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Skriven 2009-06-24 21:39:13 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 25254 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: knee   was: cruising
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Hi Hap,

-> In this case, it's a female doctor and a moot point now.  We're up in NY
-> for another week, then have a few days of travel in July.  The

 hn> Well since it's a moot point...

Better moot than moat. (G)

-> I'm startng to now. We went out to dinner with our girls, grandkids and
-> my parents last night; Steve and I split an entree.

 hn> I'm "bacheloring" while Anne is in Yakima and
 hn> until I fly out to Tennessee on Thursday am.
 hn> meals have been low cal...mostly salads and
 hn> a bit of veggies.


Sounds good.  We're at Steve's sister's house right now.  She has a
couple of big bowls of fruit cut up for the family picnic tomorrow
night.  They look good enough to sample tonight. (G)


-> We'd not heard anybody in town say anything good, bad or otherwise on
-> the doctor so had no way of knowing how he was. Only thing we knew was
-> that he is the only one in WF that takes Tricare so we figured we'd go
-> for the closest to where we lived MD.

 hn> Hopefully you'll be happier with the new one.

Agreed there.  I've only had that strong a feeling once before--with an
orthopedic resident at Tripler.  Turned out he was in the wrong
regarding my foot, as I'd suspected--and verified the next visit.

->  hn> Yep it's one of our big export areas.

-> Sounds like good soil for growing stuff then.  Are there organic farmers
-> in the area as well as 'regular"?

 hn> Oh gosh yes! We do a lot of exports to Japan
 hn> and they are SO picky about letting anything
 hn> in so many farms are tailored to the Japanese
 hn> market.

We're getting pickier about what we eat too. But, lunch was "on the
road" today, at Arby's.  Steve had beef; I had chicken.

->  hn> Nope it's her Mother's day surprise!

-> Quite a surprise, that long after Mother's Day.

 hn> Hopefully it will come of well!


Hopefully it will.  Keep us posted.


-> there.  I put in less than usual and we didn't tell my dad; he probably
-> would have had fits. OTOH, Robert had a couple of good sized plates

-> BTW, the "secret ingredient" is usually a good squeeze of spicy brown
-> mustard; today I had to settle for a small dollop of yellow mustard.

 hn> Funny, I like to use a smidge of Dijon mustard
 hn> in mine!

It just adds a bit of "brightness" to the dish.


-> Our condolencess on your dad's death; you've written quite a bit about
-> him over the years. SC will be hot and humid; hope you're feeling
-> better.
 hn> ->
 hn> The service in SC was today, and obviously
 hn> I didn't make it  to that one. I leave thursday
 hn> early am on my way to West Tennessee for the
 hn> burial in the family plot. Temps will be 95 + and
 hn> 65% humidity...I'll be suffering for sure. However

I'm in the north east and missing my AC.


 hn> it will be good to see a lot of relatives that I have
 hn> not seen in a great while. Sadly, more and more of
 hn> the family "get togethers" seem to be centered around
 hn> the loss of someone dear. I am saddened by my

Seems to be more and more the case.  Tomorrow we'll have a picnic--most
of Steve's family will be there but that's harder and harder to do these
days.  I saw my younger brother the other day for the first time ina
couple of years.

 hn> father's passing, but gratified that it was fairly
 hn> fast and painless. My biggest concern now is for

That was a relief.


 hn> my mother, after 60 years of marriage, I'm not sure
 hn> she'll make the coming adjustments very well.

I know how I'd feel.  My in laws celebrate #60 this year, my parents do
next year.  My mom especially would have it rough if Dad goes first;
she's dependent on him for quite a bit.


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Ruth
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