned his life around 360 deg. He sometimes is still a stinker, but he has a wife that will knock some sense into him!!

Phew, tomorrow is Friday already - man does the time fly.

M5- what do you stuff your eclairs with? I am taking cream puffs with vanilla pudding/cool whip to this weekends gala (I think I typed that in an earlier post, but am too lazy to check) Also making an ice cream pie only in a 9x13 in pan. Loved the 'yard man' thing!!

I just hate jealousy - but have to admit that the 'green envy' stuff creeps up on me sometime!!! Some people just seem to fall into the s**t and come out smelling like a rose everytime!! T'aint fair! My two sons are incredibly jealous of one another. I have spoken to them both about it (oldest one is far worse than the youngest one) I just can't figure it out and give up trying.

Time to find something sweet to eat - oh eclairs- pass them over= thanks!! Dr. Sue

Hey Gang!! Here's Sheila's Pie and some great homemade breads...
:-)

LOL, "Dr. Sue"!!!

Oh Please...I couldn't :-D
Sheila...sorry, I spilled a little coffee on your cutting board while I was 'borrowing' a loaf of bread.

(Thanks....it was DELICIOUS!!!)

~julie~
Burp! LOL

Wow, Maria, I'm glad you got diagnosed so you can get rid of that nasty condition! Hope you're feeling much better in all ways very soon! If the sleep aid you got is Ambien, that was the one which was prescribed for my husband a while back and it worked very well.

Does anyone else remember reading about sunlamps and SAD? It seems to me that focusing the light on the backs of the knees for a certain amount of time per day was recommended. I probably remember that because it sounded so weird and illogical!

Darius, I'm glad that you're planning to spend some time with Molly so you're not so dependent on your sister's whims. How is Molly doing, anyway? Any idea how long it will be before the power's back on?

Eclairs, uh oh. Don't let my mom know about them or they're history. I never liked them well enough to bother making them very often.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot ---- Ann, I DID plant the crocuses outside after they died down in the original pot. They did just fine for a few years and were starting to increase, but this Spring nary a one came up. Perhaps if I'd planted them deeper they would have survived. We had one of those seasons that was way warmer than normal for a week or so, then much colder than normal later on, etc. If I remember right, my snowdrops started coming up around January 1st or so (waaay too early!)

Brain's gone blank again so it's time to quit and veg out for the night. Sleep well!

Darius, somehow I had missed the bit about your sister drinking. And it could well be self-esteem problems.

Maria, you already sound better. But you follow doctor's orders and get that rest. We'll understand if we don't hear as much from you as long as you check in at least once a day. If we don't get that check in we'll start to worry. I'm with Ginny (tgif) in that I was thinking you had chosen aria because you loved music. But glad you got the name you want.

Mags, my baking is mostly bread. Make a multi-grain bread regularly and no bread machine for me. I think kneading bread dough kept me from beating my kids when they were little. LOL But I don't do cakes except from a box. Takes an entirely different touch from making bread.

saarv, the REAL queen of worriers is a former stand partner of mine in the Ottawa Symphony. We sat together for years in the second stand of violas. She's 19 years older than I - turned 80 in early October and is no longer playing with us. But about 1990, we did a couple performances of the Berlioz Requieum to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ottawa Choral Society. They were held in a large Catholic Basilica her in Ottawa.There were the 80 or so members of the Choral society, a choir from Toronto, an enlarged Ottawa Symphony - about 100 of us, another choir from Ottawa and a kids choir taking part. She started worrying (justifiably, I might add) about the
washroom situation in the church about 4 months before the performance. But we knew she was never happy unless she wa worrying about something.

Was up early this morning and gotta do something worthwhile before I go to bed; good night all.

Ann

PS Will be thinking of Maria for sure when we play two performances this weekend with the Ottawa Chamber Orchestra of the "Autumn in Vienna" concert.

Julie, you are TOO funny!!

McCool, Thanks... good advice.

Haven't heard from Molly.... she has to use the car battery to charge her cell phone. She's supposed to go up to her new place tomorrow for Closing, if I remember correctly. At least there's gas up that way, and she thought she had enough gas in the van to get close to Orlando (where there's power and gas).

Well I have been reading posts today, but have not addressed you all. After the extremely hard day yesterday, I did almost nothing, and you know what, it felt good. I did have to go to the post office, but that was about it. I had a mystery dining assignment tonight. DH and I went to Long Horn Steak house. This is a different company than what I usually work for. I was required to have an appetizer or salad, entree, drink and coffee and dessert. Since you all don't know me and haven't seen me, this is enough food for 3 days!! We ended up with three take home boxes. I'm sure the waitress was wondering why we were ordering all the food, if we weren't going to eat it. I asked the waitress what kind of dessert was the smallest and lightest. She recommended the Key Lime Cake. I am not a dessert person, so was planning on just tasting it. When the dessert was brought to the table it was on a dinner plate, and I kid you not, it was a half a cake. 4 layers with cream filling between, topped by 3 inches of whipped cream. I told DH that was more dessert than I usually eat in a year. But it was good!!

Well,all of you have been busy today. Won't address each post, but wanted to reply to a few.

Maria, so glad that you got your name, and glad that they found the health problem. Now with the meds you will start feeling like a human again.

Darius, please proceed with caution on the sister issue. If you haven't figured her out yet, I would think that she will continue to be a mystery. Probably a combination of things, but don't put yourself in a place where she can mow you down at any time. When you next talk to Molly, please tell her I said hi, and that my thoughts and prayers are with her. There is a possibility that I will be in the Gainsville area in February, if so, I plan to look her and you? up. We will talk before then.

For everyone who has asked, I have SAD. Seasonal Affective Disorder. Is caused by lack of light. Ever noticed that during the summer when we are out and about, our moods are better. No I didn't say great, as life's irritations will always be with us. But in the winter months, when we are indoors a lot more, our bodies are deprived of light. Sunlight provides essential vitimans our bodies need, and for some people, just that little variation, sets off all kinds of reactions. For more information just go to any good health web site, and type in SAD in the search box. It is very interesting.

Mary, good luck on the endurance ride this weekend. Your weather sounds like it might not be the most comfortable to be outdoors, but I am sure that it won't bother you much.

Meezer, Sarv, Viola Ann, Jasmeer, McCool, Magaboo, Carat, digginit, and Balvanie, didn't mean to slight you, just have enjoyed your posts, but have nothing relevant to add, except, Jasmeer, great article. You described the indescribable!! Don't know why I love gardening just do. Can't explain why fish love water, they just do.

Well Mr. B is finally in, has been real uspet and barking a lot tonight, so he is already asleep in his "chair" just waiting to hear me tell him it is "bedtime"

Everybody sleep well, have fluffy dreams, no nightmares, and wake refreshed and ready to tackle another day.

Night All!!

Dr. Sarv - You wouldn't happen to be an optometrist by any chance? I had to read your post twice. I couldn't figure out what a bunch of big wigs in the tooldie business would do. (My eyes; not your typing!) Seriously, it's great your son has turned his life around.

McCool - I found the following on http://www.depression.realage.com/content.aspx/topic/8

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Treatments for SAD include phototherapy and antidepressant medication. Sufferers may notice a decrease in their symptoms by adopting healthy eating habits and adhering to a regular sleep schedule. Exercising outside may prove especially helpful for two reasons—release of endorphins and increased exposure to sunlight. Phototherapy involves exposure to full spectrum lighting for one to two hours per day, usually in the morning. Light boxes and visors provide this kind of exposure. Alternatively, dawn simulators initially provide low levels of light and increase the levels throughout the morning-mimicking light exposure experienced in the early morning hours as the sun rises.
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Julie - don't try to lull me into a false sense of security! My doors will be locked!!! LOL
(Send some bread my way, please.)

Ann - thanks for the advise about chimes. I'll have to look into it and see if there is enough interest at church. Your performances sound so wonderful! Good luck this weekend.

Defoe - thanks (about the article) after I saw that post from Louisiana ( I believe it was LaLady) I kept thinking about it. I signed up for the mystery dining thing awhile back, but haven't heard from them. Key Lime cake sounds delicious!

Mary - I reread my last post and realized I didn't wish you good luck. I wish I had your energy!

Jody

Edited to correct link.


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Ok....what happened to the screen.??? Was it my pictures?

~julie~

Is everybody sleeping?!!!