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Skriven 2009-10-25 21:06:38 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 30296 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: eggplant                                                 [1]
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Hi Hap,

-> And now it's Friday; I'll upload on Saturday.  Just one more writing
-> project for me this term--a 1-2 page paper due Thursday.  Got a 97 on
-> the first book review.  The second one and study questions were for the
-> intensive class I took last month.

 hn> Saturday here, Anne and I will be heading
 hn> out to go to Costco for a major shopping
 hn> when I get finished here on the puter.

It's a chilly Sunday evening; I finished the paper and figured I'd do
mail for a bit.  Tomorrow will be busy enough with laundry, a grocery
run and first draft of my last paper.

->  hn> No frost here yet, temp this am when I got up
->  hn> was 52 at 5:30am. Will get up to mid 60's for

-> When is the frost date for you?  I understand it's about October 20 here
-> so we're a bit late.  But, we still have tomatoes on the vine we'd like
-> to ripen so hopefully, it'll hold off a bit more.  If not, we look into
-> making fried green tomatoes.

 hn> Our "average" first frost date is around 10/25
 hn> which is tomorrow. Don't think we are gonna
 hn> make that this year...maybe sometime in the
 hn> first two weeks of November (which is more
 hn> norm than not I think)

We will have a later one this year too.  I think this week lows are to
be in the 40s.



 hn> You can also make green tomato relish, and
 hn> green tomato pickles!

Not enough for relish; these are Romas.  There are maybe 10-12 on the
plants but some are rather small.  We can see signs of them starting to
turn color so maybe they will ripen yet.  We may have to let them finish
ripening inside.

->  those with Dr tomorrow at  my post op appt.

-> Which you are having today & I'll read about it probably tomorrow or
-> Sunday (or Monday).  Hopefully it is going well.

 hn> Went well, still some pain and some
 hn> stiffness, Dr says proceed at my own
 hn> pace from here. Work on weight bearing
 hn> and range of motion as I can tolerate it.

Getting any professional physical therapy?  If your insurance covers it,
it may be helpful--but they really know how to lay a hurt on you.

 hn> I also pointed out as she removed the
 hn> stitches, an area of swelling...which she
 hn> says is scar tissue underneath, and proceeded
 hn> to "massage" it to break up the scar tissue...
 hn> now THAT HURT!!!!!!!! And she expects me to
 hn> continue doing that.....ouch and a half!

That's where the pros will do it--you pay them to hurt you. (G)

-> Most of the time they don't affect me like that after the first few
-> days.  But, better to take them than not, and have the pain.

 hn> I try not to take them often enough to
 hn> get "used" to them!

Good going there.

->  hn> For my grandparents (and parents) it
->  hn> was a matter of budget as much as
->  hn> anything else. enough Game meant

-> I can undertand that.  My dad worked over the summer between
 hn> sophomore
-> and junior years of high school at the lumber yard where his dad worked.
-> Because he had some schooling, he was doing office work for 15
-> cents/hour vs the 10/cent his dad made in the yard.  His parents weren't
-> happy that he quit the job and went back to school in the fall.

 hn> Heck, your grandad should have gone back with him!

He was set enough in his ways. Besides, then the family wouldn't have
his income.  I'm not sure what level of school he finished, probably 8th
grade.  I'm pretty sure my dad was the first in his family to finish
high school but his older bother & sister did get GEDs.

-> It's always a good one to have.  I like to add mushrooms and garlic as
-> well.

 hn> Mushrooms yes, but for some reason I don't
 hn> care for garlic in this dish.

Depends on the sausage I use.  I had a chicken with roasted garlic &
herbs sausage that I used last night.  Extra garlic went well with that.

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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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