Grandma sort of evolved her family dinners around dishes she thought people liked. If she knew I was coming over, there'd be deviled eggs. My little brother really liked that jello salad when he was little (it's sweet, duh) so even after he turned 20, she was making it for him. My cousin Keven meant a bowl of not-on-the-cob corn, because he'd had braces when he first came to stay with us, but liked corn. That sort of thing. By the time she died, our family dinners were stylized and fixed meals that represented our past as a family. Which is a nice way to think about it when you don't have to eat it, lol.

lol. If a teacher gave me a project over the break I'd straight up tell them to fuck off.

Monstahh - you'd be saying it a lot to mine when I was in school!

@Jez, aww that is actually really cute to hear. XD

my college teachers had logic right though... they said "Why should I spend all day grading your work? I don't want to so it'll be 2 eweeks before you get your papers back" :lol:

aw, monstahh' that's sweet. (about the books, not the homework) Although I think it would take me years to be able to open such a thing without crying.

I've never understood homework over vacation. Are they LOOKING for a way to fail kids?

IDK why they do it either, it almost seems like a "I'll do it cause I can!"

Originally Posted by Jezriel

My grandma gave me a cookbook like that for Christmas one year. It had all the 'family' recepies in it that she thought we'd like.

Which meant that some of it we were happy to see, some of it we rolled our eyes because she always fixed these things for us not knowing we didn't really care about the particular dishes, and a few whaaaaa? items.

But the fact that she wrote it out for me with her shaky grandma cursive is special to me, even if I'll never make that jello salad. XD

It is special. I would love to have something like that.
Maybe someday you will have a craving for that jello salad & be happy that you have her recipe.

I think the holiday recipe I miss the most from my Grandma was for her stuffing. As Grandma got older & her arthritis got worse her stuffing sort of became a new adventure. My brother & I always loved it, but the last few times she made it you would hit pockets of herbs. Hitting a big bunch of sage & pepper would almost make you cry. We never told her & we happily ate every bite. I sure do miss her. That is another of our lost recipes. My Mom & Dad have been trying to figure it out for the last 12 years. Maybe someday they will master it.

@_@doesn't the event end in 15 minutes?

I hope they can! I love my dad's stuffing a lot. mmm now I want some

Well...the reason I feel bad and try to avoid them, is because I didn't particularly like the woman. She was in her 70s when I was born. She was like 92 when she died a few years ago. And she had dementia. After I was about 11 she couldn't remember who I was...and before that I mainly saw her as a bitter old lady who would yell at me when I played with my 'Toto.'

I'm actually a little upset about Toto. My grandfather kept him, but the second to last time I visited, he asked me to take him, but I was afraid that if I did, he would die too (irrational, I know) but when I came back to visit again, he'd gotten rid of him. And I wish someone had told me that was what was going to happen. :(

I miss Toto so much. And uhg I feel so bad about my nana, and not talking to my grandpa enough. u__u

PHEW... nvm... 6pm... meaning hour and 15 minutes @_@

Originally Posted by hummy

your art must have been wonderful!
care to share?

lol no not really XD But that was a lot of work for one item XD

Here are the four pictures I did...they're so old,.....done in 2008 for the item:
1) Maria-Minamino's deviantART Gallery
2) Love at Sunrise by ~Maria-Minamino on deviantART
3) A Starry Night by ~Maria-Minamino on deviantART
4) Fly Me to the Moon by ~Maria-Minamino on deviantART

Haha I was just writing a response to you when the new post popped up. XD

Originally Posted by Damia Flagg

It is special. I would love to have something like that.
Maybe someday you will have a craving for that jello salad & be happy that you have her recipe.

I think the holiday recipe I miss the most from my Grandma was for her stuffing. As Grandma got older & her arthritis got worse her stuffing sort of became a new adventure. My brother & I always loved it, but the last few times she made it you would hit pockets of herbs. Hitting a big bunch of sage & pepper would almost make you cry. We never told her & we happily ate every bite. I sure do miss her. That is another of our lost recipes. My Mom & Dad have been trying to figure it out for the last 12 years. Maybe someday they will master it.

Yeah, it was like that for us, too. Her egg salad was amazing, but near the end it got a little crunchy.... >.>'
She tried so hard though, we couldn't really say anything. To her, food was her best expression of love.

Originally Posted by Paprika

Haha I was just writing a response to you when the new post popped up. XD

Wait...who? XD Sorry I'm confused who you're talkign about but it's just because I posted right above you lolol XD Sorry if you aren't talking to me XD

Poet, is who. He asked about the time.

Uhg. I started bawling. I'm going to shut up now.

Poet, tell your wifey to accept the trade next time she gets on.

Originally Posted by Paprika

Poet, is who. He asked about the time.

lol okay! Just making sure XD

hummy: Kalidoflower pinwheel by ~Dread-Pirate-Isaac on deviantART here is one of mine. I really should go back to deviantArt & add something new sometime.

-hugs monstah-

16.25/21 =D and I'll be done

Yay! You're almost there. You can definitely do it. :)

Hope so...

So where is everyone planning to go after the event?

Bed! xD

lol I meant on menewsha XD