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Skriven 2009-02-16 16:26:21 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 20799 av Carol Shenkenberger (27336.cooks)
Ärende: Cooking habits                                           [1]
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Hi Carol,


 > We do now but I didn't before last week end. I'm gradually using up all
 > my canned & frozen stuff.

 CS> Heheh STILL havent here.  Thats more than a bit odd for me.  Probably
 CS> load up Tuesday or so.

You must have made a huge trip last time. (G)

 > We will; they bought a house last year just before the market went
 > really bad so houses around them are selling for lots less.

 CS> That sucks but it's happening everywhere.  Hope they have a fixed
 CS> loan.  If not, they need to shift.  The variable type never work IMHO.

David is very financially astute; I'm sure they went with a fixed APR.
The variable sounds good on paper but it's not very practical in
reality.  But, this house has a good sized kitchen with granite counter
tops, a small nook for eating, a food pantry, cabinets and drawers
galore in the kitchen (the island alone could probably store most of my
kitchen stuff) and a butler's pantry area with more storage for dishes
and such like.

 > oncologist's first thoughts.

 CS> Humm, need to think on that one.  My Mom has had both problems and she
 CS> eats the more average stuff.  If it helps, she's had it all her life
 CS> and is a hale 78 right now.

OK, we're sure there's more to the problem than just that. It was just
an off the top of his head thought. We've given him lab records for the
past couple of years and have asked the clinic here to try to get back
ones from Tripler for more information.

 > Nine months is a good starting age for solids. I've seen so many young
 > moms with little baggies of Cheerios for kids about that age.

 CS> Naw, by then she was far past that and leaped overnight to 'real food'
 CS> but cut small.  We did not however press food of the solid sort at
 CS> all, she just started grabbing off our plates and we let her in those
 CS> early stages.

We did more feeding of solids early with Rachel--had one of those hand
grinders to make table food into baby food. The mini blend jars for my
blender did a better job tho. (G)

 CS> I recall 9 months as when she was eating solids reliably of all types
 CS> if she could chew them.  In mind is she was bottle fed which may make
 CS> a difference (my C-section caused infection and they had to put me on
 CS> meds that prevented breast feeding after a week).

Could have made a difference. I had a non supportive pediatrician for
Racehl (he didn't like breast feeding moms; his kids had formula
fatties) but changed to an older, GP with Deborah.  He supported nursing
moms; hated to move away from him when Steve joined the army but.....


 >  CS> All kids are different and Charlotte was slow to roll over (by a few
 >  CS> weeks, not radical), crawled maybe 1 week, then stood up and ran.  She
 >  CS> was slow to crawl having instead adapted to 'rolling in one direction
 >  CS> to catch the cats' very very well.  Once that didnt work, I guess
 >  CS> crawling didnt give that much advantage so she stood up and within a
 >  CS> week was running them ragged all over the house.

 > Yes, Rachel walked at just short of a year. If she fell, she was happy
 > to crawl some more before getting up again. OTOH, Deborah walked at
 > about 13 months.  If she fell, she was right back up on her feet and
 > running thru the house again.  We didn't have any pets at the time
 > either girl started walkimg so chasing them was not an incentive option.

 CS> Well, Charlotte rolled til about 8 months, crawled 2 weeks, started to
 CS> walk, and was definately *running* by 9 months. Yet we were worried as
 CS> she didnt talk til well after 2.  Kid was starting to potty train
 CS> before she talked!

Deborah was doing both at the same time. Rachel was faster on talking
than potty training.  Just goes to show, no 2 kids are the same, even in
the same family.

 CS> She was slow to potty train but that's because the 'golden moment' hit
 CS> literally the week we had to drive from San Diego to Norfolk and so
 CS> wasnt taken up til a bit later again.  Wee bit later than most girls
 CS> but happened in 2 days when she decided it was time.

Go figure.  But, she got it done, and in good time.

 > This is stuff given away for home use, not a soup kitchen type thing. I
 > think the city has our church's name on a list of where to go for food
 > bank help.

 CS> Well, havdnt done the local food kitchen that much this past year but
 CS> we did donate canned things to several directions.  Even Don's local
 CS> watering hole (bar) had one and we sent 2 canned hams, 2 cans (large,
 CS> suitable for a family of 6-8) of beef stew, and some canned chicken
 CS> stew plus sundry canned veggies and such.

We did that several times in HI for various groups.  Did it a couple of
times when we thought we'd be leaving soon, then got extended. (G)


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Ruth
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