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Skriven 2010-04-30 23:03:08 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 37166 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Catching up...AGAIN! :)                                  [1]
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Hi Janis,

>> with us when we'd get a bad storm :)  So far, the puppies and the
>> kittens haven't seen a bad storm.

 JK> > Hope you had a sturdy bed with 2 dogs of that size!

 JK> Seems like it.. so far, it's holding at least (g)

Wait until they get bigger. (G)

 JK> >Laddie just takes
 JK> > off running away usually.  If my parents catch on in time that a
 JK> storm > is brewing, they'll bring the dog inside, close the drapes and
 JK> put some > music on.

 JK> That's an excellent idea.

Cheaper than the meds they have to give him if he gets upset.

 JK> > He also has a tranquilizer they can give him if the above
 JK> > efforts aren't strong enough.  If he takes off tho, my dad used to
 JK> get > into the car and try to track him down.  I think that will be
 JK> less of an > option now.

 JK> I can understand that... Hopefully his running away days won't
 JK> continue.

I hope so; mom & dad can't go after him as easly as they could, even a
few years ago.


 JK> you > had enough work space for a bunch of crazy (!) cooks and kibbitz
 JK> space > for the eats.  After Steve tried your KA mixer, he convinced
 JK> me to get > one.  I think the difference is that Rachel (I tried and
 JK> wasn't thrilled > with hers the previous winter.) has a less powerful
 JK> model and yours is > the professional model.  We got the latter; I am
 JK> using it a lot more
 JK> > than any stand mixer I've ever had before it.

 JK> That's great - I love mine as well.  But I've noticed that even this
 JK> model isn't as strong as the very first KA I had.. I had that one for
 JK> over 25 years. A gear broke on it, so it was retired.  Like most
 JK> things these days, they just don't make them like they used to though.

Seems nothing is what it used to be.  Some is bettr, some isn't.

 JK>  Already I've had the top metal band (which you open to insert
 JK> attachments) come right off :(  I have to put it back on and hope it

We've got a cover over hole, not quite sure how the attachments fit as
I've never put htem on (but Steve has).

 JK> stays when attachments are used.  I've also had the bowl pop out of
 JK> the mixer stand :(  That was when I was making whole wheat dough..
 JK> it's a stiffer dough than say a cake batter and it shouldn't have done
 JK> that! So now I have to watch the machine carefully whenever I use it.

I hold my bowl down--not super tight but enough so that if things try to
pop off, I'm right there to take care of it.

 JK> I have a feeling that particular chunk of dough might have stretched
 JK> the metal clip that is used to secure the bowl.. I really should send
 JK> it in for service but I'm not sure if that would be worth it
 JK> moneywise..

If there's a good guarantee, it's well worth it.  My band only goes
about half way around the bowl.


>> died, but that's life.  And come to think of it, it was pretty much
>> after the picnic when it all started for her - not that the picnic was
>> related to her being sick, it's just an indication of how long she'd
>> not been doing well.

 JK> > Sometimes it takes looking back to fully bring everything into full
 JK> > focus.  As a kid, nobody ever suggested I had asthma but I was short
 JK> of > breath quite often and had several incidents that my parents
 JK> termed
 JK> > "just a bad cold."  After I was diagnosed with asthma, I realised
 JK> that > I'd had it since childhood and those "bad colds" were, in all
 JK> > likelyhood, bronchitis.

 JK> Most likely...

As they're finding out now when they go to a doctor after having a
"cold" for several weeks.  But, I don't say "I could have told you so."

 JK> >  But, we got to meet Priscilla at the picnic;
 JK> > she played the role of the grand dame to the hilt. (G)

 JK> haha yes she did.

Sweet memories.

>> She also had a double wall oven so she wouldn't have had to use it if
>> she didn't want to.  That was on the same wall, but more to the left.

 JK> > Not unless the power went out. (G)  A double wall oven does sound
 JK> nice.

 JK> Yes, being an electric double oven, it wouldn't have worked if the
 JK> power went out.

No, and I still want a gas set up.


 JK> > I had a single wall oven in our quarters at Fort Hood, TX--they were
 JK> > former officer quarters--and really liked it.  That was the place,
 JK> that > even tho it had 3 bedrooms, only had one bathroom.  Since Steve
 JK> had to > get cleaned up from PT & get out the door for work at the
 JK> same time the > girls had to finish getting ready for school, he got
 JK> the bathroom.  I > made sure there was a wash cloth, towel and their
 JK> toothbrushes in the > kitchen.

 JK> I can imagine the girls getting impatient otherwise :)

Yes, it could have been an issue.  Just had to make sure they made a
potty stop before Steve needed to get in. Theirs was basically the last
stop before heading over to the school so that helped too.

 JK> > Our standards were an orange and a box of raisins. A small gift
 JK> (roll of > film or similar) was included, some years a candy bar was

 JK> We'd get a small gift like a card game, or something (small doll) and
 JK> a box of ribbon candy in ours .. that was great stuff.

I remember having it a couple of times; it was interesting to figure out
how it was made (before the days of "Unwrapped" on the food network).


 JK> > In the later years, I think Simon was the best mouser.  I don't
 JK> remember > which of the other ones was, but undoubtedly several were.

 JK> Fred was quite the hunter.. he actually killed a racoon once.. but he
 JK> paid for that fight.. poor kitty had to get his jaw wired, and had a
 JK> tube in his lungs for quite a while!  He lived to a good old age
 JK> though, and that racoon was quite dead after the fight (g).


Was it woth the fight tho?


>> There are some beautiful animals in the various shelters and rescues..


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