tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post3716932055774591973..comments2023-11-25T07:32:42.065-07:00Comments on The Zees Go West: The Keeping Roomclairzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-16274443045800796082011-09-13T09:20:22.130-06:002011-09-13T09:20:22.130-06:00Lol- mom, I happen to have LOVED your "favori...Lol- mom, I happen to have LOVED your "favorite outfit" and deep down inside I had always wished you would show up at school wearing it so my friends would see you! Just add in some rollers and a little toilet paper stuck to the bottom of those boots and you would have started a new fashion trend!! Lol. You and dad did such an amazing job in that kitchen! If I remember correctly, it was the biggest overhaul done in the entire house. I remember how the kitchen used to be. It was dreadful and I didn't see it in the condition it was when you first moved in! It took YEARS for it to be finished but it was well worth it. I almost cried looking at the picture- so many fond memories! Especially of you and dad cooking! You always made everything from scratch(even dog treats!).You were both AMAZING cooks and I remember how one night I told you both that you should open a restaurant. (Neither of you were really into the idea but I'm telling you,that place would have made you rich and famous! That just wasn't the type of people you were. You're not the type of people to go crazy for money and I thank you for that because that's how I am). At the time I didn't realize how lucky I was to have not one,but two,amazing cooks for parents! I had been a girl who ate maybe a teaspoons worth of each food served because in the beginning I did NOT like the food because previously all I had eaten was "fake"food. You know the stuff- everything came in a box or can. There were still foods that I really didn't like (I just didn't have a taste for it) but I was a much better eater eventually.Rebecca Zarges-Joynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-59939164253636968852009-01-22T17:46:00.000-07:002009-01-22T17:46:00.000-07:00June, with regard to hearing-impaired librarians, ...June, with regard to hearing-impaired librarians, I guess we're all lucky that most libraries are no longer the silent places where there is "a quiet old lady whispering hush" (quote from my favorite bedtime story, <I>Goodnight Moon</I>).<BR/><BR/>For all the years I watched out that kitchen window while doing dishes or making bread, I never saw a moose or a deer. I saw them in other places around town, and in another house we lived in across town actually saw bears rather frequently. The big excitement was early one morning when I heard something thrashing around back in the brush and tiptoed out in my nightgown and barn boots (favorite outfit) to find two little runaway calves, who hopped our stone wall and cavorted merrily down the High Street and through the local cemetery.clairzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-61534920900993832282009-01-22T17:21:00.000-07:002009-01-22T17:21:00.000-07:00Claire'moose, deer, or wild turkeys' - from the ki...Claire<BR/>'moose, deer, or wild turkeys' - from the kitchen window. WOW!<BR/>Tell me - what happens when a librarian goes deaf? What then? <BR/>I'm speaking as a hearing challenged person. <BR/>June in OzJune Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-25749727289034955122009-01-22T16:30:00.000-07:002009-01-22T16:30:00.000-07:00The kitchen is always my favorite place in any hou...The kitchen is always my favorite place in any house but this one seems so cozy and like you said a place to gather to work and play. I love the blue teapots on the shelf.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078537002880283509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-71908381895380850692009-01-22T15:16:00.000-07:002009-01-22T15:16:00.000-07:00Sylvia, I am so glad that you have enjoyed reading...Sylvia, I am so glad that you have enjoyed reading about our old house. I certainly have had fun going back through photos and memories. <BR/><BR/>Erikka, I've always thought of the keeping room in a colonial house as a room off the kitchen where the family would gather to work and play. Sort of like a family room would be today. In our old house the keeping room was used as a kitchen/dining room, and the original kitchen was kind of a family room. The Pretty Room was more of a parlor--no electronics allowed--so it was very peaceful.clairzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-83404328807188921112009-01-22T15:07:00.000-07:002009-01-22T15:07:00.000-07:00what does the keeping room mean? keeping as in sto...what does the keeping room mean? keeping as in storage? where things keep?Akkirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12448133755067849396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024200559736996534.post-83747342215667532252009-01-22T12:12:00.000-07:002009-01-22T12:12:00.000-07:00Looks like such a great place! I have so enjoyed r...Looks like such a great place! I have so enjoyed reading about this house! A real trip in history! Thanks for sharing it with us.Sylvia Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484577678585907669noreply@blogger.com