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Skriven 2010-01-19 18:29:32 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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-> -> doing school work isn't condusive to losing weight.
-> 
->  RH> Too true.  Desk jobs in general aren't.
-> 
-> In my case, love seat.  I do 99.99% of my computer work off of my little
-> EeePC.  Steve got me a lap desk last month (I'd been using a clip board
-> as a computer "desk") which gives a bit, but not a whole lot more room.
-> I've got books and papers on the ottoman and one end table.  But, I do
-> get up and move around--gives me a bit of exercise.  Have to keep up
-> with laundry, cooking, clean up, etc so I'm not studying all the time.
-> 
I use a vintage 60s office chair with a wheelchair butt cushion added. 
Works nicely.  Then again my computer is a desktop.

-> -> don't want the hassles of removing it in a few years.
-> 
->  RH> Oh well.  It was a thought.  Navajo white it is for the duration.
-> 
-> Yes, but with areas of color.  In the kitchen I've got a series of
-> German dish towels on one wall (using Command strip hooks, casings on
-> the towels and a thin slat on the hooks) printed with herbs, spices and
-> useage.  On another wall in the kitchen I've got a similar set I got in
-> England.  We've got various things hung in the different rooms so we
-> don't see all white.

Good idea.  No nail holes to fill in and repaint either.  
 
->  RH> That's the way I heard it too.  Then again Carole has problems that
->  RH> don't stem from something concrete, like injuries.  You have x-rays
to
->  RH> point to if they give you a hard time.  She had to fight them to
get
->  RH> the scans done.
-> 
-> Yes, and I hope things are smoothing out in that regard for her.  I
-> don't have VA benefits but have some good civilian doctors.
-> 
Sometimes VA benefits are more trouble than they're worth these days.
 
->  RH> and way too warm for a real coat.
-> 
-> I grabbed my lined trench coat before going to church yesterday.  Didn't
-> need it in mid day but by evening, the 2nd round of rain was coming thru
-> cooling temps down to the low 50s.

Down she says.  It stayed in the 40s here today and I thought that was
relatively warm.
 
->  RH> Ooooh, yummy.  Honey plus goat cheese and served warm... it's a
good
->  RH> thing I'm not around!
-> 
-> 
-> Yep!  I wanted to get some beef soup bones but both places were sold
-> out.  Guess I'll have to try next month.

Or make pork stock.... just kidding.  Around here I have a regular source
of Kosher chicken soup bones; my regular supermarket has them in the Kosher
section.  They often have beef bones there too.  
 
->  RH> I try to pay attention to both, but then my Dad did the same thing.
-> 
-> All depends on your upbringing and your interest in the world around
-> you.

I was born with a curiosity bump that if it had mass would affect the
Earth's rotation.  
 
->  RH> other day; it's being sent to the Dominican to a missions group
down
->  RH> there. The rice might attract bugs or critters, while a synthetic
->  RH> won't. On the upside, it was half price.
-> 
-> Half price helps.  As long as they have the electricity to run the
-> microwave to heat the thing.

They have a microwave and some sort of high speed internet connection.  The
power goes out sometimes, but I guess other than in hurricanes it's not a
big deal.  Those aren't horrible either, where they are; it's in the middle
of the island up a mountain. 
   
->  RH> I do sometimes, at the end of the season in thrift stores.  I've
->  RH> gotten sweaters five for a dollar that way, even the cashmere. 
Cotton
->  RH> cardigans might work too, but not the nubby ones.  I generally wash
->  RH> the cashmere in hot water and throw them in the dryer to pre-shrink
-> 
-> Most all of my fabric gets the washer/dryer treatment when I bring it
-> home.  Then too, most of what I bring home is cotton type.

For quilting stuff, sure.  If you do with with wool or animal fiber it
makes life much easier when it comes to cutting and stitching.
 
-> -> Couldn't have either one, sigh!  Would have cost a bundle in cat food
-> -> fattening them up.
-> 
->  RH> Oh well.  Couldn't take them back to a rental anyway.
-> 
-> No, not one with a no pets clause in the lease.

There is that.  Is there a rule against feeding strays?  
 
->  RH> Sure doesn't.  One week they killed two bags of chips and some
fresh
->  RH> salsa and sour cream.  And here I was worried about
leftovers...hah.
-> 
-> Sounds like a group of mostly young folks who will eat anything set in
-> front of them.

One week it was teenagers, but the cheesecake crowd was mostly 40s and up.  
 
-> -> I've got enough of those in my life already.
-> 
->  RH> Eating, sleeping, laundry... the list is endless.
-> 
-> Reading, writing.............oh, sorry, those are for grades, not time
-> wasters.  OTOH, some would consider Fido to be one.  It's my link to the
-> outside world. (G)

Talking.  Grocery shopping, cooking....  I contemplated taking advantage of
the 8 for $8 deal on Smart Ones frozen meals this week.  Then I thought...
what if they're as inedible as most of that stuff
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