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  1. sheeplady

    Things That Never Seem to Change

    I stand corrected, then.
  2. sheeplady

    Things That Never Seem to Change

    Definitely celery. Also, that's the core of the pepper right? Because it looks a bit like a cucumber. I'm pretty sure at this point including the core of the pepper would weird me out more than the cucumber... because the core is all spongy and... not good. I think somebody got their hamburger...
  3. sheeplady

    Things That Never Seem to Change

    Is that a pepper slice on that hamburger? The only place I've seen pepper slices on hamburgers is Five Guys.
  4. sheeplady

    OBSESSIVE POSTING and commenting.

    "There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” -Fred Rogers
  5. sheeplady

    You Know You Live in a Small(ish) Town When...

    At least you have an applebees. We have 7 restaurants: two tex-mex, two italian, three fast food (dairy queen, McDonald's, and Subway). But the town I grew up a mile outside of (200 people in that village) had a diner only open 2 days a week and had a taco bell inside the gas station for 6...
  7. sheeplady

    OBSESSIVE POSTING and commenting.

    Eh, I often post long posts. If people don't like it, they are welcome to scroll past and ignore my wisdom. ;) At one point I posted a lot more here, and in many ways in some of my darkest days when I was ill or bedridden this was my only daily adult human interaction, besides medical staff...
  8. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Aw, thank you! You'd be welcome! (I also served red cabbage, which in my mind is the trifecta.) I mentioned the whole situation to my husband tonight. I told him as it happened, not my feelings or thoughts and his response was, "wow, how did you sit through that?" (He's away on business.)...
  9. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The weird thing is that I am certain it wasn't a diss against me. They have always shown me the utmost respect. I think it was an unconscious dig at what they consider a "lesser culture" than the Americanized ones they are used to. I think the youngest guest (about my age) recognized what was...
  10. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I recently had some family (from the husband's side) over for an "after easter" dinner. I am trying to share some of my culture with my kids; I am the only family member on my side of the family. If they don't get it from me, they won't get it- I'm an orphan with no extended family. Much of my...
  11. sheeplady

    You Know You Live in a Small(ish) Town When...

    I am very close to Harrisonburg, as you likely guessed. There is a *very* rich history here, and in particular, a very complex one. I've been learning more about the civil war and how with the Anabaptist tradition in the valley, it really was a brother against brother (and sister against sister)...
  13. sheeplady

    The House is a Museum ...

    I have a few collections now... I'll never be a minimalist. They include: -My hats (of which I wear about half, the other half I will keep because who the heck knows, I might wear them someday and they came with the ones I DO wear) -My fabric collection (I sew, but I cut that in half recently)...
  14. sheeplady

    You Know You Live in a Small(ish) Town When...

    Profanity, it better not be that, yet. I'm only 35. Although the other day I bought wine in the stores and they were supposed to check my ID (I did the self check out thing) and the guy told me as I took out my wallet I had living ID (my kids). I've got a 4 year old and a 1 year old. I know I...
  15. sheeplady

    You Know You Live in a Small(ish) Town When...

    What is fascinating to me is that we just moved from a decent sized city (500,000 in the "metro" area) to a small town in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. When I went vintage in my former city, people would stop and stare, even if I just rolled my hair, wore an A-line skirt, and wore victory...
  16. sheeplady

    You Know You Live in a Small(ish) Town When...

    As a woman, I note a visible difference in men's behavior based upon how I am dressed. Any dress/ skirt; no matter how raggedy, I typically get doors held open for me. Pants, no matter how nice, nope. More "miss" and "ma'am" too. If I'm in a store I get better service, although it is often of...
  17. sheeplady

    You Know You Live in a Small(ish) Town When...

    Now it could be various water bottle brands versus the tap.
  19. sheeplady

    You Know You Live in a Small(ish) Town When...

    The high versus middle versus low brow is interesting. I've noticed that many people are stunned when you can order (yet alone make) a cocktail today... but yet wine is still considered the drink of high class people. (Which, I will note, whiskey, wine, and beer will all make you a fool in the...
  20. sheeplady

    You Know You Live in a Small(ish) Town When...

    I've never seen a more perfect description of class. Right down to where your dryer exits. Most middle class people I've encountered tend to think everyone is like them. Hence they are amazed when someone they think is middle class says something that signifies they grew up not middle class...
  21. sheeplady

    To beard or not to beard?

    My husband uses balms and oils from Badass Beard Care.
  22. sheeplady

    You Know You Live in a Small(ish) Town When...

    To be clear, my mother-in-law's family was never rich rich. Upper middle class by national standards I'd say, but not millionaires. Top of the heap in small town Pennsylvania, though. (And yes, related to two early presidents... my MIL's mother still carried the name. DAR members and all.) My...
  23. sheeplady

    You Know You Live in a Small(ish) Town When...

    My MIL's family was quite wealthy up until the Great Depression, as they owned all the stores in a small town in PA. Then they lost it all... except a mild attitude of thinking they deserved better. For instance, they tended to judge their current circumstances and status against the very high...

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