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[Crankin]

The more, the merrier. I have this holiday down to a science, since I do it every year. I don't *have* to make a cake, as my friend is bringing strawberries and whipped cream, and chocolate matzah, but it would be nice. Eh, they take so many eggs, or I don't have the right kind of pan. But the horseradish, matzah balls, and charoset are made, leaving me with only the main dish and kugel to prepare. I make things that don't require cooking time while the guests are here.
I will most likely end up making the cake I always make, that only requires 6 eggs. But, I will need to go out and buy some orange juice for the recipe. Which means, I have to get dressed....

[Catrin]

Hmmmm, sounds wonderful, pretty sure I could be there in time Hope your allergies relent by then, I'm having a few problems with them myself today. It just went straight from winter to summer here which always causes that problem.

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[Pax]

Had a former co-worker who invited me to Passover dinner many years running. It was an experience, loved the food and the company, sat quietly while they prayed in Hebrew, and loved the passionate conversations following the meal.

[Trek420]

Sorry to hear that your neighbor never calmed down and is now making selling difficult as well, Trek. I'm so happy that where I bought at the coast has been a good experience so far. My neighbors are mostly part time, only a few full time live on my road. No one bugs us but all that go by always wave or stop to chat. I'm so glad I bought this place and changed my future in this way. I know your new place will be exactly what you are looking for in every way. Good luck!! Congrats.

The new pad is very healing. Just walking the doggie in this area is so calming. We're gradually meeting the neighbors and of course know their dogs by name but not the people names yet. :roll eyes: There's a young gay married couple upstairs from us. Knott met them and their Mom/MIL who was visiting. She was so excited to learn we're "gay married" too. It was cute

Your place sounds wonderful!

Pesach Sameach, to all!

[Crankin]

I went out and got the juice and the cake is made. You have to bake it in a pan lined with parchment, which I always find hard to flatten down. But, it's cooling now.
Passover and Thanksgiving are my favorite holidays. They are essentially about the same thing (freedom) and are heavily dependent on being associated with specific food. We do a short Seder (it's only been about 10 years since I gave up using the 5 minute pre-school Hagaddah from when my kids went to JCC preschool in Tempe) and it's only my son and his wife and our good cycling/ski friends. The only Hebrew parts are the important prayers and the songs, which we cut short, because no one except my son can sing.
I have never bought a real seder plate or matzah cover; still use the ones my kids made in preschool and I cannot bring myself to do otherwise. There were a couple of seders where my younger son was in Iraq or Afghanistan and the ritual objects he made when he was 3 or 4 were quite meaningful.

[Catrin]

Hope all went well Crankin, as I am sure it did!

Trek, your new place sounds great, glad you and Knotted are happy with it! Give her my best.

My new bed was delivered today - so I decided to get a set of new sheets as the mattress is thicker than my old one. Went online and searched for sheets for mattresses that are x inches thick and my jaw dropped. SALE prices were well over $100, with "regular" prices much higher than that and I'm not talking about 600 count Egyptian cotton sheets either. For full size sheets, it isn't like I've a "California King". What kind of dope are they smoking? I went to Bed Bath & Beyond and found a nice set of buttery soft sheets that fit great for <$50. Perhaps I'm in the wrong business. It's also the first time I've looked around that particular store and I can see that I need to be careful about when I return.

I don't need to buy sheets very often, but I was really shocked at the prices - and that I found much better prices at local stores than online.

[Crankin]

Sheets are expensive, but when you find the ones you like, for the right price, generally, you should buy moe than one set, as they seem to change from year to year.
This reminds me, it's almost time to switch out the flannel sheets for the regular ones. We are still having nights in the 30s every few days, so probably will wait until May 15th.

[Pax]

I buy our sheets from LL Bean, that way if they pill up or seams fail, I can return them.

[Catrin]

I wanted to try out the sheet set before buying more but I like them. First time I've tried sateen weave rather than percale and I like them much better. Apparently Bed, Bath and Beyond has a good return policy as well. It was time to set aside the flannel sheets anyway.

I like the new bed, which is good considering the cost (I've 90 days to return or exchange). I've read it will take a few nights to break it in but even after the 1st night I woke up remarkably pain free :-)

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[Helene2013]

After trying bamboo sheets, I can no longer truly enjoy other type of sheets. But they are soooo expensive when you get the 100% ones (not the mixed type). To me anyway. And in Canada, it is hard to find them at a decent price too. Only one store carries them in my area and I've put my name on their sales list so when that set comes on sale or that they have a coupon for first item at 50% I jump at the chance to purchase a set. I now have 3 sets (one is in the motorhome). They last forever so I should be good for a while. For a king size set it is nearing 200$. That is way too much money for my taste for sheets. So when on mega sale, it is worth it. But rarely on sale. But yes, good sheets are rarely cheap. The price to pay to get a decent (if I can say decent) when past menopause. I never or rarely sweat in those as they adjust to body temperature.

[Pax]

Helene, that's good to hear, I was looking at set of bamboo sheets but they were so sort I was afraid they'd pill up.

[OakLeaf]

What, you don't sleep in flannel all year round? It's so soft and not hot at all. Then again there might be a week or two in August that I don't sleep in a couple of layers of wool .....

Try pricing organic cotton flannel I try not to buy conventional cotton, it's so toxic. But I don't know why I have to order USA made organic cotton linens from a company in Canada. Sigh.

[Crankin]

The flannel starts making me uncomfortably warm, as soon as the temperatures at night get into the 50s on a regular basis, despite the fact I keep my house cool at night.

[Helene2013]

Helene, that's good to hear, I was looking at set of bamboo sheets but they were so sort I was afraid they'd pill up.

http://www.linenchest.com/en/bamboo-...ollection.html

Those stayed perfect forever. Never had pilled up. Ever. They are soft as silk too. But they are heavier then sheets. And to wash them is a bit of a pain because of the weight. I can wash the set at once but to dry it is better to do them in half due to weight (takes forever). That is why I have many sets. I can switch and do my bed right away without having to wait for it to dry. Now weather is good so it dries outside. But in winter, it can take a good 50 minutes to dry just half of the load.

But personally, I will not go back to other sheets. Oh yeah...hubby says he's too cold in there so what I did to satisfy both of us.... I cut the fitted sheet in half. yes.... And he has his own flannel side and I have my own bamboo. Satisfied couple! The flat sheet is all bamboo. He does not mind the top.

I could never sleep in those flannel, comfort or whatever other sheets called "warm".

So yes bamboo sheets are not cheap. The quality ones anyway. But the 1st set is over 8 years old and still looks good. Now I am using it in the motorhome as I don't really mind if it wears out quickier (campgrounds requires more indoor maintenance.

So Pax, no need to worry about piiling up. Oh...another thing. If not folded properly, they will look so crinkled. Crazy. But once on your bed, they are perfect. I just changed my sheets this morning. I can't wait to get in-between. haaaaaa.

[OakLeaf]

in winter, it can take a good 50 minutes to dry just half of the load.

Yikes!

There's a Fellini movie, I want to say 8-1/2? that has a brief scene showing women doing laundry, and to dry the bedlinens, they had these huge wooden hemispherical frames in a covered atrium.

I wonder what people in humid climates did before dryers were common. Where we live in Florida, on a sunny day when the humidity's "normal," we have about a three-hour window where we can dry laundry outdoors before the humidity comes up so high that they start getting more damp instead of less. If it isn't sunny, forget about it. I used my dryer more in Florida this December and January than I did the whole rest of the year. Put together. Not exaggerating.

Even in northern climates where indoor heating dries everything out, many if not most people wouldn't have had enough space for drying bedlinens. I have no idea what they did. Heck I live very close to lots of Amish and Mennonite people who don't have dryers, and I know they'll dry laundry on their porches if the weather is even remotely hospitable to that, but when it isn't, I don't know any of them well enough to ask!