Random thoughts

My mother had my sister & I start ironing when we were pretty young. I always iron my clothes unless they are suits that just came back from the cleaners. I have been wearing a lot of suits lately. My company is being taken over by a company that has business casual all the time (we only do it on Fridays). I guess I will be ironing a lot more.

I remember green stamps, too. It was my Mom and Grandmother who collected them. I guess they have morphed into the cards that get you special discounts at the supermarket.

Business casual isn't all it's cracked up to be. I worked for a company for two years that had business casual all the time. You really have to get a special set of clothes - you can't wear jeans, which is what everyone wears on the weekends. You also can't wear shorts or skorts or sandals, so what you end up wearing are khakis and casual shoes all the time and it becomes like a uniform. The guys are always in khakis and polo shirts. They might as well wear suits. I like dressing up most of the time. I was glad when I went to work for this company for the dress code.

As far as that lab coat goes, don't most facilities that require that have their own laundry service?

Military uniforms are VERY hard!!!! And weeds, UGH! Don't get me started!

So tell me, whey does that darling adorable child turn into an unruley teenager who knows everything overnight?

LuAnn

Its like that old saying!

"When I was 18 I knew more than my parents. When I turned 21 I was surpized at how much they learned."

Nicki

I ruined an iron in college making grilled cheese with it...it was late....we were really hungry...sounded like a good ideas at the time

Deb C

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Well, Im just wondering why weeds grow so much easier than flowers. And why are they so hard to pull out.

Yep, you guessed it, thats what I have been doing all day. Pulling out weeds and dandelions.

Nicki

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OMG!!! I absolutely hate ground ivy (aka Creeping Charlie) which seems to be taking over my entire lawn!!! Well, less grass to mow that way I suppose.....

I for one am HAPPY for the dry spell we're having here in Chicagoland. I'm on well water and can water to my heart's consent if I want to (and I do!)!

Jaybird, about to plant my vegetable garden.....

Hmmmmm...I'll take the 5th Jaybird....but I will say we had a wicked case of the munchies going on And, if I remember correctly, the grilled cheese was really good

Deb C

We cooked TONS of stuff pre microwave. The tin foil would have saved the iron...to bad I didn't think of it We made everything from hot dogs, mac a cheese and tuna noodle casarole in the hot pot. We fried eggs one time in the bottom of a popcorn popper. We were nothing if not creative.....

Deb C

I never knew there were so many uses for an iron.

I think some crafts/art projects use the iron (on very low temp) to melt things like crayons.

Thanks Sheri!

I think my mom still uses the same iron she has had for over 40 years. The same board too. She might even have that sprinkle bottle she used to use.

I know her pressure cooker is over 50 years old and she uses it almost every week-end. I wouldn't even know how to use one. I would probably blow a hole through my ceiling if I tried one. I can still remember the sound of that thing rattling away on the stove.

I've always been afraid of pressure cookers too. Never had one. Crock pots I love! Have you seen the liners for them? Just throw them away--no cleaning! (ok, only a little cleaning, no scrubbing)