tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post3124364489762356668..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 23 March 1955 "Middle East, a New Bread Pudding, Kedgeree, and a challange!"50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-43315564769408453122009-10-03T20:59:36.389-07:002009-10-03T20:59:36.389-07:00...as you can see I am catching up on reading your......as you can see I am catching up on reading your past posts!<br />Just wanted to add that as a child who grew up in the 50's (shameless about revealing my age) we of course had never heard the word "seatbelt." There certainly was not the heavy traffic that there is today—but I think sometimes our parents thought we were "safer" than we actually were.<br />I wrote a little story about riding in my mom's humongous '53 Cadillac...you can see what I mean! : )<br /><br />http://dearbabyboomer.blogspot.com/2007/10/moms-cadillac.htmlMamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03589367755081994048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-88933734500398402612009-04-10T07:39:00.000-07:002009-04-10T07:39:00.000-07:00It does seem as if we want to increasingly let go ...It does seem as if we want to increasingly let go of our own accountability and leave it to the government to make the rules for us to live by, "Now, buckle up or you're getting a ticket". It is an odd time, indeed. I, too, remember 1980's rides in the backs of station wagons and the fun of waving at passers by.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-16250281504700038742009-04-09T18:20:00.000-07:002009-04-09T18:20:00.000-07:00i'm 22 but i still remember as a small child in th...i'm 22 but i still remember as a small child in the late 80's to early 90's that my father used to put down the seats in the back of our station wagon and lay a mattress in there for us to sleep in and i don't remember it ever really being a problem it's amazing how many of the changes too road rules have been in the last 15-20 yearsThe Cherry Homemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709069882791620132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-19349591768701133242009-03-31T05:29:00.000-07:002009-03-31T05:29:00.000-07:00lynn-what I notice the most is the amount of respo...lynn-what I notice the most is the amount of responsibility given to children you just described. A 10 year old allowed to handle a fire, and why not. You lived and did not burn yourself. Today a 10 year old is probably not even allowed to TOUCH matches, also the other kids got to go use a gun. Now, I am not a gun freak and I don't hunt but I have shot skeet and rather enjoyed it. Why not have responsibility with things that will NOT go away instead of pretending they are only bad and we need to make laws that seem as if they are not there, then they are all the more enticing to children who don't know how to handle things and hurt themselves and others. I don't have kids so I almost never try to say anything about child rearing, but hubby and I have often talked about what little responsibility is give to kids even into high school and then they are sent to college and expected to suddenly 'be grownups', but how? SO, I think it is great that you, at 10, got to handle the fire.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-30956008061034257292009-03-30T17:37:00.000-07:002009-03-30T17:37:00.000-07:00We lived in a small town and composted what we cou...We lived in a small town and composted what we could and burned what we couldn't. Most people had iron barrels in their back yards to burn their trash in. It was one of my nightly chores when I was 10 or so. It was stinky and it was smoky and it was legal til the early 70s. My father took big stuff to the town dump, which was just a huge, open hill of burning smoldering garbage (before landfills). BTW, going to the dump to shoot rats was a common activity for older kids. Really!lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-34242193843218383692009-03-25T11:18:00.000-07:002009-03-25T11:18:00.000-07:00Well, I can see I have a lot of reading to do here...Well, I can see I have a lot of reading to do here! Just love your outfit for your Vintage Day with friends. Thank you for your visit to my blog and I am looking forward to following you on this mission! I think it's great (but must admit I am writing this in an ugly cotton tracksuit~~but have sinus infection so I think I'm off the fashion hook?) I love to dress vintage and think it's great you've made the decision!<BR/>Best,<BR/>MichelleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-77819916030420530982009-03-24T14:56:00.000-07:002009-03-24T14:56:00.000-07:00Donna- I live in a suburb of Chicago. Many of the...Donna- I live in a suburb of Chicago. Many of the North Shore suburbs started as vacation towns along Lake Michigan so they all have real downtowns. There's also an extensive train system so people can get downtown easily. (If you watched the show Swingtown last summer, where the wives drop off their husbands in the morning and pick them up at night it's like that, but I've never seen any hanky-panky. LOL) It's a fun family outing to take the train to another town, have lunch and go back. The kids love it. The conductor even lets us bring our children's wagon on the train. <BR/><BR/>Because our town was developed so long ago there are many sidewalks and walk to attractions. The kids can't always keep up so we ride bikes a lot with a trailer bike and Burley. It's so nice to be able to bike to the Farmers Market, ice cream store, beach, coffee shop, library, 4th of July and Memorial Day parades. (And we still have local parades- they are becoming more rare. Last year I started talking to this elderly woman who had been to the parade every year for the past 50 years.) It's not unusual for families to have just one car although the winters can be a challenge. We were a one car family for a long time but as the kids got older and had conflicting activities and birthday parties out of our immediate area we saw the need to add a vehicle. <BR/><BR/>We still have some local stores that deliver but now they charge a fee. It's a nice option if you need it though. <BR/><BR/>We definitely have a small town feel here. Everywhere I go there are people I recognize. And if you get to talking you either know their kids or someone who knows them, or they've heard of you- in a good way, of course. :)<BR/><BR/>The only downside is the cost of living and housing prices. Every child deserves to live in a solid community with public services, family events, and safe neighborhoods. It's sad that it's children of more affluent areas that get these benefits. <BR/><BR/>Gotta scoot! It's time to start dinner. <BR/><BR/>sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-81403487642261345062009-03-24T13:01:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:01:00.000-07:00Where do you live S? In the us? That sounds lovely...Where do you live S? In the us? That sounds lovely and old fashioned.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-6609360118484711312009-03-24T12:08:00.000-07:002009-03-24T12:08:00.000-07:00We had a knife sharpener man who would walk up and...We had a knife sharpener man who would walk up and down the streets of our neighborhood ringing a bell. He pushed a big round stone (on wheels) that turned by a foot pedal to sharpen the knives. I haven't seen him the past few summers. It's sad because when we first moved here from the city it was nice to have someone selling an honest service door to door. Now we get a lot of teenagers selling magazines or collecting for charity. Not a bad thing, just not as charming as the knife sharpener. <BR/><BR/>SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-21812698347225166762009-03-24T10:41:00.000-07:002009-03-24T10:41:00.000-07:00Wow Tracy, that was a great comment. I have heard ...Wow Tracy, that was a great comment. I have heard of the ragman from old days, though I myself never experienced it. Perhaps living in a city when you were younger more local things remained possible while the suburbs succumbed to the corp. chain-store sprawl. <BR/>I am really finding that out, the shop local. I do think, though, that anyone who wants to try for a week it would be fun. Even if you don't follow thru or don't WANT to do it, if for next week when you ARE at the big chain you just think, "Hmmm, I wonder where I could buy this(whatever you are buying)locally? If not, could I once and now they do not exist?" Just out of curiosity.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-84561694343391769122009-03-24T09:47:00.000-07:002009-03-24T09:47:00.000-07:00When I was a kid I was born in 1964) we had a garb...When I was a kid I was born in 1964) we had a garbage man and a trash man. Everyone I knew had a garbage pail sunk into the ground with a heavy iron lid that lifted with a foot pedal you stepped on. Garbage--things that now go in the compost heap or garbage disposal, was put in the garbage pail in the yard and a garbage man came to your yard every week and emptied the pail. I remember hating that garbage pail. It was always filled with maggots in the summer (EEEWWW I know) and, it was located in a place in our yard that was like a magnet for us to rip over the pedal when running. Also, the SMELL of the garbage truck!<BR/><BR/>Did anyone else have a ragman? Or was it just my neighborhood in Boston? There was a man who would drive around the neighborhood every week n his big truck singsong yell "Any old rags? Annny oooold raaaags!! And you could wave him down to give him old clothing or rags. I really don't remember seeing anyone give rags to him though, so I don't know if it was a donation thing or he paid you for the rags.<BR/><BR/>I remember riding in cars as a kid w/out seatbelts, and car seats were unheard of back in my day. I lived in a 2 family house until I was nine and I remember my sisters and I (3 of us) along with our upstairs neighbors all riding in the back of the station wagon--in the "way bacK'--fighting over who could sit at the back window, which rolled down then, the rear opened like a pick up truck, not up like they do now. I also remember as a teen squishing 3 guys in the back seat, all with girls on their laps, with 3 in the front. Not saying any of this was safe, just remembering how it used to be.<BR/><BR/>I try to shop local, use my local bakery, lumber yard, small market in my town, but I do use chain stores as well. I wold use more local if they were more abundant. I was just talking about this to my sis today. With the way the economy is and war and all the worries many of us have, it can all be very scary and overwhelming, leading many to have a sense of dispair and helplessness. Sure, we can try to fight the good and big fight. But I find that when I focus locally, it can squelch some of that overwhelmined feeling. So I shop local, support my church, help in my community, support local charities. And really, if everyone did this, wouldn't things be so much more better as we would all be invested where we live, know our neighbors and community.<BR/><BR/>TracyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-6740494965132888672009-03-24T09:17:00.000-07:002009-03-24T09:17:00.000-07:00Those ads are fun! Lucky girl that you get to enjo...Those ads are fun! Lucky girl that you get to enjoy them and lucky us that you share them!Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10878519029964274800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-58710077047170567042009-03-24T07:57:00.000-07:002009-03-24T07:57:00.000-07:00Sanne-I, too, am envious of that waist! Wow, it so...Sanne-I, too, am envious of that waist! Wow, it sounds like Denmark definitely has a few decades ahead of us on recylcing and dealing with garbage. I think the sheer size of our country really plays a big role in not really being 'aware' of it until now. Luckily, and odd that the world luck she be joined with recession, but we have a recession. I think it can be like a war in that it can bring people and a country together. We begin looking to one another and HAVE to look at what we spend, buy, and throw out. Maybe the new Millenium reall will be a return to 'old ways' but in a new light. Wow, Austria sounds very strict. I have never been to Austria, but would love to go. Is it beauftiful? I remember we used to ski in Stowe Vermont and they have the Trapps Family lodge there, run by the real von-trapp family from the Sound of Music, it was the best cross country skiing I have ever had. They said that that bit of Vermont reminded them most of Austria, so if Austria as at all like the beauty of the mountains of Vermont, than it must be breathtaking indeed.<BR/>Jess-thank you so much for that info. I certainly knew that it must be safer now and we certainly need to protect our young children. I do think it funny, though, that such legislation exists to protect infants from car accidents and yet, we have no unified health care for all. I think health care should also be as important as rather or not we put our child in a car seat and I am sure there are many families in our country without health care for their children. I am sure there are gov. money that kicks in in an emergency, but how many families wait on things because they don't have it or how many mothers have to go to work to help pay the high cost of having it in the first place. I have never felt so much for a national health care as I now do after this experiment. Children ARE our future, and they should have good health care and free college. Again, here is MY soapbox ;). I am glad to have that info, as I really don't know that much about it. I need to do more child-rearing research for this project.<BR/>PL-good, I am glad you were not offended. I am sorry that it sounds as if you are not happy where you currently live. I am not sure where 'home' is for you, but I hope your family can get back there. I wonder if many people will return to smaller areas, especially now that the housing market forced so many people into the false idea of house values and now have to lose their homes, if they need to start over they will need to go to where the houses are the cheapest and where there is, unfortunately, most of the foreclosures, but maybe that will start a sort of 're-building of small america'. NOw, that would be a wonderful project. You would need some people on board for that and a group could chose a small town somewhere that was economically depressed and hurting, not too many big chain stores (or only one) and go there en masse and work to bring back the town. How wonderful and fulfilling would that project be!? And you aren't alone, look at all the crazy vintage gals out there, we are all with you, right everyone!50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-80327197957161107892009-03-24T07:18:00.000-07:002009-03-24T07:18:00.000-07:00Oh no, not at all. I wasn't feeling like you were...Oh no, not at all. I wasn't feeling like you were pointing a finger. I know that how we see and understand things will be different, especially according to where we live and the need for each family to make exceptions, doing so in the best way possible. I just know for me, even though I live near a big city, it isn't very much help. In order to get the things we need, I have to adjust our shopping style, but still keep my focus on giving as much support to local stores as possible, and being picky about which bigger stores I do shop at. Our nearest farmer's market is a joke. They sell more "stuff" than produce, so I don't even bother going. The only coffee shop in town now, because of the recession, is Starbucks, and even they are closing some of their stores. There used to be a great coffee shop that we would go to, run by a wonderful family who was so happy to see us every time we came in. They had to close down because they just couldn't compete with Starbucks and the recession. I bought more coffee from them than I normally would just because I wanted to help support them, and I loved the "family" connection we had made with them…that close knit community that we have been talking about. Anyhow, most of the stores in my area (I'm just outside of the big city) are newer chain stores. There are only a few Mom and Pop stores left in our direct area. I think the reason for this is that smaller towns around big cities are trying to compete for business and in order to do so the town brings in the bigger companies. It's sad, but I'm finding that that's the reality of living just outside of a big city. It makes buying local harder, but it's still doable...with adjustments. I’ve had more than enough of big city life. I don’t feel myself here. I’m ready to move back home.<BR/><BR/>In contrast, the last place we lived, “home”, had a lot of Mom and Pop type of stores and businesses, life in general had more options. I had access to a fabulous farmer’s market that sold mostly produce, and a lot of the farmers grew their produce organically. There were also quite a few produce stands where the local farmers grew their own fruits and vegetables and sold them from stands. We also had a number of you pick farms that we could pick our own food if we wanted to. For a time, I was part of a produce co-op run by a self sustaining family run farm. We had several local butcher shops, one that sold grass fed meats, many locally owned coffee shops, boutiques, family owned and run grocery stores, family owned and run restaurants…the list goes on and on. It really was a great mix of privately owned, small, local shops and some big businesses, but with a heavy lean towards Mom and Pop businesses. I MISS having that. I miss the sense of community and smaller town living that that type of economic landscape provides. I’m really like a fish out of water where we live now, and have felt discouraged, but not without hope. We have every intention of moving back home, and my experience here will only help me to appreciate even more what I will have when I have it again. Really, your talking about all of this has helped me not to feel so alone and discouraged.PoppyLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007494773180914306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-7732605618142787032009-03-24T06:51:00.000-07:002009-03-24T06:51:00.000-07:00I really love your blog and your lifestyle experim...I really love your blog and your lifestyle experiment and the findings you've made from living in an alternative way. <BR/><BR/>The comments you made about children riding in cars in car seats and other safety measure parents are now required or recommended to follow are ones that I've heard many times before. That we all survived, etc. and the safety measures are too stringent. It just isn't true. Infant and child mortality rates have steadily declined in the last 50 years. The United States could do a better job, but a lot of our child mortality problems lie in lack of education on the part of the parents and substandard prenatal care for women who do not have health care access. <BR/><BR/>Children are safer in all areas now due to recommendations for car safety, back sleeping as infants to help prevent SIDS, vaccinations, and general safety like wearing bike helmets. It can seem excessive until you are holding your own baby and wanting to do all in your power to keep them safe and healthy. Car seats especially have come a long, long way and the ability to keep small infants and young toddler rear facing in cars has dramatically reduced serious injuries. Infants are very top heavy with huge heads compared to their body size and can actually become internally decapitated if their body is thrown forward forcefully in an impact. <BR/><BR/>Here is a link to a table showing the decline in infant and child mortality rates:<BR/><BR/>http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/haines.demography<BR/><BR/>OK, so clearly this is a soap box issue for me. ;-)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264059472790843992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-61863742038019374462009-03-24T06:17:00.000-07:002009-03-24T06:17:00.000-07:00I'll join your buy local club! :) In fact I'm alre...I'll join your buy local club! :) In fact I'm already a member, but since I live in Denmark, then perhaps I don't count.<BR/><BR/>In Denmark we sort our waste, we deliver glass and all kinds of paper and cardboard for recycling and reuse. All kinds of vegetables are composted, the remaining waste goes into the bin which is collected once a week. If we go to the dumpsite, which in fact is a recycling station, we have to sort everything in the right containers. DH drives iron to the dumpsite too. I know from my holidays in Austria that they sort their daily waste in 7 or 8 categories, so we Danes don't have to complain. The remaining waste which is collected once a week are burned in special furnaces using special high-technological filters. I've worked at an environmental department engineering and designing all the mentioned stuff. So we don't have much waste left here in Denmark.<BR/><BR/>My parents bought a house from 1911 and we found a lot of funny things digged into the garden, mostly potsherd and smaller metal items. You didn't get much packaging back then, because you took your own pots and boxes with you to the grocery. And everything else was composted.<BR/><BR/>I envy her waist in that toreador pants ad! ;)Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961726199606387103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-47646956710010136752009-03-24T05:07:00.000-07:002009-03-24T05:07:00.000-07:00Thanks PL-I know the challenge will be the hardest...Thanks PL-I know the challenge will be the hardest with groceries, but like I said, we have a great little store in the small seaside town here (which is a library and the store that's it) that just went under new management. I and others were sad, as this shop is in an old house and has been the same for years. It was the place for to grab your coffee and sit in the window and meet etc, know much of where the sitting went on has been turned into space for groceries but still in a very small town way, it has to. I mean there are say three cans of tomato soup and that's it. So, obviously it is more expensive and really is there for summer sailors. However, I am going to try them next week and they also have a pretty good butcher area in there now. I will most likely get less for my usual budget, but then I will have to see what I can do with what I have. It will sort of be a sample of my 'ealier life' in the 1940s where I had to make do with what was available. I am certainly not hating people for their reasons to shop at Costco. We all have to do what we have to do, only love and understanding here. I used to shop at many chains. The hardest part for me, too, this summer, will be when I want to do some of my building gardening I cannot go to lowes and home depot. They obvioulsy have cheaper prices, but we have a local lumber yard that I can use and TONS of local nursereys that I need to support. So, it is really just a learning curve for me. I don't expect everyone to do what I do, it'd be boring then, right? I am just glad I can bring you all along with me on my journey, in fact you can laugh at me when I have to pay three times as much for my whatever from the local shop while you save more at costco, then who is the sucker, right? <BR/>So, again, I just want everyone who reads this to know that I am not a militant homemaker trying to convert you all to my ways. I am excited by much of what I am finding, as it is all new to me. I am beginning to feel as if I see the reality of the world more, and instead of feeling powerless, I feel more empowered, if that makes any sense. <BR/>Well, off to work on todays blog.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-87203716165145287552009-03-24T04:28:00.000-07:002009-03-24T04:28:00.000-07:00We have our specific reasons for shopping at Costc...We have our specific reasons for shopping at Costco as well, including the fact that my husband does not want to stop our membership, so I make the best of our membership.<BR/><BR/>No matter what stores we shop in, we can do our best to avoid buying products from China. I still believe that shopping at bigger/chain stores is fine as long as it's balanced with the majority of our shopping being done at smaller, local stores. If everyone did this, the bigger stores wouldn't be as big and there would be more balance. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong and in time I'll change my mind.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with your challenge.PoppyLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007494773180914306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-63592284530771555222009-03-23T18:42:00.000-07:002009-03-23T18:42:00.000-07:00Thanks Shay, well I was sort of close, creamy, vel...Thanks Shay, well I was sort of close, creamy, velvet, sort of, right? Interesting. I do know that Kedgeree used to be eaten in England and I think it still is today, isn't it? I know it was definitely a staple at Edwardian breakfast spreads with kidneys (yum) and etc.<BR/>I need to make it with some curry. I am going to grow some this year, it is a lovely ornamental plant that will spread nicely and is an easy perrenial, and has beautiful dusty leaves, not unlike dusty miller.<BR/>Any takers for the challange next week?50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-9800683182409781972009-03-23T18:24:00.000-07:002009-03-23T18:24:00.000-07:00Oh, and veloute is derived from the word velours, ...Oh, and veloute is derived from the word <I>velours</I>, velvet. <BR/><BR/>(sorry, hit "post" too soon!)Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-60492618998170890752009-03-23T18:18:00.000-07:002009-03-23T18:18:00.000-07:00Kedgeree is a corruption of kitchri, an Indian ric...Kedgeree is a corruption of <I>kitchri</I>, an Indian rice and mung bean dish that doesn't resemble kedgeree at all (except that it includes rice). Creamed fish was a breakfast staple in England and the U.S. (and probably Canada and Australia and South Africa and New Zealand). Indian cooks working for British families stationed in India added the spices to tempt appetites dulled by the climate (and also to disguise the taste of ingredients that had gone slightly "off" in the heat).Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-83954937603392499462009-03-23T15:15:00.000-07:002009-03-23T15:15:00.000-07:00Hi Donna, Mrs Beeton claims that kedgeree (also sp...Hi Donna, <BR/><BR/>Mrs Beeton claims that kedgeree (also spelled Kadgiori, Kitchri or Kegeree) is actually an Indian dish of fish and rice curried.<BR/><BR/>It's also supposed to be served in a pyramid shape, decorated with the yolk of an egg...<BR/><BR/>Apparently it's a good way to use up cold fish from the night before.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, keep up the great bloggingweenie_elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351069076057033043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-62187568551451641072009-03-23T14:17:00.000-07:002009-03-23T14:17:00.000-07:00Your challenge is interesting. I was just thinking...Your challenge is interesting. I was just thinking about your blog about buying local over the weekend.<BR/>I do try to shop or do business with locally owned shops and resturants as much a possible. In the summer, I use a farmer's market. There are some things that I have no ideas on how to find a localy owned store - such a grocery store. I do use regional stores - they are chain, but only in my part of the country. When picking a national chain or phone carrier, I do try to use companys that make an impact in the community through charitable giving. I also find that the regional stores are more involved in the community than national chains.<BR/>It will be interesting to see what other have to say.<BR/><BR/>lastmango2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-30099894931179566622009-03-23T13:55:00.000-07:002009-03-23T13:55:00.000-07:00I love it! We all can rant now, can't we?! I agree...I love it! We all can rant now, can't we?! I agree and don't even get me started about juicy 'trak suites'. ICK. And why oh why is everything low rise? Honestly, unless you are a size 0 you get a muffin top. I know I feel more comortable and look better with clothes at my natural waist. It is almost as if low-rise is another means to make us lazy, I know I never want to bend too much in them! The other day my vintage high-waisted jeans were dirty and I saw my old gap low rise in the back of my closet. I thought, "Well, I am just working around the house", so I put them on and away I went. I can tell you that lasted all of five minutes and they are now in the rag bag, GOOD RIDDANCE! Every time I would bend to clean and reach, down they would go and if I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror, eek the muffin top I had not seen for the past few months! NO, thank you. At the end of this project, my clothes are staying just as they are, nice and vintage. I don't care if I dress 1955 for the rest of my life, at least then I can collect up and keep a nice complete set of clothes, spend less and have everything I need for every occasion and there are NO occasions for trak suits except one: running!<BR/>Wow, another rant. <BR/>Next week I am going to really try my little mini project of only going local. That means no more stop and shop next week. Once the farm is open where I go and my own veg are growing, then it will be easier. I wonder if you live in CA, can you grow your own produce year round and if so, why wouldn't you?50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-55872898650636646962009-03-23T13:17:00.000-07:002009-03-23T13:17:00.000-07:0050'sgal- This exactly what I've been trying to do ...50'sgal- This exactly what I've been trying to do since January. (Buy locally, that is.) I had one too many trips to Target where I spent too much on things because they were a "good deal" and decided it's time to just get what I need. So no more Target and chain stores are ok only if they're in my little town.<BR/><BR/>It's been nice. I've always shopped at a few local children's clothing stores because the service and selection is great. And I prefer my local grocery store (the one I mentioned in my last comment). But I do go to Whole Foods, when I'm near there for the meat and local produce because it's just better. I go to Costco every month or less because there's just some things we need to get there. (Like what? We loce Illy coffee and while the local grocery store has it it sits for a long time and even though it's in a sealed can it didn't taste good when we bought it there. Costco carries it now so I get there or at Whole Foods.) <BR/><BR/>I was disappointed when I went to the local gas station who also sells tires. They couldn't replace my tires because Honda has them replaceable only by the dealers by selling the special machine to do it only to their dealers. Blah! This station is wonderful- pumps the gas for you at the same price they charge for self serve, checks the fluids, etc. And they won't take tips. So I bring them Christmas cookies every year. These are the people I want to put on my really expensive new tires! But I can't. ...sigh...<BR/><BR/>I tried our local butcher and the meat was good but they can't get grass fed beef, except Kobe that's like $50 a pound! There's another local grocery store with a full butcher in it and they have great meat- talked to the butcher and all but they're more pricey than Whole Foods, if you can believe that's possible. <BR/><BR/>I think our society has become way too casual in their choice of dress. While I don't think all women must wear skirts I think the velour sweatsuit is a bit too much to wear to Neiman Marcus for lunch. (I honestly saw a woman wearing one. I don't care if it's that Juicy brand! Save them for lounging around the house.) I can see in the ad for the "safe" pants that this is where it perhaps started. But the woman in the ad showed concern about her look, even if she was just cleaning the house. It's just sad that undergarments are for fashion and not support. At the current size of most people in our country some good quality shapers would do us some good. But then who would bother in Juicy sweats??<BR/><BR/>Looks like I'm off on my own little rant now. :)<BR/><BR/>SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com