Tag: old fashioned
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August 09, 2009 05:12 AM EDT --
Grandma's Stationary Box
When I was growing up my grandmother always kept a stationary box filled with all sorts of pretty things to write with.
This box . . .
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August 27, 2009 11:13 PM EDT --
I have an older, beaten up bike I bought several years ago for myself for my birthday. At the time, we had no real storage options, so it's spent a few winters loosely covered with a tarp. Needless to . . .
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December 06, 2006 07:48 PM EST --
I have been reminiscing a lot lately about the Christmas holidays in Cuba back when I was growing up. I guess that is a sign of old age when you start thinking and remembering that far back. I'm talking . . .
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June 11, 2007 02:39 PM EDT --
You know how there are some things that you keep buying at the store because you "think" you need them? I opened my crisper drawer the other day to see 5 lemons staring me in the face. So, taking . . .
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January 15, 2009 07:07 PM EST --
A lick and a promise' was just one of the many old phrases that our mothers, grandmothers, and others used that they probably heard from the generations before them. With the passing of time, many . . .
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February 25, 2009 05:42 PM EST --
YOUR REAL NAME: Angela (Not saying the whole name for privacy)
2. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother and father's middle names) Fay Floyd
3. NASCAR NAME: (first name . . .
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December 08, 2008 02:31 PM EST --
Broth:
4 lbs Stewing Hens
1 large Carrot, chopped
2 stalks Celery, chopped
1 medium Onion, chopped
2 Chicken Bouillon Cubes
1/4 c Butter
1 c Flour
1 c Peas fresh or frozen . . .
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March 26, 2009 01:38 PM EDT --
I haven't been on for a while because I've been home and sick. I'm not sure what it is, but my ears are plugged and sometimes buzzing, I have a headache, a sore throat and I'm exhausted. . . .
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June 12, 2007 08:28 PM EDT --
Sometimes, I feel old fashion. I send thank you cards for gifts or gestures that are above and beyond the normal. I go out of my way to reciprocate favors and I always say thank you. I made a point of . . .
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July 25, 2007 11:16 AM EDT --
Taken from : Housekeeping Monthly 13 May 1955
Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready, on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know . . .
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December 02, 2007 10:26 PM EST --
Is the old tradition of Christmas carolers gone? I'm talking about "real" ones... not the ones that just sing in shopping malls. I remember when I was very young carolers . . .
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December 10, 2008 03:40 PM EST --
Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour or 1/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups milk or 1/2 and 1/2 . . .
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April 29, 2009 12:45 AM EDT --
Want to see a real live old fashioned drug store soda fountain? Visit Graves Drug Store in downtown Arkansas City, Kansas. Arkansas City is in central Kansas, just north of the Oklahoma border. . . .
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February 13, 2009 05:50 AM EST --
This recipe came from my Grandmother. I have some of her recipes written in my recipe book. I have no idea how old it is but my Grandmother died in 1979. It is a really good cake. She was a wonderful . . .
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March 03, 2007 12:38 AM EST --
Our daughter is now 18 and had dated the same boy for 2 years. About 6 months ago they broke up and she is now getting back into dating. This evening she informed her father and I that she was going to . . .
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August 14, 2008 08:22 PM EDT --
Well we finnally got to go to Canobie Lake Park. When we got there was a lot of cars in the parking lot and a lot of kids in the park. Here is my photo essay on the park. I hope that if you go you remember . . .
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November 03, 2007 08:09 PM EDT --
Oh my goodness, it’s a good thing I make a habit of proofing my writing before publishing. I thought this would be a quick, simple, down-&-dirty sharing of my system of presenting an . . .
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November 06, 2007 05:09 AM EST --
Apple Candy
2 tablespoons gelatin
1 1/4 cups cold applesauce
2 cups sugar
1 cup chopped nuts
1 tablespoon vanilla
Soak gelatin in 1/2 cup cold applesauce for 10 minutes. Combine remaining applesauce . . .
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November 03, 2007 10:26 PM EDT --
Okay, here’s the last part.
A favorite veggie in my family is butter beans or lima beans. I have found . . .
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October 09, 2008 11:22 PM EDT --
A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I hosted an old-fashioned cider pressing party for family and friends. We had two cider presses set up...a hand crank model from the late 1800's, and an old electric . . .
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