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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
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Ahoy Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  hn> I made the veggies into a chicken thigh
-> ->  hn> stew that came out really quite good!
-> 
-> -> We took a break from turkey at supper (had it for lunch) and had 
quiche
-> -> (cheese pie) and steamed broccoli. Steve decided not to take the 
turkey
-> -> sandwich as he had no way to keep it cold so we'll use the meat 
intended
-> 
->  HN> We may have turkey at Christmas...but
->  HN> that depends on when we get back from
->  HN> CA..might not have time to pick one up.
-> 
-> I'm not sure what we will have as we will be guests, not hosts. Tomorrow
-> at the holiday farmer's market we'll be picking up a (dead) duck; Steve
-> wants to smoke it. I'm thinking of having him brush it with a mix of
-> honey, soy sauce and orange juice before putting it on and during
-> cooking. Have some orange pieces in the water pan as well.
->
Sounds like a good basting liquid
for the duck! I tend towards lime
rather than orange juice though..but
that's because I like the lime flavor!
 
-> -> they couldn't get a supply ship in--a 3 week spell in late December,
-> -> 1944 when meals alternated between canned corned beef & spam. He
isn't
-> -> fond of either of them (or powdered eggs) to this day.
-> 
->  HN> I can attest to the nastiness of powdered eggs.
->  HN> Spam I still like, corned beef I still like!
-> 
-> I've not, to the best of my recall, had powdered eggs. Spam is OK,
-> canned corned beef is good for some things but not like the real thing.
-> It's good fried. The Original Pancake House (one in Las Vegas, one in
-> Savannah, probably other places) makes a great corned beef and Swiss
-> cheese omelette--one that is actually enough to fill a couple of people.
->
That's the advantage of being a dependent 
rather than the active duty...they can
serve that to US! And 77 days at sea
does not promote lots of fresh eggs..or
much of fresh anything by the end of the
run!
 
-> -> -> Peter Pan syndrome?
-> 
-> ->  hn> could be some of that...if only
-> ->  hn> I could fly!!
-> 
-> -> I tried it.................................and broke my wrists in the
-> -> attempt. Not worth it. (G)
-> 
->  HN> Sounds like you flew just fine!
->  HN> Maybe you messed up the landing though!!
-> 
-> Yes, that was it. Almost 20 years ago & still messed up from it.  But,
-> the wrists aren't fused yet, like an ortho doc down in SV, AZ wanted to
-> do in 93. Some flex beats no flex.
->
Yah...gotta work on those landings!!
 
-> ->  hn> Yep, it's always best to be on the
-> ->  hn> yellow side of the dandelions!
-> 
-> -> That's for sure!
-> 
->  HN> And that's the way we like it!
-> 
-> Uh-huh! (G)
-> 
-> ->  hn> So far it's worked well....
-> 
-> -> So far, so good. Doing better this week I presume.
-> 
->  HN> Today is Thursday and the first day
->  HN> that Anne has actually felt "better"
->  HN> I'm hoping that the trend continues!
-> 
-> Overall, it should. There will be some "blips" from time to time, but
-> considering all that's been thrown at her, they're to be expected. she's
-> over the worst of the treatments, now just has to rest, regain some
-> strength and get the radiation out of the way.
->
Today is a bit of a blip day..so we're 
staying home and relaxing. I'm catching 
up on some emails and Annie is watching
Muppet Christmas Carol on DVD.
 
-> ->  hn> No salads here for a while yet...but
-> ->  hn> we are looking forward to them!
-> 
-> -> And you eat them when you're out without Anne, I presume. I couldn't
-> -> have anything that had antioxidants in it, which meant no dark (or 
any)
-> -> chocolate on Valentine's day. Steve made up for it the next year with 
3
-> -> different forms of chocolate.
-> 
->  HN> If I'm out without Anne I'll have a
->  HN> salad, but no sense in making them
->  HN> here at home if she can't have any.
-> 
-> True, but she will get them in time. LAst time we were at my parents, I
-> swiped a cook book from my mom's collection called "More Vegetables,
-> Please". It's got all kinds of vegetable recipes, sorted by season
-> mostly. We've tried several different ones and enjoyed them; Mom will
-> have to fight me to get this book back. (Seriously, I've no idea why/how
-> she got it as she and Dad eat vegetables plain-with a bit of butter,
-> salt & pepper-boiled or nuked to death.) I don't think there will be
-> much of a fight.
->
She may not even realize that you have it!
 
->  HN> I'm sure the radiologist will give
->  HN> us the word on chocolate as well.
->  HN> Not looking forward to Anne's reaction
->  HN> to THAT!!
-> 
-> Reassure her that it's only for a short time. Then she can have all the
-> chocolate she wants.
->
She'll manage...
 
-> ->  hn> Yep, Anne's meeting with her
-> ->  hn> principal on Friday...sigh.....
-> 
-> -> Patience, it's only tomorrow.
-> 
->  HN> Yep!
-> 
-> So fill us in on how it went.
-> 
Meeting went well. Most of the Staff
waited after school for Anne to show
up. It was VERY heartening for her to
see the support from them! I had to 
keep yelling at various points "NO
HUGS"!! As folks would come in and See
her and rush towards her with outstretched
arms...No real answers yet on what the
"plans" are, but they're getting 
ready. 
chat with you soon!
ha
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