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Skriven 2009-07-27 08:26:32 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: lifestyles                                               [1]
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Hola Ruth!
-> 
-> -> -> Germany but at 2 different assignments.  OTOH, we moved 3 times 
(4,
-> -> -> counting the move from NC to NY just before he went in) in Steve's 
first
-> -> -> 15 months in the Army.  Came back from Berlin to spend 6 months at
-> 
-> ->  hn> I have a brother in law who's first assignment
-> ->  hn> was Shaw AFB in South Carolina. His second
-> ->  hn> was to the Phillipines...then back to Shaw
-> ->  hn> where he spent the rest of his career...
-> 
-> -> Was he from SC originaally? I've heard of some folks who joined the
-> -> military for the travel & then spend their career in their home state,
-> 
->  hn> Nope, he's from Michigan.
-> 
-> So he did get to travel a little bit.  Beat staying in Michigan for the
-> career.
-> 
Yep, but he's still in SC....and so are his kids
and grandkids...so I don't expect them to relocate
anywhere....other than the celestial (grin)

-> ->  hn> I think Anne did that as well. but we always
-> ->  hn> enjoyed the outdoors, camping and hiking and
-> ->  hn> such...as long as there was a shower at the
-> ->  hn> campground (grin) Anne would go.
-> 
-> -> One of our pastor's wives described her version of "roughing it" as a
-> -> hotel with no AC.  This was a few days before her family was to go on a
-> -> camping trip.
-> 
->  hn> My idea of camping was drive as far as
->  hn> the car would go, hike as far as my feet
->  hn> would go and camp there..Anne's ideas were
->  hn> a bit more tame (grin).
-> 
-> At one point I'd have gone the distance, now I stop a lot earlier. I've
-> got a pair of hiking boots that haven't been laced up in years.  Didn't
-> really need them in HI, haven't tried them on since I broke the foot.
->
Oh my gosh there are some magnificent hikes in HI!
We used to love to go camping and hiking"back in the day".
-> 
->  hn> She did go to some of my favorite, more
->  hn> remote camping places...but she's not happy
->  hn> if she can't get a shower.
-> 
-> And leaves the cooking/clean up to you. (G)
->
I was a scout...I LIKE camping cooking!
-> 
-> -> As in your MIL likes some of the same things Anne does and also likes
-> -> some things Anne doesn't? Just trying to clarify there.
-> 
->  hn> They like the same things..and dislike the
->  hn> same things. mostly the blander the better.
-> 
-> Well, you can always spice a portion to your taste. I've got to start re
-> building my heat tolerance back up; it's slipped since we left AZ and
-> some things are too warm now that used to be just fine.
-> 
I sometimes do, but I also keep hot sauces
and habbie powder available to spice up my
plate.

-> -> We're pretty much to the point where we know we'll have room for what
->  hn> we
-> -> have--but not much more.  It'll be "fun" adding the books Steve will
-> -> acquire in 3 years of seminary.
-> 
->  hn> Hopefully he won't have to buy the
->  hn> "large print" versions!
-> 
-> No, he's doing ok there. Our biggest problem is that we'd like to get
-> them for Kindle or similar but they just don't do theology books for
-> that type of reader. That would save space tho.
-> 
Saw a coworker with one of those...interesting
but I'll bet it's really hard to bend a corner of 
one of THOSE pages!!

-> -> ->  hn> my fishing gear...I haven't wet a line in over
->  hn> ->
-> -> -> Planning to?  We gave away our cross country skis before leaving 
GA,
->  hn> ->
->  hn> With my knee problem I may have to give
->  hn> up my cross country ski gear as well.
-> 
-> Bummer to get old, isn't it?
->
I'm certainly finding that it has it's trials
and tribulations! Sometimes I reflect on 
the book of Job....seems he and me are 
having more and more in common!(grin)
-> 
-> ->  hn> Oh yeah, I'll go fishing again, have even been
-> ->  hn> looking at boats (both fishing and Sail) again.
-> 
-> -> Phase one of looking (looking but not serious yet) or into the looking,
-> -> pricing and figuring budget phase?
-> 
->  hn> Just looking and daydreaming (grin)
->
-> Basically still phase one.
-> 
Yeah...but it's a nice phase...no expenses!

chat with you soon!
hap 
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