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Skriven 2008-04-22 19:13:55 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av Janis Kracht
Ärende: picnic
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Hi Janis,

>> a guess.. (laugh)  I wonder.. Is Deborah available to train dogs
>> still?? (g)

 JK> > Talk to her Uncle Sam about availability but don't count on it. (G)
 JK> Last

 JK> hehe :)  Understand :)

She keeps pretty busy working for him.  After her unit came back from
deployment in 2004, she was asked to stay on active duty with them.
She's been active ever since, plus the 18 months or so before.


 JK> > I knew, she had some schools scheduled for this spring/summer, then
 JK> back > to her job.  She's also training her new Sam dog.

 JK> That's neat :)

We're proud of her; she's done well with the National Guard.  She has a
school in Rochester next month but will only be able to see Steve's
family one night for supper, no time before or after school for an
extended leave.


>> Sure :) :) Places change... busnesses change, close, etc. whatever..

 JK> > Margaretville went from a nice little small town, main income from
 JK> > tourist but not bad for locals to a town full of junque shops, one

 JK> I could still live in Warwick and ignore all of the new stuff.. Ron
 JK> could not.. but he didn't grow up there ... There are a few of the

Steve's home town is even smaller than mine.  We've both lived in places
where there's easier access to shopping, etc to be happy in really small
places.  If I need a spool of thread or Steve needs a computer part,
it's a 10 minute trip, not a 30 minute or longer to a bigger place.


I think I solved the weeping problem with my pasta sauce. I made a
veggie one (mushrooms, yellow bells,garlic, onions and [mostly] fresh
tomatoes) today. I seeded the fresh tomatoes and cooked them a bit
before adding them to the onions and peppers.  I added 6oz of tomato
paste about an hour into the cooking.  The fresh tomaotes, aftr cooking,
were also run thru my Foley food mill.  I did add a (15oz) can of diced
tomatoes, some fresh basil & fresh oregano, fresh ground black pepper.
It was good; we had it over whole wheat linguini and topped it with
parmesain reggiano.  Steve is after me also, now to do bracciole with
the lasagne for the picnic.  That is definaterly a "do over several days
before we leave" project with the meat balls, sauce, (possibly) some
turkey Italian sausage and now bracciole besides the lasgne.  We'd
probably do the dry ice thing to get it to NY, then freeze in a
regular freezer until the Thursday before the picnic.  Do I hear an
offer for garlic bread, salad, & cannoli to go with it? (G) BTW, if they
were interested, would it be OK for my parents to attend the picnic on
Saturday?

 JK> "old-timers" still there.. the original people who've been there for
 JK> ages...(and I mean ages (grin).. I guess they will always be there :)

Same with Margaretville. (G) Some old characters.


 JK> but I can understand how you feel to be honest.. the new people in
 JK> Warwick are of a different "type" somehow  it seems sometimes.. The

Margaretville gets quite a few from Westchester County and south, still
within the state, if you know what I mean.  Not always a good thing.

 JK> real problem though would be being able to afford it though..Last I
 JK> knew,  prices of property had sky-rocketed in Orange county NY,
 JK> especially in Warwick... I don't know if that is still true with all
 JK> of this mortgage-crisis stuff going on.. they would seem to be prime
 JK> candidates for that kind of trouble (supremely over-priced housing!!!
 JK> Homes that had been priced at 130,000 going for 400-600,000
 JK> dollars..).

It's bad everywhere, and more so where land is dear.  A few weeks after
we moved to HI in March of 2001, some friends did, but bought a house
for under $200,000. They sold it 3 years later for about $350,000 and
prices were still going up.  Simple 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in a newish
development.


 JK> > We're booked at Pumpkin Pine Farm.  Decided to see my parents first
 JK> so > we will be coming to the picnic from western NY.  I still may do
 JK> a
 JK> > cobbler on Saturday, especially if I can get some nice local fruit
 JK> on > Friday.  We'll arrive Thursday, leave Monday.

 JK> It should be a great place.. I spoke with that owner as well and she
 JK> sounded very nice :)  She knows my daughter, since my daughter worked
 JK> at the bank here in the village so we had a chuckle over that.. :)
 JK> She also knows our house, since this house had also been a B&B at one
 JK> time which I'd known.. The previous owner had told us about that and
 JK> shown us the sign they'd used (we still have it stored away (g)).. we
 JK> may do that someday.. :) Not real soon though ..

Nice to know people in the area.  We feel like we've become a member of
a community when someone we know from church or elsewhere in the
community recognises us while we're out.  It happened about 5 months
after we got to Savannah.


 JK> > No, not that nor walking (and cleaning up after).  Down side is, no
 JK> fuzz > therapy.

 JK> Aw... Yes, that is the downside :(  But no fleas either which is a
 JK> great plus :)

Very true; we dealt with them in NC with one of our cats.

BTW, send me an e-mail so I can get your address. I've got a non cooking
related question I want to ask you.  My address is in the bottom of the
message.


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