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Skriven 2009-08-27 14:07:19 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 27929 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: lifestyles
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> Then it's either a good thing or a bad thing.  No way to know which

-> No, unfortunately not.  I did get back almost all the range of motion it
-> had (lost the ability to hyper-extend) and a fair amount of strength
-> which is handy for large chop up (veggies) jobs.  I lost some of the
-> hand use tho--mostly not a problem but is for ASL and typing.

 RH> I'd like to say I can't imagine what that's like, but with MS I
 RH> definitely can.

It can be most frustrating at times.


-> -> I think he'd rather have chocolate chip cookies.
 RH> ->
->  RH> I could go with that.
 RH> ->
-> So could he so I guess I'd best get baking.  Especially since we found
-> some black walnuts (already shelled) at Harris Teeter a few weeks ago
-> that have been in our freezer waiting to go into cookies.
 RH> ->
 RH> In my house they wouldn't be around long enough for that.  Nuts tend
 RH> to vanish here.

I'm waiting for the weather to cool off a few more degrees.

-> don't have a King Arthur one but wouldn't mind getting it one of these
-> days.  I also want to pick up Giada DiLaurentis's " Everyday Italian".

 RH> I don't have the last one, the TV cooks' books tend not to follow me
 RH> home. I got the other ones at library used book sales.  The '62 is
 RH> from before they messed with it and tried to make everything
 RH> "healthy".  As if
 RH> substituting hard margarine for butter is healthy.

Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

->  RH> closed the day I brought the book, so it was left on the book
 RH> giveaway
->  RH> table.

-> Somebody wanted it or they needed a table leg prop. (G)

 RH> It was too big for that unless someone took a saw to the table leg.
 RH> BIG sucker.  I took more over today.  They'll be gone by next week.

Good way to recycle them.

 RH> Swedish
->  RH> one, but I keep it for the marginalia.

-> As I should go thru my shelves again. The only language ones I have are
-> in German; got one (on pasta) as a freebie at a Tupperware party over
-> there.  All the other ladies took the 1 quart strainer which I already
-> had.

 RH> A German language Tupperware cookbook would be a rarity. I had a bread
 RH> recipe book here in German that I think came from you.  I just handed
 RH> that off to a friend who actually is German and bakes bread.  He was
 RH> extremely happy to see it.

And has probably made lots of good bread since.  But I don't recall
sending you one so it probably came from another source.


-> And it wouldn't pay to ship them there as profits go to the library.

 RH> I can always re-donate them here, and the Senior Center is another
 RH> option.

And a right good option at that.


->  RH> stores I always check for 100% cotton sheets just in case.

-> Sheets are too rather tightly woven; I've read that they're not the best
-> for backing.  I guess it's more for hand quilting; they might do well
-> with machhine quilting.

 RH> That's 90% of what I do, so it's not a problem.  I actually prefer
 RH> them, when I'm not using flannel or fleece.  Or fake fur(!) ... I just
 RH> did one with flannel on the front and fake fur on the back.  Both are
 RH> in dark,
 RH> muted colors so it looked right.  It's a Christmas present for a
 RH> cousin with two teenagers.  (and a husband)  I had to tie that one,
 RH> because it also has batting and there's no way to quilt fake fur and
 RH> have it look
 RH> right.

Sounds wild & crazy.


-> Or last nights dishes left by the sink.

 RH> Those only look like they've multiplied.  It's an illusion.

Believe me, they multiply.


->  RH> I've done it with fleece before now.  The edges don't fray, so it's
->  RH> not as much of a pain unless you count the stretch factor.

-> True but most of the time I (used to) do applique was for the home made
-> diaper bags.  Small area, small designs.  Then I got the embroidery
-> machine.......................

 RH> That would make a difference.  One guess - once you had the machine,
 RH> bye-bye applique.

Got it in one.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Get shopping while the gettin' is good!!!

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