Taking a deep breath, she opened the sitting room door and was surprised to find that the hideous mess wasn't quite as hideous as she was expecting.
No sadly, decluttering fairies haven't paid us a visit, she did actually do some work in here last week.
She picked up a shopping bag full of goodness knows what, one of those large reinforced jobs, hauled it into the bedroom, found two others of a similar size and switched on the shredder.
Ooh, lots of interesting stuff! She put the stuff she wanted into one of the bags, examined papers as she went along and those that were out of date, she shredded and trash went into one bag.
Well, that was fairly painless, she thought and went off to collect another lot of stuff.
And that was where she found the piece of paper. It is a copy of an email written to her on Boxing Day 2004 from Suzan Brewster Sams.
They were great buddies, they had met some ten years previously when Suzan and her husband Lewis had been in London. She had stayed with them in Pine Bluff and Hot Springs and they always had a lot of good times together.
They talked and emailed each other frequently and newspaper cuttings and information they knew the other would be interested in were sent regularly across the Atlantic.
They were fanatical Scrabble players and always had a game going back and forth on-line, they had a huge amount of similar interests, animals, books, films, music, history, travel and food!
And this was what she found today.
"LEMON ICE BOX PIE
3 eggs separated.
1 can of Eagle Brand condensed (not evaporated milk).
1/2 cup of lemon or lime juice.
If using lime, add 1-2 drops of green food colouring.
1 8-9" graham cracker or vanilla wafer pie crust.
Or shortbread makes a good one. Buy or make it!
Mix eggs, condensed milk and juice together.
Beat the white of one (or two, wouldn't hurt) into eggs and fold into mixture. Pour into pie shell and chill. Top with meringue or, I prefer whipped cream.
Divine, but must be eaten before you go on a diet.
Now, this is the way we have always made it in the South--always! But, now with the worry about salmonella etc, the recipe calls for you to bake it at 350* for 25 minutes. The lime or lemon cooks the eggs well enough so don't bother. However, if you want to do this, it will not affect the taste.
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Rest of the day was good, church was small--no one goes after Christmas. But have rested and read a good murder, also have Flora Fraser's book on Lady Hamilton to read and will watch a film tonight. Hope you have a wonderful week and a safe New Year. Think we have a booorrring party to go to (you know how cocktail parties are!) but will manage. I'm really getting serious after the first about finding a calling card for England. I love talking to you.
Much love from ALL of us--that's a lot of 'people'. Moley."
She died on October 30th, 2012.
We miss her friendship more than we could ever possibly say.
This piece of paper will be used as a book mark. She could not in a million years put it into a trash bin.
GeeGee Parrot.
January 14th, 2019.
And that was where she found the piece of paper. It is a copy of an email written to her on Boxing Day 2004 from Suzan Brewster Sams.
They were great buddies, they had met some ten years previously when Suzan and her husband Lewis had been in London. She had stayed with them in Pine Bluff and Hot Springs and they always had a lot of good times together.
They talked and emailed each other frequently and newspaper cuttings and information they knew the other would be interested in were sent regularly across the Atlantic.
They were fanatical Scrabble players and always had a game going back and forth on-line, they had a huge amount of similar interests, animals, books, films, music, history, travel and food!
And this was what she found today.
"LEMON ICE BOX PIE
3 eggs separated.
1 can of Eagle Brand condensed (not evaporated milk).
1/2 cup of lemon or lime juice.
If using lime, add 1-2 drops of green food colouring.
1 8-9" graham cracker or vanilla wafer pie crust.
Or shortbread makes a good one. Buy or make it!
Mix eggs, condensed milk and juice together.
Beat the white of one (or two, wouldn't hurt) into eggs and fold into mixture. Pour into pie shell and chill. Top with meringue or, I prefer whipped cream.
Divine, but must be eaten before you go on a diet.
Now, this is the way we have always made it in the South--always! But, now with the worry about salmonella etc, the recipe calls for you to bake it at 350* for 25 minutes. The lime or lemon cooks the eggs well enough so don't bother. However, if you want to do this, it will not affect the taste.
*****************************************
Rest of the day was good, church was small--no one goes after Christmas. But have rested and read a good murder, also have Flora Fraser's book on Lady Hamilton to read and will watch a film tonight. Hope you have a wonderful week and a safe New Year. Think we have a booorrring party to go to (you know how cocktail parties are!) but will manage. I'm really getting serious after the first about finding a calling card for England. I love talking to you.
Much love from ALL of us--that's a lot of 'people'. Moley."
She died on October 30th, 2012.
We miss her friendship more than we could ever possibly say.
This piece of paper will be used as a book mark. She could not in a million years put it into a trash bin.
GeeGee Parrot.
January 14th, 2019.
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