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Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?
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JenniferS
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Oh, it probably is.Not that that's you...
Hubby thinks I'm adorable.
I suspect I'm an acquired taste.
And seriously, you were at a restaurant, and not even a whiff of photographic evidence?!
JenniferS
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Since December 1996.Are you still vomit free?
I pulled a muscle in my rib cage though.
I am the prettiest crier you ever did see, and the most repulsive retcher.
NYwdwfan
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I'm not sure alt here's any other category for wretcher - other than repulsive.
Retcher or wretcher? My phone doesn't like either.
It was A&W. And while it was delicious, my burger was so flat and disgusting looking it would make this thread look trashy. Even if it had a green filter.
JenniferS
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No "w".
Some of us are a little more vocal than others during the process. Same reason I can't take the garbage out in the summer.
~Experiment 626~
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The main thing is your Hubby thinks you're adorable. That is all that counts. My Hubby thinks the same way and the world of me. Sometimes I wonder why, but I like his judgement.
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
I just discovered the most delightful show on PBS - Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
I love period pieces. I love strong, glamourous heroines. I love simmering, not-yet fulfilled, love interests.
If I were taller, thinner, more glamourous, very, very wealthy, and a 30-something Australian private detective in the 1920's, I could very well fancy myself as Phryne Fisher.
And oh happy day, the television series is based on a series of books. Fingers crossed my library carries them.
I love period pieces. I love strong, glamourous heroines. I love simmering, not-yet fulfilled, love interests.
If I were taller, thinner, more glamourous, very, very wealthy, and a 30-something Australian private detective in the 1920's, I could very well fancy myself as Phryne Fisher.
And oh happy day, the television series is based on a series of books. Fingers crossed my library carries them.
Nemo14
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Oh, you must have saved the wrapping paper from the gift that Jennifer gave you last year, and are using it on someone else's gift this year. That's very frugal. (My grandmother would have been proud of you for that!)
MY MIL was famous for saving wrapping paper. She would get upset if you tore the paper when unwrapping a gift. One year I got a present from here that had an old tag still taped to it. The tag was for a relative that had passed away before I even became part of the family.
Why queen of course, because I am indeed the queen.
Eric1955
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We save all of the gift bags (that are in decent shape at least), and just put new tags on them every year. Every now and then a bag is not relabeled, and it's a process to figure out who the gift is actually for without spoiling the surprise.MY MIL was famous for saving wrapping paper. She would get upset if you tore the paper when unwrapping a gift. One year I got a present from here that had an old tag still taped to it. The tag was for a relative that had passed away before I even became part of the family.
Why queen of course, because I am indeed the queen.
Nemo14
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I reuse gift bags, but wrapping paper is a whole different story. Of course she also reused plastic forks and spoons, and even paper plates at times...We save all of the gift bags (that are in decent shape at least), and just put new tags on them every year. Every now and then a bag is not relabeled, and it's a process to figure out who the gift is actually for without spoiling the surprise.
Yeah, wrapping paper gets thrown in a garbage bag as soon as it's off the gift. My grandma on my mom's side used to save and wash plastic forks and spoons, too. She would also wash out plastic Ziploc bags and reuse them, even if they had messy/liquidy contents.
Nemo14
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MIL did that with zip locks too. I had forgotten all about that til you mentioned it. I think they probably did that because they grew up during the Depression.
Most likely. It's just weird because nowadays the reason people buy these things is because you don't have to wash them afterwards.
In high school, we'd have special "food days" in French class that related to a holiday or unit we were learning about. My teacher always washed the plastic forks and spoons. It was funny, but I might do the same thing as a teacher.
JenniferS
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I might be known for washing and re-using plastic cutlery. 
In my defence, I buy the really expensive stuff that is even dishwasher safe.
I wash and re-use where I can, but if 90% of them get thrown out at any particular function, I don't even bat an eye.
My Baba used to re-use bread bags and milk bags. She used wax paper for everything. Probably had never purchased a roll of tin foil or a box of Ziplock bags in her entire life.
In my defence, I buy the really expensive stuff that is even dishwasher safe.I wash and re-use where I can, but if 90% of them get thrown out at any particular function, I don't even bat an eye.
My Baba used to re-use bread bags and milk bags. She used wax paper for everything. Probably had never purchased a roll of tin foil or a box of Ziplock bags in her entire life.
We get the cheap-o dollar store stuff when we have gatherings. Plates and napkins for holidays are from the dollar store. Our family isn't very fancy, and we hate cleanup, so it's the best option for us.I might be known for washing and re-using plastic cutlery.
I wash and re-use where I can, but if 90% of them get thrown out at any particular function, I don't even bat an eye.
My Baba used to re-use bread bags and milk bags. She used wax paper for everything. Probably had never purchased a roll of tin foil or a box of Ziplock bags in her entire life.
PS- Your post was #26,000.
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
MinnieM123
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Old habits are hard to break. My grandparents came from the Depression, and some of their frugal ways were ingrained in my mother.
My mother refused to use plastic baggies for our sandwiches that we took to school. Instead, we only had wax paper, that was folded around the sandwich. But here's the best part--we had to shake off any bread crumbs, fold the wax paper, and bring it home ever day. She'd use it for the whole week. At the end of the week, she'd throw out the wax paper. (Fridays were always tuna salad sammie days, because tuna made a mess on the wax paper, and it made sense to her to give us tuna on the last day of the school week.)
Now, as kids, we were mortified
being the ONLY kids in class that had wax paper, when we took our lunch out of our lunch bags. All the other cool kids had plastic baggies AND could throw them out every day. 