tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post184800038794839295..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 26 October 1955 “What I Learned From My VICTORY WEEK and more”50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-49061170230410783472010-01-07T21:51:24.086-08:002010-01-07T21:51:24.086-08:00Affiliate Marketing is a performance based sales t...Affiliate Marketing is a performance based sales technique used by companies to expand their reach into the internet at low costs. This commission based program allows affiliate marketers to place ads on their websites or other advertising efforts such as email distribution in exchange for payment of a small commission when a sale results. <br /><br />www.onlineuniversalwork.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-5402062709722279522009-11-13T03:56:04.115-08:002009-11-13T03:56:04.115-08:00Every day glamour is to me as important as breathi...Every day glamour is to me as important as breathing. That’s what makes it all worth living. I always put on a pretty dress, or a skirt and cardigan/blouse, take time to do my hair and put on makeup. I wear vintage jewellery matching my outfit or season/holiday each day and is known at my job for it. My nails are always looking nice, short, but well-manicured. I always wear heels and stockings. Many of my colleagues compliment me and ask me if I ever wear jeans, and I say no, hardly ever, except for gardening. I could never be a slug (is it the word for it? I don’t have a dictionary here at my sofa), even now being ill, I’m wearing a nice satin silk pajamas and leopard slippers, my hair in a nice and easy up-do fastened with a rhinestone comb. And on every occasion, even the smallest, I always do even more to look great. I think we owe this honour to the hosts of the party.<br /><br />For my home I’ve always chosen beauty and elegance, from my dinnerware to tablecloth and bed linen. Some think it doesn’t matter weather you make your bed before going to work or not, but try it and you’ll find out that it does. I always open the bedroom window in the morning, and after breakfast I come up to put on my makeup I close it, and make the bed. I feel so happy to enter my bed at night seeing it elegantly made, it takes a lot of stress from my shoulders.<br /><br />I also always have flowers on my table. I can be a single rose in a slim, pretty vase or sprigs from my garden, but also beautiful bouquets received from friends or DH. It doesn’t matter if the flowers are one or many, cheap or expensive, it makes quite another feeling in the dining room.<br /><br />One last tip, which I’ve read is very vintage, is to keep everything seasonal. From your food, your tea to your decorations. Honour each season and holiday, not only Christmas. Decorate according the season, and again – it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money. Some dried Autumn leaves collected in your garden or in the streets, and voila, here you are decorating. During Autumn and Winter, which is a really a dark and cold season here in Denmark, I use a lot of candles every day. I put up nice looking board games, like chess and calaha, made of different kinds of wood. And even my teenage son and his cousin, who is a hardcore goth punk, enjoys a game. <br /><br />Am I writing too much? I hope you read my comments, although I am still behind.Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961726199606387103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-90346213091338185142009-11-01T05:40:29.755-08:002009-11-01T05:40:29.755-08:00here here for bread and cheese in france and close...here here for bread and cheese in france and close to the border, as I think you said you are, the chocolate must be wonderful. I do miss France. We always joke that when we are older, if the usa has just become one large mall with floating Wall Mart ads everywhere, we will retire to a little village in the sount of France. Puttering about, a little stone studio to mess about with my paint pots, hubby smoking his pipe among the trees. Shoping every day in the local village for bread and cheese, ahhhh...50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-82896362343809487652009-10-29T13:09:13.831-07:002009-10-29T13:09:13.831-07:00Evonne- What a wonderful setting with the fruit tr...Evonne- What a wonderful setting with the fruit trees and beautiful mountains. I think I could handle a small stove/oven in that situation! And bread, cheese and chocolate- my favorites. To get the excellent quality you get in France would be a dream. :)<br /><br />SSarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-68497245924759986792009-10-29T04:48:12.720-07:002009-10-29T04:48:12.720-07:0050sgal,
Yes, moving here has been all about adapta...50sgal,<br />Yes, moving here has been all about adaptation. Sometimes it can get a little tiring, but really I'm very thankful for the chance to have this adventure. Yes, so the oven is a little small in this apartment. That just means I may have to adjust a couple of recipes to fit into smaller pans. On the other hand, this apartment sits at the foot of a lovely mountain range, I have a small garden with herbs already growing (thanks former tenants!), and I have three fruit trees just outside my yard that the landlord has given me permission to pick from. I mean, how can you not be happy about that?! Thanks to my husband's addiction to mac & cheese and the absence of it (in convenience form, i.e. boxed) here, I now have a fabulous homemade recipe that is really so much more tasty than the box version. Oh, and I have homemade chicken stock in the freezer because I can't rely on canned here. So, I think living here might change some old habits for the better. I don't think I will never again buy boxed mac & cheese or canned chicken broth assuming we end up back in the U.S., but I'll probably make the homemade much more often because it does taste better & is less expensive. And believe me, I'm taking advantage of the bread, cheese, pastry, and chocolate here that I know are much harder to locate in the U.S.<br />Gingerella,<br />Thanks so much for posting the link to that BBC documentary! Wow, it's going to take me a while to process all of it. I've already watched the whole thing because I just couldn't keep myself from watching the whole thing. Truly fascinating, quite disturbing, and pretty scary.Evonnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-19473582095267989572009-10-28T20:21:03.911-07:002009-10-28T20:21:03.911-07:0050's gal- Hubby likes vintage but not to the e...50's gal- Hubby likes vintage but not to the extent I do and as he's accepted much of my family's furniture into our home (and basing most decorating decisions on the key pieces) I know when he's reached his limit. His family, while lovely and kind people, don't have the same appreciation of antiques as mine thus hubby and I haven't one piece of furniture from his family. <br /><br />I understand what you mean about making do. We've been making do with the limits of this kitchen as our family has grown for the past seven years. We've been saving our money so we can renovate without going into debt- something we're both very proud of. I can't believe we're finally at the point where we can do it! <br /><br />I've been dreaming of this kitchen since we bought this house, when we had two toddlers and hoped for a third. (And now we have our third!!) I feel like how the the "lady of the house" in the 1950's who put in cabinets and updated her old 1930's kitchen must have felt except I'm updating a 1980's kitchen. I wish the previous owners had pictures of how the home looked thru the decades. It would be so enriching of my experience living in this here. <br /><br />And, yes, I love bench seats in cars. I think it has something to do with the shoulder type seatbelts. To get a middle seat the manufacturer has to put a belt in the ceiling of the car or back of the seat. Both options can be visually cumbersome and since cars are supposed to feel spacious it makes sense they just did away with them. My minivan has a middle seat in the back with the belt attached to the ceiling and it's fine, but it's in the third row. Just an idea. I could be wrong. <br /><br />Ssarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-71182232166947063602009-10-28T06:17:42.526-07:002009-10-28T06:17:42.526-07:00Sarah-surprisingly, though, don't we always fi...Sarah-surprisingly, though, don't we always find ways to 'make do'. My hubby and I lived on a sailboat (not constantly) but for weeks at a time it was only 30' and the galley was very small, we had no oven and our 'stove' was two burners on a built in kerosene stove. But, I think the best coffee I have ever had (just thinking about it now makes me long for it) was brewed on our old metal perculator on that and sipping it out of metal cups on the deck in the early morning. The gulls crying, the gray mist and the endless water, ahhh. Sometimes it really is about the moment or where you are and how you make do that can be fun. I am cooking on an electric stove and oven right now and I have to admit I really hate it for its heating power, but it is an old Jenn-Aire and has a built in skillet which I use every morning. I want have the ability to have gas until we can do over the kitchen come spring, so I have to make do. I am sure your little french stove is not perfect, but how wonderful you are in France and I bet with the limitations you will come up with some brilliant solutions! And, as you said, you are thrilled with the gas range.<br />It's funny because in the late 40s into the 50s so many movies and ads were made to show the wonders and greatness of the electric kitchen. But, honestly, I don't know anyone who actually prefers to cook with an electric cook top, do you? I guess it was just part of the electric co. move towards more usuage? Who knows.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-44691041182753447582009-10-28T04:42:55.972-07:002009-10-28T04:42:55.972-07:00Sarah-
Oh wow, I wish. Those are so lovely. I'...Sarah-<br />Oh wow, I wish. Those are so lovely. I'd love to have 2 ovens one day. Not sure if that will ever happen. We are still in the grips of lowly studenthood, so we happily took whatever was in our cheap apartment. The oven is teensy. Some of the pans (half sheet size jelly roll) I brought from the U.S. won't even fit in it. But I'm thrilled to have a gas range after 6 years using electric. Sorry I couldn't be of help or guidance.Evonnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-59990361054161320352009-10-27T20:02:33.663-07:002009-10-27T20:02:33.663-07:00That's too bad-why doesn't your hubby like...That's too bad-why doesn't your hubby like the vintage, just curious? Good luck with your search.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-2279843676360760822009-10-27T19:23:44.905-07:002009-10-27T19:23:44.905-07:0050'sgal- We looked at the Aga this weekend and...50'sgal- We looked at the Aga this weekend and found the smaller one (not the big cooker) to be a bit flimsy for the price. It's not cast iron like the ones they're known for. As for a reconditioned vintage range- I found a company who sells them on line but hubby wasn't into it. You'd think if people are buying vintage ones the manufacturers would get the hint and make a 40 inch double oven range. I often see them at estate sales. And actually Kenmore makes a modern 40 inch but it looks really modern- all stainless and black with sharp edges. Nothing charming like the vintage and European ones. <br /><br />Thanks for the ideas though.<br /><br />Ssarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-4402697677219479322009-10-27T13:41:37.051-07:002009-10-27T13:41:37.051-07:00Sarah-have you also considered an older stove? I j...Sarah-have you also considered an older stove? I just found, and may get for my birthday (which is next weekend already!) if hubby is agreeable (it is VERY cheap) a great 1950's double oven with six burners that is only 40" wide. Just a thought.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-11282554361526919772009-10-27T13:37:41.847-07:002009-10-27T13:37:41.847-07:00Sarah-have you considered an AGA I think they make...Sarah-have you considered an AGA I think they make smaller versions of double ovens (they were once my dream oven). I know you can buy them in the states.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-80105102424806642282009-10-27T13:11:12.448-07:002009-10-27T13:11:12.448-07:00Sorry, ladies, but I have an off topic question:
...Sorry, ladies, but I have an off topic question:<br /><br />Evonne- I have to ask you, since you're living in France and like to cook. Have you cooked on a Lacanche ro Cornue Fe range? I'm considering both when we renovate our kitchen because apparently in America no one has a need for a smaller range with a double oven. The smallest I can find is 48" or 60". We have less than 40 inches, although the Corneu is about 43". My contractor said he's going to try and change the plan a bit to accommodate the range. The option of double wall ovens won't work if I want a pantry. And I don't want to bump out like so many people do in my neighborhood of 1930's homes. If I wanted a Mc Mansion sized kitchen I would have bought a Mc Mansion!! (So many contractors and designers tried to talk me into this or said an eat in kitchen was impossible- well this kitchen has been "eat in" for over 70 years so I think not.)<br /><br />Thanks for letting me rant a little too.<br /><br />Back to our regularly scheduled programming. <br /><br />SSarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-73360150989222408602009-10-27T12:50:59.661-07:002009-10-27T12:50:59.661-07:00Thank you Gingerella for the links!Thank you Gingerella for the links!50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-78253015150181045882009-10-27T12:49:19.064-07:002009-10-27T12:49:19.064-07:00Another link, haha! :)
I found on a message board...Another link, haha! :)<br /><br />I found on a message board I visit (simpleliving.net) a link to a video on how psychology and politics shaped modern marketing and got the brainwashing machine rolling in the early 20th century. It's a documentary made by the BBC, called The Century of the Self. It's free on Gogole Video in 4 parts, each part 1 hour long (maybe watch one part a day?) I'm only halfway through the first part but it's already riveting, and scary at how we've been manipulated for decades, going back to just after WWI! Here's the link:<br />http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961949757283263982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-20256454944229766222009-10-27T12:38:46.517-07:002009-10-27T12:38:46.517-07:00I do hope my comment doesn't sound too dark. I...I do hope my comment doesn't sound too dark. I merely meant that I think we do have, we Americans, a very real 'pull together' spirit that we have exhibited in the past and I do wish we could be more that way now. I think problems like our economy and the environment CAN be solved by all of us, even we simple little homemakers, if we do care enough to try and make a difference. I certainly do not want to offend anyone, nor to put off anyone. I think any little bit we do as a community here is a part of the solution and I am very proud to have become apart of what we have built together here.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-33980378257467125362009-10-27T12:37:31.909-07:002009-10-27T12:37:31.909-07:00Aunt Amelia, Anything is possible I suppose:)...o...Aunt Amelia, Anything is possible I suppose:)...one step at a time, one family at a time.. The important thing is to try, therefore making our little corner of the world a better place and all those little corners certainly do add up. Who knows but it'll be fun, joyous and rewarding if we 'improve' our small area of influence.. even if that's just ourselves changing, growing and learning... how satisfying. Thanks dear 50sgal and all you ladies for such interesting 'conversation'. LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-42906204294153046462009-10-27T12:16:34.690-07:002009-10-27T12:16:34.690-07:00I meant that the current direction of our country ...I meant that the current direction of our country is the more subtle monster, not as apparant as a Hitler or Japanese invasion. That in it's pure genius of marketing, it has sold every one of us and wrapped us up into little packages to be sold to the highest bidder.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-19703881271902286242009-10-27T12:15:23.716-07:002009-10-27T12:15:23.716-07:00I think what is sort of sad is I feel, on some lev...I think what is sort of sad is I feel, on some level, that the direction our country has been moving in, consumerism, complacency, isolation with technology, political competition of two silly sides fighting over the same thing, the right to control THEIR share of the money. Now, the Hitler, The Japanese invasion, it is more subtle. It is slipping into our lives amongst our complacency and mind numbed brains watching tv, buying buying, but how do we fight it? I don't know if we can. I do know that the america that existed (without the bigotry of course) of pre 1950's had a sense of humanity that seems to be gone. That is a big and scary thing for me to at least try and fight it. I may end up being the lone woman in her kitchen in an aprong on my soapbox while everyone thinks me crazy, but maybe, just maybe, if we could let others know and see that we can have a better quality of life for all of us and be more in control of our individual paths, there could be a sort of rally. Maybe I am just a dreamer, I mean I am living in 1955 for heaven's sake, I don't know. We shall see, I suppose.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-80716673142182823852009-10-27T12:02:04.868-07:002009-10-27T12:02:04.868-07:00I am not sure Aunt Amelia...I know after 9/11 ther...I am not sure Aunt Amelia...I know after 9/11 there was quite a rallying spirit in this nation I hadn't seen in many years. The sad thing of it was, people forgot. Within a few years, they just seemed to forget how horrid and devastating it was to watch the events of 9/11 unfold before their eyes. My oldest was 2 and 1/2 and he is now 11. He doesn't recall that day. <br /><br />I guess what I am saying is that, like during WWII, I believe that it will/would take something catastophic (sp?) to bring it about. Massive loss of life, horrendous unemployment, disease, etc. to really cull out the selfish and rally the strong. For that is just was such event did during WWII. It had come on the tail of the depression, which caused how many to die of starvation, disease (flu epidemics and tuburculosis were running rampant at that time) and untold number committed suicide. Sad, but true. And if something that nasty were to come along again in such a powerful fashion, the same thing would happen. <br /><br />I am an optimist. I would like to believe that should this country face a threat of the magnitude of Hitler and the Japanese invasion we would come together and ind Victory. Still, a small part of me is frightened by such thoughts, for I am not sure. There was a time I wouldn't have doubted it, but not anymore.<br /><br />Gingerella- thanks for the website, will check it out!Lorie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406168168009117387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-36966473550230223842009-10-27T11:46:15.274-07:002009-10-27T11:46:15.274-07:00Gingerella-we'll have to check that site out, ...Gingerella-we'll have to check that site out, thank you.<br />Aunt Amelia-I am not sure if we have gone to far into 'ourselves' to think in a unified way that might mean a little work. I think if were to make it feel as if we were enjoying it, maybe on a small scale we could try. I am willing and going to see what can come about. I figure, in one year I feel my whole life has changed, I just wonder what a year of trying to think that way and trying to enact some sort of 'difference' will result in? Even if it only aids a few people, it will be worth it in the end, don't you think?50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-45746002420097838322009-10-27T11:43:37.557-07:002009-10-27T11:43:37.557-07:0050sgal & Amy,
Thanks for the responses about b...50sgal & Amy,<br />Thanks for the responses about brown sugar. I did realize that for many uses I could just dump the correct white sugar & molasses amounts into the bowl w/ other ingredients & mix away, but it is good to know that if I need mixed up brown sugar for sprinkling over something that using a spoon will work.Evonnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-46378910609876422242009-10-27T10:48:48.660-07:002009-10-27T10:48:48.660-07:00Crusty Baked Apples! New-to-me kind of a Baked Ap...Crusty Baked Apples! New-to-me kind of a Baked Apple recipe. Thank you.<br /><br />Fantastic things you have taken from your VICTORY WEEK! And we learned too, by reading here, even if we didn't doooooooooo it all.<br /><br />Ahhh yes, a feeling of a country-wide-commitment to a common goal. I wonder if it will ever be able to come about, again? Have we gone too far, into "What? Me sacrifice anything?"??? Have we? I know I'm old so my view may be skewed. When you remember WWII, I suppose one's view is bound to become somewhat skewed. So I ask all you young ones... Do YOU think we ever could, again?<br /><br />Repeat, thank you for sharing all your discoveries. Especially things like to notice our waste. Oh wow yes!<br /><br />Aunt AmeliaAuntie sezzzzzz...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16170232476926222740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-86874710072729850412009-10-27T09:22:04.717-07:002009-10-27T09:22:04.717-07:00Kind of off topic from this specific post, but wan...Kind of off topic from this specific post, but wanted to share a website I discovered that ties in with buying locally and being more self-sufficient: www.pickyourown.org<br /><br />It's a site where you can find pick-your-own fruits/veggies farms that are near you (you can search by state), and it also has a plethora of how-to instructions and tips on canning, preserving, freezing, etc, and tons of recipes.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961949757283263982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-71767304310338764542009-10-27T08:53:48.043-07:002009-10-27T08:53:48.043-07:00Hello,
I recently came across your blog and hav...Hello,<br /> I recently came across your blog and have enjoyed reading it. I wanted to comment about brown sugar and bench seats. When I use molasses and white sugar to substitute for brown sugar, I do not even stir them together. I just dump the w. sugar and molasses in the mixing bowl together as I mix my cookies or ,what have you, up. I have not noticed any bad results from doing it that way.<br /> Secondly, bench seats. We have a large family and scoured the market looking for a Suburban with a front bench seat to provide extra seating for our family. We found one and are very happy with it. I remember my Dad saying that there is something wrong with the modern man, that he would want to buy a bucket seat instead of a bench seat, thus preventing him from snuggling with his sweetie next to him.<br /> Amy F.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com