-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 01-03-20  23:45 <=-

 >> You know I was just way too busy if I couldn't even take the time
 >> to go up the stairway and look for them ... :)
 > Eventually things will settle down, and you will go to satisfy your
 > curiosity... ;)

 JK> Yep... Of course now I have 'other' things to deal with since Aunt
 JK> Gert died.. Among other things, she had a box of some 20 porcelin dolls
 JK> that Ron unpacked (they were in her closet).  One of his cousins had
 JK> told him that Aunt Gert had a very very valuable doll that her mother
 JK> had given her but I haven't seen it. I have a feeling some other
 JK> relative grabbed that one at some point before we took Aunt Gert in...

Possible that she might have given it away...

 JK> regardless, there are now beautiful porcelin dolls (some with stands)
 JK> on a bookcase I "freed" up in my living room.  Not so extremely
 JK> valuable (like thousands' a piece) but they seem to be worth something
 JK> - and what is great is, they remind me of her because she used to
 JK> display them all in a beautiful glass enclosed wooden display case.

That's great... :)  You get a very nice way to remember her, and can
enjoy the dolls for themselves, too... :)

 JK> We have many boxes of her clothes/coats that we'll get over to the
 JK> local thrift shop, etc... Hopefully that will help someone somewhere.
 
That's a big job, too.... And I'm sure that there will be those that
will be blessed by getting them...  :)

 >>>> 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... 
 >> Oh yes, they loved it.. :)
 > Good.  :)

 JK> I remember I gave some of the kids' clothes I made to some friends who
 JK> had sons and daughters about the same size as my two, needless to say
 JK> those moms were very happy.  The one I remember most was a clown
 JK> costume my son had requested for Halloween... it was beautiful 

And hopefully the kids enjoyed them as well...  :)
 
 >> That's true.. and for a bridesmaid's dress, unless you are dealing
 >> with a large shop, I'm not sure if any of them would have had one to
 >> 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... :)

 JK> and maybe have taken more time?  anyway, I knew I could take care of
 it  

Yeah, probably would have taken more time.... so very good that you
could and did take care of it for her.... :)

 >>>> 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...
 >> I planted them today so now I can be impatient but THANKFULLY I will
 >> only have to wait 12 weeks from now to see how they taste.. that is
 >> "amazing" to me 
 > 12 weeks.... middle of March, then...?  Even that is rather amazing... :)

 JK> Yes :)
 JK> The plants are already going crazy :)  When you plant them in the
 JK> aerogarden, you cover each seed pod with a plastic cap to maximize
 JK> moisture... You remove the caps when the first "true leaves" show and
 JK> start pressing against the cap. I had to remove just about all of the
 JK> bok choy caps yesterday, so they are off to a great start :)

That's quick... :)  You'll be harvesting them in no time at all.. :)

ttyl        neb

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