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Skriven 2010-06-07 23:58:26 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 38634 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
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Hi Janis,


 JK> > I presume he's a pretty good shopper, even without you along. (G)

 JK> Yes as long as I'm specific about exactly what I want and what it will
 JK> get used for.. He only substitutes items on the list if he has to, so
 JK> that's good.

Steve has learned to call me if he wants to substitute.  He will come
home with a lot that wasn't on the list that he either knows I like or
he wants to try. (G)


 JK> Btw, we did end up getting a new car.  It's funny looking but nice and
 JK> added bonus, it runs like a charm (vbg).  It's 2010 Kia Soul.  I told
 JK> my daughter it reminds me of a little red caboose :)  The engine on
 JK> the Xterra was blown.  Ron was so upset with the original garage where
 JK> we took it to get repaired.  At least this new one has it's own dealer
 JK> warranty should any problems develop. The mechanic at the second place
 JK> Ron took the Xterra to said he'd be interested in buying the Xterra
 JK> for $500.00, which we'll be HAPPY to do :)  He figures he can take his
 JK> time and rebuild the engine, something which Ron as a programmer would
 JK> not want to tackle (bg).  It's not as much as we put in the car this
 JK> month, but who cares at this point!  You can't have everything.

Good--something reliable, but sort of different looking.  It has a
warranty which will be be a big help.  Watch for possible recalls; we
got one for the Escape the other day.


 JK> > After trying a friend's, we got a small oil filled heater (looks
 JK> like a > radiator).

 JK> Yes, we use two of them in our bedroom because that room has no heat.
 JK> It was an added on room that was supposed to be room for a hot tub,
 JK> but the previous owner never installed anything in there.  Supposedly
 JK> there is a floor underneath the carpet that is "all ready" for the hot
 JK> tub, but we've never looked (bg).  I also use one like that in one of
 JK> the downstairs bathrooms because that room has no heat either.  We
 JK> didn't notice the lack of heating vents in either place when we bought
 JK> the house (bg).

As we didn't notice a few things here & there with this place.  No self
cleaning kitchen but the oven is. No self washing/waxing the floor but
the fridge is frost free.  Etc, etc, etc.

 JK> > and save a few pennies.  I baked a bit more from time to time to
 JK> help > warm the house (and our tummies) too.

 JK> Understand - baking does help, and with the heaters taking care of the
 JK> rooms with no heat, it doesn't have to work on warming them.  We've
 JK> closed up the upstairs pretty much for now, and also helps.  It's
 JK> still insane though.. A smaller house will help that as well "someday"
 JK> :)  When we lived in Warwick, we had total electric at one point, and
 JK> for that we found that turning down the heat at night to a very low
 JK> setting really helped.

We keep it low enough that turning it down wouldn't be as effective.
Steve read that you spend just as much bringing the heat back up in the
morning as you would by not turning the heat down so for the most point,
it's not worth it.

>> really happy about that because my sister wouldn't let her touch the
>> settings at their house even though my sister turned every up (down,
>> whaterver (g)) when she left for work, to save money.

 JK> > Bummer!  Sister needs to experience what it's like to be elderly!

 JK> She'll get there some day and see what it's like first hand no doubt..
 JK> so probably until then, she just won't care. It's a shame really.  I
 JK> know housing expenses are high these days, but you know there are
 JK> places where you can cut down to make things work when you have to.
 JK> She doesn't seem willing to do so, period.  She won't give up going
 JK> out on weekends, for example (meeting with friends to drink and dance,
 JK> etc.).

I'd have her reported for negligence of the elderly in her care then.


>> Or call out to the Chinese place across the street (g)

 JK> > Sounds good to me. (G)

 JK> It's handy though I suspect not as healthy as one could eat (g).. so
 JK> we don't do it that often.  They don't put MSG in it, so that's a good
 JK> thing.. they do sweeten some things quite a bit so that's not so good.
 JK>  They don't make brown rice either, which I have to remember to talk
 JK> to them about (and keep forgetting about (g)).  There is another place
 JK> in Binghamton that we used to go to though, that does have brown rice.
 JK> Too bad this one doesn't.

Talk them into one rice cooker full of brown per day, then increase as
sales of it go up. Take them samples.


 JK> Today I ground a ton of flour so I don't have to be running to the
 JK> store for it, hard red wheat and soft white.  I was able to get it to
 JK> grind very fine, I just had to grind it a number of times.  Bread is
 JK> baking now, but I cheated and threw it in the Zojirushi and let it
 JK> have at it (g).  I still have to get out to the garden and afterwards,
 JK> vaccuum downstairs today.. Aspirin will be my friend when I'm done
 JK> with all that (bg).

Sounds it.  I did a lot of odds & ends needed on the dress today.
Tomorrow is another fitting. Also, 4 loads of laundry, cut out a diaper
bag, etc.

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