tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post7288288684118580487..comments2024-03-14T13:08:14.915-04:00Comments on So, the thing is...blog: You All Are So SmartBarb Matijevichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469997012394334517noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-27145324847840895302009-09-04T11:57:24.027-04:002009-09-04T11:57:24.027-04:00Whew, thanks to Heidi, I remember finding your blo...Whew, thanks to Heidi, I remember finding your blog on Carol Marine's Blog or was it Heidi's blog?? Anywho, you hooked me with your funny (ah la Erma) observations about life with kids, cats, dogs, husbands, moving...gosh, I think I've been reading you for YEARS! Love relish, can't grow a garden (even in California, so you know I suck)...I want to win me a jar!!<br />AND I have a Texas connection...lots of relatives and a showing in a gallery there in 2010...does that count???Janette Jones, Studio Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05343919579452338751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-45917814926735277312009-09-03T13:09:39.887-04:002009-09-03T13:09:39.887-04:00Hi there... I found your blog because you'd le...Hi there... I found your blog because you'd left a comment on somebody else's and I followed you here because you're not only funny but are raising two delightful girls just like I did. <br /><br />I stayed because you're such a good writer and also because you're so darn funny... and well... I have to admit it... because of Edward.Mokihanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11504052259244873399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-2385463899006884062009-09-02T22:13:51.892-04:002009-09-02T22:13:51.892-04:00Well, I thought I'd comment because I've j...Well, I thought I'd comment because I've just spent 3 hours hunting down the comment on the Yarnharlot's blog which led me here.( Apparently I have no life)<br />Anyway I've been reading your blog for (just over) 2 years, from the first time Edward went missing. Course you know I'm pretty sure it'd be illegal to send me pickles (not to mention expensive) being as how I live 3000 miles away across an ocean but I am a knitter and a reader ( and I have a dog a lot like Scout )WendyJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-56967241399563716002009-09-02T13:09:25.541-04:002009-09-02T13:09:25.541-04:00Hello! I found your blog through Carol Marine'...Hello! I found your blog through Carol Marine's blog, a couple years ago. Your relish looks so yummy. I am a knitting wannabe, hopefully someday...Heidi Malotthttp://www.hmalott.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-9352667881767157082009-09-01T16:00:30.617-04:002009-09-01T16:00:30.617-04:00Don't include me in the random generator thing...Don't include me in the random generator thingy because, I know that, if I asked, you'd just send me some anyways, and I would like it and I would eat some on a hot dog, reading your blog, in the fog, but what I really wanted to say was, what a nice bunch of readers you have and how great must you feel with all these fantastic compliments!<br /><br />You deserve every one my soul sista/girlfriend - you rock!Kathy Irelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08318743435172713799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-18183053784156481162009-08-31T21:19:37.361-04:002009-08-31T21:19:37.361-04:00I have been trying and trying to figure out how we...I have been trying and trying to figure out how we first "met" (blogwise). I can't remember! This getting old thing bites the big one. Oh well. I love you anyway.MadMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550335108031470562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-52382825141155153882009-08-31T17:09:06.314-04:002009-08-31T17:09:06.314-04:00Let's see...hmmm...OK: I found your blog throu...Let's see...hmmm...OK: I found your blog through the Sept/Oct 2000 moms group on iVillage. Jane is the same age as my daughter, Claire. <br /><br />And also...I really want to try some tomato relish!!! I don't know what you DO with it, but I love tomatoes!!<br /><br />Oh - and I'm a knitter! And a reader! And a lover of pickles.<br /><br />;-)Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09076006516502939526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-17012399903660438342009-08-31T16:01:56.587-04:002009-08-31T16:01:56.587-04:00I found you through your Joy Rush contest and am s...I found you through your Joy Rush contest and am so glad I did. You are a shiny spot in my computer time!<br /><br />If the random number thingamabob were to choose me I'd have to defer though. <br /><br />I just want to say that you somehow help me find my Elvis every time you post something new.Mirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924043596033516959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-30935205074589688472009-08-31T15:30:51.935-04:002009-08-31T15:30:51.935-04:00Like Earthami, I found you on Hoagies too!!
It ...Like Earthami, I found you on Hoagies too!! <br /><br />It was either just before or right after your move to NY. I thought, "oh I don't think I could be brave enough to move to a whole other state that is so far, far away." Haha - here I am a year into OUR move from Texas to Mass. and I am still wondering how you did it with such grace and an outstanding sense of humor.Candihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220928574600321626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-14524245167555749262009-08-31T14:35:56.412-04:002009-08-31T14:35:56.412-04:00I found you through Kate. And hubby would love th...I found you through Kate. And hubby would love the relish for his hot dogs.<br /><br />Me not so much, but this would mean I don't have to go and buy any. ;-)<br /><br />Love you honey. Thanks for the comments and support over the past year on my blog.<br /><br />And I should make you some socks. I'm averaging one a year. lolTiny Tyranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-17627427369390818922009-08-31T14:28:30.881-04:002009-08-31T14:28:30.881-04:00I cant remember how I found you..sorry, but I love...I cant remember how I found you..sorry, but I love you all the same.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707312160893238672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-81914966485451886132009-08-31T10:14:46.058-04:002009-08-31T10:14:46.058-04:00PS...I was reading you before the blog...before I ...PS...I was reading you before the blog...before I even had a second child. I subscribed to your column, and discovered it when I was online searching for some holiday sprit, I believe ;)Eihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915450195658870008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-5622557593287328852009-08-31T10:11:57.086-04:002009-08-31T10:11:57.086-04:00I AM smart and good looking and I think you are a ...I AM smart and good looking and I think you are a brilliant and beautiful writer (and the socks are totally WORTH the wait). But I don't want any relish, I just wanted to take a minute and say "Dahling you loook MAHVELOUS."Eihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915450195658870008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-78508604513416593272009-08-31T07:46:18.211-04:002009-08-31T07:46:18.211-04:00Illegal relish. . . I'm thinking that's go...Illegal relish. . . I'm thinking that's gotta taste even better than the legal kind, right?<br /><br />Barb, I don't remember how I found your blog - probably through a comment you left somewhere else, I'd guess. It was a few months ago, I guess. I put you on my google home page, so I don't miss anything. . . <br /><br />I don't knit, and I haven't crocheted in YEARS - and even then, it was mostly the doily-curtain-lace variety. . . <br /><br />Do love the puppy though!ToyLadyhttp://darksideofthefridge.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-77647080497476725202009-08-31T02:43:07.961-04:002009-08-31T02:43:07.961-04:00Oooo I would love to be the recipient of some ille...Oooo I would love to be the recipient of some illegal Relish! Teehee! <br /><br />Glad to see that your crop hasn't been consumed by the blight like most of the rest of the country.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06027862831421242012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-76097785862972982672009-08-30T20:45:06.607-04:002009-08-30T20:45:06.607-04:00Wow, you've got longtimers here! I am relativ...Wow, you've got longtimers here! I am relatively new...found you right before the move to NY and shortly thereafter found we both kept up with NieNie. Used to be a knitter but since I have the attention span of a NoSeeUm, I've moved on to a long list of other brief obsessions. Currently, I am fixated making sea glass jewelry. Not that I live near an ocean, but still. As to what I would do with your generously bestowed tomato relish? Let me count the ways...Bruschetta, panazanella, on a hamburger, with crackers....oooh I am drooling already! Have mercy on a small town Georgian whose tomatoes got the blight and whose cucumbers were discovered by the dogs and sent airborne!Ream O Ramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579290508609806453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-68750124902784392572009-08-30T14:06:58.141-04:002009-08-30T14:06:58.141-04:00Mr Google can't tell me how I found your blog,...Mr Google can't tell me how I found your blog, but he can tell me when I first commented. (That would be when, for a few moments, I thought you might be someone I knew in college. It was the 11:11 bit in 100 Things About Me (June 2007) that had me confused.)<br /><br />So, about me ... my boss has been telling me to practice an "elevator speech" (because I need one). And I can't figure it out. <br /><br />I'm no closer to summing up my "real" life either. That makes me confused - with 1 dog, 2 cats, a new-to-me Dude and lots of yarn.Bullwinklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12765320040505378403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-48124631604027892242009-08-30T08:22:26.326-04:002009-08-30T08:22:26.326-04:00Do I win bonus points if I'm willing to only w...Do I win bonus points if I'm willing to only win the relish but then donate it to someone that can actually receive it by mail?Mama Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582791527980958931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-84105263698270600152009-08-30T00:27:10.148-04:002009-08-30T00:27:10.148-04:00I believe you know the circumstances of my finding...I believe you know the circumstances of my finding my way to your blog. They involved you closing your door while I distracted your children so you could work. It rained a lot that summer... (Good times, good times.) <br /><br />Ooh! If you find a big enough box, I bet you could squeeze Thomas in there with the pickles and relish!Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07950421730281554169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-65455088822405736252009-08-29T23:15:33.845-04:002009-08-29T23:15:33.845-04:00OK, so, I found your blog because your husband tol...OK, so, I found your blog because your husband told my husband that you were a writer, and then he told me and so I looked you up and have been reading you since the year 2000freakin'3!....and I would eat your pickle relish on a hot dog cooked over an open flame, and I would probably drink your home-grown tomato relish straight out of the jar! <br /><br />And also, I NEVER leave comments!erincowdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-7392704223069738132009-08-29T22:41:36.607-04:002009-08-29T22:41:36.607-04:00I found your blog, because you left a message on t...I found your blog, because you left a message on the Real Simple magazine blog which I found funny.<br />I have followed your blog ever since. I even was thinking about making my own sweet pickle relish -but we live in PA and since you posted the recipe, the weather has been hot/rainy so all of my cucumbers remained yellow and non-ripe.Gayle from PAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-39949444374316298782009-08-29T20:28:16.988-04:002009-08-29T20:28:16.988-04:00I found your blog through my friend Karen (who is ...I found your blog through my friend Karen (who is fully capable of making her own relish, even if she doesn't garden--and she could knit a little relish cozy to keep it warm in the winter). I love reading you and check in every couple days as I travel from Tanzania to Beijing!Mama Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582791527980958931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-1205096138705223032009-08-29T20:12:06.449-04:002009-08-29T20:12:06.449-04:00I've never had tomato relish, so I'm longi...I've never had tomato relish, so I'm longing to try something new.<br /><br />For years, all I could knit was scarves, but thanks to my M-I-L I learned to make a few baby hats for Direct Relief International. Could I learn to knit a sock? It took me 4 years to knit a sweater.<br /><br />Love your blog, but I don't know how I found it.smalltownmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10857871195417461235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-83714243501183435712009-08-29T19:46:24.106-04:002009-08-29T19:46:24.106-04:00I found your blog through a comment you made on th...I found your blog through a comment you made on the Yarn Harlot's blog. It was clever and witty, and I followed the blog link over.<br /><br />What I would do with the relish - I make a dish called Magistrate's Muffins. One of the restaurants I cheffed for in Australia was called Petty Sessions - so named because it was down the street from the local courts. <br /><br />The muffins were English muffins, halved and toasted, then spread with a chutney or relish, then topped with a ix of - mixed dried herbs, smalled diced red and green capsicum (bell peppers), and grated tasty cheese. Then under the grill (broiler) until bubbly. <br /><br />These are the standard veg. version - you can also add diced ham for the meat lovers.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204551212201891240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-85519804899932032492009-08-29T19:01:15.487-04:002009-08-29T19:01:15.487-04:00I don't remember how I found your blog, but it...I don't remember how I found your blog, but it was fate. Drawn together by our shared appreciation of mayo, perhaps?<br /><br />As for what I'd do with the pickles and tomato relish, well, that's easy. The butcher shop in our neighbourhood makes amazing bison burger patties. I would cook them up, & serve them on toasted whole wheat buns, garnished with the pickles and relish. And, of course, real mayo. Ideally, I would do this in the company of fine friends, while sharing a bottle of wine and laughing a lot while we enjoyed that captured taste of Summer and Real Homegrown Vegetables. There would be a toast to you. And then maybe some ice cream.Mrs.Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323518008748184664noreply@blogger.com