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Skriven 2008-01-05 17:00:14 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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Hi Hap,

 hn> Welcome home!

Thanks; today was spent stocking up at the commissary, Fresh Market,
etc.

->  hn> Amanda married a nice guy...named Robert...Son Robert grew up and
->  hn> married a sweetie....named..........you guessed it! AMANDA!

-> Sort of like the family that had so many Davids the one woman decided
-> she would not name her baby that if it were a boy (pre ultrasound days).
-> Baby was born, a boy, ended up being David.

 hn> Yep, at the big reunion in Tabernacle TN
 hn> each year there is a "calling of the names"
 hn> of all the new additions to the family.....

Sounds like a fun time. My extended family has carried the Ruth on for
several generations but I suspect it may die out pretty quick.

-> Rachel and David were going to name Robert Aiden Alexander until he was
-> born and they decided he didn't look like an Aiden.  There are so many
-> little boys running around with Aiden or varients like Kayden or Drayden
-> (or others) that I'm glad they went with Robert Stephen.

 hn> I'm sure Steve was happy with that choice!

We all were. (G)

->  hn> We travelled so much I had to become adept at "fitting in"
->  hn> quickly. Not sure about the self confidence as much as
->  hn> it was a survival instinct (grin)!

-> I stayed in one place (except for family trips) until I went away to
-> college.  Got married after college and moved away, then Steve joined
-> the Army.  Been moving every so often ever since.

 hn> So your childhood was vastly different from mine,
 hn> and from Rachel and Deborah's! Growing up
 hn> "military" certainly gives one a different
 hn> outlook as one grows up!

Very much so!  Now it's been part of my life for so long, it'll be wierd
not being an active part when Steve retires next year. I think part of
the reason Deborah joined initially is because of her experiences
growing up in it.

->  hn> memories! oh, and TAKE PICTURES!! (grin)

-> We did, and even got to eat some Hawaiian food.  There's an L&L Drive In
-> about 5 minutes from the kids.  Robert likes chicken katsu without the
-> katsu sauce; he prefers straight ketchup.  I had kalua pork (with
-> cabbage), Steve had bbq chicken. Everything comes with a scoop of rice
-> (for mini plate, 2 for regular) and a scoop of mac salad.

 hn> Ahhhhh, home cookin! (grin)

Without the fuss & bother of clean up.  It was ONO!

-> ->  hn> had Saimin and huli huli chicken! it was ONO!

-> -> Sounds good to me. Just don't indulge so often that you get to looking
-> -> the size of some of the folks I saw over there.

 hn> I've been very good about not going there
 hn> too often.

->  hn> Slowly working in the opposite direction!

-> As I'll probably have to now. (G)

 hn> Mee toooo! took a break from all of it for
 hn> the holidays...now it's time to pay the piper!

I probably ate more than I would have, had we stayed here.  I didn't do
as much helping Robert make cookies as I'd thought I would but did have
fun the bit I did.  He had a great time helping Mommy with it.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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