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Comments (67)This thread is so good for the soul. I've been screaming with laughter at every single post... and almost lost it when emily06 said: > Hilarious! So.... in addition to many of the things above, I will stop telling hubby I'm going into the garden for 5 minutes. I will revisit the idea of meal times at the table I will remember to eat during my gardening days instead of feeling sick and dizzy outside and grabbing a not very filling apple off the tree. I will use the bathroom before I go out, instead of suddenly running into the house, getting into the bathroom, trying to wash dirt-covered hands while the maddening tap is running and I'm having to do a mad dance at the sink until my hands are clean enough to touch my clothes! I will try to wear gardening gloves. That may solve the above problem. I will sit in my garden from time to time and enjoy it without a critical eye. I will graciously accept Christmas presents like "Handbook of Weekend Gardening for All Ages" accompanied by a small dish of "Magic Bamboo for a Long Life" I will not yell at hubby and the kids for leaving coffee mugs and glasses around the house, because the garden is full of my tea cups placed under things and perched in weird places. I will not show hubby endless pics of every shrub and plant at every possible angle. Or at least, I'll try not to comment on the fact that he's sifting through the entire pile at a tremendous speed, saying, "Where are the people? We had guests here that day, didn't we?" I will stop intruding on the conversations of strangers in the garden centre. Even when a wife is telling her husband that she's going to buy that nice big tray of impatiens for that hot dry spot in the front yard. I will not plant my annuals too close together for that "full" look. I will accept compliments graciously instead of pointing out the huge mass of weeds next to the shed and the lack of edging and the lack of lawn care. I will stop pretending that the rabbits, squirrels, blue jays and cardinals are MY personal wildlife visitors and that they are on a first name basis with me. I will stop trying to avoid the neighbour who gave me 6 Canna Lilies one year, and told me to dig them up in the fall. They were gorgeous and I kept meaning to get them out of the ground but the whole process really didn't have much appeal. Then I felt quilty and always imagined that she was checking out my garden the following year looking for them. I will accept that some people love to put stark red and shocking white together in their flower beds. I will not make a "throw up" noise when we drive past those houses. I will not ask my brother-in-law if he wants to smell my heliotrope. My sister is STILL trying to convince him it was all above board....See MoreHey, Gardenweb: I'll NEVER Watch "Betrayal" Because of these Ads
Comments (13)Yes, that is possible and I could certainly use Firefox on my laptop. But when I am at home I am often on the iPad using the OnLive PC desktop for my software. I use IE on that and could install another browser, but that interface is so small to begin with its a little difficult to manipulate as it is. And of course on the regular iPad you can't do anything about those heinous ads.....or can you? The whole fact that people have to take evasive action to combat these intrusive ads makes me wonder if the host site or their clients even understand the purpose of advertising....See MoreWhy I'll never buy from Solutions Catalog again
Comments (8)Years ago I signed a paper with UPS allowing them to leave packages at my door without needing a signature. That's convenient but what I don't like is that the UPS guy never rings the doorbell when he drops it off so if I'm home all day I won't know there's a box sitting on my doorstep. Many a time DH has come home from work, walks in the door saying, "do you realize there's a package out here?" I hate that! I'll return the item but I'm not re-ordering the color I want because then I'll have to pay shipping again and I'm not doing that. I told them what I thought of their ordering system. I think they deliberately set things up so you can't make changes, that way they get they increase the chance the item won't be returned because people don't want the hassle. But it has the opposite affect on me, not only will I go to the trouble of returning it they've lost me as a customer. You don't see these kind of antics with better catalogs like Grandinroad/Frontgate. Mountain and Central time zones can be frustrating too. That's funny about people interupting you on your lunch hour jakabedy. My confusion with those time zones is that I never know which states fall into which zone. Doesn't Arizona switch back and forth, making it even more confusing? At least with the eastern seaboard you know! I wish these companies on the east coast would stop acting like the world revolves around their time zone and the rest of us have to adopt odd hours to accomodate them. I just cited one example how I got burned by it and how this particular company could care less....See More'As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again'
Comments (26)That party sounds like fun! Even though the "I'll never be hungry again" line is one of the movie's most famous, food was not as much of a theme in a movie as it was it the book. Margaret Mitchell used food as a major theme in the book to contrast "before the war" and "after the war". On a plantation with hundreds of people to feed every day there are many descriptions of the bounty of food before the war. There were far more options on the table than the family could eat "so that everyone could have their favorites". Annie's description of what was available after the war is right on: dried peas - with a little bacon if they were lucky! A lot of the "ladies" died slowly of malnutrition and starvation after the war. Here's a blackeyed pea salad from The Neely's: Ingredients 1 large tomato, diced 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped 1 small red bell pepper, finely chopped 1 jalapeno, finely chopped 2 tablespoons chopped green onions 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves 1/4 cup unseasoned rice wine vinegar 1/4 cup canola oil 1/2 teaspoon sugar Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 (15-ounce) cans black-eyed peas, drained Directions Combine the first 6 ingredients in a bowl. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the rice wine vinegar, canola oil, sugar, and salt and pepper. Toss all together and let marinate for at up to 8 hours in the refrigerator before serving....See Morehousequester
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