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Skriven 2007-04-19 15:14:42 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA
Ärende: New Years gift!
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H Ruth,

->  RH> teaching them....  (You never know with that bunch!)

-> You might be surprised some day (or night) with a concert. (G)

 RH> Could happen.  They say animals talk at Midnight on Christmas Eve.(G)

They've all played dumb with me; have had a number of cats on the lap at
that time of night and nothing but a purrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

-> He did.  He knows that if I went to that much effort to make it, he'd
-> better leave some for me. Crust turned out really flaky; used home
-> milled whole wheat pastry flour and butter.

 RH> You found the flour mill then?

Yes, and even tho it sounds like a jet plane on take off or landing, it
does a great job of processing the wheat berries.

-> Yes, and now they've better things.  I can count on 6 hours from the
-> time I aggressively start treating the headache until it's gone.  Better
-> than the days I used to have to suffer.

 RH> Now if they could just find something to get rid of the common cold...

Too many variables involved with that one.

-> Semi sweet baking stuff is good; the unsweetened is not good. The
-> Mexican stuff I get from time to time is like the semi sweet.

 RH> I've had that.  It's OK, if a bit grainy.  The unsweetened isn't
 RH> great, but any port in a storm.

I try not to get into that kind of bind.

-> We've actually got an attic here; I think a first for military housing.
-> It has a couple of gables in it. It also has a good number of our boxes

 RH> Attic?  Gables?  Does it have a (gasp) basement too?

No, the water table is too high here.  That's asking too much in a
coastal area to have a basement.

-> No, and been able to stay on my feet longer.  A good pair of shoes helps
-> that but I've been comfotable in my house shoes (slippers) as well.

 RH> Cool.  I've been having problems feeling my feet recently.  The
 RH> pressure nerves have been going in and out.  It makes driving
 RH> interesting. :-)

I can imagine.

-> Sewing is a good skill then.  I turned my serger in for a tune up on
-> Saturday; I think it's the first one since before we went to HI and
-> about a third of what I'd have to pay out there.

 RH> Everything costs twice as much there as on the Mainland, except for
 RH> the fresh tropical fruit that overruns the occasional backyard
 RH> gardener.


Or even those that just happen to have a fruit tree in the back yard as
we did.  This should be another big avocado yield year--if the tree is
still standing.  We've a feeling it may go when they tear down current
housing in that neighborhood to put up the new (more modern) housing.
It would be a pity if the tree went in some respects but in others, it
would be good as some of the larger branches broke from the weight of
the fruit in pre winter & winter storms.

-> before coming up to the computer.  Next time I'll leave out the gluten;
-> grinding our own flour seems to make it rise quite high without.  I used
-> about half the amount I do with commercial flours and it rose to the top
-> of the bread machine--touched the window.

 RH> It's a good thing it didn't go any higher.  Ever pop the top on the
 RH> bread machine?

Not yet but been close a number of times. (G)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly@earthlink.net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... OH NO!  Not ANOTHER learning experience!

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