Text 21305, 103 rader
Skriven 2009-02-26 14:32:47 av Carol Shenkenberger (27849.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 21292 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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 > Sigh!  That shoots THAT possiblility unless you save lots of pennies.

Yeah, oh well!  Right now, still job hunting so if i dont have to spend on
something, I generally do not.

 >  CS> Thats true.  You'd have to see the place to understand the room is
 >  CS> boxed in pretty tight to it's size.  The only 'easy' way to grow is
 >  CS> into the living room.  Not optimal.
 > 
 > Not having seen it, I was just speculating.

Decent speculation it is!  If it were not for the gas and water lines, it
would be the direction to go in.  In fact, it might be doable in the distant
future but wont be cheap.

 >  CS> Too cold!  We have possibly the last cold spell now.  20's tonight.
 >  CS> Cash even has a jacket for when he has to go pee ;-)
 > 
 > It's been cold here but warming up to the mid 70s by Saturday. Then back
 > down to the low 60s Sunday.  I'm not saying the cold is over until late
 > March, early April for sure.

Warming here too and last cold spell may have been the worst of it?

 >  CS> Unlike you, I've only one experience with other than rental in town
 > 
 > It's been to our advantage more often than not.  We were looking at
 > floor plans in the seminary housing today--only one place said that
 > dishwashers are included.  That's one thing I do want to have in my
 > kitchen. Most of the places are geared for young married, either with no
 > children or really young ones..

Works for me!  I'd not need the dishwasher as much but probably get a movable
unit if Don wanted one (the sort that plug into the sink faucet).


 >  CS> (and the house we bought).  Military housing simply wasnt available
 >  CS> except for 3 years of my time in Sasebo (actually, closer to 4).
 > 
 > OTOH, it's been easily available for us except for the initial one at
 > Fort Hood.  Had to spend a year in temporary (military) housing in
 > Frankfurt but it still was cheaper than living on the economy.

I wish...

 >  CS> There, there wasnt any choice in which I got, it was 'take it or leave
 >  CS> it' and folks took units without even seeing them as you often had
 >  CS> only same day to accept.  In our case, I was at sea so came back in
 > 
 > We've usually had the chance to see them.  Fort Devens didn't let us but
 > a neighbor in the townhouse building we ended up accepting showed us
 > hers.  Some places have given us more time to make a decision than
 > others and some have let us look at a couple of places before deciding.
 > We were initially told "nothing available" here  but got a call the next
 > day saying we could get, if we wanted to wait 6 weeks.

Navy tends to a 'take it or leave it' and your waiting time starts over from
scratch if you do not take it.

 >  CS> port and Don had to take me to our new place after doing the move
 >  CS> alone.
 > 
 > I'm sure he handled it just fine. (G)


He did!  That and the move to the Cho place which he arranged as I was at
sea (though home for the actual move).

 >  >  > But what about Charlotte? Won't she get into the blow dryer or hot
 >  >  > rollers?
 > 
 >  CS> Hate to tell ya but the girls today dont know what rollers are (grin).
 > 
 > Depends on the girl and what she's in to. But, I suspect curling irons
 > are what most of them use.

Yes, there is that.  

 >  CS>  In her case, she hates a hair dryer worse than the cat.
 > 
 > Now that is a serious hate!  I've yet to find a cat that likes a blow
 > dryer.

Roscoe didnt mind them, if set on low and the sort used for curls.  He'd lay
on his back and gently grumble as i dried and brushed his belly off after a
bath ;-)

 >  > One of these days she's really going to get into the girly things.
 >  > Hopefully you'll be able to catch a few signals that it's about to
 >  > happen so you can warn Don. (G)
 > 
 >  CS> Hehehe she's girly enough compared to her friends.  Still holding that
 >  CS> last 'I'm a kid' level but not that strong.
 > 
 > I've gone thru it with my two. Deborah has held on to it somewhat, or so
 > it seems at times.

Well, now she's getting a little more into cooking at last!  JUst a few
things but progress!
               xxcarol
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