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Skriven 2012-04-26 20:42:58 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 24032 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: 2012 Picnic 558                                          [2]
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Hi Janis,

>> CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS MESSAGE <<


>> Definitly a good thing to have available!  I bet the kids enjoy that
>> so much as well :)

 JK> > Sarah likes it the best I think; she gets to show off what she's
 JK> > learning in preschool. Robert usually plays a piano piece and Audrey
 JK> > just looks cute. So does Logan, don't see much of Damian and
 JK> Victoria is > on long enough to say "hi" and talk for a couple of
 JK> minutes. But, some > time beats no time.

 JK> Definitely as they grow up way too soon.  My oldest grandson is going
 JK> to be a senior next year, and colleges had  already contacting him
 JK> about applying.. that is such a shock to me, but it's not like he

That old already! I remember our girls got flooded with material; I
think they both filled several paper bags worth of brochures from
schools they had no interest whatsoever in.

 JK> hasn't seemed so grownup for a lot longer!  I guess really, he's a lot
 JK> like Ron.  Ron's mom always used to tell me that everyone considered
 JK> Ron to be like a wise old man when he was just a kid (g).

And now he's grown into it. (G)


>> That is so nice.  Yes, I've always been a 'village' person, in other
>> words not off in the midst of the wild.. while we're going to be in

 JK> > I like a small place to live with a bigger one nearby. Raleigh is
 JK> close > enough for major shopping, some medical work or a cultural
 JK> event. Durham > & Chapel Hill are a bit too far away for much other
 JK> than the occaisional > medical appointment, sometimes a meal out in

 JK> Sounds kind of what it will be like for us.. Ithaca is going to be say
 JK> less than 10 minutes away for dining/cultural things.. Binghamton will
 JK> be probably 30-45 minutes away.. We'll keep our doctors in Binghamton
 JK> since it won't be rough getting to their offices.

Nice; we had to change primary care doctors late last year so now we
have to go to Raleigh. The office is near the new Whole foods Market so
we usually do some shopping there afterward. Ran in for one thing the
other day and ended up getting more than that. (G)

 JK> > did go over to Durham last year to try a restaurant for my birthday
 JK> but > usually we head down to Raleigh. We do want to go back to the
 JK> Korean

 JK> We love good korean food :)  Louisville had the greatest restaurant.
 JK> So far, in Ithaca we've tried a Korean and a Thai restaurant, but for
 JK> the Thai only as take-out, having them deliver to my daughter's
 JK> house.. We have visited the Korean restaurant and decided that
 JK> take-out suffered some.  But it is really handy that you can have any
 JK> food you want delivered in Ithaca.. and where we'll be located seems
 JK> like everyone will deliver to us.

That helps. We're a bit too far from Raleigh to have delivery service
from there and expect good quality. There are a number of nice places in
Wake Forest but we've not tried delivery. As to be expected with the
seminary & college here in a smallish town, lots of fast food places but
some nicer dining. A new bbq place opened up about a month ago, not too
far from where we live. First visit was good, need to go again & see if
the quality has kept up. (G)

>> to pay it off. The Dish Drawer model we bought for our Windsor house
>> is nice, but actually not as good a dishwasher as the older one that
>> was in the kitchen before we built the center island in Windsor.. I

 JK> > OK, we've got a conventional, low end model dishwasher. The landlord
 JK> > didn't want to spend a lot when it needed replacing last year. I'm
 JK> glad > Steve kept the sound baffle blanket from the old one to put on
 JK> the new > one; it definatly cuts down on the sound.

 JK> hehe.. yes, glad you mentioned that kind of thing.  That will also be
 JK> a consideratio since the living room and study will be very close by!

Close doors, add sound absorbing materials (quilts, etc), run it in off
hours......................

>>> the kitchen are beautiful (just a few years old, and all oak) so I
>>> don't want to remove any of them...

 JK> > A big selling point there. My folks had their cabinets washed by
 JK> their > cleaning lady when we were up for Christmas, 2010; I think it
 JK> was the > first time they'd been cleaned since they were put in, in
 JK> 1977 or 78. > They looked much better afterward.

 JK> My mom had done somthing similar at some point with her cabinets, it
 JK> made QUITE a difference with hers.  I think she had them done when she
 JK> had new countertops installed, because with the shiny new countertops,
 JK> the cupboards looked... well you know (g).

I know, and these were looking on the sad side. I also washed the
curtains, first time in who knows how long and that perked up the
kitchen a bit too. A good wall scrubbing would help, maybe a new coat of
paint.................doubt it's been painted since the redoing (or
before).

>>> Also,  we have to expand the upstairs 1/2 bath to a full bathroom..

>> > Always handy, especially if all the bedrooms are up there.

>> One is downstairs, and two others are upstairs.. right now we're
>> thinking my son will take the downstairs one since Toby insists on
>> sleeping in his room (g).. and he's now 10.. the stairs will get to
>> him in a few years, meanwhile the 'pups' (well, they're 2 now (g))
>> have boundless energy for things like stairs right now.  The s


 JK> > Probably a good idea all around then.

 JK> Yes and darn it, it will be good excercise for me to use those darn
 JK> steps twice a day hehehehe

Twice a day but don't overdo.
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Ruth
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