Comments on: 21. Breakfast on the Rocks

By: Susan Tiner

Susan Tiner — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:44:13 +0000

Oh I’d forgotten about Peyton Place, definitely racy for the time. Yes, I too remember Grandmother struggling to get into her girdle!

By: Shelley

Shelley — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:33:52 +0000

My grandmother wasn’t bald and she didn’t wear wigs, but my aunts wore ‘hair pieces’ so there were those styrofoam heads around grandmother’s house as well. Also, she was a hairdresser. Soaps were part of her routine – the TV was in the large kitchen, the centre of the the household routines, but I was sent out of the room when Peyton Place came on! I’d forgotten about Mr. Clean, though in trying to figure out the English versions of various cleaning products, he has drifted in and out of consciousness! I didn’t watch grandmother bathe or put on make-up, but I do remember her struggling into her girdle! Too fun!

By: Susan Tiner

Susan Tiner — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:01:16 +0000

Thank you Mona. My kitties send kisses to yours.

By: Mona

Mona — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 23:28:51 +0000

I love that breakfast nook and what she served for breakfast. Such lovely memories. I hope you have a lovely weekend Susan.

By: Susan Tiner

Susan Tiner — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:10:55 +0000

Lisa, I actually thought of naming the post hairdo hats! Martin talked me into Breakfast on the Rocks.

By: lisahgolden

lisahgolden — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:29:27 +0000

This is great. I love recollection. And hairdo hats? That phrase will be with me for days. I know I’ll try to work it into conversation at some point today.

By: Susan Tiner

Susan Tiner — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:43:25 +0000

Hannah, shopping with grandmother was definitely an adventure.

By: The Storialist

The Storialist — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:38:04 +0000

I want to hear about the shopping adventures!! Woohoo!

And this is so hysterical: “It was during one of these baths I learned that I should always wear fresh, beautiful panties with little embroidered flowers in case I ever got into a car accident and had to be rushed to the hospital. I wouldn’t want the doctors and nurses to see my filthy, ugly underwear would I?” Life lessons. :)