Sandra asks…
Diary Of A Blonde Newlywed! see if you like it?
Dear Diary,
Monday: Now home from honeymoon and settled in our new home, it’s fun to cook for Bob. Today I made an angel food cake and the recipe said, “Beat 12 eggs separately.” Well, I didn’t have enough bowls to do that, so I had to borrow enough bowls to beat the eggs in. The cake turned out fine.
Tuesday: We wanted a fruit salad for supper. The recipe said, serve without dressing.” So I didn’t dress. But, Bob happened to bring a friend home for supper that night. Did they ever look startled when I served the salad.
Wednesday: I decided to serve rice and found a recipe which said, “Wash thoroughly before steaming the rice.” So I heated some water and took a bath before steaming the rice. Sounded kinda silly in the middle of the week. I can’t say it improved the rice any.
Thursday: Today Bob asked for salad again. I tried a new recipe. It said, “Prepare ingredients, then toss on a bed of lettuce one hour before serving.” I hunted all over the garden by my mom’s. So I tossed my salad into the bed of lettuce and stood over there one hour so the dog would not take it. Bob came over and asked if I felt all right. I wonder why?
Friday: Today I found an easy recipe for cookies. It said, “Put all ingredients in a bowl and beat it.” Beat it I did, right over to my mom’s house. There must have been something wrong with the recipe, because when I came back home again it looked the same as when I left it.
Saturday: Bob went shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it for Sunday. I’m sure I don’t know how hens dress for Sunday. I never noticed back on the farm, but I found a doll dress and some little shoes. I thought the hen looked real cute. When Bob saw it, I wondered why he counted to 10.
Sunday: Today Bob’s folks came to dinner. I wanted to serve roast, but all we had in the icebox, was hamburger. So I put it in the oven and set the controls for roast. Must be the oven, because it still came out hamburger.
Good night, Dear Diary. This has been an exciting week. I am eager for tomorrow to come, so I can try a new recipe on Bob.
Sorry people i know it is too long.
GardenersCardiff answers:
NO don’t be sorry it’s long. I enjoyed every sentence. Thanks for making my day.
Donald asks…
Can my dads 2nd wife take half his property, even though he bought it 15 yrs before they were together?
My parents bought a property together over 15 yrs ago. They have since divorced and my dad has now been remarried for about 3 yrs. The marriage is not going well and my dad is thinking of divorce.
His new wife hasnt made any financial contributions towards the property but has remodelled the garden and painted the inside of the house (& I must say the work she did has decreased the house value!)
Im curious to know, if they divorce, how much of the property is she entitled to? They have no kids together, but she has a daughter from a previous relationship living with them. He is not a legal guardian. She also moved her 2 sons (in their 20’s) into the house.
Would it be easy for him to kick them all out of the house?
What can I do to help him?
She doesnt deserve any of my dads property, she has previously taken 3 partners to the cleaners, the gold digging so & so!
Not 1 of our family members or my dads friends like her.
What options do we have to get rid of her & so my dad doesnt go broke divorcing her & losing his property?
If it was in mine & my sisters names as well as dads, can she take it? Im pretty sure were named on the papers…..or in a will or something.
Please help me! Anyone!!! Im scared my dad will suffer dramatically from this woman & her money hungry ways!!!!!
GardenersCardiff answers:
It depends upon what it says in their prenuptial agreement.
Didn’t have one? Then it’s rare that a judge will say, “She gets the house/he gets the cars.” Generally the lawyers (who are the only ones who win in a divorce) will arrive at an amount of money she will get in a settlement, and one way or the other, through cashing in investments or agreeing on an amount of alimony or whatever, your dad will have to cough up that amount.
He should avoid filing for divorce. HOWEVER, he can make her want to leave and file. NOT by being cruel or abusive (and it sounds like he wouldn’t do that anyway) but by making it less fun. Cut her off from money. She has her own assets from her previous guys, right? Don’t fund her shopping sprees or other spending habits.
Since he’s not connected to any of the children legally, if she has her own assets, he might be okay because he can easily prove he owns the house, he’s always made all the payments, and while she might recoup some of what she may have spent on the garden, if it is extensive, paint is cheap.
He probably would be okay. However, if at all possible, he should wait it out for her to decide to leave and file for divorce so he can say, “She left me. Since that’s what she chose, she should live with the consequences of that decision.”
If he has an emotional connection to the daughter, and she is a minor child, he might agree to pay her a nominal lump sum toward her future education and wish her well. If all the “kids” are snotty to him, then it’s not necessary.
Betty asks…
Overwhelmed with tomatoes!?
My tomato garden is overwhelming me! I have never grown tomato before and certainly didn’t expect the plants to give me so many. I have made a few salads and used them in sandwiches but I’m not sure what else to make. I would give some away, but I don’t necessarily like my neighbors much and friends and family aren’t near by. Any great, easy recipes or ideas?
GardenersCardiff answers:
Not sure if you’d consider this a “salad” but, I do love Tomatoes, Mozzerella, and Basil. What you do is you cut a few slices of tomatoes, and some mozzerella. If you also have fresh basil in your garden, use that, but if you don’t, it should be pretty easy to find it in a supermarket. Then what I do is I place the mozzerella on the tomato, then the basil on top, and drizzle with a little bit of olive oil and crushed black pepper. You can also make Gazpacho, it’s a delicious soup, usually served cold, but sometimes I warm mine up. You cook the tomatoes, like you would a soup, and add heavy cream, oil and I like spices and herbs such as white pepper, salt, rosemarry, and thyme. Then, puree it! It’s so good! Also, a romaine salad! Chicken, chopped/diced tomatoes, romaine/iceburg lettuce, and ranch dressing. Yum! Or, a grilled plate, grilled chicken breast, with a grilled tomato slice, and tomato sauce, and a side of rice. You could also bake some fish with pomegranite and tomato sauce, just puree some tomatoes and pomegranite seeds (those little niblets) and add salt, and pepper, then cook and pour over the baked fish when done. This is really good with Tilapia and other white fish. Pasta is another thing– cook some tomato sauce with meat and cheese (in the sauce) and then pour over the chosen pasta. As for sandwiches, put it on white bread. Put a deli meat, cheese, tomatoes, and any toppings and/or veggies on white bread, then put it in a panini maker. You could also can them by boiling and peeling them. And then putting them in cans. Or, you could make a grilled veggie plate by seasoning them with salt, pepper, and oil. Or there’s always the classic tomato soup with grilled cheese–just make the gazpacho recipie, heat it up, then make some grilled cheese-or with saltines OR crackers or chips. Or just eat them fresh! =) hope I helped!
Xox,
Massie <3
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Lisa asks…
How often do you use a cookbook?
The Blondes Cookbook
Monday
It’s fun to cook for Bob. Today I made angel food cake. The recipe said beat 12 eggs separately. The neighbors were nice enough to loan me the extra bowls.
Tuesday
He wanted fruit salad for supper. The recipe said serve without dressing. So I didn’t dress. What a surprise when he brought a friend home for supper
Wednesday
A good day for rice. The recipe said wash thoroughly before steaming the rice. It seemed kind of silly but I took a bath anyway. I can’t say it improved the rice any.
Thursday
Today he asked for salad again I tried a new recipe. It said prepare ingredients; lay on a bed of lettuce one hour before serving. Asked me why I was rolling around in the garden..
Friday
I found an easy recipe for cookies. It said put the ingredients in a bowl and beat it.. There must have been something wrong with this recipe. When I got back, everything was the same as when I left..
Saturday
He did the shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it for Sunday. I don’t have any clothes that fit it, and for some reason he keeps counting to ten.
Sunday
I wanted to serve roast but all I had was hamburger. Suddenly I had a flash of genius..I put the hamburger in the oven and set the controls for roast. It still came out hamburger, much to my disappointment.
GOOD NIGHT DEAR DIARY. This has been a very exciting week! I am eager for tomorrow to come so I can try out a new recipe. If I can talk him into buying a bigger oven, I would like to surprise him with a chocolate moose.
GardenersCardiff answers:
Never.. I love things extremely spicy and my own way. But when Baking and it needs to be a certain way i google a recipe when im not sure. And LOL at what u said 
thats funny
Maria asks…
Do you think this is a joke is funny?
Monday
It’s fun to cook for Tom. Today I made angel food cake. The
recipe said beat 12 eggs separately. The neighbors were nice enough to loan me some extra bowls.
Tuesday
Tom wanted fruit salad for supper. The recipe said serve without dressing. So I didn’t dress. What a surprise when Tom brought a friend home for supper
Wednesday
A good day for rice. The recipe said wash thoroughly before steaming the rice. It seemed kind of silly but I took a bath anyway. I can’t say it improved the rice any.
Thursday
Today Tom asked for salad again I tried a new recipe. It said prepare ingredients; lay on a bed of lettuce one hour before serving. Tom asked me why I was rolling around in the garden..
Friday
I found an easy recipe for cookies. It said put the ingredients in a bowl and beat it. There must have been something wrong with this recipe. When I got back, everything was the same as when I left.
Saturday
Tom did the shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it for Sunday. I don’t have any clothes that fit it, and for some reason Tom keeps counting to ten.
Tom’s folks came to dinner. I wanted to serve roast but all I had was hamburger. Suddenly I had a flash of genius.. I put the hamburger in the oven and set the controls for roast. It still came out hamburger, much to my disappointment.
GOOD NIGHT DEAR DIARY. This has been a very exciting week! I am eager for tomorrow to come so I can try out a new recipe on Tom. If I can talk Tom into buying a bigger oven, I would like to surprise him with a chocolate moose.
Do you think this is a joke is funny?
I meant to say
Do you think this joke is funny?
GardenersCardiff answers:
You’re a blonde, aren’t you?…lol…it was great…made me laugh…have a star…
Paul asks…
what does this dream mean ?
I am running around a garden late in the middle of
the night and my boss a gangster is teaching a your
man to shot and all about espionage.Now i seem to be running through a garden of a friends i loved as a kid.I can hide so well and they seem to walk right past me and not even notice me hiding in the bushes or under tree’s.Now the gangstar says to the kid lets actually kill not realising i am so close to him.
i am shocked so i run through the gardens on to the
street where i see a garden i can hide in.
i run into the garden and i run towards a fence that
is made of metal.i see this fence and realise it would
be easy for me to get over but i know that it would be
sore and uncomfortable to climb over so i just stand
in the shadow far from them waiting for day.
Now as i look to my left i see a woman wearing a berry
cap and black glasses so that suggest to me she is
french and she cants see a thing.i know her or trust her and she walks around to the front of the house and we talk about>>>
4 children that
the gangstar had got rid of.
we lean over a soft a hedge and we see an image and
she narrates what happens to me,
Four kids seem to be surrounded by an 40s or 50s
styled dressed people in japan or china.they seem to
be rich men or i dont know.
they start wrapping the kids in paper and eventually
the kids look like cartoons very 3D like and so
sad.there made of paper .i seem to end up finding my
way there and as i try to find them i have to pull
down pages and pop up pages out of books to get to
them.eventually i give in and take a route in the book
to the professors library where the book is not
finished,i pull the page down and on the back there
are bottles and booksi get annoyed and start wripping
the pages and then i just slam the book shut.the book
falls over and dissapears.then the four kids are
standing on stools still like cartoon 3d like figures
and they all seem sad.
thats where i wake up
GardenersCardiff answers:
I don’t believe dreams mean anything. I think they’re just a melange of our recent and distant memories stirred up when our brains hit the off switch at night. Lucid dreams are rare, and this one sounds about as lucid as my dreams. Last night I dreamt I ate a huge chocolate marshmallow with sprinklings of exotic flowers. This morning I woke up without a pillow and a mouthful of feathers. I don’t know what it means either, but I’m on a down-free diet.
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Richard asks…
dear diary funny or not?
MONDAY:
It’s fun to cook for Fred. Today I made angel food cake. The recipe said beat 12 eggs separately. The neighbors were nice enough to loan me some extra bowls.
TUESDAY:
Fred wanted fruit salad for supper. The recipe said serve without dressing. So I didn’t dress. What a surprise when Fred brought a friend home for supper.
WEDNESDAY:
A good day for rice. The recipe said wash thoroughly before steaming the rice. It seemed kinda of silly but I took a bath. I can’t say it improved the rice any.
THURSDAY:
Today Fred asked for salad again. I tried a new recipe. It said prepare ingredients, then toss on a bed of lettuce one hour before serving. Which is what led up to Fred asking me why I was rolling around in the garden.
FRIDAY:
I found an easy recipe for cookies. It said put all ingredients in bowl and beat it. There must have been something wrong with this recipe. When I got back, everything was the same as when I left.
SATURDAY:
Fred did the shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it for Sunday (oh boy). For some reason Fred keeps counting to ten.
SUNDAY:
Fred’s folks came to dinner. I wanted to serve roast. All I could find was hamburger. Suddenly I had a flash of genius. I put the hamburger in the oven and set the controls for roast. It still came out hamburger, much to my disappointment.
GOOD NIGHT DEAR DIARY:
This has been a very exciting week. I am eager for tomorrow to come so I can try out a new recipe on Fred. If we could just get a bigger oven, I would like to surprise him with Chocolate Moose.
SATURDAY:
Fred did the shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it for Sunday (oh boy). For some reason Fred keeps counting to ten.
SUNDAY:
Fred’s folks came to dinner. I wanted to serve roast. All I could find was hamburger. Suddenly I had a flash of genius. I put the hamburger in the oven and set the controls for roast. It still came out hamburger, much to my disappointment.
GOOD NIGHT DEAR DIARY:
This has been a very exciting week. I am eager for tomorrow to come so I can try out a new recipe on Fred. If we could just get a bigger oven, I would like to surprise him with Chocolate Moose.
GardenersCardiff answers:
Hahaahahahaha yes that was funny av a star…
Thomas asks…
What do you think? funny?
Sometimes being a blonde isn’t easy, especially if you’re cooking…
MONDAY
It’s fun to cook for Bob. Today I made angel food cake. The recipe said beat 12 eggs separately. The neighbors were nice enough to loan me some extra bowls.
TUESDAY
Bob wanted fruit salad for supper. The recipe said serve without dressing. So I didn’t dress. What a surprise when Bob brought a friend home for supper.
WEDNESDAY
A good day for rice. The recipe said wash thoroughly before steaming the rice. It seemed kinda of silly but I took a bath. I can’t say it improved the rice any.
THURSDAY
Today Bob asked for salad again. I tried a new recipe. It said prepare ingredients, then toss on a bed of lettuce one hour before serving. Which is what led up to Bob asking me why I was rolling around in the garden.
FRIDAY
I found an easy recipe for cookies. It said put all ingredients in bowl and beat it. There must have been something wrong with this recipe. When I got back, everything was the same as when I left.
SATURDAY
Bob did the shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it for Sunday (oh boy). For some reason Bob keeps counting to ten.
SUNDAY
Bob’s folks came to dinner. I wanted to serve roast. All I could find was hamburger. Suddenly I had a flash of genius. I put the hamburger in the oven and set the controls for roast. It still came out hamburger, much to my disappointment.
GOOD NIGHT DEAR DIARY
This has been a very exciting week. I am eager for tomorrow to come so I can try out a new recipe on Bob. If we could just get a bigger oven, I would like to surprise him with Chocolate Moose.
GardenersCardiff answers:
I Tink that was very funny, very funny indeed! Have a * and give yourself a pat on the back too! 
Betty asks…
Survival seeds for a crisis garden?
I was watching a 1993 documentary called, “the great depression” and in it they were talking about the government giving out whats called “survival seeds” and the people made what was called a crisis garden or a victory garden. Well i wanted to procure a set of seeds preselected for the above purpose and i googled it and it was talking about some other crap (Survival seed bank scam or some irrelevant stuff) and i couldnt find a list of seeds on would want in the event of a food shortage..
Can someone please provide me with a list of seeds that grow in tropical climate like South Florida that would be easy and quick to grow.
Thanks in advance for the mature responses,
Ronjohn
GardenersCardiff answers:
The actual list of victory garden (1942) seeds
http://www.victoryseeds.com/TheVictoryGarden/vg_seeds.shtml
You can find most of those at any garden center – I’ve seen many of them at the dollar store. The exact variety isn’t going to matter…
Keep in mind, when it comes to gardening, quick means 2-3 months (ok, radishes a month)
Store them in a dry place where they wont over heat and they will keep for at least a few years (after a few years the germination rate goes down)
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