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     Kommentar till en text av CAROL SHENKENBERGER
Ärende: Joining up
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Ahoy Carol!

->  > Good to see you posting again! We
->  > were beginning to wonder if you'd
->  > washed out to sea!!
-> 
-> LOl, naw. We've had some household problems (damage to the house sort, 
not
-> anything else) that have kept us off for a bit again.  Charlotte's room 
got
-> hit by those not to be mentioned bugs (can happen to anyone) and carpet
-> beetles got the master bedroom then a tree limb hit the roof. Not fun.  
Had
-> to clear out the house for the exterminators and all that which is
pretty
-> painful.
->
Yep, life happens! (grin) Glad that you've
manage to survive the slings and arrows!(grin)
 
->  > -> Getting ready to graduate HS this year and planning to join the
->  > Military.
->  > -> She's also in cooking class at last and rather enjoying it.  
Straight
->  > A's
->  > -> there as the teacher likes her creative attitude.
->  > ->
->  > Has she decided which branch she's
->  > interested in?
-> 
-> Well, like all kids the Air Force seems most exciting but once i showed 
her
-> the statistics on being able to go 20 years, she reset to the Navy where 
the c
-> hances are best to make it if you keep your nose clean.
->
Depends on what you're doing in the 
Air Farce...well in the navy as well.
But keeping your nose clean is always
the first rule of surviving! 
 
->  > -> One challange in class was to try to make a soufflee (sp?).  Now, 
I;ve
->  > never
->  > -> tried that but she grinned, grabbed a recipe and 'tried'.  I
gather 
it
->  > ws
->  > the
->  > -> sorriest little thing you've ever seen but that didnt matter. She 
got an
->  > A
->  > -> for *trying*.
->  > ->
->  > Souffles are tough to make well. And
->  > even if you do make them well, they'll
->  > often fall (collapse) at the merest
->  > hint of a vibration...I think I've
->  > only succeeded a handful of times
->  > to get one to stay all poofy!
-> 
-> Well, all I know is this one failed but she got an A for trying. She
also
-> just made a whole cake from scratch with a mixer and it was pretty good. 
-> That was this past Thursday and she brought it home so we are munching
on 
it.
-> (that was this past week's challange).
->
Hey, any A is a good A! 
 
->  > -> Every 3-4 weeks they have a 'challange' where you look around the 
class
->  > -> kitchen and devise something.  The teacher, NOT aware the first 
time of
->  > her
->  > -> background had lots of asian stuff. Snicker, she glommed the 
banana
->  > sauce,
->  > -> oyster sauce, dried udon sticks, a can of tomato soup and a 
broccoli
->  > head.
->  > -> She got an A+ for steaming the spear after cutting to bitesize and 
using
->  > it
->  > -> to garnish the dish with the flowerets.
->  > ->
->  > Sounds good!How's she doing in
->  > her other classes? What does
->  > she want to do in the service?
-> 
-> She's doing well this year in all classes, suprisingly even Chemistry.  
As to
-> field in the service, she has several interests and will see what is
open 
at
-> the time of selection.  Her interests seem to reside in IT, Cooking, 
Admin.
->
A good yeoman is worth a ton..but 
a good IT person can survive in the
"real world" with decent pay...Yeoman
translates to "secretary" and no one
gets rich being one (legally at least!)
And it's getting harder and harder
to get IN the service...have a friend
whose son just managed to get in the
navy reserves after two years of trying!
The only "job" opening was for chaplain's
assistant...he figures he'll try to 
cross train to another career field
once he's been in a while, but first
he just needed to get "in"! Good 
luck to Charlotte!! IF she has a good
talent for languages I know the crypto
folks are always looking..and they 
get pretty good billets too.
 
->  > -> Yesterday, she finished the making of a rotisserrie chicken for us 
all.
->  > Don
->  > -> got the machine setup and had it in there and helped her mash 
garlic
->  > into
->  > -> butter for the basting then left her to it with the basting brush.
->  > ->
->  > What are you two going to do when
->  > your chef moves away? (Grin)
->  > How's your back been doing?
-> 
-> Grin, we cook most meals so she isn't stressed out on havingto do it.  
Back
-> holding ok enough.
->           xxcarol

Glad to hear you are doing so well!
Hope we get to see more of you again!
You do know we miss you and your tales
of daily life in VB!
chat with you soon!
ha
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