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Skriven 2009-12-25 18:52:54 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> In my case, there are only my sister and myself.  That makes it
 RH> 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.

 RH> On the other hand, you never know.  One of your brothers (I almost

Highly unlikely now.  Even so, if they married women about their age,
the women would have to have children from a previous relatonship.
OTOH, if my brothers married younger women, there's the chance of more
grand kids for my folks.


 RH> typed bothers) might up and decide to get married.


That has been an appropriate term at times.  Got a package from Dakin
Farms of Vermont from my younger brother the other day.

->  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.

 RH> One more reason to hate asphalt.


Progress!  More like regress at times.

->  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.

-> India Indian or Native American Indian?  I've got mostly plain sweaters

 RH> Subcontinent.

Sounds interesting.  I've seen some of the fabric from there and
wouldn't mind owning some.  Some pieces are big enough I can restyle
them into something more my style but with the ethnic fabrics.  Soory,
I'm not a sari wearer, especially in the winter.

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

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


Let me see--I've got one with a grey tabby cat applique I put on; one
that has the map of the divided city of Berlin (coded by the flags of
the occupying forces) on the front, "You are now leaving the American
sector" in the 4 languages on the back; a green one with a brass horn,
holly leaves & berries and red bows (another of my projects).........
need I say more?  I wore the divided city one to Wed. night services a
few weeks ago; one of the kids (12 year old) was having fun trying to
decypher the Russian.

-> 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

 RH> I tend to run to summer colors, but sneak in a lot of winter stuff

As I add a pastel every so often, usually green or blue but sometimes
yellow.

-> I do very little grey, black or pure white (mostly slacks or skirts for
-> the first 2, an occaisional blouse for the 3rd).

 RH> I wear a fair bit of all of the above, many times because for winter
 RH> stuff I end up having to buy menswear.  It's the only way to get long
 RH> sleeves that are actually long sleeves.

Other than making your own.  Time for that can be a crunch; I cut out
some shirts before we packed out of GA that are still waiting to be
assembled.  But, I got a dress & pantaloons done for Sarah (update,
doing better but waiting on blood O2 levels to pick up aa bit more, just
talked to Rachel) in a week.  I put my new bathrobe aside for that
project & still had blue fuzzies all over the ewing room. (G)


-> Yes, rather than pointing to random items on a menu, I can order and
-> know what I will be getting.

 RH> Of course, in this country if you order in German it may just result
 RH> in a dumb look from the waiter.

Most of the tme, yes.  I do better ordering in Spanish.

-> Very true. Not all the locals appreciate that type of food but enough do
-> that it is doing quite well.

 RH> We had a Vietnamese place for a few years, but they ran into the
 RH> location thing.  A Thai joint has been in the middle of town for a
 RH> decade and is doing nicely. Go figure.

Just depends on what the locals will take in their area I guess.
Chinese isn't too exotic now in most areas of the US; some pockets might
exsist where it still is quite foreign but any place that can get cable
or satellite tv or internet should at least know about some of the more
common Chinese food.

->  RH> A baby rattle.  It got blurred in the printing process, I guess.

-> OK, I had a thought that it might be that.

 RH> My mom had the same reaction.  I saw a Christmas card today with a
 RH> baby's footprint on the cover.  Someone else had a similar idea.

We usually try to do something a bit different.  Ths year's mail out was
back to our card/letter format.

-> 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.

 RH> I even put part of a seam into a baby quilt tonight after I got back
 RH> from church.

We didn't have Christmas Eve service so we spent a quiet night at home.

->  RH> sugar, 1 pound butter.  Mix together with hands and chill.  Roll
 RH> 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.

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

Whole wheat pastry flour and either a Kitchen Aid mixer or a
co-operative husband. (G)

->  RH> .... got home at 4AM. She was in Bolivia on a mission trip.  The
 RH> 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.

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

Most of us were.  I shut my eyes for a bit. (G)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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