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Skriven 2007-02-10 18:24:22 av hap newsom
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: New Mexico
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Howdy Ruth!
-> 
-> -> Every day is better than the one before. Last week at this time I wasin
-> -> utter misery; today I have a bit of pain in the foot but hardly anything
-> -> compared to what I was going thru.
-> 
->  hn> That is a good thing! Glad to hear that you are continually improving!
-> 
-> Except for the opportune bronchitis bug that snuck in earlier this
-> week--and is now being treated.  Saw the ortho doctor today & got the
-> stiches out.  No more crutches but a cam walker (progressing as I can to
-> regular shoes) and cane.
-> 
chicken soup! 

-> -> It wasn't as much socialising as school or church activities. Friday and
-> -> Saturday nights they generally did the group thing--football games, a
-> -> movie, etc for the most part.
-> 
->  hn> Pretty much the same for Amanda...but I volunteered in her school 
and
->  hn> I usually went to bed sometime between 4-6pm and slept till it was
->  hn> time to get up and go to work...and no visitors allowed unless Anne or
->  hn> I were there. And if Anne and Amanda left the house when I was
->  hn> sleeping they left a note so I wouldn't worry if I woke up while they
->  hn> were gone...a good thing to know! It's HARD to go back to sleep if 
you
->  hn> don't know where your family is!
-> 
-> I know; that's why we left notes quite often, more so after both girls
-> were gone.  Made it a bit easier after I got a cell phone; he called
-> once when he'd forgotten about a meeting I had.
-> 
It's nice now, I sleep at night like "regular" folks (grin), but at times my
body 
still wants to revert to that old pattern!

-> ->  hn> Yes, I did have that freedom and I loved it! I learned more 
European
-> ->  hn> History that way than I ever did in class!
-> 
-> -> That's the way to learn it--but it is colored by the local point of view
-> -> also.  Same as parts of the south like here in Savannah; you never refer
-> -> to the "Civil War" but something like "the late conflict with our
-> -> neighbors to the north" or the war between the states" unless you want
-> -> to be labeled with the "Y" word. (G)
-> 
->  hn> In West Tennessee it was often referred to as " The unpleasantness
->  hn> with the north". And Yankee isn't a word...it's a curseword in the
->  hn> south and preceeded with another word as well (grin).
-> 
-> Yes, I've heard both those terms as well.  The one was reserved for
-> northerners who moved/settled in the south; when we were living in NC,
-> some of our church folks gently teased us about that. Tho at times, I
-> think if were a believer in reincarnation, I must have been a southerner
-> in the 1850s-60s time frame.
-> 
I think I was 6 or 7 before I learned that ****yankee was two words (grin)!

-> ->  hn> do...every ounce matters when you have to carry it all day and 
soft
-> ->  hn> sand is very very demanding stuff! and my neck takes enough 
strain
-> ->  hn> from having a camera slung around it!
-> 
-> -> Not even enough room in a pocket? Well, you could have done worse; 
you
-> -> were relatively near civilisation and could get your hunger pangs
-> -> satisfied quickly once you decided to.
-> 
->  hn> Which is why I didn't have my photovest on at the  time.
-> 
-> Yes; I've been using my hipsack more often the last week or so; these
-> sweats don't have pockets.  Can't sneak a piece of candy easily. (G)
-> 
Chocolate?

-> -> -> Believe me; I intend to!  I've got him well accustomed to taking care 
of
-> -> -> me. (G)
-> 
-> ->  hn> Like Annies says "I'm not spoiled...just well loved!"
-> 
-> -> Told him the other day I got my Valentine's Day a bit early with his
-> -> taking care of me thru this siege. (G)
-> 
->  hn> If you do it right everyday is valentines day (grin)
-> 
-> I know; I meant as in he didn't have to go out and get anything special
-> for the date on the calendar.  We're having a sweetheart banquet at
-> church on the 17th which looks like it'll be fun from the "promos" being
-> done in the morning worship time.
-> 
I got Annie a digital camera (point and shoot basically) for Valentines 
day...but Fed Ex seems to have lost it (I've gotten them to start a tracer on 
it) so I'll go get some nice chocolate truffles for her till it gets here!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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