Yes, that would cause me to worry even more than I do now.
At least with salary I know my income can't get any worse! ;)
(I refuse to tempt fate by saying that out loud though. She'll find a way to prove me wrong!) ;P
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It's all good. The universe has been kind to me these last few months. I am happy. Things are moving along in s positive fashion
today we go to one of the local Oktoberfests
Dirndl and Lederhos'n are ready
yesterday we harvested Dad's grapes
we made grape juice instead of wine this year, 12 litres
It's all good. The universe has been kind to me these last few months. I am happy. Things are moving along in s positive fashion
Glad to hear it! :)
today we go to one of the local Oktoberfests
Dirndl and Lederhos'n are ready
yesterday we harvested Dad's grapes
we made grape juice instead of wine this year, 12 litres
Sounds like fun!
Grape juice, Not quite as much fun for the adults, but you get to share it with the kids! :)
Never known anyone who made their own grape juice. (Although I've met one or two who claimed to make their own wine. The oddest I've ever heard about was Dandelion wine.) :)
today we go to one of the local Oktoberfests
Dirndl and Lederhos'n are ready
yesterday we harvested Dad's grapes
we made grape juice instead of wine this year, 12 litres
Sounds like fun!
Grape juice, Not quite as much fun for the adults, but you get to share it with the kids! :)
Never known anyone who made their own grape juice. (Although I've met one or two who claimed to make their own wine. The oddest I've ever heard about was Dandelion wine.) :)
dandelion wine o.O which part of it do you use to make that?..
my dads ladyfriend has an old orchad behind the house (old farming family) with 4 apple trees (3 where cut down this year, too old) a plum tree, cherry tree, appricot tree and dad planted 5 wine stocks around the old sheep stable
so, wine, applewine, applejuice and lots of homemade jam
dandelion wine o.O which part of it do you use to make that?..
my dads ladyfriend has an old orchad behind the house (old farming family) with 4 apple trees (3 where cut down this year, too old) a plum tree, cherry tree, appricot tree and dad planted 5 wine stocks around the old sheep stable
so, wine, applewine, applejuice and lots of homemade jam
Ooo, sounds yummy!
According to what I remember,.... (I heard the recipe once, almost 30 years ago now) :P
All I recall was that you used a gallon jar, (He said a Sun Tea jar would work fine) fill with dandelion flower petals, filled the remaining space with water, (and I presume some form of yeast) and sugar. You were to allow it ferment for a long time, (At least one month, maybe 2) adding another pound of sugar every week or so.
o.O
AZ? AZ??
where are You ?????
I believe he has finally sealed up the OTD.
Alas...
ah, well that is a sad thing, stupid politics
S' alright.
Hello,
Sunday sounds like it was delicious.
I've been kept away from my grill for too long now. (Almost 2 weeks!) <Shudder>
Hopefully I'll get to have fun with my fiery friend at least once this weekend.
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their week.
It's Halloween weekend. How could one not enjoy?
Hmm,....
Grillin', chillin' and candy.
It doesn't rhyme, but it sounds fun! :)
Actually, the elder wizard here is borderline diabetic.
(Meaning the Dr yells at me a lot, and I avoid sugar as much as possible, but not on heavy med or Insulin for it. Yet.) :(
So I won't be eating much candy.
(1 bag at a time is limiting yourself, right?) :)
I guess I'll have to make up for it the MANLY way, by BURNING MEAT ON AN OPEN FLAME! :D
It's Halloween weekend. How could one not enjoy?
Actually, the forecast here is for heavy rains staring Saturday. :(
The news is already talking about moving trick-or-treating to Fri night.Not. The. Same. :/
Happy post-Halloween. I hope all had an excellent time.
hi everyone,
so we keep the thread alive? cool, I am in
I caught Hand-Foot-and -Mouth-Disease, the boy brought it from daycare, urgh
and Hi Patrick, Gruumash, Ragadolf,
hope you are doing well
on the couch with itching plisters on hand head and (thankfully few) on feet
watching documentaries on dieing out crafts, the show is from the 80s and Iove it.
At the moment: Der Blaupließter ( a special kind of knife sharpening onlyknown around the town of Solingen)
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Ugh, Sorry to hear that Aeglos.
(I"m not actually familiar with the details of H-F-M disease, but it sounds 'delightful') ;P Get better soon!
Well, I DID (Finally) get to use my grill this weekend! Pork steaks were yummy.
A local grocery store (They call themselves a Meat store, and do sometimes have decent sales on items) Had pork roast for the redonkulous price of $1 a lb. I bought 2 X 7 pounders. :)
Cooked one in the crock pot, and turned half of it into pulled pork BBQ. Yummy.
The rest will be eaten tonight, cut into small tenderloins and reheated in oven with an Orange-Ginger-Honey glaze. With Sweet potatoes. Also yummy. :D
Halloween,
We prepared for Halloween as usual, (Meaning, the wife buys too much D@#% candy) ;P
But here in South Lousy-Anna, it was raining, and is STILL raining.
We figured that at least some of the usual throng would brave the rain, (it wasn't a downpour at trick or treat time, just,... rain) But we had ONE group of 3 kids show up.
Fortunately, my kids like candy.
Unfortunately, the Daughter doesn't like brushing her teeth, and I have to pay the dental bills,... ;P
And besides work, that was pretty much my weekend.
How is everyone else doing? :)
Cooked one in the crock pot, and turned half of it into pulled pork BBQ. Yummy.
The rest will be eaten tonight, cut into small tenderloins and reheated in oven with an Orange-Ginger-Honey glaze. With Sweet potatoes. Also yummy. :DHalloween,
We prepared for Halloween as usual, (Meaning, the wife buys too much D@#% candy) ;PBut here in South Lousy-Anna, it was raining, and is STILL raining.
We figured that at least some of the usual throng would brave the rain, (it wasn't a downpour at trick or treat time, just,... rain) But we had ONE group of 3 kids show up.
Fortunately, my kids like candy.
Unfortunately, the Daughter doesn't like brushing her teeth, and I have to pay the dental bills,... ;P
And besides work, that was pretty much my weekend.
How is everyone else doing? :)
even here in Germany I got 5 groups of kids, sadly my boy fell asleep after the first one but some may have been to scary for him anyway
your food sound extremly yummy
LOL,
We usually get a lot of kids, I've even seen ATV's & Pickups pulling trailers full of kids into the neighborhood from the next-door subdivisions, (We live in a decent middle class hood.) :)
But no one wanted or was allowing the kids to brave the rain this year.
Even the teenagers down my street were conspicuously absent. And they NEVER come in from playing sports and such outside, rain or shine. ;P
Thanks, I'm certainly no gourmet chef. But I know what I like. And I think I'm a pretty good cook. The wife likes it, and the kids even eat most of my creations, so I'm doing something right. :)
LOL,
We usually get a lot of kids, I've even seen ATV's & Pickups pulling trailers full of kids into the neighborhood from the next-door subdivisions, (We live in a decent middle class hoodThanks, I'm certainly no gourmet chef. But I know what I like. And I think I'm a pretty good cook. The wife likes it, and the kids even eat most of my creations, so I'm doing something right. :)
I love cooking myself,
it is the best way to relqx after work for me and....
*looks carefully around*
..... I am much better at it than my wife
LOL,
We usually get a lot of kids, I've even seen ATV's & Pickups pulling trailers full of kids into the neighborhood from the next-door subdivisions, (We live in a decent middle class hoodThanks, I'm certainly no gourmet chef. But I know what I like. And I think I'm a pretty good cook. The wife likes it, and the kids even eat most of my creations, so I'm doing something right. :)
I love cooking myself,
it is the best way to relqx after work for me and....
*looks carefully around*
..... I am much better at it than my wife
<Checks to make sure Mrs. Rags isn't around>
Actually, my wife is a very good cook.
It's just,... she is SO restricted by the recipe! Absolutely NO ability to guesstimate or add/subtract according to desired flavor. She feels compelled to measure everything exactly. Also, she can't multi-task. So it takes a while. ;P
Which, when she is following her dear departed grandmother's recipe's, (Granny was originally from Italy as a child. Her and grandpa came over on boats to get away from Mussolini) is usually awesome.
Except granny never HAD a recipe, she just had it in her head, so when we went to write some of them down, they got a little,... mangled. ;P (our first ever chicken casserole when dating was an onion casserole) :)
Still, we've figured them out and made the correct adjustments. So when it comes to Beef Stroganoff, Cheesy Spaghetti, etc, I let her do it.
The rest I try to do myself because I am SO MUCH FASTER! :)
LOL,
We usually get a lot of kids, I've even seen ATV's & Pickups pulling trailers full of kids into the neighborhood from the next-door subdivisions, (We live in a decent middle class hoodThanks, I'm certainly no gourmet chef. But I know what I like. And I think I'm a pretty good cook. The wife likes it, and the kids even eat most of my creations, so I'm doing something right. :)
I love cooking myself,
it is the best way to relqx after work for me and....
*looks carefully around*
..... I am much better at it than my wife
<Checks to make sure Mrs. Rags isn't around>
Actually, my wife is a very good cook.
It's just,... she is SO restricted by the recipe! Absolutely NO ability to guesstimate or add/subtract according to desired flavor. She feels compelled to measure everything exactly. Also, she can't multi-task. So it takes a while. ;P
Which, when she is following her dear departed grandmother's recipe's, (Granny was originally from Italy as a child. Her and grandpa came over on boats to get away from Mussolini) is usually awesome.
Except granny never HAD a recipe, she just had it in her head, so when we went to write some of them down, they got a little,... mangled. ;P (our first ever chicken casserole when dating was an onion casserole) :)Still, we've figured them out and made the correct adjustments. So when it comes to Beef Stroganoff, Cheesy Spaghetti, etc, I let her do it.
The rest I try to do myself because I am SO MUCH FASTER! :)
I follow my recepies very loosly, sometimes I completly improvise with the things I find in the fridge, sometimes that is great sometimes really aweful.
My grandma also had no recepies, everything was in her head, she had been working in the kitchen of a lordly farming estade between the wars, her oldfashion meals where incredible, I have never eaten a pork roast or rabbit roast like hers again, sigh
THAT sounds awesome. And delicious.
Creativity in the kitchen can be a good thing. It can also backfire on you. I fall into the 'Cautiously Creative' Category. :)
I don't know enough about Seasonings and interactions to be a master chef, I just know what I like.
My Ex was the opposite of my wife. She felt the need to experiment with EVERYthing. Whether it needed it or not. ;P
Sounds like you have a cool family history like my wife has.
When I first started seriously dating my wife, I got the Family History. (Yes, with Capital letters) :)
My wife has a lot of (family) history in her head. I don't think she realizes how much sometimes. :/ I think I've heard all that she knows now, but it took awhile. :D
LOL, Sorry, but you mentioned improvising with things you have.
I like to do that. Sometimes it is fun, and times it is a necessity. (End-of-month-empty bank account anyone?) :)
But I am AMAZED how often my wife says, "We need to go to the store, there is nothing to fix for dinner".
But when I look in the cabinet, it is full of cans and boxes.
Now I'm not saying I can make a gourmet meal out of pre-packaged food. But I'm pretty sure a full cupboard can provide something to make a meal out of. ;P (Probably not what I'd LIKE to have, but something!) :)
I REALLY need to stop typing about food. I'm making myself hungry. ;P
Sounds like you have a cool family history like my wife has.
When I first started seriously dating my wife, I got the Family History. (Yes, with Capital letters) :)My wife has a lot of (family) history in her head. I don't think she realizes how much sometimes. :/ I think I've heard all that she knows now, but it took
yes, there is a lot of history with my family.
My wife and I kind of interviewed my Dad about his childhood, recorded it and now writes it all down.He grew up when the familiy was more or less selfsufficient, without running water, electricity only used for 3 ligth bulbs. Tey had a few fields, a few cows and chickens and had to store everything they needed for the winter. When he went to school the Nazis took over, than came the war, then an American Army base in the village, than his youth in the 50s.
I am the 8th male generation of my family in the village.
My mum was a baby when they had to flee Bohemia after the war,so a poor childhood shoved from one place to the next on her side.
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my Wifes grandma, who died last year, had to flee todays Poland, then The German state of Pommery afterthe war. she wrote a book about her childhood, the time as a war refugee and her life in the communist GDR.
I'm hip to stopping by once in a while.
I love cooking. I wish you guys were on Facebook, I have started a Facebook page with my friends devoted to sharing recipes and other cooking things (and food selfies ;)
Family history is so strange in America. I feel when our ancestors took flight they often discarded a lot of their culture.
The family I grew up in had only the vaguest of ideas about their place in Ireland. My biological family is a bit better, but still their history is mostly about the two hundred + years in Canada, rather than their Scottish roots.
my Wifes grandma, who died last year, had to flee todays Poland, then The German state of Pommery afterthe war. she wrote a book about her childhood, the time as a war refugee and her life in the communist GDR.
wooooooow
Very cool. I don't think anyone in my family has the patience to sit down and write a book. Maybe I should talk to my wife about it? Her family history may not interest a lot of people, but it would be a shame to lose it all just because we didn't tell the stories to our kids enough.
Funny story, My mother-in-law had been searching for the ancestral family home (IE=Castle) for years. It was the Chateau that My wife's Grandfather's family left behind when they had to flee Italy to get away from Mussolini. (Grandpa was like, 2. But he said that he remembered it.)
Well, after years of searching and trying to talk on the phone to people in Italy to help her (she didn't speak Italian) She had about given up. Then she found it. In a celebrity news article.
Yes, BradGelina bought the family chateau for a 'summer home'. The family name is still over the doorway. ;P Italy claimed that there were no surviving family to claim it and sold it to them. They didn't look hard enough. :(
So much for THAT dream! :/
I like to cook. I love to eat. Unfortunately neither is conducive to losing weight, which I really should do. ;P
Eventually I may join the Evil Empire (IE=Facebook) But for now,... people don't seem to have any trouble finding out my info as it is, without me putting it out there! (I just had to cancel my bank card for the 4th time in 8 years) ;P
SO,... Did everyone survive Monday? Have a good rest of the week! :D
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I have survived Monday. Lots of leaves still to deal with put 23 bags in the garage for trash day. We are getting a nasty northeaster supposedly. I just had a 1/2 chord of firewood delivered and need to get it stacked and under a tarp so it does not get all wet.
I hired a local kid to help out as I need to be at work most of the day and my commute is a bear. Hoping he gets it done today before the rain comes. The firewood people could not deliver until yesterday. Wish me luck.
Wife is headed to Maine for the week and I am home with the granddaughter so I don't image I will get too much completed this week at home between her and the "boys" our new Yorkshire Terriers.
How is everyone else doing this week?
I'm dealing with a lot of issues this week. Time is at a premium. As I post this I'm wrapping up a 16-hour shift. Tomorrow I go to court to hopefully legally sever my marriage. My house was in short sale, but my ex isn't doing the paperwork she needs to, so it will likely go into foreclosure
On the plus side I should be headed to Suffolk University in January. I am looking forward to spending some time in Boston, as it is an interesting city that despite living near I have rarely visited. I'll be smack dab in the middle of things on that campus.
Rags, if you ever decide to go to FaceBook, look me up. The names the same. I have a gaming and a cooking group there (I admin both), I'd be happy to invite you in.
Anyone play Heroes and Generals? It's a free multiplayer FPS WWII game on Steam. Me and some friends are getting into it, if anyone wants the deets just PM me.
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Patrick, I'm sorry things are piling up. I hope the new year brings far better things for you.
Thanks Freehold. The offer stands for you too, should you ever get over your distaste of Facebook.
Wow. And I thought I was busy!
Oh wait, I am. But my life is just busy-at-work + busy-with-older-kids + cruddy paying job. ;P
In other words, nothing is wrong with my life that big pile of money couldn't cure! :)
I hope things settle down, or get better, (or better yet, BOTH) real soon Pat. ;)
On the plus side, I got to visit Boston once or twice with the AV company. (Pre-Katrina) Seemed like a nice place to visit/hang for a while. Good luck with the new schooling semester!
hi everyone,
here in Germany we had St.Martins Day on 11.11
It celebrates the story of a Roman Soldier in todays Romania who split his cloak and gave one half to a beggar.
On that day all Kindergärten in Germqny do St.Martins Day Parades, the children walk through the town with selfmade Lanterns and sing special songs like "St.Martin, St.Martin" " I walk with my lantern, rabimmel rabammel rabumm" and " Lantern, Lantern, Sun Moon and Stars"
usually a man dressed as St. Martin rides before themona white horse (with half a cloak of course, at the begininnghe may split and sharethe cloak
afterwards is a bonfire and Brezel, hot mulled wine for the parents
in that week it is customRy to eat goose at least once, with red cabbage and dumplings
Why is it that your holidays always sound more,... cool, than ours?
And why do they always involve food?!?
Not complaining about the food, just observing. :)
(This coming from a guy who observes Thanksgiving almost as religiously as he does Christmas!) :)
It also sounds as if your area makes it a point to maintain not only the history of the event, but the family-together-ness of it as well?
I'm willing to bet the dwarfling had fun!
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Patrick my friend I am sorry about the house hope she gets up off her ass to do the paper work so you are both not screwed. It helps both of you to sell it and not have a foreclosure on your record.
As for Boston a great city. Love spending time there. Lots of great restaurants and bars as well as book stores. Pandemonium Books in Central Square Cambridge is a great place easy to get to from the Red line. Parking can be a pain in the rear as normally anywhere in Boston.
We should plan to together soon maybe get game at the new place. Plenty of room there.
Aeglos sounds like a great holiday. I am looking forward to celebrating St Andrew's Day the end of the month. My Masonic Lodge has a deep tie to Scotland and we have a feast every year at that time. Always a good time, hot scotch and all.
I'm registered and I should be in Boston Tuesdays and Thursdays. I'll have to see how my schedule drops. I'd love to get together, and TotalCon isn't far away either.
I've visited Boston, twice I think, for work. Got to spend a LITTLE time walking around the waterfront and such. Found a huge bookstore within walking distance of what may be the oldest, original Jewish sandwich shop in the city. (Sorry, I'm bad with names and don't recall what it's called) It was a good sandwich. :)
Hope things keep getting better Pat. Best wishes and prayers.
Speaking of getting better, I will actually get to take my family on a vacate for Thanksgiving. I have been gifted with a weeks stay at a condo, and we chose this week at Kissimmee. (Only time wife and kids arent in school) And we've managed to scrape together enough $$$ to spend a few days at Universal Studios while we're there. I'm looking forward to trying some Harry Potter Butterbeer. ;P
(The Rodent wanted too much money, for the cost of 2 days at Disney we can go 4 days to Universal) ;P
My finances are a hot mess, and I hope to heaven we dont regret this, but it's been a long, stressful time since we had some family fun together (Not counting the usual visits with family for CHristmas) :)
SO, since it's likely I won't even check my email starting tomorrow night, Happy Thanksgiving in Advance! :D
,... My Masonic Lodge has a deep tie to Scotland and we have a feast every year at that time. Always a good time, hot scotch and all.
Wait,... Your a Mason?!?
Is that really as cool as it sounds? :)
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I've visited Boston, twice I think, for work. Got to spend a LITTLE time walking around the waterfront and such. Found a huge bookstore within walking distance of what may be the oldest, original Jewish sandwich shop in the city. (Sorry, I'm bad with names and don't recall what it's called) It was a good sandwich. :)
Hope things keep getting better Pat. Best wishes and prayers.
Speaking of getting better, I will actually get to take my family on a vacate for Thanksgiving. I have been gifted with a weeks stay at a condo, and we chose this week at Kissimmee. (Only time wife and kids arent in school) And we've managed to scrape together enough $$$ to spend a few days at Universal Studios while we're there. I'm looking forward to trying some Harry Potter Butterbeer. ;P
(The Rodent wanted too much money, for the cost of 2 days at Disney we can go 4 days to Universal) ;PMy finances are a hot mess, and I hope to heaven we dont regret this, but it's been a long, stressful time since we had some family fun together (Not counting the usual visits with family for CHristmas) :)
SO, since it's likely I won't even check my email starting tomorrow night, Happy Thanksgiving in Advance! :D
How old are your kids? If they're over 6, Universal is probably better anyway. Plus Harry Potter World is awesome. I only saw the original part - the expansion was still under construction - so it should be even better now.
My kids are 12 & 16 and they found out last night.
The 16 yr old daughter squealed.
The 12 year old boy was 'too cool' to get visibly excited once he realized I was videoing the moment.
(This vacate was a gift from my Aunt, videoed the reaction for her benefit) :)
I managed to make a VERY short visit to both parks shortly after Islands opened. (Was there for work) I literally ran through both parks in 4-5 hours. Missed a lot, but had enough fun to know that I wanted to go back!
My dilemma is that the wife is a die-hard Disney fan, and the kids wanted to return as well (Wife used to go all the time when she was a kid) But I showed her the price difference and she agreed it was smarter choice.
PLus, HARRY POTTER WORLD! I mean come on! :D
PLus, HARRY POTTER WORLD! I mean come on! :D
*shudder*