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Happy Easter to everyone!

Your dinner sounds delicious, Golden. I am having baked ham and sides.

Happy Easter everyone! Blessings to all! 🙏🙏🙏

I'm roasting a turkey 🦃 for the first time in a long time and making apple,🍎raisin, and onion stuffing from the old Joy of Cooking cookbook recipe. It was a favourite for years. Veggies will include broccoli, 🥦 and butternut squash. Haven't figured out any dessert yet, not that we need it. 😊

I am very happy with my induction cooktop. Very responsive. The glass top does get hot but not burning hot. While my kitchen was being renovated (gutted just as the pandemic hit so it took longer than expected) I bought a single induction burner. Gave me a chance to try induction and I was smitten.

cWillie, induction cookers are totally awesome.

I use one in my office, when we travel and to make bone broth outside. I use it during the summer if I am boiling water or other heat creating foods on the patio.

If you use a magnet on the bottom of a pan and it sticks, that pan will work on the induction cookers.

99% of my pans in my kitchen worked for my 1st induction cooker. I would have thrown most out if I didn't know the magnet trick, the sellers would like you to buy their expensive cookware, when it's not needed. (Or worth it in my experience.)

I've never used induction but I've done a fair bit of reading about them and people seem to either love it or hate it, I think a lot of the haters are those who can't afford the top of the line and to replace every bit of cookware that is incompatible. The smart burners are an easy swap for electric coil type burners so unless you need to change the whole appliance are much cheaper way to go. And yeah, because they don't get as hot they are supposed to reduce the risk of fires.

I read awhile ago that induction cooktops were recommended for seniors . I never heard of smart burners . But a quick google just now they appear to be different and look different . Are smart burners recommended for seniors as well ?

My dd had an induction at her condo, she bought it about a year before she rented it out, and she loved it. The gas stove in her new TH,, not so much,,LOL

My x is a contractor, he said people really like the induction cooktops. they cook good, and the top doesn't get hot until you put the pan on, and most people with kids get them but not sure about safety for declining seniors. But it's not a bad idea

cwillie,
do you know if induction cooktops are better rated than smart burners ? Do people like those more ?

My sister was telling me her MIL's apartment building replaced all the stove burners with special ones that reduce the risk of fires and I was intrigued so I spent this morning googling... these "smart burners" never get hotter than 350° F. It seems like most of the positive reviews are from landlords, the people using them are not so happy.

BOJ: Good to see you posting!

Hey, Bundle

So great to see you posting!

BoJ, so happy to see you,!

Hi bundleofjoy! Good to hear from you!

wishing all of you well!! ❤️❤️❤️
also: don’t worry, i’m fine. just busy.

i’ve been gone about a year from this website.

i wish us all well!! ❤️❤️❤️
COURAGE. sometimes life gets very tough. just hang on. things GET BETTER.

your friend,
bundle of joy ❤️❤️❤️

Send,

Thanks for bumping up the quotes thread. It’s been fun to read everyone’s quotes.

This quilt show that I am watching because I had too much coffee earlier and can’t sleep is so interesting!

Some of the guests are men who quilt. Another woman did all sorts of creative work while she was in college but became hooked on quilting after discovering textiles. She ended up getting her degree in textiles.

My mom and grandmother sewed beautifully and I have always loved beautiful fabrics. The best fabric stores that I have ever been to were in New York.

Oh my gosh! The fabric stores that we have in New Orleans are so podunk compared to the ones in New York! I was amazed at the selection of fabrics that were available.

I have noticed that more men are doing crochet and knitting.

I have to start recording this show on PBS. It’s called, Craft In America.

The show just ended so I suppose that I will try to go to sleep. If I can’t sleep I will listen to a podcast! I am always finding great podcasts to enjoy 😊.

Watching a show on quilting. Quilts are beautiful stories of history!

I so wish that I had the quilts that my dad’s mother made. They were ruined in hurricane Katrina.

My dad said back in the day, a group of women from church got together to make quilts. They did quilting the old fashioned way. Nowadays, they are much easier to make due to modern sewing machines and sewing methods.

The show that I am watching on quilts is showing historical quilts and quilts sewn today by women who have art degrees. They are all beautiful!

One woman on the show has made 60 quilts to donate to soldiers. How sweet! The gift of a quilt is priceless.

My father lost his mom when he was a young man. She was dead before mom married my dad. His dad died when my oldest brother was 2 years old. I didn’t know my paternal grandparents.

My dad kept them alive for me by telling me stories. He cherished the quilts that his mom made.

I love researching my genealogy and I have found several documents about my dad’s family. It’s so interesting to see how our ancestors lived.

Quotes from Stoic thinking:

There is no need to set oneself on fire to warm someone else.


Anxietynacy:
Do you know how to start a thread, discussion or a question?

Macy,
You could contribute your quotes on the "My favorite things" thread.

Yes, you have a good idea there. NHWM has made a thread, titled BEST SENIOR QUOTES.

NeedHelpWithMom
Posted November 23, 2023
Best ‘Senior’ Quotes. Please share your favorite quote. It can be funny or serious. Humor can help to keep someone get through tough times!

Anxiety,

We have had a threads like that before. They never seem to stick around.

Not sure how to say this, I think it’s sort of like the news. People seem to gravitate towards the negative side over the positive side of aging.

You could try to start a thread and see how it goes.

Anxiety, sure, that's a fine idea.
Just title it "Your favorite quotes" or some such.
Actually surprised we don't already have such a thread. Maybe we do.

I'm new, and new at this kind of stuff. But I would like a thread or a discussion on mostly positive famous quotes. Like a quote of the day thing.
Like Robert Louis Stevenson " make the most of the best and the least of the worst" is that a good idea?

It'a a holiday in the U.S.A.
Working hard on laundry,
considering an increase in car insurance,
putting off my taxes.

Eating what is called a Papusa. Yay, it has meat in it.

Feeling bad for the little blue man. He has a tough job as the representative trying to gain disabled accessibility for those that need it. His presence is now required by law. I don't think he knew what he was getting into, accepting his job. Maybe that's why he keeps turning blue?

People see him as pesky, hate him, and want him dead. They try to shut him up, make him disappear, and constantly criticize his presence.

He was likely tripped up by all the criticism. Or maybe it was me who pushed him over.

Learning to accept his presence has been challenging. Talking about him all the time has made it more of an irritation for me. Because, I admit, I don't much like him either. He never really goes away, never changes his color, even though I have tried to eliminate him. But people should feel free to talk about how irritating he is.

(a discussion ensues about his gender, age, and religion, lol).

I know, right? I'm trying not to touch the blue man again.
Send: What did he "trip" over?

Litttle blue man has a mind of his own! 😆

cw, I wish he would. 😁

I thought maybe he'd died LOL

The little blue man has tripped over.