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Skriven 2008-01-18 18:46:56 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
    Kommentar till text 821 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [2]
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Hi Janis,

>> CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS MESSAGE <<

>> him now (the baby is about 20 months old :) )

 JK> > Fun age!

 JK> Oh yeah it is!

Keeping up after him is the fun part. Rachel was that age when her
sister was born; it's a wonder I got anything done for a while.


 JK> >  Be sure you get the flame retardant flannel for pjs.

 JK> Yep, it is.  Another set I'm making for him is going to be made of
 JK> fleece.. not real heavy, but a decent weight for pj's.


And if he kicks off covers, they will keep him warm.


 JK> > We never expected the mother board on the Pfaff to die but figured
 JK> it > had to do with the flakey power in HI.  First thing we bought
 JK> after
 JK> > getting the new machine was an UPS; I run all my machines off it
 JK> now, > even the mechanical serger.

 JK> Brown-outs and such can have an effect on electronics, it's true..
 JK> I've got my machines in a ups as well -  It seems over here, the sun
 JK> can be shining, and no bad weather in sight, and the power will go out


Must be raining over the Catskills--watering the hay crops there.


>> Makes sense..  I bought this pepper grinder in Louisville, KY when we

 JK> > There's a kitchen ware outlet store about 20 minutes from us; we've
 JK> hit > it up quite often since we've been here.  Visited the one in
 JK> > (closer) but it's retail, high quality stuff--drool items right now.

 JK> Oh I hate that hahaha.   My daughter and family live in Ithaca NY now,
 JK> and they have the most incredible "kitchen store".  So much great
 JK> stuff, packed in this little store, you can barely walk in it..

Sounds like a fun one to visit. I went to a hobby/craft store like that
in Berlin a few times.

 JK> trouble there is it's very
 JK> overpriced.. everything in Ithaca costs a fortune it seems.  I don't

You're paying for the colleges there. (G)

 JK> think there's one here in Binghamton.. Lately I've been buying more

Check the malls.


 JK> things online, though.

I don't do that much on line; it's more fun to explore things like that
"for real".

 JK> > Sometimes we've found things in the outlet store not available in
 JK> town > and they're open to 9 vs 6 for the in town one. Yes, I always
 JK> look for > kitchen ware stores wherever we move to.

 JK> Same here :)

Same with fabric stores and natural foods places. Yellow pages in the
place we're staying at..................

>> read somewhere at the time that the bulk of the population in
>> Louisville liked eating "out" more than in any other cities <grin>

 JK> > Interesting.

 JK> It was, and I could never figure it out.. You'd go to eat out and the
 JK> lines to get into _any_ restaurant there were always so long. Very few
 JK> of them took reservations either <grin>.


Didn't anybody cook at home? (G)



 JK> > We found a restaurant supply place open to the public when
 JK> > we were in HI. Had a whole lot we could have gotten (G) but settled
 JK> on > some neccessary things.  I have (because of it, and Alton Brown)
 JK> > separate cutting boards for meat & fruit/veggies, both large and
 JK> small > size.  I also have a couple of wooden cutting boards for
 JK> breads.

 JK> I'm more of a lazy cook I guess <grin>.  Well, I have butcher-block
 JK> counters on two parts of my center island so that's where I do most of
 JK> the chopping/cutting, etc. We're going to get the kitchen finished
 JK> soon, we hope and then we'll be replacing those butcher block counters
 JK> with marble.. should be nice.  I hope it's nice <laugh>.  We already
 JK> bought the marble so that part is a done deal <grin>.

We have to take whatever the Army gives us for housing on post--and keep
it in decent shape.  The place we arein now was built in spring/summer
2006 so we've got to make sure the counter tops stay looking decent.
They're laminate so cutting boards are a must.  And the kitchen is way
too small for an island.


 JK> > Either that or very close cousins.  If we get up to the Catskills;
 JK> maybe > we can arrainge a get together.

 JK> That would be great :)

Have to see what comes up in the next few months.



>>>> Here's my recipe for Marina, it's very similar to what you do :)
>>> > Enough to float a boat? I want a marinara, not a marina. (G)
>>> <Laugh>.. I always have sauce in my fridge.. of some type <grin>.  For

 JK> JUST caught that typo haha.. I must have been wearing my contacts too
 JK> often last week Lol.. when I wear them, I can't read for beans :)

Thought you would enjoy it once you caught it.


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Ruth
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