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Skriven 2009-10-22 11:40:22 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: eggplant                                                 [1]
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Aloha Ruth!
-> 
->  hn> Happy Tuesday Ruth!
-> 
-> Tuesday is long gone and Wednesday is approaching gone.  It'll be
-> Thursday when you get this--I've been busy writing for school.
-> 
Thursday it is!~!

-> -> (haven't poked my head outside), we may have frost.  But, it beats the
-> -> snow my parents got.  They didn't get too much, not the wet, heavy 
storm
-> -> like they had last October.
-> 
->  hn> We've settled into our winter weather
->  hn> pattern, cool, wet, and wet and cool (grin)
->  hn> Bit of fog here and there, and the occaisional
->  hn> sunbreak throughout the day. I expect a week
->  hn> in late Oct or early Nov to be quite nice, but
->  hn> for the most part, we are into "winter" as we
->  hn> know it here...wet wet wet.
-> 
-> We're very unsettled.  After a start in the low 40s, today got up to the
-> high 70s and sunny.  The next couple of daysare supposed to be like
-> that, then cooling to the mid 70s and 50% chance of rain on Saturday.
-> The rain chances go down on Sunday but temps do to, back to the mid 
60s.
-> Good soup/stew weather.
-> 
No frost here yet, temp this am when I got up 
was 52 at 5:30am. Will get up to mid 60's for 
the day, cloudy, as much a chance for rain as
there is for "sunbreaks".

-> -> Don't push things too fast.  You may appreciate the cane; keep it 
nearby
-> -> for a few days when you think you can get off it.  I don't appreciate
-> -> having to use one when I'm out but my foot would give me more grief if 
I
-> -> didn't.
-> 
->  hn> Not pushing too much, still have
->  hn> some pain, not using the cane around
->  hn> the house except to get out of chairs
->  hn> or bet (leverage). Take pain pills in
->  hn> the morning when I get up and in the
->  hn> evening when I go to bed, otherwise
->  hn> I'm doing ok, the pain is there, but
->  hn> tolerable, and preferred to the
-> 
-> One week post op and you're doing well.  I couldn't even put any weight
-> on my knee until early August after I damaged it in late February.
-> Then, too, I broke a couple of bones and had more extensive damage than
-> you did. Keep up the good work.
-> 
There's still some pain, and some stiffness.
I have not tried any "range of motion" things
yet, will discuss those with Dr tomorrow at
my post op appt. 

-> 
->  hn> woozy-ness of the drugs. I've got a
->  hn> combo of vicodin and oxycontin, both
->  hn> pretty strong...I don't like em much.
-> 
-> Understood; that'll knock you out for a while.
->
If I take them too early in the evening
I'll just conk out on the couch till Anne
wakes me to let me know it's time to 
go to bed (grin)!
 
-> ->  hn> No freezing to speak of when I was a kid, the freezer
-> ->  hn> was filled mostly with meat, game and
-> ->  hn> fish. Veggies were canned, or dried or
-> ->  hn> stored in the root cellar.
-> 
-> -> My mom got her freezer when I was in college.  She uses it for quite a
-> -> bit of stuff--veggies, meats, etc.  There usually isn't any fish or game
-> -> in it--well, maybe store bought fish sticks or something of that sort.
-> -> They also buy bread in bulk and freeze it.  The veggies that aren't
-> -> frozen are canned.
-> 
->  hn> Difference between farm life and city
-> 
-> My parents were rural, not farm but lived outside of the main part of
-> town.  They were white collar workers but Dad had been raised very blue
-> collar.
-> 
->  hn> life I expect (grin). My Grandparents
->  hn> raised almost all their own food, both
->  hn> meat and veg. Hunting and fishing were
->  hn> a big part of that as well. Freezer or
->  hn> smokehouse were the destinations
->  hn> for meats and such.
-> 
-> My dad wasn't a hunter or fisherman.  My younger brother took up hunting
-> as an adult but doesn't rely on game (He'd starve if he did.)  for his
-> meat.
-> 
For my grandparents (and parents) it 
was a matter of budget as much as
anything else. enough Game meant 
they didn't have to eat more of the
farm animals, and could breed or 
sell the animal or it's meat to supplement
the budget.

-> 
-> -> BTW, how is your mom doing?
->  hn> ->
->  hn> She's doing great! Physically she's
->  hn> done a great recovery, (that hospital
->  hn> stay worked wonders for her) and
->  hn> emotionally I think she's dealing
->  hn> very well with my dad's passing. It's
->  hn> never easy, but she was so busy
->  hn> taking care of him in the end that
->  hn> she couldn't spare the time for herself.
->  hn> Now that the initial grief is passed and
->  hn> she's dealing with the issues of continuing
->  hn> on, she's doing quite well, better than
->  hn> most thought she would.
-> 
-> Good, I'm happy to hear that.
->
Me too, I was worried about her. I call her
at least once a week, (usually more often)
to chat and see how she's doing.
 
-> ->  hn> uh, no thanks...I'll stick with green peppers
-> ->  hn> onions and keilbasa...all on a bun.
-> 
-> -> We'll put that on whole wheat bread.  More often made with Italian
-> -> sausage tho, and some garlic in the mix as well.
-> 
->  hn> buns are just a bit easier to hold (grin)
-> 
-> Just a bit easier but we have the bread on hand.  We'd have to buy buns
-> or make them.
->
I'd have to buy either one.
haven't had that in a good while. 
Might consider it this next week or so!
 
-> -> I usually buy a bottle, but add vinegar to it as it is used.  Yes, I
-> -> know, I could make my own.  Just have to remember to save the next
-> -> shaker type bottle we empty.  Usually I save only one when we move 
so
-> -> Steve can use it for hs hot sauce--he has it filled and we don't have
-> -> any other empty bottles yet.
-> 
->  hn> bummer!
-> 
-> Indeed!  I need to get another bottle emptied out but we aren't using
-> much soy or worchestshire sauce.
->
I have several empties around, some were
given to me just to be vinegar cruets and such.
 
-> ->  hn> Nasty HFCS....I stay away from anythign
-> ->  hn> that has it in it...if possible.
-> 
-> -> That's pretty much the line of thinking here too.
-> 
->  hn> Yep, we've discussed that before.
-> 
-> And probably will again at some point.
-> 
More'n likely! (grin)
chat with you soon!
hap 
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