tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post6384451789166235012..comments2024-03-27T14:18:47.272-04:00Comments on Blue House Journal: Iced Tea Chat: The Golden Daysterricheneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-43753361220654895692016-08-28T11:24:07.367-04:002016-08-28T11:24:07.367-04:00I love aprons, and really like the fabrics you'...I love aprons, and really like the fabrics you've chosen. I only have two - one vintage that goes on like a smock and ties in the back, then one that our friend Rhonda made for me for a swap several years back. Both are blue and white floral prints. <br />One of Jess's favorite wedding shower gifts was an apron that Greg's sister-in-law got for her when they vacationed in Ireland. I got their daughter one the year before for her shower gift. Their other daughter is getting married in November and I'm already planning to continue that tradition and gift her one as well. Next up, my nieces. Aprons for everyone! LOL.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05396880852810370044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-85299212569892474222016-08-26T01:22:51.417-04:002016-08-26T01:22:51.417-04:00Pretty fabrics and cute apron. I like to wear apro...Pretty fabrics and cute apron. I like to wear aprons in cool weather, but in summer they make me too hot. My <br />Grandma always wore a white apron. She cooked on a wood stove and there was no air conditioning. I don't know how she did it.<br /><br />My husband and I have been craving meat this week, so last night I checked in the freezer and found a small beef roast and some country style pork ribs. Since it is still way too hot here to run the oven, I seasoned them well and put all of them together into my giant crock pot and let 'em go. Tomorrow my husband will put the pre-cooked pork ribs on the grill just long enough for them to them get a little smoke flavor and bbq sauce on them. The beef roast will be for later in the week.<br /><br />Cooking the beef and the pork together turned out to give excellent flavor. I "accidently" ate one of the ribs when I was checking to see if it was done yet. I cut into it; it looked done; I wondered if it turned out tasty; it did; the next thing I knew I had eaten most of the meat from it. One less bbq'd rib for me tomorrow. <br /><br />Josh's selfie was so cute! susie @ persimmon moon cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653330247272673990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-2221954969938318492016-08-25T22:55:06.865-04:002016-08-25T22:55:06.865-04:00I love your aprons.. SO fun and pretty..
The self...I love your aprons.. SO fun and pretty.. <br />The selfie is precious. Know he had fun.<br />Best wishes on your pantry stocking up.. Sounds like you have a good plan.<br />Looking forward to the new recipes.Sew Blessed Maw [Judy]https://www.blogger.com/profile/15474519379303505290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-87539820099269018812016-08-25T18:04:05.451-04:002016-08-25T18:04:05.451-04:00I keep working on projects I have needed to do for...I keep working on projects I have needed to do forever. The more I do the more I see to do. Like dishes the work around our house is never truly done. Yet I am so happy I have completed and gotten done what I did do. And that project at least is Done !! <br /> <br />As I work I am trying to look ahead. Making things easier, so as time goes on and I slow down even more I can still keep up with things. Cutting back on some plants out side and adding stepping sones around some makes it easier to keep watered and I can get in there to prune and such. Also working on easier watering. In the house just clearing out and keeping only the things I truly love. It isn't easy to give away things you wonder if you might wish you had kept later but so far I have only had one thing like that. Then I realized if I truly wanted I could find the same thing on line and must not have wanted it that much cause I never bid on it ! I think to myself is this item worth taking up the square footage in my house. When was the last time I used it? Truly will I ever miss or even use it again? Will I love to display /use it in my home for the rest of my life? Do I love it now or really loved it years back but I have moved on since then? + a few more. So far many of the things I thought I could never pass on are gone now from my home. i wish I was at the end of this process but I am not. I realize from all you ladies this is an ongoing process. I am grateful for all the things I did give away years back and they too are not here to look through!! lol I am even giving away several hand made quilts that I have but never loved at all. A charity I have checked out and believe in is raffling them off this fall to raise money. Someone out there will love them and not just let them sit in a closet. A win win. <br /> <br />I love the selfie!! What a joy to find it!! Such a cute one too !! Grandkids are the greatest !!!!<br /><br />Yes we have to make sure we are not passing around rumors that are damaging. In politics or anywhere. Even if the thoughts are about someone we do not believe in they are lies and we are not to talk ill about anyone let alone knowingly pass on something to maliciously hurt someones reputation. I wish this political go around would have a win win but this whole season is way to scary. Our country is at stake and our heritage and future relatives will live in the world this creates. When we were told the last time at the primaries that the next nominee wanted to fundamentally change the country he did. How much more will the next one do to change our fundamental outlook? I pray for the good but I am very pessimistic this go around. This is very serious. <br /><br />I wear an apron when I garden. I have one that has a large pocket on the front of it above the waste. My portable home phone sits right in it and never falls out. That way it is with me at all times in case someone calls....or I need to call for emergency. But also I know where it is and when I go into the house it goes with me. I tend to put the phone down outside then have to hunt it later otherwise !!! lol<br /><br />Our Sprouts store here have a few meats each week on very good sales. They are hormone free etc too. Their prices on those are lower than the regular grocery stores. We watch and go there when the meats and many other veggies and fruits or shelf products we need are in their ad. Each Wednesday is double ad day. Wednesday starts a new sale but on each Wednesday you can buy from the new ad or the last weeks too that day. Their products keep so well and the people there are always so helpful and nice. Like any store you have to know your prices not everything is lower than you are used to paying. We have been very satisfied with what we get and the service. We also shop Winco off and on for the large bulk section they have and other products. At this time we have no one store we like the best. Each store has its points. SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-6815616531206992252016-08-25T09:29:04.183-04:002016-08-25T09:29:04.183-04:00Pretty aprons! My grandmother wore an apron every...Pretty aprons! My grandmother wore an apron everyday and it always had big pockets that she stashed things in throughout the day. She always had a cloth hankie in the pocket, too. But here in the south they make me so hot. It would be good to wear one all day to protect my clothing.<br /><br />We have been working hard on our house for about 18 months and the more we do the more I see. Then just have a realtor come over and it all looks bad and out of date and cluttered. And really everything is looking so great here that I don't want to move except for the fact there is just too much upkeep and all the steps everywhere. Sigh. We are so, so tired of it all.<br /><br />What a nice surprise to find the selfie! Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-85946817520441067512016-08-25T04:00:38.975-04:002016-08-25T04:00:38.975-04:00Ditto Angela's comment! 34C yesterday here in ...Ditto Angela's comment! 34C yesterday here in Kent (UK) Lovely to have an 'Indian Summer' but too hot to do very much other than sit back and enjoy being at home. if it's a little cooler, I will go out this afternoon and pick some apples and blackberries, just enough to make a pot or two of jam and put some up in the freezer. I always think that I'm a creative and adventurous cook/eater but as I am trying to eat down my food stocks (house move pending) I realise that, like you, I have a number of fancier items that I bought in a fit of enthusiasm but in reality I just don't use (wasabi paste..that sort of thing. It pains me as it's like seeing £ sitting, languishing at the back of the cupboard. I shall challenge myself to use up as much as possible. I do have the luxury of the time to be creative and resourceful. I'm looking forward reading to your old style recipes. Best wishes, Rose.<br />Sparkiedollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229027855140587770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-42882932144749915432016-08-24T21:14:09.455-04:002016-08-24T21:14:09.455-04:00Oh my, I do feel like I have had a visit from a fr...Oh my, I do feel like I have had a visit from a friend. Your aprons are so pretty! I need a new sewing machine so badly- are you happy with the one you got a while back? My bobbin constantly snarls. I have taken it apart and cleaned it good but it didn t help. Have a nice visit with Katie!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170218700397945765noreply@blogger.com