When one encounters young people these days, one does not always expect good manners.Doesn't that last sentence make me sound like a crabby old poop?
Nevertheless, it's sad but true - the Youth of today aren't always taught to respect their elders, to send thank you notes, and to bring hostess gifts. Luckily for me, most of the young people I know do have good manners.
When she asked if she could bring something to our dinner, I had reassured young Naomi and her beau, Sam, that their company would be gift enough. Thank heavens young people today don't listen to their elders, either! Look what a lovely hostess gift they brought me - what could be tastier than a selection of Penzeys Spices packed in lovely bay leaves? Sam assures me that the Chicago Steak Seasoning and the Northwood Fire Seasoning will thrill our taste buds - we can hardly wait!
So nice when young people have been taught good manners - and good taste!
A very nice gift indeed! Those kids were raised right.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting the picture. What a great idea for a hostess gift; I was tiring of always taking wine, flowers, or a bag of nuts.
ReplyDeleteQuite nice. And now I'm busy downloading the catalog.
ReplyDeleteVery nice indeed. Hostess gifts - I was taught that back when I was a wee lass. Now that I make cards and calligraphy, I can gift (ie, unload) my art work on my unsuspecting hosts (or hostess) as the case may be.
ReplyDeleteBut Zoomie... You ARE a crabby old poop!
ReplyDeleteJust like me.
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Hey - cookiecrumb - if you and Zoomie are crankly old poops, then VIVA the Cranky! We need more like you two!
ReplyDeleteWe got an enormous box of those for a wedding gift...
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I find that manners aren't generation-specific. They're just plain in short supply across the board.
You said right. It all matters to their upbringing.
ReplyDeleteKitt, indeed!
ReplyDeleteYaya, I thought it was pretty inventive, too! Thanks for visiting, by the way!
Dagny, you go, girl!
Nancy, your kind of hostess gift is the best - hand made!
Cookiecrumb, you've blown my cover!
Peter, what an appropriate wedding gift for you! But what did your wife get?
Sooooooup, yuuuuuuup! :-) Thanks for stopping by.
She got to eat the food I made.
ReplyDeleteStill does, in fact, so it seems to have worked out in her favor.
Peter, good point!
ReplyDeleteI think I need to invite Sam and Naomi over to my house for dinner!
ReplyDeleteMrs. L, they are mine, all mine! :-D
ReplyDeleteMy mum taught me to never visit empty handed. Flowers, a bottle of wine, a bag of home-grown passionfruit, a big old bunch of herbs from the garden, a cake, it doesn't matter what, just don't visit without a "thanks for having me" gift. (I'm crap at writing thank you notes though!?
ReplyDeleteMorgan, you can come to my house _any_ time!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked them, Zoomie. I'm not sure that I qualify as `youth' anymore, though. I'm almost 30 you know ;-)
ReplyDeleteSam, you're still young compared to us oldsters!
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