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Skriven 2008-08-25 16:08:19 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 12607 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: keeping cool
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> Lots of errands and  chores to get done
->  hn> that weren't done while  we were gone.
-> hn> Banking, groceries,  laundry, etc.

-> Figures, we had to do the same after our trip.  Went to the commissary
-> and I realised our cloth shopping bags were in the car which was in the
-> shop.  Steve asked for paper but the bagger didn't hear & put it all
-> into plastic bags.  That used twice as many as paper would have.

 hn> yep! I keep cloth bags in both cars and I'm pretty good
 hn> about remembering to take them into the store as well.

We only have one car, 4 bags.  A first part of the month trip will
usually give me about 8-12 paper bags, depending on how efficient the
packer is.


 hn> Plus, we get a 5 cents a bag discount, so I usually get
 hn> a whopping 15 cents off my bill! (grin)

Some places here do that; the most we can save is 20 cents right now.
We'll probably get some more  canvas bags.

->  hn> I've always been a Charley Brown fan...I
->  hn> identified with his weaknesses and insecurities.

-> I think all of us identify with him to some extent. Some get over it,
-> others never do.

 hn> I don't think it's so much a "get over it thing" as
 hn> identifying with a common emotion that we all
 hn> experience at stages in our lives when we are
 hn> feeling less in control and more at the mercy of
 hn> whats going on around us. And of course there's
 hn> Charley's unflagging optimism that "this time she'll
 hn> hold the ball and I'll kick it!!" . I know for me at
 hn> times it was comforting to know there was at
 hn> least one person who was even more hopeless,
 hn> helpless, and inept than I was!


Sometimes you wonder if there's anybody worse than you. (G)

-> That's the breaks.

 hn> Yep, and I'm sure we'll get back there
 hn> so there's always NEXT time (grin)!

Yes, noever give up.  There will be a next time--especially while Amanda
is working in the area.  i presume there aree some good places to eqt
nearby as well.




 hn> ->
->  hn> We bagged and froze the leftovers, and I was
->  hn> quite open about the recipe, if any of them
->  hn> were writing it down I have no idea.
 hn> ->
-> Their loss if they didn't.
 hn> ->
 hn> It's a very mixed bag of grad students, more
 hn> than half of them are at some level of
 hn> "vegetarian"...some will use chicken stock,
 hn> some are almost vegan, and some just
 hn> don't eat what they dont' care for and
 hn> call it vegetarian (grin). I told one young


Crazy college kids.


 hn> lady from Bogota Columbia (who is SO much
 hn> like Amanda), that I was a "porketarian" and
 hn> she thought that was SO funny. She loves
 hn> pork, but never got it at "home" as her mother
 hn> thinks it's "dirty" meat. (in this case I think the
 hn> mother has seen the way pigs were raised and
 hn> killed in the countryside...which is most certainly
 hn> NOT the most hygenic process). Some of them

That's a lot to do with why Steve is so against it.


 hn> are learning to cook, some are already fairly
 hn> good at it, but a few (the young man from
 hn> Bangkok in particular) are so bad that they
 hn> are afraid to try to cook.

He will have to learn at some time or spend a fortune in eating out.

->  hn> Back to the Ballpark tomorrow!
 hn> ->
-> At least the Ms are still playing; the Sand Gnats have been rained out
-> basically all week.  We've had lots of wet weather, some flooding, some
-> tornadoes in the area but not as bad as Florida.  It's helping ease the
-> drought here.
 hn> ->
 hn> Anne's sister lives in Palm Bay which evidently was hit
 hn> the very worst of anywhere...I guess they had something
 hn> like 30" of rain in 24 hours! Lots of flooding and the pond
 hn> behind their house grew to about 3 times it's normal size and
 hn> came about halfway up to their house!

We've not heard yet from my brother who lives in Titusville.  Probably
still trying to dry out.


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


... There cannot be a crisis today; my schedule is already full.

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