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Skriven 2011-05-24 12:03:26 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 11001 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: rosemary 944                                             [1]
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> Hi Janis,

>> Heh :)  To some of us, yes :) I enjoyed learning Greek, it was very
>> interesting to me :)  I only made it through a bit of Hebrew
>> though..there wasn't enough time then.. Languages have always been one
>> of my favorite subjects.


> Steve has had to take the above as part of his M.Div program. He thought
> Hebrew would be harder so took it first; turned out Greek was he harder
> of the 2. If I had to take a language, I'd probably not take any other
> classes in that time so I could devote all my study time to learning it.

I'd expect it might be related to the teacher.. it was often like that for me,
at least :)  Once you have one foreign language under your belt, the others may
seem a bit easier if they're of the same type (French, Spanish, Latin, etc.).
Now Ron is about the opposite from me as far as learning languages go.  He
never did like taking those courses.  He had a really bad teacher though.

>> That's fantastic :)  Congratulations are in order, Hebrew II :) :) Not
>> an easy thing to accomplish :)

> No, but better than Greek III. The last week of his class I will be
> taking an education class. Either we plan to eat out a lot or have very
> simple stuff to cook that week. It's the week after I get back (on
> Friday) from AZ.

I can understand eating out a lot, or making simple fare.. Or taking the time
if available to make something that would take care of several days, like
lasagne, or just a pot of sauce/meatballs/sausage.  Marinara Sauce and polenta
is so simple to do as well.

===Oven Baked Polenta===
(look Mom, no hands (g)

 1 quart water
 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, to taste
 1/8 teaspoon pepper
 1 cup coarse-ground uncooked polenta
 2 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
 1/4 cup grated Italian cheese, locatelli or parmesean

Preheat the oven to 350F
In a 1 to 1-1/2 quart baking pan, stir together the water, salt, pepper and
polenta. Add the pieces of butter. Place the baking pan, uncovered, in the
center of the top rack of the oven and bake for 40 minutes.  Stir the polenta
after 40 minutes, add 1/4 cup grated Italian Cheese, and bake the polenta for
an additional 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes. Serve
warm in serving bowls with marinara sauce or sauteed portabello mushrooms.  Or
refrigerate the polenta until very cold on a cookie sheet, slice it up in
rectangles, and saute on an oiled stove-top grill.
===

> Make a list of what's in each cabinet and tape it to the inside of the
> door. List by shelf; I did that a couple of times and it saved my
> sanity. I could open the door, look at the list and not have to rummage
> thru the cabinet only to find out what I wanted wasn't in that one.

hehe good idea for kitchen for sure :).. I think this will be a little
different though, since most all of my sewing "things" are in my large singer
Athena cabinet.  It's one of those that opens up with two doors in front,  and
has I think 4 shelves in it?  Very handy piece of furniture.  I just wheeled
that into it's new room.. The dining room will be moved in a similar fashion,
except I'll have to unpack the china cabinet and then re-load it.

>> > Just so long as you plan to keep it that way for a good long time.

>> Probably, at least that computer room as a bathroom :)  That will be
>> good for us since our bedroom is just beyond what is now the computer
>> room.. easier for me at least (grin).  Perhaps we'll make what is now
>> the downstairs bathroom into a pantry.. It would be a large one.  It
>> could be very useful that way though.

> Sounds like a good idea to me, especially having a large pantry. I could
> use one but will settle for what I have here for now.

Especially since with the large center island, and the new placement of the
kitchen table, etc., we lost a lot of cabinets/counter tops in the kitchen.
While I can fit most everything comfortably in the center-island's cabinets, if
we make a pantry in that bathroom, I can move the freezer into the kitchen,
since then I can move the large tall can-storage cabinet elsewhere.. heh..
maybe in the dining room?  I think I can place that huge cabinet in there, but
will have to measure it out :)

>> > don't have the space to re-arrainge in our little house; everything
>> is > shoehorned into whatever room they will "live" in until we move.
>> There

>> Oh we've lived like that many times in our lives.. Sometimes we'd put
>> in a new kitchen floor where we were renting, etc., because I always
>> figured I have to look at it all day Lol.. We didn't mind making
>> changes like that at our expense.  Sometimes you can get away with
>> just decorating though, and we've done that as well.

> We've decorated quite a bit here--helps to break up white walls. The

Yes, it does :)

> kitchen has tea towels I got in Germany & England hung (with a casing on
> slats with Command hooks). They're useful too; they're printed with herb
> & spice use and other information.

That's handy, and looks really nice I'd imagine.. easy to clean kitchen
'grease' from them as well.

>> No doubt.  And then you'll be able to set things up as you like.

> Yes, in time. I may go over to the church fellowship hall to cut one 6
> yard length I need to for a baby project. Have to cut the fabric
> lengthwise. May also lay out some quilts over there too as there's more
> room to set up several tables side to side and end to end.

That's a really good idea.  My large sewing table that I bought several years
ago works for that here.. I might decide to use that for the dining room table
instead of the smaller table I'm using now.  I have a thick cardboard fold-out
for sewing from Singer, for that table to protect the finish (it is a really
nice table I bought from Craigslist several years ago).

>> I can see how they would be great for that.. one of these days I'll
>> have to see what a passle of them go for (smile)

> Just checked my newest "Sewing with Nancy" (Nancy's Notions) catalog and
> didn't see them there. You should be able to find them at a decent sized
> fabric store, especially if they sell sewing machines and sergers there.
> IIRC, they're fairly reasonable in price.

I saw some that say "remove" before sewing, but that would kind of defeat the
purpose for me, knowing how much the Singer needs that netting on the spool.
The ones I saw that said that may have said that because of the material use
for netting (not as giving as what I have).  Anyway, still looking around,
there's no rush to getting it at least (g).

>> well, you can't use it all at once anyway :)  It is nice having the
>> colors I need if I find a design or create one..No way I could use all
>> of them though.. I just couldn't resist that sale (G).

> I'd have probably done the same thing.  As is, now when we find a sale,
> I'll pick up different colors. I start with a light, medium and dark of
> basic shades and expand from there.

Understand.  It's nice having that kind of selection when you're working with a
design.

>> That sounds very nice :) I think the 350 has a similiar preset
>> design... now I'll have to check it out.  Your stitch sound really
>> nice though :)

> I've got a nursery set to do but after that, I may give it a try. While
> I was in LV, I cut out a dress Rachel had meant for Sarah but will now
> go to Audrey. Either that or the jumper & jacket I cut out for Sarah
> will probably get the initial try out.

I've been there :)  Cut out something for one boy, and ended up finishing it
for another ..

>> Yes, I keep different other types of thread in plastic boxes.. I had

> Better than the sort by color, keep all of one color, no matter what
> type system a friend of mine uses. I need to have mine sorted by type.

If you do a lot of embroidery, you really have to do it sorted by type I
think.. works for me .. I wouldn't want to waste more expensive embroidery
thread on a seam for straight sewing I'm sure, just like you :)

>> them in my Athena Cabinet for a while.. until the kitties discovered
>> they could get at them from behind the cabinet if they scooted
>> underneath!  :)  I would find thread going from one end of the house
>> to the other.. and then I figured out how they were getting in there
>> :)

> Into the kitchen as well?  Must have been funny but frustrating at the
> same time.

All the way through kitchen, into the computer room.. and yes, it was funny-
thankfully it was some of commonly used cheaper all-purpose thread (white, that
kind of thing) in that cabinet.

Silly cats :)

Take care,
Janis

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