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Skriven 2007-12-18 10:11:58 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Soupy weather                                            [1]
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
->  hn> Did I ever tell you I know 6 other Ruth's besides you and CT Ruth?
-> 
-> No,  you never did (before now). It's a good name. I have known quite a
-> few others over the years.
-> 

Not such a common name anymore! I guess people
aren't going to that "well" anymore (grin)

->  hn> I even have and Aunt who's name is Ruth! (my grandfather was a
-> 
-> I used to have one; she passed away some years ago.  She was my dad's
-> only sister.  One of f my cousins has it for a middle name, as does
-> another cousin's daughter.
-> 
->  hn> methodist minister) Almost gave that as a middle name to Amanda. 
(but
->  hn> we went with JOY instead)
-> 
-> We went with Ruth for Deborah--liked the sound of it. Rachel's middle
-> name is Elisabeth (yes, spelled with an s instead of a z). BTW, Deborah
-> was here from yesterday (about noon) until about an hour ago.  Took her
-> to a local bbq place yesterday but fed her cookies, fudge and home made
-> poultry soup today.
-> 

My maternal Grandmother's name was Amanda, so there are
LOTS of Amanda's on that side of my family!  I have a cousin
who had two kids, daughter Amanda, and son Robert. They grew up
Amanda married a nice guy...named Robert...Son Robert grew up and
married a sweetie....named..........you guessed it! AMANDA! 


-> 
-> ->  HN> lived right outside one of the housing areas
-> ->  HN> and were in and out of it as much as if we
-> ->  HN> lived there. Grin, there were so many holes in
-> ->  HN> the fence surrounding base housing we kids
-> ->  HN> never even considered "inside" and "outside"!
-> 
-> -> Kids usually don't pay attention to differences like that. OTOH, a
-> -> military kid going to school in a non military area can stand out like
-> -> an LED light. (G) The other kids are usually a pretty tight knit group
-> -> and the military kid may have problems fitting in.
-> 
->  hn> Have had that experience as both a kid and adult.
->  hn> It's nice at those times to have a good self image and
->  hn> be somewhat independent.
-> 
-> Very much so! I would have had a hard time fitting in as a younger kid;
-> got a lot more self confident and surer of myself as I got into high
-> school and then away to college. But, every so often Steve will have to
-> tell me "yes, you CAN do that" if I'm hesitant.  Gotten into a number of
-> big projects that way. (G)
-> 

We travelled so much I had to become adept at "fitting in"
quickly. Not sure about the self confidence as much as 
it was a survival instinct (grin)!

-> 
-> ->  HN> Spending a day in a class with 26 2nd graders who are
-> ->  HN> wound up for Christmas would make anyone tired!
-> 
-> -> That's the trouble with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas so close.
-> -> The kids are on a sugar high from the end of October pretty much thru
-> -> the end of the year.  Rachel doesn't have as many kids in her 2nd grade
-> -> class (advantage of a private school) but she says they're all wired
-> 
->  hn> Perpetual state for kids this time of year! (grin)
-> 
-> Yes but they have a chance to work some of it off over the Christmas
-> break. Then they wean off the sugar until Valentine's day (when kids
-> don't get that much candy anyway) and that usually is well over before
-> Easter hits.
-> 
-> ->  HN> same way!) and the harder it is to get
-> ->  HN> them to concentrate on the academic work they
-> ->  HN> need to be doing!
-> 
-> -> Very much so!  Especially if there are state or federal tests that have
-> -> to be taken to meet certain standards.  Enough class time is spent
-> -> teaching to the test now that kids don't get some of the extra
-> -> activities we had to burn off some of the energy.  We had a recess
-> 
->  hn> Anne's on break now, and is enjoying it immensely!
->  hn> She's gonna sleep in for a few days!
-> 
-> And you'll be nice & let her. This is my "calm before the storm"; we
-> leave later this week for Nevada & Arizona.
-> 
Have a great trip and make lots of good 
memories! oh, and TAKE PICTURES!! (grin)

-> ->  HN> stores with LOTS of options, just taking
-> ->  HN> time to study them and make decisions.
-> 
-> -> The advantage of living in a large population area.  Been back to the
-> -> Hawaiian place recently?
-> 
->  hn> Went there yesterday, it's just upstairs from my
->  hn> studio/workspace so it's nice and convenient!
->  hn> had Saimin and huli huli chicken! it was ONO!
-> 
-> Sounds good to me. Just don't indulge so often that you get to looking
-> the size of some of the folks I saw over there.
-> 
Slowly working in the opposite direction!
chat with you soon
hap 
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