Comments on: Home is where the kitchen is?

By: Sophiesmom

Sophiesmom — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:59:01 +0000

We are an Italian family and the kitchen is where we all hang out, we even have a TV there LOL. We discuss anything of importance there and everything that comes in the house goes there first basically…will except the horses that come in, they just would fit in there.
We plan on redoing our kitchen but I’m trying to get my mother to cut down her wants, i do not want to spend 40 grand and that’s where she is at right now, maybe i should sell my mother on eBay then i wont have to redo the kitchen….its cheaper.
I wouldn’t dare stick my hand in the trash, gross…I wont even touch it to take it out…that’s what the men folks here are for LOL

By: Arielle

Arielle — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:52:43 +0000

Thats a really kool assignment,I havent had to anything like that at my school,but that would be something kool to try.I think i might do this to see how much important stuff happens in there ha.

By: Mitzi

Mitzi — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:55:33 +0000

@Magyver – thanks for the heads-up. We’ll get that link fixed. – Mitzi

By: Magyver

Magyver — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:50:29 +0000

This page is where you end up when you click on the hamster waving the red flag, suposedly we are going somewhere to find out how to make answers a better place, that Y!A link has been wrong since day one.

Has Y!A noticed yet?

Will you fix it, please?

The picture link is one that rotates with others on our profile page.

By: janicef

janicef — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:28:33 +0000

I have a degree in archaeology… I remember the garbage projects. I hope she keeps up her interest in the field! There is nothing more thrilling than to go on a excavation and dig up hundred or thousand year old ‘garbage’, if you are the first to see a lost item in 5000 years it is an amazing feeling.

By: ThE KiTtY bE wAtChInG YoU!

ThE KiTtY bE wAtChInG YoU! — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:47:34 +0000

thatz kool. my kitchen is very small, so most things happen in the living room.

By: Marybeth-- MB

Marybeth-- MB — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:00:02 +0000

What a great exercise, and I praise your daughter for for completing the assignment, and I also praise you for lack of a better term “looking over her shoulder’ Unfortunately, too many parents today are not involved with their children’s education, heck some of the teachers are not truly involved!! Anyway, to answer your question, honestly I am afraid to look into my garbage, LOL….one reason, is I hate waste, and having three children ranging from 6 to 16, and as hard as I try, they still tend to waste something!! If I had to guess, most of our waste would be similiar to yours, with a few differences, remains of the meds we gave our dogs, uhm……a syringe or two, see my father is a diabetic, and yes I have a container, just everyonce in a while a stray one ends up in the garbage, but trust me it is very unusable, I cut, the ‘needle’ part off! Oh, a few toys, some used and broken crayons!!……….see as I said not that much different than yours. “The kitchen is definetly the hub of our house” ……my great grandfather when he came here from Italy, he and his “paisano’s” built a small apartment building, while each apartment had two entries, the one entry that was used consistently, was the one that opens into the kitchens!! and that is true of each of the apartments, it is a small building it has 8 apartments and I can’t not remember the technical term, but they are built like a subway train, when you enter into the kitchen directly to the right of you is the doorway into another room, my grandparents made this their bedroom, and right before the entrance, on the left is the bathroom, well if you were to walk into that bedroom and keep going straight, you will enter into the end room, which they made into a small living room, and to back track, if when you entered the kitchen instead of going right, if you were to go left, about 8 feet or so, you would enter into the other end room, which they made into another bedroom. Not sure if I described it well enough for you to picture, but these apartments were built similiar to the lay out of a subway train! The kitchens in that building are definetly the “hub” of each home, which sort of makes sense to me, I have both Italian and Native American blood, and as a child I was taught by both sides, that when a guest enters your home you are to offer them food and drink, well you know, that is true in most cultures, right?! Also, if you think about how cold it can get in winter, well the kitchen is truly the warmest place, maybe not so much now, since most of us are in such a hurry, rush rush, rush…….but if I were to think about it, my grandmother and numerous Aunts, they were primarily stay at home wives and moms, and they would usually start their dinners, around 9-10am, you know the homemade pasta, and the sauce, especially the sauce, it has to simmer……..!! Makes sense, doesn’t it?!
I love reading all the comments, so sorry to hear about the house burning down and loosing their clock!!

Good Luck to you all!
MB

By: Ken Schroer

Ken Schroer — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:58:39 +0000

On a similar note, we moved a lot and considered “home” to be wherever our pendulum clock was hanging (at least we did until our house burned to the ground — clock and all).

By: amblinal

amblinal — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:31:06 +0000

My kitchen looks like a work zone. That’s because my desk is a disaster of tasks yet to be done. One day I’ll move one or two to the kitchen and add a couple to the desk. It’s time for spring cleaning! I’m finding that when you have a large yard with many trees, a home, pets, and are a conscientious recycler as well as an avid reader, your time just disappears.

My house activities are polar. One end is the kitchen and the other is my bed room, where I have the computer. The bedroom is also where I read.

Your daughter would be amazed at what it takes for just one person to live in this complex world of ours. As Jared Diamond might say, “We all have too much cargo!”

By: Lydia

Lydia — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:01:21 +0000

It makes you think that if we all did that, we would have a lot more to recycle.