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buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
i just took in the mail and there was a box for my boy from my brother
he sent my boy my old thurman munson signed baseball from when i was a kid!
i couldn't believe it! i thought that ball was lost forever, but apparently my mom put it in a box with my brothers other ny yankees signed baseballs thinking that it was his.
i had told my son about meeting the old yankees captain in the late 70's; that he was a friend of my little league coach, and how he came to a couple of our team practices to teach us how to play. then he signed balls for each of us.
i can't believe my bro found it and sent my boy the ball! woohoo!
he sent my boy my old thurman munson signed baseball from when i was a kid!
i couldn't believe it! i thought that ball was lost forever, but apparently my mom put it in a box with my brothers other ny yankees signed baseballs thinking that it was his.
i had told my son about meeting the old yankees captain in the late 70's; that he was a friend of my little league coach, and how he came to a couple of our team practices to teach us how to play. then he signed balls for each of us.
i can't believe my bro found it and sent my boy the ball! woohoo!
JoAnn L.
Master Chef
Tom, how cool!!
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
bt, one more happy memory to share with your son. How cool of your brother. 
What a nice family you come from. 
What a nice family you come from. 
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
I've had to iron my own clothes since I was 14 YO (I foolishly asked my mom if I could try it since it looked so easy). For some time after I divorced I had to iron my dress shirts as I couldn't afford to send them out. I can still do a very good job ironing but I don't hate it any less.
Andy, that is great that you can iron your own shirts etc...there are many men out there who cant, so good on you!
As you said though, it doesn't make you hate it any less
I think the fact that it is something that needs to be done every week too..not good!
Steve has 5 business shirts and pants that I need to iron every week as he works in an office as a Software Engineer...so there is lots of ironing already but it must be done!
As you said though, it doesn't make you hate it any less
I think the fact that it is something that needs to be done every week too..not good!
Steve has 5 business shirts and pants that I need to iron every week as he works in an office as a Software Engineer...so there is lots of ironing already
but it must be done!
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
I know, I am weird. But I love to iron. I find it very relaxing. I have a professional iron that gives off steam. You really have to be careful to keep your free hand away from the front of the iron. The steam comes out in a big cloud and you can get a nasty burn. Experience speaking here.
When our kids were small and in school, I would bring all my ironing down to my sisters house, along with my iron. She had two ironing boards. We would spend the morning hours ironing. She hated it and would give me the hard stuff to do. Ruffles, bows, etc. on the girls clothing. But we had a lot of laughs. I would get home just in time for the kids coming home from school. When her husband came home that night, he would load up the car with all my ironing and bring it to me. It was all on hangers. Easy to put away.
When our kids were small and in school, I would bring all my ironing down to my sisters house, along with my iron. She had two ironing boards. We would spend the morning hours ironing. She hated it and would give me the hard stuff to do. Ruffles, bows, etc. on the girls clothing. But we had a lot of laughs. I would get home just in time for the kids coming home from school. When her husband came home that night, he would load up the car with all my ironing and bring it to me. It was all on hangers. Easy to put away.
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
I would iron five dress shirts in less than an hour (I was a slow ironer) but sometimes I skipped a week and had to do two weeks' shirts at once. Then I REALLY hated ironing. At least suits went to the dry cleaner.
Have you thought about getting a steamer? You just hang the clothes on a hanger and steam them. I am seriously thinking of getting one. A friend of mine had one. She only had an iron because she did a lot of sewing and you need the iron to open/flatten seams. You also need one if you want to put creases in trousers or pleated skirts, etc.I have just been doing some of my shoulder exercises and some ironing...gee I very much dislike ironing, have I ever mentioned that before
I am going to have a nice hot coffee now and watch some Criminal Minds
I actually like ironing. I don't like having to set up the ironing board.
Eating a popsicle and watching TV.
I'm drinking a cheats mint julep. I didn't have any bourbon, so I used Scotch. It's pretty good.
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
I am really getting into this cleaning mode. I just took all my silk lamp shades and put them in the shower and cleaned them. I took off all the table cloths on the small round tables and put them in the laundry to wash.
bakechef
Executive Chef
We leave for the airport at 4:30 am, we just started packing, there is still laundry in the dryer.
Luckily we will be somewhere where we can easily pick up something if we forget it. I am usually so much more organized than this, and well my partner, isn't...
Luckily we will be somewhere where we can easily pick up something if we forget it. I am usually so much more organized than this, and well my partner, isn't...
bakechef
Executive Chef
It is! I'm going to my 20th high school reunion!
JoAnn L.
Master Chef
My DH just got done getting a bat out of our house. We also had one in here last summer. We still can't figure out how they get in. Thank goodness our grandson saw it come up from the cellar. I had to get DH out of bed to find it, while grandson and I stayed in the bedroom with the door shut. He found it in the bathroom and finally got it out the front door. It is going to be hard trying to get to sleep now, I am petrified of bats.
