tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post7952830269375685407..comments2024-03-27T03:25:08.267-07:00Comments on Life in the Shoe: Diamonds, Grapes, Kitties, and Such LikeDorcashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-53822790719393354282016-09-05T10:54:50.377-07:002016-09-05T10:54:50.377-07:00Aww, I love your Dad's compliment to you!!
If ...Aww, I love your Dad's compliment to you!!<br />If you get overwhelmed with grapes, you could always send a message around to some of the younger women in your church who might want some grapes and don't grow them.<br />I know I'm glad when people with prolific gardens give me stuff free for the picking.<br />And about grape jelly? The low-sugar freezer stuff is really fast and easy! That's the route I went this year when I was overwhelmed with my grapes.<br />SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-42559340179217132292016-09-03T21:33:25.703-07:002016-09-03T21:33:25.703-07:00I do hope you get some rest soon... I tend to stru...I do hope you get some rest soon... I tend to struggle with resting, though, so I know it can be easier said than done.<br /><br />As a nursing mom of twins, every picture or live scene of a nursing animals floods me with all kinds of warm fuzzy feelings. (Hence, I love the cat picture.) Hormones are a funny thing. :)Mary Anne's Alaskahttp://www.akmaryanne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-63903305855592937382016-09-02T21:56:41.342-07:002016-09-02T21:56:41.342-07:00Thanks for your cat stories!
Athanasia--my Feedbli...Thanks for your cat stories!<br />Athanasia--my Feedblitz disappeared so there's no way to click on my blog to get it by email. However, if you sign up for a feed, like Bloglovin', you can tell them to send new posts to you.<br />Dad is actually 99. And grape jelly! I should make some tomorrow.<br />Sheri--I will take the last part of your advice but not the first, as making juice involves boiling water, steam, heavy kettles, and fierce heat. But resting--yes, I will.Dorcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-11631787489838814382016-09-02T19:22:41.689-07:002016-09-02T19:22:41.689-07:00Oh please teach your Dad how to make grape juice a...Oh please teach your Dad how to make grape juice and go take a long nap!Sheri Wiebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125482351535526566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-56894187830006638342016-09-02T16:30:33.168-07:002016-09-02T16:30:33.168-07:00Hello, I found your blog through somewhere...I for...Hello, I found your blog through somewhere...I forget. Is there a way to follow it so notices come in the email? I could not find a spot to enter my email.<br /><br />True story... a couple years ago my husband found a mewing box on the doorstep of his woodworking shop. It had 3 kittens in it, newly born, wrapped up warm, but still abandoned. He took the box up our road where my daughter and her husband, a veterinarian, live. He examined the kitties, they were healthy but hungry. My daughter went out and got some fresh goat milk for them. There was a tracking label on the box from a mail order delivery! My husband, daughter and son in law grabbed the kitties up and drove about a mile away and knocked on the door. They knew they were in the right place due to a loudly crying cat who became even louder when she heard her kittens. The lady of the house was crying too...her husband had dropped off the kittens on his way to work and she had no car. It turned out they knew that Theo was a vet and hoped for the best for the kittens with adoption. They could not afford to keep the kittens. She was convinced to keep the kittens till they were weaned and ready to leave and her husband agreed by cell phone call...we would take them if homes weren't found. Theo also gave her a letter to use to bring into his office so she could get the mother cat spayed as soon as possible. She did. The kittens all got homes and subsequent "fixing". My daughter and her family kept one of them that they call LF...L and F for lost and found. <br /><br />Sorry to make such a long story first off. <br /><br />Those grapes look wonderful. How nice your father is there to help you. He is 92 you said? We have the concord grapes on our property. They make delicious jelly. Definitely get the gallbladder done. My sister ended up in the hospital for 3 days with the acute pancreatitis due to gall stones blocking the duct. Once the pancreatitis cleared enough they took her gallbladder out by 3 little holes. She was able to go home the next day.Athanasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005869307957326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-16947007376033584302016-09-02T12:41:38.268-07:002016-09-02T12:41:38.268-07:00We had a cat named Tom whom neighbors left when th...We had a cat named Tom whom neighbors left when they moved. Maybe because they knew Tom was not a Tom at all and was about to multiply!<br /><br />The biggest compliment my Dad ever gave me was to go to sleep while I was driving about 10 years ago.Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.com