tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post2965425952613315543..comments2024-03-28T08:22:41.115-07:00Comments on Grow Wings -- the Journal of Laini Taylor: Thanksgiving, with vampires and shotgunsLaini Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-4745726337235198332007-11-26T19:46:00.000-08:002007-11-26T19:46:00.000-08:00Love, love the idea of the holiday recipe box. I h...Love, love the idea of the holiday recipe box. I hate searching for a recipe. <BR/><BR/>Not only do I use cloth napkins (most of the time), I've taken to making my own as well. Okay, sort of...I still need one more part for the serger and watch out, we'll be able to color co-ordinated our meals. <BR/><BR/>Your Thanksgiving sounds lovely, even with the police excitement.Deirdrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111665177473414894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-75781107100292148212007-11-26T15:47:00.000-08:002007-11-26T15:47:00.000-08:00Laini - do you still watch Pushing Daisies? 'Cuz ...Laini - do you still watch Pushing Daisies? 'Cuz your pie looked so good and I just bought a big peach pie to watch wednesday's show with the family:o)<BR/><BR/>That show always makes me want PIE!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your holiday pics.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08514084603952110608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-67724123333067468722007-11-26T10:31:00.000-08:002007-11-26T10:31:00.000-08:00I really enjoyed this blog. Too bad that it's all...I really enjoyed this blog. Too bad that it's all coming to an end. <BR/><BR/>I am sure everybody knows by now how the police weren't after Laini's neighbors. It seems that Alexandra's little hijacking had nothing to do with Xanadu, but everything to do with the outlawed interrogation technique of Bulgarian Cupcake Torture. Who could have thought that the raccoons were just a diversionary tactic for advance surveillance? <BR/><BR/>Alexandra seems to think that I am going to post bail for her. Pshaw!<BR/><BR/>As for Laini, poor Laini. It was all so avoidable. Lying to the police under oath to try to protect the person who had been torturing her. Just like Barry Bonds and Bill Clinton -- it's the perjury that gets you.<BR/><BR/>How apropos that Laini's post mentions Martha Stewart. The pink hair just doesn't go with pinstripes...blessedmatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498680649954840686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-82332457472942779472007-11-25T19:41:00.000-08:002007-11-25T19:41:00.000-08:00Hi Laini and Jim,What beautiful dishes you have! I...Hi Laini and Jim,<BR/>What beautiful dishes you have! I think using cloth napkins adds an air of festivity and refinement to any meal, even hot dogs or a peanut butter sandwich.<BR/><BR/>BTW Laini, I am watching the movies and reading the books you recommended to me at Esme's. Mr. Darcy is a hoot.Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422449200792287901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-80655436490650242732007-11-25T15:37:00.000-08:002007-11-25T15:37:00.000-08:00Cute photo, Laini! Loved all your ideas AND the co...Cute photo, Laini! Loved all your ideas AND the colors in your sitting room; you really are Martha Jr. aren't you? Glad you had such a wonderful Thanksgiving! K.Sustenance Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980573661955592633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-30031130969113411852007-11-25T12:26:00.000-08:002007-11-25T12:26:00.000-08:00Hey! I just finished "A Certain Slant of Light", a...Hey! I just finished "A Certain Slant of Light", as per your recommendation before. I LOVED it! Really good. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>:)Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04680903854519503303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-85385617559849644312007-11-25T10:53:00.000-08:002007-11-25T10:53:00.000-08:00Happy Leftover Turkey Day to my two favorite Portl...Happy Leftover Turkey Day to my two favorite Portland turkeys!<BR/>Laini, you are such a smart hostess with the mostess -- your holiday recipe box is too awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-88829954430421685332007-11-24T23:05:00.000-08:002007-11-24T23:05:00.000-08:00Listen, if you were really dedicated, you would ta...Listen, if you were really dedicated, you would take those pretty napkins into the bathroom with you. Just saying. ;)<BR/><BR/>I have become obsessed with the reusable shopping bags. I swear I buy one everytime I go to a store! I now have a basket with about twenty of them in my van. It's has become crazy. <BR/><BR/>Hahaha about your very own Cops episode on Thanksgiving. <BR/><BR/>:)Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04680903854519503303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-29358282934087983472007-11-24T21:54:00.000-08:002007-11-24T21:54:00.000-08:00Happy Thanksgiving!I just have to comment on the c...Happy Thanksgiving!<BR/>I just have to comment on the cloth napkins... I totally agree and I have five kids! We use them all of the time. I keep them in a basket by the diningroom table ready to go. They never get so soiled that they don't wash up nicely.<BR/><BR/>As for paper towels... what I do is save any ratty kitchen towels and put them under the sink in a stack and use them in place of paper towels. I am addicted to buying cute kitchen towels so I always have plenty of ratty ones. They are also just as easy to toss in with other laundry loads except for when they are heavily soiled in which case I either throw them away or wash them separately.<BR/><BR/>I'm right there with you on not making my own tp... i'm just not that green.Dalissa McEwen Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424482684428232565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-7937709427491234042007-11-24T21:01:00.000-08:002007-11-24T21:01:00.000-08:00Happy Belated Thanksgiving, Laini and Jim - I love...Happy Belated Thanksgiving, Laini and Jim - I love looking at all your vibrant photos. I go through the paper vs cloth issue periodically - but I am such a messy person - really, I think somebody else should feed me sometimes - anyway, I may decide try the cloth ones again after reading your recommendations, though. <BR/>Wonder what happened with the neighbors and the SWAT team? Please let us know the ending to that mystery if you find out the scoop...speaking of mysteries, Alexandra hijacked your blog and wrote a post? I must read that now, too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-56598138752888925932007-11-24T17:12:00.000-08:002007-11-24T17:12:00.000-08:00I can't tell you how much I want to come over to y...I can't tell you how much I want to come over to your house and just look around for a few hours. You have the most interesting and colorful style I've ever seen! I want to let it envelope me and inspire me. It's refreshing and fun! I want to look through you and the hub's work spaces and see what you're up to. I want to braid your magenta hair. did that freak you out? sorry, I didn't mean to be freaky:) <BR/><BR/>I don't use paper towels. It drives people nuts who come to visit. They're always looking in drawers and cupboards for them and I just hand them a dish towel. Same thought process. I'll dig out my cloth napkins, too. it would be fun to make a bunch with scraps...hmmm.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755878114919481349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-15841485885788174902007-11-24T16:25:00.000-08:002007-11-24T16:25:00.000-08:00You've inspired me to dig out our cloth napkins. ...You've inspired me to dig out our cloth napkins. We used nothing BUT all those years we were in the tropics. I don't buy napkins, but we eat so much take-out food and we always seem to end up with extra napkins...which I later use when we're eating home-cooked meals. I don't know why we haven't been using our cloth ones, but I'm going to find them right now! :) P.S. That picture of you is ADORABLE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-88060954940917341842007-11-24T07:18:00.000-08:002007-11-24T07:18:00.000-08:00Look, I will be very frank with you so sit yoursel...Look, I will be very frank with you so sit yourself down. You have receieved zero comments to this post in almost 24 hours, and its not largely, its not <I>largely</I>, its <I>entirely</I> in fact because the entire blogospohere is ENRAGED that you pushed down my Thanksgiving Day post with this new one. I know, its rather irrational but you have to respect the will of the people and you have not. You have not. Instead, you thrust this new post above what is arguably the best, not to mention the most important, post that has ever shown up on your blog. So....you make your bed Fatty and now you must lie in it Fatty....a cold, commentless bed. <BR/>p.s. Hows all that extra stuffing going? I wish I had tupperware with wings that could fly over there, full itself, up, and come right back to me!Alex Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02109059018269508607noreply@blogger.com