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Skriven 2008-12-08 15:45:14 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 17405 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: thanksgiving
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Hi Hap,

-> Yes, and I'm looking forward to a quiet Christmas. This is probably the
-> last year for Thanksgiving in Florida; we'll probably be in NC next
-> year.  It's a bit too far to drive for the length of the break.

 hn> So true, but you could look at catching a hop
 hn> from Pope down to Florida...I'll bet they still
 hn> have that milkrun that I used to catch!

We'll see; remember, we will be in the "low man on the totem pole"
category then.  For the time and effort, it'll probably be better to re
establish our Thanksgiving traditions.

->  hn> Had my colonoscopy this morning, GREAT
->  hn> needle girl, she was fast efficient, and
->  hn> very very skilled! The place I ended up

-> That is not a fun procedure. I had one in spring, all was well.  But the
-> prep isn't fun, especially not eating hardly anything.

 hn> The prep is way worse than the procedure
 hn> now that they knock you out for it! The first
 hn> one I had done .....all I got was the warning
 hn> "try and relax, this is going to be uncomfortable"
 hn> boy o boy was THAT an understatement! The
 hn> next two were much nicer but the prep still
 hn> was awful!

I know; sometimes they give you 2 little bottles of Fleet but more often
than not, it's the gallon jug. Knocking out for the proceedure is
probably better for all concerned; that way they know you are relaxed.


->  hn> great seating in it!) and a nice large
->  hn> lounge area for people to wait. When
->  hn> I went in Anne was enjoying Gene
->  hn> Kelly in "An American in Paris"...once

-> Do they do movies on demand or you watch whatever's on?  Popcorn,
 hn> nachos
-> and big boxes of candy available at the concession as well? (G)

 hn> No food (grin) they don't want the "customers"
 hn> pigging out just before the procedure! They had

No, but those that come with the patient might enjoy a snack.  I've got
an appointment scheduled for 8am, no breakfast, at Fort Stewart in a few
weeks; I'll probably hit up the DFac afterward.


 hn> a selection of movies to choose from, but
 hn> basically unless you were sitting there when
 hn> one movie ended you didn't get a choice as to
 hn> what was on. All around the place they had
 hn> big photos of old stars, Gable and Lombard,
 hn> Gene Kelly, John Wayne and such, and
 hn> even a few items on display as well.
 hn> a derby from "All that Jazz" and
 hn> a few other things...my memory is
 hn> a bit fuzzy (grin)

Sounds a lot nicer than any doctor's office or clinic I've been in
lately.  Then, too, most of my appointments are still within the
military medical system, not known for great decor except in the
pediatric clinic.

->  hn> nothing for the next two hours!

-> Time flies when you're having fun. (G)

 hn> It's all behind me now! (grin)

(he said in hind sight)


-> ->  hn> and yams layered, it was given a rousing
 hn> ->
-> -> It does sound like she's taking after her dad in the cooking arena.
 hn> ->
->  hn> She's always been good at learning
->  hn> and was a good kitchen helper even
->  hn> when she was little. It's nice to know that
->  hn> those lessons were well learned and still
->  hn> useful!

-> I know, I've seen it in both of my girls--more so Rachel as we've
-> visited her more often.  A lot of the brand names she grew up with are
 h
n> The "dorm" that Amanda lives in (tis almost
 hn> empty during winter) has a HUGE kitchen
 hn> with LOTS of space and storage and it's
 hn> fully equpped with most of the needed
 hn> equipment.

Nice! It'll be hard for some of the students to move into their own
apartments with dinky kitchens after using that one.

->  hn> We stayed in as much as we could for the whole weekend.
->  hn> We enjoyed that tremendously!

-> We will do that for Christmas; the madness starts up again a few days
-> later. Our calendar is filling up with appointments, out proccessing
-> details, etc.

 hn> We do the same for Christmas, it's a family day
 hn> and unless I'm planning a photoshoot on
 hn> new years eve we stay in on that night
 hn> just for safety's sake!

We will probably stay in for New Year's as well.  I think we went out
one year in HI (our last) but were home before 11.  Last year we got
home on the 31st from Las Vegas but went to a friend's gathering to pray
in the new year.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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