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Skriven 2011-11-25 16:22:25 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 18232 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: things 56
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> Still, whatever way we go, it's a long drive. Some stops are very
 RH> brief (5 minutes or less), others take longer but they add up to at
 RH> least an hour longer than driving non stop would be.

 NB> Yup.  Which is why I tend to go non-stop...  :)   Keeps a long drive
 NB> from seeming even longer... ;)

A trip that long needs some break points. We need to get gas, strech our
legs, etc.

 RH> with a stopover in MD.  We know we're back in the south (on the way
 RH> down) when we start spotting Chik-Fil-A on the "food this exit" signs.
 RH> (G)

 NB> Regional chains certainly are telling signs... ;)

Yes but they're not so regional any more. They've spread into AZ and, I
think Las Vegas also. Nice (tho sometimes frustrating) thing about them
is that they close Sundays.


 RH> did, hit the brakes and we skidded into the intersection, a semi truck
 RH> was coming up from right. We stopped, but not before his back tires
 RH> bent the front couple of feet of the car to the left.  Nobody hurt,
 RH> just shaken, thinking about what could have happened. Got a recall

 NB> Scary.

Very much so!

 RH> notice on the car a couple of years later after the dangers of rear end
 RH> collisions were exposed so we sent back a reply that the car had been
 RH> destroyed in a front end collision.

 NB> Things could have been worse... ;(

I think the front end was more so as I could see it unfolding.


 RH> Anyway, staying with Steve's aunt & uncle while waiting for the water
 RH> to recede and a replacement car (Steve's dad drove down a 65 Falcon
 RH> for us>), is when I found out how much Steve liked green peas. (G)

 NB> Not a totally lost trip..  (G)

Not in the least. We'd been married 5 days at that point.

 RH> There was one in one of the malls in Tucson that had a good gyro;
 RH> Rachel and I stopped in one day on our way home from getting things for
 RH> her wedding. Got our meals to go; she got a McD's sort and I got the
 RH> gyro. Unwrapping it in the car, the aroma of the onions and garlic were
 RH> making her wish she'd gone for it too. I don't remember the name of the
 RH> chain or which mall it was in but it was good food.

 NB> She may have gone back there for the gyro, next time she was out
 NB> shopping... ;)

I doubt it; it was a 75 mile trip up there so we didn't go too often.

 NB> weeks. Too busy  RH>> with other things (like cooking for Life Group)
 NB> on Saturday to sew.  NB>> Keeps you busy, for sure.. :)

 RH> Yes, but better busy than bored.

 NB> There are some days that I kinda begin to believe that bored could be
 NB> a Very Good Thing... at least for a change... ;)


For a little while, but not very long. Last night (and even this
morning) I told Steve that I would be staying off my feet as much as
possible today. Between 3 loads of laundry, popping up for this & that,
I've not been totally successful on that. Still, I've been off, more
than on. which beats the last week or so.


 RH> NC style chow-chow today (a green tomato relish); I was able to get
 RH> some green tomatoes at the farmer's market on Saturday. We also got
 RH> some beets, baby Brussels sprouts, spinach, green peppers and pullet &
 RH> duck eggs. Sprouts were roasted, acorn & butternut squash I got a
 RH> couple of weeks ago was (pressure) cooked, all put in the freezer.
 RH> Beets were also pressure cooked and frozen, spinach will go into a
 RH> wilted salad with hot bacon dressing for tomorrow's supper.

 NB> Nice haul... and a busy day...  :)

Very busy; the spinach didn't make it into a salad yet but it's
definately on the menu for tonight. Tomorrow I will freeze (packing into
seal-a-meal bags) the extra turkey and hopefully get the freezer
reorganized/inventoried at the same time. I've got a pretty much up to
date inventory but a lot has been crossed out, added, crossed out, etc
since I last did it, I want to make a fresh copy. IIRC, the last time I
did it was in April, before I went out to LV for Audrey's birth.

 NB>  NB>> Likewise.  :)   Some of my best alternate routes were discovered
 NB>  NB>> serendipitously while "exploring"... :)  "Lost" is only when
 NB> time is  NB>> of the essence... and things won't resolve...  ;)

 RH> Our "go exploring" times are usually when we're headed to a place for
 RH> the first time. Haven't had as many of them since we got the GPS. (G)

 NB> I'm curious enough about strange areas that I'll do some exploring on
 NB> purpose, sometimes that leads to some not quite so intended
 NB> exploring... generally I've got a good map in the car for
 NB> just-in-case... ;)

Most of our trips we've not taken the time (or had the time) to do
little side trips but I told Stve that I'd like to do some in the
future. We see all these signs on I-85 and 95 for various War Between
the States museums and sites I'd like to check out...............


 RH> (Later)
 RH> I also cooked & froze some collards Saturday. Forgot about doing
 RH> those. Today I'll make pie crusts (to be filled with pumpkin & baked
 RH> tomorrow), a cheese ball and probably some marinaded carrots, all for
 RH> our combined dinner with several other church families. I'll also get
 RH> the veggies for a veggie tray to be put together Thursday morning;
 RH> think I've got everything I need for a pickles, olives, etc tray to
 RH> assemble Thursday as well.

 NB> Sounds like a lovely feast in the making... ;)

It was--if you went away hungry, it was your own fault. (G)


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Ruth
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