Comments on Nelly's Garden: Sunday Morning Conversation

Keep a stash of old saucers. when the mood strike...

2008-06-18T04:49:00.000+01:00

Keep a stash of old saucers. when the mood strikes, go out back with a hammer and a saucer wrapped in a rag. Smash the saucer with the hammer. Paste on a smile and go back in.

It sounds crazy, but it really does help.

rofl @ Bert's SOHD

2008-06-17T15:05:00.000+01:00

rofl @ Bert's SOH

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94! Oh dear - twelve more years of Pearl-Ri.

2008-06-16T17:03:00.000+01:00

94! Oh dear - twelve more years of Pearl-Ri.

My mother-in-law kept one of those tiny, about the...

2008-06-16T16:13:00.000+01:00

My mother-in-law kept one of those tiny, about the size of a TV, refrigerators in her bedroom. She would say she wasn't hungry then happily eat her braunsweiger, cheese and crackers after we left.

The little fridge let her have some choices; and, although we thought some of them unhealthy choices, she lived to 94.

Pearlie has been turning down big plates for years...

2008-06-15T19:57:00.000+01:00

Pearlie has been turning down big plates for years now. The amount she eats would hardly keep a bird going. But at least it's all fairly good stuff. My own mother lives mostly on buns and chocolate.

We used to give my mother her food on a large plat...

2008-06-15T15:25:00.000+01:00

We used to give my mother her food on a large plate, the portions looked smaller. It worked well for us.