tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post8268128644872545059..comments2024-01-29T01:32:16.780-07:00Comments on 704 Houser Street: Odd CallingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-73368866595117846242016-05-18T10:16:39.802-06:002016-05-18T10:16:39.802-06:00When I make a beef version, I put horseradish, Lee...When I make a beef version, I put horseradish, Lee & Perrins, and cumin along with bread crumbs and the seasonings. For some reason, the horseradish really brings out that beefy flavor.<br /><br />My family purrs with delight when I inform them I am making a large meatloaf. They love the leftovers.<br /><br />I even have a Blue Plate noodle casserole recipe that I put chunked meatloaf in instead of beef or chicken. Total awesome sauce.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-27869884488200058142016-05-18T00:17:17.302-06:002016-05-18T00:17:17.302-06:00I remember eating meatloaf sandwiches. I still ha...I remember eating meatloaf sandwiches. I still have one every now and then. Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-78805211829645348722016-05-17T17:14:09.606-06:002016-05-17T17:14:09.606-06:00I just looked up the show on the Imdb website, and...I just looked up the show on the Imdb website, and she indeed had a noticeable surgical scar on her neck. She said it was her idea to wear the pearls to hide that scar.<br />Her first hubby was the cousin of the father of child actor Peter Billingsley, the little guy who did The Christmas Story classic movie.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-73423352074425778042016-05-17T17:04:39.101-06:002016-05-17T17:04:39.101-06:00When I was in school, it was a source of embarrass...When I was in school, it was a source of embarrassment to bring a meatloaf sandwich to school for lunch instead of buying school lunch. It just meant you didn't have a lot of money for buying school lunch.<br /><br /> When my kids were in school, it was a source of absolute envy that my kids took meatloaf sandwiches to school for lunch. It meant that they had a mom that took the time to cook them good food. <br /><br /> Even though from the mid eighties on I had a job, I still managed to make things like roast beef and chicken, casseroles and meatloaf. Helped that I had a mom and mil who were both top hands in the kitchen.<br /><br />I actually would have loved to buy school lunch every day because back then, all the schools in my town not only had cooks, they each had their own cafeterias. Also separate gyms. The food was really really good.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-83311453709216446602016-05-17T00:26:57.239-06:002016-05-17T00:26:57.239-06:00I understood your need to be practical.
You are...I understood your need to be practical. <br /><br />You are right, no self respecting women is going to mess up her good cloths or even a decent hair do to do chores. <br /><br />I've talked to a few people my age and most of them remember a time when almost everyone's mom stayed at home. I remember that time too. I can't say that I remember my mom getting dressed up for dad very often. I think when she did it meant we were getting a sitter and they were going out.<br /><br />For the record I first saw Leave it to Beaver in the late 70's. My brother and sister, who are several years younger than me don't remember a time when my mother wasn't working outside the home. I was among the first of the latch key generation, but I still remember what it was like when mom's were mom's.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-26562017380712236562016-05-16T23:29:29.935-06:002016-05-16T23:29:29.935-06:00Really? Makes sense. I will have to check that o...Really? Makes sense. I will have to check that out. I loved her on one of the Airplane movies, doing the jive talk translation. That was awesome.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-68560117844342901002016-05-16T23:28:21.133-06:002016-05-16T23:28:21.133-06:00Your generation? You just barely started this dec...Your generation? You just barely started this decade, while I am getting close to hauling it in a trailer(grin).<br />You will get no complaint from me on your comment though, but I guess you aren't understanding my point.(sorry about that) It isn't the primping, every woman should do that IMO. <br /><br />It is that the media idea back then of a woman doing her dirtiest chores in her Sunday best(stockings, petticoats, heels) it just is not realistic or even practical. That is what I was talking about. <br /> I like women who dress, and I also love women who wear hats. Not the knit things, but actual hats. I own several and I love wearing them. Makes me feel British.<br /><br />My MIL is very old fashioned in that she will dress in slacks and a top for doing her housework, but she always without fail will change into nicer clothing if she had to leave the house to run errands. I am talking hair, jewelry, nicer clothes and shoes. She would never dream of dressing down for errands, even if it was just to get her perm at the hair salon.<br /><br />My dad and grandfather always admired the Laura Petrie character in her slacks. She looked nice, yet she could deal with her chores easily.<br /><br />The ladies in the business attire? They usually have the frilliest and wildest stuff on underneath. Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-86943535224564784732016-05-16T19:13:02.527-06:002016-05-16T19:13:02.527-06:00I thought I read that Billingsley had some kind of...I thought I read that Billingsley had some kind of scar and that's why she wore pearls. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-65831039545645205042016-05-16T16:26:25.447-06:002016-05-16T16:26:25.447-06:00What kind of woman does that?
One that gets guys ...<b>What kind of woman does that?</b><br /><br />One that gets guys of my generation hot under the collar. There are two kinds of clothing that men enjoy on their wife. 1. Cloths that make her look like a lady, and 2. Lingerie. Bonus if she starts out in an over layer that starts out feminine and lady like and peels down to the lingerie.<br /><br />Men married to stay at home moms know how hard their wife works at home. Having her take the extra time and effort to make herself look appealing for him when he hits the door is the frosting on the cake.<br /><br />Barbra Billingsley was as much a role model for the happily married wife and mother as Beaumont was for a great dad. Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-86272551961578459612016-05-16T14:51:34.979-06:002016-05-16T14:51:34.979-06:00To be honest, I always loved the old shows where D...To be honest, I always loved the old shows where Dad was portrayed as decent, hardworking and actually had some intelligence. That is called respect of fatherhood.<br /><br /> Not like the knuckle dragging idiots they are portrayed as today, with barely 5 grey cells to rub together. I think that is why the Cosby Show was so successful. <br /><br />It hit all the hot buttons that viewers like, Smart parents, successful professionally and they managed to have a decent set of kids, not the smartarses that Hollywood prefers.<br /><br />My biggest beef with these shows was always that mom cleaned the bathrooms and the oven while wearing pearls, stockings and heels. What kind of woman does that? <br /><br />It wasn't until the Dick Van Dyke show where Laura Petrie was actually wearing slacks to do her wifely house chores that I felt that realism was finally being portrayed.Susannoreply@blogger.com