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Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we
actually have a dining room table ;) We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... Cheers Cathy(xyz) |
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In article .com>, "cathyxyz" > wrote:
>Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we >actually have a dining room table ;) I can see mine too -- though the clear horizontal surface is now down to plate size. What passes for breakfast -- standing at the bench near the sink. Lunch -- usually off the premises. Dinner -- usually at that plate-sized surface. (Which is the only reason it's still clear. :) >We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my >Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. >Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... Cheers, Phred. -- LID |
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Phred wrote: > In article .com>, "cathyxyz" > wrote: > >Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > >actually have a dining room table ;) > > I can see mine too -- though the clear horizontal surface is now down > to plate size. > > What passes for breakfast -- standing at the bench near the sink. > > Lunch -- usually off the premises. > > Dinner -- usually at that plate-sized surface. (Which is the only > reason it's still clear. :) Glad we're not the only "guilty ones" heh heh Cheers Cathy(xyz) |
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"cathyxyz" > wrote in message oups.com... > Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > > We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my > Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. > Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... > > Cheers > Cathy(xyz) > We don't have a dining room; just a kitchen that connects to the living room. So, my answer would be no. (Shoots, we don't even have a table!) kili |
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kilikini wrote: > > We don't have a dining room; just a kitchen that connects to the living > room. So, my answer would be no. (Shoots, we don't even have a table!) <eg> not even a tiny one for your beer? :) |
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"cathyxyz" > wrote in message oups.com... > Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > > We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my > Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. > Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... We eat every meal in the dining room on a big wooden table of my choice bought over 30 years ago and used for every meal in all 5 houses we've owned; hauled around by Bekins from Coast to Coast. Sometimes no leaves have been used, but right now all leaves are attached. Sometimes I use tablecloths, over the years I've bought them for every size the table becomes, and sometimes we eat on bare wood, just depends. We've only had bar stools around a kitchen counter once, but we never ate at the counter. Dee Dee |
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Dee Randall wrote: > We eat every meal in the dining room on a big wooden table of my choice > bought over 30 years ago and used for every meal in all 5 houses we've > owned; hauled around by Bekins from Coast to Coast. Sometimes no leaves > have been used, but right now all leaves are attached. Sometimes I use > tablecloths, over the years I've bought them for every size the table > becomes, and sometimes we eat on bare wood, just depends. We've only had > bar stools around a kitchen counter once, but we never ate at the counter. I shoulda known that you are a "civilized" person, Dee :) Sounds like it has great sentimental value as well... Nice to hear it. Cheers Cathy(xyz) |
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On 26 Feb 2006 04:40:47 -0800, "cathyxyz" >
wrote: >Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we >actually have a dining room table ;) > >We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my >Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. >Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... We don't have a dining room table - or a dining room for that matter. Our "dining room" is our kitchen. And yes, we eat at a properly laid table (it's the children's chore to set it) every day. Good food and good conversation, can't live without that. Nathalie in Switzerland |
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Our dining room is useless. We use it maybe 4 times per year.
That's why we want to knock out the wall and incorporate the dining room into a giant eat-in kitchen. |
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"cathyxyz" > wrote in
oups.com: > Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > It's the only table we have, so yes <g>. Mind you, sometimes I have to clear enough room for us to eat because of that law of collection on flat surfaces, or if I'm doing a jigsaw, or using it for working on a project. We have seats at our kitchen counter, where I might have breakfast or a quick lunch, and occasionally I'm guilty of eating from my lap while reading or watching a movie, but otherwise it's the dining room table. Our living area is very open plan, though, with a large archway between lounge and dining, and only the kitchen bench separating kitchen from dining room. -- Rhonda Anderson Cranebrook, NSW, Australia |
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"cathyxyz" > wrote > Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > > We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my > Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. > Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... When I was a kid, you only ate at the dining room table on holidays. Otherwise no food, in any form or fashion, left the kitchen, and we all ate at the kitchen table. Now, I have a little wood tray table I use, once in a while we eat in the kitchen at the table like big people. When you don't have children, the rules can go out the window. I'd be strict about eating at the table if I did have them. nancy |
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Nancy Young wrote: > When I was a kid, you only ate at the dining room table > on holidays. Otherwise no food, in any form or fashion, > left the kitchen, and we all ate at the kitchen table. Now, > I have a little wood tray table I use, once in a while we eat > in the kitchen at the table like big people. When you don't have > children, the rules can go out the window. I'd be strict about > eating at the table if I did have them. Now I feel even more "guilty"... we have a toddler and we still don't eat at the dining room table... but the funny thing is - I just realised - when we eat on the veranda/porch (which is often in summer) we do eat at the table. Maybe our kiddo will get the idea eventually... ;) Cheers Cathy(xyz) |
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"cathyxyz" > wrote > Nancy Young wrote: >> in the kitchen at the table like big people. When you don't have >> children, the rules can go out the window. I'd be strict about >> eating at the table if I did have them. > > Now I feel even more "guilty"... we have a toddler and we still don't > eat at the dining room table... but the funny thing is - I just > realised - when we eat on the veranda/porch (which is often in summer) > we do eat at the table. Maybe our kiddo will get the idea eventually... > ;) (laugh!) Guilt making was not meant by me ... but, yeah, I do think families with children should eat together if possible. Who says it has to be at a table? nancy |
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cathyxyz wrote:
> Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > > We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my > Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. > Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... > > Cheers > Cathy(xyz) Alas, I purchased a "kitchen nook" set (which was supposed to go in my dining room since I don't have an eat-in kitchen). It looks like this: http://www.onewayfurniture.com/oakkitnookse.html I loved the look but the purchase was a mistake. It was delivered in cartons and requires two people to hold the pieces during assembly. I don't have two people LOL So it's still in the cartons. I eat on a tray in front of the television. When I was growing up we always ate in the dining room. Later when we moved to a house with an eat-in kitchen, we ate at the kitchen table. The dining room was reserved for holiday dinners. Jill |
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"cathyxyz" > wrote in message oups.com... > Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > > We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my > Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. > Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... Not every day. We do try to eat there as a family (down to 3 from 5) at least 2 or 3 times a week. Since son works at 6 p.m. several times a week and hubby has 2 Scout/Cub meetings each week, we try to eat there on the nights we are all off. Otherwise hubby and I usually eat in front of the TV. Dining room table is a cheap teak veneer Scandinavian model we bought at Sears back in 1976. It has survived 8 moves and 3 periods (7 years total) in storage while we were on isolated postings. I love it because it has leaves at both ends, leaves that slide under the solid top. It easily seats 6 without the leaves and 10 with. I inherited my MIL's dining room set and use the buffet/hutch & chairs with my own table (who cares if it matches). I had to be too careful with her drop leaf table (the finish clouds if you breathe on it) so I use it -- with the leaves down -- as a sofa table. Gabby |
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cathyxyz wrote:
> Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > > We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my > Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. > Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... > > Cheers > Cathy(xyz) We have dinner together as a family - me, my BF, and our 9 year old daughter - most nights. House rule is that dinnertime is in the kitchen (don't have a dining room) at the table. Sometimes we have music on but not too loud - I was raised on the belief that 30 minutes of socializing at the dinner table was an importtant family activity. No gulping down your food in 3 bites and getting up; we all had to be at the table for half an hour, eat slowly with good manners, and have a chance to talk about our days together. On Friday nights, we having dinner (delivered pizza) in front of the TV and watch movies. That's the only time she's permitted to eat in the living room. On some occasions (ie, when Patrick has to work til 10) I feed my daughter early, at the kitchen table, and I sit with her while she eats, or putter around the kitchen packing lunches, putting away dishes, etc. Then he and I eat later on, in the sitting area of our bedroom, in front of the TV. That's his thing. Breakfast for the kiddo is usually on a stool at the kitchen counter. |
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Jude wrote:
> We have dinner together as a family - me, my BF, and our 9 year old > daughter - most nights. House rule is that dinnertime is in the kitchen > (don't have a dining room) at the table. Sometimes we have music on but > not too loud - I was raised on the belief that 30 minutes of > socializing at the dinner table was an importtant family activity. No > gulping down your food in 3 bites and getting up; we all had to be at > the table for half an hour, eat slowly with good manners, and have a > chance to talk about our days together. This is how I was raised also. And NO TV on!!! That is the death to conversation. I worry that kids nowadays aren't getting very much of this family dinner time and what they're losing down the road? Goomba |
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Goomba38 wrote:
> Jude wrote: > > > We have dinner together as a family - me, my BF, and our 9 year old > > daughter - most nights. House rule is that dinnertime is in the kitchen > > (don't have a dining room) at the table. Sometimes we have music on but > > not too loud - I was raised on the belief that 30 minutes of > > socializing at the dinner table was an importtant family activity. No > > gulping down your food in 3 bites and getting up; we all had to be at > > the table for half an hour, eat slowly with good manners, and have a > > chance to talk about our days together. > > This is how I was raised also. And NO TV on!!! That is the death to > conversation. I worry that kids nowadays aren't getting very much of > this family dinner time and what they're losing down the road? > Goomba I agree completely. I think there are some far-reaching social implications when your children eat dinner in front of the TV every night, whether it's in the kitchen or the living rooms. It would make an interesting sociological study. I'm sure it affects kids abilities for small talk as well as family bonding, etc. One more clause - Mom made it firm and fast that we WOULD manage dinner together. Sometimes dinnertime had to be flexed for drama club rehearsal, lacrosse practive, art class, or choir (there were 3 of us kids) but we all knew that dinner would be worked around our committments, so we darn well better make it home in time. People now seem to use soccer practice, gymnastics,etc, as an excuse to feed their kids fast-food crap during the week. Somehow we managed to get to our activites and still e at dinner at home, real food even! |
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"cathyxyz" > wrote in message oups.com... > Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > Not every day, but often. Used to be every day when the kids were home, but now we may even have a light dinner in the family room watching the news. We use the dining room table more than the kitchen table though. |
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cathyxyz wrote:
> Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > > We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my > Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. > Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... On Sundays we always have breakfast and dinner in the dining room. During the rest of the week we are lax and often eat in the family room watching the news. I have three brothers and when we were kids we always ate in the dining room, and my mother always had candles. |
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Goomba38 wrote:
> Jude wrote: > >> We have dinner together as a family - me, my BF, and our 9 year old >> daughter - most nights. House rule is that dinnertime is in the >> kitchen (don't have a dining room) at the table. Sometimes we have >> music on but not too loud - I was raised on the belief that 30 >> minutes of socializing at the dinner table was an importtant family >> activity. No gulping down your food in 3 bites and getting up; we >> all had to be at the table for half an hour, eat slowly with good >> manners, and have a chance to talk about our days together. > > This is how I was raised also. And NO TV on!!! That is the death to > conversation. I worry that kids nowadays aren't getting very much of > this family dinner time and what they're losing down the road? > Goomba Absolutely! NO TV. We didn't have one anywhere near the table, be it in the kitchen or the formal dining room. Now, however, without children in the house, my parents eat at the kitchen table and there is most definitely a television. I guess after almost 57 years they just don't have that much to talk about ;) Jill |
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cathyxyz wrote: > Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > > We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my > Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. > Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... > > Cheers > Cathy(xyz) The only time we eat at the formal dining table is when we have guests. I would like that to change but I am outnumbered and resistance is futile. ;) DS eats in his high chair, I usually eat standing up while managing him, and DH eats in his office (working), in the kitchen next to us, or in the bedroom watching a movie (we have sort of a theater set-up). We are pretty non-conventional types when it comes to formality. ;) -L. |
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cathyxyz wrote:
> Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > > We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my > Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. > Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... > > Cheers > Cathy(xyz) > sadly, we don't anymore, David and I eat in the living room. If I make a nice meal or something I'll set the table with candles, so we eat at the table maybe once a month. -- ..:Heather:. www.velvet-c.com Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp! |
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Dave Smith wrote: [...] and my mother always had candles. So do we... but it's not for aesthetic reasons - it's cos we have plenty power cuts ;) Cheers Cathy(xyz) |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > Goomba38 wrote: >> Jude wrote: >> >>> We have dinner together as a family - me, my BF, and our 9 year old >>> daughter - most nights. House rule is that dinnertime is in the >>> kitchen (don't have a dining room) at the table. Sometimes we have >>> music on but not too loud - I was raised on the belief that 30 >>> minutes of socializing at the dinner table was an importtant family >>> activity. No gulping down your food in 3 bites and getting up; we >>> all had to be at the table for half an hour, eat slowly with good >>> manners, and have a chance to talk about our days together. >> >> This is how I was raised also. And NO TV on!!! That is the death to >> conversation. I worry that kids nowadays aren't getting very much of >> this family dinner time and what they're losing down the road? >> Goomba > > Absolutely! NO TV. We didn't have one anywhere near the table, be it in > the > kitchen or the formal dining room. Now, however, without children in the > house, my parents eat at the kitchen table and there is most definitely a > television. I guess after almost 57 years they just don't have that much > to > talk about ;) > > Jill Jumping to old-marrieds rescue! DH and I have so much to talk about we have to interrupt each other to get a word-in. When he goes to CT without me, the cell phone is on fire! Maybe your parents are just getting another topic from the news! Luckily we mostly agree on events on the news, but we still sing to the choir. Dee Dee |
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"-L." > wrote in message oups.com... > > cathyxyz wrote: >> Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we >> actually have a dining room table ;) >> >> We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my >> Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. >> Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... >> >> Cheers >> Cathy(xyz) > > The only time we eat at the formal dining table is when we have guests. > I would like that to change but I am outnumbered and resistance is > futile. ;) DS eats in his high chair, I usually eat standing up while > managing him, and DH eats in his office (working), in the kitchen next > to us, or in the bedroom watching a movie (we have sort of a theater > set-up). We are pretty non-conventional types when it comes to > formality. ;) > > -L. A dining room may often look formal, but it doesn't have to be, except in one's head. If one thinks of a dining room with the standard set up and everything laid out perfect, then it will be formal usually in your mind, too. My dining room has a buffet that always has fruit or veggies on it, a large desk (with all is usual clutter), two tansu's, one very colorful and one a deep dark red, a warm friendly oriental carpet, loads of paintings on every space on the walls, a nice view, and my large table dining room table that always has on it jars of honey, some trays of condiments, etc. One might say it is a formal dining room, and it looked that way when we first moved into this house, but our messy way of living has turned the room into a room to be in that is quite pleasurable. By all means if anyone has a dining room that is being used for company, turn your kids loose in the room and let them re-decorate! Square footage is a horrible thing to waste. Dee Dee |
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"cathyxyz" > wrote in message
oups.com... > > Phred wrote: >> In article .com>, >> "cathyxyz" > wrote: >> >Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we >> >actually have a dining room table ;) >> >> I can see mine too -- though the clear horizontal surface is now down >> to plate size. >> >> What passes for breakfast -- standing at the bench near the sink. >> >> Lunch -- usually off the premises. >> >> Dinner -- usually at that plate-sized surface. (Which is the only >> reason it's still clear. :) > > Glad we're not the only "guilty ones" heh heh > > Cheers > Cathy(xyz) >============ Yep - same here... these days the dining table is left alone to look pretty or is covered in fabric that is waiting to be cut and sewn... <sigh> Breakfast and lunch are both eaten at work. Breakfast usually constists of a banana and/or a squeeze tube or two of yogurt. Lunch is leftovers (steak - enough to eat twice, last week. Woo-hoo!!) or a PB & J sandwich... Dinner is eaten in front of the TV. -- Syssi |
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"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" > wrote in message ... > "-L." > hitched up their panties and posted > oups.com: > >> >> cathyxyz wrote: >>> Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we >>> actually have a dining room table ;) >>> >>> We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my >>> Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. >>> Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... >>> >>> Cheers >>> Cathy(xyz) >> >> The only time we eat at the formal dining table is when we have guests. >> I would like that to change but I am outnumbered and resistance is >> futile. ;) DS eats in his high chair, I usually eat standing up while >> managing him, and DH eats in his office (working), in the kitchen next >> to us, or in the bedroom watching a movie (we have sort of a theater >> set-up). We are pretty non-conventional types when it comes to >> formality. ;) >> >> -L. > > As I posted earlier, 90% of the time we eat in the den on TV trays. The SO > usually gets home really late in the evening. He's usually tired, hungry > and wants to relax, eat and watch a movie. The dining room is seldom used > and quite frankly, I'd like to convert it into kitchen space. Then do it! I have a room with a fireplace adjacent to my kitchen. We never use a fireplace. But it is a friendly room with built-in bookcases and loads of windows on 3 sides. One could really consider it like a big side porch, but it certainly not built in that shape. In the last year I've moved some tables into this room and put kitchen things on them that I use most often in the kitchen. It is sort of a catch all for my overloaded kitchen and dining room. You know, a place to keep the foodsaver, and processors, mixers, etc. It's handy now and the room is being utilized. Would I care for guests' comments? No -- they live as they wish, and I will, too. It's fun to utilize space the way you would really like to in your dreams, without tearing down walls! Dee Dee |
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Dee Randall wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message > ... >> Goomba38 wrote: >>> Jude wrote: >>> >>>> We have dinner together as a family - me, my BF, and our 9 year old >>>> daughter - most nights. House rule is that dinnertime is in the >>>> kitchen (don't have a dining room) at the table. Sometimes we have >>>> music on but not too loud - I was raised on the belief that 30 >>>> minutes of socializing at the dinner table was an importtant family >>>> activity. No gulping down your food in 3 bites and getting up; we >>>> all had to be at the table for half an hour, eat slowly with good >>>> manners, and have a chance to talk about our days together. >>> >>> This is how I was raised also. And NO TV on!!! That is the death to >>> conversation. I worry that kids nowadays aren't getting very much of >>> this family dinner time and what they're losing down the road? >>> Goomba >> >> Absolutely! NO TV. We didn't have one anywhere near the table, be >> it in the >> kitchen or the formal dining room. Now, however, without children >> in the house, my parents eat at the kitchen table and there is most >> definitely a television. I guess after almost 57 years they just >> don't have that much to >> talk about ;) >> >> Jill > > Jumping to old-marrieds rescue! DH and I have so much to talk about > we have to interrupt each other to get a word-in. When he goes to CT > without me, the cell phone is on fire! > Maybe your parents are just getting another topic from the news! > Luckily we mostly agree on events on the news, but we still sing to > the choir. > Dee Dee Oh, I'm not saying they don't speak. But my parents don't go anywhere and they definitely don't have cell phones. They won't even get an answering machine for their land line; if we can't reach them we can't reach them, which is sometimes frustrating. My dad is addicted to television. He's got to have it on even if he's just sitting reading a book. That kinda drives my mom crazy, especially since he only watches the History Channel and the news. Jill |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message .. . > Dee Randall wrote: >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >> ... >>> Goomba38 wrote: >>>> Jude wrote: >>>> >>>>> We have dinner together as a family - me, my BF, and our 9 year old >>>>> daughter - most nights. House rule is that dinnertime is in the >>>>> kitchen (don't have a dining room) at the table. Sometimes we have >>>>> music on but not too loud - I was raised on the belief that 30 >>>>> minutes of socializing at the dinner table was an importtant family >>>>> activity. No gulping down your food in 3 bites and getting up; we >>>>> all had to be at the table for half an hour, eat slowly with good >>>>> manners, and have a chance to talk about our days together. >>>> >>>> This is how I was raised also. And NO TV on!!! That is the death to >>>> conversation. I worry that kids nowadays aren't getting very much of >>>> this family dinner time and what they're losing down the road? >>>> Goomba >>> >>> Absolutely! NO TV. We didn't have one anywhere near the table, be >>> it in the >>> kitchen or the formal dining room. Now, however, without children >>> in the house, my parents eat at the kitchen table and there is most >>> definitely a television. I guess after almost 57 years they just >>> don't have that much to >>> talk about ;) >>> >>> Jill >> >> Jumping to old-marrieds rescue! DH and I have so much to talk about >> we have to interrupt each other to get a word-in. When he goes to CT >> without me, the cell phone is on fire! >> Maybe your parents are just getting another topic from the news! >> Luckily we mostly agree on events on the news, but we still sing to >> the choir. >> Dee Dee > > Oh, I'm not saying they don't speak. But my parents don't go anywhere and > they definitely don't have cell phones. They won't even get an answering > machine for their land line; if we can't reach them we can't reach them, > which is sometimes frustrating. > > My dad is addicted to television. He's got to have it on even if he's > just > sitting reading a book. That kinda drives my mom crazy, especially since > he > only watches the History Channel and the news. > > Jill This is the same as my f-i-l and deceased m-i-l. I guess it's a good thing that he has TV, now that she's gone, to keep him occupied. He has an old TV that is so small I can hardly see it and the picture tube looks like it's about to go - but won't. We got him one for his bedroom which is so much better to view, but he prefers the awful one; says the newer one is hard to see, I think they are basically the same size. People really get set-in-their ways. Dee Dee |
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"cathyxyz" > wrote in message ups.com... > > kilikini wrote: > > > > > We don't have a dining room; just a kitchen that connects to the living > > room. So, my answer would be no. (Shoots, we don't even have a table!) > > <eg> not even a tiny one for your beer? :) > Nope! I hold mine on my lap and TFM® has the computer desk. kili |
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cathyxyz wrote: > Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > > We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my > Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. > Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... > > Cheers > Cathy(xyz) We don't even OWN a dining room table! SD |
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No. In fact, I often eat in front of the computer these days.... but
I use a real china plate. LOL! ```````````` On 26 Feb 2006 04:40:47 -0800, cathyxyz wrote: > Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we > actually have a dining room table ;) > > We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my > Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does. I did when my kids were kids, but we ate in the breakfast room.... candlelight, flowers and all. I didn't have a formal dining room in the house where I grew up - so it wasn't going against tradition for me. > Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays... That was the way it was when my kids were little too. We use the dining room more now than ever, because the table is bigger and we can seat more people there. When it's just hubby and me eating in the dining room, we're usually on automatic for seating and then laugh about how we're dining like royality (at opposite ends of the table). Helllloooo down there! -- Practice safe eating. Always use condiments. |
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On 26 Feb 2006 06:51:36 -0800, cathyxyz wrote:
> - when we eat on the veranda/porch (which is often in summer) > we do eat at the table. Maybe our kiddo will get the idea eventually... If the weather at my house was conducive to outdoor dining and I had a deck off my kitchen - I'd be eating outside until it was so cold, I couldn't. A table is a table, setting it nicely and having whole family meals around it makes for good childhood memories. My kids are grown now and they will testify to that. -- Practice safe eating. Always use condiments. |
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On 26 Feb 2006 08:42:52 -0800, "-L." > wrote:
>The only time we eat at the formal dining table is when we have guests. > I would like that to change but I am outnumbered and resistance is >futile. ;) DS eats in his high chair, I usually eat standing up while >managing him, and DH eats in his office (working), in the kitchen next >to us, or in the bedroom watching a movie (we have sort of a theater >set-up). We are pretty non-conventional types when it comes to >formality. ;) You eat *standing up*?!? Ugh. Can't be good for your health. I have 2 kids, but even when they were toddlers they ate *at the table* (sure, in their high chair, but at the table), and if they had to wait a minute because their father or I were eating too, well they did. I must say, I'm amazed to see in this thread how many people eat while watching TV or doing stuff at the computer or whatever. But then I have no TV, and I was raised on good food properly served and a tradition of conversation at dinner, I just can't imagine it any other way. It doesn't have anything to do with formality, it's family or couple life. Call me old-fashioned. Nathalie in Switzerland |
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OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote: > <lol> I try to keep at least 1/2 of the table clear, Me, too. The bottom half. -- http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 2-19-2006, Yummy! and church review. :-) |
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sf wrote:
> On 26 Feb 2006 06:51:36 -0800, cathyxyz wrote: > >> - when we eat on the veranda/porch (which is often in summer) >> we do eat at the table. Maybe our kiddo will get the idea >> eventually... > > If the weather at my house was conducive to outdoor dining and I had a > deck off my kitchen - I'd be eating outside until it was so cold, I > couldn't. A table is a table, setting it nicely and having whole > family meals around it makes for good childhood memories. My kids are > grown now and they will testify to that. I have a spacious patio but it's off the living room, not the kitchen. When I grill I have to traipse plates of uncooked food from the kitchen past the dining room through the living room to the patio, and back again. If I had my druthers I'd have a patio right off the kitchen and I'd eat out there, weather permitting. And I'd like a chiminea or one of those outdoor screened round fireplaces so I could enjoy it at least until it was *really* cold. Jill |
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On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:45:28 -0500, Dee Randall wrote:
> > "Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" > wrote > > > > As I posted earlier, 90% of the time we eat in the den on TV trays. The SO > > usually gets home really late in the evening. He's usually tired, hungry > > and wants to relax, eat and watch a movie. The dining room is seldom used > > and quite frankly, I'd like to convert it into kitchen space. > > Then do it! I have a room with a fireplace adjacent to my kitchen. We > never use a fireplace. Why? If you don't need the heat, a 3 hour log is good for ambiance. > But it is a friendly room with built-in bookcases and loads of windows on 3 sides. Sounds cozy and wonderful! > One could really consider it like a big > side porch, but it certainly not built in that shape. In the last year I've > moved some tables into this room and put kitchen things on them that I use > most often in the kitchen. It is sort of a catch all for my overloaded > kitchen and dining room. You know, a place to keep the foodsaver, and > processors, mixers, etc. It's handy now and the room is being utilized. > Would I care for guests' comments? No -- they live as they wish, and I > will, too. If you don't want to take the wall all the way down, why not connect it to the kitchen with a 1/2 wall or if cabinets are an issue... opening the space between the cabinets and counter? I'd make that space an eating area in a heart beat. -- Practice safe eating. Always use condiments. |
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On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:54:23 GMT, Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> We have a see through fireplace between the living room and dining room. > Extending the kitchen and eliminating the dining room would be really cozy > in the winter. We use the fireplace a lot. Sounds like the perfect weekend job for you two. Get at it! -- Practice safe eating. Always use condiments. |
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