Monday, July 15, 1991
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Baked chocolate chip cookies. Did it from memory and I guess I was close. They are good - even if they don’t use shortening here. RER to meet David to finish buying our curtains. Hung them tonight. They look great but I’m not sure I’m satisfied with the length. Refusing to pay high prices for curtain rods, we use IKEA twine.
Editor’s Notes
For those who never knew Georgia, her chocolate chip cookies were legendary among the family. They were about impossible to re-make by any other hands, probably because she would use ingredients we all would cringe to see if we knew what they were. She would always make individual batches for each persons liking. No nuts, less chocolate for Deborah, everything for David, big giant ones for me and so on.
I guess now it is going to be up to her grand Daughter in-law, Sara Turner to carry it to the next generation. Give it a go Sara and let us know in a few years if you got it down to a science. I’ll take mine on the large size, Deborah with no nuts. I may just post the recipe here on the blog if I can find it.
Wednesday, July 10, 1991
The Cable Guy
Cable man came today. He spoke zero English and my few French words had nothing to do with the installation of cable TV. Now we have CNN and occasionally a few other English channels.
Editor’s Notes
I remember them trying to watch the Super Bowl (and many other live events from over in the U.S.) on that TV and cable system. They never seemed to know what they were going to get at any given time, and what did show up on TV was a surprise. I think they were actually only allowed one TV as well, you could not hook up additional TV’s at all (nor phones for that matter).
You can see from the photo above, not only was there only one TV allow, but it was also VERY small. What’s funny about the photo is the chairs and sofa still exist today. The caption on the photo reads:
26. Dining Room - July 19, 1991
Monday, July 8, 1991
Washer & Dryer Again
David goes to Darty store (place where the washer was bought originally) to see if they could give him any ideas on where the water was coming from. He had already checked all the hoses. Not much luck. He takes the front panel off and discovers the approximate area of the problem.
The softener cup is stopped up and not draining. The lady did tell me she occasionally poured hot water thru it to keep it clear but she neglected to tell us it was stopped up right now. We found out the hard way.
It does great now! More groceries to buy - but I’ve devised a grocery cart for us. David suggested I put a box on the luggage cart and it works great. I’ve improved my speed at the checkout counter too.
Sunday, July 7, 1991
Furniture and Church
Beautiful cello player in church today. More putting together of furniture. But wait, the backs to the cabinets must be nailed on. We have no hammer! Stores are closed today.
David, being intent on putting the furniture together, uses a jelly jar we received on one of our flights and proceeds to hammer away. It’s beginning to look like a house. Lots more clothes to wash. Oh! the bathroom floor is very wet. Obviously the washer is draining on the floor.
Saturday, July 6, 1991
Furniture and a Washer Dryer
Back to the 16th district to pick up a washer, dryer, & dishwasher. Only took us an additional 45 minutes of going in circles, not being able to decide where we are on the map and an almost divorce before we found the Taylor’s apartment.
Finally we arrived. Elevator to use this time. Again they all fit in the car. Hooked up the washer and dryer and I washed a couple loads. The instructions are fun and with our French dictionary we managed O.K. Back to IKEA to buy more furniture and exchange the marble.
Editor’s Notes
There were a few photos of the new furniture but none of David hauling back the W&D to their apartment, sorry. This image below is the washer and dryer. I am guessing the dryer is the big thing on the left and the washer is the tiny little thing on the right. The white above the dryer is a cabinet. Looks like you could wash all of two pairs of jeans in this washer.
The caption on the back of the image reads:
40. Washer & Dryer in bathroom
July 20, 1991
This next photo is one I love. Georgia would ALWAYS have flowers on her dining room table, and this is no exception. Looks like David is sitting in front of what came in the box, rabbit ears and all.
The caption on the back of this image isn’t near long enough, but reads:
23. Our dining table - 7/02/91
Friday, July 5, 1991
Tuesday-Friday, July 2-5, 1991
The following are the journal entries for Tuesday through Friday from Georgia Christal. These apparently were short busy days so she didn’t get a chance to write much so they are compiled here into one post. For those who might be new to this blog, please read, About, and also Georgia for a brief explanation of these blog entries.
Tuesday, July 2, 1991
Kitchen stove delivered today. Enjoyed a good, home cooked meal. Sat on the floor with the TV box as our table but we did have fresh flowers.
Wednesday, July 3, 1991
Waiting for furniture. David brings more flowers, expecting the dining table to be here.
Thursday, July 4, 1991
Independence Day! Don’t see any U.S. flags flying high though. Still waiting for the furniture. Finally delivered at 6:30PM. Marble to the dining table was broken. Bed is wonderful!!
Friday, July 5, 1991
Back to IKEA. Return broken marble for new one. Bring it home - it’s too dark. Boxes everywhere in our apartment.
Editor’s Notes
Seems Georgia was quite busy this week so I decided to put a few days entries together in one post. Looks like she had a little more time to write over the weekend so we will pick up there next time.
Monday, July 1, 1991
Recycling & Shower
About 9AM I hear an enormous crashing of glass. It’s not a bad accident; it’s a huge truck emptying the glass recycling bin across the street. What a loud noise! David replaces the shower head in the bath. It was spraying everywhere but on your body.