Comments on: A Family Tradition http://jauntyquills.com/2010/02/01/a-family-tradition/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:06:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Flood Removal Costa Mesa http://jauntyquills.com/2010/02/01/a-family-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-318239 Flood Removal Costa Mesa Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:33:22 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=3153#comment-318239 Here is the 2nd time may possibly come across your blog within the last few weeks. Appears like I should note down it. Here is the 2nd time may possibly come across your blog within the last few weeks. Appears like I should note down it.

]]> By: Michelle Rattigan http://jauntyquills.com/2010/02/01/a-family-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-275506 Michelle Rattigan Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:09:57 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=3153#comment-275506 Ah family traditions,my least fav was midnight mass. A tradition in Ireland to get the christmas mass over with on Christmas eve. They would pack em into the church and you would always have one or two fainters because it got too warm and Fr. Dempsey spent the air con money backin the horses.. My dad and I would place bets on Mrs. Hayes and the little one of the Quinns ,they were always a sure thing for the fainting. The first one to guess the fainter would get to open a pressie on Christmas eve. Dad always picked mrs Quinn. Years later I realised he had inside information. Mrs Quinn would get a little sauced before mass and by the time Communion was served she would be roastin hot and pass out. As the years went by her husband didn't even bring her out for air. He would just leave her panned out on the seat in mass and go to Communion with her red handbag on his arm for fear someone would rob it. Ah traditions, sure are'nt they what life is all about. :lol: I now have an unnatural fear of red handbags, for me they are like seeing the little girl with the red coat in Schidlers' list. Ah family traditions,my least fav was midnight mass. A tradition in Ireland to get the christmas mass over with on Christmas eve. They would pack em into the church and you would always have one or two fainters because it got too warm and Fr. Dempsey spent the air con money backin the horses.. My dad and I would place bets on Mrs. Hayes and the little one of the Quinns ,they were always a sure thing for the fainting. The first one to guess the fainter would get to open a pressie on Christmas eve. Dad always picked mrs Quinn. Years later I realised he had inside information. Mrs Quinn would get a little sauced before mass and by the time Communion was served she would be roastin hot and pass out. As the years went by her husband didn’t even bring her out for air. He would just leave her panned out on the seat in mass and go to Communion with her red handbag on his arm for fear someone would rob it. Ah traditions, sure are’nt they what life is all about. :lol: I now have an unnatural fear of red handbags, for me they are like seeing the little girl with the red coat in Schidlers’ list.

]]> By: kristan higgins http://jauntyquills.com/2010/02/01/a-family-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-274796 kristan higgins Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:49:55 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=3153#comment-274796 Congratulations Tonya! The early bird got the book, in this case! Congratulations Tonya! The early bird got the book, in this case!

]]> By: Emmanuelle http://jauntyquills.com/2010/02/01/a-family-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-274713 Emmanuelle Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:21:22 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=3153#comment-274713 Just for those interested in those Ricotta Lemon Muffins, here is the link to the recipe : http://tastespace.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/lemon-ricotta-muffins/ My mom loved those btw... now I have to find something new to make next monday ;-) Just for those interested in those Ricotta Lemon Muffins, here is the link to the recipe :

http://tastespace.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/lemon-ricotta-muffins/

My mom loved those btw… now I have to find something new to make next monday ;-)

]]> By: Linda Henderson http://jauntyquills.com/2010/02/01/a-family-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-274701 Linda Henderson Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:22:51 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=3153#comment-274701 My mother is a stickler on opening presents on Christmas morning. It doesn't matter how many houses you have to go to on Christmas, she expects us to all get together Christmas morning and open presents then have a big lunch around 12:30. So everybody else has to plan around her or incur her wrath. Kind of takes the joy out of Christmas when that happens. My mother is a stickler on opening presents on Christmas morning. It doesn’t matter how many houses you have to go to on Christmas, she expects us to all get together Christmas morning and open presents then have a big lunch around 12:30. So everybody else has to plan around her or incur her wrath. Kind of takes the joy out of Christmas when that happens.

]]> By: Maya M. http://jauntyquills.com/2010/02/01/a-family-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-274693 Maya M. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:16:35 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=3153#comment-274693 Great excerpt. Looking to NBT! A tradition my brother and I don't really know how developed but is going some decades strong is that my mom insists we must have a German delicacy called Linzer torte for our birthdays no matter what. This has included occasions when we were presented with the ingredients (because the stove didn't work or one memorable time when there was a house fire), a picture of a Linzer torte (when we were out of country), friends at whose house we happened to be staying being inveigled to make one and having no idea how. The funny thing about it is, I only tolerate this cake and my brother dislikes it. Great excerpt. Looking to NBT!

A tradition my brother and I don’t really know how developed but is going some decades strong is that my mom insists we must have a German delicacy called Linzer torte for our birthdays no matter what. This has included occasions when we were presented with the ingredients (because the stove didn’t work or one memorable time when there was a house fire), a picture of a Linzer torte (when we were out of country), friends at whose house we happened to be staying being inveigled to make one and having no idea how. The funny thing about it is, I only tolerate this cake and my brother dislikes it.

]]> By: Paula R. http://jauntyquills.com/2010/02/01/a-family-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-274689 Paula R. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:04:05 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=3153#comment-274689 Hey Kristan, don't count me in okay. I picked up my copy yesterday. It is really funny. I love how you deal with the family dynamic. I didn't read the snippet above...I want to wait and be surprised in the book. I don't have any traditions per se...when we all get together there is a lot of sniping, most of the time it is not in a good natured way, so I try to stay away from all that. I really stress out when I have to go to family gatherings. After I have finished your book, maybe tomorrow, I will come back and check out the snippet to catch a peek into your own family. Peace and love, Paula R. Hey Kristan, don’t count me in okay. I picked up my copy yesterday. It is really funny. I love how you deal with the family dynamic. I didn’t read the snippet above…I want to wait and be surprised in the book. I don’t have any traditions per se…when we all get together there is a lot of sniping, most of the time it is not in a good natured way, so I try to stay away from all that. I really stress out when I have to go to family gatherings. After I have finished your book, maybe tomorrow, I will come back and check out the snippet to catch a peek into your own family.

Peace and love,
Paula R.

]]> By: Laura http://jauntyquills.com/2010/02/01/a-family-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-274686 Laura Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:09:10 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=3153#comment-274686 That was a fun excerpt, thanks for sharing. I was looking forward to reading the book and now I really am! Traditions...there has to be a fight where someone ends up crying at every holiday. Without fail. LOL That was a fun excerpt, thanks for sharing. I was looking forward to reading the book and now I really am!

Traditions…there has to be a fight where someone ends up crying at every holiday. Without fail. LOL

]]> By: kristan higgins http://jauntyquills.com/2010/02/01/a-family-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-274678 kristan higgins Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:24:52 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=3153#comment-274678 Maureen, at least it didn't become a tradition, right? Catslady, oh, my gosh, Air Supply? For some reason, The City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie is significant in my family...we don't really know why at this point, but that's the way it's always been. And it's such a nice song! Maureen, at least it didn’t become a tradition, right? Catslady, oh, my gosh, Air Supply? For some reason, The City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie is significant in my family…we don’t really know why at this point, but that’s the way it’s always been. And it’s such a nice song!

]]> By: Maureen http://jauntyquills.com/2010/02/01/a-family-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-274677 Maureen Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:21:03 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=3153#comment-274677 Congratulations on your new book Kristan! Your post reminds me of the Bisquick story in our family which is, of course repeated anytime Bisquick is mentioned. Some years (decades ago) my brother combined a large quantity of Bisquick, cheese and other ingredients, possibly milk and eggs or maybe water. We don't know because he refuses to comment on it. He then stuck the mixture in the microwave for a while and it, of course, blew up creating a huge mess. I was not living at home at this time so was not a witness to the event but have heard about it repeatedly. In fact, my mother was talking to my daughter, who was not even born at the time of the Bisquick incident about a recipe when she looks at my brother and remarks that didn't he blow something up with Bisquick once. He refused to comment. Congratulations on your new book Kristan! Your post reminds me of the Bisquick story in our family which is, of course repeated anytime Bisquick is mentioned. Some years (decades ago) my brother combined a large quantity of Bisquick, cheese and other ingredients, possibly milk and eggs or maybe water. We don’t know because he refuses to comment on it. He then stuck the mixture in the microwave for a while and it, of course, blew up creating a huge mess. I was not living at home at this time so was not a witness to the event but have heard about it repeatedly. In fact, my mother was talking to my daughter, who was not even born at the time of the Bisquick incident about a recipe when she looks at my brother and remarks that didn’t he blow something up with Bisquick once. He refused to comment.

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