I don't remember candy from my Great Aunt, but she made the best fresh limeade. And my first car ('71 Nova) had been her car.
Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.
'Touched'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Feb 13, 2011 4:33:03 pm PST #22705 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Beverly - Feb 13, 2011 4:35:10 pm PST #22706 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Yeah, my mom kept the "Christmas candy" in the glass dish with the lid. For *years*. In her 90s I caught her chipping it apart with an icepick the day before Halloween. Yup, you guessed it. And no, I didn't let her. i also hid the icepick.
I love those La Vie La Vosgienne pastilles! I guess I could qualify as a great-aunt on that count because I've kept them in my desk drawer--those and the various mint and citrus Altoids. The empty tins do come in handy. And unlike most things of that ilk, they don't seem to multiply like rabbits.
SuziQ - Feb 13, 2011 5:02:49 pm PST #22707 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Not so sure about Altoids not multiplying like rabbits. After my mom died, we found over 10 Altoid tins, from unopened, to partially used, to empty. I honestly don't remember her as being an Altoid person. Will have to ask the kids...maybe she stocked the mints for them.
Jesse - Feb 13, 2011 5:11:14 pm PST #22708 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think my one grandmother had ribbon candy out, but I can't remember if it was just at holidays or not. It's been years and years, though.
Amy - Feb 13, 2011 5:12:05 pm PST #22709 of 30001
Because books.
Anybody else watching the Grammys?
Hil R. - Feb 13, 2011 5:16:35 pm PST #22710 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Anybody else watching the Grammys?
I am.
shrift - Feb 13, 2011 5:23:33 pm PST #22711 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
My taxes, they are done. And now my head hurts.
Sue - Feb 13, 2011 5:29:22 pm PST #22712 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I was watching as I did dishes and made soup. So kind of.
Before that I watched Misfits. Swoon.
Ginger - Feb 13, 2011 5:32:23 pm PST #22713 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Those soft mints with green centers.
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2011 5:35:08 pm PST #22714 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
When I worked at Michael's, I stocked up on cross-stitch kits and also learned how to make bows--very handy!
I've got my grandma's candy bowl, which is a pottery piece that she apparently painted in a craft class back in the 1950s. She always had wrapped caramels and hard candy in it. I just keep it empty in my tv stand.
Oh, and I've got most of my weekend Onerous Task done! At least, I've cleaned all the clothes out of the drawers and closet, but I do still have to take care of the shelf in the closet and all the paperwork in the other drawers. I ended up with three bags of donations and six bags of garbage, and got my three very full drawers of old sweats and t-shirts down to one. My closet is reduced in half, and I even went through everything I had on the floor (except for the shoes), and finally found my blanket that had been hidden in the corner of the closet.