Subj : Re: food and family was: To : JANIS KRACHT From : NANCY BACKUS Date : Thu Jan 02 2020 17:11:00 -=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 12-26-19 23:35 <=- >> I think they are upstairs in a closet, maybe I'll check today... Now >> I'm curious :) > And did you find them...? ;) JK> I did not, it was too crazy this week as it turned out.. you know, JK> life isn't fair, and if there is one thing I learned a very long time JK> ago, it is you have to roll with the punches... Ron's aunt died right JK> before Christmas so we were tied up dealing with that. In hindsight, not all that much a surprise.... JK> She had prepaid her final resting, etc. so that was taken care of but JK> 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... JK> You know I was just way too busy if I couldn't even take the time JK> to go up the stairway and look for them ... :) Eventually things will settle down, and you will go to satisfy your curiosity... ;) JK> She was a great lady and is already missed by all of us. Hugs and condolences to you and the family.... >> 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... JK> Oh yes, they loved it.. :) Good. :) >>>>> 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... JK> That's true.. and for a bridesmaid's dress, unless you are dealing JK> with a large shop, I'm not sure if any of them would have had one to JK> 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... :) >> 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... JK> I planted them today so now I can be impatient but THANKFULLY I will JK> only have to wait 12 weeks from now to see how they taste.. that is JK> "amazing" to me 12 weeks.... middle of March, then...? Even that is rather amazing... :) >>> 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 >>> potatoes/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.... ;) JK> Well, because of Aunt Gert's death we had to forgo some things.. Just JK> no time.. but we did have ravioli and meatballs, so that was great. The easier to fix portion.... You can always do the first part of the feast at a later date, just for the fun of it... :) ttyl neb .... The funniest sounding food of all: Kumquats. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5 * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140) .