tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post684383491976358444..comments2024-03-24T17:06:58.902-07:00Comments on Kitchen Connection: I’M NOT A CELEBRITY....GET ME OUT OF HERE!Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-79827250009578452062017-03-11T19:36:13.812-08:002017-03-11T19:36:13.812-08:00Hey there, Cosmo...I agree...I should send it to t...Hey there, Cosmo...I agree...I should send it to that fellow who tried to open his mouth at the party! ;)<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-19037039481062556962017-03-11T19:35:12.434-08:002017-03-11T19:35:12.434-08:00Aha!! :)Aha!! :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-22324609882862047152017-03-11T16:47:37.237-08:002017-03-11T16:47:37.237-08:00Wise words at the end there.Wise words at the end there.J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-28679059289650874182017-03-11T15:06:21.818-08:002017-03-11T15:06:21.818-08:00All is revealed in my latest post Lee. All is revealed in my latest post Lee. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-42381994121336739022017-03-11T12:33:30.069-08:002017-03-11T12:33:30.069-08:00I'm not fond of big parties, either, Graham......I'm not fond of big parties, either, Graham...I prefer/preferred smaller get-together with friends than mobs of people I have little interest in knowing or don't know at all. <br /><br />I'm now wondering if you ever again took cheesecake along with you...in fear of being inundated with marriage proposals! It would be kind of a variation on the Pied Piper theme! :)<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-51019005139098290042017-03-10T23:02:24.329-08:002017-03-10T23:02:24.329-08:00I have always had a dislike of parties. The one ad...I have always had a dislike of parties. The one advantage of age is that I rarely feel obliged to attend them. Small gatherings of good friends on the other hand are, and always have been, for me the epitome of life's social enjoyment. I can't say that I am good mates with my ex (a term I rarely use) but I certainly having nothing bad to say about her and people know better than to say anything derogatory about her to me. Taking a plate is, of course, also a New Zealand practice and one I found it very easy to slip into. My cheesecake even got me a proposal of marriage at a croquet club tournament.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-30468478397695389602017-03-10T04:54:37.942-08:002017-03-10T04:54:37.942-08:00Actually, the mini muffins were a great hit, Yorki...Actually, the mini muffins were a great hit, Yorkie. They went down a treat. I was very pleased with them...if I hadn't been, I wouldn't have taken them along with me. And I certainly wouldn't have taken store-bought ones if I'd not been happy with them. I've never bought muffins...perhaps they're better than the ones I made...but we will never know, will we? :)<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-45519621912335755812017-03-10T04:49:54.480-08:002017-03-10T04:49:54.480-08:00The drama with Mr Gob-on-Legs was all very well an...The drama with Mr Gob-on-Legs was all very well and good but I wanted to know how the mini-muffins went down? "Oh Marjorie! These mini-muffins are absolutely divine. So light and tasty. They must have been shop bought."Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-51032737716205268042017-03-09T15:05:37.558-08:002017-03-09T15:05:37.558-08:00No, Mr. Ad-Man...you heard incorrectly. I don'...No, Mr. Ad-Man...you heard incorrectly. I don't know who has been feeding you false information! :) <br /><br />Seeing I had only two glasses of Rosé throughout the painful couple of hours it's not the wine that is dangerous. But, on the other hand, if an idiot presents himself in front of me, the bottle could become dangerous! <br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :) Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-71152559971504440822017-03-09T15:00:11.675-08:002017-03-09T15:00:11.675-08:00Hey Lynn....I got great pleasure out of doing so, ...Hey Lynn....I got great pleasure out of doing so, too. I was not at all interested in hearing his opinion, or partaking in a discussion with him about someone and something about whom/which he knows little, if anything! He'll never try it on with me again, that's for sure! :)<br /><br />I can't stand pretentious people, Lynn...and there were quite a few at that "garden party" the other Sunday. Pretentious, self-indulgent pretenders! Some have their heads so far up their nether regions they need miners' lamps to see! ;)<br /><br />The muffins I made did turn out well. I was very happy with them. I tweaked the recipes a bit as I always tend to do...adding what I felt like adding and leaving out other things. <br /><br />Thanks for visiting. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-75477688624751414502017-03-09T08:19:44.290-08:002017-03-09T08:19:44.290-08:00From that I read that Rose wine is dangerous...From that I read that Rose wine is dangerous...Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-88616703431774928862017-03-09T03:16:51.913-08:002017-03-09T03:16:51.913-08:00So glad you shut that fool down - you are a good a...So glad you shut that fool down - you are a good and loyal friend.<br /><br />Your muffins look so good - I'll bet they were a hit! That happens to me, too, sometimes - invited to parties in which I am supposed to bring a nibble to share. I have an ex-friend who is rather pretentious and has an even more pretentious sister. I was invited to a quickly thrown together party on a Saturday evening once at the pretentious sister's home - one of those stand around on the terrace and chat evenings. I was very busy that day and didn't have time to think through a nibble. So I stopped at the market and one of those platters that has cubes of cheese and toothpicks. And no one ate any of it - not one cube. I was young enough to be embarrassed then - I wouldn't be now. I left it there when I departed and imagined it being made fun of and it going in the garbage after I left. :) I do not miss those gals one bit.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-20986710663816278752017-03-09T02:52:01.231-08:002017-03-09T02:52:01.231-08:00I can imagine your Mum's incredulous thoughts ...I can imagine your Mum's incredulous thoughts re the "bring a plate", River. And for someone not used to that Aussie practice would be confused and mistaken about what is meant by the term. <br /><br />I was never able to bring myself to ask my guests to do so when I used to entertain. It just wasn't part of my thinking. It was just the way I was, I guess...and yet, I never go anywhere empty-handed! A paradox I am! lol<br /><br />Thanks for popping in again. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-13424746753622380282017-03-09T02:35:21.845-08:002017-03-09T02:35:21.845-08:00When I was very young we were relatively new to Au...When I was very young we were relatively new to Australia and my mum didn't know about "bring a plate" she thought it meant an empty plate because maybe the hostess, usually a Sunday school group or something like that, didn't have enough crockery to be serving the numbers that would turn up. So she sent us along each carrying an empty plate and a spoon. We got laughed at. When we explained it to mum she wasn't amused. "They" make a party and 'we' have to bring the food? she did get used to it eventually.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-82661709934717326922017-03-08T22:16:54.831-08:002017-03-08T22:16:54.831-08:00The "bring a plate" was taken literally,...The "bring a plate" was taken literally, I was told once by a friend up north. She had said it when inviting a fairly newcomer to our Aussie shores...and the guest did just that...brought an empty plate, wondering why the hell she had to do so! lol<br /><br />Thanks for coming by, Margaret. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-4267510478440687802017-03-08T21:59:27.511-08:002017-03-08T21:59:27.511-08:00One night not worth going to for you then after al...One night not worth going to for you then after all your cooking.<br />Bring a plate - often said, would be funny if we did just take a plate with nothing on it. Really it's an odd saying.<br />Well 4 acres is rather a large area as you say to have people on who are expected to small talk to each other, one could get well and truly lost in that area.<br />Definitely no place like home.Margaret Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074619859060647600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-46751314424197309432017-03-08T13:32:02.627-08:002017-03-08T13:32:02.627-08:00Hey Sandra...the party was as I expected it to be,...Hey Sandra...the party was as I expected it to be, really. I wasn't surprised.<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-35438807222135280332017-03-08T13:30:57.105-08:002017-03-08T13:30:57.105-08:00Hi Arleen...there is more details as I mentioned i...Hi Arleen...there is more details as I mentioned in my post...but I don't intend going into the finer details....they're private. There is a reason why I decided to attend. I knew before I went that I wouldn't enjoy the party...I knew it wasn't going to be my kind of party. If I had decided not to go...I wouldn't have made an excuse...I would have just said I wasn't going - pure and simple; black and white. :)<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-74631850947042477742017-03-08T07:24:35.265-08:002017-03-08T07:24:35.265-08:00Love the keeping your mouth shut meme. So true.
I...Love the keeping your mouth shut meme. So true.<br />I'm sorry this party didn't turn out better after all the time, effort and money you put into it.<br />Those muffins sound wondrous.Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-91580031481170168792017-03-08T05:56:14.793-08:002017-03-08T05:56:14.793-08:00Among very good friends, we not only bring wine to...Among very good friends, we not only bring wine to a party, we often bring a small dish of food. The important thing is to all get together and enjoy each other's company. If it is a party given by people we don't associate with often, a bottle of wine is sufficient. However, we no longer have to go to the latter, and for that I am grateful. <br /><br />It is too bad that you had to go to that party and supply such a large amount of food. To have to put up with insufferable fools and be around people that you don't like sounds awful. Start thinking of excuses now for he next time they ask you over. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-66996456469047534472017-03-08T04:56:09.751-08:002017-03-08T04:56:09.751-08:00Hi Andrew...I agree...socialising does become tedi...Hi Andrew...I agree...socialising does become tedious as one ages. Enough is enough already - and I've done enough already! :) <br /><br />I enjoy my own company too much these days, and that of my two furry rascals. I can't be bothered half the nonsense that's discussed! My two cats make more sense most of the time! ;)<br /><br />Yep! Turtle Cove is at Wangetti Beach, approx 18kms north of Palm Cove. I lived at the northern beaches of Cairns...at Yorkeys Knob and then Clifton Beach for approx 3 years after I left Hinchinbrook. And then, I went to live on Newry Island and run the little set-up that was on there back then in the early 90s.<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)<br /><br />Thanks for coming by.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-52611101662621227492017-03-08T03:06:29.672-08:002017-03-08T03:06:29.672-08:00Doesn't socialising become increasingly tediou...Doesn't socialising become increasingly tedious as you age, even with family. I try to be bright and conversational and interested, and perhaps I succeed, or maybe not. I'd rather be at home with R indulging in our own selfish lives. Ah yes, Mateus forever put me off Rosé (what is the keyboard code for one of those thingies over the e? I know, I will cut and past the word).<br /><br />Did Turtle Cove where we stayed become Palm Cove. I have checked, and no. Turtle Cove was a bit further north. <br /><br />While we are not party people, we have been some terrifically well organised parties in the last decade or so, mostly hosted by dykes. Yes, there is no great space between guests. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-1777261742115237572017-03-08T01:08:57.485-08:002017-03-08T01:08:57.485-08:00Hi River...I wasn't "caught in the middle...Hi River...I wasn't "caught in the middle", and never have any intention of being so. I've already made my position perfectly clear to my ex-sister-in-law and her husband; and I made it perfectly clear to the clown on Sunday when he tried to open his mouth what I thought. He'll think twice if he ever tries to do that again while in my presence...and he won't try it on again. I don't tolerate stupidity and ignorance, nor do I abide pretentious people. And if people don't like that about me...that's their problem, not mine. :)<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)<br />Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-167338626116547982017-03-07T23:13:28.357-08:002017-03-07T23:13:28.357-08:00I try to avoid all social occasions that don't...I try to avoid all social occasions that don't absolutely need me to be there. I don't like to get 'caught in the middle' if people start talking about other people that I might know.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-26959974067982410672017-03-07T20:58:08.753-08:002017-03-07T20:58:08.753-08:00It's my second husband, Randall, to whom I ref...It's my second husband, Randall, to whom I refer, not my first husband. He and I will always remain good mates. I remain on good terms with both my exes, as I've mentioned previously.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.com