My 92 year old grandfather and my aunt in her 70s are officially having Easter dinner with my cousin, the nurse.
Very convincing. Makes me completely want to put myself under government control. Please take me to where you can make me unconscious and naked.
Riley ,'Help'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sj - Apr 12, 2020 11:40:36 am PDT #19670 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Consuela - Apr 12, 2020 11:47:49 am PDT #19671 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, sj. I'm sorry they are not being sensible. Maybe the nurse will be good about masks and hygeine?
I am so sorry for your family, JZ, but I'm so glad your father took the action he needed to do in advance: going through probate at any time is a nightmare, and right now! I cannot even imagine how difficult it would be. So with luck maybe your brothers can coast for a bit before they have to make any big decisions w/rt the business.
I walked the dog, made biscuits to share with the family (my sister is delivering porchetta to everyone), had a family Zoom session to sing happy birthday to my nephew, and now I am ripping Dad's CDs very slowly.
Shir - Apr 12, 2020 11:56:01 am PDT #19672 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh sj. I'm sorry for the nonsense.
sj - Apr 12, 2020 11:59:20 am PDT #19673 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have no idea how sensible they're being. I told my grandfather not to hug my cousin and he laughed a bit.
Meanwhile our ricotta pie is chilling in the fridge. The lab is braising, the lasagna is baking, and TCG is making the pilaf.
esse - Apr 12, 2020 12:15:14 pm PDT #19674 of 30019
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
That sounds *delicious*, sj.
Trudy Booth - Apr 12, 2020 12:30:06 pm PDT #19675 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm so glad your father took the action he needed to do in advance: going through probate at any time is a nightmare, and right now! I cannot even imagine how difficult it would be.
It's an act of love to face your own mortality and spare your family that chaos. Not everyone can do it. This is your father actively present in your life, JZ. Nothing can make him all the way gone.
askye - Apr 12, 2020 12:49:40 pm PDT #19676 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
Matthew's sister dropped off left overs and since what we were going to have didn't defrost in time I'm not going to complain too much. I think she did it more because their mom called and was complaining about being isolated.
Yesterday she got it in her head she needed to get the grandkids Easter presents and was going to go out searching for them but we finally talked her out of it.
sj - Apr 12, 2020 1:17:46 pm PDT #19677 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, esse. Everything was delicious.
Hil R. - Apr 12, 2020 1:20:14 pm PDT #19678 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I am apparently regressing to age eight and making matzo pizza for dinner.
Theodosia - Apr 12, 2020 1:33:54 pm PDT #19679 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm making dairy-free pizza (made the dough yesterday) for pizza right now and it's great!
I took a walk and dropped off two masks at my BFF's, now that I have a working sewing machine again. Now that everybody at work has a cloth mask I can start filling friends' needs, so long as my elastic holds out. I'm experimenting with crocheting ties, which actually worked pretty good for my mask-wearing on my walk.