Subj : Re: food and family was: To : NANCY BACKUS From : Janis Kracht Date : Fri Jan 03 2020 23:40:26 Hi Nancy, >> ... Ron's aunt died right >> before Christmas so we were tied up dealing with that. > In hindsight, not all that much a surprise.... Yes, we were expecting it but she had a history of defeating odds.. >> She had prepaid her final resting, etc. so that was taken care of but >> you know it involved a million phone calls, and more, etc. etc. > It does indeed, even with all sorts of prior planning... even just > setting it all in motion.... we just went through that a couple of years > ago when my mom died... It can knock the wind out of you, that's for sure. >> You know I was just way too busy if I couldn't even take the time >> to go up the stairway and look for them ... :) > Eventually things will settle down, and you will go to satisfy your > curiosity... ;) 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... 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. 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. >> She was a great lady and is already missed by all of us. > Hugs and condolences to you and the family.... Thank you Nancy, appreciated. >>> had real fun making jeans for the kids, and for me. I put embroidered >>> things on their jeans and mine >> Oh, that would be fun... Hopefully they enjoyed having the embroidery as >> much as you enjoyed doing it... >> Oh yes, they loved it.. :) > Good. :) 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 >> That's true.. and for a bridesmaid's dress, unless you are dealing >> with a large shop, I'm not sure if any of them would have had one to >> fit her. > 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 >>> 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 > 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 :) Take care, Janis --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) .