Cups & Friends
I thought that maybe a dedicated space to have long form conversation with peeps might be nice. I am starting this thread by adding a few nice friends I know from MCR. Anyone is welcome to join us!
What should be the primary purpose of this thread remain open to debate on. But what I am thinking as of now is just having a space for larger conversations that allow us to express things in a more systematic manner which isn't interrupted by the "instant" message system.
@FineFrog
@LessMusical
Awesome idea to have a chat space in the lovely PenPals community, Musii!
Re-tagging our wonderful Froggy friend so they can find this corner @finefrog15 hehe.❤
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou
Hi Good Day Sunshine! 😊 ❤️ I saw that 👀 Many thanks my sweet friend! and....ahem......*clean up on isle 3*
*high fives* 😊 and *hugs* ❤️
@FineFrog15
Hehe you got ittttt. 🥰
*high fives* and *biggest hugsss backkk* dear friend!🤗❤
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou
You soooooooooo rock! You knew.....I was like, wait for it....wait for it....Frog....it will happen! 😊 ❤️
If you do not believe...you do not receive! Ahhhhhh, all feels right in the world for me now today! Many thanks my sweet friend! So much love in my heart for you! ❤️ Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee weeeeeeeee! 😊
big big *hugs* ❤️❤️❤️
@FineFrog15
Of-freaking-courseeee and just to see this wholesome response from you, I'd do it again and again and yus, again xD for you deserve all the "feels all great in your world" days, lovely froggy friend. I love youu. 🐸🤗❤ *keeps hugging*
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou
I love you Good Day Sunshine! ❤️❤️❤️ I really needed this moment here with you (more than you may know)! Thank you for making my *heart sing* ❤️ and for giving some Froggy love! 🐸❤️ This is amazing.
I have this bookmarked so I can see your words and the sweet Froggy with the great big heart that you gave to me (and *clean up on Isle 3* gift 🎁 too)! As I have so very many times before, I will be counting you in my gratitude moments once again today! So incredibly grateful for you my sweet friend! ❤️
It's soooooooo on nowwwwwwwww! Give you one guess what it is I will be listening to after I select "post". The universe has spoken and I sure do need to hear it today! 🎶 (You know you're diggin' down deep into your arsenal when you put "Good Day Sunshine"on-how could one not smile when listening to that?). Seems quite fitting and the last piece to help me find my "center". 🌞
*high fives* 😊 and big big *hugs* ❤️ Stay great sweet one!
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou
Hi sunshine! Nice to read from you again (:
Thanks a lot for helping froggo find the place!
@LessMusical
Lovely seeing you too and Of courseee! <3
@LessMusical
Hi Musicalllll! 😊 ❤️ So great to see you in the forum area! Weeeeeeeeeee weeeeeeee! 😊 Many thanks for creating the forum post.
This sounds like fun. Agreed, as nice as the rooms can be, sometimes they are fast paced, others have needs and we like to address them. It's nice to greet others and to be polite. Doesn't always make for the best 1-1 chat though!
*rolls up sleeves* for fun time 😊 Question for Musical .....How did you come up with your user name? I always love to hear "origin stories". Hope to hear from you soon.
*high fives* 😊 and *hugs* ❤️
@FineFrog15
Hi froggo!
I'm glad that you found this thread haha. I was looking to find your username but folks seem couldn't remember the special number 15. :D
My username is this way for multiple reasons haha. I was trying to express that my repertoire of music is very limited haha. I was also trying to make my username sound like LesMiserable. I think LesMusicals was taken and that's how I ended up with LessMusical :D
*shares tea and biscuits* how're you! What have been you cooking recently! Has your event with the foodie guests already take place?
❤️ 💙 💜
@LessMusical
No worries my friend! 😊 ❤️ Most wouldn't remember my full screen name around here. Most just think of me as Froggy, Froggie, Froggo, Frog, Ribbit, or Snoop Froggie Frog, lol 😊 That's okay. The "15" in my name has no significance, what so ever. Just thought I should have a number in there and so tossed it in for the purposes of alliteration. It just sounded pretty 🐸. (smh, showing my girlieee side on that one).
Thank you for telling me about your user name and how it came to be. I like your user name! I always enjoy hearing the thoughtful approach of others in how they chose their name as sometimes it can be seen as an extension of ourselves.
Others refer to you as "Less" from time to time. I've mentioned in the past that I won't call you that. I don't see you as "less" but instead "more". 😊
Thank you for the *tea and biscuits* ❤️ I send *hugs* ❤️ in return.
I'm doing well today 😊 Just busy, as usual. Thank you for asking! ❤️ For today, I cooked a batch of spaghetti sauce to help get ready for my future house guests. I had already made some of my typical sauce and put it in the freezer to thaw for later, but was just recently told that one of the guests coming has a specific dietary concern. I duplicated the recipe, but replaced one ingredient with another. One of my house guests had requested that we all have spaghetti one night so this makes it work.
Makes things easier to cook as much as I can prior as somethings that I'll be cooking won't freeze as well. Less dirty dishes to back up my kitchen also so it gives all of us more time to spend together. I'll still make a salad to go with, a loaf of french bread, roast a bulb of garlic in the oven for an hour the day of and we can have a nice garlic and butter spread for the bread. Not sure what I'll make for desert that night. I still have time to figure that night out.
How are you doing today? ❤️ Are you settling back in nicely after your trip? That was quite a distance and I imagine it took a bit to adjust to being back.
*high fives* 😊 and *hugs* ❤️
@FineFrog15
*hugs and high fives* I like snoop froggy frog hahaha. You've fun nicknames!
it sounds like you enjoy making different key ingredients from scratch! I bet your pasta sauce is super duper awesome!
🤔 I'll have to look into roasted garlic. Sounds healthy
@LessMusical
It is quite healthy as well as delicious! 😊
@FineFrog15
I'm settling alright. Thank you for asking my friend. I was initially facing a bit jetlag and was sleeping at odd times but finally I'm syncing up.
I am sure your guests will be charmed by your wonderful cooking! ❤️
I'll have to learn some easy to recipes from you in future!
@LessMusical
I'm glad to hear that you are working through it and finally over coming some of the jet lag! 😊 ❤️ Yikes! I know that one can be so very difficult and for so very many!
Yes, of course! I would be more than happy to share recipes with you! Sounds like fun to me actually! I have a variety of what I call "tried and true" recipes that are favorites of mine as well as others and many of them really aren't that complicated to make. Trust....if I can do it, so can you! Much of it is simply being able to read, follow directions, etc. You got this! 😊
I appreciate you sharing with me your current cooking level (past convo in MCR). I know that things can be a bit daunting or even scary at first! We all have to start somewhere no matter what the task at hand is. We are all new at everything, at some point.
Knowing this, I certainly wouldn't try to provide recipes that require over the top, Master Chef cooking techniques (there will be no flambe lol 😊), no difficult to find ingredients or ingredients that wouldn't have additional purpose for future recipes (Marsala wine (costly and goes bad quickly), saffron (costly and also limited usage), etc. or odd/expensive cooking apparatus that isn't multi-functional, rare usage, difficult to operate and so really is more trouble than what it is worth when trying to find storage space. (that kind of stuff takes the fun out of it all unless one is operating at some advanced skill level).
Weeeeeeeeee weeeeeeeeeeeee! 😊 Here if you need a recipeeeeeeeeeeee, recipeeeeee, lol 😊
*high fives* 😊 and *hugs* ❤️
@FineFrog15
Thanks a lot for agreeing to help me in my quest of easy cookings!
I learned some crazy cooking tidbits from your post. Never knew what's a flambe before! Haha
💙 🐸 💜
@thoughtfulGrapes1163
Hey grapes grapes! How you be!
@FineFrog15 froggo! Have you met grapes?
@thoughtfulGrapes1163
@LessMusical
Ahaa!! Found it at last!! Thank you for inviting me over, Musi musi 😍😍 I love the idea 💡 of time unbound chats 🥰 where we can discuss whenever we have the time.
Here’s a great idea I have to get this convo rolling : How would you describe the first time you joined cups?
@thoughtfulGrapes1163
The first time I joined cups was when I was still a undergrad student. At that time, cups was a much shorter operation. It was a small knit community which was more geared towards listening to people. It did not have any member group chat at that time only a few listener chats.
Fun fact, initially 7cups had a payment / tipping model for the listeners.
I think as it happens with most new things, the initial feelings were highly positive. And I would say the positivity sustained for long! Cups was not as scaled up as it is today and the listeners were given better training and they had a much better support system.
Tell me about your first time!
@thoughtfulGrapes1163
Hi Grapiessss! 😊 ❤️ Thanks for joining the thread!
*high fives* 😊 and *hugs* ❤️
@LessMusical
I sure do! 😊 I loveeeeeeee me some Grapieeesss too! ❤️
@labidus
If you want, we can continue that thread of convo here haha
@LessMusical sure, and here was my previous response you asked for:
"i think it depends on many things, for example the material conditions
of each generation needs to probably stay somewhat consistent as values
are developed in proximity to changes of those conditions, but also by
becoming more informed and understanding towards the reasons those
values are there to begin with and how they might be helpful"
@labidus
Well said my friend! 😊 In addition to what Lab sad, information and easy access to it is quite the game changer from one generation to the next as well as a myriad of other things.
Also.....HI Lab! 😊 ❤️
*high fives* 😊 and *hugs* ❤️