jmcquown wrote:

> Excuse me? Eggs and toast are pretty simple. I'd expect even that
> Corey troll can do it so to suggest that's what I do best IS a tad
> insulting.

Sorry, Jill. I really wasn't trying to insult you. Reading it back (and
removing my intended inflection) I guess what I should have said was
something like "she likes the way you prepare said items better than
other things you might cook." I wasn't meaning it to be derogatory and I
apologize for coming across that way. It might be closer to taste or
appearance in the way she taught you to cook. I know that when I have
diverged from time honored family and traditional meals, I hear about it
from them. Leftovers are a dead giveaway. They expect a certain thing
and if you get too fancy with them or change the recipe drastically, it
can fall flat. I hope I removed my foot from my mouth sufficiently for you.

> As for taking Mom out... most days she doesn't get out of her nightgown
> and robe. Forget about going out. Not that there are cookie cutter
> restaurant chains here (thank Bast!). There's an Applebee's. Wouldn't
> take her there if it were her last request.

Again. Just a suggestion to see if there is something else she might
like rather than you playing "20 Questions" with her on it. On one of
those days she might get out of the housecoat, take her to a restaurant
-- any restaurant. Let someone else wait on her -- you obviously need a
break of your own. Pay attention to her menu choices was all I was
trying to say. You might find inspiration.

Now, the fact that you would withhold a final request of Applebee's (if
that were what she wanted) I do find a bit selfish.

> Got change for a quarter?

Keep the change. I don't need it.

--Lin