AMERICA - The Right Way!! The Weekend Ed.(Days 973-4)[Davis Watch - 17-16?? Days to Go!]

All of Us | 9/20/03 | Various News Sources and FReepers

[Purdue Pete]

It's just plain considerate to let a person who cares about you know...

Words taken from my own mouth! It is an adjustment for me because she used to be so good about our peace of mind. Lately, actually a couple of years now, she isn't thoughtful about that at all.

To answer your question, she didn't call, but her dad called her at work just minutes ago. We figured that she would at least let them know her situation. Sure enough, she was working and HAD BEEN AT WORK EVERY DAY SINCE THE STORM! Pardon me for yelling, but I need to yell!

I remember the India trip and thinking that I would need to be sedated for the duration.LOL. Thanks for the handholding, it helps to know that others share your frustration.

[MozartLover]

We needed them. We had been depending on older son's car for the past year, and the little creep took it WITH him when he moved out (of all the nerve!!!) and ours has been on life support for a month or so.

"Mine" is a deep red '98 Ford Taurus (beautiful! I love it!) and "his" is a..don't laugh....BRIGHT red '90 VW Fox. Hubby uses a car only minimally (he bikes to work, etc.) so for a second, "runner" type car, it will work out just fine.

Both cars are in great shape, body-wise, and interiors, and appear to be mechanically sound. So I think we did the right thing.

[MozartLover]

If it's any comfort to you I can sympathize TOTALLY with your situation. What is so hard about making a simple phone call to let someone you KNOW worries about you know that you are okay???

My younger son is VERY good about this, older son not too bad, but my daughter...........SHEESH..........terrible.......

and believe me, she's the one who INSPIRES worry.............

[Purdue Pete]

I didn't read on down the thread before replying...we're in the same boat here, aren't we...no pun intended. I, like you, didn't feel that something terrible had happened, but wanted to be reassured. Hope you hear something soon.

[gulfcoast6]

Know what I use to give out a Christmas presents? 2 pound packages of shelled pecans.

[gardner]

Please put me on your Christmas list.

[The Raven]

The Vols won today (beat the Gators in the Swamp)......the whole down gets drunk - so best to be on the 'puter

[Guenevere]

Afternoon all....
Just reading through the thread...

...We are still waiting for cooler weather here in Florida, but are very thankful we dodged the bullet with Isabel.----My regrets to you all who got caught in this thing!!!!.....I would hate to be without power, and I know it must be hard for you all!!

Chairm, hope you're OK!

The couple who got 'burned out' is managing better now....
..I took over a quiche yesterday....
...don't know if it's a Southern thing, but my mom & grandmother were always baking/cooking/ and carrying things to folks who were going through a trauma, and that's just the way I respond.

All crisis were dealt with food.

Today, I'm baking cookies....husband sorted out all the red/green M&M's for me)....

..Monday night is 'Christmas in September' at our ladie's circle meeting at church, and we'll be making Christmas decorations for our new little church, and eating Christmas cookies....

I'm making batches of oatmeal/peanut butter/chocolate chip/M&M's/pecans in dough.....

...they've turned out yummy.

..Tomorrow I make pecan balls.

....Stopped in at Mom & Dad's this AM....I was at Publix (supermarket) and they had huge 48 oz. size creamy peanut butter....buy one, get one free.

Mom likes peanut butter, so I took her over one.

She & dad have agreed to go with me this Monday to the alzheimers place and I genuinely hope she remembers that she agreed to do this, come 2 days from now.
Dad will not go if mom changes her mind.

Hubby spent the morning at church in prep. class.....he's been nominated for elder at our new little church.

I'm in charge of the kitchen and food supplies and calling folks to bring refreshments for each Sunday.

We love our little church, and it's starting to really grow!

That's about it from here.....just a quiet weekend.

I do understand what you ladies are talking about with our children responding ....when we think they should call.

Our 2 are still good about that......I think we ingrained it so much, WE get a good chewing out if we don't respond to them while on a trip or something.

Now they expect us to call the first day or night we arrive!!

kayak, Purdue, I think sometimes our grown children don't realize we are still their parents and don't automatically stop thinking/worrying about them once they hit adulthood.

They will realize this when they have children of their own.

I constantly keep my 2 in prayer, as I know you all do.

I tell young son, especially, if he only knew how many guardian angels are watching over him, because I call on them every singel day!!

I didn't have much to say today, but I so enjoy reading y'alls accounts of everyday stuff and activities, and Miss Marple's sausage shop and duckbutt's rose that survived, etc., so I thought maybe you all would read my daystuff too!

Nothing can quite compare to that rose, duckbutt, and your beautiful words :)

[Guenevere]

#47...Oh, hey there.

Sadly, I remember what you went through with your home...

...as my neighbors are going through the same thing.

They say they realize the police, and fire dept. are doing what they must do, but they're feeling like criminals already with all the questions being asked.

Also, they're having a hard time finding a builder who will rebuild their home.

We're having a huge expansion in our area.....shopping villages, new homes are sprouting up like crazy.....and the builders don't have time to take this man's offer to help rebuild his house.
...It's a huge dose of reality.....and they're chaffing from it!

[Dog]

I'm making batches of oatmeal

Real oatmeal cookies?

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmm!!!!!

[Guenevere]

LOL, is there any other kind?

[Iowa Granny]

I enjoyed reading about your day. Mine has been quiet, too.

We had tickets to hear Judge Roy Moore at the Christian Coalition's annual fund raiser tonite, but hubby couldn't get away to arrive in a timely manner. He let me know this about Noon, so I started calling friends to see who was up to a 4 hr roundtrip drive to attend the event. I couldn't find a soul who was available to go, and have resigned myself to staying home. The $100 tickets will go unused. The money goes to a good cause and I do not begrudge that.

My cleaning lady did not come in this week because she was participating in a Sweet Adeline's contest. After I swept the kitchen floor this morning, I got down on my hands and knees and gave it a good scrubbing. My right shoulder is really sore because I really applied the elbow grease to the grooves in the flooring. She uses a mop and gives little concern to the residue from dirty water she leaves in the corners and along the mopboard.

I spent some time outside this afternoon. I dug up some Iris which are overgrown,, I will throw them in the ditch, if they bloom, they bloom. If they don't, so what?

Of course a few things were in the way and came out along with the iris. A huge clump of Asiatic Lilies had Iris cromes grown into them,,, the Lilies came out, too. Then, quite by accident I also dug out a good sized Baby's Breath plant.

I'm headed out to transplant the Baby's Breath now that I've rested a bit. I still have another huge clump of Iris to dig out because I need to make space for the "Ornamental Thistle" (which isn't exactly what my farmers call it) I want to transplant from another bed.

It's such a beautiful day out there. I've decided to skip 5:00 pm Mass and go at 9:30 in the morning. The same sermon is given at each, so I won't miss anything.

I spent some time on the phone with my MIL this forenoon, getting her outpatient surgery dates written into my Day Runner. She has exchanged Hostess Dates with her bridge club friends so she won't need to be lifting card tables and chairs until she's totally out of the woods from her cataract surgery. Interesting thing about this: She refused to tell they WHY she needed to change hostess dates. But she didn't regret for those months, so I can tell she has no intention of missing the card parties.

[Iowa Granny]

Real oatmeal cookies?

As opposed to 'pretend' ones? As opposed to artificial ones?

I think the reality is: They are HOMEMADE, not store bought.

[Purdue Pete]

You have mail.

[Guenevere]

Ohh, so sorry you missed Moore.

Would have loved an after-report from you!

Yes, Dog, oatmeal from an oatmeal box.....not packaged cookies, LOL.

[Dog]

Torment me.....:-)

[Guenevere]

#56...Oh sheeeeesh.....learn to bake, Doggie ...LOL!!

[Iowa Granny]

I use the recipe inside the lid of the Oatmeal Box, but I omit the cinnamon. Instead of raisins I use the mini M&M milk chocolates. Instead of dropping onto cookie sheets, I smear the entire bowl of dough onto the cookie sheet all at once. Sometimes I need to dampen my hands at the sink to press it into the corners of the pan.

When they're done, I just cut into bars. My fellas actually like them better without frosting, so this is a fairly quick and neat way to meet the Maternal Obligations.

[kayak]

And when are you going to post the recipe?

The taking-food-during-a-time-of-trauma is not widespread all over the South, Guennie, or even within a town.

In our church in the small town we used to live in, we took meals to families for all kinds of things .... deaths in the family, someone having surgery, the birth of a new baby .... during flu season, whoever didn't have the flu would cook meals for the family of those currently afflicted (and homemade soup for the sick one) ..... just all kinds of occasions. People would also do things like mow the lawn for someone out of town for a family emergency or death. At least that's what happened in our neighborhood and our church.

A close friend of mine (who went to another church) broke her arm ..... went with the youth group of which her son was a member to go skating. Got on skates for the first time in umpteen years and promptly fell and fractured her forearm.

I prepared a meal to take to the family, thinking nothing of it. To this day, she reminds me of that and how much it meant to them and it's been nearly 20 years. No one in her church did anything for them. That really surprised me ..... I just took such things for granted. It's not done much here where we live now either .... I guess people have gotten busier and busier .... eat out more rather than cooking. It's a wonderful and much-appreciated ministry though .... one of which I have been the recipient a number of times and tried to repay when I could.

[Guenevere]

Oh that's a good idea, IG.....making bars instead of drop cookiers.

I'm making another batch tomorrow, so I'll try that instead.

Kay, I'm sure you're right....folks didn't do that too much in our first church when we moved to Florida...

..but in both our Presbyterian churches, it's a given.

There is something so comforting when someone shows up on your front door with 'homemade' and a hug.