Text 9702, 98 rader
Skriven 2008-06-27 13:33:32 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 9594 av Carol Shenkenberger (15784.cooks)
Ärende: Fruits and family
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Hi Carol,


 >  CS> Today was a 2 cart trip which is rare for me but I perused the meat

 > usually go into the 2nd cart, especially the bulk ones. The basket on
 > the riding carts can only hold a limited amount so if I need a lot of

 CS> I havent used the riding carts yet but i sure do use the cart like a
 CS> walker near the end!

I've done that too but it's easier on me if I ride (if Steve is with me
to grab stuff).  That way, I'm still walking at the end of the day.


 CS> (silently munching more pulled BBQ pork, man this is good!)

Hush up; you're making me hungry. (G)

 >  CS> Ohh, darn, cant come up with a reply to that but we got cookies on the
 >  CS> trip if that helps? Charlotte is such a monster about'em.
 CS>  >
 > Teach her how to make them--most can be made in half batches or extras
 > can be frozen. I know you don't do a lot of sweets but this is one way
 > to handle the amount of a batch of cookies.

 CS> True!  Havent really worked on that but did show her how to use 2
 CS> forks to pull a pork roast today.

Every little bit of show and tell & letting her try is helping. I had to
learn the hard way but by age 14 (with my mom in summer school), I was
basically running the house.  Had some help from my siblings but I did
the bulk of it.  That's how I knew how to cook more than (awful)
spaghetti sauce before leaving home.  That was one sister's "specialty";
the other one was too young to do any real cooking--and being the
youngest, never did really learn while at home.

 > Most of the time you can see the difference in the yard. Had a huge one
 > in AZ and got it looking good; when we went thru Fort Huachuca a couple
 > of years ago, it was all dust and desert again--worse than when we first
 > lived in that house. That was only 5 1/2 years after we moved out too.

 CS> Too bad.  Some here are down to bare clay as well.  There's not much
 CS> topsoil here.

We didn't have clay but it was dry and dusty.  A lot of places in town
went with xeroscaping but we couldn't have a rock yard on post if the
quarters had an established yard when we moved in. If we do go back to
the southwest, we'll probably have desert landscaping; Steve will rake
the yard instead of mowing it.


 > Yes, one of "those  tests". (G) But, in other news, Steve says he went
 > to an ACAP class last year and we will be going to one together on
 > Monday. (Army Career and Alumni Program--iow, pre retirement briefs)

 CS> Good!

Gotta do it, might learn something useful.

 >  CS> area. Now and again a few idiots try to shut down the Oceana base as
 >  CS> if it 'hurt their property values' but they get told fast that their
 >  CS> property values are as high as they are due to the people stationed
 >  CS> there who *buy houses* and shop locally to the tune of millions a

 > I've not heard it around Savannah but have heard of it in other places.
 > You just tell those folks that they're listening to the sounds of
 their > freedom.

 CS> Thats what we do.

Wonder how they would feel if those sounds were taken away; I shudder to
think about it.


 >  CS> *drop* about 40,000$ on my house alone.  It generally 'MS Rich Bitch'
 >  CS> who's husband is high end contractor for that same base who's clueless
 >  CS> and asking for it to go away.  Her 500,000$ house just became

 CS> Silly folks.  The really big money in any area comes from he factory
 CS> (which may smell or be loud) or some other thing like a miliary base.
 CS> It's not that each worker makes so much, its that there are lots
 CS> of'em.

And most with a family that supports the school systems, shops Wal-Mart,
goes to the movies and fast food places, etc, etc.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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