I Am Angry Today Because . . .

[Sundrop]

It's still standing but is in pretty rough shape. The other week in a dense fog I actually hit it turning into the driveway. Only a little chip came out of it, which required some more duct tape. The mailbox is held together with duct tape... thank gawd they make colored duct tape in tan, nowadays.

 

[Dana Jean]

I can't say I'm angry - I'm fine. But my year of "NO" is making everyone else angry. Just in the past 15 days I have run off a catering team, 2 volunteers, angered the Ogre into 3 days of silence, caused my boss to slam his door, made my daughter mad. But for some reason, my mom likes me more. Go figure.

The resistance is strong. But I'm feeling something, guys. I think I can feel all the prayers and good vibes y'all are sending my way. I've been strong and brave. I'm surprised at my apathy. It's going my way though - but everyone around must think I'm a pod person. Ha! I'm just getting started. Look out!

Good job! When you say NO, they have to work. You are not their packhorse.

 

[cat in a bag]

I have had to learn how to say NO sometimes, too. I had to tell the kids that I needed to not watch the littles every day anymore. I love them to pieces but I had zero time with my kids still at home, zero time with my husband. Got left behind a lot, when they would all go do things and I couldn't go because I was babysitting.

It upset them for a while because they had to start paying for daycare. And I had to just put my foot down again regarding the new baby. I just can't do it every day.

I still have Sage twice a week and RJ 1-2 times a week, depending on his weekends with Brandon. And I enjoy my time with them. But I also am very much enjoying the time with my kids and husband, too. And the occasional day when it works out that I am all by my lonesome.

 

[Spideyman]

I have had to learn how to say NO sometimes, too. I had to tell the kids that I needed to not watch the littles every day anymore. I love them to pieces but I had zero time with my kids still at home, zero time with my husband. Got left behind a lot, when they would all go do things and I couldn't go because I was babysitting.

It upset them for a while because they had to start paying for daycare. And I had to just put my foot down again regarding the new baby. I just can't do it every day.

I still have Sage twice a week and RJ 1-2 times a week, depending on his weekends with Brandon. And I enjoy my time with them. But I also am very much enjoying the time with my kids and husband, too. And the occasional day when it works out that I am all by my lonesome.

Me Days are special.

 

[Dana Jean]

I have had to learn how to say NO sometimes, too. I had to tell the kids that I needed to not watch the littles every day anymore. I love them to pieces but I had zero time with my kids still at home, zero time with my husband. Got left behind a lot, when they would all go do things and I couldn't go because I was babysitting.

It upset them for a while because they had to start paying for daycare. And I had to just put my foot down again regarding the new baby. I just can't do it every day.

I still have Sage twice a week and RJ 1-2 times a week, depending on his weekends with Brandon. And I enjoy my time with them. But I also am very much enjoying the time with my kids and husband, too. And the occasional day when it works out that I am all by my lonesome.

I understand.

We want to be all things for everyone. And we just can't. And personal alone time is so damn important. Alone time is so damn important. Just to think your thoughts, do what you want to do even if that is just to sit there and stare at the sky.

I'm so glad you have found a balance that nurtures you.

 

[Sundrop]

I have had to learn how to say NO sometimes, too. I had to tell the kids that I needed to not watch the littles every day anymore. I love them to pieces but I had zero time with my kids still at home, zero time with my husband. Got left behind a lot, when they would all go do things and I couldn't go because I was babysitting.

It upset them for a while because they had to start paying for daycare. And I had to just put my foot down again regarding the new baby. I just can't do it every day.

I still have Sage twice a week and RJ 1-2 times a week, depending on his weekends with Brandon. And I enjoy my time with them. But I also am very much enjoying the time with my kids and husband, too. And the occasional day when it works out that I am all by my lonesome.

Yay, CAT!!! We all need our 'me' time.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Why do old women around these parts protect their potato pierogie recipes as if they were Coca-Cola’s secret formula? Apparently church ladies of the Lehigh Valley and Pocono regions of Pennsylvania have joined some Masonic-type Secret Order of the Pierogie … but I can’t prove it.

These women only pass on their recipes to daughters or grand-daughters who are deemed worthy, promise to name their first born female offspring in their honor, and provide for them in old age. And these progeny also follow the tradition, taking some vow to never pass on the recipe to anyone other than a direct female descendant of a bloodline to some mysterious matriarch that must have been the eastern European cousin of Mary Magdalene. My wife’s grandmother deemed her oldest daughter (my wife’s mother) unworthy of receiving the secret family recipe and instead passed it on to my wife’s aunt. But since the aunt only had two sons the family recipe is destined to go the way of the dinosaur. The wife tried getting the recipe from her aunt but she only provided a vague recipe description with “add to taste” purposely listed numerous times. “Add to taste” is bull$hit! Necessary to the ingredients are the type of flour, potato and cheese. Its got to be the right kind of proper aged cheese from certain sources who keeps it under lock and key in the back of their markets, and only turn it over to babas knowing the secret password. The wife tried the recipe a couple of times but has admitted defeat in her goal to achieve the family pierogi. There are recipes on the internet the wife has tried but they produce a Yugo instead of a Maserati. When I was a student at Catholic school my mother joined the church lady group who made and sold pierogie for fundraising events. But since she was from Ireland she was deemed not having the correct genetic lineage and relegated to only peeling of the potato and stuffing and folding the final product… not allowed to learn the secret recipe.

One needs to go to family functions to get their hands on the doughy nirvana slaughtered in onions and butter. But these functions are months away… waiting for warmer weather. You can get a decent pierogie from some local restaurants (who must buy them from old church ladies who don trench coats) but unfortunately I think they have been stored for several days and maybe even (((gasp))) frozen before preparation… Just not the same as fresh homemade.

Last week I read in a local newspaper a columnist’s fools errand asking for people to submit their family recipes in exchange for notoriety. I doubt even in the age of social media women would really pass on the ‘true’ family recipe for a bit of instant gratification.

ISO: Your pierogie recipes

Several years ago their crack team of journalists went in search of the perfect pierogie in the area and wrote this of the winner:

The pierogie recipe at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Church is top-secret, locked away in the church safe.
Volunteer Susan Perdick won't even share what kind of cheese goes into them.

"In fact, a lot of our workers don't know the recipe," Perdick said.

One special quality does slip out over the course of the taste-test --
finely grated onions are cooked in the pierogis themselves.
But for any other details, we judges are left to trust our own taste buds.​

And, by the way, sauerkraut is a pierogie abomination!

Okay, rant over… sign me Jonzin’ For Fresh Homemade Pierogie.

Hey, it's common knowledge beings travel across galaxies to get a good pierogie…

 

[Neesy]

Why do old women around these parts protect their potato pierogie recipes as if they were Coca-Cola’s secret formula? Apparently church ladies of the Lehigh Valley and Pocono regions of Pennsylvania have joined some Masonic-type Secret Order of the Pierogie … but I can’t prove it.

These women only pass on their recipes to daughters or grand-daughters who are deemed worthy, promise to name their first born female offspring in their honor, and provide for them in old age. And these progeny also follow the tradition, taking some vow to never pass on the recipe to anyone other than a direct female descendant of a bloodline to some mysterious matriarch that must have been the eastern European cousin of Mary Magdalene. My wife’s grandmother deemed her oldest daughter (my wife’s mother) unworthy of receiving the secret family recipe and instead passed it on to my wife’s aunt. But since the aunt only had two sons the family recipe is destined to go the way of the dinosaur. The wife tried getting the recipe from her aunt but she only provided a vague recipe description with “add to taste” purposely listed numerous times. “Add to taste” is bull$hit! Necessary to the ingredients are the type of flour, potato and cheese. Its got to be the right kind of proper aged cheese from certain sources who keeps it under lock and key in the back of their markets, and only turn it over to babas knowing the secret password. The wife tried the recipe a couple of times but has admitted defeat in her goal to achieve the family pierogi. There are recipes on the internet the wife has tried but they produce a Yugo instead of a Maserati. When I was a student at Catholic school my mother joined the church lady group who made and sold pierogie for fundraising events. But since she was from Ireland she was deemed not having the correct genetic lineage and relegated to only peeling of the potato and stuffing and folding the final product… not allowed to learn the secret recipe.

One needs to go to family functions to get their hands on the doughy nirvana slaughtered in onions and butter. But these functions are months away… waiting for warmer weather. You can get a decent pierogie from some local restaurants (who must buy them from old church ladies who don trench coats) but unfortunately I think they have been stored for several days and maybe even (((gasp))) frozen before preparation… Just not the same as fresh homemade.

Last week I read in a local newspaper a columnist’s fools errand asking for people to submit their family recipes in exchange for notoriety. I doubt even in the age of social media women would really pass on the ‘true’ family recipe for a bit of instant gratification.

ISO: Your pierogie recipes

Several years ago their crack team of journalists went in search of the perfect pierogie in the area and wrote this of the winner:

The pierogie recipe at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Church is top-secret, locked away in the church safe.
Volunteer Susan Perdick won't even share what kind of cheese goes into them.

"In fact, a lot of our workers don't know the recipe," Perdick said.

One special quality does slip out over the course of the taste-test --
finely grated onions are cooked in the pierogis themselves.
But for any other details, we judges are left to trust our own taste buds.​

And, by the way, sauerkraut is a pierogie abomination!

Okay, rant over… sign me Jonzin’ For Fresh Homemade Pierogie.

Hey, it's common knowledge beings travel across galaxies to get a good pierogie…

These ones sound a bit fussy but they would probably turn out perfect if you followed the instructions exactly:

https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/homemade-pierogi-recipe

 

[DiO'Bolic]

These ones sound a bit fussy but they would probably turn out perfect if you followed the instructions exactly:

https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/

These ones sound a bit fussy but they would probably turn out perfect if you followed the instructions exactly:

https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/homemade-pierogi-recipe

homemade-pierogi-recipe

Thanks but I know sharp cheddar cheese isn’t quite right, at least not in the wife's tradition. And what kind of potatoes? Red, yellow, white… Russet, Kennebec, Yukon Gold? These are the important factors.

 

[Spideyman]

Thanks but I know sharp cheddar cheese isn’t quite right, at least not in the wife's tradition. And what kind of potatoes? Red, yellow, white… Russet, Kennebec, Yukon Gold? These are the important factors.

sending you a pm of my Polish nana's recipe.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

sending you a pm of my Polish nana's recipe.

Happy Dance!

 

[GNTLGNT]

 

[cat in a bag]

TEENAGERS.

 

[Spideyman]

TEENAGERS.

(((cat in a bag )))

 

[Wayoftheredpanda]

TEENAGERS.

ADOLESCENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13-19

(Angry face) (Angry face)

 

[DiO'Bolic]

TEENAGERS.

After my youngest daughter’s last couple of boyfriends I’ve come to the conclusion teenagers believe they are prepared for the zombie apocalypse but have no clue how to change a tire.

 

[GNTLGNT]

TEENAGERS.

 

[cat in a bag]

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[kelliblue]

I hate my coworker because she's basically an idiot. She screwed up and she tried to put it all on me. It was her mistake, not mine. She tried to blame me for her own incompetence. It's not my fault that she can't do her job. Maybe she'll quit soon, if she doesn't get fired. God, I really hope so.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Why do I even try? About three years ago my father-in-law broke his lawn mower and came up and took mine (without telling me and I though it was stolen from my shed… but that’s another story). He injured his back lifting it into the trunk of his car, and being a push mower he couldn’t mow the lawn in the front of his house because of the steep incline. So my wife told me to buy one for him that was wheel driven. So I got him an all-wheel drive lawn mower. Fast forward... In the middle of last season the motor on the unit seized up. So I took it to a authorized dealer to get it fixed as it had a 3 year warranty and there was about 2 months left on the warranty. After they inspected it I was informed that even though the mower has a 3 year warranty from Husqvarna, the motor only has a 2 year warranty. And even though it was over the warranty on the motor, he had let it run out of oil and wouldn’t have been covered by warranty anyway. So he’s been using my mower again… and again I’ve been without one. I do the majority of mowing on my tractor but can’t do some mowing without the push one. So recently the wife said I should get him another one before the season started and not to spend a lot of money on it. So last night I got a great deal on an 80-volt battery rear-wheel drive mower that was last year’s display because they changed the look for this year's model. I spent $175 on it and the original price was $499. You can't get a decent push mower, let alone wheel driven ones, these days for less than $199. The wife jumped all over me saying I should not have gotten a mower that was repaired and he can’t handle new technology. I told her it was the display, never used, and not a repair job. I also said it doesn’t take oil, or gas, so he can’t destroy it like the last time. That all he has to do is charge up the battery, stick it in the mower, and push a button to start the damn thing. She said she doesn’t believe he let the last one run out of oil and the repair shop doesn’t know that they’re talking about. I said it was the authorized local repair shop of the manufacturer and they work on hundreds of mowers… and I think they know what they are talking about and your dad probably never checked the oil. So bottom line... I wasn't to spend a lot of money... it had to be a power drive mower... and I wasn't to get new technology. Impossible task! Apparently common sense doesn’t matter… there is no talking to her right now and I’m in the doghouse once again for trying to do the right thing. Tahiti looks better and better every day.