Monday 24-07-2017 – In Today's Café It's All Relative!

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  • #861264
    katzenjammer
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    Cousin’s Day honours ones Aunt’s and Uncle’s kids/kits. And if one has cousins, this means that one’s cousins have cousins. IMHO as the saying goes “Friends are the family you choose.” As always I am extremely grateful for my TDK family!





    #861265
    Anonymous
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    Cuz that’s still annoying as evar” is too cute. I have 21 first cousins and who knows how many kids they have now. 13 cousins are from my eldest Aunt. 😮






    It’s a swim day and then I may finish cleaning the garage. I’m watching “Locked Up Abroad.” This is about English speakers who decide it’s a good idea or greed or desperation to smuggle drugs or gold out of South America or Asia. They get caught and end up in other countries’ prisons the likes of which we’ve never seen. The thing that gets me is they believe they’re going to get away with it. 🙄

    Cya and have a happy~
    PG

    Dormir con una sonrisa hace mejores sueños (Spanish)
    Falling asleep with a smile makes better dreams

    #861266
    Moonshadow_NZ
    Moderator





    Had a lovely day out with Mum and KK today as she leaves tomorrow. 🙁
    Tonight I had a victory with HRH. I bought her a cat cave bed last Winter but she refused to use it. This Winter she decided the cushion from in it was perfect to sleep on and then she preferred a microfibre cleaning cloth. Several nights ago I put the cloth on top of the cushion and she accepted it so tonight I put the cushion and cloth in the cat cave bed and she hopped in and spent several house sleeping in there. YAY. Next step is for her to spend the night in it. Kitty steps but I am getting there.

    #861267
    AV
    Participant

    Morning KJ and MS! Great pics!
    Yay HRH for trying out the cat cave! ….. I have to Nip Caddy’s tree and bed that I have on the porch for her, as she’s not used to creature comforts, so I have to show her how comfy things can be …. girl still falls asleep in the spice planter (silly girl) ….. I think she likes the dirt because it’s cool …..

    We lost one of our famous manatees for the area (Snooty), he died yesterday, he was 69 …. the City is heartbroken, he lived in one of our natural habitat museums …… and was very beloved ….

    Well, Monday dawns bright and busy for me, I’d best ‘get to it’ ….. have a great day all!

    #861268
    Kittyzee
    Participant

    Morning all! Getting myself and Avery ready to pick up older granddaughters to take them school supply shopping. They got their lists in their grade cards when they mailed them out, so we don’t have to wait a few days before school starts. So much better to get them now and not have to deal with aisles of people crawling all over you and the supplies.

    My mother had no siblings, so I don’t have cousins from her side. My dad had 4 sisters and 1 brother, and they all had kids but we were never really close. We see each other occasionally, but it would have been fun to have been very close, like brothers and sisters. We always have such a good time when we are together and love sharing stories of our parents. It’s like my dad is alive again. 😥

    AV, sad about the manatee. They seem like such gentle creatures.

    MS, so glad that HRH has decided to ‘like’ her bed. I bought two beds the other day…they are like a cave but are soft like a big sock. All the cats have slept in them, Peso loves them. I know once it gets cold, they will be taking dibs on them since they will like to snuggle in the stove room.

    #861269
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Good morning – yes, maybe that heavy lamp will do the job…

    Yay for HRH giving the cat cave a shot! Hope she takes to it as it sounds so snug on a cold winter night.

    Sad for the loss of the manatee. RIP gentle giant.

    Yep, ready or not, it’s time to get to that back to school shopping. I’m so happy to be out of the business of running a school district. I liked the work till “she” complicated things though. Back when I was happy on the job, I was busy working on bus routes and passes, school lunch forms and board meeting agendas.

    My mom’s sister didn’t have children, but have several (second?) cousins from mom’s parents’ family. Dad was the oldest of 12; I don’t even know how many cousins I have! Of course, those cousins have had kids, and their kids had kids.

    Today started out super rainy but it looks like most of the rain has cleared out.

    #861270
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Paw up with PM Waves…yes, it’s Moanday -turning into fun day with today’s theme shares!
    feline family fun!
    Hee hee 😉
    mom...lol

    Finally the dew point has gone down…almost purrfect as 70s w/ li’l breeze. Beautiful day in my n’hood!
    FYI – as addy to Sat Grandma thread: Yes, my officemate has new grandson – AJ or Asher John 7# born Friday 5pm! New mama doing well with proud daddy!

    Mwah, smooch for you Tux…missed ya over the weekend!

    🙂 Later….maybe!

    #861271
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    I do hold some “theories” about my relatives. But I will not burden my TDK “family”. At times I wonder if purrhaps I was a changeling.
    ; -)

    RIP Snooty. 🙁

    MS I find that Dorry acclimatizes himself to a scent and this encourages him to use spot as his home. Not always, but still. Which is why an empty blanket-filled shelf where VCR used to be is where he spends most of his downtime. And sometimes he will use his drawer/bed which fits standard size pillow/case, just to please me. Right! Wonder if it’s similar with HRH.

    Tks AV. But must not leave out PG who is a key part of what seems to be our pic-posting trio. Not to forget JK who contributes her “2.5 cents” when she can! 😉

    Gad the pics are so fab 2-day. “Heavy lamp kit” and “cusin Jeff” (“Africa” now as earworm but that’s OK.)

    Pouring out so I’m back in for duration. Awesome spin class in early am with fave instructor subbing.

    Thankfully rain did not stop postie from delivering my faux snake-skin sandals. Lovely when shoes fit purrfectly right out of the box, OK after I put in some padded gel insoles to make then a bit smaller. Think I’ll blame Nadine for my bit of online shopping. 😉 She asks me to check something out as I am dept store credit card holder (= free shipping) and her purrsonal stylist. And then I can’t hold myself back from shopping for myself!

    Purrfect weather for napping/knitting or both.

    #861274
    lagatta4
    Participant

    It is also good weather to work on my computer. I’ve scarcely been out except to take out the recycling and check on a neighbour’s mail.

    I have to make some empanadas for a little party but I’ll do that early tomorrow morning. I’m making them vegetarian, based on some YVES ground round (soya mince – fake meat but doesn’t taste like meat), and also some leftover grilled eggplant and mushrooms, chopped fine and naturally a lot of finely minced and sautéed mild Spanish onion. I don’t make the dough wrappers (though I do know how) because a South American shop around the corner sells them frozen.

    A very traditional vegetarian empanada in meat-loving Argentina, Chile and Uruguay is made with a white cheese (similar to ricotta) and spinach.

    I prefer to do such projects at dawn, before I get down to work, because they always produce dirty dishes and I’d rather do the washing up early than late in the evening.

    Livia is brassed off about the bluidy rain, which never stops. I’m taking care of my neighbour’s patch in a community garden nearby, while he is away for the week. But I certainly don’t have to water it! I love Livia, but she is being a bit of a wee pest today, as she wants to go out but hates the rain.

    I have some seriously cool relatives. But also one who became very rich, and never helped out another relative who needed help for no fault of his own…

    #861278
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Congrats to officemate on Granny status, JK. Welcome to the world, AJ!

    KJ, I think it’s purrfectly justifiable to indulge a bit as reward for stylist duties.

    The spinach and cheese empanadas sound yummy!

    #861286
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    JK, concats to office mate/new Grandma on AJ’s arrival! 🙂

    Tks JJ. I needed someone to help me justify my shoe buying! Then again we’re not talking lots o’ cash by any means and it’s my cash. Now I’m doing the justifying. 🙄

    During my thankfully short marriage I went to an event with the ex and was introduced to a way older colleague in management. Anyway he seemed charmed, and told the ex “she looks expensive to keep” but he was from like 2 generations back and I sensed did not in any way mean to offend. But how true! 😉

    Former friends’ Mom noted how I’d enjoy having a title. Yup! No one available although some yrs back on a group trip to Israel I connected to a grrrl from Paris who considered introducing me to her friend, prob one of the few still Jewish de Rothschilds as most have married out of the faith. Never went further, and he must be married by now but Baronne KJ, hmmm …

    So I was working on tricky/somewhat tedious knitting prob (solved) but I heard a goggie crying so pitifully. As first time this has happened I walked down hallway and left very polite note for very nice n’bour. Spoke to n’bour who is closer to her and turns out she’s goggie-sitting. N’bour came by and yup, bro/fam on vaca so for a few days she’s looking after Coco the cocker spaniel. N’bour stays in as much as pawsible but the minute she leaves he cries ’til she returns.

    I know that Dorry cries a bit when I approach from elevator and I think he cries whenever he hears elevator. N’bour says at times she hears his meows but not for hours on end thank goodness. And here I thought that the moment I leave a “happy dance” gets underway. 😐

    Well tomorrow is appt w/hair stylist and I assume that he can set things straight re my clipper fiasco. It’s not that bad and the relatively teensy baldish patches have already started to grow in. 🙄 Best to say no more ere I work myself into a state! My look needs srs shaping so that it looks “planned.”

    #861287
    Moonshadow_NZ
    Moderator

    Good morning all, I was up early to take KK to the bus stop for her long trip back home. Mum, Meegz and I all waved her off. 😥 😥
    Airy rang later to say her car has been deemed a right off by the insurance company so now she has to go through all the trouble of buying another car. 😡 she is not looking forward to it but at least miniKK has loaned her her car for a while. Cousins and family are great. 🙂 We had a cousin come to visit on Sunday so he could catch up with KK, they were a similar age and got on well together.
    I have 14 cousins on one side of the family and 8 on the other side and now those cousins all have children and further and I have no idea of who belongs to whom as we are from various parts of the country and do’t often get together.
    We have a fairly nice day, sunny with patches of cloud blocking out the sun briefly. HRH is somewhere outside sprawled in the sun.
    HRH spent the entire night in the cat cave and was still in it when I returned home from seeing KK off. I guess she liked it.
    AV, I read about Snooty this morning 😥 Very sad.
    KJ, interesting abut how Dorry acclimatising to a scent. Not the way HRH works and I suspect it’s because she is so much and outdoor cat and has to feel safe and be able to have good view from wherever she settles outside. She is just a little more feral in her actions than an indoor only cat and suspicious of anything new.
    Woohoo lunch time.

    #861288
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    For sure back to school is so much more complicated than in my day! Nadine’s son is in high school and for example, he “has” to buy a certain brand notebook and no other will suffice. And of course mandated supplies are not to be found at $$$ Store so she must join line-ups of other frustrated parents at dept stores like Walmart. *Sheesh!*

    #861290
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I have my Orthopedics appointment at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Yea!

    #861292
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Unable to edit propurrly tonite, it would seem. That’s the reason for this xtra post. 🙁 Anyway it’s all good!

    #861293
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    PG, prayers that appt goes well and especially hope that ortho comes up with a plan to get you off needing a brace, pain meds etc. and not having your customary mobility. Sounds like you might have the first appt, meaning the ortho won’t be as overburdened and you might get more time.

    Dorry concurs with my hopes. Not sure that kits actually pray, though. 😉

    #861295
    lagatta4
    Participant

    What pussycats do is S-T-R-E-T-C-H! Good for their backs! I try to imitate Livia, but no, I’m not about to hunt for mice…

    I’m very fussy about fabrics and colours, but wouldn’t call myself high-maintenance. I wear little makeup, and am trying to have fewer clothes, as I have little storage space in my 100-year-old flat (of course it has been renovated, and not very respectfully, but has no more storage than originally). Just a couple of closets, a small one and a tiny one. I am looking for an armoire, but it can’t be very large.

    Looking for Spinach-cheese empanadas in English (really don’t feel like translating from Spanish; too much like work) I came across some horrors with cream cheese, added butter and BACON of all things – you know the trend to baconize everything?

    These look reasonably authentic, though I think that is too much mozzarella. They should definitely be mostly ricotta or a similar white cheese (including that dry cottage cheese) and not too much “melty” cheese; I’d use a goat or ewe’s milk one of course as I avoid cow’s milk due to food sensitivities (leftover from a dire childhood allergy). Of course some fresh herbs in season are nice.

    Argentine Spinach Empanadas

    I don’t make the dough as I have a shop with Cono Sur (southern end of South America) foods around the corner. I prefer a version of Deborah Madison’s yeasted olive oil dough to ones that are too rich, if I do make savoury tarts. Easy to google.

    The same ingredients with a bit of egg (less than a quiche) also make a nice savoury vegetable tart. You can add other veg such as a leek, or substitute chard for the spinach, though that would be a bit overwhelming for a little empanada.

    #861297
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    I sometimes splurge on a spinach Stromboli. It’s made with mozzarella & ricotta, and though I’m a complete cheese-head, it’s just enough cheese without going overboard. As it is, I go overboard whenever I make a grilled cheese sandwich!
    Hubby got a sandwich with bacon in it while on the road recently, and though he likes bacon, said the bacon was so badly cooked, or of bad quality, it ruined the sandwich.

    #861301
    lagatta4
    Participant

    Bacon can also hijack recipes, taking over from more subtle flavours.

    But then, so can garlic, and I love garlic…

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