one rule our hall had was that families with young children should only sit in the rear of the hall.
if a baby got fussy, the attendant was to go to the mother and ask her to bring the child in the library or "backroom".. also, disfellowshipped persons were to sit in the back of the hall and if they talked to another df'd one in front of the congregation members, they were threatened with not being allowed to get reinstated and having a lack of humility.. did your elders make up certain rules in your hall?.
We couldn't chew gum, if you were seen chewing gum you were asked to spit it out. There was a "bucket" in front of the stage with a sign that said "gum disposal"
If you were teenage female you couldn't leave the main hall at the same time a teenage "brother" left for the bathroom. You had to hold it so that teenagers (male and female) were not out of sight at the same time
nj
so my grandma, a very devoted and loyal witness since she was in her 20's (?
) is now 92 and in a home, because she has very advanced dementia and alzheimer's disease.
she has better days than others, most days she just sits and stares... she doesn't recognize most people she knew.
LOL at grandma!
My mother in law has alzheimer's, she still lives at home. She still has the book study at her house but rarely goes to any of the meetings even the one at her house. My sil finally got her to go to the meeting last Sunday, ever since then she's been complaining about how someone stole her bible from the KH. I talked to her today, when I asked her what she was doing she said "trying to figure which one of those thieves at the KH stole my bible".
I've been laughing since.
nj
it's too damn cold for my liking!
all the people that have real winters will laugh, but mid 30's to lower 40's is despicably cold by oregon standards .
to make things that much better, the furnace in the house where i live died on monday.
70 something here today, sorry you're cold
nj
wishing all who celebrate a wonderful and festive day tomorrow.
djksasha is ready for a feast wearing her favorite bib.
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Happy Turkey day everyone, eat plenty, take a nap then eat some more!
nj
i have been out of the borg for several years.
my husband got us out by reading coc.
we were pretty well against organized religion of any sort.
Welcome to JWD. Sorry to hear about your husband
nj
i always add butter, brown sugar, pecans and marshmallows.
sometimes i whip them like mashed potatoes and sometimes i cut them in chunks.
any other ideas?
Candied Sweet Potatoes:
8 medium orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, scrubbed but unpeeled (appros 4lbs)
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup boiling water
Preheat the oven to 325, lightly butter a 9x13 inch baking dish
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil over high heet. Add the sweet potatoes. Cook until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain. Rinse under cold running water until cool enough to handle. Peel the sweet potatoes.
In a medium bowl, combine the sugars, pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Slicing the sweet potatoes into 1/2 inch thick rounds as you go, layer about one third of the sweetpotatoes in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with one-third of the sugar/pecan mixture and dot with one-third (a scant 3 talbespoons) of the butter. Repeat with another layer of sweet potatoes, half of the remaining sugar/pecan mix, and another scant 3 tablespoons of butter. Top with the final layer of potatoes, the remaining sugar/pecan mixture, and the remaining butter. Pour the boiling water into the dish, around the sweet potatoes, not over them.
Bake, basting occasionally with the syrup that forms in the dish, until the sweet potatoes are glazed about 45 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes, serve hot.
all in the family is one of the very best series, in my opinion.. when i see re-runs of the andy griffith show, i smile.
when i was a kid, i never really appreciated don knotts and the gang as much as i do now.. taxi was another favorite.
hill street blues was great.
Hill Street Blues, Little Rascles, Tom and Jerry, Road Runner, Bugs Bunny, Dynasty
nj
there were some postings in the jwd recent past that asked if while an active witling was thanksgiving dinner served on or around the worldly holiday.
i have been thinking about the subject off and on as the pavo day draws near, now i know why.
my cell phone rang while i was doing laundry and checking for random kleenex in the pockets (thanks bem and misanthropic).
Yep, we always had The big turkey dinner the day after Thanksgiving - because of course everyone was off and Turkey was on sale. I got slapped once for saying "Pathmark has better sales on Turkey after Thanksgiving"
nj
interesting question i think.. the society says we "search out deserving ones" and "those rightly disposed", those who have "the right heart condition" - did you ever feel this was you when you accepted the truth?
did you feel that jehovah thought you as a deserving one?.
Nope, my parents force fed me. I never accepted it and left it asap!
Ewwwww, that guy has the ugliest but I've seen in a long time!
nj
do ya'll all realize that in the south we eat dressing and not stuffing?
these are two different things.. i hate stuffing!
i used to have to eat it when my ex-husband's grandmother cooked it.
Dressing and I also use sage!
nj
