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Skriven 2009-12-24 22:24:54 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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->  RH> In my case, there are only my sister and myself.  That makes it
easy.
-> 
-> Quite so. OTOH, I've got 2 (single) brothers and 2 sisters, one married,
-> the other with a common law husband. BUT (!) Steve and I have the only
-> girls among the grand kids and the only (so far) great grand kids to my
-> parents.

On the other hand, you never know.  One of your brothers (I almost typed
bothers) might up and decide to get married.  

-> -> Some are very formal (I've got one), others are more casual--if you
-> -> spill poi on them at a luau, no problem.
-> 
->  RH> One gathers that was the idea.
-> 
-> Yes, also light and airy, very comfortable in pre air conditioning
-> times.  A lot of places over there are getting AC now, and you see a lot
-> of older places with window units.  Trade winds can't cool the island as
-> well as previous times now that it is so developed/paved over.

One more reason to hate asphalt.  
 
-> -> Not my style; most of my stuff is more solid, some prints but most of
-> -> them are summer tops.  My clothes are more of the classic styles, but
-> -> with some ethnic touches here & there.
-> 
->  RH> I generally wear plain clothing so that I can wear crazy jewelry,
but
->  RH> some nuttier stuff does creep in.  I have one sweater from the 80s
->  RH> that's bright green with Indian-style appliques in primary colors.
A
-> 
-> India Indian or Native American Indian?  I've got mostly plain sweaters

Subcontinent.

-> but sweatshirts with all kinds of graphics on them.  Mostly earth
-> colored (blue, green, brown) stuff with a few flashes of red.  If you

Generally if I have a sweatshirt with something on it, it's something I've
painted.  

-> remember (or can find any references to) the old idea of dresssing
-> according to your "seasonal" palatte, I'm an autumn, no question.  Steve
-> is a winter.  He was at the seminary library a few months ago and found
-> a book in the discard, free for taking stack on dressing for your
-> seasonal colors so grabbed it.

I tend to run to summer colors, but sneak in a lot of winter stuff too. 
 
-> I do very little grey, black or pure white (mostly slacks or skirts for
-> the first 2, an occaisional blouse for the 3rd).

I wear a fair bit of all of the above, many times because for winter stuff
I end up having to buy menswear.  It's the only way to get long sleeves
that are actually long sleeves.
 
->  RH> Now that's useful. :-)
-> 
-> Yes, rather than pointing to random items on a menu, I can order and
-> know what I will be getting.
-> 
Of course, in this country if you order in German it may just result in a
dumb look from the waiter.
 
-> -> tourists.  Decent food too.
-> 
->  RH> That last is the key to longevity, along with a good location.
-> 
-> Very true. Not all the locals appreciate that type of food but enough do
-> that it is doing quite well.
-> 
We had a Vietnamese place for a few years, but they ran into the location
thing.  A Thai joint has been in the middle of town for a decade and is
doing nicely. Go figure.
 
-> -> So we saw, and tried to figure out what the design is.  If all goes
-> -> well, our mail out will hit the post office Tuesday.
-> 
->  RH> A baby rattle.  It got blurred in the printing process, I guess.
-> 
-> OK, I had a thought that it might be that.

My mom had the same reaction.  I saw a Christmas card today with a baby's
footprint on the cover.  Someone else had a similar idea.
 
-> It did take more time than I'd thought to do the hand work.  Had to sew
-> on 3 snaps, 3 buttons and a bow.  But, it's on its way to LV, NV as of
-> last night.  Got 3 pairs of pants hemmed today, one with cuffs.  One
-> more and I've got that all caught up, not that there isn't other sewing
-> to do yet.

I even put part of a seam into a baby quilt tonight after I got back from
church.  
 
->  RH> of shortbread baked.  There's one more to go. Five cups flour, 1
1/4
->  RH> cups
->  RH> sugar, 1 pound butter.  Mix together with hands and chill.  Roll
out,
->  RH> cut into shapes ( I use diamond knife-cuts) and bake at 300F for 25
->  RH> minutes or thereabouts.
-> 
-> Easy & sounds good.  Wonder how they would work in whole wheat.

Easy to write down anyway.  Not easy if your hands don't work right.  The
texture would be different with whole wheat.  They'd still work, but might
be tougher.

->  RH> .... got home at 4AM. She was in Bolivia on a mission trip.  The
other
->  RH> one still has the back end of a nasty cold.
-> 
-> Rough time there.  We had our choir's special music and Lord's Supper so
-> the sermon was not quite as long as it usually is.  Still covered a lot
-> of ground tho.

I'll bet the worship team was ready for a nap after that one. 
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