Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

GOOD MORNING, FREINDS

JUST GOT INTO WORK.. WENT TO GET MY HAIR DONE & COLOR OUT THE GRAY!! LOL

HAVE A GREAT DAY.. NOW, I HAVE TO ORDER BREAKFAST, BECAUSE I DID NOT STOP TO BUY IT ON THE WAY IN...

JOEBROOXX...HAVE A GREAT ONE.. WILL TALK TO YOU TOMORROW!!!! XX

CUZ TERRY & MIA..HAVE FUN W/SANTA!!! TELL HIM TO PLEASE CHECK MY LIST..THERE A 1 OR 2 THINGS ON IT I REALLY WANT!! THANX...LOL

(I'VE BEEN A VERY GOOD GIRL THIS YEAR!!)

SUZIE...HELEN, JUDY, JEANETTE, DEBBIE..HAVE FUN TODAY...I KNOW YOU ARE ALL PROBABLY DOING SOME KIND OF COOKING... I WIL START MINE TONITE & FINISH UP TOMORROW...ENJOY!!!

HEY, UMBRIA..WISH ANNELLEN & THE FAMILY A MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR ME..

MICHAEL & MICHELLE.. KNOW THE TIME IS CLOSE NOW FOR YOU GUYS..

HOPE YOU BOTH HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS.. ( I KNOW NEW YEAR'S WLL BE GREAT!!! LOL)
MICHAEL, ENJOY YOUR KIDS & HAVE FUN ON CHRISTMAS WITH THEM...
THESE ARE THE DAYS TO CHERISH...:)

OK, CU ALL LATER.. I AM HAVING EGG & HAM ON A ROLL TODAY.. WTH!!, IT'S CHRISTMAS...LOL

Finished a few things, including a pot of coffee!, now maybe now I'll feel like walking to the store and becoming an iceberg!!! lol

I have such sinus headache today and I don't feel like moving. Stay warm everyone......see ya later.

MY FIRST OF MANY BREAKS TODAY
SO HELLO THERE
WHATS DOING

OK GUESS YOUR ALL BUSY OR OUT
SO I WILL SEE YA LATER

HI GUYS ANTHONY ITS MY FIRST BREAK TO......LOL
HAVE TO GO TO BANK. GET SOME MULA. IF THERES ANY LEFT !!!
GOING TO MY SONS FOR THE LITTLE CHRISTMAS PARTY, BRING SOME RICE BALLS, WITH ME.......LET ME GET MOVING MY ASS.

SEE YA LATER

HI JEANETTE

YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME TODAY

LISTEN IF YOUR GOING TO MOVE YOUR ASS MAKE SURE THE REST FOLLOW IT WOULD LOOK VERY FUNNY SEEING JUST YOUR ASS GOING DOWN MAIN STREET

TO ALL MY FRIENDS/FAMILY ON THE PARK SLOPE BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!
WILL BE PEEKING BACK SOON....GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!!!

OK THE LASANGA IS IN THE OVEN THE THING WEIGHS A TON
I DID 7 LAYERS GOD HELP THEM THAT DIG IN

HELLO BLOGGERS;

I JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MAY WE ALL HAVE GOOD HEALTH IN THE COMING YEAR. LETS
PUT ALL THE CRAP BEHIND US AND START THE NEW YEAR FRESH.
I WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU ALL AT CHRISTMAS EVE MASS. PLEASE
REMEMBER ME AND MY FAMILY ALSO. WE ALL NEED THE PRAYERS.

DEBBIE I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. I HAVE A HEADACHE SINCE
YESTERDAY. NOTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING.


IF I DON'T GET BACK ON HERE BEFORE CHRISTMAS I WILL BE
THINGING OF YOU ALL.


WITH MUCH LOVE, DONNA AND KENNY

WELL I TALKED TO JOEY TODAY
HE SAYS HE IS VERY SORRY FOR HURTING THE BLOG

JOEY I THANK YOU FOR COMING CLEAN
NOW WE CAN MOVE ON AND HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS
LIKE A FAMILY SHOULD OUR FAMILY THIS BLOG THIS PLACE OF CARING OF HOPE OF LOVE
LOVE FOR ALL HERE

SO DUDE ALL I CAN SAY IS

ODE TO AN OLD BLACK COAL STOVE

When we first moved into our house on 12th Street, it was a short move from an apartment house just four doors away. The changes in our lifestyle were much greater. It was an old, no very old house with no central heat. In the kitchen, taking up a good size space was an “OLD BLACK COAL STOVE” This coal stove was not only meant to heat parts of the house but was a source for cooking as well. There was no warmer feeling in the world then coming in from playing in the snow or walking & playing in the cold winter, then cuddling up (especially with your butt) next to the ‘OLD BLACK COAL STOVE.”. Dry your hat and mittens, 5 minutes tops and don’t get them too close or they will burn up. My Mom used to cook some of the most incredible meals on and in that coal stove. Put a pot of Chicken soup on the back lid and let it simmer all day. The smell in the house was marvelous. She used to make home made Baked Beans in a roasting pan and simmer them in the oven of the “Old Black Coal Stove”. Toast on a skewer with the lid up, fry anything in an old heavy iron skillet, stick Mickey’s (potatoes) in the back of the oven in the morning and they made a fantastic snack or dinner side dish. Open the mickeys and put a dollap of Lambrecht’s Real Butter from a crock that was delivered by the butter and egg man. Oh boy. You can not duplicate those flavors on any other stove today. And so during this wonderful Holiday season, I pay tribute to the “OLD BLACK COAL STOVE” and the wonderful memories I have for it.

OK
BASICLY I AM DONE

NOW TOMORROW ALL I GOT IS THE FRYING OF SOME FISH BAND SHRIMP AND MAKE MY TRAYS

BOY OH BOY ALOT OF WORK
NOT TO MENTION THE COST
WELL HEY YOU LIVE BUT ONCE

WARREN YOU ARE TRULY SOMETHING
I LOVE WHEN YOU COME ON HERE TO TELL US YOUR MEMORIES
THERE SOME OF THE GREATEST STORYS
OURS SEEM SO MINUTE TO YOURS
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE OUR FOND MEMORIES
AS WELL AS OUR KIDS WELL HAVE THERES

TO YOU WARREN AND YOUR LOVELY WIFE
I TOAST A CHEER OF MORE YEARS
OF MEMORIES

MERRY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY NEW YEARS

ANTHONY UMBRIA wrote: WARREN YOU ARE TRULY SOMETHING
I LOVE WHEN YOU COME ON HERE TO TELL US YOUR MEMORIES
THERE SOME OF THE GREATEST STORYS
OURS SEEM SO MINUTE TO YOURS
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE OUR FOND MEMORIES
AS WELL AS OUR KIDS WELL HAVE THERES

TO YOU WARREN AND YOUR LOVELY WIFE
I TOAST A CHEER OF MORE YEARS
OF MEMORIES

MERRY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY NEW YEARS

Anthony, Thank you for the kind words. We wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year full of JOY and GOOD HEALTH :santa:

HEY WARREN.. GROWING UP IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE HAD NO HEAT.. THE STOVE WAS OUR ONLY SOURCE OF HEAT.. THE HOUSE WAS SMALL & COZY, BUT A COLD FLAT...WE SLEPT WITH HATS & SCARVES ON WHEN IT WAS REAL COLD... THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS..

MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD PUT FRUIT SKINS ON THE TOP OF THE STOVE TO MAKE THE HOUSE SMELL NICE...NO HEAT, BUT PLENTY TO EAT & LOTS OF LOVE TO GO AROUND...I WOULD LOVE TO BE BACK THERE FOR A DAY...

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS & BE WELL!!! XX

This is really funny....click on it to enlarge -- sorry a little big.....

PATSY (MIELE) KIRK wrote: HEY WARREN.. GROWING UP IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE HAD NO HEAT.. THE STOVE WAS OUR ONLY SOURCE OF HEAT.. THE HOUSE WAS SMALL & COZY, BUT A COLD FLAT...WE SLEPT WITH HATS & SCARVES ON WHEN IT WAS REAL COLD... THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS..

MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD PUT FRUIT SKINS ON THE TOP OF THE STOVE TO MAKE THE HOUSE SMELL NICE...NO HEAT, BUT PLENTY TO EAT & LOTS OF LOVE TO GO AROUND...I WOULD LOVE TO BE BACK THERE FOR A DAY...

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS & BE WELL!!! XX

Patsy, One of the more interesting things was the bathroom. One bathroom,4 kids, 2 parents. Was no problem in the winter. No heat in the bathroom at all. Everyone got in and out in a hurry. Merry Christmas :santa:

warren.. us too!!! 6 kids total..& . 2 grandparents & one bathroom...but. life went on...
it was me, my brother, sister& 3 aunts & my grandparents.. 6women & 2 men..

me & at least one of my aunts would be in the bathroom at the same time getting dressed.. the women went in two's to get dolled up, etc..lol
times have not changed that much as far as that.. you ever notice, women go to the bathroom in 2's when out together??? lol

judy..i love that.. (it's so true, right??) women have a reputation of being caddy.. oh well, it goes with the territory!!! lol

c u later..:)

WARREN, I HAD THE SAME KIND OF HEATING SYSTEM, THE BIG BLACK COAL STOVE.IN THE KITCHEN....LOL I REMEMBER MY MOM PUTTING LEMON OR ORANGE PEELS ON THE STOVE, AND MADE THE HOUSE SMELL SO GOOD. !!!!!!!, THERE WAS 8 OF US IN FOUR ROOMS AND 1 BATHROOM.. THOSE WERE THE DAYS, WHEN THERE WASENT MUCH.
BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS MUCH HAPPINESS, AND LOVE
I WISH YOU AND YOUR WIFE,A MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND A HEALTHY HAPPY NEW YEAR. !!!!!!

WELL I FINISHED, ALL MY COOKING, POT PANS BOWLS DISHES CLEANED.
NOW TOMMOROW TRY TO RELAX, TAKE IT EASY, AND ENJOY THE HOLIDAY

SO DID EVERYONE HAVE A NICE DAY, OR WAS EVERYONE RUNNING AROUND LIKE CRAZY.HAD A NICE PARTY AT MY SON BUSINESS, GOT A COUPLE NICE GIFTS, GOOD FOOD MUSIC,EVERYONE WORE SANTA HATS
GOT SOME MORE CHRISTMAS COOKIES, LIKE I NEED THEM,,,,,LOL