-=> 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.

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