The Chateau Diaries #297 No heating, no friends, no Easter, no content! Nobody wants in on your scam.

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Pekey said:
IF Only Gracie !!!
Still....... that would be a great excuse for them to travel back to SA to get a replacement--- I would not put it past them ! :mad:

Hubby , son in law and grandson are over right now helping make a fernery my husband wants to make.
I do hope my husband gets the other knee done in May ( on the list ) as the "new" left is great but its making the bad right knee worse so the guys are over to help.
Beautiful day here !
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That's the hard part getting both sides done. One works great but the other gets worse. Hopefully he gets it sorted
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T Rex said:
THAT is beyond disgusting! The only time we ever had an issue with mold was our first autumn in Japan (terrible ventilation in our flat, and there were periods where the building had no heat nor aircon between seasons- not our choice), and while we never had mold on the walls or furniture, I discovered it in our closets when I noticed a light layer of white on our shoes (which could have easily been mistook for dust, but not when they've been stored in a closet.) I was so grossed out- while my initial reaction was the desire to just set fire to the place (Mr. T Rex said that was a terrible option), I got straight into my car and drove to Seiyu (Japan's WalMart) to purchase three dehumidifiers, liters of bleach, and the equivalent of DampRid bags.

The entire contents of the closets went into the washing machine (along with any soft goods in those rooms- curtains, bedding, pillows), dry cleaners, and shoes and handbags were wiped with bleach water. I wiped the closet walls and doors with bleach water, along all furniture surfaces and let them dry. In the first 24 hours of running the dehumidifiers, I probably emptied at least 20 liters of water! After that, I left the closet doors open for ventilation, and always kept the dehumidiers running when the heat was not on and it never returned for the remaining years we lived there. I emptied them in the morning and at night, and was always shocked how much water came out of them.

I am surprised Fanny doesn't have a single dehumidifier in her crumbling abode, but then again, someone would actually need to empty it. SMH.
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I run a small dehumidifier in my closet it fills with water about every two weeks. I also noticed a white dust on suede boots not anymore . The dump is just gross and Fanny could care less
 
graciemckitten said:
Hey KY Bourbon and Halcyon Organic, what are your favorite and least favorite desserts? I know you are probably cooking up a storm for Easter Ky Bourbon. What are you making?

Any favorite Easter candies or memories?

Jules, what about you? Hey, how is your Dad?

Jeeves, how is your husband? Are you getting ready for lots of grandkids on Sunday? Do you have a favorite Easter memory?
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This year my partner and I are hosting an Easter Brunch for our family. I’ll be serving an egg soufflé, potato casserole, fried apples, baked ham with raisin sauce, and Belgian Waffles with maple syrup and fresh fruit topping (strawberries and blueberries). For dessert I’ll have homemade cherry pie with ice cream. My favorite Easter candy is Reese’s peanut butter cup easter eggs. And my favorite Easter memory is when my grandparents had an Easter egg hunt for me when I was a child with eggs they decorated themselves. ❤️

I haven’t set the table for Easter yet, but here’s some pictures from past Easter meals…

Before the dining room wall mural was painted…

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KyBourbon said:
This year my partner and I are hosting an Easter Brunch for our family. I’ll be serving an egg soufflé, potato casserole, fried apples, baked ham with raisin sauce, and Belgian Waffles with maple syrup and fresh fruit topping (strawberries and blueberries). For dessert I’ll have homemade cherry pie with ice cream. My favorite Easter candy is Reese’s peanut butter cup easter eggs. And my favorite Easter memory is when my grandparents had an Easter egg hunt for me when I was a child with eggs they decorated themselves. ❤

I haven’t set the table for Easter yet, but here’s some pictures from past Easter meals…

Before the dining room wall mural was painted…

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THIS is how a table should look! I love your mural as well @KyBourbon ! You definitely have exceptional taste! ❤
 
KyBourbon said:
This year my partner and I are hosting an Easter Brunch for our family. I’ll be serving an egg soufflé, potato casserole, fried apples, baked ham with raisin sauce, and Belgian Waffles with maple syrup and fresh fruit topping (strawberries and blueberries). For dessert I’ll have homemade cherry pie with ice cream. My favorite Easter candy is Reese’s peanut butter cup easter eggs. And my favorite Easter memory is when my grandparents had an Easter egg hunt for me when I was a child with eggs they decorated themselves. ❤

I haven’t set the table for Easter yet, but here’s some pictures from past Easter meals…

Before the dining room wall mural was painted…

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Proper relaxing, beautiful dinning room. Flowers are beautiful and at the right height for my taste. And the menu is perfect. ♥
PS Do you have french canadian ancestery ? I thought we were the only one eating ham for Easters, everyone else seems to eat lamb !

Also thank you @ComtesseRose ♥
 
KyBourbon said:
❤ Thank you! I think there’s beauty in a simple table setting. I can honestly say I’ve never used asparagus tongs…or whatever the hell those things were! 😆
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Interesting fact to wow your friends and family this Easter.....and I didn't have to speak to my under butler!

The English word asparagus derives from classical Latin but the plant was once known in English as sperage, from the Medieval Latin sparagus.
 
Fromthenorth said:
Proper relaxing, beautiful dinning room. Flowers are beautiful and at the right height for my taste. And the menu is perfect. ♥
PS Do you have french canadian ancestery ? I thought we were the only one eating ham for Easters, everyone else seems to eat lamb !

Also thank you @ComtesseRose ♥
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No French Canadian ancestry. Actually, several years ago my partner gave me an ancestry DNA kit for Christmas. I took the test and was surprised to see that I share 92% of my DNA from England….and a very specific place in England! I think I should visit there one day…I’m sure it’s a wonderful place because the people are just like me! 😆

Here’s a picture of a state dinner at Versailles. Even though it’s a grand affair, the table setting is really very simple and elegant. Unlike PhiPhi’s tablescapes that look like he vomited layers of decorations, unnecessary plates, cutlery, glassware, and tat all over them!

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KyBourbon said:
No French Canadian ancestry. Actually, several years ago my partner gave me an ancestry DNA kit for Christmas. I took the test and was surprised to see that I share 92% of my DNA from England….and a very specific place in England! I think I should visit there one day…I’m sure it’s a wonderful place because the people are just like me! 😆

Here’s a picture of a state dinner at Versailles. Even though it’s a grand affair, the table setting is really very simple and elegant. Unlike PhiPhi’s tablescapes that look like he vomited layers of decorations, unnecessary plates, cutlery, glassware, and tat all over them!

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If you happen to be from Devon (especially Coldridge), you are probably my cousin! But, I am going to wager your ancestors are from Brighton! (All are lovely areas!)
 
Okay, here goes, I know this is what you call a first world problem, but I will go ahead and post my fluffy, superficial Ostrich Easter egg debacle. About 8 years ago, my long time fancy artsy friend Teddy got 3 huge Ostrich eggs for Easter. She wanted us to hardboil the Ostrich eggs and decorate them in a very glam style to use as decorations for her Easter Buffet. She had just installed new marble kitchen counters that had been mined from the Yule Marble Quarry in Marble, Ćolorado. They were a very fine, pure white marble. She is very particular and had been searching for months to find as close to pure white marble as possible. She would be meticulous about keeping them pristine forever. Pure white marble countertops would make me nervous. They can stain so easily.

It turns out it was expensive and difficult to get slabs of this particular marble for her kitchen.One reason was that it was a desirable high-quality, pure white marble that had been been mined and used in many famous buildings and monuments throughout the United States, to include the Lincoln Memorial monument in Washington, DC., the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, etc. They are built out of this pure white marble,

The marble counters had been installed a couple days before Easter and had not yet been sealed so Teddy decided to boil the eggs on her stove and we would decorate them at her dining room table. I didn’t go into the kitchen, I did not want to be near the fancy unsealed marble. I drank water so there was no chance I could spill something that would stain the marble if I got near them. I knew if anything happened to stain or damage the unsealed marble countertops, Teddy would be very stressed, so I chose not to engage with the new counters in any way, especially when they were new, porous, and unsealed. No way.

Teddy put the ostrich eggs in big pots to boil and we went into her dining room to wait for the eggs to cook.

After several minutes, we suddenly heard two super loud bangs. When we went into kitchen, we saw that 2 of the partially cooked Ostrich eggs had exploded, spattering hot, runny egg yolk and egg/ broken egg shell pieces all over the kitchen cabinets by the stove, the ceiling above the stove, and all over her new porous unsealed marble countertops. Teddy threw out the third egg and we spent the next 4+ hours delicately cleaning Ostrich egg yolks, egg, and shells off her kitchen ceiling, walls,floor, and the unsealed marble countertops. Teddy had a jewelers loop out examining the counters for yellow stains.

I don’t know why the eggs exploded. The grocer who sold them to Teddy told her that the shells may have had hairline cracks. Teddy sealed her counters and Is happy with them. We never tried to hard boil Ostrich eggs again. I am still wary of white marble countertops. The End.
 
Fromthenorth said:
I have a question. When I was little, when we decorated eggs we actually removed the content of the eggs with 2 little holes on each "tips" and blew on one of the hole so that the content would come out the other into a bowl. Does anyone do this ? I understand hard boiled eggs for kids in a garden, is less fragile. :unsure:
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My mother used to do that. We painted and used them for Easter decorations.
 
T Rex said:
THAT is beyond disgusting! The only time we ever had an issue with mold was our first autumn in Japan (terrible ventilation in our flat, and there were periods where the building had no heat nor aircon between seasons- not our choice), and while we never had mold on the walls or furniture, I discovered it in our closets when I noticed a light layer of white on our shoes (which could have easily been mistook for dust, but not when they've been stored in a closet.) I was so grossed out- while my initial reaction was the desire to just set fire to the place (Mr. T Rex said that was a terrible option), I got straight into my car and drove to Seiyu (Japan's WalMart) to purchase three dehumidifiers, liters of bleach, and the equivalent of DampRid bags.

The entire contents of the closets went into the washing machine (along with any soft goods in those rooms- curtains, bedding, pillows), dry cleaners, and shoes and handbags were wiped with bleach water. I wiped the closet walls and doors with bleach water, along all furniture surfaces and let them dry. In the first 24 hours of running the dehumidifiers, I probably emptied at least 20 liters of water! After that, I left the closet doors open for ventilation, and always kept the dehumidiers running when the heat was not on and it never returned for the remaining years we lived there. I emptied them in the morning and at night, and was always shocked how much water came out of them.

I am surprised Fanny doesn't have a single dehumidifier in her crumbling abode, but then again, someone would actually need to empty it. SMH.
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I’m afraid they would need the type that has a hose for continuous water drainage. That place has to be a soggy mess. I’m surprised they aren’t all sick. 🤢 I had a similar experience as you when I moved from the dry desert to a very humid environment. Opened my hall coat closet after summer to find a moldy mess. Now, I have rid containers in there always and wash down the inside of the door and shelves with vinegar. My basement is the actual problem so that has a humidifier and fans going when needed. The farmhouse has to smell. So gross.
 
graciemckitten said:
Hey KY Bourbon and Halcyon Organic, what are your favorite and least favorite desserts? I know you are probably cooking up a storm for Easter Ky Bourbon. What are you making?

Any favorite Easter candies or memories?

Jules, what about you? Hey, how is your Dad?

Jeeves, how is your husband? Are you getting ready for lots of grandkids on Sunday? Do you have a favorite Easter memory?
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Hubby is doing well but still waiting for his followup MRI and neurology consult. (Everything is delayed due to Industrial Action.) We had our 2 yr old grandson for the day yesterday and are spending Easter Sunday with our daughter, SiL and three grand-daughters and going out for lunch this year. (I usually roast a leg of lamb, mint sauce - from the garden - and new potatoes.) Hubby is going to be helping our son complete the large pergola he is building in their garden. Unlike the pergola at Lalande, it's paved, with a clear roof and will serve as a covered space for entertaining and a play area for our grandson when it's raining. (he loves to be outdoors.) I'm planning to make the most of having the house to myself today and plan to spend it catching up on my scrapbooking. I had a Cricut maker as a retirement present from the children at school and have lots of titles, etc that I want to cut.

As a child, my mum always made my sister and I new dresses for Easter. I recall one year she made us both lightweight blue coats, I had a white dress with blue flowers to wear underneath and my sister had a white dress with pink flowers. We both had straw bonnets for church. Easter was the time we went into white ankle socks.
I don't recall Easter Egg hunts as a child although the grandchildren always have one. We always picked primroses on Good Friday. My mum always made a Simnel cake for Easter, I don't follow this tradition as I'm not a fan of marzipan.

My favourite Easter egg was Cuckoo clock with 12 small caramel filled chocolate eggs. I was never a fan of Cadbury cream eggs but I do still like the caramel eggs as they remind me of my childhood.

Wishing everyone a very happy Easter - Pasg Hapus pawb!

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KyBourbon said:
This year my partner and I are hosting an Easter Brunch for our family. I’ll be serving an egg soufflé, potato casserole, fried apples, baked ham with raisin sauce, and Belgian Waffles with maple syrup and fresh fruit topping (strawberries and blueberries). For dessert I’ll have homemade cherry pie with ice cream. My favorite Easter candy is Reese’s peanut butter cup easter eggs. And my favorite Easter memory is when my grandparents had an Easter egg hunt for me when I was a child with eggs they decorated themselves. ❤

I haven’t set the table for Easter yet, but here’s some pictures from past Easter meals…

Before the dining room wall mural was painted…

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After wall mural painted…

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Just beautiful! ❤️
 
(hot) flower guy posted this photo on his ig:

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baghead's marie, you stupid goose, pick up your boy and go back to brussels.
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Fromthenorth said:
I have a question. When I was little, when we decorated eggs we actually removed the content of the eggs with 2 little holes on each "tips" and blew on one of the hole so that the content would come out the other into a bowl. Does anyone do this ? I understand hard boiled eggs for kids in a garden, is less fragile. :unsure:
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we do, for eggs that we use as a decoration. we hang them on branches around the hosue.
 
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