<p>Hint with defogging: use the air conditioning while set to defog. Works much faster!</p>
<p>We live in Southern California. DD, now a senior with her own apartment, calls and asks: “Mom, can you cook salmon without a grill?”</p>
<p>PS: This thread is hilarious and heartening – especially the story about approaching the white courtesy phone but never picking it up. I can SO see my daughter doing that a few years ago!</p>
<p>One of my friends called her mom and asked, “is my class canceled today because it’s Rosh Hashanah?”</p>
<p>Her mom’s response: “You’re Jewish, hon. You’re supposed to take the day off anyway.”</p>