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Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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White Trash Tamales Posted: 11/23/2009 6:15:33 PM
I make something that would qualify, I think! mix up a batch of cornbread ... butter a baking dish and put a few blobs of cornbread batter down ... put in a layer of hot dogs, cut into "pennies" ... pour over a can of chili beans ... put on the rest of the blobs of cornbread and bake until crispy ... with browned edges ... trashy ... but yummy! sometimes ya gotta eat stuff that's not purely healthful!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Woman and Drama Posted: 11/23/2009 10:38:51 AM
I think PEOPLE (men AND women) create drama to make them feel more alive ... I work with people who procrastinate on every project until they're down to the last MOMENT ... (a moment is smaller than a second ... a second being smaller than a minute! etc., etc.) ... to finalize projects ... then, of course, the ENTIRE OFFICE has to HEAR all their DRAMATIC anguish ... and, of course, there are errors and reports go out with errors then we have all the DRAMA cuz someone sent something out with flaws ... frankly, it bores me ... all that whining, wailing, anguish ... all that DRAMA ... I start my jobs before they're past due ... amazing, huh? I complete my projects before the deadlines ... turn them in completed, checked, revised ... and early ... what can I say? I'm just boring that way ... people who create a lot of drama in MY LIFE! are ... annoying!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Zoo Supporter? Posted: 11/23/2009 9:45:37 AM
CA Import was getting to know a certain fine lady on POF when she accused him of being a "Zoo supporter" (whatever that is or isn't) ... and said she could never be interested in people who support animal cruelty ... CA Import ... you SOOO LUCKED OUT ... as another poster said, you could have wasted DAYS sending e-mails back and forth ... gotten your anticipation juices flowing ... was all ready for your meet and greet date ... drove across town ... walked into a restaurant and maybe even paid the bill before she laid this on you ... you are SSSOOOOO lucky! look at the time, energy and money you saved by having her admit to being a nut up front ... (I don't mean not supporting zoos ... altho I do not understand THAT either ... what I mean is that only a nut would accuse him of something he CLEARLY DID NOT put upfront!) ... when people accuse me of being something I'm clearly not and they are being angry with me about whatever was happening SOLELY IN THEIR HEADS ... and was not happening in Reality at all ... I just say, "thank you, God!" and I really and truly mean it!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Life's Little Luxuries Posted: 11/23/2009 9:29:21 AM
when I really want some decadent just for me personally ... I go to Red Lobster and buy their chocolate cake to go! it takes me at least 3 days to eat it, it's so huge ... I do this maybe once a year or less often ... but I usually pamper myself to one degree or another ... I figure ... who's gonna treat me nice if I don't?!! I've lived alone since 2005! I GOTTA be nice to me! cuz there's no one else here to do that! I only wear clothing that makes ME FEEL GOOD ... I wear Crocs! (I know ... hard to imagine!) ... but Crocs make ME feel good ... and I can walk farther in my Crocs! I routinely buy on the deepest, darkest, richest coffees ... brew a pot every day and enjoy it tremendously ... I've got one that's called "chocolate decadance" right now! yum! I also treat my family and friends occasionally ... am currently making raspberry and blueberry cordials which are turning out FABULOUSLY ... I'm also making a deep dark purple grape cordial which still needs more inspiration! these recipes are found here in the "cooking and recipes" section of the forums ... if you need inspiration for tasty indulgences ... by all means, check out that forum ... great ideas! otherwise, I'm not all that interested in shopping or buying for me ... altho I've been known to accept some really nice jewelry from my children!!! (I also have a weakness for saphires!)

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Alien abductions? Yeah, that's how babies see it. Posted: 11/23/2009 9:18:19 AM
I voted to NOT DELETE this thread primarily because IT IS UNIQUE! I get so bored with the same-old, same-old in here ... WOW! great thread! love it ... you just made a compelling argument for home delivery ... if it weren't for the whole "mother and baby died for lack of timely medical intervention" thing! the things we sacrifice (calming mother to baby skin on skin immediately after birth, then nursing the little one, etc.) in the name of safety ... don't get me wrong, I had all my babies in hospitals and, had it not been for medical intervention, my youngest son would have DEFINITELY died as would I ... but it is sad when you think about modern birthing methods ... great post ... we're all thinkin outside the proverbial box here today! cudos!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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5 min chocolate cake Posted: 11/22/2009 9:28:04 PM
I love this title ... it's the only way to find this recipe ... I'm home ... alone ... feeling sorry for me ... NEED chocolate cake ... NEED ... maybe I'll add sliced almonds!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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What to make for people that only eat and only like Fast Food and Junk Food??? Posted: 11/22/2009 7:18:30 PM
I AM a picky eater ... by choice and also due to my multiple food allergies ... between the stuff I CAN'T eat and the stuff I WON'T eat ... ok ... I'm a picky eater ... so, when I go to a potluck, I make and take something I want to eat! that way, at least, there'll be one dish I can eat without getting sick! one year for our Christmas potluck, I roasted a large fresh ham, drizzled with pineapple ... I loved it! I made a whipped sweet potato and orange dish, too ... made me happy! brot quite a bit home for myself! the very best "white elephant" gift our club ever had was a used thigh master! every year, whoever won it the previous year wrapped it some clever way and some lucky person won it ... and we did do the whole open-the-gift or chose another gift someone else had just opened! one year, I won the most FABULOUSLY UGLY twisted blue metal candle holder with flowers! it's exactly the right color for my kitchen ... and I LOVE it ... sort of like plenty of fish ... something or someone for everyone!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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aging moustache Posted: 11/20/2009 4:28:56 PM
have a friend who wore a moustache for decades ... LOVED the way he looked ... but he pruned it off about five years ago because his hair still looked blond while his moustache looked more silver ... I'm still not used to it ... now his upper lip looks too long! another friend is totally bald with a goatee ... that looks very sharp! ok ... I'm voting FOR the facial hair ... but natural colored not dyed! oh, wait ... that's what I voted for two months ago! oh, well ... at least, I'm consistent!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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smashed taters Posted: 11/20/2009 4:13:44 PM
I gave a largish party decades ago where everything that could create warmth was warming something in the kitchen ... (altho I DIDN'T think about using a coffee maker!!) ... ovens were going, toaster ovens were toasting ... it was NOT a potluck ... but ... without invitation, people kept bringing food stuff in electric skillets, crock pots, etc. ... predictably ... suddenly ... the refrigerator kicked on and blew a fuse cuz there were too many other things plugged into an old house with an old electrical system ... instead of getting flustered, surprisingly enuf, I thot it was hilareous ... lit candles ... got the fuses fixed ... party continued without missing too many beats! congratulating me after the party on how well it had gone, my then-husband said, "once again, my dear ... you've outdone yourself!"

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Mushroom's Posted: 11/18/2009 3:00:03 PM
probably 30 years ago!!! I used to stuff mushrooms with a mixture of cottage cheese, finely chopped fresh spinach, tiny bit of matzerella cheese or sprinkled with parmesean cheese ... and broiled ... those were Really Popular! obviously this is an OLD recipe ...

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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smashed taters Posted: 11/18/2009 2:55:38 PM
I've had good luck keeping food relatively hot by putting it into an already hot container ... think baking dish pre-heated in the oven ... then wrapped with towels ... and stashed into a thermal container ... I have several thermal containers made with waterproof insides and out, zippers, handles, etc. that are particularly useful for this sort of thing ... pity they hadn't assigned you something like cookies ... something where temperature isn't important ... maybe next year!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Homemade Liqueurs Posted: 11/18/2009 2:47:35 PM
while this area is actually most famous for RAISIN grapes ... and lots of wine, too ... nevertheless, I used big, fat, deep purple (almost black) table grapes with seeds ... I did chop them and add to the syrup while it was still hot ... there is a lot of pulp which I intend to strain out later ... the flavour is Very Mild and the colour is pale ... I'm disappointed cuz I thot it would have a grapier flavour by now and be a rich, dark purple ... what do you think if ... at this late stage ... I chopped and added a few cranberries to zest up the flavour and brighten the colour??? wines are blended all the time! why not cordials?! it's really too late in the season to start over with JUST cranberries ... sometimes I wish I wasn't quite so adventursome! a friend said it's all my fault for not squishing the grapes barefoot in a barrel ... shades of "I Love Lucy!"

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Homemade Liqueurs Posted: 11/17/2009 7:14:18 PM
this year for seasonal gift giving, I was inspired to create a dark purple grape liqueur ... so far, it's not tasting inspired ... I think I could have gotten the same flavour from a package of grape Kool-Aid ... so what I have is a largish amount of very bland slightly grape-flavoured vodka! any suggestions on how I could FIX this mess? or maybe it'll improve with age?

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Bread Pudding Posted: 11/17/2009 6:52:11 PM
since my last post on this subject a month and a half ago ... I've come up with a new recipe that sort IS ... Wonder Bread meets Jell-O ... I dice up the couple-of-days-old homemade bread (with the oatmeal, ground flax seed, honey, maple syrup, etc., etc.) ... dust the bread squares HEAVILY with cinnamon and nutmeg ... dump in a few raisins ... cook together a flan mix using the soy coffee creamer ... and pour it over the top ... stick it in the frig until the next day! simple ... easy ... makes ME happy! when I make my recipe the more-or-less "regular long way" ... I think the key element was that ... after I've diced up the bread, etc. ... and mixed together the custard ... I was pouring the raw custard mixture over the bread cubes THE NIGHT BEFORE ... so it got all soaked up before I baked it the next morning ... I think that was key to the success ... making it this way really tastes better to me ... but using a flan mix is easier! I've lately become a big fan of easier ...

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Irish Bananas Posted: 11/15/2009 8:47:51 PM
I started a new thread last week about some grape cordial or liquour that I'm planning to make as gifts this winter ... I came back and the thread was just gone ... I have no idea why an innocent thread like that would be deleted ... I searched for other cordial recipes or liquour recipes before I started the thread and found nothing ... does anyone know why the thread was deleted? are liquour recipes against some rule?

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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HELP PAY OFF THE NATIONAL DEBT Posted: 11/15/2009 8:25:57 PM
humour via the written word is always a challenge! I thot most comments were relatively humorous ... but I tend to see the humour where many people see none! thank God I'm easily amused!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Is making bread more frugal? Posted: 11/14/2009 8:22:49 AM
what a GREAT idea, using sour cream instead of milk! I'm allergic to the milk proteins and, of course, there are no proteins in sour cream ... there are lots of recipes I have to avoid due to the whole milk requirement ... I think I'll try substituting sour cream and see how it turns out ... since it's so fatty, with sour cream, do you reduce the other fats in recipes? I made a semi-successful raisin bread the other day ... it tasted nothing like store-bot raisin bread! it wasn't sweet at all and I thot maybe I should have added extra honey or sugar (I used about 2 tablespoons honey and maybe the same amount of sugar) ... does adding extra sugar to bread dough alter the rising power of the yeast?

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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HELP PAY OFF THE NATIONAL DEBT Posted: 11/13/2009 5:56:52 PM
does this mean that the U.S. Treasury is non-profit? I mean ... duh ... obviously ... but was that their intention? geesh ... someone called the office where I work the other day (probably wanting free counseling services) ... and asked me if our company was non-profit ... I explained that it was never our INTENTION to be non-profit ... it just works out that way sometimes! nooo ... I would not voluntarily support the U.S. Treasury any more than I currently do ... which (in my opinion) is already a significant amount of money that I pay each year ...

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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No Flour Peanut Butter Cookies Posted: 11/9/2009 7:28:05 PM
the egg sounds like a good idea ... some nut butter mixed with egg, sugar and rice flour ... of course ... the biggest problem with experiments of this nature is that I live alone, the dog's on a strict diet ... and I'd have to eat my own mistakes! P.S. that's how I figured out how to make one biscuit ... and one pancake! trial and error!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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No Flour Peanut Butter Cookies Posted: 11/9/2009 4:27:27 PM
I'm allergic to peanuts ... so am thinking almond butter or cashew butter or macadamia nut cookies would be nice ... these would be costly experiments, tho ... am TRYING to figure out what to make for Christmas gifts! was considering adding a touch of rice flour ...

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Pearls of Wisdom from Men Posted: 11/8/2009 7:42:51 PM
3 wise men, brothers who lived together in the woods peacefully, were pleased at a visit from their nephew and they prepared a feast. 1st wise man baked a loaf of bread. 2nd wise sliced a wheel of cheese. 3rd wise man loaded the feast and two bottles of wine onto their boat. The 4 men got into the boat and headed out to their favorite spot in the shade to fish. 1st wise man said, "oh! we've forgotten the knife!" He stood up in the boat, stepped out into the water and walked back to their cabin in the woods to fetch the knife. When he'd returned, the 2nd wise man said, "oh! we've forgotten the mustard," whereupon the 3rd wise man said, "allow me, brother!" and walked out across the water to the cabin to fetch the mustard. When he'd returned, he said, "oh! we need wine glasses!" The nephew was thinking he was surely as wise as his uncles and, as such could surely also walk on water. He said, "allow me, uncles!" and steped confidently into the water. His entire body fell below the pond's surface and his uncles pulled him out of the water as he choked, caughed and gasped for air. He said, "no! I can do this!" He again stepped onto the water and, again, fell beneath the surface. The 3 uncles look at each other and one says, "maybe we should SHOW HIM where the stepping stones are!"

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Pumpkins!!! Posted: 11/8/2009 11:43:02 AM
the 2nd or 3rd one both sound about right ... I don't have a recipe ... I got the idea from an article about Pilgram times when they baked "pumpkin pyes" primatively without crusts ... or temperature controls or timers on their ovens! when I cook, I generally use a recipe as a "guidelines" ... but throw whatever into it that seems good at the time ... my kids used to say, "WRITE THIS ONE DOWN!" knowing full well that I wouldn't ...

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Pumpkins!!! Posted: 11/7/2009 1:59:38 PM
on the other hand ... the Thai version sounds a little more healthful! and interesting! thanks for the info! again!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Pumpkins!!! Posted: 11/7/2009 1:45:48 PM
THANK YOU, Smiling Salmon! I think what I did was more along the lines of the one you called "Whole Pumpkin Baked with Custard!" I'd been reading about Pilgrams and how they didn't use pie crusts ... and I just threw it together ... and I definitely would have used cream instead of milk ... and lots of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves ... I doubt if I would have added the wine, molassas or ginger ... but only cuz I don't like them! I don't remember using butter either ... as we ate our slices of pye ... everyone was scooping down into the baked pumpkin to blend it with the custard ... that was a wild and crazy time! this was back when my 2nd husband and I had just married, combining my 2 teen-agers with his 3 teen-agers and then had another baby! our holidays were all fairly ENORMOUS ... my ex-husband was dating a woman with 5 little girls, his ex-wife was dating a man with a teen-aged daughter ... and everyone including all kinds of grandparents came to our house! I really miss those days. if anyone shows up this year, maybe I'll try it again ... THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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what recipies that you found here have you used? Posted: 11/4/2009 8:01:39 PM
I've successfully and happily tried SEVERAL of the recipes here ... I LOVE reading this section ... my all-time-favorite ... the 5-minute microwave chocolate cake! that one is used only in cases of extreme need!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Captivating qualities? Posted: 11/2/2009 10:57:53 PM
the last time I felt captivated ... it was, in part, because HE appeared captivated by ME! a mutual captivation! doesn't get better than that!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Why people stick with their own Posted: 11/2/2009 10:31:47 PM
good one, Aletha! I had a friend long time ago named Letha! I wonder if it had been Aletha and she dropped the "A" !!! I was always jealous of all the girls named Karen or Kathy or Susie or Judy ... Diane, Linda, Nancy ... ANYTHING normal!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Why people stick with their own Posted: 11/2/2009 4:58:04 PM
yep ... the new kids don't make deep and forever loving friendships ... if they're always the new kid ... I went to 4 elementary schools, a junior high and 3 high schools growing up ... and probably lived in 16 or more different houses while doing that ... to compound THAT scenario, my father gave me what I considered to be a goofy name ... so everyone including teachers referred to me as "the new girl with the funny name!" what the perpetual new kid DOES learn is to be as a leaf, floating along the top of the water ... ebbing along ... trying not to hit the rocks or sink to the bottom of the pool ... just go with the flow, dude! the new kid learns to get along with almost everyone on a superficial basis ... you're never there long enuf to get to know anyone's inner-most secrets ... you come in ... smile, do the princess wave ... and leave ... and you re-invent yourself at the next school ... at my last high school reunion, we were all having breakfast and one of the men there who had been Mr. Popularity in the last high school I went to said ... "I finally GET YOU! you didn't bother to be nice to us because you knew you'd be on your way somewhere else within the next few months! you weren't really a snob ... you were just tired of moving!" that made me feel as tho I wish I'd tried harder to be more friendly and open ... ahhh well ... maybe next time ...

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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who gets your stuff? Posted: 11/1/2009 7:02:31 PM
Ramberbill ... your post made me smile ... big smile! very funny ... my grandmother had always been a wealthy woman ... she was very proud of being able to pay her own way ... after she died (at 97 years), all the cousins got a small "inheritance" from Grandma ... it was nice ... it wasn't large but it was nice that Grandma wanted all of us to have the same amount ... it was so like Grandma ... always wise and always fair ... about 10 years later, I was talking to Grandma's attorney and he told me that Grandma had run out of money more than 20 years before she died ... my father had quietly augmented his mother-in-law's accounts so that she thot she still had money ... he even supplied all the cousins' inheritances ... that's a noble man ... had I not talked to the attorney, I would never have known.

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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who gets your stuff? Posted: 11/1/2009 2:27:25 PM
my biggest concern is who would TAKE my stuff!! I have a**tiel, a parrot and a pomeranian ... if I were to go tomorrow, I think they wouldn't have a home ... so I gotta take care of myself so I can live long enuf to outlive my critters! one of my uncles was given a parrot when he was 10 ... when he came to America from England, he brot the bird ... he was elderly when he died ... but the parrot outlived him by another 10 years! his wife took care of the crabby old parrot and was even sad when it died! my granddaughter had been committed to keeping my birds and my daughter wanted the dog ... but they've since come to cherish their freedom from pets and neither want them any more ... I hope someone rises to the occasion ... everyone likes the**tiel ... but the parrot's a little on the noisy side ... I only wear yellow gold jewelry ... and there's only one of my family members who wears that color ... so I guess she gets the jewelry! my youngest son gets the truck ... my daughter gets the house ... after that, I suspect they'll have a garage sale ... in the past, relatives have been very decent about sharing mementos from homes of the deceased ... I suspect they'll continue to behave that well when it's my turn to leave my belongings behind ...

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Sitting solo on a scary Saturday (Halloween) Posted: 11/1/2009 9:46:39 AM
well ... I feel pleased with myself at having lived thru yet another holiday alone without my grandchildren ... I miss the grandchildren as much as I miss having a "mate"!! those were the only 4 trick-or-treaters! they were cute ... very happy shining little faces beaming at me! one year when we lived in Santa Cruz, California and I was in about the 3rd grade, one little girl's father escaped from somewhere (I was little, remember?) ... maybe prison ... the little girl's name was Margaret and her father was considered very dangerous ... Margaret was scared and very embarrassed about the entire thing ... apparently her father had vowed to get his little girl ... Santa Cruz was a very sleepy little town back then ... very open and friendly where everyone seemed to know everyone else ... but we had uniformed police stationed all over school ... there were policemen coming into each of the classes, trying to tell us how to avoid "bad people" without scaring us to death ... I remember one who demonstrated a homemade "handcuff" ... made from baling wire ... I thot it was a pretty scary situation ... most parents would have cancelled Halloween ... but ... not our parents! we got our very own policeman assigned to go trick-or-treating with us ... it was great fun ... there were maybe 10 of us from our neighborhood ... and everywhere we went, we had this uniformed policeman with us ... we met several other uniformed policemen along the way with other groups of kids ... there was one ranch we'd go to every year with a huge wooden gate across the driveway and a long path to the house ... and the man had ghosts hanging from trees ... we'd yell, "trick or treat!" from the street ... and he'd yell back at us, "don't you derned kids come onto my property! this here's private property ... you kids better stay in the street!" then we'd rattle the big wooden gate and he'd yell some more and "shoot at us!" our cop yelled back at him ... "this is Officer ... and you better knock that off!" but we told him it was only a game! (I thot it was a game! we did it every year!) now THAT was a Halloween to remember! the year that Santa Cruz City Police Department took us all trick-or-treating!!!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Sitting solo on a scary Saturday (Halloween) Posted: 10/31/2009 5:59:05 PM
5:30 p.m. here ... and I just got FOUR TRICK-or-TREATERS!!! the littlest one was about 3, dressed as either an angel or a fairy ... couldn't tell for sure ... no halo and wings so I'm guessing fairy ... the next was maybe 6 dressed as a princess ... and about a 7-year-old with a totally painted red face as a devil ... and another 7-year-old but I don't know WHAT he was! lots of bandages, "blood" and "gore" !!! I gave them each a quarter ... cuz I hadn't bot candy ... CUTE KIDS! told 'em not to put the quarters in their mouths! just to be on the safe side!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Serendipity? Posted: 10/31/2009 5:22:52 PM
remember that old song ... "it's all coming back to me now" ... it was about a story where they'd been together ... they'd broken up ... she'd forgotten him ... but he came back ... every touch, every kiss ... "it's all coming back to me now." I remember the FIRST time I heard that song! I remember saying to my friend, "oh, yeah ... and if she keeps dating him ... it all WILL come back to her! she'll suddenly remember ALL the reasons they broke up ... " my friend laughed at me ... but ... ya know? you THINK it'll be great and, at first all the nice things do come back ... but ... eventually it ALL comes back to you! I still want to believe the magic!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Sitting solo on a scary Saturday (Halloween) Posted: 10/31/2009 4:40:19 PM
I've been living in the same house since 1994 ... it's pathetic ... nobody brings their children trick-or-treating ... there are very few little children here in the neighborhood and the few little ones there are ... are mostly taken to their grandparents' houses for parties ... the house before this one was GREAT ... 100s of cute little kids ... they'd come tripping up the walk ... want to see my chow ... "trick-or-treat! where's BEAR?!" that was fun! Bear loved little children and they loved him! it's gotten to how I don't even waste my time or money buying candy! I have a pile of quarters if any kiddles should come by! I certainly don't want a bunch of candy sitting around MY house, tempting me to eat 'em! (incidentally, I just realized, if not for the whole divorce thing ... today would have been our 35th wedding anniversary! )

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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It's the happiness hour... Posted: 10/31/2009 4:01:49 PM
glad to hear you're healthier, a fixer upper! AND your brother! congratulations to you both! I know that being ill is more than just the physical sickness involved ... illness is also debilitating in spirit, energy, emotional outlook ... everything ... so glad to hear you're better!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Serendipity? Posted: 10/30/2009 4:50:42 PM
when I was 13 years old, I was in the 8th grade ... and was completely enthralled with a Junior boy from a nearby high school ... I saw him a couple of times in the Music Room ... I saw him near the tennis courts ... he was my "golden boy" ... we never spoke ... (I WAS only 13! ... I think I didn't speak with boys back then!) ... but my friends and I spied on him and giggled about him all summer! after that, I compared all the boys and men I met to this "golden boy" ... flash forward another 30 plus years ... 2 marriages and a divorce for me ... 1 marriage and divorce for him ... and he just walked up to me and asked me to dance ... I KNEW it was him ... my "golden boy" ... I KNEW ... and I thot it was magic ... I thot FOR SURE that this was "a sign" ... it was serendipity ... it was karma ... it was exciting ... it was ... sorry ... it was nothing ... we both WANTED to believe it was something! we dated ... passionately at first ... talking and talking, trying to catch up 30 years of not talking ... then we dated sort of off and on ... then more off than on ... over the next 10 years but ... it was nothing ... I haven't seen or heard from him since Christmas 2003 or so ... sometimes serendipities are ... just flukes ... the Universe has a funny sense of humour ... but ... it's MUCH MORE FUN to think they're REALLY SOMETHING ... of course, if he called tomorrow ... yeah ... he mite do that! I really do enjoy believing in magic!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Old Fashioned Popcorn Balls Posted: 10/30/2009 3:37:45 PM
what a wonderful post !!! I remember making popcorn balls ONE YEAR ... we got sticky stuff ALL OVER the kitchen ... even on the ceiling! too many little kids ... too many sticky little hands! my mother never let us do it again!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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Pumpkins!!! Posted: 10/30/2009 3:34:03 PM
decades ago, probably about 1975 or so ... I had a recipe where I got a reasonable-sized pumpkin, scooped out the seeds, etc. from the pumpkin ... then stirred together a custard base and poured it straight into the pumpkin ... and baked the entire thing at one time ... when it came time to serve, I brot the entire pumpkin to the table on a huge platter and, with a large knife, cut it into pie-shaped pieces ... each serving was a large piece of baked pumpkin with a triangular pie-shaped piece of custard on top ... the recipe was a HUGE success for Thanksgiving that year ... but ... I haven't seen anything close to that recipe since ... we moved from that house and I lost the recipe I had ... it came from a newpiece about how the pilgrams cooked pumpkin pye ... before the advent of crusts! anyone?

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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It's the happiness hour... Posted: 10/30/2009 12:38:24 PM
you're all so athletic ... I was considering buying a Wii so I could take up more sports from my livingroom!!!!! now I feel like a wuss ...

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

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LET'S GET SCARY Posted: 10/30/2009 12:28:21 PM
loved your getting on the freeway by mistake story, Calif. Boomer Girl! tomorrow's Halloween ... I'm TRYING to remember a good old-fashioned SCARY STORY ... I wrote a book once about a woman who lived in San Francisco and felt like someone was following her ... it was a longish story ... she'd go to work and come home, feeling as tho she was being observed ... she'd look around and see no one out of place but, somehow, the feeling persisted ... one darkish evening, her car broke down a couple of blocks from her house and she was too fearful to stay in the car and wait to be rescued ... she decided to walk home ... as she walked along the sidewalks toward her house, she could hear the sound of dry leaves crackling and crunching behind her ... someone was following her ... every time she picked up the pace ... the person behind her hastened also ... she ran the last half block, up her walk, onto the porch and fumbled for her keys ... she could see someone coming closer up the walk ... she got inside, slammed shut the door and locked the dead-bolt ... she leaned against the door, waiting for her heart to slow it's pace ... she reached out to click on the lamp by the door but the bulb must have been burnt out ... she walked across the room to turn on another lamp ... and heard someone cough gently from inside the room, very near the front door ... outside, the police officer who had been following her ... considers whether or not to knock on her door to tell her she left her car headlights on ...

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

Msg: 15 (view)

Avocadoes --- looking for something new to stuff them with - help Posted: 10/29/2009 7:02:35 PM
these avocados never did SEEM ripe ... they didn't get soft ... they didn't do any of the "normal" thing avocados do! I finally decided to try one ... I cut into it and it was perfect! they remained purple with blacker areas ... I put them in the frig at that point and have been eating them like fruit ... fairly plain ... yummy ... AND they contain the GOOD fat ... the kind we WANT! I'm really grateful to the neighbors who planted all their trees so they hang over my yard and drop fruit into the lawn ... I specially like the cherry trees! all I have are almonds! well, and thornless blackberries but they're really more tangled shrubs!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

Msg: 4 (view)

It's the happiness hour... Posted: 10/28/2009 7:57:02 PM
1. my only daughter who married and moved to Hawaii in 2004 is doing her best to move back relatively local this year! yay! 2. same only daughter is expecting in April ... yay! new babies are great! 3. after the economy caused my 40-hour/week job to be cut back to a 24-hour/week ... I've discovered I can manage on that income ... I didn't have to fire anyone! and it's kinda fun to only work 3 days a week and have the other 4 days off! 4. went to a high school reunion and I wasn't the fattest OR the oldest! in fact, quite a few of my classmates said I was less changed by the years than anyone else in our class ... of course, I have the photos to prove they were lying!!! 5. my health is great! my truck seems like it will run forever! ditto the house, etc. life is pretty good ... I need a new project ... think I'll start with improving ... ME! is it too soon to start making new year's resolutions?~!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

Msg: 41 (view)

LET'S GET SCARY Posted: 10/28/2009 7:44:45 PM
CalifBoomerGirl: "I ... learned to drive on the Pasadena Freeway ..." I learned to drive up in the Valley ... I LOVED zipping around on those freeways ... the Pasadena is a bit tight, tho! too narrow! about the last time I did one of those spontaneous street drags, I was northbound on Van Nuys Boulevard ... I had a 1963 silver Thunderbird ... two guys rolled up alongside in a brand new black 1969 Pontiac ... they threw some revs, I looked cool ... put it in low ... the light changed and that T-Bird FLEW off it's spot! when they caught up at the next light, they blew me kisses! had I been caught ... THAT would have been scary!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

Msg: 35 (view)

What is/was your dream? Posted: 10/28/2009 7:34:01 PM
AceOfSpace: "If you could be doing anything you wanted to with the rest of your life, what would it be?" hmmmmm ... my FIRST thot was ... "I would be trying to figure out how to spend my billions of millions of kabillions of dollars!" I think I could find that entertaining for quite a while! or maybe living in an accepting, loving environment where EVERYONE ... (every single one) ... does NOT focus on fearing and hating their fellow men's differences but, instead, cherishes these differences ... where we all love each other AND our little flaws ... I can already hear the sound of dissent ... "well, maybe I could love THIS group of people but I could certainly not love THAT kind of person ... certainly, you didn't mean to include THESE people over HERE!" ok ... we'll live in love, peace and harmony ... AFTER we discover what happened to the unicorns ... find Atlantis ... the Holy Grail ... and other mysteries of the Universe. so ... what would I be? maybe happy with what I have?!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

Msg: 2 (view)

Vacuum Cleaner Pudding Posted: 10/27/2009 10:56:42 AM
I love this concept ... and the name is wonderful! now this just gives me one more reason to be a thrifty pack-rat and a collector! I make at least one loaf of bread a week and this bread goes stale (dry) far too fast ... so I usually do a bread pudding for weekend guests! but this opens a new horizon of thriftiness!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

Msg: 22 (view)

POF Halloween party Posted: 10/27/2009 10:10:57 AM
it would be fun if everyone came as their "inner advisor" ... or "Real Self!" ... I've looked at people's choices and wondered if their costumes revealed their True Self! my granddaughter, for example, used to go frequently as a Princess! and she truly IS a princess! on the other hand ... one son went as Jesus Christ one year ... which he so ISN'T !!! my favorite costumes were variations on Raggedy Ann with dresses, pinafores, bloomers, red wigs and doll make-up ... cuz I'm a real doll!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

Msg: 37 (view)

LET'S GET SCARY Posted: 10/27/2009 10:02:00 AM
just watched an O-L-D "In the Heat of the Night!" episode about drunk drivers where one character said that drunk drivers annually killed more people every year of the Vietnam war ... than the war did ... FIVE TIMES more people were killed by drunk drivers during that time than the war ... now ... I don't know if that's TRUE or just something some writer for that show wanted the character to say ... but ... if it's true ... THAT's scary ... thank God the drunk driving laws have become stronger since then ... cuz drunk drivers are STILL VERY SCARY ...

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

Msg: 21 (view)

For something really radical - Toast :19: Posted: 10/26/2009 6:35:15 PM
I can barely tolerate bread ... especially hamburger buns ... they taste like polyester looks ... all fluff and no flavour ... but I LOVE toast! and burnt is good, too! how odd that we like something that most people consider ruined ... my Grandpa Obert (who died just after my 4th birthday) had an electric toaster that sat on the table ... it was shaped like a tent with coils in the center and racks to hold the slices of bread off the coils ... only Grandpa could operate the toaster ... and Grandpa's toast was almost ALWAYS burnt ... and I think that's why I still enjoy burnt toast sometimes ... I hadn't thot of that old toaster in a very long time ... what a happy memory you-all have given me!

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

Msg: 35 (view)

LET'S GET SCARY Posted: 10/26/2009 6:17:47 PM
ok ... now ... THAT ... was scary ...

Molly Maude

Joined: 9/11/2008

Msg: 34 (view)

What is/was your dream? Posted: 10/26/2009 6:13:39 PM
ooohhh ... I LIKE Rickxyz' dream of one more shot at love ... the "self sustaining career" etc. ... THAT mite be the more difficult dream to attain! I've got a job as long as the business exists! and some months, it's hard to believe we're going to go on for another month! but, all in all ... last year wasn't so bad and I do think we're picking up! good dreams ... I'd like one more shot at love ... sounds good to me!

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