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Skriven 2008-02-08 01:40:46 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 1955 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [1]
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Hi Ruth!

>> > That's where it is really nice to know that someone else knows.

>> Yes, we're fortunate. :)

> And he spoils me rotten. (G)

Oh no!!!  another spoiled brat like ME????  (lol)  I think we should start a
club  (grin)

>>> instance when the heat is getting to me.. Ron will though, and he'll
>>> point it out to me and I'll say, oh rats.. <laugh>

>> > And then you get out of the heat & get a drink of water?  A few

>> Normally for me that means get out of the garden and the sun :) :)
>> Get some shade for a bit :)

> That helps but a drink will also. Sip it while enjoying the view.

It's the darn heat that gets to me, water or no (grin).  It's almost like I'm
drunk.. just a symptom of the MS. We've learned over the years how to deal with
all this stuff, though.  That's part of the reason I still smoke (sick though
it sounds).  No stress or agita pretty much means no negative activity in the
legs.. unless I smoke too much.. then I pay  (g).

>> water > broke in the early (about 5:30) morning of the day after Steve
>> and I'd > had a military ball.  Baby came about 1:30 or 2 pm after an
>> up about 4:30 for > a Sunday School class gathering.  About 7:30 he
>> suggested we head home > as he said I looked tired.  About the time he
>> mentioned it, it hit me > how tired I was. I'm glad I had him to get
>> me home for some rest.

>> I can understand that, you must have been exhausted!

> Yes, but it was a nice feeling that day.  To see the dad's face melt
> when he saw his son for the first time.............

That's really really neat :)  I remember seeing my daughter's face when her
first was born :)  it was almost too much :)

>> chemo > which should help keep it in line.  Our "mini celebration"
>> this week was > over to a Mexican restauant we'd not been to in a
>> while; we both ended > up taking about half our meal home. I had the
>> especial chicken burritos > (loaded with everything!) and Steve had
>> chicken fajitas.  They only gave > him a couple of tortillas so he
>> made some more this morning to go with > his left overs.

>> That sounds great - we haven't been to the Mexican restaurant here in
>> a while either..

> We always check them out when we move to some place new. There was a
> good one on the North Shore of Oahu; the only problem there is the
> amount of cilantro they used in almost every thing. I'd spend a good
> part of the meal pulling it out of my food--they used big leaves so it
> was easy enough to do.

hahahahahahaha don't tell me you don't like Cilantro.. I hate it :)

>> > Some prior looking thru cook books, pulling out favorites that could
>> be > done in bulk and trying a few new things. We always taste tested
>> > meal's worth, figuring if we didn't like something, it would take
>> top > priority in geting eaten. (G)  The main thing was planning the
>> cooking; > I tried to do at least a couple of days per week of meal
>> prep. All in > all, it took about 4 weeks but I got it done.

>> Not bad at all :)

> No, and so far I've felt well enough that we've not dug into the supply.
> Then too, I've been keeping meals pretty basic. Last night we had
> chicken fried rice; I had everything ready so when Steve called to say
> he was on his way home, I just threw it into the wok and had it ready
> about 5 minutes after he came in the door. It was a late meal (a bit
> after 7) but a quick one with minimal fuss and clean up.  Tonight is
> pasta and meat balls; I've got the sauce and meat balls going and will
> have a pot of water heating about the time I expect him to call.  If
> he's later, I'll turn it down until he does, then I'll bring it back to
> a boil & cook the pasta.

Here, it's more Me:"are you hungry?"  Him:"Ah, kinda" Me:"ok lemme see what
we've got today" Him:"Darn, now I'm starving" (grin).

>>> only January (she was born in July <g>).. Later in talking with Ron's

>> > What day in July? Mine is in July also. (G)

>> She was born July 21st :)

> That's my birthday too. (G)

That is too much :) :) Absolutely :)

>> > In some ways I'm very organised (geting reeady for moves); other
>> ways > I'm very laid back.

>> Yes, moves I've always found not difficult to organize.

> It helps to know what the packers expect.

Yep.. and when we did it ourselves (not a moving company doing it), it wasn't
hard to figure what stayed til the last moment, and what got packed beforehand
:)


>>> sandwiches with unbleached white flour.. I'd always throw in 1/4 cup
>>> of wheat germ in with each cup of flour.. that and some soy flour for
>>> added protein.

>> > The old Cornell mix. (G) I did the mix of whole wheat and white
>> before

See, now I think you must have read the Joy of Cooking :)

>> Yes, the Cornell mix :)

> You don't hear about it much these days.

No you don't.. I remember seeing it in the Joy of Cooking and figuring how
could you not do this :)

>> > the girls were born.  By the time they came along, we were using all
>> > whole wheat (and other whole grains).

>> A lifetime of it for you, it seems :)

> Over half of my life time, but the better half. (G)

So I'm a slow starter I guess :)

Take care,
Janis

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