Well, speaking for myself, that is me on the left in the giant pink t-shirt with legs like telephone poles.
Bagz, I really want to hear what DH has for names. Are the kids contributing as well? My DD came up with this wonderful name referring to the glass items:
The Memorable Stain Yeah, that's my girl...
Okay, GraySea wasn't anything that awful. It's the name of a dog.
that's a cute name for a doggie----my dh thought of you all and said i should call it ----THE HARBOUR COW---------hardy har har------------i will find his list somewhere on the computer {not good at that}-------we are thinking of going more traditional so that a trendy name would not wear itself out too quickly-----for example --IN OLD ENGLISH OR SOME SORT OF OLD FASHIONED LETTERING------"BECKWITH & CO." purveyors of fine gifts.----------the market still has alot of old names in it-----old fashioned signs like "Slocum and Ferris" and " Lord's Lobsters "-----it kind of seems like a cop out ---and quite boring in fact,but nothing has stuck with me so far and and i really don't like cutesy-------------BY THE WAY,PAINTY---I AM THE MONSTER COW WITH THE BLACK HAIR AND peachers is the little teeny calf in the middle!!!! aint' we swate!!!!!-----i need to get a laptop so i can talk to you guys from the market!!
I bet those are the cutest cows ever seen at that cow crossing!!!! You babes looked adorable in that picture.
Bagzie, I like the Beckwith & Co. name, and I don't think its a cop out. It has a certain classiness to it. This is what I came up with - Aunty M's, (too cutesy) On the Boardwalk (but I don't know if it is), M's at the Market or At The Market,(I kinda like these) either Heaven & Earth or Fine Things (stole these from local shops). I'm so excited to see this thing take off!!!
I stood Leslie up this morning. I don't know whats wrong with me but I just woke up exhausted today. Oh well tomorrow is another day, Scarlet. 2 miles yesterday, though.
I went to bunco Saturday night and we had the very best lasagna I've ever eaten - it had marinara sauce, but it also had bechemel sauce too. It was soooo yummy. As soon as I get the recipe I'll post it. Can't make it in a crockpot, though. Then Sunday my mom and sisters went with me to the Bonneville hot springs mineral baths. And of course lunch. Geez. I should be walking with Leslie double time.
Ooh, yes, I like Beckwith & Co. too! As long as you paint a little puffin on your handpainted sign.
Man, this crockpot stuff is HARD! First you have to get up early and dig around on the internet for a recipe and then you have to shop for the stuff. And THEN! All the peeling and slicing and dicing! You should see my kitchen! Anyway, I made a recipe for beef stew, except with pork, because, you know. And it was...um...interesting. I used the high setting because I put it om too late for low and it wasn't really done at dinner time, but I gave it a little longer and we ate it anyway and crossed that recipe off the list, thank you very much.
So I'm on this list called "germanway" for people living in or interested in Germany and I pose this question today on gift-giving at a teenager's church confirmation celebration. We're invited to dh's goddaughter's confirmation in April and it's customary to give the kids large gobs of money as a present so they can go buy something they want like a computer or whatever. No idea what that has to do with religion, but I don't make the rules around here and it's fine with us. My question was how much is it appropriate to give, seeing as we have no experience in these kind of things and don't want to give too little or too much and look stupid. So this starts this HUGE and very silly yet highly entertaining discussion on the list about which nationality (it's always Germans vs. Americans on there) is the most superficial and has the most tacky customs. A couple of people have actually given me a concrete answer to my question, but the rest of 'em are still hacking away at each other. As a neutral party, I can just sit back and smile quietly to myself, enjoying the havoc I've created.
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Actually, I can settle the dispute - everybody knows we Americans are tacky. After all, Donald Trump and Paris Hilton have their own tv shows here.
The simpler the better is my motto re: crockpots. I throw in a tough old roast w/ a can of mushroom soup and a packet of onion soup mix and cook it until it's almost indistinguishable. The whole idea is to make it easy, right? In fact, I read somewhere you can use those roasting bags inside the crockpot to save on cleanup.
I'm afraid the key to using a crockpot is having everything on-hand. Of course if you have a giant freezer and a million cans of crap in your pantry like I do, this is not usually a problem. The only problem is figuring out what goes with what and doing it early enough so it has time to actually "slow-cook". I was thinking of using my crockpot for chicken soup today, but I realized that would be marginally insane since I was 1) going to be home all day and could cook it on the stove without any problem, 2) needed more room than my crockpot has in it anyway and 3) didn't really feel like doing it in the morning in any case. But the good news is that I did make chicken soup and it just got done! Smells soooooooo good.
I love it when you stir up trouble, Sugar! Personally I think the tackiest custom, and I've seen a lot of really tacky customs, is the Polish(/American) wedding custom of paying the bride cash to dance with her. Sometimes made extra humiliating by pinning the money on her dress. And no, I'm not Polish, perhaps I would find it less horrible if I had profited from it myself...
Perhaps more superficial than Americans would be non-Americans who emulate American superficiality.
Crock pots are easy, Sugar. Wab's recipe is one I'll try but honestly, I just put frozen meat in it. Frozen roast. Frozen chicken breasts. It's all good. I give it a few minutes to cool down before I try to serve it as it falls apart in a non-appetizing way but later, it's sliceable and tender.
Peachy, I never tried the crockpot w/ frozen stuff. What a concept! and I'm really not concerned w/ how appetizing dinner looks as long as I have something to put on DH's plate. He'll pretty much eat anything thats not too spicy. How long do you have to cook a frozen roast? on high? on low?
DH was sick today so I couldn't walk w/ Leslie, since I exercise in our bedroom. Oh darn. and I don't want any cracks about the exercising in our bedroom statement.
Hey cowsies, I need some good thoughts for my FIL, aka Grandpa Jim. He was in a car accident last thursday, and he's such a stubborn old codger he didn't even tell us until DH asked him where his car was 2 days later. Then he insisted he felt fine until I lied to him and told him the insurance company wanted him to be checked by a Dr. DH took him in yesterday and after 2 hours of xrays and poking and prodding they said he had a broken hand, a broken sternum and severe bruising around his heart. This man told me right before he left for his Dr. appointment that he was back to 100% of normal!!!! Anyway, they may want to do surgery b/c of the sternum being pushed back 1/2", but they also don't want to because of his age (87 offically but he's really 92 - it's a long story). So send up a little prayer for him. He really is sweet, even when he's driving me bonkers.
Yeah, that's my girl...
today, other than install my anti-virus software. What a thrill.
