Thanks to those who reported back. Most people don't report and we are left wondering. Sometimes I'm guily of that myself. Also, thanks for telling about any changes you made and how you thought they turned out. Beverly

I wouldn't begin to freeze a quiche. It's an egg custard and I would be afraid it would get watery....and even if you added flour, I would be afraid the crust would be soggy. I would make the crust ahead and portion it into one pie size balls and refigerate for up to 3 days....and the night before chop the veggies and garte the cheese and fry and crumble the bacon....and morning of...just roll out the crust, mix up the eggs and milk and cream, dump in the fillings and the egg mix and bake. When I have had to have quiche ready by 7:30, I have even parbaked the crusts the night before and filled and baked the quiche in the morning. I don't think you will be very happy with freezing quiche for a party. Linda C

But what are the odds that whoever's in charge of the PA will have the state of mind to use that code instead of saying something like "GET OUT GET OUT THERE'S A BOMB RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!" But to be serious, why even use the PA system to use that 12:00 code--if all the employees know what it means, they're splitting. I wouldn't count on many hourly-rate people nowadays to do their jobs--making sure all the customers get out in an orderly fashion, too.

I'm going to take a different tack. After nearly a decade as a wellness nurse in an independent living retirement community, I see this as a safety issue. Throw rugs aside (well known fall risk), you should be able to theoretically walk around with a yard stick across your waist and not touch any furnishings. If you can't maintain this three foot clearance, then it's too cluttered and unsafe. Clear passages with no trip/fall hazards is a crucial part of home safety as an older person attempts to age in place. One fall can change the trajectory of a life in an instant. There are many good home safety checklists available online with helpful tips and pertinent information (cdc.gov and ncoa.org-the national council on aging are just two). Beyond the safety issue, as a daughter who spent four months clearing out my parents' home (three story home and two story garage) after the death of my mother in 2013 (my father had died ten years earlier), please purge papers and at least some extraneous belongings now. My sister and I had a paper trail going back to the 1930s to review/trash/shred. Our parents dearly loved us and yet we were driven to tears at times that so much stuff had been saved over the decades (and never looked at in the garage attic or house attic again) that we had to physically haul out and either attempt to sell (nearly always unsuccessful), take to Goodwill or the county dump. That experience absolutely changed both of us and we resolved to never put our own children in this position-we've taken steps to purge our own papers and belongings and are much more hesitant when buying more "things."