Text 15245, 160 rader
Skriven 2007-05-10 14:06:18 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 15204 av Carol Shenkenberger (3:800/201)
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Hi Carol,

RH> OK, I see.  I'd be a tourist buying a thimble. (G)  I've one in my
RH> collection that's a regular metal sewing thimble from my (maternal)
RH> ancestral home town in Germany, another, utilitarian thimble made from
RH> fabric from Korea.  The rest are all made for collectors, in various
RH> materials and quality.

 CS> Hehe thats ok.  They like tourists out here.  It's either really
 CS> 'cheap' stuff out here for thimbals, or *quite* pricey stuff I never
 CS> looked at that close exept to notice it would never be usable.  'Thumb
 CS> art' sort of thing.  With wings and stuff that makes it non-usable.


Most of my collection I wouldn't want to use either.  I've got a beer
stein one; the cap would make it hard to use; same as the one we call
the "crown jewels" a friend got me from England--it has a crown with a
colored stone on the top.


RH> Is there time before you go back overseas, that with intensive help fo
RH> you and the school, she can finish the rest of the year successfully?

 CS> I'm hopeful she will be ok.  I suspect she has to 'repeat' english and
 CS> possibly 1 other subject but when we get stateside, I hope they dont
 CS> hold her back a grade over this.  'No kid left behind' might be in our
 CS> favor.

That's an issue you'll have to deal with in the local school system.
Are you leaving before the shcool year over there starts?

 CS> Don's dyslexia makes him very hard to help with this one.  His school
 CS> system just passed him on but he's at last (age 56) working well with
 CS> written items. Once he got over worrying that I'd mind his bad
 CS> spelling in email, he started working on such.  Once or twice I've had
 CS> to ask him to 'try again as i dont understand xxxxx' but I can read
 CS> his phonetics pretty well.  His actual level of dyslexia is far less
 CS> than mine but well, school system just didnt even try to work with him
 CS> around it.

He gets an A++++++++++++++++ for trying tho.


 CS> Like many dyslexics, he reads far better than he can write but in his
 CS> case, he's a delayed reader because the school system of the 50's-60's
 CS> didnt believe in teaching kids like him.  He's rabid at Charlotte over
 CS> her english grades but really can't help except in one way.  He's
 CS> telling her he's an example of what happens if she doesnt work harder,
 CS> then making her help him type emails to me.

Having her read cook books and following directions is good in that
respect also. It also teaches her how to cook so she won't leave home
like her mom did. (G) My sisters were like that too, as the first girl,
I "had" to learn how to cook.

 CS> I think she's getting that point too.  The problem is the dichotomy.
 CS> She loves Dad and his expression isnt up to mine so 'thats ok' but
 CS> he's telling her, 'no, it isnt as you can be like Mommy'.  Such a
 CS> conundrum... (and ;-) I still cant spell!)

You're doing pretty good in the spelliing department. My trouble on the
computer is that I don't always proof read & get run on words & such
like. Usually, if asked to spell orally, I'll fingerspell it out to make
sure I've got it right, then do it verbally.

 CS> On SANs, you would probably be bored. Truth is this would be a dream
 CS> vacation for me and Steve, if given the option, would love it I am

RH> He would; I'd bring a portable sewing machine and stay in the h/motel

 CS> Naw, you'd wander too and find a rare stray there like you at the

RH> I'd wander a bit, until I saw all I wanted.  Maybe, if I found another
RH> spousal unit, we would do someting together, but the sewing would be

 CS> It would be smart if you and he ever went, to have a backup. That way
 CS> Steve wouldnt have to worry that you'd get bored and he could really
 CS> enjoy the whole thing.

That's why, when we found we were going to be in guest quarters for 6
weeks here, he bought me an inexpensive sewing machine (which we sent to
Deborah later) to keep me from being totally bored. In the stuff we'd
mailed ourselves, I had some sewing projects I thought I'd get to (on a
borrowed machine) after pack out but never did as I was teaching another
spouse how to sew in that time.  But, from now on, the machine I take to
classes and so on will not go in pack out. I've got a trolley case for
it so could use it as my carry on bag. (G)

RH> Yes, in geek heaven. (G)  Steve doesn't have much more time to do one
RH> these thru the military and has other plans post military so I doubt
RH> he'd ever get to one.  He did win a monitor at a convention in Las Veg

 CS> Well, I didnt get to go often to these. When I did, I took full
 CS> advantage and left the family at home, mean as that sounds.  Charlotte
 CS> was age 2-4 back then so I didnt try.


I understand; it wouldn't have been fair to either of you then.


RH> I Know (!) Steve would have his head in a book 23/6.5 (one hour off fo
RH> sleep and one morning off for church.


 CS> Snicker, at SANs, he might forget church for once if you keep quiet
 CS> about it..

He'd not forget, it would just be a tough decision if something were
offered at the same time.


 CS> Ouch.  Well, Don's on meds.  We have to see how that goes.

RH> Hopefully he's improving by the time I see this. Antibiotics?  The one
RH> I had for my last round of bronchitis in Feb. really knocked it down
RH> fast but had to go to a civilian pharmacy for them.  Had to pay the mo
RH> expensive co-pay as they were a newer, non generic, not carried by the
RH> military pharmacy but it was worth it.

RH> Talked to my mom yesterday; Dad had his first solid foods that morning
RH> They hope he will be home today.

 CS> Yes, Don is feeling better.  He was worried it was cancer but it's all
 CS> fixing up with the meds.  He's got bad teeth and did even as a kid.

I can understand his worry.  With all my other problems, that's one I
don't usually consider.  BTW, Dad is home but it'll be a long slow,
recovery.

 CS> I've been blessed with less than perfection but good teeth overall.
 CS> I've had 10 cavities in my whole life and none in the last 3 years.  A
 CS> few older ones have needed the fillings changed, but nothing worse.

I'm not sure how many fillings I have but some have been replaced.  Need
to find a new dentist out here tho.

 CS> No lost teeth other than the wisdom teeth but Don's headed to total
 CS> loss probably before long.

No fun; I've got all but wisdom teeth plus one that was being internally
reabsorbed.  Dentist said he'd seen only a couple of other cases like
that in his years of practice.


 CS> I turn 47 this Saturday and by that age, Don had lost at least 10
 CS> teeth.  He's


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