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Skriven 2010-06-12 00:04:10 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 38781 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Growing kids
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Hi Janis,

>> I wish they were closer - If we lived in Ithaca, it would be great to
>> have them stop by after school, etc. (G)

 JK> > Break out the milk & cookies times?

 JK> Yes, or have an excuse to make lots of cookies haha


That would be good, for both them and you.  You could experiment with
all kinds of cookies; they would have their taste horizons broadened
even more.

 JK> > Most of them were other military families so it was like having
 JK> extended > family in an area where there was no biological family
 JK> nearby.

 JK> I can see how that would be important to everyone, and much
 JK> appreciated by the kids.


It was nice; one young man called me from his Basic Training when he
couldn't get hold of either parent but wanted to talk to an adult on
several issues.

 JK> > OK, just wondering.  I presume you've had bone density tests then.
 JK> Just > make sure your doctor has them done every couple of years or

 JK> I think that's the norm.  The doctor who first wanted me to go for
 JK> them was the fellow who prescibed LDN for me, Dr. Bihari.  I'll miss
 JK> him now that he's gone. We've only spoken over the phone (that's how
 JK> he conducted his treatments when people couldn't make it in to the
 JK> city), but you could tell from talking to him that he was a caring and
 JK> wonderful doctor.

The good ones cover all the bases, sometimes so smoothly that you never
know it was done.

 JK> stay off > the drugs; if not.....................I do try to get a
 JK> good amount of > calcium & vitamin thru things like yogurt, soy milk,
 JK> cheese, some ice > cream..........

 JK> Understand.  My daughter has to depend on vegetables and beans and
 JK> brown rice for hers since she does not ingest any dairy ever.

That's probably hard for her; at this stage of life, I'd miss my dairy
too much.

 JK> the > way she eats. (G)  I'd probably ask for her help in some easy
 JK> kitchen > jobs but sort of keep an eye out for her safety.  Nothing
 JK> with a knife > sharper than a table knife because ours are quite a bit
 JK> sharper than

 JK> Sometimes it's the dull knives that cause the problems.  She'd
 JK> probably be ok with a sharp one.

Right now, I don't know how safe she is with any kind of knife other
than a table knife.  She's cut herself a number of times over the past
few years, some requiring an ER visit.

>> Yes, I would think so.  Did you see those recipes that Lee Lofaso
>> posted.. Vinegar pie, etc.  I thought those were such neat recipes ..
>> want to try them :)

 JK> > I saw some of them--some looked like ones in my PA Dutch cook book.
 JK> I > think there's a vinegar pie in that one.

 JK> Haven't looked in the Joy of Cooking, but I'll bet there is one in
 JK> there as well.

Wouldn't surprise me at all.

 JK> > Depending on the size of it, possibly quite a lot of time needed to
 JK> take > care of it.  How many animals & what do they do with the wool?

 JK> They really enjoy it :)  They limit the herd size to about a dozen
 JK> Accoyo Suri Alpacas. With a herd this size it is easy to insure that
 JK> each alpaca gets proper nutrition and health care.  They recently had
 JK> a new baby alpaca, and my uncle was calling all of us to brag about
 JK> her :)  They show them and they also sell the wool from what I
 JK> understand.


Sounds like a fun farm--not a lot of work but neat rewards like seeing
the new babies.


 JK> (I > don't think she does.) our doctor would be of the same mind set
 JK> as the > older GPs, even tho she's young.

 JK> That's really neat.

Yes, and we're so happy we decided to go with her. Steve took her some
home made mango sorbet yesterday when we had our appointments. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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